N-CSR 1 d187714dncsr.htm UBS MONEY SERIES UBS Money Series

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-08767

 

 

UBS Money Series

 

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Mark F. Kemper, Esq.

UBS Asset Management

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6028

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copy to:

Jack W. Murphy, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1900 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-821 3000

Date of fiscal year end: April 30

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2016


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


 
LOGO   Money Market Funds

 

UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Annual Report

April 30, 2016


UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

 

     Page

Shareholder letter

   1

Understanding your Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

   5
Performance and portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited)    7

Statement of net assets

   8

Statement of operations

   11

Statement of changes in net assets

   12

Financial highlights

   13

Notes to financial statements

   14
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    22

General information (unaudited)

   24

Supplemental information (unaudited)

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UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

 

June 10, 2016

Dear Shareholder,

We present you with the annual report for UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund (previously UBS Liquid Assets Fund) (the “Fund”) for the 12 months ended April 30, 2016 (the “reporting period”).

As previously communicated to shareholders, effective April 14, 2016, the Fund’s investment focus shifted from being a “prime” money market fund, which invested in a variety of corporate and government money market instruments, to being a “government” money market fund, which invests in government securities and related repurchase agreements. This transition was made in response to new federal regulations governing money

 

UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Investment goal:

Provide as high a level of current interest income as is consistent with maintaining liquidity and principal stability

Portfolio Manager:

Robert Sabatino

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

February 14, 2000

Dividend payments:

Monthly

 

market funds.

Performance

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) modestly raised the federal funds rate from a historically low range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The federal funds rate or the “fed funds rate,” is the rate US banks charge one another for funds they borrow on an overnight basis. While the yields on a wide range of short-term investments moved higher over the period as the market anticipated the Fed action as well as potential future actions into 2016, yields still remained low by historical comparison. (For more details on the Fed’s actions, see below.) As a result, the Fund’s yield remained low during the reporting period.

The seven-day current yield for the Fund as of April 30, 2016 was 0.26% (after fee waivers/expense reimbursements), compared to

 

 

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0.11% on April 30, 2015. (For more information on the Fund’s performance, refer to “Performance and portfolio characteristics at a glance” on page 7.)

An interview with Portfolio Manager Robert Sabatino

Q. How would you describe the economic environment during the reporting period?
A. The US economy continued to expand, but the pace moderated during the reporting period. The US Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product (“GDP”) expanded at a 3.9% seasonally adjusted annualized rate during the second quarter of 2015. GDP growth then slowed to 2.0% and 1.4% for the third and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively. Finally, first-quarter 2016 GDP grew at a 0.8% rate.1

 

Q. How did the Fed react to the economic environment?
A. The Fed took its initial step toward normalizing monetary policy during the reporting period. In December 2015, the Fed raised the fed funds rate for the first time in nearly a decade. The US central bank boosted the fed funds rate from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. In its official statement the Fed said, “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative after this increase, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation…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.” During its meetings that concluded on January 27, March 16 and April 27, 2016, the Fed kept rates on hold.

 

Q. How did you position the Fund over the fiscal year?
A. As noted above, the Fund shifted its principal investment focus in the last weeks of its fiscal year in response to regulatory developments.

 

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Based on the Commerce Department’s second estimate for GDP announced on May 27, 2016, after the reporting period had ended.

 

 

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  Also, we tactically adjusted the Fund’s weighted average maturity (WAM)—which is the weighted average maturity of the securities in the portfolio—throughout the 12-month review period. When the reporting period began, the Fund had a WAM of 43 days. By the end of the period, the Fund’s WAM was 48 days.

 

Q. What level of portfolio diversification did you maintain during the reporting period?
A. At the issuer level, we maintained a high level of diversification over the 12-month period, investing in smaller positions with the goal of reducing risk and keeping the Fund highly liquid. We typically purchased up to 3% in single non-government issuers during the period that the Fund operated as a “prime” money market fund. (The Fund was generally able to hold up to 5% in any one non-government issuer, subject to certain exceptions.)

 

Q. What types of securities did you emphasize over the period?
A. Several adjustments were made to the Fund’s sector positioning during the 12-month period. As the Fund changed its mandate to be a government money market fund, we significantly increased its exposures to US government and agency obligations. Conversely, we eliminated the Fund’s exposures to commercial paper and certificates of deposit. The Fund’s allocation to repurchase agreements fluctuated modestly over the period. (Repurchase agreements are transactions in which the seller of a security agrees to buy it back at a predetermined time and price or upon demand.)

 

Q. What factors do you believe will affect the Fund over the coming months?
A. In our view, the US economy will continue to grow in 2016. That being said, we feel the expansion will be fairly moderate and inflation will remain largely benign. Against this backdrop, we believe the Fed

 

* Mutual funds are sold by prospectus only. You should read it carefully and consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information contained in the prospectus before investing. Prospectuses for most of our funds can be obtained from your financial advisor, by calling UBS Funds at 800-647 1568, or by visiting our Web site at www.ubs.com/am-us.

 

 

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  will take a very deliberate pace in terms of normalizing monetary policy. We anticipate continuing to manage the Fund focusing on risk and liquidity.

We thank you for your continued support and welcome any comments or questions you may have. For additional information on the UBS family of funds, please contact your financial advisor, or visit us at www.ubs.com/am-us.*

Sincerely,

 

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Mark E. Carver

President—UBS Money Series

UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

 

Robert Sabatino

Portfolio Manager—UBS Money Series

UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Fund performed during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2016. The views and opinions in the letter were current as of June 10, 2016. They are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and we reserve the right to change our views about individual securities, sectors and markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the Fund’s future investment intent. We encourage you to consult your financial advisor regarding your personal investment program.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees (unless waived) and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example below is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs–for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

The example does not reflect any investment program fees (e.g., ACCESSSM program fees) as these are external to the Fund and relate to the particular program chosen by the investor.

 

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
    Ending
account value
1
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
2
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.20      $ 0.30        0.06
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.57        0.30        0.06   

 

1 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

2 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Performance and portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

 

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.26      0.10      0.11
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.26         0.10         0.11   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.20         0.04         0.06   
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.20         0.04         0.06   
Weighted average maturity2      48 days         23 days         43 days   
Net assets (mm)      $628.9         $517.3         $427.2   
Portfolio composition3    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
US government and agency obligations      84.6      21.5      18.2
Repurchase agreements      15.4         13.4         17.2   
Commercial paper              48.7         47.0   
Certificates of deposit              16.4         17.6   
Other assets less liabilities      (0.0 )4       (0.0 )4       (0.0 )4 
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

The Fund’s portfolio is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

3 

Weightings represent percentages of the Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Fund’s portfolio is actively managed and its composition will vary over time.

 

4 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, the Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—84.56%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.240%, due 05/24/161

   $ 12,500,000         $ 12,498,083   

0.245%, due 05/09/161

     17,612,000           17,611,041   

0.280%, due 05/26/161

     15,000,000           14,997,083   

0.280%, due 05/27/161

     10,000,000           9,997,978   

0.290%, due 05/26/161

     8,700,000           8,698,248   

0.290%, due 06/03/161

     10,000,000           9,997,342   

0.290%, due 06/06/161

     9,000,000           8,997,390   

0.295%, due 06/14/161

     20,000,000           19,992,789   

0.295%, due 06/17/161

     900,000           899,653   

0.300%, due 06/06/161

     7,000,000           6,997,900   

0.320%, due 05/17/161

     10,000,000           9,998,578   

0.320%, due 07/11/161

     20,000,000           19,987,378   

0.330%, due 06/13/161

     15,000,000           14,994,087   

0.330%, due 07/26/161

     10,000,000           9,992,117   

0.335%, due 05/03/161

     10,000,000           9,999,814   

0.340%, due 07/06/161

     5,000,000           4,996,883   

0.340%, due 07/27/161

     32,000,000           31,973,707   

0.365%, due 06/27/161

     27,000,000           26,984,396   

0.374%, due 05/18/161

     20,000,000           19,996,468   

0.380%, due 05/09/161

     30,000,000           29,997,467   

0.390%, due 05/27/161

     15,000,000           14,995,775   

0.394%, due 05/01/162

     10,000,000           9,999,966   

0.400%, due 07/12/161

     17,000,000           16,986,400   

0.420%, due 07/05/161

     7,000,000           6,994,692   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

0.270%, due 06/02/161

     7,700,000           7,698,152   

0.370%, due 06/03/161

     4,355,000           4,353,523   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

0.290%, due 05/13/161

     4,250,000           4,249,589   

0.335%, due 05/18/161

     20,000,000           19,996,836   

0.337%, due 05/25/161

     7,000,000           6,998,427   

US Treasury Bills

       

0.227%, due 05/26/161

     35,000,000           34,994,170   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—(concluded)   

US Treasury Bills—(concluded)

  

0.267%, due 06/02/161

   $ 25,000,000         $ 24,994,069   

0.289%, due 06/09/161

     19,000,000           18,994,050   

0.300%, due 06/09/161

     25,000,000           24,991,831   

0.446%, due 09/15/161

     10,000,000           9,983,023   

0.568%, due 04/27/171

     12,000,000           11,931,651   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.500%, due 09/30/16

     10,000,000           10,005,208   

0.500%, due 01/31/17

     7,000,000           6,999,487   

0.750%, due 01/15/17

     7,000,000           7,010,723   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$531,785,974)

                531,785,974   
Repurchase agreements—15.45%   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $64,812,600 US Treasury Bonds, 3.000% to 4.625% due 02/15/40 to 11/15/45, $278 US Treasury Inflation Index Bonds, zero coupon due 10/15/18 to 04/15/29, $16,319,726 US Treasury Bonds STRIPs, zero coupon due 08/15/22 to 02/15/46 and $200 US Treasury Notes Principal STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/22 to 05/15/25; (value—$81,600,127); proceeds:$80,004,356

     80,000,000           80,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $15,412,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.000% to 2.060% due 01/29/18 to 05/27/21 and $1,845,000 Federal National Mortgage Association obligation, zero coupon due 10/26/16; (value—$17,340,073); proceeds:$17,000,383

     17,000,000           17,000,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)              

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $200,185 US Treasury Note, 1.750% due 09/30/19; (value—$205,217); proceeds:$201,000

   $ 201,000         $ 201,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$97,201,000)

  

       97,201,000   
Total investments (cost—$628,986,974 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—100.01%                 628,986,974   
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(0.01)%                 (67,545
Net assets (applicable to 628,917,641 shares of common stock outstanding equivalent to $1.00 per share)—100.00%               $ 628,919,429   

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   

Unobservable
inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 531,785,974      $      $ 531,785,974   
Repurchase agreements            97,201,000               97,201,000   
Total   $      $ 628,986,974      $      $ 628,986,974   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

Portfolio acronyms

 

STRIP   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Statement of operations

 

      For the
year ended
April 30, 2016
 
Investment income:   
Interest    $ 1,381,591   
Expenses:   
Investment advisory and administration fees      328,719   
Professional fees      120,746   
Custody and accounting fees      53,440   
Transfer agency fees      39,766   
Reports and notices to shareholders      39,079   
State registration fees      35,775   
Trustees’ fees      29,733   
Insurance expense      13,067   
Other expenses      25,624   
       685,949   
Fee waivers by investment advisor and administrator      (328,719
Net expenses      357,230   
Net investment income      1,024,361   
Net realized gain      7,523   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 1,031,884   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 1,024,361      $ 359,410   
Net realized gain      7,523        758   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      1,031,884        360,168   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (1,024,361     (359,410
Net realized gains      (6,771       
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (1,031,132     (359,410
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      201,747,110        (74,312,054
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      201,747,862        (74,311,296
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      427,171,567        501,482,863   
End of year    $ 628,919,429      $ 427,171,567   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value, beginning of year     $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.002        0.001        0.001        0.001        0.001   
Net realized gain (loss)     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      (0.000 )1 
Net increase from
operations
    0.002        0.001        0.001        0.001        0.001   
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.002     (0.001     (0.001     (0.001     (0.001
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1             (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1        
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.002     (0.001     (0.001     (0.001     (0.001
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.18     0.08     0.11 %3      0.15     0.14
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers     0.13     0.12     0.11     0.11     0.09
Expenses after fee waivers     0.07     0.07     0.07     0.08     0.06
Net investment income     0.19     0.08     0.10     0.14     0.14
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $628,919        $427,172        $501,483        $845,206        $2,367,117   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

In August 2013, UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. made a voluntary cash payment of $57,843 to the fund in order to address a differential between the number of share outstanding and the fund’s net assets. The differential was attributed to historical, embedded capital losses that were experienced by the fund over several years prior to the credit crisis of 2008. Payment from investment advisor had no impact on the Fund’s total investment return and represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund (the “Fund”) is registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of UBS Money Series (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 29, 1998. The Trust is a series mutual fund with twenty-one series. The financial statements for the other series of the Trust are not included herein.

In the normal course of business the Fund may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

The Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; the Fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend/distribution policies in an attempt to enable it to do so. As with any money market fund, there is no assurance, however, that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Investments are valued at amortized cost. Periodic review and monitoring of the valuation of the securities held by the Fund is performed in an effort to ensure that amortized cost approximates market value.

US GAAP requires disclosure regarding the various inputs that are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs, including but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs inclusive of the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In accordance with the requirements of US GAAP, a fair value hierarchy has been included near the end of the Fund’s Statement of net assets.

Repurchase agreements—The Fund may purchase securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer (or its affiliate), subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date (or upon demand) and price. The Fund maintains custody of the underlying obligations prior to their repurchase, either through its regular custodian or through a special “tri-party” custodian or sub-custodian that maintains a separate account for both the Fund and its counterparty. The underlying collateral is valued daily in an effort to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, the Fund generally has the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. Repurchase agreements secured by obligations that are not eligible for direct investment under Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act or a Fund’s investment strategies and

 

 

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limitations may require the Fund to promptly dispose of such collateral if the seller or guarantor become insolvent. If the seller (or seller’s guarantor, if any) becomes insolvent, the Fund may suffer delays, costs and possible losses in connection with the disposition or retention of the collateral. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. The Fund may participate in joint repurchase agreement transactions with other funds managed or advised by UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”).

Under certain circumstances, the Fund may engage in a repurchase agreement transaction with a yield of zero in order to invest cash amounts remaining in its portfolio at the end of the day in order to avoid having the Fund potentially exposed to a fee for uninvested cash held in a business account at a bank.

Investment transactions and investment income—Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are calculated using the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized as adjustments to interest income and the identified cost of investments.

Dividends and distributions—Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered 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 tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic

 

 

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and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Investment advisor and administrator and other transactions with affiliates

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has approved an investment advisory and administration contract (the “Advisory Contract”) with UBS AM, under which UBS AM serves as investment advisor and administrator of the Fund. In accordance with the Advisory Contract, the Fund pays UBS AM an investment advisory and administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly. Where the services are provided directly by UBS AM or an affiliate, the fee will be limited to reimbursement of UBS AM’s direct advisory/administrative costs and expenses and will exclude any profit or overhead charges. Where UBS AM arranges for an unaffiliated person to provide services, the Fund will reimburse UBS AM for the cost of the services provided by the unaffiliated person, but no additional profit or overhead charge will be included or the Fund will pay the service provider directly. UBS AM has advised the Fund that for the year ended April 30, 2016 its direct advisory/administrative costs and expenses approximate an annual rate of 0.06% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. These expenses are estimated amounts in addition to other expenses of the Fund. To the extent such fees are not waived, UBS AM periodically will review Fund expenses in an effort to confirm that only direct costs and expenses are paid to UBS AM by the Fund.

For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM waived its entire fee for its direct advisory/administrative costs and expenses; such amount is not subject to future recoupment.

Additional information regarding compensation to affiliate of a board member

Professor Meyer Feldberg serves as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Fund may conduct transactions, resulting in him being an interested trustee of the Fund. The Fund has been informed that Professor Feldberg’s role at Morgan Stanley does not involve matters directly affecting any UBS funds. Portfolio transactions are executed through Morgan Stanley based on that firm’s

 

 

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ability to provide best execution of the transactions. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Fund purchased and sold certain securities (e.g., fixed income securities) in principal trades with Morgan Stanley, having an aggregate value of $137,819,476. Morgan Stanley received compensation in connection with these trades, which may have been in the form of a “mark-up” or “mark-down” of the price of the securities, a fee from the issuer for maintaining a commercial paper program, or some other form of compensation. Although the precise amount of this compensation is not generally known by the Fund’s investment advisor, it is believed that under normal circumstances it represents a small portion of the total value of the transactions.

Securities lending

The Fund may lend securities up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. The loans are secured at all times by cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. The Fund will regain ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. The Fund receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. Cash collateral received during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 would have been invested in the UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC, which would have been included in the Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as the Fund’s lending agent. The Fund did not engage in securities lending during the year.

 

 

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Other liabilities and components of net assets

At April 30, 2016, the Fund had the following liabilities outstanding:

 

Dividends payable to shareholders    $ 27,222   
Trustee fee payable      150   
Other accrued expenses*      95,650   

 

* Excludes investment advisory and administration fees.

At April 30, 2016, the components of net assets were as follows:

 

Accumulated paid in capital    $ 628,921,203   
Accumulated net realized loss      (1,774
Net assets    $ 628,919,429   

Shares of beneficial interest

There is an unlimited amount of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest, at $1.00 per share, were as follows:

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Shares sold      6,744,926,443        5,410,292,200   
Shares repurchased      (6,544,116,819     (5,484,937,929
Dividends reinvested      937,486        333,675   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      201,747,110        (74,312,054

Federal tax status

The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and to comply with the other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing during each calendar year substantially all of its net investment income, net realized capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, the Fund intends not to be subject to a federal excise tax.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by the Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 was ordinary income.

At April 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were undistributed ordinary income of $25,448.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized by a Fund after December 22, 2010 may be carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. These carryforwards are available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of future realized capital gains. To the extent that such losses are used to offset future net realized capital gains, it is probable these gains will not be distributed. At April 30, 2016, the Fund had no pre-enactment capital loss carryforward. During the current year, the Fund utilized $2,526 of pre-enactment capital loss carry forward to offset current year realized gains.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Fund has conducted an analysis and concluded as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. It is the Fund’s policy to record any significant foreign tax exposures on the financial statements. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

 

 

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Regulatory developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable $1.00 share price. The Fund’s prospectus has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent

Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of

UBS Money Series—UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets of UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund (the “Fund”) (one of the series comprising UBS Money Series) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and others. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for

 

 

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each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Fund will file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Fund upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, the Fund discloses, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding its weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address:

www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. Investors also may find additional information about the Fund at the above referenced UBS Web site internet address.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how the Fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting the Fund directly at 1-800-647 1568, online on the Fund’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

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Board of Trustees & Officers

The Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees the Fund’s operations. Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The table below shows, for each trustee and officer, his or her name, address and age, the position held with the Trust, the length of time served as a trustee or officer of the Trust, the trustee’s or officer’s principal occupations during the last five years, the number of funds in the UBS fund complex overseen by the trustee or for which a person served as an officer, and other directorships held by the trustee.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

Interested Trustee

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Meyer Feldberg††; 74
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since 1998   Professor Feldberg is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, although on an extended leave of absence. He is also a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley (financial services) (since 2005). Professor Feldberg also served as president of New York City Global Partners (an organization located in part of the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York that promoted interaction with other cities around the world) (2007-2014). Prior to 2004, he was Dean and Professor of Management and Ethics of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University (since 1989).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Professor Feldberg is a director or trustee of 18 investment companies (consisting of 59 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Professor Feldberg is also a director of Macy’s, Inc. (operator of department stores), Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) and the New York City Ballet.

 

 

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Independent Trustees

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Richard Q. Armstrong; 80
c/o Keith A. Weller Assistant Fund Secretary
UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019
  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Since 1998 (Trustee); Since 2004 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)   Mr. Armstrong is chairman and principal of R.Q.A. Enterprises (management consulting firm) (since 1991 and principal occupation since 1995). Mr. Armstrong was president or chairman of a number of international packaged goods companies (responsible for such brands as Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, Adirondack Beverages, and Moët Hennessey, among many others) (from 1982 to 1995).
Alan S. Bernikow; 75
207 Benedict Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10314
  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Bernikow is retired. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche (international accounting and consulting firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Armstrong is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None
 
Mr. Bernikow is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee and as the chair of its compensation committee), the lead director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (real estate investment trust) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee) and a director of Destination XL Group, Inc. (menswear) (and serves as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee). He is also a director of Florida Community Bank, N.A. (and serves as the chair of its audit committee).

 

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Richard R. Burt; 69 McLarty Associates 900 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20006   Trustee   Since 1998   Mr. Burt is a managing director of McLarty Associates (a consulting firm) (since 2007). He was chairman of IEP Advisors (international investments and consulting firm) until 2009. Prior to 2007, he was chairman of Diligence Inc. (international information and risk management firm).

Bernard H. Garil; 75 6754 Casa Grande Way

Delray Beach, FL 33446

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Garil is retired (since 2001). He was a managing director at PIMCO Advisory Services (from 1999 to 2001) where he served as president of closed-end funds and vice-president of the variable insurance product funds advised by OpCap Advisors (until 2001).

Heather R. Higgins; 56 c/o Keith A. Weller Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee   Since 2005   Ms. Higgins is the president and director of The Randolph Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 1991). Ms. Higgins also serves (or has served) on the boards of several non-profit charitable groups, including the Independent Women’s Forum (chairman) and the Philanthropy Roundtable. She also serves on the board of the Hoover Institution (from 2001 to 2007 and since 2009).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Burt is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Burt is also a director of The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc., The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (and serves as a member of each such fund’s audit, nominating and governance committees).
 
Mr. Garil is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Garil is also a director of OFI Global Trust Company (commercial trust company), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (voluntary health organization) and a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, Inc. (charitable foundation).
 
Ms. Higgins is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None

 

 

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Independent Trustees (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
David Malpass; 60 Encima Global, LLC 645 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022   Trustee   Since 2014   Mr. Malpass is the president and founder of Encima Global, LLC (economic research and consulting) (since 2008). From 1993 until 2008, he was Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. (financial services firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Malpass is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Malpass is also a director of New Mountain Finance Corp. (business development company) (and serves as a member of its audit committee).

 

 

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Officers

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Joseph Allessie*; 50   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2014   Mr. Allessie is a managing director (since 2015) (prior to which he was an executive director) at UBS AM and UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (collectively, “UBS AM—Americas region”). Mr. Allessie is head of compliance and operational risk control for the UBS Asset Management Division in the Americas with oversight for traditional and alternative investment businesses in Canada, the US and Cayman Islands. Prior to that he served as deputy general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2005 to 2014). Mr. Allessie is the chief compliance officer (prior to which he was interim chief compliance officer) (from January to July 2014)) and had served as a vice president and assistant secretary (from 2005 to 2016) of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Rose Ann
Bubloski*; 48
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2011   Ms. Bubloski is a director (since 2012) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2008 to 2012)) and senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She is vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mark E. Carver*; 52   President   Since 2010   Mr. Carver is a managing director and head of product development and management for UBS AM—Americas region (since 2008). In this role, he oversees product development and management for both wholesale and institutional businesses. He is a member of the Americas Management Committee (since 2008) and the Regional Operating Committee (since 2008). Mr. Carver is president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Lisa N. DiPaolo*; 38   Vice President   Since November 2015   Ms. DiPaolo is a director (since 2008) and portfolio manager (since November 2015) at UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. DiPaolo joined UBS AM—Americas region in 2000 and has been a municipal securities analyst on the tax-free fixed income team. Ms. DiPaolo is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Thomas Disbrow*; 50   Vice President and Treasurer   Since 2000 (Vice President); Since 2004 (Treasurer)   Mr. Disbrow is a managing director (since 2011) (prior to which he was an executive director (from 2007 to 2011)) and is global head of registered fund product control (since January 2016) (prior to which he was head of the North American fund treasury administration department) of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2011-2015). Mr. Disbrow is a vice president and treasurer and/or principal accounting officer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Elbridge T. Gerry III*; 59   Vice President   Since 1999   Mr. Gerry is a managing director and head of municipal fixed income of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2001). Mr. Gerry is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Mark F. Kemper**; 58   Vice President and Secretary   Since 2004   Mr. Kemper is a managing director (since 2006) and head of the legal department of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004). He has been secretary of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004) and assistant secretary of UBS Asset Management Trust Company (since 1993). Mr. Kemper is vice president and secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Joanne M. Kilkeary*; 48   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2004   Ms. Kilkeary is an executive director (since 2013) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2008)) and a senior manager (since 2004) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Kilkeary is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Cindy Lee*; 40
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2014   Ms. Lee is a director (since March 2016) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2009 to 2016)) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Tammie Lee*; 45   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Ms. Lee is an executive director (since 2010) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2005)) and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Joshua M. Lindauer*; 28   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since May 2016   Mr. Lindauer is an associate director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since May 2016). Prior to joining UBS AM—Americas region, Mr. Lindauer was an associate counsel at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (from 2015 to 2016) and a paralegal (from 2014 to 2015). From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindauer was a law student. Mr. Lindauer is a vice president and assistant secretary of 7 investment companies (consisting of 48 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
William T. MacGregor*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since September 2015   Mr. MacGregor is an executive director and deputy general counsel at UBS AM—Americas region. From June 2012 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC and from May 2008 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. MacGregor is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Ryan Nugent*; 38   Vice President   Since 2009   Mr. Nugent is a director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an associate director) (since 2004)), portfolio manager (since 2005) and head of municipal trading (since 2013) of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Nugent is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Nancy Osborn*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2007   Mrs. Osborn is a director (since 2010) (prior to which she was an associate director) and a senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2006). Mrs. Osborn is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Robert Sabatino**; 42   Vice President   Since 2001   Mr. Sabatino is a managing director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an executive director) (since 2007), global head of liquidity, portfolio management (since 2015), head of US taxable money markets (from 2009 to 2015), and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region in the short duration fixed income group (since 2001). Mr. Sabatino is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 44 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Liquid Assets Government Fund

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Eric Sanders*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Mr. Sanders is a director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Mr. Sanders is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
David Walczak**; 32   Vice President   Since February 2016   Mr. Walczak is an executive director (since January 2016), head of US money markets (since January 2016) and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Walczak is a vice president of five investment companies (consisting of 45 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Keith A. Weller*; 54   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 1998   Mr. Weller is an executive director and senior associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005) and has been an attorney with affiliated entities since 1995. Mr. Weller is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mandy Yu*; 32   Vice President   Since 2013   Ms. Yu is an associate director (since 2015) (prior to which she was an authorized officer (since 2012)) and tax compliance manager (since 2013) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She was a fund treasury manager (from 2012 to 2013) and a mutual fund administrator (from 2007 to 2012) for UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Yu is a vice president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

* This person’s business address is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028.

 

** This person’s business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Each trustee holds office for an indefinite term. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

†† Professor Feldberg is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), because he is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Fund may conduct transactions.

 

 

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Trustees

    

Richard Q. Armstrong

Chairman

 

Alan S. Bernikow

 

Richard R. Burt

    

Meyer Feldberg

 

Bernard H. Garil

 

Heather R. Higgins

 

David Malpass

Principal Officers

    

Mark E. Carver

President

 

Mark F. Kemper

Vice President and Secretary

    

Thomas Disbrow

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Robert Sabatino

Vice President

    

David Walczak

Vice President

Investment Advisor and Administrator

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

Principal Underwriter

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Annual Report

April 30, 2016

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

UBS Prime Preferred Fund


UBS Preferred Funds

 

June 10, 2016

Dear Shareholder,

We present you with the annual report for the UBS Preferred Series of Funds, namely UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund, UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Preferred Fund (the “Funds”), for the 12 months (or since commencement period for UBS Prime Preferred Fund) ended April 30, 2016 (the “reporting period”).

Performance

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) modestly raised the federal funds rate from a historically low range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The federal funds rate or the “fed funds rate,” is the rate US banks charge one another for funds they borrow on an overnight basis. While the yields on a wide range of short-term investments moved higher over the period as the market anticipated the Fed action as well as potential future actions into 2016, yields still remained low by historical comparison. (For more details on the Fed’s actions, see below.) As a result, the Funds’ yields remained low during the reporting period.

 

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

Investment goals

(all three Funds):

Maximum current income consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

Portfolio Manager:

Robert Sabatino UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund and UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund—August 28, 2007

UBS Prime Preferred Fund—January 19, 2016

Dividend Payments:

Monthly

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Investment goal:

Maximum current income exempt from federal income tax consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

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The seven-day current yields for the Funds (after fee waivers/expense reimbursements) were as follows:

 

 

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund: 0.42% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.10% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund: 0.19% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund: 0.19% as of April 30, 2016,

 

versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Prime Preferred Fund: 0.42% on April 30, 2016. (This Fund commenced operations in January 2016)

For detailed information on the Funds’ performance, refer to “Yields and characteristics at a glance” on pages 10 and 11.

An interview with the Portfolio Managers

Q. How would you describe the economic environment during the reporting period?
A. The US economy continued to expand, but the pace moderated during the reporting period. The US Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product (“GDP”) expanded at a 3.9% seasonally adjusted annualized rate during the second quarter of 2015. GDP growth then slowed to 2.0% and 1.4% for the third and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively. Finally, first-quarter 2016 GDP grew at a 0.8% rate.1

 

Q. How did the Fed react to the economic environment?
A. The Fed took its initial step toward normalizing monetary policy during the reporting period. In December 2015, the Fed raised the fed funds rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The US central

 

1  Based on the Commerce Department’s second estimate for GDP announced on May 27, 2016, after the reporting period had ended.

 

Portfolio Managers:

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Lisa M. DiPaolo

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

August 28, 2007

Dividend Payments:

Monthly

 

 

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  bank boosted the fed funds rate from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. In its official statement the Fed said, “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative after this increase, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation…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.” During its meetings that concluded on January 27, March 16, and April 27, 2016, the Fed kept rates on hold.

 

Q. Given that the Funds are “feeder funds,” how were the portfolios in which they invest managed during the reporting period?
A. Each fund is a “feeder fund,” investing all of its assets in “Master Funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. As always, quality and liquidity remained paramount in our management process for the Master Funds.

 

   

For the Prime Master Fund in which UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund invests, we tactically adjusted its weighted average maturity (WAM)—which is the weighted average maturity of the securities in the portfolio—throughout the fiscal year. When the reporting period began, the Master Fund had a WAM of 44 days. By the end of the period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 42 days.

At the issuer level, we maintained a high level of diversification, investing in smaller positions with the goal of reducing risk and keeping the Master Fund highly liquid. To that end, we typically purchased up to 3% in single nongovernment issuers throughout the reporting period. (The Master Fund is generally able to hold up to 5% in any one issuer, subject to certain exceptions.)

At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to commercial paper and time deposits, and, to lesser extents, repurchase agreements and US government and agency obligations. Conversely, we decreased its exposures to certificates

 

 

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of deposits, short-term corporate obligations and non-US government obligations. (Repurchase agreements are transactions that require the seller of a security to buy it back at a predetermined time and price, or upon demand.)

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund invests was 36 days when the reporting period began. Over the review period, the WAM was increased and, at period-end on April 30, 2016, it was 59 days. At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to direct Treasury obligations and reduced its exposure to repurchase agreements backed by Treasuries.

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund invests was 19 days when the reporting period began. We tactically adjusted the Master Fund’s WAM based on market conditions and seasonality factors within the tax-exempt market and the anticipated liquidation of another feeder fund. At the end of the reporting period, its WAM was six days. Over the review period, we increased the Master Fund’s allocation to tax-exempt commercial paper and, to a modest extent, to short-term US government obligations. Conversely, we reduced its exposure to municipal bonds and notes.

 

   

The inception date for the CNAV Prime Master Fund in which UBS Prime Preferred Fund invests was January 19, 2016. We tactically adjusted its WAM and, at the end of the reporting period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 31 days. At the security level, the Master Fund’s largest exposure was in commercial paper. It also had lesser allocations to certificates of deposit, time deposits, US government and agency obligations, and repurchase agreements.

 

Q. What factors do you believe will affect the Funds over the coming months?
A.

In our view, the US economy will continue to grow in 2016. That being said, we feel the expansion will be fairly moderate and inflation will remain largely benign. Against this backdrop, we believe the Fed will take a very deliberate pace in terms of normalizing monetary

 

 

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  policy. We anticipate continuing to manage the Funds focusing on risk and liquidity.

We thank you for your continued support and welcome any comments or questions you may have. For additional information on the UBS family of funds, please contact your financial advisor, or visit us at www.ubs.com/am-us.*

Sincerely,

 

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Mark E. Carver

President—UBS Money Series

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

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Robert Sabatino

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Ryan Nugent

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

* Mutual funds are sold by prospectus only. You should read it carefully and consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information contained in the prospectus before investing. Prospectuses for most of our funds can be obtained from your financial advisor, by calling UBS Funds at 800-647 1568 or by visiting our Web site at www.ubs.com/am-us.

 

 

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Lisa DiPaolo

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2016. The views and opinions in the letter were current as of June 10, 2016. They are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and we reserve the right to change our views about individual securities, sectors and markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the Fund’s future investment intent. We encourage you to consult your financial advisor regarding your personal investment program.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Since each Fund is a “feeder fund” that invests in a corresponding “master fund,” the expense information below reflects the combined effect of the two levels of expenses and not just those imposed directly at the feeder fund level.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (continued)

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while UBS Prime Preferred Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that the Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
2
April 30,
2016
    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.50      $ 0.70        0.14
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.17        0.70        0.14   

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
2
April 30,
2016
    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.70      $ 0.65        0.13
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.22        0.65        0.13   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (concluded)

 

  nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
2
April 30,
2016
    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 0.25        0.05
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.61        0.25        0.05   

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

     Beginning
account value
    Ending
account value
2
April 30,
2016
    Expenses paid
during period
4
1/19/16 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.10      $ 0.11        0.04
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.66        0.20        0.04   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

4 

UBS Prime Preferred Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect actual days in the period for the actual example) and 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period for the hypothetical example).

 

 

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Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers1      0.42      0.13      0.10
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers1      0.42         0.13         0.10   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers1      0.38         0.09         0.06   
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers1      0.38         0.09         0.06   
Weighted average maturity2      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (mm)      $7,187.5         $7,616.4         $5,349.2   

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement 1      0.19      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.19         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.15         (0.08      (0.10
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.15         (0.08      (0.10
Weighted average maturity2      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (mm)      $4,993.8         $5,122.6         $4,594.2   

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

 

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Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement 1      0.19      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.19         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.15         (0.16      (0.09
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1      0.15         (0.16      (0.09
Weighted average maturity2      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (mm)      $27.5         $31.4         $38.0   

UBS Prime Preferred Fund*

Yields and characteristics      04/30/16  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement 1        0.42
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1        0.42   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1        0.28   
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement1        0.28   
Weighted average maturity2        31 days   
Net assets (mm)        $193.7   

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016.

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

You could lose money by investing in UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund, UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund or UBS Prime Preferred Fund. Although each Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, each Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in each Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Each Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to a Fund, and you should not expect that the Funds’ sponsor will provide financial support to a Fund.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee

 

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities

April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Preferred
Fund
 
Assets:   
Investment in Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”), at value (cost—$7,190,010,160; $4,994,645,764; $27,487,779 and $193,815,462, respectively, which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)    $ 7,190,010,160   
Receivable from affiliate        
Total assets      7,190,010,160   
Liabilities:   
Dividends payable to shareholders      2,259,259   
Payable to affiliate      203,068   
Total liabilities      2,462,327   
Net assets:   
Shares of beneficial interest—$0.001 par value per share, unlimited amount authorized; 7,187,511,588; 4,993,750,570; 27,487,255 and 193,746,014 outstanding, respectively      7,187,511,588   
Accumulated net realized gain      36,245   
Net assets    $ 7,187,547,833   
Net asset value per share    $ 1.00   

 

 

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UBS Select

Treasury

Preferred
Fund

     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Preferred
Fund
    

UBS
Prime

Preferred
Fund

 
     

$

4,994,645,764

  

   $ 27,487,779       $ 193,815,462   
          3,549           
  4,994,645,764         27,491,328         193,815,462   
     
  701,962         3,866         60,816   
  137,519                 8,632   
  839,481         3,866         69,448   
     

 

4,993,750,570

  

     27,487,210         193,746,014   
  55,713         252           
$ 4,993,806,283       $ 27,487,462       $ 193,746,014   
$ 1.00       $ 1.00       $ 1.00   

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Preferred
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest income allocated from Master Fund    $ 23,875,705   
Expenses allocated from Master Fund      (6,735,131
Expense waiver allocated from Master Fund        
Net investment income allocated from Master Fund      17,140,574   
Expenses:   
Administration fees      5,311,132   
Trustees’ fees      76,312   
       5,387,444   
Fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement by administrator      (2,693,707
Net expenses      2,693,737   
Net investment income      14,446,837   
Net realized gain allocated from Master Fund      97,891   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 14,544,728   

 

 

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UBS Select

Treasury

Preferred

Fund

     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Preferred
Fund
     UBS
Prime
Preferred
Fund
 
     
$ 8,010,240       $ 21,190       $ 138,793   
  (4,782,295      (32,060      (31,986
  576,306         19,545         31,810   
  3,804,251         8,675         138,617   
     
  3,773,228         5,837         21,492   
  59,594         19,811         4,094   
  3,832,822         25,648         25,586   
  (3,042,162      (24,452      (12,789
  790,660         1,196         12,797   
  3,013,591         7,479         125,820   
  356,168         1,795           
$ 3,369,759       $ 9,274       $ 125,820   

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 14,446,837      $ 4,228,291   
Net realized gain      97,891        52,026   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      14,544,728        4,280,317   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (14,446,837     (4,228,291
Net realized gains      (95,230     (18,766
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (14,542,067     (4,247,057
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      1,838,364,465        (1,107,578,124
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      1,838,367,126        (1,107,544,864
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      5,349,180,707        6,456,725,571   
End of year    $ 7,187,547,833      $ 5,349,180,707   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   
UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 3,013,591      $ 451,028   
Net realized gain      356,168        129,847   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      3,369,759        580,875   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (3,013,591     (451,028
Net realized gains      (407,155     (51,545
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (3,420,746     (502,573
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      399,616,466        (872,287,332
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      399,565,479        (872,209,030
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      4,594,240,804        5,466,449,834   
End of year    $ 4,993,806,283      $ 4,594,240,804   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016      2015  
UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund      
From operations:      
Net investment income    $ 7,479       $ 3,774   
Net realized gain      1,795         679   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      9,274         4,453   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:      
Net investment income      (7,479      (3,774
Net realized gains      (2,265      (10,314
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (9,744      (14,088
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      (10,471,211      2,098,990   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      (10,471,681      2,089,355   
Net assets:      
Beginning of year      37,959,143         35,869,788   
End of year    $ 27,487,462       $ 37,959,143   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $       $   

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

 

      For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
UBS Prime Preferred Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 125,820   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      125,820   
Dividends and distributions to
shareholders from:
  
Net investment income      (125,820
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      193,746,014   
Net increase in net assets      193,746,014   
Net assets:   
Beginning of year        
End of year    $ 193,746,014   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment
income
    0.002        0.001        0.001        0.002        0.002   
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.002        0.001        0.001        0.002        0.002   
Dividends from net investment income     (0.002     (0.001     (0.001     (0.002     (0.002
Distributions from net realized gains     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and distributions     (0.002     (0.001     (0.001     (0.002     (0.002
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment
return
2
    0.21     0.07     0.07     0.15     0.17
Ratios to average
net assets:
         
Expenses before fee waivers3     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee waivers3     0.14     0.14     0.14     0.14     0.13
Net investment
income3
    0.21     0.07     0.07     0.15     0.16
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $7,187,548        $5,349,181        $6,456,726        $7,813,076        $7,996,721   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

19

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment
income
    0.001        0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.001        0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.001     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net realized gains     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.001     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment
return
2
    0.07     0.01     0.01     0.02     0.01
Ratios to average
net assets:
         
Expenses before fee
waivers3
    0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee
waivers3
    0.10     0.06     0.06     0.13     0.07
Net investment
income3
    0.06     0.01     0.01     0.02     0.01
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $4,993,806        $4,594,241        $5,466,450        $4,858,387        $4,023,440   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

20

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

     Years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
     $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment
income
     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net
investment income
     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net
realized gains
     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and
distributions
     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
     $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2      0.03     0.04     0.02     0.04     0.03
Ratios to average
net assets:
          
Expenses before fee
waivers3
     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee
waivers3
     0.04     0.04     0.07     0.13     0.13
Net investment
income3
     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.03     0.03
Supplemental data:           
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
     $27,487        $37,959        $35,870        $206,558        $370,847   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder could pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

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UBS Prime Preferred Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

      For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Net asset value, beginning of year      $1.00   
Net investment income      0.001   
Net realized gains        
Net increased from operations      0.001   
Dividends from net investment income      (0.001
Distributions from net realized gains        
Total dividends and distributions      (0.001
Net asset value, end of year      $1.00   
Total investment return2      0.11
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements3      0.18 %4 
Expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements3      0.04 %4 
Net investment income3      0.39 %4 
Supplemental data:   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $193,746   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of the period reported, reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of the period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund (“Prime Preferred Fund”), UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund (“Treasury Preferred Fund”), UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund (“Tax-Free Preferred Fund”), and UBS Prime Preferred Fund (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of UBS Money Series (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 29, 1998. Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, and Tax-Free Preferred Fund commenced operations on August 28, 2007, and UBS Prime Preferred Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. The Trust is a series mutual fund with twenty-one series. The financial statements for the other series of the Trust are not included herein.

Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, Tax-Free Preferred Fund, and UBS Prime Preferred Fund are “feeder funds” that invest substantially all of their assets in “master funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund, and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively (each a “Master Fund” and each a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act). The feeder funds and their respective Master Funds have the same investment objectives. The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the corresponding Master Fund. The value of such investments reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of its corresponding Master Fund (41.81% for Prime Preferred Fund, 42.03% for Treasury Preferred Fund, 2.00% for Tax-Free Preferred Fund and 39.31% for UBS Prime Preferred Fund at April 30, 2016). All of the net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from investment activities of a Master Fund are allocated pro rata, based on respective ownership interests, among the corresponding Fund and other investors in the Master Fund (e.g., other feeder funds) at the time of such determination. The financial statements of the Master Funds, including the Statement of net assets, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in connection with the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

Each Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; each Fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend/distribution policies in an attempt to enable it to do so. As with any money market fund, there is no assurance, however, that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

In the normal course of business the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. 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. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Each Fund records its investment in its corresponding Master Fund at fair value. Securities held by the Master Funds are valued as indicated in the Master Funds’ Notes to financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Dividends and distributions—Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

dividends and distributions is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered 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 tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Administrator

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) serves as administrator to each Fund pursuant to an Administration Agreement approved by the Trust’s board. In accordance with the Administration Agreement, each Fund pays UBS AM an administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 0.08% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, Tax-Free Preferred Funds and UBS Prime Preferred Fund owed UBS AM $444,122, $300,136, $1,798 and $18,700, respectively, for administrative services.

In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Funds’ expenses other than interest, taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its administration fees otherwise receivable by $18,992, $12,554, $4,449 and $4,094 for independent trustees fees payable by Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, Tax-Free Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Preferred Fund, respectively.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

The Funds and UBS AM have entered into written fee waiver agreements pursuant to which UBS AM is contractually obligated to waive 0.04% of its administrative fees through August 31, 2016 (or January 31, 2017, in the case of UBS Prime Preferred Fund). At April 30, 2016, UBS AM owed Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, Tax-Free Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Preferred Fund $222,062, $150,063, $898 and $5,974, respectively for fee waivers. For the year (or period) ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM was contractually obligated to waive $2,693,707, $1,912,843, $12,825 and $12,789 for Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund, Tax-Free Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Preferred Fund, respectively.

In addition, UBS AM has undertaken to waive and/or reimburse fees in the event that Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived an additional $1,129,319 and $11,627 for Treasury Preferred Fund and Tax-Free Preferred Fund, respectively. The above mentioned waivers are not subject to future recoupment.

Shares of beneficial interest

There is an unlimited amount of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest, at $1.00 per share, were as follows:

 

     For the years ended April 30,  

Prime Preferred Fund

   2016     2015  
Shares sold      206,098,659,666        210,953,478,161   
Shares repurchased      (204,268,557,460     (212,063,682,843
Dividends reinvested      8,262,259        2,626,558   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      1,838,364,465        (1,107,578,124

 

     For the years ended April 30,  

Treasury Preferred Fund

   2016     2015  
Shares sold      34,699,324,245        30,398,808,067   
Shares repurchased      (34,302,207,893     (31,271,538,167
Dividends reinvested      2,500,114        442,768   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      399,616,466        (872,287,332

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

 

     For the years ended April 30,  

Tax-Free Preferred Fund

   2016     2015  
Shares sold          9,381,989              117,466,858   
Shares repurchased      (19,859,328     (115,381,802
Dividends reinvested      6,128        13,934   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      (10,471,211     2,098,990   

 

UBS Prime Preferred Fund    For the period from
January 19, 2016
1 to
April 30, 2016
 
Shares sold      199,988,762   
Shares repurchased      (6,306,663
Dividends reinvested      63,915   
Net increase in shares outstanding      193,746,014   

 

1

Commencement of operations.

Federal tax status

Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and to comply with the other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing during each calendar year substantially all of net investment income, net realized capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, each Fund intends not to be subject to a federal excise tax.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Prime Preferred Fund and Treasury Preferred Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by UBS Prime Preferred Fund during the fiscal period ended April 30, 2016, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Tax-Free Preferred Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was 68.61% and 26.79% tax-exempt income, and 8.14% and 0.01% ordinary income, and 23.25% and 73.20% long-term capital gain, respectively.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

At April 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were (1) undistributed ordinary income of $2,295,504 for Prime Preferred Fund, (2) undistributed ordinary income of $757,394 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $281 for Treasury Preferred Fund, (3) undistributed tax exempt income of $3,911, and undistributed long-term capital gains of $207 for Tax-Free Preferred Fund, and (4) undistributed ordinary income of $60,816 for UBS Prime Preferred Fund.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Funds after December 22, 2010, may be carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. These carryforwards are available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of future realized capital gains. To the extent that such losses are used to offset future net realized capital gains, it is probable these gains will not be distributed. As of April 30, 2016, none of the Funds had capital loss carryforwards.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, and since inception for the UBS Prime Preferred Fund, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

 

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable $1.00 share price. The prospectus for Prime Preferred Fund, Treasury Preferred Fund and Tax-Free Preferred Fund has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Report of independent registered public

accounting firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund,

UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund,

UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund and

UBS Prime Preferred Fund

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund, UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Preferred Fund (four of the series comprising UBS Money Series) (collectively, the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

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In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund, UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Preferred Fund, and UBS Prime Preferred Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets the financial highlights for each of the period indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Funds and Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Funds and Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, each Fund discloses, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of the related Master Fund’s portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding each Master Fund’s weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for each of Master Trust—Prime Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund invests) and for Master Trust—Prime CNAV Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Prime Preferred Fund invests) is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in each Fund’s prospectus. Investors also may find additional information about the Funds at the above referenced UBS Web site internet address.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Fund’s (and corresponding Master Fund’s) (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a Fund directly at 1-800-647 1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

General information (unaudited)

 

Pursuant to Section 871(k)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, each Fund designates 100% of its “qualified short-term gains” (as defined in Section 871(k)(2)(D)) related to the distribution made in December 2015 as short-term capital gain dividends.

UBS Select Prime Preferred Fund and UBS Select Treasury Preferred Fund hereby designate 93.23% and 89.44%, respectively, of the ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 as interest related dividends.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.94%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.300%, due 05/25/161

   $ 250,000,000         $ 249,950,000   

0.395%, due 06/01/161

     50,000,000           49,982,993   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     77,000,000           77,000,000   

US Treasury Bills

       

0.411%, due 06/02/161

     40,000,000           39,985,387   

0.507%, due 09/15/161

     250,000,000           249,517,646   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     150,000,000           150,013,671   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     227,000,000           227,141,970   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     150,000,000           150,027,356   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$1,193,619,023)

                1,193,619,023   
Time deposits—14.23%                    
Banking-non-US—14.23%                    

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     672,000,000           672,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     325,000,000           325,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$2,447,000,000)

                2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—20.39%                    
Banking-non-US—17.50%                    

Bank of Montreal
0.616%, due 05/13/162

     134,000,000           134,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.808%, due 07/29/162

     137,000,000           137,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(continued)                    
Banking-non-US—(continued)                    

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

       

0.610%, due 07/05/16

   $ 183,500,000         $ 183,500,000   

0.610%, due 07/07/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     224,000,000           224,000,000   

Credit Suisse

       

0.630%, due 05/03/16

     135,250,000           135,250,000   

0.650%, due 06/14/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

     62,000,000           62,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     105,000,000           105,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     119,000,000           119,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.660%, due 07/21/16

     50,000,000           50,001,115   

Natixis

       

0.587%, due 05/05/162

     86,000,000           86,000,000   

0.588%, due 05/31/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

Norinchukin Bank
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
0.510%, due 05/13/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.705%, due 08/01/16

     50,000,000           50,010,806   

0.960%, due 01/05/17

     96,000,000           96,000,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     148,000,000           148,000,000   

0.600%, due 07/12/16

     195,000,000           195,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken

       

0.540%, due 07/25/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.820%, due 07/22/16

     50,000,000           50,029,454   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     263,000,000           263,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.540%, due 07/28/16

   $ 85,000,000         $ 85,000,000   

0.786%, due 05/16/162

     96,000,000           96,000,000   
                  3,008,791,375   
Banking-US—2.89%                    

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     116,000,000           116,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     114,000,000           114,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     117,400,000           117,400,000   
                  497,400,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$3,506,191,375)

  

       3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper1—45.45%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—24.04%                    

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.460%, due 05/31/16

     88,160,000           88,126,205   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     139,750,000           139,750,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     194,750,000           194,750,000   

CAFCO LLC
0.580%, due 05/09/16

     79,500,000           79,489,753   

Chariot Funding LLC

       

0.667%, due 05/11/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.707%, due 05/05/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Ciesco LLC
0.570%, due 05/12/16

     44,000,000           43,992,337   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC
0.700%, due 05/26/16

     45,000,000           44,978,125   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(continued)                    

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

   $ 94,500,000         $ 94,399,751   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     92,000,000           91,895,120   

0.580%, due 07/07/16

     95,000,000           94,897,453   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.689%, due 05/25/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     98,000,000           97,914,849   

0.700%, due 05/05/16

     50,000,000           49,996,111   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     99,000,000           98,779,478   

LMA Americas LLC

       

0.400%, due 05/06/16

     97,350,000           97,344,592   

0.599%, due 05/19/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.607%, due 05/03/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,523,000           47,470,038   

0.600%, due 07/11/16

     38,000,000           37,955,033   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.690%, due 07/05/16

     100,000,000           99,875,417   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     55,500,000           55,326,316   

0.870%, due 07/15/16

     50,000,000           49,909,375   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     143,000,000           142,409,251   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC
0.450%, due 05/16/16

     138,000,000           137,974,125   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.594%, due 05/03/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     97,000,000           96,933,178   

0.630%, due 05/18/16

     38,000,000           37,988,695   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 08/15/16

     88,000,000           87,823,804   

0.700%, due 05/19/16

     95,000,000           94,966,750   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     71,250,000           71,082,088   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     88,000,000           87,718,302   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC

       

0.521%, due 05/23/162

   $ 170,000,000         $ 170,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     96,500,000           96,500,000   

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     115,000,000           115,000,000   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.450%, due 05/05/16

     78,705,000           78,701,065   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     87,000,000           86,904,300   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     95,000,000           94,885,208   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,000,000           46,947,621   

Working Capital Management Co.
0.490%, due 05/18/16

     93,300,000           93,278,411   
                  4,134,962,751   
Banking-non-US—19.16%                    

ANZ National International Ltd.
0.860%, due 10/06/16

     85,000,000           84,679,172   

ASB Finance Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/03/162

     60,000,000           59,999,731   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/05/162

     124,000,000           124,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
1.020%, due 01/05/17

     100,000,000           99,294,500   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.460%, due 05/02/16

     95,000,000           94,998,786   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     53,500,000           53,393,832   

BNP Paribas

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     30,000,000           29,999,750   

0.380%, due 05/03/16

     400,000,000           399,991,556   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.490%, due 06/01/16

     150,000,000           149,936,708   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.647%, due 05/09/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     107,000,000           106,612,482   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     144,500,000           144,396,442   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.660%, due 05/13/16

     195,000,000           194,957,100   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     67,250,000           67,075,449   

 

 

38


Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

       

0.600%, due 06/07/16

   $ 92,000,000         $ 91,943,267   

0.710%, due 05/13/16

     75,000,000           74,982,250   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     144,000,000           143,494,700   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     97,000,000           96,944,670   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     129,250,000           129,168,303   

0.640%, due 05/05/16

     90,500,000           90,493,564   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     105,500,000           105,134,267   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.645%, due 05/03/16

     95,000,000           94,996,596   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     92,000,000           91,645,800   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

0.590%, due 08/05/16

     77,000,000           76,878,853   

0.820%, due 10/03/16

     119,000,000           118,579,864   

0.840%, due 10/26/16

     96,000,000           95,601,280   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     140,000,000           139,660,383   

Westpac Banking Corp.

       

0.890%, due 08/04/16

     73,000,000           72,828,551   

0.980%, due 01/04/17

     102,000,000           101,311,387   

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd.
0.607%, due 05/10/162

     67,000,000           67,000,000   
                  3,294,999,243   
Banking-US—1.56%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     117,000,000           116,560,762   

Toronto-Dominion Holdings USA, Inc.
0.470%, due 06/06/16

     150,000,000           149,929,500   
                  266,490,262   
Supranational—0.69%   

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     119,350,000           119,288,850   

Total commercial paper (cost—$7,815,741,106)

                7,815,741,106   

 

 

39


Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Non-US government agency—0.41%                    

Export Development Canada
0.735%, due 06/06/162,3
(cost—$70,000,000)

   $ 70,000,000         $ 70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations—2.03%   
Banking-non-US—1.01%   

Royal Bank of Canada
0.747%, due 07/07/162,3

     175,000,000           175,000,000   
Banking-US—1.02%   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

       

0.754%, due 06/15/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.804%, due 06/22/162

     125,000,000           125,000,000   
                  175,000,000   

Total Short-term corporate obligations
(cost—$350,000,000)

   

       350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements—9.68%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $8,804,100 US Treasury Bond, 3.375% due 05/15/44; (value—$10,200,003); proceeds:$10,000,233

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $696,886,500 US Treasury Note, 1.125% due 12/31/19; (value—$700,014,678); proceeds:$700,014,583

     700,000,000           700,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $37,100,000 Federal Home Loan Bank obligations, 0.625% to 5.000% due 12/28/16 to 04/28/36, $111,346,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.250% to 5.125% due 11/17/17 to 05/22/23, $158,614,000 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 6.625% due 10/26/16 to 09/27/32 and $890,000 Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.875% due 02/15/21; (value—$311,202,396); proceeds:$305,106,865

     305,100,000           305,100,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.290% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $635,970,171 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.856% to 6.000% due 05/15/23 to 01/15/43 and $573,075,879 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 10.500% due 03/25/19 to 04/01/46; (value—$255,000,001); proceeds:$250,014,097

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.790% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $1,197,621,102 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 7.000% due 01/15/26 to 09/27/47; (value—$321,000,000); proceeds: $300,599,0834,5

     300,000,000           300,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.690% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $4,584,462,916 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 108.341% due 07/17/19 to 10/15/48; (value—$107,000,000); proceeds: $100,199,6944

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $503,982 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$516,739); proceeds:$505,000

     505,000           505,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$1,665,605,000)

  

       1,665,605,000   
Total investments (cost—$17,048,156,504 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.13%                 17,048,156,504   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.87%                 149,109,842   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 17,197,266,346   

 

 

41


Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 1,193,619,023      $      $ 1,193,619,023   
Time deposits            2,447,000,000               2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            3,506,191,375               3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper            7,815,741,106               7,815,741,106   
Non-US government agency            70,000,000               70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations            350,000,000               350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements            1,665,605,000               1,665,605,000   
Total   $      $ 17,048,156,504      $      $ 17,048,156,504   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      51.0
Sweden      11.8   
France      10.0   
Japan      5.8   
Canada      5.5   
Australia      4.5   
Norway      3.8   
Germany      3.2   
Switzerland      1.4   
New Zealand      1.2   
Singapore      0.9   
Luxembourg      0.9   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

3 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.42% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

4 

Investment has a put feature, which allows the Fund to accelerate the maturity, and a variable or floating rate. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects early put date and the proceeds represent the receivable of the Fund if the put feature was exercised as of April 30, 2016.

 

5 

Illiquid investment as of April 30, 2016.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government obligations—45.70%   

US Treasury Bills1

       

0.295%, due 06/23/16

   $ 200,000,000         $ 199,913,139   

0.370%, due 06/02/16

     170,000,000           169,944,089   

0.460%, due 09/01/16

     150,000,000           149,754,000   

0.467%, due 08/04/16

     150,000,000           149,814,948   

0.477%, due 06/09/16

     50,000,000           49,974,163   

0.505%, due 09/15/16

     250,000,000           249,519,548   

0.573%, due 03/30/17

     200,000,000           198,939,950   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.303%, due 05/02/162

     400,000,000           399,978,930   

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     353,000,000           352,985,694   

0.421%, due 05/02/162

     125,000,000           124,929,580   

0.500%, due 07/31/16

     200,000,000           200,107,866   

0.500%, due 08/31/16

     200,000,000           200,046,662   

0.500%, due 11/30/16

     150,000,000           149,882,480   

0.500%, due 01/31/17

     120,000,000           119,991,201   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     316,750,000           317,138,508   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     425,000,000           425,253,086   

0.625%, due 10/15/16

     440,000,000           440,230,670   

0.625%, due 11/15/16

     100,000,000           100,012,796   

0.625%, due 12/31/16

     250,000,000           250,280,732   

0.625%, due 02/15/17

     125,000,000           125,090,480   

0.750%, due 01/15/17

     150,000,000           150,229,774   

0.875%, due 09/15/16

     275,000,000           275,386,298   

1.000%, due 08/31/16

     350,000,000           350,782,808   

1.000%, due 09/30/16

     50,000,000           50,130,343   

1.750%, due 05/31/16

     130,000,000           130,158,614   

3.000%, due 08/31/16

     100,000,000           100,780,310   

Total US government obligations
(cost—$5,431,256,669)

                5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements—47.55%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $403,571,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 05/15/45 and $61,519,200 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 04/30/21; (value—$499,800,013);
proceeds: $490,011,433

     490,000,000           490,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(continued)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $106,124,000 US Treasury Bills, zero coupon due 05/26/16 to 10/20/16, $208,444,200 US Treasury Bonds, 3.125% to 7.875% due 05/15/16 to 02/15/44, $29,900,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Notes, 0.250% to 0.625% due 07/15/21 to 01/15/25, $69,068,400 US Treasury Notes, zero coupon to 4.625% due 05/15/16 to 01/31/23, $5,700 US Treasury Bonds Principal STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 05/15/45, $271 US Treasury Bonds STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 11/15/30 and $200 US Treasury Notes Principal STRIP, zero coupon due 11/15/17; (value—$459,000,001);
proceeds: $450,010,500

   $ 450,000,000         $ 450,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $1,089,081,200 US Treasury Bonds, 5.250% to 6.250% due 08/15/23 to 11/15/28 and $1,466,210,700 US Treasury Notes, 1.375% to 3.625% due 08/15/19 to 04/30/21; (value—$3,000,062,560);
proceeds: $3,000,062,500

     3,000,000,000           3,000,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $324,300 US Treasury Bill, zero coupon due 06/30/16, $75,760,200 US Treasury Bonds, 2.875% to 4.750% due 02/15/41 to 08/15/45 and $153,673,200 US Treasury Note, 0.500% due 09/30/16; (value—$255,000,008); proceeds: $250,013,125

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.270% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $140,916,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $31,350,800 US Treasury Note, 2.125% due 12/31/22; (value—$204,000,034);
proceeds: $200,010,500

     200,000,000           200,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $241,927,300 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17; (value—$255,000,010); proceeds: $250,013,611

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $102,204,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17 and $147,043,400 US Treasury Note, 2.500% due 05/15/24; (value—$265,200,014); proceeds: $260,006,067

     260,000,000           260,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities USA, Inc. 0.260% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $15,001,300 US Treasury Bonds, 3.750% to 4.750% due 02/15/37 to 08/15/41, $32,997,700 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 1.375% due 01/15/20 and $441,832,000 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.750% due 09/30/16 to 02/15/26; (value—$510,000,100);
proceeds: $500,010,833

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $720,000 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 07/31/21; (value—$756,136); proceeds: $737,000

     737,000           737,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 0.280% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $9,157,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 11/15/44, $23,050,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $211,773,300 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.250% due 07/31/16 to 12/31/21; (value—$255,000,069); proceeds: $250,013,611

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$5,650,737,000)

  

       5,650,737,000   
Total investments (cost—$11,081,993,669 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—93.25%                 11,081,993,669   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—6.75%                 801,917,330   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 11,883,910,999   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 71.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government obligations   $      $ 5,431,256,669      $      $ 5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements            5,650,737,000               5,650,737,000   
Total   $      $ 11,081,993,669      $      $ 11,081,993,669   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

 

47

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—75.77%                    
Alabama—0.98%                    

Mobile County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Refunding
(ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

   $ 8,050,000         $ 8,050,000   

University of Alabama Revenue (University Hospital),

       

Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     1,875,000           1,875,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     3,500,000           3,500,000   
                  13,425,000   
Alaska—0.69%                    

Alaska International Airports Revenue Refunding (System), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue (Exxon Pipeline
Co. Project),
0.260%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding
(Exxon Pipeline Co. Project), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     2,235,000           2,235,000   
                  9,535,000   
Arizona—0.76%                    

AK-Chin Indian Community Revenue,
0.020%, VRD

     6,700,000           6,700,000   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Electric Systems Revenue (Barclays Capital Municipal Trust Receipts, Series 9W),
0.450%, VRD1,2

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  10,450,000   
California—7.60%                    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (Scripps Health), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,960,000           1,960,000   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (St. Joseph Health Systems), Series D,
0.390%, VRD

     7,600,000           7,600,000   

 

 

48


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
California—(concluded)                    

California State Kindergarten, Series B3,
0.230%, VRD

   $ 7,745,000         $ 7,745,000   

Irvine Improvement Bond Act 1915 Limited Obligation (Assessment District 93-14),
0.390%, VRD

     17,900,000           17,900,000   

Irvine Unified School District Special Tax
(Community Facilities District No. 09), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Los Angeles Water and Power Revenue,
Subseries B-8,
0.380%, VRD

     8,400,000           8,400,000   

Modesto Water Revenue Certificates of Participation Refunding, Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,665,000           1,665,000   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Subordinate, Series L,
0.400%, VRD

     21,400,000           21,400,000   

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Sales Tax Revenue (Limited Tax),
Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     14,700,000           14,700,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Santa Clara Electric Revenue, Subseries B,
0.390%, VRD

     5,495,000           5,495,000   

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Refunding,
Series B,
0.370%, VRD

     4,850,000           4,850,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     870,000           870,000   
                  104,585,000   
Colorado—3.19%                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding,
Series A1,
0.300%, VRD

     28,105,000           28,105,000   

 

 

49


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Colorado—(concluded)                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding, (concluded)

       

Series A2,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 14,365,000         $ 14,365,000   

Series A3,
0.300%, VRD

     1,420,000           1,420,000   
                  43,890,000   
Connecticut—0.44%                    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Yale University), Series V-1,
0.210%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
District of Columbia—1.35%                    

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Revenue (Subordinate Lien),
Series B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Subseries B-2,
0.400%, VRD

     8,500,000           8,500,000   

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airport Authority Airport System Revenue, Subseries D-2,
0.280%, VRD

     6,210,000           6,210,000   
                  18,610,000   
Florida—0.60%                    

Gainesville Utilities System Revenue, Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,465,000           2,465,000   

JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,840,000           5,840,000   
                  8,305,000   
Georgia—0.36%                    

Private Colleges & Universities Authority Revenue
(Emory University), Series B-1,
0.410%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
Illinois—10.82%                    

Chicago Waterworks Revenue Refunding,
Subseries 2004-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,845,000           4,845,000   

 

 

50


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(continued)                    

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra),
0.420%, VRD

   $ 11,200,000         $ 11,200,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Francis W. Parker School Project),
0.430%, VRD

     21,800,000           21,800,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Lyric Opera Chicago Project),
0.420%, VRD

     8,100,000           8,100,000   

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.450%, VRD

     2,767,000           2,767,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Northwestern Community Hospital), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,980,000           2,980,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(OSF Healthcare System), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     10,725,000           10,725,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue (University of Chicago Medical Center), Series E-1,
0.280%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,836,000           1,836,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding
(Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.),
0.410%, VRD

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Swedish Covenant), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     13,610,000           13,610,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (University of Chicago), Series C,
0.440%, VRD

     7,162,000           7,162,000   

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago Medical Center), Series B,
0.280%, VRD

     7,300,000           7,300,000   

 

 

51


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(concluded)                    

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Toll Highway Revenue (Senior Priority),

       

Series A-1B,
0.410%, VRD

   $ 5,000,000         $ 5,000,000   

Series A-2D,
0.410%, VRD

     3,300,000           3,300,000   

Illinois State,

       

Series B-5,
0.390%, VRD

     27,700,000           27,700,000   

Series B-6,
0.420%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Revenue (Two Rivers YMCA Project),
0.280%, VRD

     3,630,000           3,630,000   
                  148,955,000   
Indiana—1.92%                    

Indiana Finance Authority Environmental Revenue Refunding (Duke Energy Industrial Project), Series A-5,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Indiana Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Refunding (Indiana University Obligated Group), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     4,525,000           4,525,000   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency Power Supply Systems Revenue Refunding,

       

Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     5,640,000           5,640,000   

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

     3,030,000           3,030,000   

Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Trinity Health), Series D-1,
0.400%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

Indianapolis Multi-Family Housing Revenue
(Capital Place-Covington) (FNMA Insured),
0.420%, VRD

     2,600,000           2,600,000   
                  26,495,000   

 

 

52


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Kansas—0.84%                    

Kansas State Department of Transportation Highway Revenue, Series C-4,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   
Louisiana—1.99%                    

East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial Development Board, Inc. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     16,100,000           16,100,000   

Series B,
0.260%, VRD

     700,000           700,000   

East Baton Rouge Parish Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Exxon Project),
0.260%, VRD

     4,150,000           4,150,000   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding (Christus Health), Series B2,
0.380%, VRD

     6,500,000           6,500,000   
           27,450,000   
Maryland—0.68%                    

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Johns Hopkins University), Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     550,000           550,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Bond Anticipation Notes,

       

Series A,
0.380%, VRD

     800,000           800,000   

Series B-3,
0.400%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
           9,350,000   
Massachusetts—1.98%                    

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Henry Heywood), Series C,
0.270%, VRD

     2,690,000           2,690,000   

Massachusetts State Department of Transportation Metropolitan Highway System Revenue (Senior), Series A-1,
0.390%, VRD

     24,500,000           24,500,000   
                  27,190,000   

 

 

53


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Michigan—0.27%   

Green Lake Township Economic Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Interlochen Center Project),
0.300%, VRD

   $ 3,780,000         $ 3,780,000   
Minnesota—2.54%   

Midwest Consortium of Municipal Utilities Revenue (Draw Down-Association Financing Program), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     6,860,000           6,860,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue (Mayo Clinic), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     13,150,000           13,150,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Mayo Foundation), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
                  35,010,000   
Mississippi—3.99%                    

Jackson County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.280%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),

       

Series D,
0.270%, VRD

     24,000,000           24,000,000   

Series G,
0.250%, VRD

     1,700,000           1,700,000   

Series I,
0.250%, VRD

     20,500,000           20,500,000   

Series K,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Series L,
0.280%, VRD

     1,800,000           1,800,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Corp. Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project), Series F,
0.380%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   
                  55,000,000   
Missouri—2.14%                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue (De Smet Jesuit
High School),
0.280%, VRD

     3,335,000           3,335,000   

 

 

54


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Missouri—(concluded)                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Washington University),

       

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     7,200,000           7,200,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     3,600,000           3,600,000   

Series D,
0.280%, VRD

     3,800,000           3,800,000   
                  29,435,000   
Nebraska—0.62%                    

Lancaster County Hospital Authority No.1 Hospital Revenue Refunding (Bryanlgh Medical Center), Series B-1,
0.280%, VRD

     8,555,000           8,555,000   
New Hampshire—0.93%                    

New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority Revenue (Dartmouth College), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     12,850,000           12,850,000   
New York—11.09%                    

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue Dedicated Tax Fund, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

New York City Health & Hospital Corp. Revenue
(Health Systems), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     1,400,000           1,400,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (2 Gold Street), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.410%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (The Crest), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     23,500,000           23,500,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Revenue (Royal Properties), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

 

 

55


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(continued)                    

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (Second General Fiscal 2008),

       

Series BB-1,
0.370%, VRD

   $ 8,300,000         $ 8,300,000   

Series BB-2,
0.280%, VRD

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

Series BB-5,
0.270%, VRD

     3,200,000           3,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue
(Second General Resolution), Series B-4,
0.250%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue, Subseries F-1A,
0.370%, VRD

     21,900,000           21,900,000   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue,

       

Subseries A-4,
0.250%, VRD

     9,265,000           9,265,000   

Subseries E-4,
0.320%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

New York City, Subseries D-4,
0.280%, VRD

     1,940,000           1,940,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Rockefeller University), Series A-2,
0.420%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Royal), Series A,
(FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     19,500,000           19,500,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue State Supported Debt (City University), Series D,
0.380%, VRD

     5,100,000           5,100,000   

New York State Housing Finance Agency Revenue (Dock Street), Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (Syracuse University Project), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     4,030,000           4,030,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(concluded)                    

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Revenue (General), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 3,720,000         $ 3,720,000   
           152,755,000   
North Carolina—2.27%   

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Health Care Systems Revenue Refunding
(Carolinas Healthcare) (AGM Insured),

       

Series E,
0.380%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

Series H,
0.280%, VRD

     24,075,000           24,075,000   

Guilford County, Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,855,000           1,855,000   

New Hanover County (School),
0.390%, VRD

     1,750,000           1,750,000   

North Carolina Educational Facilities Finance Agency Revenue (Duke University Project), Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,410,000           1,410,000   
                  31,290,000   
Ohio—3.05%   

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Revenue (Carnegie/89th Garage Project),
0.440%, VRD

     16,040,000           16,040,000   

Columbus Sewer Revenue, Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     16,000,000           16,000,000   

Middletown Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Atrium Medical Center), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     7,580,000           7,580,000   

Ohio (Common Schools),

       

Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     730,000           730,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,705,000           1,705,000   
                  42,055,000   
Oregon—0.56%   

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Revenue (Legacy Health System), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Pennsylvania—2.11%   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania & New Jersey Revenue Refunding, Series B,
0.380%, VRD

   $ 2,580,000         $ 2,580,000   

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Lease Revenue Refunding, Series B-3,
0.410%, VRD

     5,325,000           5,325,000   

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (1st Lien), Series B2,
0.410%, VRD

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Washington County Authority Refunding
(University of Pennsylvania),
0.360%, VRD

     1,315,000           1,315,000   

Washington County Hospital Authority Revenue (Monongahela Valley Hospital Project), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,540,000           2,540,000   

Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority Revenue (Excela Health Project), Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     5,245,000           5,245,000   
                  29,005,000   
Rhode Island—0.21%                    

Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp. Higher Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding (New England Institute of Technology),
0.410%, VRD

     2,555,000           2,555,000   

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp. Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   
                  2,855,000   
Tennessee—0.31%                    

Sevier County Public Building Authority
(Local Government Public Improvement), Series B-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,300,000           4,300,000   
Texas—8.39%                    

Alamo Community College District (Citigroup ROCS Series RR-II-R-883WF) (FGIC Insured),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     7,750,000           7,750,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Texas—(concluded)                    

Harris County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue (Methodist Hospital),

       

Subseries C-1,
0.280%, VRD

   $ 28,700,000         $ 28,700,000   

Subseries C-2,
0.280%, VRD

     7,100,000           7,100,000   

Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Methodist Hospital Systems), Series A-2,
0.280%, VRD

     4,295,000           4,295,000   

Harris County Hospital District Revenue Refunding (Senior Lien),
0.410%, VRD

     29,605,000           29,605,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     1,452,000           1,452,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil), Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     17,640,000           17,640,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Hospital Revenue (Baylor Healthcare System Project), Series C,
0.420%, VRD

     6,100,000           6,100,000   

Texas State Transportation Commission Revenue
(JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2563),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     30,000           30,000   

University of Texas Permanent University
(Funding System), Series A,
0.360%, VRD

     1,900,000           1,900,000   

University of Texas Revenues (Financing Systems), Series B,
0.360%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
                  115,572,000   

 

 

59


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(concluded)                    
Utah—0.93%                    

Murray City Utah, Hospital Revenue (IHC Health Services, Inc.), Series D,
0.250%, VRD

   $ 12,830,000         $ 12,830,000   
Virginia—1.02%                    

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Revenue (Smithsonian Institution), Series A,
0.430%, VRD

     10,700,000           10,700,000   

Hanover County Economic Development Authority Revenue Refunding (Bon Secours Health), Series D-2,
0.400%, VRD

     3,340,000           3,340,000   
                  14,040,000   
Washington—0.92%                    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Revenue (JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2643Z),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     4,995,000           4,995,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (New Haven Apartments) (FNMA Insured),
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (Washington Terrace),
0.400%, VRD

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  12,645,000   
Wyoming—0.22%                    

Uinta County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.250%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost—$1,043,417,000)

  

       1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation3—1.45%              

US Treasury Bill 0.196%, due 05/05/16
(cost—$19,999,566)

     20,000,000           19,999,566   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—22.80%                    
California—0.43%                    

California State Health Facilities Financing
(Stanford Hospital), Series B-2, Subseries 1,
0.430%, due 05/24/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 6,000,000   
Illinois—2.08%                    

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue,

       

0.090%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

0.450%, due 05/18/16

     10,615,000           10,615,000   
                  28,615,000   
Maryland—0.86%                    

Johns Hopkins University,
0.030%, due 05/04/16

     11,900,000           11,900,000   
Massachusetts—1.09%                    

Harvard University,
0.390%, due 05/10/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Michigan—1.09%                    

Trinity Health Credit Group,
0.140%, due 05/04/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Minnesota—2.18%                    

Mayo Clinic,

       

0.390%, due 05/16/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

0.390%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  30,000,000   
Missouri—3.67%                    

Curators University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

     30,543,000           30,543,000   

0.440%, due 05/17/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   
                  50,543,000   
Pennsylvania—2.36%                    

Montgomery County,

       

0.430%, due 05/04/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.410%, due 05/05/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/18/16

     12,500,000           12,500,000   
                  32,500,000   

 

 

61


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—(concluded)                    
Tennessee—2.03%                    

Vanderbilt University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

   $ 20,000,000         $ 20,000,000   

0.290%, due 05/23/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
                  28,000,000   
Texas—5.52%                    

Dallas Area Rapid Transit,

       

0.400%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.160%, due 05/10/16

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

0.140%, due 05/17/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

University of Texas,

       

0.090%, due 05/04/16

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

0.050%, due 05/09/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/09/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/10/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/13/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.430%, due 05/18/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  76,000,000   
Virginia—0.67%                    

University of Virginia,
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     9,200,000           9,200,000   
Washington—0.82%   

University of Washington,
0.210%, due 05/04/16

     11,250,000           11,250,000   

Total tax-exempt commercial paper (cost—$314,008,000)

  

       314,008,000   
Total investments (cost—$1,377,424,566 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—100.02%                 1,377,424,566   
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(0.02)%                 (336,978
Net assets—100.00%               $ 1,377,087,588   

 

 

62


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 71.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
   

Other
significant
observable
inputs

(Level 2)

    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Municipal bonds and notes   $      $ 1,043,417,000      $      $ 1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation            19,999,566               19,999,566   
Tax-exempt commercial paper            314,008,000               314,008,000   
Total   $      $ 1,377,424,566      $      $ 1,377,424,566   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.20% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

2 

The Fund does not directly own the municipal security indicated; the Fund owns an interest in a special purpose entity that, in turn, owns the underlying municipal security. The special purpose entity permits the Fund to own interests in underlying assets, but in a manner structured to provide certain advantages not inherent in the underlying bonds (e.g., enhanced liquidity, yields linked to short-term rates).

 

3 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

 

63

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.84%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.290%, due 05/26/161

   $ 3,500,000         $ 3,499,295   

0.290%, due 06/06/161

     7,000,000           6,997,970   

0.300%, due 05/25/161

     5,000,000           4,999,000   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

US Treasury Bill
0.290%, due 05/12/161

     13,000,000           12,998,850   

US Treasury Note
0.522%, due 05/02/162

     250,000           250,164   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$33,745,279)

                33,745,279   
Time deposits—12.98%   
Banking-non-US—12.98%   

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$64,000,000)

                64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—17.64%   
Banking-non-US—16.27%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.636%, due 05/19/16

     500,000           500,008   

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
0.610%, due 07/05/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Credit Suisse
0.630%, due 05/03/16

     750,000           750,000   

 

 

64


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

   $ 1,000,000         $ 1,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

KBC Bank N.V.
0.360%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.670%, due 05/31/16

     5,000,000           5,000,914   

Norinchukin Bank Ltd.
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.705%, due 08/01/16

     4,000,000           4,000,864   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.805%, due 07/15/16

     500,000           500,004   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.490%, due 05/19/16

     2,500,000           2,500,000   

0.540%, due 07/28/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
                  80,251,790   
Banking-US—1.37%                    

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
0.850%, due 08/22/16

     750,000           750,000   
                  6,750,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$87,001,790)

                87,001,790   

 

 

65


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—62.33%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—30.81%                    

Albion Capital Corp.

       

0.480%, due 05/25/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 5,998,080   

0.610%, due 05/23/16

     2,000,000           1,999,254   

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.400%, due 05/06/16

     4,000,000           3,999,778   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           17,999,850   

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.350%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,806   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

CAFCO LLC

       

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.580%, due 06/08/16

     5,000,000           4,996,939   

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC
0.490%, due 05/03/16

     1,500,000           1,499,959   

Ciesco LLC

       

0.570%, due 05/12/16

     1,000,000           999,826   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC

       

0.570%, due 06/14/16

     2,250,000           2,248,432   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.650%, due 07/05/16

     1,250,000           1,248,533   

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

     1,500,000           1,498,409   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     4,000,000           3,995,440   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.500%, due 05/04/16

     3,000,000           2,999,875   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/25/16

     5,000,000           4,993,035   

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     2,000,000           1,998,262   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     1,000,000           997,772   

LMA Americas LLC
0.599%, due 05/19/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

 

 

66


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC
0.600%, due 07/11/16

   $ 3,000,000         $ 2,996,450   

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp.
0.450%, due 05/03/16

     5,000,000           4,999,875   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 08/17/16

     5,000,000           4,989,500   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     1,500,000           1,495,306   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     1,000,000           995,869   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC

       

0.440%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,411   

0.450%, due 05/16/16

     5,000,000           4,999,062   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.600%, due 05/02/16

     750,000           749,987   

0.620%, due 06/06/16

     2,250,000           2,248,605   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     3,000,000           2,997,933   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 05/23/16

     750,000           749,679   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     750,000           748,233   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     2,000,000           1,993,598   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.520%, due 06/17/16

     2,500,000           2,498,303   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     3,000,000           2,996,700   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     5,000,000           4,993,958   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     3,000,000           2,996,657   

Working Capital Management Co.

       

0.490%, due 05/18/16

     3,000,000           2,999,306   

0.510%, due 06/03/16

     4,000,000           3,998,130   

0.510%, due 06/07/16

     4,000,000           3,997,903   
                  151,916,523   
Automotive OEM—2.26%                    

American Honda Finance Corp.
0.380%, due 05/13/16

     8,000,000           7,998,987   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Automotive OEM—(concluded)                    

BMW US Capital LLC
0.400%, due 05/25/16

   $ 3,128,000         $ 3,127,166   
                  11,126,153   
Banking-non-US—18.51%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.580%, due 05/12/16

     460,000           459,919   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.410%, due 05/12/16

     7,000,000           6,999,123   

0.660%, due 07/01/16

     1,500,000           1,498,323   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     1,500,000           1,497,023   

BNP Paribas Fortis Funding LLC
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,833   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.430%, due 05/27/16

     10,000,000           9,996,894   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.557%, due 05/04/162

     750,000           749,998   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     1,000,000           996,378   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     1,500,000           1,498,925   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.600%, due 05/18/16

     1,500,000           1,499,575   

0.640%, due 07/11/16

     2,000,000           1,997,476   

0.680%, due 08/09/16

     3,000,000           2,994,333   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     3,000,000           2,992,213   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.600%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,150   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     2,000,000           1,992,982   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.530%, due 05/16/16

     1,000,000           999,779   

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,289   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     750,000           749,526   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     1,000,000           996,533   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.700%, due 06/21/16

   $ 425,000         $ 424,579   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     3,000,000           2,988,450   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.590%, due 08/05/16

     1,000,000           998,427   

Societe Generale
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,839   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     1,500,000           1,496,361   

Westpac Banking Corp.
0.980%, due 01/04/17

     1,500,000           1,489,873   
                  91,312,801   
Banking-US—0.81%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     4,000,000           3,984,984   
Diversified manufacturing—2.03%                    

Siemens Capital Co. LLC

       

0.370%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,664   

0.450%, due 06/20/16

     5,000,000           4,996,875   
                  9,995,539   
Machinery-agriculture & construction—2.84%   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

0.370%, due 06/01/16

     7,000,000           6,997,770   

0.430%, due 06/02/16

     7,000,000           6,997,324   
                  13,995,094   
Pharmaceuticals—2.03%                    

Novartis Finance Corp.
0.450%, due 05/10/16

     3,000,000           2,999,662   

Roche Holding, Inc.
0.390%, due 05/13/16

     7,000,000           6,999,090   
                  9,998,752   
Supranational—0.20%                    

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     1,000,000           999,488   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)   
Technology-software—0.81%                    

Microsoft Corp.
0.370%, due 05/18/16

   $ 4,000,000         $ 3,999,301   
Tobacco—2.03%                    

Philip Morris International Co.
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           9,998,133   

Total commercial paper (cost—$307,326,768)

                307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement—0.20%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $981,018 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$1,005,849); proceeds: $983,001 (cost—$983,000)

     983,000           983,000   
Total investments (cost—$493,056,837
which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.99%
                493,056,837   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.01%                 42,779   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 493,099,616   

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 33,745,279      $      $ 33,745,279   
Time deposits            64,000,000               64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            87,001,790               87,001,790   
Commercial paper            307,326,768               307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement            983,000               983,000   
Total   $      $ 493,056,837      $      $ 493,056,837   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      50.1
France      15.3   
Sweden      9.9   
Japan      6.3   
Germany      5.8   
Canada      3.7   
Belgium      2.0   
Luxembourg      2.0   
Switzerland      1.8   
Swaziland      1.4   
Australia      1.3   
Norway      0.3   
Netherlands      0.1   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

Portfolio acronyms

 

AGM   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FNMA   Federal National Mortgage Association
OEM   Original Equipment Manufacturer
PUTTERs   Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
ROCS   Reset Option Certificates
STRIP   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
VRD   Variable rate demand notes are payable on demand. The interest rates shown are the current rates as of April 30, 2016 and reset periodically.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

(Note: The expense information provided in this section is relevant for direct investors in the Master Funds. Investors in related “feeder funds” should instead focus on separate expense examples relevant to the particular feeder funds; the expense examples for the feeder funds will reflect their proportionate share of the corresponding Master Funds’ expenses.)

As an owner of a Master Fund, an investor such as a feeder fund incurs ongoing costs, including management fees and other Master Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand a Master Fund investor’s ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Master Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Master Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Master Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account

 

 

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Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (continued)

 

balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Master Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Master Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that the Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Prime Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

 

 

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Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Treasury Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

Tax-Free Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 0.20        0.04
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.66        0.20        0.04   

Prime CNAV Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
2
01/19/16
3 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.20      $ 0.00        0.00
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.86        0.00        0.00   

 

1 

Expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

2 

Actual expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect the inception period from January 19, 2016 to April 30, 2016). Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

 

Prime Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (bln)      $17.2         $15.8         $14.1   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Commercial paper      45.5      46.2      38.1
Certificates of deposit      20.4         21.1         28.5   
Time deposits      14.2         14.8         11.3   
Repurchase agreements      9.7         11.1         7.8   
Short-term corporate obligations      2.0         3.4         7.7   
US government and agency obligations      6.9         3.4         5.6   
Non-US government agency      0.4         0.9         1.0   
Other assets less liabilities      0.9         (0.9      0.0 3 
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime Master Fund. Although Prime Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (continued)

 

Treasury Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (bln)      $11.9         $12.7         $12.6   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Repurchase agreements      47.6      75.8      76.5
US government obligations      45.7         25.8         21.8   
Other assets less liabilities      6.7         (1.6      1.7   
Total      100.00      100.00      100.00

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Treasury Master Fund. Although Treasury Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Treasury Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Treasury Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund, and you should not expect that Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (continued)

 

Tax-Free Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (bln)      $1.4         $1.4         $1.4   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Municipal bonds and notes      75.8      79.6      84.3
Tax-exempt commercial paper      22.8         16.8         15.6   
Short-term US government obligation      1.5         1.7           
Other assets less liabilities      (0.1      1.9         0.1   
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Tax-Free Master Fund. Although Tax-Free Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Tax-Free Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Tax-Free Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund, and you should not expect that Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Prime CNAV Master Fund

Characteristics      4/30/2016*  
Weighted average maturity1        31 days   
Net assets (mm)        $493.0   
Portfolio composition2      4/30/2016  
Commercial paper        62.3
Certificates of deposit        17.7   
Time deposits        13.0   
Repurchase agreements        0.2   
US government and agency obligations        6.8   
Other assets less liabilities        0.0 3 
Total        100.0

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime CNAV Master Fund. Although Prime CNAV Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime CNAV Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime CNAV Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Master Trust

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

          
    
    
Prime  Master
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest    $ 54,765,468   
Expenses:   
Investment advisory and administration fees      15,279,909   
Trustees’ fees      133,869   
Total expenses      15,413,778   
Fee waivers/expense reimbursements by investment advisor        
Net expenses      15,413,778   
Net investment income      39,351,690   
Net realized gain      228,755   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 39,580,445   

 

 

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Treasury
Master Fund
     Tax-Free
Master Fund
     Prime CNAV
Master Fund
For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
     
$ 20,365,398       $ 1,005,900       $ 314,351   
     
  12,114,709         1,455,210         67,687   
  108,113         32,070         4,426   
  12,222,822         1,487,280         72,113   
  (1,493,991      (919,256      (70,389
  10,728,831         568,024         1,724   
  9,636,567         437,876         312,627   
  935,343         70,058           
$ 10,571,910       $ 507,934       $ 312,627   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Statement of changes in net assets

 

    For the years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 39,351,690      $ 17,070,374   
Net realized gain     228,755        134,885   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     39,580,445        17,205,259   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     3,037,555,323        (1,660,811,709
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     3,077,135,768        (1,643,606,450
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     14,120,130,578        15,763,737,028   
End of year   $ 17,197,266,346      $ 14,120,130,578   
Treasury Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 9,636,567      $ 1,236,679   
Net realized gain     935,343        362,897   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     10,571,910        1,599,576   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     (762,944,902     123,527,693   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     (752,372,992     125,127,269   
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     12,636,283,991        12,511,156,722   
End of year   $ 11,883,910,999      $ 12,636,283,991   
Tax-Free Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 437,876      $ 154,098   
Net realized gain     70,058        26,605   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     507,934        180,703   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     21,560,886        (36,199,458
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     22,068,820        (36,018,755
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     1,355,018,768        1,391,037,523   
End of year   $ 1,377,087,588      $ 1,355,018,768   

 

 

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Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Prime CNAV Master Fund  
From operations:  
Net investment income   $ 312,627   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     312,627   
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     492,786,989   
Net increase in net assets     493,099,616   
Net assets:  
Beginning of year       
End of year   $ 493,099,616   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

Selected financial data throughout each year is presented below:

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Prime Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.10
Net investment income      0.26
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.26
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $17,197,266   
Treasury Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.09
Net investment income      0.08
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.09
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $11,883,900   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

 

84

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

 

Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.11      0.11      0.19 %      0.19
        
  0.11      0.11      0.19      0.20
  $14,120,131         $15,763,737         $19,137,609         $15,688,562   
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.06      0.06      0.10 %2       0.06
  0.01      0.01      0.05 %      0.01
        
  0.01      0.01      0.05      0.01
  $12,636,284         $12,511,157         $12,225,550         $13,044,384   

 

 

85

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Tax-Free Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.04
Net investment income      0.03
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.03
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $1,377,088   
Prime CNAV Master Fund     

 

 

For the period from

January 19,  20163

to April 30, 2016

  

  

  

Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10 %4 
Expenses after fee waivers      0.00 %4,5 
Net investment income      0.43 %4 
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.12
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $493,100   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund. For Prime CNAV Master Fund, total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Amount less than 0.005%.

 

 

86

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.04      0.07      0.10 %2       0.10 %2 
  0.01      0.01      0.06      0.06
        
  0.01      0.02      0.07      0.06
  $1,355,019         $1,391,038         $1,556,326         $1,160,792   

 

 

 

87

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”, collectively, the “Master Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 12, 2007.

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Tax-Free Master Fund commenced operations on August 28, 2007. Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. On August 28, 2007, Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund received substantially all of the net assets of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Money Market Fund) and UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Treasury Fund) (open-end registered investment companies affiliated with the Master Funds) in exchange for ownership interests in the respective Master Funds.

In the normal course of business the Master Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Master Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Master Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Master Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Master Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.

 

 

88


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Master Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Investments are valued at amortized cost unless Master Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Master Board”) determines that this does not represent fair value. Periodic review and monitoring of the valuation of securities held by the Master Funds is performed in an effort to ensure that amortized cost approximates market value.

US GAAP requires disclosure regarding the various inputs that are used in determining the value of each of the Master Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs, including but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs inclusive of each of the Master Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In accordance with US GAAP, a fair value hierarchy has been included near the end of each Master Fund’s Statement of net assets.

Repurchase agreements—The Master Funds may purchase securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer (or its affiliate), subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date (or upon demand) and price. The Master Funds maintain custody of the underlying obligations prior to their repurchase, either through their regular custodian or through a special “tri-party” custodian or sub-custodian that maintains a separate account for both the Master Funds and their counterparty. The underlying collateral is valued daily in an

 

 

89


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

effort to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, the Master Funds generally have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. Repurchase agreements involving obligations other than US government securities (such as commercial paper, corporate bonds, equities and mortgage loans) may be subject to special risks and may not have the benefit of certain protections in the event of counterparty insolvency. Moreover, repurchase agreements secured by obligations that are not eligible for direct investment under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act or a fund’s investment strategies and limitations may require the Master Fund to promptly dispose of such collateral if the seller or guarantor becomes insolvent. If the seller (or seller’s guarantor, if any) becomes insolvent, the Master Funds may suffer delays, costs and possible losses in connection with the disposition or retention of the collateral. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. The Master Funds may participate in joint repurchase agreement transactions with other funds managed or advised by UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”). Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Prime CNAV Master Fund may engage in repurchase agreements as part of normal investing strategies; Tax-Free Master Fund generally would only engage in repurchase agreement transactions as temporary or defensive investments.

Under certain circumstances, a Master Fund may engage in a repurchase agreement transaction with a yield of zero in order to invest cash amounts remaining in its portfolio at the end of the day in order to avoid having the Master Fund potentially exposed to a fee for uninvested cash held in a business account at a bank.

Investment transactions and investment income—Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are calculated using the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized as adjustments to interest income and the identified cost of investments.

 

 

90


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Investment advisor and administrator and other transactions with affiliates

The Master Funds’ Board has approved an investment advisory and administration contract (“Management Contract”) with respect to each Master Fund under which UBS AM serves as investment advisor and administrator. In accordance with the Management Contract, each Master Fund pays UBS AM an investment advisory and administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Average daily net assets    Annual rate  
Up to $30 billion      0.1000
In excess of $30 billion up to $40 billion      0.0975  
In excess of $40 billion up to $50 billion      0.0950  
In excess of $50 billion up to $60 billion      0.0925  
Over $60 billion      0.0900  

At April 30, 2016, Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund owed UBS AM $1,331,496, $934,156 and $111,451, respectively, for investment advisory and administration fees. In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Master Funds’ expenses other than taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Master Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Master Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its management fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Master Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its management fees otherwise receivable by $34,287, $23,097, $7,284 and $4,426 for the independent trustees fees payable by Prime Master

 

 

91


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. In addition, UBS AM has undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that the current Master Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived $1,493,991 and $919,256 for Treasury Master Fund and Tax Free Master Fund, respectively, for that purpose, such amounts are not subject to future recoupment. As part of the commencement of operations for Prime CNAV Master Fund, for the period February 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived its management fee of 0.10% equaling $70,389, which is not subject to future recoupment.

Until June 16, 2016, the Master Funds invested cash collateral from securities lending activities into an affiliated private money market fund, UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC (“Private Money Market”), which operated in compliance with most of the substantive provisions of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Private Money Market was managed by UBS AM and was offered as a cash management option to mutual funds and certain other accounts managed by the Master Funds’ investment manager. UBS AM acted as managing member and received a management fee from Private Money Market payable monthly in arrears at the annual rate of 0.10% of Private Money Market’s average daily members’ equity, minus the aggregate operating expenses of, and incurred by, Private Money Market during each such related month, not including investment expenses (including brokerage commissions, taxes, interest charges and other costs with respect to transactions in securities) and extraordinary expenses including litigation expenses, if any. UBS AM could, in its sole discretion, waive all or any portion of the management fee to which it was entitled from time to time in order to maintain operating expenses or net yields at a certain level. Distributions received from Private Money Market, if any, net of fee rebates paid to borrowers, would have been reflected as securities lending income in the Statement of operations.

 

 

92


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Additional information regarding compensation to affiliate of a board member

Professor Meyer Feldberg serves as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions, resulting in him being an interested trustee of the Master Funds. The Master Funds have been informed that Professor Feldberg’s role at Morgan Stanley does not involve matters directly affecting any UBS funds. Portfolio transactions are executed through Morgan Stanley based on that firm’s ability to provide best execution of the transactions. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Master Funds purchased and sold certain securities (e.g., fixed income securities) in principal trades with Morgan Stanley, having aggregate values as follows:

 

Prime Master Fund    $ 224,831,933   
Treasury Master Fund      374,920,914   
Tax-Free Master Fund      88,108,600   

Morgan Stanley received compensation in connection with these trades, which may have been in the form of a “mark-up” or “mark-down” of the price of the securities, a fee from the issuer for maintaining a commercial paper program, or some other form of compensation. Although the precise amount of this compensation is not generally known by the Master Funds’ investment manager, it is believed that under normal circumstances it represents a small portion of the total value of the transactions.

Securities lending

Each Master Fund may lend securities up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. The loans are secured at all times by cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. A Master Fund will regain ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, a Master Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in,

 

 

93


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. A Master Fund receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as the Master Funds’ lending agent. At April 30, 2016, the Master Funds did not have any securities on loan.

Beneficial interest transactions

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 47,016,868,030      $ 46,715,500,630   
Withdrawals      (43,979,312,707     (48,376,312,339
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 3,037,555,323      $ (1,660,811,709
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Treasury Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 28,255,411,545      $ 25,098,121,478   
Withdrawals      (29,018,356,447     (24,974,593,785
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ (762,944,902   $ 123,527,693   
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Tax-Free Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 1,598,987,976      $ 1,679,665,637   
Withdrawals      (1,577,427,090     (1,715,865,095
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 21,560,886      $ (36,199,458
Prime CNAV Master Fund   

For the period from

January 19,  20161

to April 30, 2016

        
Contributions    $ 566,064,862           
Withdrawals      (73,277,873        
Net increase in beneficial interest    $ 492,786,989           

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

94


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Federal tax status

Each Master Fund is considered a non-publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, no federal tax provision is necessary. As such, each investor in a Master Fund is treated as owning its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Fund. UBS AM intends that each Master Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that an investor in a Master Fund will be able to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by investing its net assets through the Master Fund.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded, as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Master Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, and since inception for the Prime CNAV Master Fund remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable price. The Master Funds’ registration statement has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

95


Master Trust

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Interest holders and Board of Trustees of Master Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (four of the series comprising the Master Trust) (the “Trust”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their

 

 

96


Master Trust

 

operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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June 29, 2016

 

 

97


Master Trust

General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, the Master Funds disclose, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of their portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding their weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for Prime Master Fund is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in the Fund’s offering documents. The Web site referenced above also contains a variety of additional information regarding the Master Funds and certain of their feeder funds.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Master Fund’s (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a Master Fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent
12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a Master Fund directly at 1-800-647-1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

98


Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Background—At a meeting of the board of Master Trust (the “Trust”) on September 21-22, 2015, the members of the board, including the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (“Independent Trustees”), as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved a management contract (the “Management Contract”) between UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) and the Trust, with respect to Prime CNAV Master Fund (the “Master Fund”), a series of the Trust, in connection with the proposed establishment of a master-feeder fund structure involving (1) the organization of the Master Fund, which will serve as the “master fund,” and (2) the organization of UBS Prime Investor Fund, UBS Prime Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund, series of a separate SEC registrant, which will serve as “feeder funds” and invest all or substantially all of their assets in the Master Fund (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds,” and collectively with the Master Fund, the “New Prime Funds”). In considering the approval of the Management Contract, the board was able to draw on its knowledge of the Trust, its portfolios and UBS AM. The board recognized its familiarity with UBS AM and the management contract for the other portfolios of the Trust, including the extensive materials the board had previously reviewed in connection with the annual reconsideration of the management contract for the other portfolios. The board also received a memorandum discussing UBS AM’s reasons for proposing the establishment of the New Prime Funds.

In its consideration of the approval of the Management Contract, the board reviewed the following factors:

Nature, extent and quality of the services under the Management Contract—The board recognized that although the Master Fund would be a new fund, the board was familiar with the services currently provided to other UBS master-feeder money market funds and that the service providers (including UBS AM as investment advisor) for the Master Fund would be the same as those for other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board noted that the management services to be provided to the Master Fund by UBS AM under the Management Contract, and the administrative, distribution

 

 

99


Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

and shareholder services to be performed by UBS AM and its affiliates for the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, would be substantially similar to the services provided to those other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board’s evaluation of the services to be provided by UBS AM took into account the board’s knowledge and familiarity gained as board members of funds in the UBS New York fund complex, including the scope and quality of UBS AM’s investment advisory and other capabilities and the quality of its administrative and other services. The board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

Management fees and expense ratios—The board reviewed and considered the proposed contractual investment advisory and administration fee (the “Contractual Management Fee”) to be payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM in light of the nature, extent and quality of the advisory and administrative services to be provided by UBS AM. The board noted that under the master-feeder structure, the Master Fund will pay the Contractual Management Fee to UBS AM, and, in turn, each Feeder Fund will bear the Master Fund’s expenses in proportion to its investment in the Master Fund. In making its determination regarding the Master Fund’s fees, the board assessed (i) the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, (ii) each Feeder Fund’s portion of the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, and (iii) each Feeder Fund’s estimated overall expenses. The board noted that the proposed fee structure for the New Prime Funds, including the Contractual Management Fee payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM, with its breakpoints, was the same as the fee structure of certain other UBS master-feeder money market funds. Management represented that those other UBS master-feeder money market funds are substantially similar to the New Prime Funds.

The board determined that the proposed management fee was reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services proposed to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

 

 

100


Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Fund performance—Past performance was not a factor considered by the board, as the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds would be new funds.

Advisor profitability—As the Master Fund and Feeder Funds would be new funds, the board did not consider the profitability of UBS AM or its affiliates.

Economies of scale—The board noted management’s explanation that it anticipated that as the Master Fund grew in scale there could be potential economies of scale which might be passed to shareholders of the Feeder Funds via the Contractual Management Fee breakpoints. The board also noted that although the Master Fund’s Contractual Management Fee contained breakpoints at higher asset levels, economies of scale might inure more to UBS AM because UBS AM paid most of the Master Fund’s non-management operating expenses under the “unitary” fee structure. Overall, the board considered the sharing of potential economies of scale with the shareholders of the Feeder Funds acceptable.

Other benefits to UBS AM—The board considered other potential benefits to be received by UBS AM and its affiliates as a result of its relationship with the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, including the opportunity to offer additional products and services to the Feeder Funds’ shareholders and to others. In light of the costs of providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Master Fund, the costs of providing administrative services to the Feeder Funds and UBS AM’s ongoing commitment to the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, the profits and other ancillary benefits that UBS AM and its affiliates might receive were considered reasonable.

In light of all of the foregoing, the board approved the Management Contract. No single factor reviewed by the board was identified by the board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the Management Contract. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process. The board discussed the proposed approval of the Management Contract in a private session with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of UBS AM were present.

 

 

101


UBS Preferred Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Board of Trustees & Officers

The Funds are governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees each Fund’s operations. Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The table below shows, for each trustee and officer, his or her name, address and age, the position held with the Trust, the length of time served as a trustee or officer of the Trust, the trustee’s or officer’s principal occupations during the last five years, the number of funds in the UBS fund complex overseen by the trustees or for which a person served as an officer, and other directorships held by the trustees.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

Interested Trustee

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Meyer Feldberg††; 74
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since 1998   Professor Feldberg is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, although on an extended leave of absence. He is also a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley (financial services) (since 2005). Professor Feldberg also served as president of New York City Global Partners (an organization located in part of the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York that promoted interaction with other cities around the world) (2007-2014). Prior to 2004, he was Dean and Professor of Management and Ethics of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University (since 1989).

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Professor Feldberg is a director or trustee of 18 investment companies (consisting of 59 portfolios) for which UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) or one of its affiliates serves as investment advisor or manager.   Professor Feldberg is also a director of Macy’s, Inc. (operator of department stores), Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) and the New York City Ballet.

 

 

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UBS Preferred Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard Q. Armstrong; 80

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset

Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Since 1998 (Trustee); Since 2004 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)   Mr. Armstrong is chairman and principal of R.Q.A. Enterprises (management consulting firm) (since 1991 and principal occupation since 1995). Mr. Armstrong was president or chairman of a number of packaged goods companies (responsible for such brands as Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, Adirondack Beverages and Moët Hennessy, among many others) (from 1982 until 1995).

Alan S. Bernikow; 75

207 Benedict Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10314

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Bernikow is retired. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche (international accounting and consulting firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Armstrong is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None
 
Mr. Bernikow is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee and as the chair of the compensation committee), the lead director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (real estate investment trust) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee); and a director of Destination XL Group, Inc. (menswear) (and serves as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee). He is also a director of Florida Community Bank, N.A. (and serves as the chair of its audit committee).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees (continued)

 

Name, address,

and age

  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard R. Burt; 69

McLarty Associates

900 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20006

  Trustee   Since 1998   Mr. Burt is a managing director of McLarty Associates (a consulting firm) (since 2007). He was chairman of IEP Advisors (international investments and consulting firm) until 2009. Prior to 2007, he was chairman of Diligence Inc. (international information and risk management firm).

Bernard H. Garil; 75

6754 Casa Grande Way

Delray Beach, FL 33446

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Garil is retired (since 2001). He was a managing director at PIMCO Advisory Services (from 1999 to 2001) where he served as president of closed-end funds and vice-president of the variable insurance product funds advised by OpCap Advisors (until 2001).

Heather R. Higgins; 56

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee   Since 2005   Ms. Higgins is the president and director of The Randolph Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 1991). Ms. Higgins also serves (or had served) on the boards of several non-profit charitable groups, including the Independent Women’s Forum (chairman) and the Philanthropy Roundtable. She also serves on the board of the Hoover Institution (from 2001 to 2007 and since 2009).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund

complex overseen by trustee

  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Burt is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Burt is also a director of The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc., The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (and serves as a member of each such fund’s audit, nominating and governance committees).
 
Mr. Garil is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS Global AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Garil is also a director of OFI Global Trust Company (commercial trust company), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (voluntary health organization) and a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, Inc. (charitable foundation).
 
Ms. Higgins is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

David Malpass; 60

Encima Global, LLC

645 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Trustee   Since May 2014   Mr. Malpass is the president and founder of Encima Global, LLC (economic research and consulting) (since 2008). From 1993 until 2008, he was Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. (financial services firm).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Malpass is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Malpass is also a director of New Mountain Finance Corp. (business development company and serves as a member of its audit committee).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Joseph Allessie*; 50   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2014 (Chief Compliance Officer)   Mr. Allessie is a managing director (since 2015) (prior to which he was an executive director) at UBS AM and UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (collectively, “UBS AM—Americas region”). Mr. Allessie is head of compliance and operational risk control for the UBS Asset Management Division in the Americas with oversight for traditional and alternative investment businesses in Canada, the US and Cayman Islands. Prior to that he served as deputy general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2005 to 2014). Mr. Allessie is the chief compliance officer (prior to which he was interim chief compliance officer) (from January to July 2014)) and had served as a vice president and assistant secretary (from 2005 to 2016) of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Rose Ann
Bubloski*; 48
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2011   Ms. Bubloski is a director (since 2012) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2008 to 2012)) and senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She is vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Mark E. Carver*; 52   President   Since 2010   Mr. Carver is a managing director and head of product development and management for UBS AM—Americas region (since 2008). In this role, he oversees product development and management for both wholesale and institutional businesses. He is a member of the Americas Management Committee (since 2008) and the Regional Operating Committee (since 2008). Prior to 2008, Mr. Carver held a number of product-related or sales responsibilities with respect to funds, advisory programs and separately managed accounts. Mr. Carver is president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Lisa N. DiPaolo*; 38   Vice President   Since November 2015   Ms. DiPaolo is a director (since 2008) and portfolio manager (since November 2015) at UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. DiPaolo joined UBS AM—Americas region in 2000 and has been a municipal securities analyst on the tax-free fixed income team. Ms. DiPaolo is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Thomas Disbrow*; 50   Vice President and Treasurer   Since 2000 (Vice President); Since 2004 (Treasurer)   Mr. Disbrow is a managing director (since 2011) (prior to which he was an executive director) (from 2007 to 2011) and global head of registered fund product control (since January 2016) (prior to which he was head of the North American fund treasury administration department of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2011-2015)). Mr. Disbrow is a vice president and treasurer and/or principal accounting officer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Elbridge T. Gerry III*; 59   Vice President   Since 1999   Mr. Gerry is a managing director and head of municipal fixed income of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2001). Mr. Gerry is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mark F. Kemper**; 58   Vice President and Secretary   Since 2004   Mr. Kemper is a managing director (since 2006) and head of the legal department of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004). He has been secretary of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004) and assistant secretary of UBS Asset Management Trust Company (since 1993). Mr. Kemper is vice president and secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joanne M. Kilkeary*; 48   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2004   Ms. Kilkeary is an executive director (since 2013) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2008)) and a senior manager (since 2004) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Kilkeary is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Cindy Lee*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2014   Ms. Lee is a director (since March 2016) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2009 to 2016)) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Tammie Lee*; 45   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Ms. Lee is an executive director (since 2010) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2005)) and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joshua M. Lindauer*; 28   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since
May
2016
  Mr. Lindauer is an associate director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since May 2016). Prior to joining UBS AM—Americas region, Mr. Lindauer was an associate counsel at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (from 2015 to 2016) and a paralegal (from 2014 to 2015). From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindauer was a law student. Mr. Lindauer is a vice president and assistant secretary of 7 investment companies (consisting of 48 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
William T. MacGregor*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since September 2015   Mr. MacGregor is an executive director and deputy general counsel at UBS AM—Americas region. From June 2012 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC and from May 2008 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. MacGregor is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Ryan Nugent*; 38   Vice President   Since 2009   Mr. Nugent is a director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an associate director) (since 2004)), portfolio manager (since 2005) and head of municipal trading (since 2013) of UBS AM—Americas region. Prior to that he was an assistant portfolio manager to the tax free money market funds (since 2002). Mr. Nugent is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Nancy Osborn*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2007   Mrs. Osborn is a director (since 2010) (prior to which she was an associate director) and a senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2006). Mrs. Osborn is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Robert Sabatino**; 42   Vice President   Since 2001   Mr. Sabatino is a managing director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an executive director) (since 2007), global head of liquidity, portfolio management (2015), head of US taxable money markets (2009 to 2015), and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region in the short duration fixed income group (since 2001). Mr. Sabatino is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 30 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Eric Sanders*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Mr. Sanders is a director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Mr. Sanders is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
David Walczak**; 32   Vice President   Since February 2016   Mr. Walczak is an executive director (since January 2016), head of US taxable money markets (since January 2016) and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Walczak is a vice president of five investment companies (consisting of 45 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Keith A. Weller*; 54   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 1998   Mr. Weller is an executive director and senior associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005) and has been an attorney with affiliated entities since 1995. Mr. Weller is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Mandy Yu*, 32   Vice President   Since 2013   Ms. Yu is an associate director (since 2015) (prior to which she was an authorized officer (since 2012)) and tax compliance manager (since 2013) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She was a fund treasury manager (from 2012 to 2013) and a mutual fund administrator (from 2007 to 2012) for UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Yu is a vice president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (concluded)

 

 

 

* This person’s business address is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028.

 

** This person’s business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers of the Trust are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

†† Professor Feldberg is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) because he is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions.

 

 

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Trustees

    

Richard Q. Armstrong

Chairman

 

Alan S. Bernikow

 

Richard R. Burt

    

Meyer Feldberg

 

Bernard H. Garil

 

Heather R. Higgins

 

David Malpass

Principal Officers

    

Mark E. Carver

President

 

Mark F. Kemper

Vice President and Secretary

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Vice President

    

Thomas Disbrow

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Robert Sabatino

Vice President

 

Lisa DiPaolo

Vice President

 

David Walczak

Vice President

Administrator (and Manager for the Master Funds)

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

Principal Underwriter (for the feeder funds)

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

 

This report is not to be used in connection with the offering of shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus.

©UBS 2016. All rights reserved.


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UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Annual Report

April 30, 2016

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

UBS Prime Reserves Fund


UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

 

June 10, 2016

Dear Shareholder,

We present you with the annual report for the UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds namely UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund, UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund (the “Funds”), for the 12 months (or since commencement period for UBS Prime Reserves Fund) ended April 30, 2016 (the “reporting period”).

Performance

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) modestly raised the federal funds rate from a historically low range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The federal funds rate or the “fed funds rate,” is the rate US banks charge one another for funds they borrow on an overnight basis. While the yields on a wide range of short-term investments moved higher over the period as the market anticipated the Fed action as well as potential future actions into 2016, yields still remained low by historical comparison. (For more details on the Fed’s actions, see below.) As a result, the Funds’ yields remained low during the reporting period.

The seven-day current yields for the Funds (after fee waivers/expense reimbursements) were as follows:

 

 

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund: 0.38% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.06% on April 30, 2015.

 

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

UBS Prime Reserves Fund

Investment goals (all three Funds):

Maximum current income consistent with liquidity and capital preservation

Portfolio Manager:

Robert Sabatino

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund—August 10, 1998; UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund—March 23, 2004

UBS Prime Reserves Fund—January 19, 2016

Dividend payments:

Monthly

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UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund: 0.15% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund: 0.15% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Prime Reserves Fund: 0.38% on April 30, 2016.

For detailed information on the Funds’ performance, refer to “Yields and characteristics at a glance” on pages 10 and 11.

An interview with the Portfolio Managers

Q. How would you describe the economic environment during the reporting period?
A. The US economy continued to expand, but the pace moderated during the reporting period. The US Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product (“GDP”) expanded at a 3.9% seasonally

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Investment goal:

Maximum current income exempt from federal income tax consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

Portfolio Managers:

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Lisa M. DiPaolo

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

August 28, 2007

Dividend payments:

Monthly

 

adjusted annualized rate during the second quarter of 2015. GDP growth then slowed to 2.0% and 1.4% for the third and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively. Finally, first-quarter 2016 GDP grew at a 0.8% rate.1

 

Q. How did the Fed react to the economic environment?
A. The Fed took its initial step toward normalizing monetary policy during the reporting period. In December 2015, the Fed raised the fed funds rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The US central

 

1  Based on the Commerce Department’s second estimate for GDP announced on May 27, 2016, after the reporting period had ended.

 

 

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  bank boosted the fed funds rate from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. In its official statement the Fed said, “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative after this increase, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation…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.” During its meetings that concluded on January 27, March 16, and April 27, 2016, the Fed kept rates on hold.

 

Q. Given that the Funds are “feeder funds,” how were the portfolios in which they invest managed during the reporting period?
A. Each fund is a “feeder fund,” investing all of its assets in “Master Funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. As always, quality and liquidity remained paramount in our management process for the Master Funds.

 

   

For the Prime Master Fund in which UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund invests, we tactically adjusted its weighted average maturity (WAM)—which is the weighted average maturity of the securities in the portfolio—throughout the fiscal year. When the reporting period began, the Master Fund had a WAM of 44 days. By the end of the period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 42 days.

At the issuer level, we maintained a high level of diversification, investing in smaller positions with the goal of reducing risk and keeping the Master Fund highly liquid. To that end, we typically purchased up to 3% in single nongovernment issuers throughout the reporting period. (The Master Fund is generally able to hold up to 5% in any one issuer, subject to certain exceptions.)

At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to commercial paper and time deposits, and, to lesser extents, repurchase agreements and US government and agency

 

 

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obligations. Conversely, we decreased its exposures to certificates of deposits, short-term corporate obligations and non-US government obligations. (Repurchase agreements are transactions that require the seller of a security to buy it back at a predetermined time and price, or upon demand.)

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund invests was 36 days when the reporting period began. Over the review period, the WAM was increased and, at period-end on April 30, 2016, it was 59 days. At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to direct Treasury obligations and reduced its exposure to repurchase agreements backed by Treasuries.

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund invests was 19 days when the reporting period began. We tactically adjusted the Master Fund’s WAM based on market conditions and seasonality factors within the tax-exempt market and the anticipated liquidation of another feeder fund. At the end of the reporting period, its WAM was six days. Over the review period, we increased the Master Fund’s allocation to tax-exempt commercial paper and, to a modest extent, to short-term US government obligations. Conversely, we reduced its exposure to municipal bonds and notes.

 

   

The inception date for the CNAV Prime Master Fund in which UBS Prime Reserves Fund invests was January 19, 2016. We tactically adjusted its WAM and, at the end of the reporting period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 31 days. At the security level, the Master Fund’s largest exposure was in commercial paper. It also had lesser allocations to certificates of deposit, time deposits, US government and agency obligations, and repurchase agreements.

 

Q. What factors do you believe will affect the Funds over the coming months?
A.

In our view, the US economy will continue to grow in 2016. That being said, we feel the expansion will be fairly moderate and inflation will remain largely benign. Against this backdrop, we believe the Fed will take a very deliberate pace in terms of normalizing monetary

 

 

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  policy. We anticipate continuing to manage the Funds focusing on risk and liquidity.

We thank you for your continued support and welcome any comments or questions you may have. For additional information on the UBS family of funds, please contact your financial advisor, or visit us at www.ubs.com/am-us.*

Sincerely,

 

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Mark E. Carver

President—UBS Money Series

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund UBS Prime Reserves Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

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Robert Sabatino

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund UBS Prime Reserves Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Lisa DiPaolo

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

* Mutual funds are sold by prospectus only. You should read it carefully and consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information contained in the prospectus before investing. Prospectuses for most of our funds can be obtained from your financial advisor, by calling UBS Funds at 800-647 1568 or by visiting our Web site at www.ubs.com/am-us.

 

 

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Ryan Nugent

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2016. The views and opinions in the letter were current as of June 10, 2016. They are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and we reserve the right to change our views about individual securities, sectors and markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the Fund’s future investment intent. We encourage you to consult your financial advisor regarding your personal investment program.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Since each Fund is a “feeder fund” that invests in a corresponding “master fund,” the expense information below reflects the combined effect of the two levels of expenses and not just those imposed directly at the feeder fund level.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

 

Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (continued)

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while UBS Prime Reserves Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that the Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2`
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.30      $ 0.90        0.18
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,023.97        0.91        0.18   

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.60      $ 0.80        0.16
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.07        0.81        0.16   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result,

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

 

Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (concluded)

 

  investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

    

Beginning

account value

November 1, 2015

   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.20      $ 0.30        0.06
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.57        0.30        0.06   

UBS Prime Reserves Fund

    

Beginning

account value

   

Ending

account  value2

April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
4
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.90      $ 0.23        0.08
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.47        0.40        0.08   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

4 

Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect the inception period from January 19, 2016 to April 30, 2016). Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

 

Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers1      0.38      0.09      0.06
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers1      0.38         0.09         0.06   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers1      0.38         0.09         0.06   
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers1      0.38         0.09         0.06   
Weighted average maturity2      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (bln)      $4.4         $3.7         $4.1   

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers
and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1
     0.15      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers
and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1
     0.15         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers
and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1
     0.15         (0.08      (0.10
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers
and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1
     0.15         (0.08      (0.10
Weighted average maturity2      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (bln)      $3.8         $3.9         $4.3   

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

 

Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.15      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.15         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.15         (0.16      (0.09
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.15         (0.16      (0.09
Weighted average maturity2      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (mm)      $345.0         $393.3         $445.2   

UBS Prime Reserves Fund*

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16              
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers
and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1
     0.38          
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.38             
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.28             
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursements1      0.28             
Weighted average maturity2      31 days             
Net assets (mm)      $297.0             

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016.

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

You could lose money by investing in UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund, UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund or UBS Prime Reserves Fund. Although each Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, each Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in each Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Each Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to a Fund, and you should not expect that the Funds’ sponsor will provide financial support to a Fund.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Statement of assets and liabilities

April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Institutional
Fund
 
Assets:   
Investment in Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”), at value (cost—$4,356,918,047; $3,828,817,473; $345,506,156 and $296,936,528, respectively, which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)    $ 4,356,918,047   
Liabilities:   
Dividends payable to shareholders      1,304,526   
Payable to affiliate      264,081   
Total liabilities      1,568,607   
Net assets:   
Shares of beneficial interest—$0.001 par value per share, unlimited amount authorized; 4,355,326,680; 3,828,071,697; 345,446,434 and 296,827,861 outstanding, respectively      4,355,326,680   
Accumulated net realized gain      22,760   
Net assets    $ 4,355,349,440   
Net asset value per share    $ 1.00   

 

 

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UBS Select
Treasury
Institutional
Fund
     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Institutional
Fund
    

UBS

Prime
Reserves
Fund*

 
     

$

3,828,817,473

  

   $ 345,506,156       $ 296,936,528   
     
  461,980         38,345         82,756   
  236,897         18,575         25,911   
     
  698,877         56,920         108,667   
     
     

 

3,828,071,697

  

     345,446,434         296,827,861   
  46,899         2,802           
     
$ 3,828,118,596       $ 345,449,236       $ 296,827,861   
     
$ 1.00       $ 1.00       $ 1.00   
     

 

* Commenced Operations on January 19, 2016.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Institutional
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest income allocated from Master Fund    $ 13,983,955   
Expenses allocated from Master Fund      (3,939,068
Expense waiver allocated from Master Fund        
Net investment income allocated from Master Fund      10,044,887   
Expenses:   
Administration fees      3,097,636   
Trustees’ fees      53,098   
       3,150,734   
Fee waivers and/or Trustees’ fees reimbursement by administrator        
Net expenses      3,150,734   
Net investment income      6,894,153   
Net realized gain allocated from Master Fund      57,564   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 6,951,717   

 

 

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UBS Select
Treasury
Institutional
Fund
     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Institutional
Fund
    

UBS

Prime
Reserves
Fund*

 
     
$ 6,593,840       $ 266,442       $ 170,344   
  (3,993,332      (394,529      (38,906
  504,270         240,131         37,537   
  3,104,778         112,044         168,975   
     
  3,138,357         292,744         27,006   
  53,457         22,859         4,116   
  3,191,814         315,603         31,122   
  (2,001,419      (284,103        
  1,190,395         31,500         31,122   
  1,914,383         80,544         137,853   
  295,522         19,825           
$ 2,209,905       $ 100,369       $ 137,853   

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 6,894,153      $ 1,391,215   
Net realized gain      57,564        37,245   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      6,951,717        1,428,460   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (6,894,153     (1,391,215
Net realized gains      (59,552     (12,747
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (6,953,705     (1,403,962
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      214,813,047        (244,729,311
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      214,811,059        (244,704,813
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      4,140,538,381        4,385,243,194   
End of year    $ 4,355,349,440      $ 4,140,538,381   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   
UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 1,914,383      $ 458,634   
Net realized gain      295,522        128,460   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      2,209,905        587,094   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (1,914,383     (458,634
Net realized gains      (352,014     (47,723
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (2,266,397     (506,357
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      (463,431,993     8,722,783   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      (463,488,485     8,803,520   
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      4,291,607,081        4,282,803,561   
End of year    $ 3,828,118,596      $ 4,291,607,081   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 80,544      $ 53,527   
Net realized gain      19,825        8,802   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      100,369        62,329   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (80,544     (53,527
Net realized gains      (26,048     (30,774
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (106,592     (84,301
Net decrease in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      (99,698,789     (38,135,086
Net decrease in net assets      (99,705,012     (38,157,058
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      445,154,248        483,311,306   
End of year    $ 345,449,236      $ 445,154,248   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

17

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

      For the
period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
UBS Prime Reserves Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 137,853   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      137,853   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:   
Net investment income      (137,853
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      296,827,861   
Net increase in net assets      296,827,861   
Net assets:   
Beginning of period        
End of period    $ 296,827,861   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $   

 

1 

Commencent of operations.

 

 

18

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UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.002        0.000 1      0.000 1      0.001        0.001   
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.002        0.000 1      0.000 1      0.001        0.001   
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.002     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.001     (0.001
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.002     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.001     (0.001
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.17     0.03     0.03     0.11     0.13
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers/Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee waivers/Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.17
Net investment income3     0.18     0.03     0.03     0.11     0.12
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $4,355,349        $4,140,538        $4,385,243        $6,021,339        $6,673,607   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

19

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UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 1       0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.000 1       0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.06     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers/Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee waivers/Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.12     0.06     0.06     0.14     0.07
Net investment income3     0.05     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $3,828,119        $4,291,607        $4,282,804        $4,351,895        $4,613,731   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

20

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UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net investment income     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net realized gains     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and distributions     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.03     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.02
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers/ Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18
Expenses after fee waivers/ Trustees’ fees reimbursement3     0.05     0.04     0.08     0.15     0.14
Net investment income3     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.02
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $345,449        $445,154        $483,311        $563,780        $763,318   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder could pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

21

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UBS Prime Reserves Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

      For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Net asset value, beginning of period      $1.00   
Net investment income      0.001   
Net realized gains        
Net increase from operations      0.001   
Dividends from net investment income      (0.001
Distributions from net realized gains        
Total dividends and distributions      (0.001
Net asset value, end of period      $1.00   
Total investment return2      0.09
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements3      0.18 %4 
Expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements3      0.08 %4 
Net investment income3      0.35 %4 
Supplemental data:   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $296,828   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of the period reported, reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of the period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a fund distribution.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

 

22

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (“Prime Institutional Fund”) (formerly UBS Select Money Market Fund), UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund (“Treasury Institutional Fund”) (formerly UBS Select Treasury Fund), UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund (“Tax-Free Institutional Fund”), and UBS Prime Reserves Fund (“Prime Reserves Fund”) (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of UBS Money Series (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 29, 1998. The Trust is a series mutual fund with twenty-one series. The financial statements for the other series of the Trust are not included herein.

Prime Institutional Fund and Treasury Institutional Fund invest substantially all of their assets in Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”), respectively, each a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act. Each Fund has the same investment objective as the Master Fund in which it invests.

Tax-Free Institutional Fund also is a “feeder fund” that invests substantially all of its assets in a corresponding “master fund”—Tax-Free Master Fund (also a “Master Fund” and a series of Master Trust). Prime Reserves Fund also is a “feeder fund” that invests substantially all of its assets in a corresponding “master fund”—Prime CNAV Master Fund (also a “Master Fund” and a series of Master Trust). The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the corresponding Master Fund. The value of such investment reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of its corresponding Master Fund (25.33% for Prime Institutional Fund, 32.22% for Treasury Institutional Fund, 25.09% for Tax-Free Institutional Fund and 60.22% for Prime Reserves Fund at April 30, 2016). All of the net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from investment activities of each Master Fund is allocated pro rata, based on respective ownership interests, among the corresponding Fund and other investors

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

in the Master Fund (e.g., other feeder funds) at the time of such determination. The financial statements of the Master Funds, including the Statements of net assets, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in connection with the Funds’ financial statements.

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

Each Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; each Fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend/distribution policies in an attempt to enable it to do so. As with any money market fund, there is no assurance, however, that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

In the normal course of business the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. 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. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Valuation of investments—Each Fund records its investment in its corresponding Master Fund at fair value. Securities held by the Master Funds are valued as indicated in the Master Funds’ Notes to financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Dividends and distributions—Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered 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 tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Administrator

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) serves as administrator to each Fund pursuant to an Administration Agreement approved by the Trust’s board. In accordance with the Administration Agreement, each Fund pays UBS AM an administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 0.08% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, Prime Institutional Fund, Treasury Institutional Fund, Tax-Free Institutional Fund and Prime Reserves Fund owed UBS AM $264,081, $236,897, $18,575 and $25,911, respectively, for administrative services.

In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Funds’ expenses other than interest, taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its administration fees otherwise receivable by $53,098, $53,457, $22,859 and $4,116 for independent trustees fees payable by Prime Institutional Fund, Treasury Institutional Fund, Tax-Free Institutional Fund and Prime Reserves Fund, respectively.

UBS AM has undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse trustees’ fees in the event that Fund yields drop below a certain level. This undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived $2,001,419, and $284,103 for Treasury Institutional Fund and Tax-Free Institutional Fund, respectively, for that purpose; such amounts are not subject to future recoupment.

Shares of beneficial interest

There is an unlimited amount of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest, at $1.00 per share, were as follows:

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
Prime Institutional Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      12,783,437,640        13,442,169,106   
Shares repurchased      (12,573,839,417     (13,688,026,102
Dividends reinvested      5,214,824        1,127,685   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      214,813,047        (244,729,311
     For the years ended April 30,  
Treasury Institutional Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      9,251,208,369        10,433,252,569   
Shares repurchased      (9,716,343,759     (10,424,994,606
Dividends reinvested      1,703,397        464,820   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      (463,431,993     8,722,783   

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
Tax-Free Institutional Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold    $ 221,017,080      $ 474,781,071   
Shares repurchased      (320,783,582     (512,997,941
Dividends reinvested      67,713        81,784   
Net decrease in beneficial interest    $ (99,698,789   $ (38,135,086
Prime Reserves Fund    For the period from
January 19, 2016
1 to
April 30, 2016
       
Shares sold      394,190,803     
Shares repurchased      (97,412,337  
Dividends reinvested      49,395     
Net increase in shares outstanding      296,827,861     

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

Federal tax status

Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and to comply with the other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing during each calendar year substantially all of their net investment income, net realized capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, each Fund intends not to be subject to a federal excise tax.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Prime Institutional Fund and Treasury Institutional Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Prime Reserves Fund during the fiscal period ended April 30, 2016, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Tax-Free Institutional Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was 65.92% and 63.50% tax-exempt income, 9.64% and 0.02% ordinary income, and 24.44% and 36.48% long-term capital gain, respectively.

At April 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were (1) undistributed ordinary income of $1,327,286 for Select

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Prime Institutional Fund, (2) undistributed ordinary income of $508,653 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $226 for Treasury Institutional Fund, (3) undistributed tax-exempt income of $38,590 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $2,557 for Tax-Free Institutional Fund, and (4) undistributed ordinary income of $82,756 for Prime Reserves Fund.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Funds after December 22, 2010, may be carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. These carryforwards are available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of future realized capital gains. To the extent that such losses are used to offset future net realized capital gains, it is probable these gains will not be distributed. As of April 30, 2016, none of the Funds had capital loss carryforwards.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016 and since inception for the Prime Reserves Fund, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable $1.00 share price. The prospectus for the Prime Institutional Fund, Treasury Institutional Fund and Tax-Free Institutional Fund has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

29


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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund,

UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund,

UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund and

UBS Prime Reserves Fund

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund, UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund (four of the series comprising UBS Money Series) (collectively, the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

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In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund, UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Institutional Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

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June 29, 2016

 

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Funds and Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Funds and Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, each Fund discloses, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of the related Master Fund’s portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding each Master Fund’s weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for each of Master Trust—Prime Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund invests) and for Master Trust—Prime CNAV Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Prime Reserves Fund invests) is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in each Fund’s prospectus. Investors also may find additional information about the Funds at the above referenced UBS Website internet address.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Fund’s (and corresponding Master Fund’s) (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a fund directly at 1-800-647 1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

Other tax information

Pursuant to Section 871(k)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, each Fund designates 100% of its “qualified short-term gains” (as defined in Section 871(k)(2)(D)) related to the distribution made in December 2015 as short-term capital gain dividends.

UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund and UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund hereby designate 93.17% and 86.64%, respectively, of the ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 as interest related dividends.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.94%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.300%, due 05/25/161

   $ 250,000,000         $ 249,950,000   

0.395%, due 06/01/161

     50,000,000           49,982,993   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     77,000,000           77,000,000   

US Treasury Bills

       

0.411%, due 06/02/161

     40,000,000           39,985,387   

0.507%, due 09/15/161

     250,000,000           249,517,646   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     150,000,000           150,013,671   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     227,000,000           227,141,970   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     150,000,000           150,027,356   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$1,193,619,023)

                1,193,619,023   
Time deposits—14.23%                    
Banking-non-US—14.23%                    

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     672,000,000           672,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     325,000,000           325,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$2,447,000,000)

                2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—20.39%                    
Banking-non-US—17.50%                    

Bank of Montreal
0.616%, due 05/13/162

     134,000,000           134,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.808%, due 07/29/162

     137,000,000           137,000,000   

 

 

34


Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(continued)                    
Banking-non-US—(continued)                    

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

       

0.610%, due 07/05/16

   $ 183,500,000         $ 183,500,000   

0.610%, due 07/07/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     224,000,000           224,000,000   

Credit Suisse

       

0.630%, due 05/03/16

     135,250,000           135,250,000   

0.650%, due 06/14/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

     62,000,000           62,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     105,000,000           105,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     119,000,000           119,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.660%, due 07/21/16

     50,000,000           50,001,115   

Natixis

       

0.587%, due 05/05/162

     86,000,000           86,000,000   

0.588%, due 05/31/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

Norinchukin Bank
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
0.510%, due 05/13/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.705%, due 08/01/16

     50,000,000           50,010,806   

0.960%, due 01/05/17

     96,000,000           96,000,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     148,000,000           148,000,000   

0.600%, due 07/12/16

     195,000,000           195,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken

       

0.540%, due 07/25/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.820%, due 07/22/16

     50,000,000           50,029,454   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     263,000,000           263,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.540%, due 07/28/16

   $ 85,000,000         $ 85,000,000   

0.786%, due 05/16/162

     96,000,000           96,000,000   
                  3,008,791,375   
Banking-US—2.89%                    

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     116,000,000           116,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     114,000,000           114,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     117,400,000           117,400,000   
                  497,400,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$3,506,191,375)

  

       3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper1—45.45%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—24.04%                    

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.460%, due 05/31/16

     88,160,000           88,126,205   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     139,750,000           139,750,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     194,750,000           194,750,000   

CAFCO LLC
0.580%, due 05/09/16

     79,500,000           79,489,753   

Chariot Funding LLC

       

0.667%, due 05/11/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.707%, due 05/05/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Ciesco LLC
0.570%, due 05/12/16

     44,000,000           43,992,337   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC
0.700%, due 05/26/16

     45,000,000           44,978,125   

 

 

36


Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(continued)                    

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

   $ 94,500,000         $ 94,399,751   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     92,000,000           91,895,120   

0.580%, due 07/07/16

     95,000,000           94,897,453   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.689%, due 05/25/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     98,000,000           97,914,849   

0.700%, due 05/05/16

     50,000,000           49,996,111   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     99,000,000           98,779,478   

LMA Americas LLC

       

0.400%, due 05/06/16

     97,350,000           97,344,592   

0.599%, due 05/19/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.607%, due 05/03/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,523,000           47,470,038   

0.600%, due 07/11/16

     38,000,000           37,955,033   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.690%, due 07/05/16

     100,000,000           99,875,417   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     55,500,000           55,326,316   

0.870%, due 07/15/16

     50,000,000           49,909,375   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     143,000,000           142,409,251   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC
0.450%, due 05/16/16

     138,000,000           137,974,125   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.594%, due 05/03/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     97,000,000           96,933,178   

0.630%, due 05/18/16

     38,000,000           37,988,695   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 08/15/16

     88,000,000           87,823,804   

0.700%, due 05/19/16

     95,000,000           94,966,750   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     71,250,000           71,082,088   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     88,000,000           87,718,302   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC

       

0.521%, due 05/23/162

   $ 170,000,000         $ 170,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     96,500,000           96,500,000   

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     115,000,000           115,000,000   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.450%, due 05/05/16

     78,705,000           78,701,065   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     87,000,000           86,904,300   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     95,000,000           94,885,208   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,000,000           46,947,621   

Working Capital Management Co.
0.490%, due 05/18/16

     93,300,000           93,278,411   
                  4,134,962,751   
Banking-non-US—19.16%                    

ANZ National International Ltd.
0.860%, due 10/06/16

     85,000,000           84,679,172   

ASB Finance Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/03/162

     60,000,000           59,999,731   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/05/162

     124,000,000           124,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
1.020%, due 01/05/17

     100,000,000           99,294,500   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.460%, due 05/02/16

     95,000,000           94,998,786   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     53,500,000           53,393,832   

BNP Paribas

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     30,000,000           29,999,750   

0.380%, due 05/03/16

     400,000,000           399,991,556   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.490%, due 06/01/16

     150,000,000           149,936,708   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.647%, due 05/09/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     107,000,000           106,612,482   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     144,500,000           144,396,442   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.660%, due 05/13/16

     195,000,000           194,957,100   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     67,250,000           67,075,449   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

       

0.600%, due 06/07/16

   $ 92,000,000         $ 91,943,267   

0.710%, due 05/13/16

     75,000,000           74,982,250   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     144,000,000           143,494,700   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     97,000,000           96,944,670   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     129,250,000           129,168,303   

0.640%, due 05/05/16

     90,500,000           90,493,564   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     105,500,000           105,134,267   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.645%, due 05/03/16

     95,000,000           94,996,596   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     92,000,000           91,645,800   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

0.590%, due 08/05/16

     77,000,000           76,878,853   

0.820%, due 10/03/16

     119,000,000           118,579,864   

0.840%, due 10/26/16

     96,000,000           95,601,280   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     140,000,000           139,660,383   

Westpac Banking Corp.

       

0.890%, due 08/04/16

     73,000,000           72,828,551   

0.980%, due 01/04/17

     102,000,000           101,311,387   

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd.
0.607%, due 05/10/162

     67,000,000           67,000,000   
                  3,294,999,243   
Banking-US—1.56%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     117,000,000           116,560,762   

Toronto-Dominion Holdings USA, Inc.
0.470%, due 06/06/16

     150,000,000           149,929,500   
                  266,490,262   
Supranational—0.69%   

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     119,350,000           119,288,850   

Total commercial paper (cost—$7,815,741,106)

                7,815,741,106   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Non-US government agency—0.41%                    

Export Development Canada
0.735%, due 06/06/162,3
(cost—$70,000,000)

   $ 70,000,000         $ 70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations—2.03%   
Banking-non-US—1.01%   

Royal Bank of Canada
0.747%, due 07/07/162,3

     175,000,000           175,000,000   
Banking-US—1.02%   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

       

0.754%, due 06/15/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.804%, due 06/22/162

     125,000,000           125,000,000   
                  175,000,000   

Total Short-term corporate obligations
(cost—$350,000,000)

   

       350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements—9.68%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $8,804,100 US Treasury Bond, 3.375% due 05/15/44; (value—$10,200,003); proceeds:$10,000,233

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $696,886,500 US Treasury Note, 1.125% due 12/31/19; (value—$700,014,678); proceeds:$700,014,583

     700,000,000           700,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $37,100,000 Federal Home Loan Bank obligations, 0.625% to 5.000% due 12/28/16 to 04/28/36, $111,346,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.250% to 5.125% due 11/17/17 to 05/22/23, $158,614,000 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 6.625% due 10/26/16 to 09/27/32 and $890,000 Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.875% due 02/15/21; (value—$311,202,396); proceeds:$305,106,865

     305,100,000           305,100,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.290% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $635,970,171 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.856% to 6.000% due 05/15/23 to 01/15/43 and $573,075,879 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 10.500% due 03/25/19 to 04/01/46; (value—$255,000,001); proceeds:$250,014,097

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.790% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $1,197,621,102 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 7.000% due 01/15/26 to 09/27/47; (value—$321,000,000); proceeds: $300,599,0834,5

     300,000,000           300,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.690% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $4,584,462,916 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 108.341% due 07/17/19 to 10/15/48; (value—$107,000,000); proceeds: $100,199,6944

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $503,982 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$516,739); proceeds:$505,000

     505,000           505,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$1,665,605,000)

  

       1,665,605,000   
Total investments (cost—$17,048,156,504 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.13%                 17,048,156,504   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.87%                 149,109,842   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 17,197,266,346   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 1,193,619,023      $      $ 1,193,619,023   
Time deposits            2,447,000,000               2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            3,506,191,375               3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper            7,815,741,106               7,815,741,106   
Non-US government agency            70,000,000               70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations            350,000,000               350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements            1,665,605,000               1,665,605,000   
Total   $      $ 17,048,156,504      $      $ 17,048,156,504   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      51.0
Sweden      11.8   
France      10.0   
Japan      5.8   
Canada      5.5   
Australia      4.5   
Norway      3.8   
Germany      3.2   
Switzerland      1.4   
New Zealand      1.2   
Singapore      0.9   
Luxembourg      0.9   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

3 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.42% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

4 

Investment has a put feature, which allows the Fund to accelerate the maturity, and a variable or floating rate. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects early put date and the proceeds represent the receivable of the Fund if the put feature was exercised as of April 30, 2016.

 

5 

Illiquid investment as of April 30, 2016.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government obligations—45.70%   

US Treasury Bills1

       

0.295%, due 06/23/16

   $ 200,000,000         $ 199,913,139   

0.370%, due 06/02/16

     170,000,000           169,944,089   

0.460%, due 09/01/16

     150,000,000           149,754,000   

0.467%, due 08/04/16

     150,000,000           149,814,948   

0.477%, due 06/09/16

     50,000,000           49,974,163   

0.505%, due 09/15/16

     250,000,000           249,519,548   

0.573%, due 03/30/17

     200,000,000           198,939,950   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.303%, due 05/02/162

     400,000,000           399,978,930   

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     353,000,000           352,985,694   

0.421%, due 05/02/162

     125,000,000           124,929,580   

0.500%, due 07/31/16

     200,000,000           200,107,866   

0.500%, due 08/31/16

     200,000,000           200,046,662   

0.500%, due 11/30/16

     150,000,000           149,882,480   

0.500%, due 01/31/17

     120,000,000           119,991,201   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     316,750,000           317,138,508   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     425,000,000           425,253,086   

0.625%, due 10/15/16

     440,000,000           440,230,670   

0.625%, due 11/15/16

     100,000,000           100,012,796   

0.625%, due 12/31/16

     250,000,000           250,280,732   

0.625%, due 02/15/17

     125,000,000           125,090,480   

0.750%, due 01/15/17

     150,000,000           150,229,774   

0.875%, due 09/15/16

     275,000,000           275,386,298   

1.000%, due 08/31/16

     350,000,000           350,782,808   

1.000%, due 09/30/16

     50,000,000           50,130,343   

1.750%, due 05/31/16

     130,000,000           130,158,614   

3.000%, due 08/31/16

     100,000,000           100,780,310   

Total US government obligations
(cost—$5,431,256,669)

                5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements—47.55%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $403,571,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 05/15/45 and $61,519,200 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 04/30/21; (value—$499,800,013);
proceeds: $490,011,433

     490,000,000           490,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(continued)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $106,124,000 US Treasury Bills, zero coupon due 05/26/16 to 10/20/16, $208,444,200 US Treasury Bonds, 3.125% to 7.875% due 05/15/16 to 02/15/44, $29,900,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Notes, 0.250% to 0.625% due 07/15/21 to 01/15/25, $69,068,400 US Treasury Notes, zero coupon to 4.625% due 05/15/16 to 01/31/23, $5,700 US Treasury Bonds Principal STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 05/15/45, $271 US Treasury Bonds STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 11/15/30 and $200 US Treasury Notes Principal STRIP, zero coupon due 11/15/17; (value—$459,000,001);
proceeds: $450,010,500

   $ 450,000,000         $ 450,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $1,089,081,200 US Treasury Bonds, 5.250% to 6.250% due 08/15/23 to 11/15/28 and $1,466,210,700 US Treasury Notes, 1.375% to 3.625% due 08/15/19 to 04/30/21; (value—$3,000,062,560);
proceeds: $3,000,062,500

     3,000,000,000           3,000,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $324,300 US Treasury Bill, zero coupon due 06/30/16, $75,760,200 US Treasury Bonds, 2.875% to 4.750% due 02/15/41 to 08/15/45 and $153,673,200 US Treasury Note, 0.500% due 09/30/16; (value—$255,000,008); proceeds: $250,013,125

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.270% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $140,916,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $31,350,800 US Treasury Note, 2.125% due 12/31/22; (value—$204,000,034);
proceeds: $200,010,500

     200,000,000           200,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $241,927,300 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17; (value—$255,000,010); proceeds: $250,013,611

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $102,204,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17 and $147,043,400 US Treasury Note, 2.500% due 05/15/24; (value—$265,200,014); proceeds: $260,006,067

     260,000,000           260,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities USA, Inc. 0.260% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $15,001,300 US Treasury Bonds, 3.750% to 4.750% due 02/15/37 to 08/15/41, $32,997,700 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 1.375% due 01/15/20 and $441,832,000 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.750% due 09/30/16 to 02/15/26; (value—$510,000,100);
proceeds: $500,010,833

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $720,000 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 07/31/21; (value—$756,136); proceeds: $737,000

     737,000           737,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 0.280% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $9,157,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 11/15/44, $23,050,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $211,773,300 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.250% due 07/31/16 to 12/31/21; (value—$255,000,069); proceeds: $250,013,611

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$5,650,737,000)

  

       5,650,737,000   
Total investments (cost—$11,081,993,669 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—93.25%                 11,081,993,669   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—6.75%                 801,917,330   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 11,883,910,999   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 71.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government obligations   $      $ 5,431,256,669      $      $ 5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements            5,650,737,000               5,650,737,000   
Total   $      $ 11,081,993,669      $      $ 11,081,993,669   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—75.77%                    
Alabama—0.98%                    

Mobile County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Refunding
(ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

   $ 8,050,000         $ 8,050,000   

University of Alabama Revenue (University Hospital),

       

Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     1,875,000           1,875,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     3,500,000           3,500,000   
                  13,425,000   
Alaska—0.69%                    

Alaska International Airports Revenue Refunding (System), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue (Exxon Pipeline
Co. Project),
0.260%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding
(Exxon Pipeline Co. Project), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     2,235,000           2,235,000   
                  9,535,000   
Arizona—0.76%                    

AK-Chin Indian Community Revenue,
0.020%, VRD

     6,700,000           6,700,000   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Electric Systems Revenue (Barclays Capital Municipal Trust Receipts, Series 9W),
0.450%, VRD1,2

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  10,450,000   
California—7.60%                    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (Scripps Health), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,960,000           1,960,000   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (St. Joseph Health Systems), Series D,
0.390%, VRD

     7,600,000           7,600,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
California—(concluded)                    

California State Kindergarten, Series B3,
0.230%, VRD

   $ 7,745,000         $ 7,745,000   

Irvine Improvement Bond Act 1915 Limited Obligation (Assessment District 93-14),
0.390%, VRD

     17,900,000           17,900,000   

Irvine Unified School District Special Tax
(Community Facilities District No. 09), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Los Angeles Water and Power Revenue,
Subseries B-8,
0.380%, VRD

     8,400,000           8,400,000   

Modesto Water Revenue Certificates of Participation Refunding, Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,665,000           1,665,000   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Subordinate, Series L,
0.400%, VRD

     21,400,000           21,400,000   

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Sales Tax Revenue (Limited Tax),
Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     14,700,000           14,700,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Santa Clara Electric Revenue, Subseries B,
0.390%, VRD

     5,495,000           5,495,000   

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Refunding,
Series B,
0.370%, VRD

     4,850,000           4,850,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     870,000           870,000   
                  104,585,000   
Colorado—3.19%                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding,
Series A1,
0.300%, VRD

     28,105,000           28,105,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Colorado—(concluded)                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding, (concluded)

       

Series A2,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 14,365,000         $ 14,365,000   

Series A3,
0.300%, VRD

     1,420,000           1,420,000   
                  43,890,000   
Connecticut—0.44%                    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Yale University), Series V-1,
0.210%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
District of Columbia—1.35%                    

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Revenue (Subordinate Lien),
Series B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Subseries B-2,
0.400%, VRD

     8,500,000           8,500,000   

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airport Authority Airport System Revenue, Subseries D-2,
0.280%, VRD

     6,210,000           6,210,000   
                  18,610,000   
Florida—0.60%                    

Gainesville Utilities System Revenue, Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,465,000           2,465,000   

JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,840,000           5,840,000   
                  8,305,000   
Georgia—0.36%                    

Private Colleges & Universities Authority Revenue
(Emory University), Series B-1,
0.410%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
Illinois—10.82%                    

Chicago Waterworks Revenue Refunding,
Subseries 2004-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,845,000           4,845,000   

 

 

50


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(continued)                    

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra),
0.420%, VRD

   $ 11,200,000         $ 11,200,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Francis W. Parker School Project),
0.430%, VRD

     21,800,000           21,800,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Lyric Opera Chicago Project),
0.420%, VRD

     8,100,000           8,100,000   

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.450%, VRD

     2,767,000           2,767,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Northwestern Community Hospital), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,980,000           2,980,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(OSF Healthcare System), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     10,725,000           10,725,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue (University of Chicago Medical Center), Series E-1,
0.280%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,836,000           1,836,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding
(Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.),
0.410%, VRD

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Swedish Covenant), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     13,610,000           13,610,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (University of Chicago), Series C,
0.440%, VRD

     7,162,000           7,162,000   

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago Medical Center), Series B,
0.280%, VRD

     7,300,000           7,300,000   

 

 

51


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(concluded)                    

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Toll Highway Revenue (Senior Priority),

       

Series A-1B,
0.410%, VRD

   $ 5,000,000         $ 5,000,000   

Series A-2D,
0.410%, VRD

     3,300,000           3,300,000   

Illinois State,

       

Series B-5,
0.390%, VRD

     27,700,000           27,700,000   

Series B-6,
0.420%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Revenue (Two Rivers YMCA Project),
0.280%, VRD

     3,630,000           3,630,000   
                  148,955,000   
Indiana—1.92%                    

Indiana Finance Authority Environmental Revenue Refunding (Duke Energy Industrial Project), Series A-5,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Indiana Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Refunding (Indiana University Obligated Group), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     4,525,000           4,525,000   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency Power Supply Systems Revenue Refunding,

       

Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     5,640,000           5,640,000   

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

     3,030,000           3,030,000   

Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Trinity Health), Series D-1,
0.400%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

Indianapolis Multi-Family Housing Revenue
(Capital Place-Covington) (FNMA Insured),
0.420%, VRD

     2,600,000           2,600,000   
                  26,495,000   

 

 

52


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Kansas—0.84%                    

Kansas State Department of Transportation Highway Revenue, Series C-4,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   
Louisiana—1.99%                    

East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial Development Board, Inc. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     16,100,000           16,100,000   

Series B,
0.260%, VRD

     700,000           700,000   

East Baton Rouge Parish Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Exxon Project),
0.260%, VRD

     4,150,000           4,150,000   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding (Christus Health), Series B2,
0.380%, VRD

     6,500,000           6,500,000   
           27,450,000   
Maryland—0.68%                    

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Johns Hopkins University), Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     550,000           550,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Bond Anticipation Notes,

       

Series A,
0.380%, VRD

     800,000           800,000   

Series B-3,
0.400%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
           9,350,000   
Massachusetts—1.98%                    

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Henry Heywood), Series C,
0.270%, VRD

     2,690,000           2,690,000   

Massachusetts State Department of Transportation Metropolitan Highway System Revenue (Senior), Series A-1,
0.390%, VRD

     24,500,000           24,500,000   
                  27,190,000   

 

 

53


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Michigan—0.27%   

Green Lake Township Economic Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Interlochen Center Project),
0.300%, VRD

   $ 3,780,000         $ 3,780,000   
Minnesota—2.54%   

Midwest Consortium of Municipal Utilities Revenue (Draw Down-Association Financing Program), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     6,860,000           6,860,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue (Mayo Clinic), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     13,150,000           13,150,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Mayo Foundation), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
                  35,010,000   
Mississippi—3.99%                    

Jackson County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.280%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),

       

Series D,
0.270%, VRD

     24,000,000           24,000,000   

Series G,
0.250%, VRD

     1,700,000           1,700,000   

Series I,
0.250%, VRD

     20,500,000           20,500,000   

Series K,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Series L,
0.280%, VRD

     1,800,000           1,800,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Corp. Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project), Series F,
0.380%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   
                  55,000,000   
Missouri—2.14%                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue (De Smet Jesuit
High School),
0.280%, VRD

     3,335,000           3,335,000   

 

 

54


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Missouri—(concluded)                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Washington University),

       

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     7,200,000           7,200,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     3,600,000           3,600,000   

Series D,
0.280%, VRD

     3,800,000           3,800,000   
                  29,435,000   
Nebraska—0.62%                    

Lancaster County Hospital Authority No.1 Hospital Revenue Refunding (Bryanlgh Medical Center), Series B-1,
0.280%, VRD

     8,555,000           8,555,000   
New Hampshire—0.93%                    

New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority Revenue (Dartmouth College), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     12,850,000           12,850,000   
New York—11.09%                    

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue Dedicated Tax Fund, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

New York City Health & Hospital Corp. Revenue
(Health Systems), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     1,400,000           1,400,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (2 Gold Street), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.410%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (The Crest), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     23,500,000           23,500,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Revenue (Royal Properties), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

 

 

55


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(continued)                    

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (Second General Fiscal 2008),

       

Series BB-1,
0.370%, VRD

   $ 8,300,000         $ 8,300,000   

Series BB-2,
0.280%, VRD

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

Series BB-5,
0.270%, VRD

     3,200,000           3,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue
(Second General Resolution), Series B-4,
0.250%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue, Subseries F-1A,
0.370%, VRD

     21,900,000           21,900,000   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue,

       

Subseries A-4,
0.250%, VRD

     9,265,000           9,265,000   

Subseries E-4,
0.320%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

New York City, Subseries D-4,
0.280%, VRD

     1,940,000           1,940,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Rockefeller University), Series A-2,
0.420%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Royal), Series A,
(FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     19,500,000           19,500,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue State Supported Debt (City University), Series D,
0.380%, VRD

     5,100,000           5,100,000   

New York State Housing Finance Agency Revenue (Dock Street), Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (Syracuse University Project), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     4,030,000           4,030,000   

 

 

56


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(concluded)                    

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Revenue (General), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 3,720,000         $ 3,720,000   
           152,755,000   
North Carolina—2.27%   

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Health Care Systems Revenue Refunding
(Carolinas Healthcare) (AGM Insured),

       

Series E,
0.380%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

Series H,
0.280%, VRD

     24,075,000           24,075,000   

Guilford County, Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,855,000           1,855,000   

New Hanover County (School),
0.390%, VRD

     1,750,000           1,750,000   

North Carolina Educational Facilities Finance Agency Revenue (Duke University Project), Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,410,000           1,410,000   
                  31,290,000   
Ohio—3.05%   

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Revenue (Carnegie/89th Garage Project),
0.440%, VRD

     16,040,000           16,040,000   

Columbus Sewer Revenue, Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     16,000,000           16,000,000   

Middletown Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Atrium Medical Center), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     7,580,000           7,580,000   

Ohio (Common Schools),

       

Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     730,000           730,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,705,000           1,705,000   
                  42,055,000   
Oregon—0.56%   

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Revenue (Legacy Health System), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

 

 

57


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Pennsylvania—2.11%   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania & New Jersey Revenue Refunding, Series B,
0.380%, VRD

   $ 2,580,000         $ 2,580,000   

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Lease Revenue Refunding, Series B-3,
0.410%, VRD

     5,325,000           5,325,000   

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (1st Lien), Series B2,
0.410%, VRD

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Washington County Authority Refunding
(University of Pennsylvania),
0.360%, VRD

     1,315,000           1,315,000   

Washington County Hospital Authority Revenue (Monongahela Valley Hospital Project), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,540,000           2,540,000   

Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority Revenue (Excela Health Project), Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     5,245,000           5,245,000   
                  29,005,000   
Rhode Island—0.21%                    

Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp. Higher Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding (New England Institute of Technology),
0.410%, VRD

     2,555,000           2,555,000   

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp. Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   
                  2,855,000   
Tennessee—0.31%                    

Sevier County Public Building Authority
(Local Government Public Improvement), Series B-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,300,000           4,300,000   
Texas—8.39%                    

Alamo Community College District (Citigroup ROCS Series RR-II-R-883WF) (FGIC Insured),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     7,750,000           7,750,000   

 

 

58


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Texas—(concluded)                    

Harris County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue (Methodist Hospital),

       

Subseries C-1,
0.280%, VRD

   $ 28,700,000         $ 28,700,000   

Subseries C-2,
0.280%, VRD

     7,100,000           7,100,000   

Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Methodist Hospital Systems), Series A-2,
0.280%, VRD

     4,295,000           4,295,000   

Harris County Hospital District Revenue Refunding (Senior Lien),
0.410%, VRD

     29,605,000           29,605,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     1,452,000           1,452,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil), Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     17,640,000           17,640,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Hospital Revenue (Baylor Healthcare System Project), Series C,
0.420%, VRD

     6,100,000           6,100,000   

Texas State Transportation Commission Revenue
(JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2563),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     30,000           30,000   

University of Texas Permanent University
(Funding System), Series A,
0.360%, VRD

     1,900,000           1,900,000   

University of Texas Revenues (Financing Systems), Series B,
0.360%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
                  115,572,000   

 

 

59


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(concluded)                    
Utah—0.93%                    

Murray City Utah, Hospital Revenue (IHC Health Services, Inc.), Series D,
0.250%, VRD

   $ 12,830,000         $ 12,830,000   
Virginia—1.02%                    

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Revenue (Smithsonian Institution), Series A,
0.430%, VRD

     10,700,000           10,700,000   

Hanover County Economic Development Authority Revenue Refunding (Bon Secours Health), Series D-2,
0.400%, VRD

     3,340,000           3,340,000   
                  14,040,000   
Washington—0.92%                    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Revenue (JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2643Z),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     4,995,000           4,995,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (New Haven Apartments) (FNMA Insured),
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (Washington Terrace),
0.400%, VRD

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  12,645,000   
Wyoming—0.22%                    

Uinta County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.250%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost—$1,043,417,000)

  

       1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation3—1.45%              

US Treasury Bill 0.196%, due 05/05/16
(cost—$19,999,566)

     20,000,000           19,999,566   

 

 

60


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—22.80%                    
California—0.43%                    

California State Health Facilities Financing
(Stanford Hospital), Series B-2, Subseries 1,
0.430%, due 05/24/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 6,000,000   
Illinois—2.08%                    

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue,

       

0.090%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

0.450%, due 05/18/16

     10,615,000           10,615,000   
                  28,615,000   
Maryland—0.86%                    

Johns Hopkins University,
0.030%, due 05/04/16

     11,900,000           11,900,000   
Massachusetts—1.09%                    

Harvard University,
0.390%, due 05/10/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Michigan—1.09%                    

Trinity Health Credit Group,
0.140%, due 05/04/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Minnesota—2.18%                    

Mayo Clinic,

       

0.390%, due 05/16/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

0.390%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  30,000,000   
Missouri—3.67%                    

Curators University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

     30,543,000           30,543,000   

0.440%, due 05/17/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   
                  50,543,000   
Pennsylvania—2.36%                    

Montgomery County,

       

0.430%, due 05/04/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.410%, due 05/05/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/18/16

     12,500,000           12,500,000   
                  32,500,000   

 

 

61


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—(concluded)                    
Tennessee—2.03%                    

Vanderbilt University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

   $ 20,000,000         $ 20,000,000   

0.290%, due 05/23/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
                  28,000,000   
Texas—5.52%                    

Dallas Area Rapid Transit,

       

0.400%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.160%, due 05/10/16

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

0.140%, due 05/17/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

University of Texas,

       

0.090%, due 05/04/16

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

0.050%, due 05/09/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/09/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/10/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/13/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.430%, due 05/18/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  76,000,000   
Virginia—0.67%                    

University of Virginia,
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     9,200,000           9,200,000   
Washington—0.82%   

University of Washington,
0.210%, due 05/04/16

     11,250,000           11,250,000   

Total tax-exempt commercial paper (cost—$314,008,000)

  

       314,008,000   
Total investments (cost—$1,377,424,566 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—100.02%                 1,377,424,566   
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(0.02)%                 (336,978
Net assets—100.00%               $ 1,377,087,588   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 71.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
   

Other
significant
observable
inputs

(Level 2)

    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Municipal bonds and notes   $      $ 1,043,417,000      $      $ 1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation            19,999,566               19,999,566   
Tax-exempt commercial paper            314,008,000               314,008,000   
Total   $      $ 1,377,424,566      $      $ 1,377,424,566   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.20% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

2 

The Fund does not directly own the municipal security indicated; the Fund owns an interest in a special purpose entity that, in turn, owns the underlying municipal security. The special purpose entity permits the Fund to own interests in underlying assets, but in a manner structured to provide certain advantages not inherent in the underlying bonds (e.g., enhanced liquidity, yields linked to short-term rates).

 

3 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.84%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.290%, due 05/26/161

   $ 3,500,000         $ 3,499,295   

0.290%, due 06/06/161

     7,000,000           6,997,970   

0.300%, due 05/25/161

     5,000,000           4,999,000   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

US Treasury Bill
0.290%, due 05/12/161

     13,000,000           12,998,850   

US Treasury Note
0.522%, due 05/02/162

     250,000           250,164   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$33,745,279)

                33,745,279   
Time deposits—12.98%   
Banking-non-US—12.98%   

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$64,000,000)

                64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—17.64%   
Banking-non-US—16.27%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.636%, due 05/19/16

     500,000           500,008   

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
0.610%, due 07/05/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Credit Suisse
0.630%, due 05/03/16

     750,000           750,000   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

   $ 1,000,000         $ 1,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

KBC Bank N.V.
0.360%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.670%, due 05/31/16

     5,000,000           5,000,914   

Norinchukin Bank Ltd.
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.705%, due 08/01/16

     4,000,000           4,000,864   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.805%, due 07/15/16

     500,000           500,004   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.490%, due 05/19/16

     2,500,000           2,500,000   

0.540%, due 07/28/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
                  80,251,790   
Banking-US—1.37%                    

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
0.850%, due 08/22/16

     750,000           750,000   
                  6,750,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$87,001,790)

                87,001,790   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—62.33%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—30.81%                    

Albion Capital Corp.

       

0.480%, due 05/25/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 5,998,080   

0.610%, due 05/23/16

     2,000,000           1,999,254   

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.400%, due 05/06/16

     4,000,000           3,999,778   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           17,999,850   

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.350%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,806   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

CAFCO LLC

       

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.580%, due 06/08/16

     5,000,000           4,996,939   

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC
0.490%, due 05/03/16

     1,500,000           1,499,959   

Ciesco LLC

       

0.570%, due 05/12/16

     1,000,000           999,826   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC

       

0.570%, due 06/14/16

     2,250,000           2,248,432   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.650%, due 07/05/16

     1,250,000           1,248,533   

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

     1,500,000           1,498,409   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     4,000,000           3,995,440   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.500%, due 05/04/16

     3,000,000           2,999,875   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/25/16

     5,000,000           4,993,035   

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     2,000,000           1,998,262   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     1,000,000           997,772   

LMA Americas LLC
0.599%, due 05/19/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC
0.600%, due 07/11/16

   $ 3,000,000         $ 2,996,450   

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp.
0.450%, due 05/03/16

     5,000,000           4,999,875   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 08/17/16

     5,000,000           4,989,500   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     1,500,000           1,495,306   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     1,000,000           995,869   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC

       

0.440%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,411   

0.450%, due 05/16/16

     5,000,000           4,999,062   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.600%, due 05/02/16

     750,000           749,987   

0.620%, due 06/06/16

     2,250,000           2,248,605   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     3,000,000           2,997,933   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 05/23/16

     750,000           749,679   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     750,000           748,233   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     2,000,000           1,993,598   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.520%, due 06/17/16

     2,500,000           2,498,303   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     3,000,000           2,996,700   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     5,000,000           4,993,958   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     3,000,000           2,996,657   

Working Capital Management Co.

       

0.490%, due 05/18/16

     3,000,000           2,999,306   

0.510%, due 06/03/16

     4,000,000           3,998,130   

0.510%, due 06/07/16

     4,000,000           3,997,903   
                  151,916,523   
Automotive OEM—2.26%                    

American Honda Finance Corp.
0.380%, due 05/13/16

     8,000,000           7,998,987   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Automotive OEM—(concluded)                    

BMW US Capital LLC
0.400%, due 05/25/16

   $ 3,128,000         $ 3,127,166   
                  11,126,153   
Banking-non-US—18.51%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.580%, due 05/12/16

     460,000           459,919   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.410%, due 05/12/16

     7,000,000           6,999,123   

0.660%, due 07/01/16

     1,500,000           1,498,323   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     1,500,000           1,497,023   

BNP Paribas Fortis Funding LLC
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,833   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.430%, due 05/27/16

     10,000,000           9,996,894   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.557%, due 05/04/162

     750,000           749,998   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     1,000,000           996,378   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     1,500,000           1,498,925   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.600%, due 05/18/16

     1,500,000           1,499,575   

0.640%, due 07/11/16

     2,000,000           1,997,476   

0.680%, due 08/09/16

     3,000,000           2,994,333   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     3,000,000           2,992,213   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.600%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,150   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     2,000,000           1,992,982   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.530%, due 05/16/16

     1,000,000           999,779   

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,289   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     750,000           749,526   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     1,000,000           996,533   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.700%, due 06/21/16

   $ 425,000         $ 424,579   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     3,000,000           2,988,450   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.590%, due 08/05/16

     1,000,000           998,427   

Societe Generale
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,839   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     1,500,000           1,496,361   

Westpac Banking Corp.
0.980%, due 01/04/17

     1,500,000           1,489,873   
                  91,312,801   
Banking-US—0.81%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     4,000,000           3,984,984   
Diversified manufacturing—2.03%                    

Siemens Capital Co. LLC

       

0.370%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,664   

0.450%, due 06/20/16

     5,000,000           4,996,875   
                  9,995,539   
Machinery-agriculture & construction—2.84%   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

0.370%, due 06/01/16

     7,000,000           6,997,770   

0.430%, due 06/02/16

     7,000,000           6,997,324   
                  13,995,094   
Pharmaceuticals—2.03%                    

Novartis Finance Corp.
0.450%, due 05/10/16

     3,000,000           2,999,662   

Roche Holding, Inc.
0.390%, due 05/13/16

     7,000,000           6,999,090   
                  9,998,752   
Supranational—0.20%                    

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     1,000,000           999,488   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)   
Technology-software—0.81%                    

Microsoft Corp.
0.370%, due 05/18/16

   $ 4,000,000         $ 3,999,301   
Tobacco—2.03%                    

Philip Morris International Co.
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           9,998,133   

Total commercial paper (cost—$307,326,768)

                307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement—0.20%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $981,018 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$1,005,849); proceeds: $983,001 (cost—$983,000)

     983,000           983,000   
Total investments (cost—$493,056,837
which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.99%
                493,056,837   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.01%                 42,779   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 493,099,616   

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 33,745,279      $      $ 33,745,279   
Time deposits            64,000,000               64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            87,001,790               87,001,790   
Commercial paper            307,326,768               307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement            983,000               983,000   
Total   $      $ 493,056,837      $      $ 493,056,837   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      50.1
France      15.3   
Sweden      9.9   
Japan      6.3   
Germany      5.8   
Canada      3.7   
Belgium      2.0   
Luxembourg      2.0   
Switzerland      1.8   
Swaziland      1.4   
Australia      1.3   
Norway      0.3   
Netherlands      0.1   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

Portfolio acronyms

 

AGM   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FNMA   Federal National Mortgage Association
OEM   Original Equipment Manufacturer
PUTTERs   Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
ROCS   Reset Option Certificates
STRIP   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
VRD   Variable rate demand notes are payable on demand. The interest rates shown are the current rates as of April 30, 2016 and reset periodically.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

(Note: The expense information provided in this section is relevant for direct investors in the Master Funds. Investors in related “feeder funds” should instead focus on separate expense examples relevant to the particular feeder funds; the expense examples for the feeder funds will reflect their proportionate share of the corresponding Master Funds’ expenses.)

As an owner of a Master Fund, an investor such as a feeder fund incurs ongoing costs, including management fees and other Master Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand a Master Fund investor’s ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Master Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Master Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Master Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (continued)

 

balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Master Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Master Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that the Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Prime Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Treasury Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

Tax-Free Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 0.20        0.04
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.66        0.20        0.04   

Prime CNAV Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
2
01/19/16
3 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.20      $ 0.00        0.00
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.86        0.00        0.00   

 

1 

Expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

2 

Actual expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect the inception period from January 19, 2016 to April 30, 2016). Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (bln)      $17.2         $15.8         $14.1   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Commercial paper      45.5      46.2      38.1
Certificates of deposit      20.4         21.1         28.5   
Time deposits      14.2         14.8         11.3   
Repurchase agreements      9.7         11.1         7.8   
Short-term corporate obligations      2.0         3.4         7.7   
US government and agency obligations      6.9         3.4         5.6   
Non-US government agency      0.4         0.9         1.0   
Other assets less liabilities      0.9         (0.9      0.0 3 
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime Master Fund. Although Prime Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (bln)      $11.9         $12.7         $12.6   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Repurchase agreements      47.6      75.8      76.5
US government obligations      45.7         25.8         21.8   
Other assets less liabilities      6.7         (1.6      1.7   
Total      100.00      100.00      100.00

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Treasury Master Fund. Although Treasury Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Treasury Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Treasury Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund, and you should not expect that Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (bln)      $1.4         $1.4         $1.4   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Municipal bonds and notes      75.8      79.6      84.3
Tax-exempt commercial paper      22.8         16.8         15.6   
Short-term US government obligation      1.5         1.7           
Other assets less liabilities      (0.1      1.9         0.1   
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Tax-Free Master Fund. Although Tax-Free Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Tax-Free Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Tax-Free Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund, and you should not expect that Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Characteristics      4/30/2016*  
Weighted average maturity1        31 days   
Net assets (mm)        $493.0   
Portfolio composition2      4/30/2016  
Commercial paper        62.3
Certificates of deposit        17.7   
Time deposits        13.0   
Repurchase agreements        0.2   
US government and agency obligations        6.8   
Other assets less liabilities        0.0 3 
Total        100.0

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime CNAV Master Fund. Although Prime CNAV Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime CNAV Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime CNAV Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

          
    
    
Prime  Master
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest    $ 54,765,468   
Expenses:   
Investment advisory and administration fees      15,279,909   
Trustees’ fees      133,869   
Total expenses      15,413,778   
Fee waivers/expense reimbursements by investment advisor        
Net expenses      15,413,778   
Net investment income      39,351,690   
Net realized gain      228,755   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 39,580,445   

 

 

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Treasury
Master Fund
     Tax-Free
Master Fund
     Prime CNAV
Master Fund
For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
     
$ 20,365,398       $ 1,005,900       $ 314,351   
     
  12,114,709         1,455,210         67,687   
  108,113         32,070         4,426   
  12,222,822         1,487,280         72,113   
  (1,493,991      (919,256      (70,389
  10,728,831         568,024         1,724   
  9,636,567         437,876         312,627   
  935,343         70,058           
$ 10,571,910       $ 507,934       $ 312,627   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Statement of changes in net assets

 

    For the years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 39,351,690      $ 17,070,374   
Net realized gain     228,755        134,885   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     39,580,445        17,205,259   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     3,037,555,323        (1,660,811,709
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     3,077,135,768        (1,643,606,450
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     14,120,130,578        15,763,737,028   
End of year   $ 17,197,266,346      $ 14,120,130,578   
Treasury Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 9,636,567      $ 1,236,679   
Net realized gain     935,343        362,897   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     10,571,910        1,599,576   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     (762,944,902     123,527,693   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     (752,372,992     125,127,269   
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     12,636,283,991        12,511,156,722   
End of year   $ 11,883,910,999      $ 12,636,283,991   
Tax-Free Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 437,876      $ 154,098   
Net realized gain     70,058        26,605   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     507,934        180,703   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     21,560,886        (36,199,458
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     22,068,820        (36,018,755
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     1,355,018,768        1,391,037,523   
End of year   $ 1,377,087,588      $ 1,355,018,768   

 

 

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Master Trust

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Prime CNAV Master Fund  
From operations:  
Net investment income   $ 312,627   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     312,627   
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     492,786,989   
Net increase in net assets     493,099,616   
Net assets:  
Beginning of year       
End of year   $ 493,099,616   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

Selected financial data throughout each year is presented below:

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Prime Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.10
Net investment income      0.26
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.26
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $17,197,266   
Treasury Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.09
Net investment income      0.08
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.09
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $11,883,911   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

 

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Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.11      0.11      0.19 %      0.19
        
  0.11      0.11      0.19      0.20
  $14,120,131         $15,763,737         $19,137,609         $15,688,562   
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.06      0.06      0.10 %2       0.06
  0.01      0.01      0.05 %      0.01
        
  0.01      0.01      0.05      0.01
  $12,636,284         $12,511,157         $12,225,550         $13,044,384   

 

 

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Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Tax-Free Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.04
Net investment income      0.03
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.03
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $1,377,088   
Prime CNAV Master Fund     

 

 

For the period from

January 19,  20163

to April 30, 2016

  

  

  

Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10 %4 
Expenses after fee waivers      0.00 %4,5 
Net investment income      0.43 %4 
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.12
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $493,100   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund. For Prime CNAV Master Fund, total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Amount less than 0.005%.

 

 

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Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.04      0.07      0.10 %2       0.10 %2 
  0.01      0.01      0.06      0.06
        
  0.01      0.02      0.07      0.06
  $1,355,019         $1,391,038         $1,556,326         $1,160,792   

 

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”, collectively, the “Master Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 12, 2007.

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Tax-Free Master Fund commenced operations on August 28, 2007. Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. On August 28, 2007, Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund received substantially all of the net assets of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Money Market Fund) and UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Treasury Fund) (open-end registered investment companies affiliated with the Master Funds) in exchange for ownership interests in the respective Master Funds.

In the normal course of business the Master Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Master Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Master Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Master Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Master Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Master Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Investments are valued at amortized cost unless Master Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Master Board”) determines that this does not represent fair value. Periodic review and monitoring of the valuation of securities held by the Master Funds is performed in an effort to ensure that amortized cost approximates market value.

US GAAP requires disclosure regarding the various inputs that are used in determining the value of each of the Master Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs, including but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs inclusive of each of the Master Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In accordance with US GAAP, a fair value hierarchy has been included near the end of each Master Fund’s Statement of net assets.

Repurchase agreements—The Master Funds may purchase securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer (or its affiliate), subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date (or upon demand) and price. The Master Funds maintain custody of the underlying obligations prior to their repurchase, either through their regular custodian or through a special “tri-party” custodian or sub-custodian that maintains a separate account for both the Master Funds and their counterparty. The underlying collateral is valued daily in an

 

 

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effort to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, the Master Funds generally have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. Repurchase agreements involving obligations other than US government securities (such as commercial paper, corporate bonds, equities and mortgage loans) may be subject to special risks and may not have the benefit of certain protections in the event of counterparty insolvency. Moreover, repurchase agreements secured by obligations that are not eligible for direct investment under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act or a fund’s investment strategies and limitations may require the Master Fund to promptly dispose of such collateral if the seller or guarantor becomes insolvent. If the seller (or seller’s guarantor, if any) becomes insolvent, the Master Funds may suffer delays, costs and possible losses in connection with the disposition or retention of the collateral. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. The Master Funds may participate in joint repurchase agreement transactions with other funds managed or advised by UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”). Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Prime CNAV Master Fund may engage in repurchase agreements as part of normal investing strategies; Tax-Free Master Fund generally would only engage in repurchase agreement transactions as temporary or defensive investments.

Under certain circumstances, a Master Fund may engage in a repurchase agreement transaction with a yield of zero in order to invest cash amounts remaining in its portfolio at the end of the day in order to avoid having the Master Fund potentially exposed to a fee for uninvested cash held in a business account at a bank.

Investment transactions and investment income—Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are calculated using the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized as adjustments to interest income and the identified cost of investments.

 

 

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Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Investment advisor and administrator and other transactions with affiliates

The Master Funds’ Board has approved an investment advisory and administration contract (“Management Contract”) with respect to each Master Fund under which UBS AM serves as investment advisor and administrator. In accordance with the Management Contract, each Master Fund pays UBS AM an investment advisory and administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Average daily net assets    Annual rate  
Up to $30 billion      0.1000
In excess of $30 billion up to $40 billion      0.0975  
In excess of $40 billion up to $50 billion      0.0950  
In excess of $50 billion up to $60 billion      0.0925  
Over $60 billion      0.0900  

At April 30, 2016, Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund owed UBS AM $1,331,496, $934,156 and $111,451, respectively, for investment advisory and administration fees. In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Master Funds’ expenses other than taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Master Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Master Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its management fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Master Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its management fees otherwise receivable by $34,287, $23,097, $7,284 and $4,426 for the independent trustees fees payable by Prime Master

 

 

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Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. In addition, UBS AM has undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that the current Master Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived $1,493,991 and $919,256 for Treasury Master Fund and Tax Free Master Fund, respectively, for that purpose, such amounts are not subject to future recoupment. As part of the commencement of operations for Prime CNAV Master Fund, for the period February 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived its management fee of 0.10% equaling $70,389, which is not subject to future recoupment.

Until June 16, 2016, the Master Funds invested cash collateral from securities lending activities into an affiliated private money market fund, UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC (“Private Money Market”), which operated in compliance with most of the substantive provisions of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Private Money Market was managed by UBS AM and was offered as a cash management option to mutual funds and certain other accounts managed by the Master Funds’ investment manager. UBS AM acted as managing member and received a management fee from Private Money Market payable monthly in arrears at the annual rate of 0.10% of Private Money Market’s average daily members’ equity, minus the aggregate operating expenses of, and incurred by, Private Money Market during each such related month, not including investment expenses (including brokerage commissions, taxes, interest charges and other costs with respect to transactions in securities) and extraordinary expenses including litigation expenses, if any. UBS AM could, in its sole discretion, waive all or any portion of the management fee to which it was entitled from time to time in order to maintain operating expenses or net yields at a certain level. Distributions received from Private Money Market, if any, net of fee rebates paid to borrowers, would have been reflected as securities lending income in the Statement of operations.

 

 

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Additional information regarding compensation to affiliate of a board member

Professor Meyer Feldberg serves as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions, resulting in him being an interested trustee of the Master Funds. The Master Funds have been informed that Professor Feldberg’s role at Morgan Stanley does not involve matters directly affecting any UBS funds. Portfolio transactions are executed through Morgan Stanley based on that firm’s ability to provide best execution of the transactions. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Master Funds purchased and sold certain securities (e.g., fixed income securities) in principal trades with Morgan Stanley, having aggregate values as follows:

 

Prime Master Fund    $ 224,831,933   
Treasury Master Fund      374,920,914   
Tax-Free Master Fund      88,108,600   

Morgan Stanley received compensation in connection with these trades, which may have been in the form of a “mark-up” or “mark-down” of the price of the securities, a fee from the issuer for maintaining a commercial paper program, or some other form of compensation. Although the precise amount of this compensation is not generally known by the Master Funds’ investment manager, it is believed that under normal circumstances it represents a small portion of the total value of the transactions.

Securities lending

Each Master Fund may lend securities up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. The loans are secured at all times by cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. A Master Fund will regain ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, a Master Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. A Master Fund

 

 

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receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as the Master Funds’ lending agent. At April 30, 2016, the Master Funds did not have any securities on loan.

Beneficial interest transactions

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 47,016,868,030      $ 46,715,500,630   
Withdrawals      (43,979,312,707     (48,376,312,339
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 3,037,555,323      $ (1,660,811,709
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Treasury Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 28,255,411,545      $ 25,098,121,478   
Withdrawals      (29,018,356,447     (24,974,593,785
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ (762,944,902   $ 123,527,693   
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Tax-Free Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 1,598,987,976      $ 1,679,665,637   
Withdrawals      (1,577,427,090     (1,715,865,095
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 21,560,886      $ (36,199,458
Prime CNAV Master Fund   

For the period from

January 19,  20161

to April 30, 2016

        
Contributions    $ 566,064,862           
Withdrawals      (73,277,873        
Net increase in beneficial interest    $ 492,786,989           

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Federal tax status

Each Master Fund is considered a non-publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, no federal tax provision is necessary. As such, each investor in a Master Fund is treated as owning its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Fund. UBS AM intends that each Master Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that an investor in a Master Fund will be able to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by investing its net assets through the Master Fund.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded, as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Master Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, and since inception for the Prime CNAV Master Fund remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable price. The Master Funds’ registration statement has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Interest holders and Board of Trustees of Master Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (four of the series comprising the Master Trust) (the “Trust”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their

 

 

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operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, the Master Funds disclose, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of their portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding their weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for Prime Master Fund is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in the Fund’s offering documents. The Web site referenced above also contains a variety of additional information regarding the Master Funds and certain of their feeder funds.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Master Fund’s (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a Master Fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent
12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a Master Fund directly at 1-800-647-1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

98


Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Background—At a meeting of the board of Master Trust (the “Trust”) on September 21-22, 2015, the members of the board, including the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (“Independent Trustees”), as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved a management contract (the “Management Contract”) between UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) and the Trust, with respect to Prime CNAV Master Fund (the “Master Fund”), a series of the Trust, in connection with the proposed establishment of a master-feeder fund structure involving (1) the organization of the Master Fund, which will serve as the “master fund,” and (2) the organization of UBS Prime Investor Fund, UBS Prime Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund, series of a separate SEC registrant, which will serve as “feeder funds” and invest all or substantially all of their assets in the Master Fund (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds,” and collectively with the Master Fund, the “New Prime Funds”). In considering the approval of the Management Contract, the board was able to draw on its knowledge of the Trust, its portfolios and UBS AM. The board recognized its familiarity with UBS AM and the management contract for the other portfolios of the Trust, including the extensive materials the board had previously reviewed in connection with the annual reconsideration of the management contract for the other portfolios. The board also received a memorandum discussing UBS AM’s reasons for proposing the establishment of the New Prime Funds.

In its consideration of the approval of the Management Contract, the board reviewed the following factors:

Nature, extent and quality of the services under the Management Contract—The board recognized that although the Master Fund would be a new fund, the board was familiar with the services currently provided to other UBS master-feeder money market funds and that the service providers (including UBS AM as investment advisor) for the Master Fund would be the same as those for other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board noted that the management services to be provided to the Master Fund by UBS AM under the Management Contract, and the administrative, distribution

 

 

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Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

and shareholder services to be performed by UBS AM and its affiliates for the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, would be substantially similar to the services provided to those other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board’s evaluation of the services to be provided by UBS AM took into account the board’s knowledge and familiarity gained as board members of funds in the UBS New York fund complex, including the scope and quality of UBS AM’s investment advisory and other capabilities and the quality of its administrative and other services. The board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

Management fees and expense ratios—The board reviewed and considered the proposed contractual investment advisory and administration fee (the “Contractual Management Fee”) to be payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM in light of the nature, extent and quality of the advisory and administrative services to be provided by UBS AM. The board noted that under the master-feeder structure, the Master Fund will pay the Contractual Management Fee to UBS AM, and, in turn, each Feeder Fund will bear the Master Fund’s expenses in proportion to its investment in the Master Fund. In making its determination regarding the Master Fund’s fees, the board assessed (i) the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, (ii) each Feeder Fund’s portion of the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, and (iii) each Feeder Fund’s estimated overall expenses. The board noted that the proposed fee structure for the New Prime Funds, including the Contractual Management Fee payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM, with its breakpoints, was the same as the fee structure of certain other UBS master-feeder money market funds. Management represented that those other UBS master-feeder money market funds are substantially similar to the New Prime Funds.

The board determined that the proposed management fee was reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services proposed to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

 

 

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Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Fund performance—Past performance was not a factor considered by the board, as the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds would be new funds.

Advisor profitability—As the Master Fund and Feeder Funds would be new funds, the board did not consider the profitability of UBS AM or its affiliates.

Economies of scale—The board noted management’s explanation that it anticipated that as the Master Fund grew in scale there could be potential economies of scale which might be passed to shareholders of the Feeder Funds via the Contractual Management Fee breakpoints. The board also noted that although the Master Fund’s Contractual Management Fee contained breakpoints at higher asset levels, economies of scale might inure more to UBS AM because UBS AM paid most of the Master Fund’s non-management operating expenses under the “unitary” fee structure. Overall, the board considered the sharing of potential economies of scale with the shareholders of the Feeder Funds acceptable.

Other benefits to UBS AM—The board considered other potential benefits to be received by UBS AM and its affiliates as a result of its relationship with the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, including the opportunity to offer additional products and services to the Feeder Funds’ shareholders and to others. In light of the costs of providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Master Fund, the costs of providing administrative services to the Feeder Funds and UBS AM’s ongoing commitment to the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, the profits and other ancillary benefits that UBS AM and its affiliates might receive were considered reasonable.

In light of all of the foregoing, the board approved the Management Contract. No single factor reviewed by the board was identified by the board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the Management Contract. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process. The board discussed the proposed approval of the Management Contract in a private session with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of UBS AM were present.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Board of Trustees & Officers

The Funds are governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees each Fund’s operations. Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The table below shows, for each trustee and officer, his or her name, address and age, the position held with the Trust, the length of time served as a trustee or officer of the Trust, the trustee’s or officer’s principal occupations during the last five years, the number of funds in the UBS fund complex overseen by the trustees or for which a person served as an officer, and other directorships held by the trustees.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

Interested Trustee

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Meyer Feldberg††; 74
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since 1998   Professor Feldberg is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, although on an extended leave of absence. He is also a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley (financial services) (since 2005). Professor Feldberg also served as president of New York City Global Partners (an organization located in part of the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York that promoted interaction with other cities around the world) (2007-2014). Prior to 2004, he was Dean and Professor of Management and Ethics of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University (since 1989).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Professor Feldberg is a director or trustee of 18 investment companies (consisting of 59 portfolios) for which UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) or one of its affiliates serves as investment advisor or manager.   Professor Feldberg is also a director of Macy’s, Inc. (operator of department stores), Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) and the New York City Ballet.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard Q. Armstrong; 80

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset

Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Since 1998 (Trustee); Since 2004 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)   Mr. Armstrong is chairman and principal of R.Q.A. Enterprises (management consulting firm) (since 1991 and principal occupation since 1995). Mr. Armstrong was president or chairman of a number of packaged goods companies (responsible for such brands as Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, Adirondack Beverages and Moët Hennessy, among many others) (from 1982 until 1995).

Alan S. Bernikow; 75

207 Benedict Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10314

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Bernikow is retired. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche (international accounting and consulting firm).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Armstrong is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None
 
Mr. Bernikow is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee and as the chair of the compensation committee), the lead director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (real estate investment trust) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee); and a director of Destination XL Group, Inc. (menswear) (and serves as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee). He is also a director of Florida Community Bank, N.A. (and serves as the chair of its audit committee).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees (continued)

 

Name, address,

and age

  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard R. Burt; 69

McLarty Associates

900 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20006

  Trustee   Since 1998   Mr. Burt is a managing director of McLarty Associates (a consulting firm) (since 2007). He was chairman of IEP Advisors (international investments and consulting firm) until 2009. Prior to 2007, he was chairman of Diligence Inc. (international information and risk management firm).

Bernard H. Garil; 75

6754 Casa Grande Way

Delray Beach, FL 33446

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Garil is retired (since 2001). He was a managing director at PIMCO Advisory Services (from 1999 to 2001) where he served as president of closed-end funds and vice-president of the variable insurance product funds advised by OpCap Advisors (until 2001).

Heather R. Higgins; 56

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee   Since 2005   Ms. Higgins is the president and director of The Randolph Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 1991). Ms. Higgins also serves (or had served) on the boards of several non-profit charitable groups, including the Independent Women’s Forum (chairman) and the Philanthropy Roundtable. She also serves on the board of the Hoover Institution (from 2001 to 2007 and since 2009).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund

complex overseen by trustee

  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Burt is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Burt is also a director of The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc., The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (and serves as a member of each such fund’s audit, nominating and governance committees).
 
Mr. Garil is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS Global AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Garil is also a director of OFI Global Trust Company (commercial trust company), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (voluntary health organization) and a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, Inc. (charitable foundation).
 
Ms. Higgins is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

David Malpass; 60

Encima Global, LLC

645 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Trustee   Since May 2014   Mr. Malpass is the president and founder of Encima Global, LLC (economic research and consulting) (since 2008). From 1993 until 2008, he was Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. (financial services firm).

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

 

Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Malpass is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Malpass is also a director of New Mountain Finance Corp. (business development company and serves as a member of its audit committee).

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Joseph Allessie*; 50   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2014 (Chief Compliance Officer)   Mr. Allessie is a managing director (since 2015) (prior to which he was an executive director) at UBS AM and UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (collectively, “UBS AM—Americas region”). Mr. Allessie is head of compliance and operational risk control for the UBS Asset Management Division in the Americas with oversight for traditional and alternative investment businesses in Canada, the US and Cayman Islands. Prior to that he served as deputy general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2005 to 2014). Mr. Allessie is the chief compliance officer (prior to which he was interim chief compliance officer) (from January to July 2014)) and had served as a vice president and assistant secretary (from 2005 to 2016) of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Rose Ann
Bubloski*; 48
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2011   Ms. Bubloski is a director (since 2012) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2008 to 2012)) and senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She is vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Mark E. Carver*; 52   President   Since 2010   Mr. Carver is a managing director and head of product development and management for UBS AM—Americas region (since 2008). In this role, he oversees product development and management for both wholesale and institutional businesses. He is a member of the Americas Management Committee (since 2008) and the Regional Operating Committee (since 2008). Prior to 2008, Mr. Carver held a number of product-related or sales responsibilities with respect to funds, advisory programs and separately managed accounts. Mr. Carver is president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Lisa N. DiPaolo*; 38   Vice President   Since November 2015   Ms. DiPaolo is a director (since 2008) and portfolio manager (since November 2015) at UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. DiPaolo joined UBS AM—Americas region in 2000 and has been a municipal securities analyst on the tax-free fixed income team. Ms. DiPaolo is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Thomas Disbrow*; 50   Vice President and Treasurer   Since 2000 (Vice President); Since 2004 (Treasurer)   Mr. Disbrow is a managing director (since 2011) (prior to which he was an executive director) (from 2007 to 2011) and global head of registered fund product control (since January 2016) (prior to which he was head of the North American fund treasury administration department of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2011-2015)). Mr. Disbrow is a vice president and treasurer and/or principal accounting officer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Elbridge T. Gerry III*; 59   Vice President   Since 1999   Mr. Gerry is a managing director and head of municipal fixed income of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2001). Mr. Gerry is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mark F. Kemper**; 58   Vice President and Secretary   Since 2004   Mr. Kemper is a managing director (since 2006) and head of the legal department of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004). He has been secretary of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004) and assistant secretary of UBS Asset Management Trust Company (since 1993). Mr. Kemper is vice president and secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joanne M. Kilkeary*; 48   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2004   Ms. Kilkeary is an executive director (since 2013) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2008)) and a senior manager (since 2004) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Kilkeary is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Cindy Lee*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2014   Ms. Lee is a director (since March 2016) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2009 to 2016)) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Tammie Lee*; 45   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Ms. Lee is an executive director (since 2010) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2005)) and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joshua M. Lindauer*; 28   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since
May
2016
  Mr. Lindauer is an associate director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since May 2016). Prior to joining UBS AM—Americas region, Mr. Lindauer was an associate counsel at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (from 2015 to 2016) and a paralegal (from 2014 to 2015). From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindauer was a law student. Mr. Lindauer is a vice president and assistant secretary of 7 investment companies (consisting of 48 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
William T. MacGregor*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since September 2005   Mr. MacGregor is an executive director and deputy general counsel at UBS AM—Americas region. From June 2012 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC and from May 2008 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. MacGregor is vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Ryan Nugent*; 38   Vice President   Since 2009   Mr. Nugent is a director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an associate director) (since 2004)), portfolio manager (since 2005) and head of municipal trading (since 2013) of UBS AM—Americas region. Prior to that he was an assistant portfolio manager to the tax free money market funds (since 2002). Mr. Nugent is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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UBS Institutional/Reserves Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Nancy Osborn*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2007   Mrs. Osborn is a director (since 2010) (prior to which she was an associate director) and a senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2006). Mrs. Osborn is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Robert Sabatino**; 42   Vice President   Since 2001   Mr. Sabatino is a managing director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an executive director) (since 2007), global head of liquidity, portfolio management (since 2015), head of US taxable money markets (2009 to 2015), and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region in the short duration fixed income group (since 2001). Mr. Sabatino is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 30 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Eric Sanders*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Mr. Sanders is a director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Mr. Sanders is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
David Walczak**; 32   Vice President   Since February 2016   Mr. Walczak is an executive director (since January 2016), head of US taxable money markets (since January 2016) and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Walczak is a vice president of five investment companies (consisting of 45 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Keith A. Weller*; 54   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 1998   Mr. Weller is an executive director and senior associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005) and has been an attorney with affiliated entities since 1995. Mr. Weller is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Mandy Yu*, 32   Vice President   Since 2013   Ms. Yu is an associate director (since 2015) (prior to which she was an authorized officer (since 2012)) and tax compliance manager (since 2013) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She was a fund treasury manager (from 2012 to 2013) and a mutual fund administrator (from 2007 to 2012) for UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Yu is a vice president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (concluded)

 

* This person’s business address is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028.

 

** This person’s business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers of the Fund are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

†† Professor Feldberg is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) because he is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions.

 

 

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Trustees

    

Richard Q. Armstrong

Chairman

 

Alan S. Bernikow

 

Richard R. Burt

    

Meyer Feldberg

 

Bernard H. Garil

 

Heather R. Higgins

 

David Malpass

Principal Officers

    

Mark E. Carver

President

 

Mark F. Kemper

Vice President and Secretary

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Vice President

    

Thomas Disbrow

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Robert Sabatino

Vice President

 

Lisa DiPaolo

Vice President

 

David Walczak

Vice President

Administrator (and Manager for the Master Funds)

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

Principal Underwriter (for the feeder funds)

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

 

This report is not to be used in connection with the offering of shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus.

©UBS 2016. All rights reserved.


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UBS Investor Funds

Annual Report

April 30, 2016

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

UBS Prime Investor Fund


UBS Investor Funds

 

June 10, 2016

Dear Shareholder,

We present you with the annual report for the UBS Investor Series of Funds, namely UBS Select Prime Investor Fund, UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund and UBS Prime Investor Fund (the “Funds”), for the 12 months (or since commencement period for UBS Prime Investor Fund) ended April 30, 2016 (the “reporting period”).

Performance

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) modestly raised the federal funds rate from a historically low range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The federal funds rate or the “fed funds rate,” is the rate US banks charge one another for funds they borrow on an overnight basis. While the yields on a wide range of short-term investments moved higher over the period as the market anticipated the Fed action as well as potential future actions into 2016, yields still remained low by historical comparison. (For more details on the Fed’s actions, see below.) As a result, the Funds’ yields remained low during the reporting period.

The seven-day current yields for the Funds (after fee waivers/expense reimbursements) were as follows:

 

 

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund: 0.11% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

UBS Prime Investor Fund

Investment goals (all three Funds):

Maximum current income consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

Portfolio manager:

Robert Sabatino

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund—August 1, 2008;

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund—September 18, 2008

UBS Prime Investor Fund— January 19, 2016

Dividend payments:

Monthly

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UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund: 0.01% as of April 30, 2016, unchanged from April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund: 0.01% as of April 30, 2016, unchanged from April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Prime Investor Fund: 0.11% as of April 30, 2016

For detailed information on the Funds’ performance, refer to “Yields and characteristics at a glance” on pages 10 and 11.

An interview with the Portfolio Managers

Q. How would you describe the economic environment during the reporting period?
A. The US economy continued to expand, but the pace moderated
  during the reporting period. The US Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product (“GDP”) expanded at a 3.9% seasonally adjusted annualized rate during the second quarter of 2015. GDP growth then slowed to 2.0% and 1.4% for the third and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively. Finally, first-quarter 2016 GDP grew at a 0.8% rate.1

 

Q. How did the Fed react to the economic environment?
A. The Fed took its initial step toward normalizing monetary policy during the reporting period. In December 2015, the Fed raised the

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Investment goal:

Maximum current income exempt from federal income tax consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

Portfolio managers:

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Lisa M. DiPaolo

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

September 22, 2008

Dividend payments:

Monthly

 

1 

Based on the Commerce Department’s second estimate for GDP announced on May 27, 2016, after the reporting period had ended.

 

 

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  fed funds rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The US central bank boosted the fed funds rate from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. In its official statement the Fed said, “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative after this increase, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation…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.” During its meetings that concluded on January 27, March 16, and April 27, 2016, the Fed kept rates on hold.

 

Q. Given that the Funds are “feeder funds,” how were the portfolios in which they invest managed during the reporting period?
A. Each fund is a “feeder fund,” investing all of its assets in “Master Funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. As always, quality and liquidity remained paramount in our management process for the Master Funds.

 

   

For the Prime Master Fund in which UBS Select Prime Investor Fund invests, we tactically adjusted its weighted average maturity (WAM)—which is the weighted average maturity of the securities in the portfolio—throughout the fiscal year. When the reporting period began, the Master Fund had a WAM of 44 days. By the end of the period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 42 days.

At the issuer level, we maintained a high level of diversification, investing in smaller positions with the goal of reducing risk and keeping the Master Fund highly liquid. To that end, we typically purchased up to 3% in single nongovernment issuers throughout the reporting period. (The Master Fund is generally able to hold up to 5% in any one issuer, subject to certain exceptions.)

At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to commercial paper and time deposits, and, to lesser extents,

 

 

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repurchase agreements and US government and agency obligations. Conversely, we decreased its exposures to certificates of deposits, short-term corporate obligations and non-US government obligations. (Repurchase agreements are transactions that require the seller of a security to buy it back at a predetermined time and price, or upon demand.)

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund invests was 36 days when the reporting period began. Over the review period, the WAM was increased and, at period-end on April 30, 2016, it was 59 days. At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to direct Treasury obligations and reduced its exposure to repurchase agreements backed by Treasuries.

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund invests was 19 days when the reporting period began. We tactically adjusted the Master Fund’s WAM based on market conditions and seasonality factors within the tax-exempt market and the anticipated liquidation of another feeder fund. At the end of the reporting period, its WAM was six days. Over the review period, we increased the Master Fund’s allocation to tax-exempt commercial paper and, to a modest extent, to short-term US government obligations. Conversely, we reduced its exposure to municipal bonds and notes.

 

   

The inception date for the CNAV Prime Master Fund in which UBS Prime Investor Fund invests was January 19, 2016. We tactically adjusted its WAM and, at the end of the reporting period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 31 days. At the security level, the Master Fund’s largest exposure was in commercial paper. It also had lesser allocations to certificates of deposit, time deposits, US government and agency obligations, and repurchase agreements.

 

Q. What factors do you believe will affect the Funds over the coming months?
A.

In our view, the US economy will continue to grow in 2016. That being said, we feel the expansion will be fairly moderate and inflation

 

 

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  will remain largely benign. Against this backdrop, we believe the Fed will take a very deliberate pace in terms of normalizing monetary policy. We anticipate continuing to manage the Funds focusing on risk and liquidity.

We thank you for your continued support and welcome any comments or questions you may have. For additional information on the UBS family of funds, please contact your financial advisor, or visit us at www.ubs.com/am-us.*

Sincerely,

 

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Mark E. Carver

President—UBS Money Series

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

UBS Prime Investor Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

* Mutual funds are sold by prospectus only. You should read it carefully and consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information contained in the prospectus before investing. Prospectuses for most of our funds can be obtained from your financial advisor, by calling UBS Funds at 800-647 1568 or by visiting our Web site at www.ubs.com/am-us.

 

 

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Robert Sabatino

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

UBS Prime Investor Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Ryan Nugent

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

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Lisa DiPaolo

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2016. The views and opinions in the letter were current as of June 10, 2016. They are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and we reserve the right to change our views about individual securities, sectors and markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the Fund’s future investment intent. We encourage you to consult your financial advisor regarding your personal investment program.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees, shareholder servicing fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Since each Fund is a “feeder fund” that invests in a corresponding “master fund,” the expense information below reflects the combined effect of the two levels of expenses and not just those imposed directly at the feeder fund level.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (continued)

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while UBS Prime Investor Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that the Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 1.99        0.40
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,022.87        2.01        0.40   

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.10      $ 1.19        0.24
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,023.67        1.21        0.24   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the

 

 

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Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (concluded)

 

  nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

    
Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.10      $ 0.40        0.08
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.47        0.40        0.08   

UBS Prime Investor Fund

     Beginning
account value
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
4
01/19/16 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.20      $ 0.99        0.35
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,023.12        1.76        0.35   

 

1 

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2 

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3 

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

4 

UBS Prime Investor Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect actual days in the period for the actual example) and 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period for the hypothetical example).

 

 

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Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.11      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.11         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.03      (0.34      (0.32
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.03      (0.34      (0.32
Weighted average maturity2      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (mm)      $369.3         $347.5         $340.9   
UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund         
Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.01      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.01         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.28      (0.51      (0.54
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.28      (0.51      (0.54
Weighted average maturity2      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (mm)      $258.7         $308.0         $310.1   

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

 

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Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements1
     0.01      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.01         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.83      (1.05      (0.73
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.83      (1.05      (0.73
Weighted average maturity2      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (mm)      $27.5         $24.8         $22.5   
UBS Prime Investor Fund*         
Yields and characteristics    04/30/16                
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.11      
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.11         
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (9.73      
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (9.73      
Weighted average maturity2      31 days         
Net assets (mm)      $2.3         

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016.

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

You could lose money by investing In UBS Select Prime Investor Fund, UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund or UBS Prime Investor Fund. Although each Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, each Fund cannot guarantee It will do so. An investment In each Fund Is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Each Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to a Fund, and you should not expect that the Funds’ sponsor will provide financial support to a Fund.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities

April 30, 2016

 

     

UBS Select
Prime

Investor
Fund

 
Assets:   
Investment in Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”), at value (cost—$369,431,427; $258,775,963; $27,463,187 and $2,347,626, respectively, which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)    $ 369,431,427   
Receivable from affiliate        
Other assets      10,706   
Total assets      369,442,133   
Liabilities:   
Dividends payable to shareholders      34,341   
Payable to affiliate      91,227   
Trustees’ fees payable      116   
Organization fee payable        
Accrued expenses and other liabilities      58,944   
Total liabilities      184,628   
Net assets:   
Shares of beneficial interest—$0.001 par value per share, unlimited amount authorized; 369,255,501; 258,698,196; 27,454,829 and 2,346,459 outstanding, respectively      369,255,501   
Accumulated net realized gain      2,004   
Net assets    $ 369,257,505   
Net asset value per share    $ 1.00   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select
Treasury
Investor

Fund

    

UBS Select
Tax-Free
Investor

Fund

    

UBS Prime
Investor

Fund

 
     

$

258,775,963

  

   $ 27,463,187       $ 2,347,626   
          19,150         33,650   
  7,851         7,356         833   
  258,783,814         27,489,693         2,382,109   
     
  2,081         181         154   
  30,566                   
  254         213         3,249   
                  13,649   
  49,142         34,308         18,598   
  82,043         34,702         35,650   
     

 

258,698,196

  

     27,454,829         2,346,459   
  3,575         162           
$ 258,701,771       $ 27,454,991       $ 2,346,459   
$ 1.00       $ 1.00       $ 1.00   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Investor Funds

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Investor
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest income allocated from Master Fund    $ 1,221,044   
Expenses allocated from Master Fund      (342,702
Expense waiver allocated from Master Fund        
Net investment income allocated from Master Fund      878,342   
Expenses:   
Service and distribution fees      1,199,128   
Administration fees      342,603   
Professional fees      53,203   
Transfer agency fees      47,491   
Trustees’ fees      22,776   
State registration fees      32,299   
Reports and notices to shareholders      16,025   
Other expenses      17,797   
Accounting fees      14,000   
Insurance fees      5,671   
Organization fees        
       1,750,993   
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by administrator and distributor      (980,275
Net expenses      770,718   
Net investment income      107,624   
Net realized gain allocated from Master Fund      4,941   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 112,565   

 

 

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UBS Select
Treasury
Investor
Fund
     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Investor
Fund
     UBS Prime
Investor
Fund
1
 
     
$ 485,115       $ 15,413       $ 5,214   
  (287,822      (22,890      (1,221
  34,344         14,138         1,042   
  231,637         6,661         5,035   
     
  1,007,280         80,107         4,269   
  287,631         22,886         1,220   
  53,230         53,049         23,386   
  29,662         3,796         148   
  22,431         20,103         7,035   
  20,630         16,967         167   
  13,910         10,466         7,598   
  17,391         7,115         4,023   
  14,000         14,000         3,940   
  4,027         974           
                  13,649   
  1,470,192         229,463         65,435   

 

(1,267,413

     (225,099      (61,319
  202,779         4,364         4,116   
  28,858         2,297         919   
  20,762         1,106           
$ 49,620       $ 3,403       $ 919   

 

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Commencement of operations on January 19, 2016.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Prime Investor Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 107,624      $ 35,287   
Net realized gain      4,941        3,268   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      112,565        38,555   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (107,624     (35,287
Net realized gains      (5,086     (1,134
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (112,710     (36,421
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      28,312,907        13,462,549   
Net increase in net assets      28,312,762        13,464,683   
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      340,944,743        327,480,060   
End of year    $ 369,257,505      $ 340,944,743   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   
UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 28,858      $ 29,673   
Net realized gain      20,762        9,087   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      49,620        38,760   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (28,858     (29,673
Net realized gains      (24,719     (2,939
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (53,577     (32,612
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      (51,347,865     43,599,589   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      (51,351,822     43,605,737   
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      310,053,593        266,447,856   
End of year    $ 258,701,771      $ 310,053,593   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 2,297      $ 2,680   
Net realized gain      1,106        598   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      3,403        3,278   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (2,297     (2,680
Net realized gains      (1,541     (1,569
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (3,838     (4,249
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      4,973,729        (4,163,641
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      4,973,294        (4,164,612
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      22,481,697        26,646,309   
End of year    $ 27,454,991      $ 22,481,697   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

17

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Investor Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

      For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
UBS Prime Investor Fund   
From operations:   
Net investment income    $ 919   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      919   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:   
Net investment income      (919
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      2,346,459   
Net increase in net assets      2,346,459   
Net assets:   
Beginning of period        
End of period    $ 2,346,459   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

18

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Prime Investor Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and distributions     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    0.61     0.61     0.60     0.60     0.60
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    0.33     0.20     0.20     0.28     0.29
Net investment income3     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $369,258        $340,945        $327,480        $324,525        $357,966   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    0.61     0.61     0.60     0.60     0.60
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    0.16     0.06     0.06     0.14     0.07
Net investment income3     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $258,702        $310,054        $266,448        $323,605        $340,622   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

20

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  
Net asset value,
beginning of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net realized gains     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Net increase from operations     0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1      0.000 1 
Dividends from net investment income     (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 

Total dividends and

distributions

    (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1      (0.000 )1 
Net asset value,
end of year
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return2     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:          
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    1.10     0.97     0.92     0.88     0.88
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements3
    0.06     0.04     0.08     0.15     0.15
Net investment income3     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01
Supplemental data:          
Net assets,
end of year (000’s)
    $27,455        $22,482        $26,646        $26,980        $26,453   

 

1 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each year reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each year reported. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder could pay on Fund distributions.

 

3 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

 

21

See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Prime Investor Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

      For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Net asset value, beginning of period      $1.00   
Net investment income      0.000 2 
Net realized gains      0.000   
Net increase from operations      0.000 2 
Dividends from net investment income      (0.000 )2 
Distributions from net realized gains      (0.000 ) 
Total dividends and distributions      (0.000 )2 
Net asset value, end of period      $1.00   
Total investment return3      0.02
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements4      5.47 %5 
Expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements4      0.35 %5 
Net investment income4      0.08 %5 
Supplemental data:   
Net assets, end of period (000’s)      $2,346   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

2 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

3 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of the period reported, reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of the period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a fund distribution.

 

4 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund (“Prime Investor Fund”), UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund (“Treasury Investor Fund”), UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund (“Tax-Free Investor Fund”) and UBS Prime Investor Fund (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of UBS Money Series (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 29, 1998. The Funds commenced operations on August 1, 2008, September 18, 2008, September 22, 2008, and January 19, 2016, respectively. The Trust is a series mutual fund with twenty-one series. The financial statements for the other series of the Trust are not included herein.

Prime Investor Fund, Treasury Investor Fund, Tax-Free Investor Fund and UBS Prime Investor Fund are “feeder funds” that invest substantially all of their assets in “master funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund, and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively (each a “Master Fund” and each a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act). The feeder funds and their respective Master Funds have the same investment objectives. The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the corresponding Master Fund. The value of such investments reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of its corresponding Master Fund (2.15% for Prime Investor Fund, 2.18% for Treasury Investor Fund, 1.99% for Tax-Free Investor Fund, and 0.48% for UBS Prime Investor Fund at April 30, 2016). All of the net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from investment activities of each Master Fund are allocated pro rata, based on respective ownership interests, among the corresponding Fund and other investors in the Master Fund (e.g., other feeder funds) at the time of such determination. The financial statements of the Master Funds, including the Statements of net assets, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in connection with the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

Each Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; each Fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend/distribution policies in an attempt to enable it to do so. As with any money market fund, there is no assurance, however, that the Funds will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

In the normal course of business the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. 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. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Each Fund records its investment in its corresponding Master Fund at fair value. Securities held by the Master Funds are valued as indicated in the Master Funds’ Notes to financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Dividends and distributions—Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered 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 tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Administrator

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) serves as administrator to each Fund pursuant to an Administration Agreement approved by the Trust’s board. In accordance with the Administration Agreement, each Fund pays UBS AM an administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 0.10% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, each Fund owed, or was owed by, UBS AM for administrative services/ expense reimbursements as follows:

 

Fund    Amounts due
to/(owed by)
UBS AM
 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 30,035   
Treasury Investor Fund      19,067   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      (9,324
UBS Prime Investor Fund      176   

UBS AM is contractually obligated to waive all or a portion of its administration fees and/or to reimburse certain operating expenses so that the Funds’ total ordinary annual operating expenses through August 31, 2016 (or January 31, 2017, with respect to UBS Prime Investor Fund) (excluding interest expense, if any, and extraordinary

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

items) will not exceed 0.50%. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM owed each Fund for fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts owed by

UBS AM

 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 30,309   
Treasury Investor Fund      24,306   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      12,579   
UBS Prime Investor Fund      34,442   

For the year (or period) ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM was contractually obligated to waive administration fees and/or to reimburse certain operating expenses as follows:

 

Fund    Amounts waived
and/or
reimbursed
 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 380,661   
Treasury Investor Fund      284,862   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      123,777   
UBS Prime Investor Fund      60,558   

Each Fund has agreed to repay UBS AM for any such waived fees/reimbursed expenses to the extent that it can do so over the three years following such waived fees/reimbursed expenses without causing each Fund’s expenses in any of those three years to exceed such expense cap.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

At April 30, 2016, the following Funds had remaining fee waivers and expense reimbursements subject to repayment to UBS AM and respective dates of expiration as follows:

 

Fund   

Fee waivers/

expense
reimbursements
subject to

repayment

    

Expires

April 30,

2017

    

Expires

April 30,

2018

    

Expires

April 30,

2019

 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 1,115,128       $ 352,232       $ 382,235       $ 380,661   
Treasury Investor Fund      654,883         181,047         188,974         284,862   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      345,072         110,528         110,767         123,777   
UBS Prime Investor Fund      60,558                         60,558   

Shareholder servicing and distribution plans

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (“UBS AM—US”) is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Funds’ shares. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds were contractually obligated to pay UBS AM—US monthly distribution (12b-1) and shareholder servicing fees at the annual rate of 0.25% and 0.10%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.

At April 30, 2016, each Fund owed UBS AM—US for distribution and shareholder servicing fees as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts due to

UBS AM—US

 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 106,751   
Treasury Investor Fund      73,687   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      6,297   
UBS Prime Investor Fund      616   

In addition to UBS AM’s fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements noted above, in connection with voluntary agreements with the financial intermediaries that are selling each Fund’s shares, UBS AM—US has agreed to voluntarily waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses so that total ordinary annual operating expenses for each Fund do not exceed 0.45%. UBS AM has also undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that Fund yields drop below a certain

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

level. These additional undertakings are voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time.

As part of the commencement of operations for UBS Prime Investor Fund, for the period February 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived its management fee of 0.10%, which is charged at the Master Fund. Such waived amount is not subject to future recoupment.

At April 30, 2016, UBS AM—US owed each Fund for voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts owed by

UBS AM—US

 
Prime Investor Fund    $ 15,250   
Treasury Investor Fund      37,882   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      3,544   

For the year (or period) ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM—US voluntarily waived shareholder servicing and distribution fees as follows:

 

Fund    Amounts waived  
Prime Investor Fund    $ 599,614   
Treasury Investor Fund      982,551   
Tax-Free Investor Fund      80,107   
UBS Prime Investor Fund      761   

Such additional amounts are not subject to future recoupment. There is no guarantee that these additional voluntary amounts will continue to be waived and/or expenses reimbursed.

To the extent that expenses are to be reimbursed, they will be reimbursed by UBS AM. During the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM reimbursed the Tax-Free Investor Fund $21,215.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Shares of beneficial interest

There is an unlimited amount of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest, at $1.00 per share, were as follows:

 

     For the years ended
April 30,
 
Prime Investor Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      497,694,518        487,189,907   
Shares repurchased      (469,458,407     (473,761,758
Dividends reinvested      76,796        34,400   
Net increase in shares outstanding      28,312,907        13,462,549   

 

     For the years ended
April 30,
 
Treasury Investor Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      377,878,862        371,582,529   
Shares repurchased      (429,277,079     (328,012,711
Dividends reinvested      50,352        29,771   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      (51,347,865     43,599,589   

 

     For the years ended
April 30,
 
Tax-Free Investor Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      34,098,699           38,329,211   
Shares repurchased      (29,128,554     (42,496,882
Dividends reinvested      3,584        4,030   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      4,973,729        (4,163,641

 

UBS Prime Investor Fund    For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
      
Shares sold      9,291,683       
Shares repurchased      (6,945,638    
Dividends reinvested      414       
Net increase in shares outstanding      2,346,459       

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Federal tax status

Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and to comply with the other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing during each calendar year substantially all of their net investment income, net realized capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, each Fund intends not to be subject to a federal excise tax.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Prime Investor Fund and Treasury Investor Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by UBS Prime Investor Fund during the fiscal period ended April 30, 2016, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Tax-Free Investor Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 was 46.72% and 63.08% tax-exempt income, and 13.13% and 0.02% ordinary income, 40.15% and 36.90% long-term capital gain, respectively.

At April 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were (1) undistributed ordinary income of $36,345 for Prime Investor Fund, (2) undistributed ordinary income of $5,639 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $17 for Treasury Investor Fund, (3) undistributed tax-exempt income of $181, and undistributed long-term capital gains of $162 for Tax-Free Investor Fund, and (4) undistributed ordinary income of 154 for UBS Prime Investor Fund.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Funds after December 22, 2010, may be carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The Act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. These carryforwards are available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of future realized capital gains. To the extent that such losses are used to offset future net realized capital gains, it is probable these gains will not be distributed. As of April 30, 2016, none of the Funds had capital loss carryforwards.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, and since inception for UBS Prime Investor Fund remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable $1.00 share price. The prospectus for Prime Investor Fund, Treasury Investor Fund and Tax-Free Investor Fund has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Report of independent registered public

accounting firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund,

UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund,

UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund and

UBS Prime Investor Fund

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of UBS Select Prime Investor Fund, UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund and UBS Prime Investor Fund (four of the series comprising UBS Money Series) (collectively, the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

 

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund, UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund, UBS Select Tax-Free Investor Fund and UBS Prime Investor Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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UBS Investor Funds

General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Funds and Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Funds and Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, each Fund discloses, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of the related Master Fund’s portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding each Master Fund’s weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for each of Master Trust—Prime Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Select Prime Investor Fund invests) and for Master Trust—Prime CNAV Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Prime Investor Fund invests) is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in each Fund’s prospectus. Investors also may find additional information about the Funds at the above referenced UBS Web site internet address.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Fund’s (and corresponding Master Fund’s) (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a fund directly at 1-800-647 1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

General information (unaudited)

 

Other tax information

Pursuant to Section 871(k)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, each Fund designates 100% of its “qualified short-term gains” (as defined in Section 871(k)(2)(D)) related to the distribution made in December 2015 as short-term capital gain dividends.

UBS Select Prime Investor Fund and UBS Select Treasury Investor Fund herby designate 90.34% and 58.18%, respectively, of the ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 as interest related dividends.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.94%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.300%, due 05/25/161

   $ 250,000,000         $ 249,950,000   

0.395%, due 06/01/161

     50,000,000           49,982,993   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     77,000,000           77,000,000   

US Treasury Bills

       

0.411%, due 06/02/161

     40,000,000           39,985,387   

0.507%, due 09/15/161

     250,000,000           249,517,646   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     150,000,000           150,013,671   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     227,000,000           227,141,970   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     150,000,000           150,027,356   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$1,193,619,023)

                1,193,619,023   
Time deposits—14.23%                    
Banking-non-US—14.23%                    

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     672,000,000           672,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     325,000,000           325,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$2,447,000,000)

                2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—20.39%                    
Banking-non-US—17.50%                    

Bank of Montreal
0.616%, due 05/13/162

     134,000,000           134,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.808%, due 07/29/162

     137,000,000           137,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(continued)                    
Banking-non-US—(continued)                    

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

       

0.610%, due 07/05/16

   $ 183,500,000         $ 183,500,000   

0.610%, due 07/07/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     224,000,000           224,000,000   

Credit Suisse

       

0.630%, due 05/03/16

     135,250,000           135,250,000   

0.650%, due 06/14/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

     62,000,000           62,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     105,000,000           105,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     119,000,000           119,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.660%, due 07/21/16

     50,000,000           50,001,115   

Natixis

       

0.587%, due 05/05/162

     86,000,000           86,000,000   

0.588%, due 05/31/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

Norinchukin Bank
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
0.510%, due 05/13/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.705%, due 08/01/16

     50,000,000           50,010,806   

0.960%, due 01/05/17

     96,000,000           96,000,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     148,000,000           148,000,000   

0.600%, due 07/12/16

     195,000,000           195,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken

       

0.540%, due 07/25/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.820%, due 07/22/16

     50,000,000           50,029,454   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     263,000,000           263,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.540%, due 07/28/16

   $ 85,000,000         $ 85,000,000   

0.786%, due 05/16/162

     96,000,000           96,000,000   
                  3,008,791,375   
Banking-US—2.89%                    

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     116,000,000           116,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     114,000,000           114,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     117,400,000           117,400,000   
                  497,400,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$3,506,191,375)

  

       3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper1—45.45%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—24.04%                    

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.460%, due 05/31/16

     88,160,000           88,126,205   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     139,750,000           139,750,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     194,750,000           194,750,000   

CAFCO LLC
0.580%, due 05/09/16

     79,500,000           79,489,753   

Chariot Funding LLC

       

0.667%, due 05/11/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.707%, due 05/05/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Ciesco LLC
0.570%, due 05/12/16

     44,000,000           43,992,337   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC
0.700%, due 05/26/16

     45,000,000           44,978,125   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(continued)                    

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

   $ 94,500,000         $ 94,399,751   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     92,000,000           91,895,120   

0.580%, due 07/07/16

     95,000,000           94,897,453   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.689%, due 05/25/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     98,000,000           97,914,849   

0.700%, due 05/05/16

     50,000,000           49,996,111   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     99,000,000           98,779,478   

LMA Americas LLC

       

0.400%, due 05/06/16

     97,350,000           97,344,592   

0.599%, due 05/19/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.607%, due 05/03/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,523,000           47,470,038   

0.600%, due 07/11/16

     38,000,000           37,955,033   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.690%, due 07/05/16

     100,000,000           99,875,417   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     55,500,000           55,326,316   

0.870%, due 07/15/16

     50,000,000           49,909,375   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     143,000,000           142,409,251   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC
0.450%, due 05/16/16

     138,000,000           137,974,125   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.594%, due 05/03/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     97,000,000           96,933,178   

0.630%, due 05/18/16

     38,000,000           37,988,695   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 08/15/16

     88,000,000           87,823,804   

0.700%, due 05/19/16

     95,000,000           94,966,750   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     71,250,000           71,082,088   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     88,000,000           87,718,302   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC

       

0.521%, due 05/23/162

   $ 170,000,000         $ 170,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     96,500,000           96,500,000   

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     115,000,000           115,000,000   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.450%, due 05/05/16

     78,705,000           78,701,065   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     87,000,000           86,904,300   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     95,000,000           94,885,208   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,000,000           46,947,621   

Working Capital Management Co.
0.490%, due 05/18/16

     93,300,000           93,278,411   
                  4,134,962,751   
Banking-non-US—19.16%                    

ANZ National International Ltd.
0.860%, due 10/06/16

     85,000,000           84,679,172   

ASB Finance Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/03/162

     60,000,000           59,999,731   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/05/162

     124,000,000           124,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
1.020%, due 01/05/17

     100,000,000           99,294,500   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.460%, due 05/02/16

     95,000,000           94,998,786   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     53,500,000           53,393,832   

BNP Paribas

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     30,000,000           29,999,750   

0.380%, due 05/03/16

     400,000,000           399,991,556   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.490%, due 06/01/16

     150,000,000           149,936,708   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.647%, due 05/09/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     107,000,000           106,612,482   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     144,500,000           144,396,442   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.660%, due 05/13/16

     195,000,000           194,957,100   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     67,250,000           67,075,449   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

       

0.600%, due 06/07/16

   $ 92,000,000         $ 91,943,267   

0.710%, due 05/13/16

     75,000,000           74,982,250   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     144,000,000           143,494,700   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     97,000,000           96,944,670   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     129,250,000           129,168,303   

0.640%, due 05/05/16

     90,500,000           90,493,564   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     105,500,000           105,134,267   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.645%, due 05/03/16

     95,000,000           94,996,596   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     92,000,000           91,645,800   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

0.590%, due 08/05/16

     77,000,000           76,878,853   

0.820%, due 10/03/16

     119,000,000           118,579,864   

0.840%, due 10/26/16

     96,000,000           95,601,280   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     140,000,000           139,660,383   

Westpac Banking Corp.

       

0.890%, due 08/04/16

     73,000,000           72,828,551   

0.980%, due 01/04/17

     102,000,000           101,311,387   

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd.
0.607%, due 05/10/162

     67,000,000           67,000,000   
                  3,294,999,243   
Banking-US—1.56%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     117,000,000           116,560,762   

Toronto-Dominion Holdings USA, Inc.
0.470%, due 06/06/16

     150,000,000           149,929,500   
                  266,490,262   
Supranational—0.69%   

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     119,350,000           119,288,850   

Total commercial paper (cost—$7,815,741,106)

                7,815,741,106   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Non-US government agency—0.41%                    

Export Development Canada
0.735%, due 06/06/162,3
(cost—$70,000,000)

   $ 70,000,000         $ 70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations—2.03%   
Banking-non-US—1.01%   

Royal Bank of Canada
0.747%, due 07/07/162,3

     175,000,000           175,000,000   
Banking-US—1.02%   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

       

0.754%, due 06/15/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.804%, due 06/22/162

     125,000,000           125,000,000   
                  175,000,000   

Total Short-term corporate obligations
(cost—$350,000,000)

   

       350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements—9.68%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $8,804,100 US Treasury Bond, 3.375% due 05/15/44; (value—$10,200,003); proceeds:$10,000,233

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $696,886,500 US Treasury Note, 1.125% due 12/31/19; (value—$700,014,678); proceeds:$700,014,583

     700,000,000           700,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $37,100,000 Federal Home Loan Bank obligations, 0.625% to 5.000% due 12/28/16 to 04/28/36, $111,346,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.250% to 5.125% due 11/17/17 to 05/22/23, $158,614,000 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 6.625% due 10/26/16 to 09/27/32 and $890,000 Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.875% due 02/15/21; (value—$311,202,396); proceeds:$305,106,865

     305,100,000           305,100,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.290% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $635,970,171 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.856% to 6.000% due 05/15/23 to 01/15/43 and $573,075,879 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 10.500% due 03/25/19 to 04/01/46; (value—$255,000,001); proceeds: $250,014,097

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.790% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $1,197,621,102 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 7.000% due 01/15/26 to 09/27/47; (value—$321,000,000); proceeds: $300,599,0834,5

     300,000,000           300,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.690% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $4,584,462,916 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 108.341% due 07/17/19 to 10/15/48; (value—$107,000,000); proceeds: $100,199,6944

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $503,982 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$516,739); proceeds: $505,000

     505,000           505,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$1,665,605,000)

  

       1,665,605,000   
Total investments (cost—$17,048,156,504 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.13%                 17,048,156,504   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.87%                 149,109,842   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 17,197,266,346   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 1,193,619,023      $      $ 1,193,619,023   
Time deposits            2,447,000,000               2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            3,506,191,375               3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper            7,815,741,106               7,815,741,106   
Non-US government agency            70,000,000               70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations            350,000,000               350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements            1,665,605,000               1,665,605,000   
Total   $      $ 17,048,156,504      $      $ 17,048,156,504   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      51.0
Sweden      11.8   
France      10.0   
Japan      5.8   
Canada      5.5   
Australia      4.5   
Norway      3.8   
Germany      3.2   
Switzerland      1.4   
New Zealand      1.2   
Singapore      0.9   
Luxembourg      0.9   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

3 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.42% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

4 

Investment has a put feature, which allows the Fund to accelerate the maturity, and a variable or floating rate. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects early put date and the proceeds represent the receivable of the Fund if the put feature was exercised as of April 30, 2016.

 

5 

Illiquid investment as of April 30, 2016.

 

 

45

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government obligations—45.70%   

US Treasury Bills1

       

0.295%, due 06/23/16

   $ 200,000,000         $ 199,913,139   

0.370%, due 06/02/16

     170,000,000           169,944,089   

0.460%, due 09/01/16

     150,000,000           149,754,000   

0.467%, due 08/04/16

     150,000,000           149,814,948   

0.477%, due 06/09/16

     50,000,000           49,974,163   

0.505%, due 09/15/16

     250,000,000           249,519,548   

0.573%, due 03/30/17

     200,000,000           198,939,950   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.303%, due 05/02/162

     400,000,000           399,978,930   

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     353,000,000           352,985,694   

0.421%, due 05/02/162

     125,000,000           124,929,580   

0.500%, due 07/31/16

     200,000,000           200,107,866   

0.500%, due 08/31/16

     200,000,000           200,046,662   

0.500%, due 11/30/16

     150,000,000           149,882,480   

0.500%, due 01/31/17

     120,000,000           119,991,201   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     316,750,000           317,138,508   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     425,000,000           425,253,086   

0.625%, due 10/15/16

     440,000,000           440,230,670   

0.625%, due 11/15/16

     100,000,000           100,012,796   

0.625%, due 12/31/16

     250,000,000           250,280,732   

0.625%, due 02/15/17

     125,000,000           125,090,480   

0.750%, due 01/15/17

     150,000,000           150,229,774   

0.875%, due 09/15/16

     275,000,000           275,386,298   

1.000%, due 08/31/16

     350,000,000           350,782,808   

1.000%, due 09/30/16

     50,000,000           50,130,343   

1.750%, due 05/31/16

     130,000,000           130,158,614   

3.000%, due 08/31/16

     100,000,000           100,780,310   

Total US government obligations
(cost—$5,431,256,669)

                5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements—47.55%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $403,571,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 05/15/45 and $61,519,200 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 04/30/21; (value—$499,800,013);
proceeds: $490,011,433

     490,000,000           490,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(continued)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $106,124,000 US Treasury Bills, zero coupon due 05/26/16 to 10/20/16, $208,444,200 US Treasury Bonds, 3.125% to 7.875% due 05/15/16 to 02/15/44, $29,900,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Notes, 0.250% to 0.625% due 07/15/21 to 01/15/25, $69,068,400 US Treasury Notes, zero coupon to 4.625% due 05/15/16 to 01/31/23, $5,700 US Treasury Bonds Principal STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 05/15/45, $271 US Treasury Bonds STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 11/15/30 and $200 US Treasury Notes Principal STRIP, zero coupon due 11/15/17; (value—$459,000,001);
proceeds: $450,010,500

   $ 450,000,000         $ 450,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $1,089,081,200 US Treasury Bonds, 5.250% to 6.250% due 08/15/23 to 11/15/28 and $1,466,210,700 US Treasury Notes, 1.375% to 3.625% due 08/15/19 to 04/30/21; (value—$3,000,062,560);
proceeds: $3,000,062,500

     3,000,000,000           3,000,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $324,300 US Treasury Bill, zero coupon due 06/30/16, $75,760,200 US Treasury Bonds, 2.875% to 4.750% due 02/15/41 to 08/15/45 and $153,673,200 US Treasury Note, 0.500% due 09/30/16; (value—$255,000,008); proceeds: $250,013,125

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.270% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $140,916,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $31,350,800 US Treasury Note, 2.125% due 12/31/22; (value—$204,000,034);
proceeds: $200,010,500

     200,000,000           200,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $241,927,300 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17; (value—$255,000,010); proceeds: $250,013,611

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $102,204,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17 and $147,043,400 US Treasury Note, 2.500% due 05/15/24; (value—$265,200,014); proceeds: $260,006,067

     260,000,000           260,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities USA, Inc. 0.260% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $15,001,300 US Treasury Bonds, 3.750% to 4.750% due 02/15/37 to 08/15/41, $32,997,700 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 1.375% due 01/15/20 and $441,832,000 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.750% due 09/30/16 to 02/15/26; (value—$510,000,100);
proceeds: $500,010,833

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $720,000 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 07/31/21; (value—$756,136); proceeds: $737,000

     737,000           737,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 0.280% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $9,157,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 11/15/44, $23,050,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $211,773,300 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.250% due 07/31/16 to 12/31/21; (value—$255,000,069); proceeds: $250,013,611

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$5,650,737,000)

  

       5,650,737,000   
Total investments (cost—$11,081,993,669 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—93.25%                 11,081,993,669   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—6.75%                 801,917,330   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 11,883,910,999   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 73.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government obligations   $      $ 5,431,256,669      $      $ 5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements            5,650,737,000               5,650,737,000   
Total   $      $ 11,081,993,669      $      $ 11,081,993,669   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

 

49

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—75.77%                    
Alabama—0.98%                    

Mobile County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Refunding
(ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

   $ 8,050,000         $ 8,050,000   

University of Alabama Revenue (University Hospital),

       

Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     1,875,000           1,875,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     3,500,000           3,500,000   
                  13,425,000   
Alaska—0.69%                    

Alaska International Airports Revenue Refunding (System), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue (Exxon Pipeline
Co. Project),
0.260%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding
(Exxon Pipeline Co. Project), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     2,235,000           2,235,000   
                  9,535,000   
Arizona—0.76%                    

AK-Chin Indian Community Revenue,
0.020%, VRD

     6,700,000           6,700,000   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Electric Systems Revenue (Barclays Capital Municipal Trust Receipts, Series 9W),
0.450%, VRD1,2

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  10,450,000   
California—7.60%                    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (Scripps Health), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,960,000           1,960,000   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (St. Joseph Health Systems), Series D,
0.390%, VRD

     7,600,000           7,600,000   

 

 

50


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
California—(concluded)                    

California State Kindergarten, Series B3,
0.230%, VRD

   $ 7,745,000         $ 7,745,000   

Irvine Improvement Bond Act 1915 Limited Obligation (Assessment District 93-14),
0.390%, VRD

     17,900,000           17,900,000   

Irvine Unified School District Special Tax
(Community Facilities District No. 09), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Los Angeles Water and Power Revenue,
Subseries B-8,
0.380%, VRD

     8,400,000           8,400,000   

Modesto Water Revenue Certificates of Participation Refunding, Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,665,000           1,665,000   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Subordinate, Series L,
0.400%, VRD

     21,400,000           21,400,000   

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Sales Tax Revenue (Limited Tax),
Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     14,700,000           14,700,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Santa Clara Electric Revenue, Subseries B,
0.390%, VRD

     5,495,000           5,495,000   

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Refunding,
Series B,
0.370%, VRD

     4,850,000           4,850,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     870,000           870,000   
                  104,585,000   
Colorado—3.19%                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding,
Series A1,
0.300%, VRD

     28,105,000           28,105,000   

 

 

51


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Colorado—(concluded)                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding, (concluded)

       

Series A2,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 14,365,000         $ 14,365,000   

Series A3,
0.300%, VRD

     1,420,000           1,420,000   
                  43,890,000   
Connecticut—0.44%                    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Yale University), Series V-1,
0.210%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
District of Columbia—1.35%                    

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Revenue (Subordinate Lien),
Series B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Subseries B-2,
0.400%, VRD

     8,500,000           8,500,000   

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airport Authority Airport System Revenue, Subseries D-2,
0.280%, VRD

     6,210,000           6,210,000   
                  18,610,000   
Florida—0.60%                    

Gainesville Utilities System Revenue, Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,465,000           2,465,000   

JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,840,000           5,840,000   
                  8,305,000   
Georgia—0.36%                    

Private Colleges & Universities Authority Revenue
(Emory University), Series B-1,
0.410%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
Illinois—10.82%                    

Chicago Waterworks Revenue Refunding,
Subseries 2004-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,845,000           4,845,000   

 

 

52


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(continued)                    

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra),
0.420%, VRD

   $ 11,200,000         $ 11,200,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Francis W. Parker School Project),
0.430%, VRD

     21,800,000           21,800,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Lyric Opera Chicago Project),
0.420%, VRD

     8,100,000           8,100,000   

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.450%, VRD

     2,767,000           2,767,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Northwestern Community Hospital), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,980,000           2,980,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(OSF Healthcare System), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     10,725,000           10,725,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue (University of Chicago Medical Center), Series E-1,
0.280%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,836,000           1,836,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding
(Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.),
0.410%, VRD

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Swedish Covenant), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     13,610,000           13,610,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (University of Chicago), Series C,
0.440%, VRD

     7,162,000           7,162,000   

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago Medical Center), Series B,
0.280%, VRD

     7,300,000           7,300,000   

 

 

53


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(concluded)                    

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Toll Highway Revenue (Senior Priority),

       

Series A-1B,
0.410%, VRD

   $ 5,000,000         $ 5,000,000   

Series A-2D,
0.410%, VRD

     3,300,000           3,300,000   

Illinois State,

       

Series B-5,
0.390%, VRD

     27,700,000           27,700,000   

Series B-6,
0.420%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Revenue (Two Rivers YMCA Project),
0.280%, VRD

     3,630,000           3,630,000   
                  148,955,000   
Indiana—1.92%                    

Indiana Finance Authority Environmental Revenue Refunding (Duke Energy Industrial Project), Series A-5,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Indiana Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Refunding (Indiana University Obligated Group), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     4,525,000           4,525,000   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency Power Supply Systems Revenue Refunding,

       

Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     5,640,000           5,640,000   

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

     3,030,000           3,030,000   

Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Trinity Health), Series D-1,
0.400%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

Indianapolis Multi-Family Housing Revenue
(Capital Place-Covington) (FNMA Insured),
0.420%, VRD

     2,600,000           2,600,000   
                  26,495,000   

 

 

54


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Kansas—0.84%                    

Kansas State Department of Transportation Highway Revenue, Series C-4,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   
Louisiana—1.99%                    

East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial Development Board, Inc. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     16,100,000           16,100,000   

Series B,
0.260%, VRD

     700,000           700,000   

East Baton Rouge Parish Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Exxon Project),
0.260%, VRD

     4,150,000           4,150,000   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding (Christus Health), Series B2,
0.380%, VRD

     6,500,000           6,500,000   
           27,450,000   
Maryland—0.68%                    

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Johns Hopkins University), Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     550,000           550,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Bond Anticipation Notes,

       

Series A,
0.380%, VRD

     800,000           800,000   

Series B-3,
0.400%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
           9,350,000   
Massachusetts—1.98%                    

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Henry Heywood), Series C,
0.270%, VRD

     2,690,000           2,690,000   

Massachusetts State Department of Transportation Metropolitan Highway System Revenue (Senior), Series A-1,
0.390%, VRD

     24,500,000           24,500,000   
                  27,190,000   

 

 

55


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Michigan—0.27%   

Green Lake Township Economic Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Interlochen Center Project),
0.300%, VRD

   $ 3,780,000         $ 3,780,000   
Minnesota—2.54%   

Midwest Consortium of Municipal Utilities Revenue (Draw Down-Association Financing Program), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     6,860,000           6,860,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue (Mayo Clinic), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     13,150,000           13,150,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Mayo Foundation), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
                  35,010,000   
Mississippi—3.99%                    

Jackson County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.280%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),

       

Series D,
0.270%, VRD

     24,000,000           24,000,000   

Series G,
0.250%, VRD

     1,700,000           1,700,000   

Series I,
0.250%, VRD

     20,500,000           20,500,000   

Series K,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Series L,
0.280%, VRD

     1,800,000           1,800,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Corp. Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project), Series F,
0.380%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   
                  55,000,000   
Missouri—2.14%                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue (De Smet Jesuit
High School),
0.280%, VRD

     3,335,000           3,335,000   

 

 

56


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Missouri—(concluded)                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Washington University),

       

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     7,200,000           7,200,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     3,600,000           3,600,000   

Series D,
0.280%, VRD

     3,800,000           3,800,000   
                  29,435,000   
Nebraska—0.62%                    

Lancaster County Hospital Authority No.1 Hospital Revenue Refunding (Bryanlgh Medical Center), Series B-1,
0.280%, VRD

     8,555,000           8,555,000   
New Hampshire—0.93%                    

New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority Revenue (Dartmouth College), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     12,850,000           12,850,000   
New York—11.09%                    

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue Dedicated Tax Fund, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

New York City Health & Hospital Corp. Revenue
(Health Systems), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     1,400,000           1,400,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (2 Gold Street), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.410%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (The Crest), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     23,500,000           23,500,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Revenue (Royal Properties), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

 

 

57


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(continued)                    

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (Second General Fiscal 2008),

       

Series BB-1,
0.370%, VRD

   $ 8,300,000         $ 8,300,000   

Series BB-2,
0.280%, VRD

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

Series BB-5,
0.270%, VRD

     3,200,000           3,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue
(Second General Resolution), Series B-4,
0.250%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue, Subseries F-1A,
0.370%, VRD

     21,900,000           21,900,000   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue,

       

Subseries A-4,
0.250%, VRD

     9,265,000           9,265,000   

Subseries E-4,
0.320%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

New York City, Subseries D-4,
0.280%, VRD

     1,940,000           1,940,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Rockefeller University), Series A-2,
0.420%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Royal), Series A,
(FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     19,500,000           19,500,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue State Supported Debt (City University), Series D,
0.380%, VRD

     5,100,000           5,100,000   

New York State Housing Finance Agency Revenue (Dock Street), Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (Syracuse University Project), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     4,030,000           4,030,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(concluded)                    

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Revenue (General), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 3,720,000         $ 3,720,000   
           152,755,000   
North Carolina—2.27%   

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Health Care Systems Revenue Refunding
(Carolinas Healthcare) (AGM Insured),

       

Series E,
0.380%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

Series H,
0.280%, VRD

     24,075,000           24,075,000   

Guilford County, Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,855,000           1,855,000   

New Hanover County (School),
0.390%, VRD

     1,750,000           1,750,000   

North Carolina Educational Facilities Finance Agency Revenue (Duke University Project), Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,410,000           1,410,000   
                  31,290,000   
Ohio—3.05%   

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Revenue (Carnegie/89th Garage Project),
0.440%, VRD

     16,040,000           16,040,000   

Columbus Sewer Revenue, Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     16,000,000           16,000,000   

Middletown Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Atrium Medical Center), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     7,580,000           7,580,000   

Ohio (Common Schools),

       

Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     730,000           730,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,705,000           1,705,000   
                  42,055,000   
Oregon—0.56%   

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Revenue (Legacy Health System), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Pennsylvania—2.11%   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania & New Jersey Revenue Refunding, Series B,
0.380%, VRD

   $ 2,580,000         $ 2,580,000   

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Lease Revenue Refunding, Series B-3,
0.410%, VRD

     5,325,000           5,325,000   

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (1st Lien), Series B2,
0.410%, VRD

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Washington County Authority Refunding
(University of Pennsylvania),
0.360%, VRD

     1,315,000           1,315,000   

Washington County Hospital Authority Revenue (Monongahela Valley Hospital Project), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,540,000           2,540,000   

Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority Revenue (Excela Health Project), Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     5,245,000           5,245,000   
                  29,005,000   
Rhode Island—0.21%                    

Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp. Higher Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding (New England Institute of Technology),
0.410%, VRD

     2,555,000           2,555,000   

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp. Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   
                  2,855,000   
Tennessee—0.31%                    

Sevier County Public Building Authority
(Local Government Public Improvement), Series B-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,300,000           4,300,000   
Texas—8.39%                    

Alamo Community College District (Citigroup ROCS Series RR-II-R-883WF) (FGIC Insured),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     7,750,000           7,750,000   

 

 

60


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Texas—(concluded)                    

Harris County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue (Methodist Hospital),

       

Subseries C-1,
0.280%, VRD

   $ 28,700,000         $ 28,700,000   

Subseries C-2,
0.280%, VRD

     7,100,000           7,100,000   

Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Methodist Hospital Systems), Series A-2,
0.280%, VRD

     4,295,000           4,295,000   

Harris County Hospital District Revenue Refunding (Senior Lien),
0.410%, VRD

     29,605,000           29,605,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     1,452,000           1,452,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil), Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     17,640,000           17,640,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Hospital Revenue (Baylor Healthcare System Project), Series C,
0.420%, VRD

     6,100,000           6,100,000   

Texas State Transportation Commission Revenue
(JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2563),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     30,000           30,000   

University of Texas Permanent University
(Funding System), Series A,
0.360%, VRD

     1,900,000           1,900,000   

University of Texas Revenues (Financing Systems), Series B,
0.360%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
                  115,572,000   

 

 

61


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(concluded)                    
Utah—0.93%                    

Murray City Utah, Hospital Revenue (IHC Health Services, Inc.), Series D,
0.250%, VRD

   $ 12,830,000         $ 12,830,000   
Virginia—1.02%                    

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Revenue (Smithsonian Institution), Series A,
0.430%, VRD

     10,700,000           10,700,000   

Hanover County Economic Development Authority Revenue Refunding (Bon Secours Health), Series D-2,
0.400%, VRD

     3,340,000           3,340,000   
                  14,040,000   
Washington—0.92%                    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Revenue (JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2643Z),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     4,995,000           4,995,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (New Haven Apartments) (FNMA Insured),
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (Washington Terrace),
0.400%, VRD

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  12,645,000   
Wyoming—0.22%                    

Uinta County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.250%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost—$1,043,417,000)

  

       1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation3—1.45%              

US Treasury Bill 0.196%, due 05/05/16
(cost—$19,999,566)

     20,000,000           19,999,566   

 

 

62


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—22.80%                    
California—0.43%                    

California State Health Facilities Financing
(Stanford Hospital), Series B-2, Subseries 1,
0.430%, due 05/24/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 6,000,000   
Illinois—2.08%                    

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue,

       

0.090%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

0.450%, due 05/18/16

     10,615,000           10,615,000   
                  28,615,000   
Maryland—0.86%                    

Johns Hopkins University,
0.030%, due 05/04/16

     11,900,000           11,900,000   
Massachusetts—1.09%                    

Harvard University,
0.390%, due 05/10/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Michigan—1.09%                    

Trinity Health Credit Group,
0.140%, due 05/04/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Minnesota—2.18%                    

Mayo Clinic,

       

0.390%, due 05/16/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

0.390%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  30,000,000   
Missouri—3.67%                    

Curators University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

     30,543,000           30,543,000   

0.440%, due 05/17/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   
                  50,543,000   
Pennsylvania—2.36%                    

Montgomery County,

       

0.430%, due 05/04/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.410%, due 05/05/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/18/16

     12,500,000           12,500,000   
                  32,500,000   

 

 

63


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—(concluded)                    
Tennessee—2.03%                    

Vanderbilt University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

   $ 20,000,000         $ 20,000,000   

0.290%, due 05/23/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
                  28,000,000   
Texas—5.52%                    

Dallas Area Rapid Transit,

       

0.400%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.160%, due 05/10/16

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

0.140%, due 05/17/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

University of Texas,

       

0.090%, due 05/04/16

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

0.050%, due 05/09/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/09/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/10/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/13/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.430%, due 05/18/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  76,000,000   
Virginia—0.67%                    

University of Virginia,
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     9,200,000           9,200,000   
Washington—0.82%   

University of Washington,
0.210%, due 05/04/16

     11,250,000           11,250,000   

Total tax-exempt commercial paper (cost—$314,008,000)

  

       314,008,000   
Total investments (cost—$1,377,424,566 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—100.02%                 1,377,424,566   
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(0.02)%                 (336,978
Net assets—100.00%               $ 1,377,087,588   

 

 

64


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 73.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
   

Other
significant
observable
inputs

(Level 2)

    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Municipal bonds and notes   $      $ 1,043,417,000      $      $ 1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation            19,999,566               19,999,566   
Tax-exempt commercial paper            314,008,000               314,008,000   
Total   $      $ 1,377,424,566      $      $ 1,377,424,566   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.20% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

2 

The Fund does not directly own the municipal security indicated; the Fund owns an interest in a special purpose entity that, in turn, owns the underlying municipal security. The special purpose entity permits the Fund to own interests in underlying assets, but in a manner structured to provide certain advantages not inherent in the underlying bonds (e.g., enhanced liquidity, yields linked to short-term rates).

 

3 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

 

65

See accompanying notes to financial statements


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.84%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.290%, due 05/26/161

   $ 3,500,000         $ 3,499,295   

0.290%, due 06/06/161

     7,000,000           6,997,970   

0.300%, due 05/25/161

     5,000,000           4,999,000   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

US Treasury Bill
0.290%, due 05/12/161

     13,000,000           12,998,850   

US Treasury Note
0.522%, due 05/02/162

     250,000           250,164   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$33,745,279)

                33,745,279   
Time deposits—12.98%   
Banking-non-US—12.98%   

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$64,000,000)

                64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—17.64%   
Banking-non-US—16.27%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.636%, due 05/19/16

     500,000           500,008   

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
0.610%, due 07/05/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Credit Suisse
0.630%, due 05/03/16

     750,000           750,000   

 

 

66


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

   $ 1,000,000         $ 1,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

KBC Bank N.V.
0.360%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.670%, due 05/31/16

     5,000,000           5,000,914   

Norinchukin Bank Ltd.
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.705%, due 08/01/16

     4,000,000           4,000,864   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.805%, due 07/15/16

     500,000           500,004   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.490%, due 05/19/16

     2,500,000           2,500,000   

0.540%, due 07/28/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
                  80,251,790   
Banking-US—1.37%                    

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
0.850%, due 08/22/16

     750,000           750,000   
                  6,750,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$87,001,790)

                87,001,790   

 

 

67


Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—62.33%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—30.81%                    

Albion Capital Corp.

       

0.480%, due 05/25/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 5,998,080   

0.610%, due 05/23/16

     2,000,000           1,999,254   

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.400%, due 05/06/16

     4,000,000           3,999,778   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           17,999,850   

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.350%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,806   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     1,250,000           1,250,000   

CAFCO LLC

       

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.580%, due 06/08/16

     5,000,000           4,996,939   

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC
0.490%, due 05/03/16

     1,500,000           1,499,959   

Ciesco LLC

       

0.570%, due 05/12/16

     1,000,000           999,826   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC

       

0.570%, due 06/14/16

     2,250,000           2,248,432   

0.580%, due 05/09/16

     500,000           499,936   

0.650%, due 07/05/16

     1,250,000           1,248,533   

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

     1,500,000           1,498,409   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     4,000,000           3,995,440   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.500%, due 05/04/16

     3,000,000           2,999,875   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/25/16

     5,000,000           4,993,035   

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     2,000,000           1,998,262   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     1,000,000           997,772   

LMA Americas LLC
0.599%, due 05/19/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC
0.600%, due 07/11/16

   $ 3,000,000         $ 2,996,450   

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp.
0.450%, due 05/03/16

     5,000,000           4,999,875   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 08/17/16

     5,000,000           4,989,500   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     1,500,000           1,495,306   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     1,000,000           995,869   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC

       

0.440%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,411   

0.450%, due 05/16/16

     5,000,000           4,999,062   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.600%, due 05/02/16

     750,000           749,987   

0.620%, due 06/06/16

     2,250,000           2,248,605   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     3,000,000           2,997,933   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.700%, due 05/23/16

     750,000           749,679   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     750,000           748,233   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     2,000,000           1,993,598   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.520%, due 06/17/16

     2,500,000           2,498,303   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     3,000,000           2,996,700   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     5,000,000           4,993,958   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     3,000,000           2,996,657   

Working Capital Management Co.

       

0.490%, due 05/18/16

     3,000,000           2,999,306   

0.510%, due 06/03/16

     4,000,000           3,998,130   

0.510%, due 06/07/16

     4,000,000           3,997,903   
                  151,916,523   
Automotive OEM—2.26%                    

American Honda Finance Corp.
0.380%, due 05/13/16

     8,000,000           7,998,987   

 

 

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Prime CNAV Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Automotive OEM—(concluded)                    

BMW US Capital LLC
0.400%, due 05/25/16

   $ 3,128,000         $ 3,127,166   
                  11,126,153   
Banking-non-US—18.51%                    

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.580%, due 05/12/16

     460,000           459,919   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.410%, due 05/12/16

     7,000,000           6,999,123   

0.660%, due 07/01/16

     1,500,000           1,498,323   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     1,500,000           1,497,023   

BNP Paribas Fortis Funding LLC
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,833   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.430%, due 05/27/16

     10,000,000           9,996,894   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.557%, due 05/04/162

     750,000           749,998   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     1,000,000           996,378   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     1,500,000           1,498,925   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.600%, due 05/18/16

     1,500,000           1,499,575   

0.640%, due 07/11/16

     2,000,000           1,997,476   

0.680%, due 08/09/16

     3,000,000           2,994,333   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     3,000,000           2,992,213   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.600%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,150   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     2,000,000           1,992,982   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.530%, due 05/16/16

     1,000,000           999,779   

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     3,000,000           2,998,289   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     750,000           749,526   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     1,000,000           996,533   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)   
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Rabobank Nederland NV
0.700%, due 06/21/16

   $ 425,000         $ 424,579   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     3,000,000           2,988,450   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.590%, due 08/05/16

     1,000,000           998,427   

Societe Generale
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     20,000,000           19,999,839   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     1,500,000           1,496,361   

Westpac Banking Corp.
0.980%, due 01/04/17

     1,500,000           1,489,873   
                  91,312,801   
Banking-US—0.81%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     4,000,000           3,984,984   
Diversified manufacturing—2.03%                    

Siemens Capital Co. LLC

       

0.370%, due 05/27/16

     5,000,000           4,998,664   

0.450%, due 06/20/16

     5,000,000           4,996,875   
                  9,995,539   
Machinery-agriculture & construction—2.84%   

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

0.370%, due 06/01/16

     7,000,000           6,997,770   

0.430%, due 06/02/16

     7,000,000           6,997,324   
                  13,995,094   
Pharmaceuticals—2.03%                    

Novartis Finance Corp.
0.450%, due 05/10/16

     3,000,000           2,999,662   

Roche Holding, Inc.
0.390%, due 05/13/16

     7,000,000           6,999,090   
                  9,998,752   
Supranational—0.20%                    

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     1,000,000           999,488   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)   
Technology-software—0.81%                    

Microsoft Corp.
0.370%, due 05/18/16

   $ 4,000,000         $ 3,999,301   
Tobacco—2.03%                    

Philip Morris International Co.
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           9,998,133   

Total commercial paper (cost—$307,326,768)

                307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement—0.20%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $981,018 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$1,005,849); proceeds: $983,001 (cost—$983,000)

     983,000           983,000   
Total investments (cost—$493,056,837
which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.99%
                493,056,837   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.01%                 42,779   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 493,099,616   

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 33,745,279      $      $ 33,745,279   
Time deposits            64,000,000               64,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            87,001,790               87,001,790   
Commercial paper            307,326,768               307,326,768   
Repurchase agreement            983,000               983,000   
Total   $      $ 493,056,837      $      $ 493,056,837   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      50.1
France      15.3   
Sweden      9.9   
Japan      6.3   
Germany      5.8   
Canada      3.7   
Belgium      2.0   
Luxembourg      2.0   
Switzerland      1.8   
Swaziland      1.4   
Australia      1.3   
Norway      0.3   
Netherlands      0.1   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

Portfolio acronyms

 

AGM   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FNMA   Federal National Mortgage Association
OEM   Original Equipment Manufacturer
PUTTERs   Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
ROCS   Reset Option Certificates
STRIP   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
VRD   Variable rate demand notes are payable on demand. The interest rates shown are the current rates as of April 30, 2016 and reset periodically.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

(Note: The expense information provided in this section is relevant for direct investors in the Master Funds. Investors in related “feeder funds” should instead focus on separate expense examples relevant to the particular feeder funds; the expense examples for the feeder funds will reflect their proportionate share of the corresponding Master Funds’ expenses.)

As an owner of a Master Fund, an investor such as a feeder fund incurs ongoing costs, including management fees and other Master Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand a Master Fund investor’s ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Master Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Master Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Master Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this

 

 

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Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (continued)

 

information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Master Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Master Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Please note that while Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016, the “Hypothetical” expenses paid during the period reflect activity for the full six month period for the purposes of comparability. This projection assumes that Fund’s expense ratio in effect during its initial period (January 19, 2016 through April 30, 2016) also would have been in effect during the period from November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Prime Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

Treasury Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Tax-Free Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 0.20        0.04
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.66        0.20        0.04   

Prime CNAV Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
2
01/19/16
3 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.20      $ 0.00        0.00
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.86        0.00        0.00   

 

1 

Expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

2 

Actual expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 103 divided by 366 (to reflect the inception period from January 19, 2016 to April 30, 2016). Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

 

Prime Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (bln)      $17.2         $15.8         $14.1   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Commercial paper      45.5      46.2      38.1
Certificates of deposit      20.4         21.1         28.5   
Time deposits      14.2         14.8         11.3   
Repurchase agreements      9.7         11.1         7.8   
Short-term corporate obligations      2.0         3.4         7.7   
US government and agency obligations      6.9         3.4         5.6   
Non-US government agency      0.4         0.9         1.0   
Other assets less liabilities      0.9         (0.9      0.0 3 
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime Master Fund. Although Prime Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (continued)

 

Treasury Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (bln)      $11.9         $12.7         $12.6   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Repurchase agreements      47.6      75.8      76.5
US government obligations      45.7         25.8         21.8   
Other assets less liabilities      6.7         (1.6      1.7   
Total      100.00      100.00      100.00

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Treasury Master Fund. Although Treasury Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Treasury Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Treasury Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund, and you should not expect that Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (continued)

 

Tax-Free Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (bln)      $1.4         $1.4         $1.4   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Municipal bonds and notes      75.8      79.6      84.3
Tax-exempt commercial paper      22.8         16.8         15.6   
Short-term US government obligation      1.5         1.7           
Other assets less liabilities      (0.1      1.9         0.1   
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Tax-Free Master Fund. Although Tax-Free Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Tax-Free Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Tax-Free Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund, and you should not expect that Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Master Trust

 

Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Prime CNAV Master Fund

Characteristics      4/30/2016*  
Weighted average maturity1        31 days   
Net assets (mm)        $493.0   
Portfolio composition2      4/30/2016  
Commercial paper        62.3
Certificates of deposit        17.7   
Time deposits        13.0   
Repurchase agreements        0.2   
US government and agency obligations        6.8   
Other assets less liabilities        0.0 3 
Total        100.0

 

* Commenced operations on January 19, 2016

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime CNAV Master Fund. Although Prime CNAV Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime CNAV Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime CNAV Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime CNAV Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime CNAV Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Master Trust

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

          
    
    
Prime  Master
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest    $ 54,765,468   
Expenses:   
Investment advisory and administration fees      15,279,909   
Trustees’ fees      133,869   
Total expenses      15,413,778   
Fee waivers/expense reimbursements by investment advisor        
Net expenses      15,413,778   
Net investment income      39,351,690   
Net realized gain      228,755   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 39,580,445   

 

 

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Treasury
Master Fund
     Tax-Free
Master Fund
     Prime CNAV
Master Fund
For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
     
$ 20,365,398       $ 1,005,900       $ 314,351   
     
  12,114,709         1,455,210         67,687   
  108,113         32,070         4,426   
  12,222,822         1,487,280         72,113   
  (1,493,991      (919,256      (70,389
  10,728,831         568,024         1,724   
  9,636,567         437,876         312,627   
  935,343         70,058           
$ 10,571,910       $ 507,934       $ 312,627   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

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Master Trust

Statement of changes in net assets

 

    For the years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 39,351,690      $ 17,070,374   
Net realized gain     228,755        134,885   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     39,580,445        17,205,259   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     3,037,555,323        (1,660,811,709
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     3,077,135,768        (1,643,606,450
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     14,120,130,578        15,763,737,028   
End of year   $ 17,197,266,346      $ 14,120,130,578   
Treasury Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 9,636,567      $ 1,236,679   
Net realized gain     935,343        362,897   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     10,571,910        1,599,576   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     (762,944,902     123,527,693   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     (752,372,992     125,127,269   
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     12,636,283,991        12,511,156,722   
End of year   $ 11,883,910,999      $ 12,636,283,991   
Tax-Free Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 437,876      $ 154,098   
Net realized gain     70,058        26,605   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     507,934        180,703   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     21,560,886        (36,199,458
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     22,068,820        (36,018,755
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     1,355,018,768        1,391,037,523   
End of year   $ 1,377,087,588      $ 1,355,018,768   

 

 

84

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Master Trust

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the period from
January 19, 2016
1
to April 30, 2016
 
Prime CNAV Master Fund  
From operations:  
Net investment income   $ 312,627   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     312,627   
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     492,786,989   
Net increase in net assets     493,099,616   
Net assets:  
Beginning of year       
End of year   $ 493,099,616   

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

85

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

Selected financial data throughout each year is presented below:

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Prime Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.10
Net investment income      0.26
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.26
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $17,197,266   
Treasury Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.09
Net investment income      0.08
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.09
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $11,883,911   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

 

86

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

 

Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.11      0.11      0.19 %      0.19
        
  0.11      0.11      0.19      0.20
  $14,120,131         $15,763,737         $19,137,609         $15,688,562   
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.06      0.06      0.10 %2       0.06
  0.01      0.01      0.05 %      0.01
        
  0.01      0.01      0.05      0.01
  $12,636,284         $12,511,157         $12,225,550         $13,044,384   

 

 

87

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Tax-Free Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.04
Net investment income      0.03
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.03
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $1,377,088   
Prime CNAV Master Fund     

 

 

For the period from

January 19,  20163

to April 30, 2016

  

  

  

Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10 %4 
Expenses after fee waivers      0.00 %4,5 
Net investment income      0.43 %4 
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.12
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $493,100   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund. For Prime CNAV Master Fund, total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

3 

Commencement of operations.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Amount less than 0.005%.

 

 

88

See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.04      0.07      0.10 %2       0.10 %2 
  0.01      0.01      0.06      0.06
        
  0.01      0.02      0.07      0.06
  $1,355,019         $1,391,038         $1,556,326         $1,160,792   

 

 

 

89

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”, collectively, the “Master Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 12, 2007.

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Tax-Free Master Fund commenced operations on August 28, 2007. Prime CNAV Master Fund commenced operations on January 19, 2016. On August 28, 2007, Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund received substantially all of the net assets of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Money Market Fund) and UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Treasury Fund) (open-end registered investment companies affiliated with the Master Funds) in exchange for ownership interests in the respective Master Funds.

In the normal course of business the Master Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Master Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Master Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Master Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Master Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Master Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Investments are valued at amortized cost unless Master Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Master Board”) determines that this does not represent fair value. Periodic review and monitoring of the valuation of securities held by the Master Funds is performed in an effort to ensure that amortized cost approximates market value.

US GAAP requires disclosure regarding the various inputs that are used in determining the value of each of the Master Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs, including but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs inclusive of each of the Master Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In accordance with US GAAP, a fair value hierarchy has been included near the end of each Master Fund’s Statement of net assets.

Repurchase agreements—The Master Funds may purchase securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer (or its affiliate), subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date (or upon demand) and price. The Master Funds maintain custody of the underlying obligations prior to their repurchase, either through their regular custodian or through a special “tri-party” custodian or sub-custodian that maintains a separate account for both the Master Funds and their counterparty. The underlying collateral is valued daily in an

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

effort to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, the Master Funds generally have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. Repurchase agreements involving obligations other than US government securities (such as commercial paper, corporate bonds, equities and mortgage loans) may be subject to special risks and may not have the benefit of certain protections in the event of counterparty insolvency. Moreover, repurchase agreements secured by obligations that are not eligible for direct investment under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act or a fund’s investment strategies and limitations may require the Master Fund to promptly dispose of such collateral if the seller or guarantor becomes insolvent. If the seller (or seller’s guarantor, if any) becomes insolvent, the Master Funds may suffer delays, costs and possible losses in connection with the disposition or retention of the collateral. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. The Master Funds may participate in joint repurchase agreement transactions with other funds managed or advised by UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”). Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Prime CNAV Master Fund may engage in repurchase agreements as part of normal investing strategies; Tax-Free Master Fund generally would only engage in repurchase agreement transactions as temporary or defensive investments.

Under certain circumstances, a Master Fund may engage in a repurchase agreement transaction with a yield of zero in order to invest cash amounts remaining in its portfolio at the end of the day in order to avoid having the Master Fund potentially exposed to a fee for uninvested cash held in a business account at a bank.

Investment transactions and investment income—Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are calculated using the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized as adjustments to interest income and the identified cost of investments.

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Investment advisor and administrator and other transactions with affiliates

The Master Funds’ Board has approved an investment advisory and administration contract (“Management Contract”) with respect to each Master Fund under which UBS AM serves as investment advisor and administrator. In accordance with the Management Contract, each Master Fund pays UBS AM an investment advisory and administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Average daily net assets    Annual rate  
Up to $30 billion      0.1000
In excess of $30 billion up to $40 billion      0.0975  
In excess of $40 billion up to $50 billion      0.0950  
In excess of $50 billion up to $60 billion      0.0925  
Over $60 billion      0.0900  

At April 30, 2016, Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund owed UBS AM $1,331,496, $934,156 and $111,451, respectively, for investment advisory and administration fees. In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Master Funds’ expenses other than taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Master Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Master Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its management fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Master Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its management fees otherwise receivable by $34,287, $23,097, $7,284 and $4,426 for the independent trustees fees payable by Prime Master

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund, respectively. In addition, UBS AM has undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that the current Master Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived $1,493,991 and $919,256 for Treasury Master Fund and Tax Free Master Fund, respectively, for that purpose, such amounts are not subject to future recoupment. As part of the commencement of operations for Prime CNAV Master Fund, for the period February 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived its management fee of 0.10% equaling $70,389, which is not subject to future recoupment.

Until June 16, 2016, the Master Funds invested cash collateral from securities lending activities into an affiliated private money market fund, UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC (“Private Money Market”), which operated in compliance with most of the substantive provisions of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Private Money Market was managed by UBS AM and was offered as a cash management option to mutual funds and certain other accounts managed by the Master Funds’ investment manager. UBS AM acted as managing member and received a management fee from Private Money Market payable monthly in arrears at the annual rate of 0.10% of Private Money Market’s average daily members’ equity, minus the aggregate operating expenses of, and incurred by, Private Money Market during each such related month, not including investment expenses (including brokerage commissions, taxes, interest charges and other costs with respect to transactions in securities) and extraordinary expenses including litigation expenses, if any. UBS AM could, in its sole discretion, waive all or any portion of the management fee to which it was entitled from time to time in order to maintain operating expenses or net yields at a certain level. Distributions received from Private Money Market, if any, net of fee rebates paid to borrowers, would have been reflected as securities lending income in the Statement of operations.

 

 

94


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Additional information regarding compensation to affiliate of a board member

Professor Meyer Feldberg serves as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions, resulting in him being an interested trustee of the Master Funds. The Master Funds have been informed that Professor Feldberg’s role at Morgan Stanley does not involve matters directly affecting any UBS funds. Portfolio transactions are executed through Morgan Stanley based on that firm’s ability to provide best execution of the transactions. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Master Funds purchased and sold certain securities (e.g., fixed income securities) in principal trades with Morgan Stanley, having aggregate values as follows:

 

Prime Master Fund    $ 224,831,933   
Treasury Master Fund      374,920,914   
Tax-Free Master Fund      88,108,600   

Morgan Stanley received compensation in connection with these trades, which may have been in the form of a “mark-up” or “mark-down” of the price of the securities, a fee from the issuer for maintaining a commercial paper program, or some other form of compensation. Although the precise amount of this compensation is not generally known by the Master Funds’ investment manager, it is believed that under normal circumstances it represents a small portion of the total value of the transactions.

Securities lending

Each Master Fund may lend securities up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. The loans are secured at all times by cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. A Master Fund will regain ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, a Master Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. A Master Fund

 

 

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Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as the Master Funds’ lending agent. At April 30, 2016, the Master Funds did not have any securities on loan.

Beneficial interest transactions

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 47,016,868,030      $ 46,715,500,630   
Withdrawals      (43,979,312,707     (48,376,312,339
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 3,037,555,323      $ (1,660,811,709
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Treasury Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 28,255,411,545      $ 25,098,121,478   
Withdrawals      (29,018,356,447     (24,974,593,785
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ (762,944,902   $ 123,527,693   
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Tax-Free Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 1,598,987,976      $ 1,679,665,637   
Withdrawals      (1,577,427,090     (1,715,865,095
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 21,560,886      $ (36,199,458
Prime CNAV Master Fund   

For the period from

January 19,  20161

to April 30, 2016

        
Contributions    $ 566,064,862           
Withdrawals      (73,277,873        
Net increase in beneficial interest    $ 492,786,989           

 

1 

Commencement of operations.

 

 

96


Master Trust

Notes to financial statements

 

Federal tax status

Each Master Fund is considered a non-publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, no federal tax provision is necessary. As such, each investor in a Master Fund is treated as owning its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Fund. UBS AM intends that each Master Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that an investor in a Master Fund will be able to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by investing its net assets through the Master Fund.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded, as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Master Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, and since inception for the Prime CNAV Master Fund remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable price. The Master Funds’ registration statement has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Master Trust

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Interest holders and Board of Trustees of Master Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund (four of the series comprising the Master Trust) (the “Trust”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, Tax-Free Master Fund and Prime CNAV Master Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their

 

 

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operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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New York, New York

June 29, 2016

 

 

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Master Trust

General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, the Master Funds disclose, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of their portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding their weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for Prime Master Fund is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in the Fund’s offering documents. The Web site referenced above also contains a variety of additional information regarding the Master Funds and certain of their feeder funds.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Master Fund’s (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a Master Fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent
12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a Master Fund directly at 1-800-647-1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

100


Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Background—At a meeting of the board of Master Trust (the “Trust”) on September 21-22, 2015, the members of the board, including the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (“Independent Trustees”), as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved a management contract (the “Management Contract”) between UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) and the Trust, with respect to Prime CNAV Master Fund (the “Master Fund”), a series of the Trust, in connection with the proposed establishment of a master-feeder fund structure involving (1) the organization of the Master Fund, which will serve as the “master fund,” and (2) the organization of UBS Prime Investor Fund, UBS Prime Preferred Fund and UBS Prime Reserves Fund, series of a separate SEC registrant, which will serve as “feeder funds” and invest all or substantially all of their assets in the Master Fund (each, a “Feeder Fund” and collectively, the “Feeder Funds,” and collectively with the Master Fund, the “New Prime Funds”). In considering the approval of the Management Contract, the board was able to draw on its knowledge of the Trust, its portfolios and UBS AM. The board recognized its familiarity with UBS AM and the management contract for the other portfolios of the Trust, including the extensive materials the board had previously reviewed in connection with the annual reconsideration of the management contract for the other portfolios. The board also received a memorandum discussing UBS AM’s reasons for proposing the establishment of the New Prime Funds.

In its consideration of the approval of the Management Contract, the board reviewed the following factors:

Nature, extent and quality of the services under the Management Contract—The board recognized that although the Master Fund would be a new fund, the board was familiar with the services currently provided to other UBS master-feeder money market funds and that the service providers (including UBS AM as investment advisor) for the Master Fund would be the same as those for other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board noted that the management services to be provided to the Master Fund by UBS AM under the Management Contract, and the administrative, distribution

 

 

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Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

and shareholder services to be performed by UBS AM and its affiliates for the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, would be substantially similar to the services provided to those other UBS master-feeder money market funds. The board’s evaluation of the services to be provided by UBS AM took into account the board’s knowledge and familiarity gained as board members of funds in the UBS New York fund complex, including the scope and quality of UBS AM’s investment advisory and other capabilities and the quality of its administrative and other services. The board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

Management fees and expense ratios—The board reviewed and considered the proposed contractual investment advisory and administration fee (the “Contractual Management Fee”) to be payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM in light of the nature, extent and quality of the advisory and administrative services to be provided by UBS AM. The board noted that under the master-feeder structure, the Master Fund will pay the Contractual Management Fee to UBS AM, and, in turn, each Feeder Fund will bear the Master Fund’s expenses in proportion to its investment in the Master Fund. In making its determination regarding the Master Fund’s fees, the board assessed (i) the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, (ii) each Feeder Fund’s portion of the Master Fund’s proposed management fee and estimated overall expenses, and (iii) each Feeder Fund’s estimated overall expenses. The board noted that the proposed fee structure for the New Prime Funds, including the Contractual Management Fee payable by the Master Fund to UBS AM, with its breakpoints, was the same as the fee structure of certain other UBS master-feeder money market funds. Management represented that those other UBS master-feeder money market funds are substantially similar to the New Prime Funds.

The board determined that the proposed management fee was reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services proposed to be provided to the Master Fund under the Management Contract.

 

 

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Master Trust

Board approval of the management contract for Prime CNAV Master Fund (unaudited)

 

Fund performance—Past performance was not a factor considered by the board, as the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds would be new funds.

Advisor profitability—As the Master Fund and Feeder Funds would be new funds, the board did not consider the profitability of UBS AM or its affiliates.

Economies of scale—The board noted management’s explanation that it anticipated that as the Master Fund grew in scale there could be potential economies of scale which might be passed to shareholders of the Feeder Funds via the Contractual Management Fee breakpoints. The board also noted that although the Master Fund’s Contractual Management Fee contained breakpoints at higher asset levels, economies of scale might inure more to UBS AM because UBS AM paid most of the Master Fund’s non-management operating expenses under the “unitary” fee structure. Overall, the board considered the sharing of potential economies of scale with the shareholders of the Feeder Funds acceptable.

Other benefits to UBS AM—The board considered other potential benefits to be received by UBS AM and its affiliates as a result of its relationship with the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, including the opportunity to offer additional products and services to the Feeder Funds’ shareholders and to others. In light of the costs of providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Master Fund, the costs of providing administrative services to the Feeder Funds and UBS AM’s ongoing commitment to the Master Fund and the Feeder Funds, the profits and other ancillary benefits that UBS AM and its affiliates might receive were considered reasonable.

In light of all of the foregoing, the board approved the Management Contract. No single factor reviewed by the board was identified by the board as the principal factor in determining whether to approve the Management Contract. The Independent Trustees were advised by separate independent legal counsel throughout the process. The board discussed the proposed approval of the Management Contract in a private session with their independent legal counsel at which no representatives of UBS AM were present.

 

 

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UBS Investor Funds

Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Board of Trustees & Officers

The Funds are governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees each Fund’s operations. Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The table below shows, for each trustee and officer, his or her name, address and age, the position held with the Trust, the length of time served as a trustee or officer of the Trust, the trustee’s or officer’s principal occupations during the last five years, the number of funds in the UBS fund complex overseen by the trustees or for which a person served as an officer, and other directorships held by the trustees.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

Interested Trustee

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Meyer Feldberg††; 74
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since 1998   Professor Feldberg is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, although on an extended leave of absence. He is also a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley (financial services) (since 2005). Professor Feldberg also served as president of New York City Global Partners (an organization located in part of the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York that promoted interaction with other cities around the world) (2007-2014). Prior to 2004, he was Dean and Professor of Management and Ethics of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University (since 1989).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Professor Feldberg is a director or trustee of 18 investment companies (consisting of 59 portfolios) for which UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) or one of its affiliates serves as investment advisor or manager.   Professor Feldberg is also a director of Macy’s, Inc. (operator of department stores), Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) and the New York City Ballet.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Independent Trustees

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard Q. Armstrong; 80

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Since 1998 (Trustee); Since 2004 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)   Mr. Armstrong is chairman and principal of R.Q.A. Enterprises (management consulting firm) (since 1991 and principal occupation since 1995). Mr. Armstrong was president or chairman of a number of packaged goods companies (responsible for such brands as Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, Adirondack Beverages and Moët Hennessy, among many others) (from 1982 until 1995).

Alan S. Bernikow; 75

207 Benedict Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10314

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Bernikow is retired. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche (international accounting and consulting firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Armstrong is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None
 
Mr. Bernikow is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee and as the chair of the compensation committee), the lead director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (real estate investment trust) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee); and a director of Destination XL Group, Inc. (menswear) (and serves as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee). He is also a director of Florida Community Bank, N.A. (and serves as the chair of its audit committee).

 

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

 

Name, address,

and age

  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard R. Burt; 69

McLarty Associates

900 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20006

  Trustee   Since 1998   Mr. Burt is a managing director of McLarty Associates (a consulting firm) (since 2007). He was chairman of IEP Advisors (international investments and consulting firm) until 2009. Prior to 2007, he was chairman of Diligence Inc. (international information and risk management firm).

Bernard H. Garil; 75

6754 Casa Grande Way

Delray Beach, FL 33446

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Garil is retired (since 2001). He was a managing director at PIMCO Advisory Services (from 1999 to 2001) where he served as president of closed-end funds and vice-president of the variable insurance product funds advised by OpCap Advisors (until 2001).

Heather R. Higgins; 56

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee   Since 2005   Ms. Higgins is the president and director of The Randolph Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 1991). Ms. Higgins also serves (or had served) on the boards of several non-profit charitable groups, including the Independent Women’s Forum (chairman) and the Philanthropy Roundtable. She also serves on the board of the Hoover Institution (from 2001 to 2007 and since 2009).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund

complex overseen by trustee

  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Burt is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Burt is also a director of The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc., The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (and serves as a member of each such fund’s audit, nominating and governance committees).
 
Mr. Garil is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS Global AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Garil is also a director of OFI Global Trust Company (commercial trust company), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (voluntary health organization) and a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, Inc. (charitable foundation).
 
Ms. Higgins is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None

 

 

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Independent Trustees (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

David Malpass; 60

Encima Global, LLC

645 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Trustee   Since May 2014   Mr. Malpass is the president and founder of Encima Global, LLC (economic research and consulting) (since 2008). From 1993 until 2008, he was Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. (financial services firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Malpass is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Malpass is also a director of New Mountain Finance Corp. (business development company and serves as a member of its audit committee).

 

 

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Officers

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Joseph Allessie*; 50   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2014 (Chief Compliance Officer)   Mr. Allessie is a managing director (since 2015) (prior to which he was an executive director) at UBS AM and UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (collectively, “UBS AM—Americas region”). Mr. Allessie is head of compliance and operational risk control for the UBS Asset Management Division in the Americas with oversight for traditional and alternative investment businesses in Canada, the US and Cayman Islands. Prior to that he served as deputy general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2005 to 2014). Mr. Allessie is the chief compliance officer (prior to which he was interim chief compliance officer) (from January to July 2014) and had served as a vice president and assistant secretary (from 2005 to 2016) of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Rose Ann
Bubloski*; 48
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2011   Ms. Bubloski is a director (since 2012) (prior to which she was an associate director) (from 2008 to 2012) and senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She is vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Mark E. Carver*; 52   President   Since 2010   Mr. Carver is a managing director and head of product development and management for UBS AM—Americas region (since 2008). In this role, he oversees product development and management for both wholesale and institutional businesses. He is a member of the Americas Management Committee (since 2008) and the Regional Operating Committee (since 2008). Prior to 2008, Mr. Carver held a number of product-related or sales responsibilities with respect to funds, advisory programs and separately managed accounts. Mr. Carver is president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Lisa N. DiPaolo*; 38   Vice President   Since
November 2015
  Ms. DiPaolo is a director (since 2008) and portfolio manager (since November 2015) at UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. DiPaolo joined UBS AM—Americas region in 2000 and has been a municipal securities analyst on the tax-free fixed income team. Ms. DiPaolo is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age

 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Thomas Disbrow*; 50   Vice President and Treasurer   Since 2000 (Vice President); Since 2004 (Treasurer)   Mr. Disbrow is a managing director (since 2011) (prior to which he was an executive director) (from 2007 to 2011) and global head of registered fund product control (since January 2016) (prior to which he was head of the North American fund treasury administration department of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2011-2015)). Mr. Disbrow is a vice president and treasurer and/or principal accounting officer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Elbridge T. Gerry III*; 59   Vice President   Since 1999   Mr. Gerry is a managing director and head of municipal fixed income of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2001). Mr. Gerry is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mark F. Kemper**; 58   Vice President and Secretary   Since 2004   Mr. Kemper is a managing director (since 2006) and head of the legal department of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004). He has been secretary of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004) and assistant secretary of UBS Asset Management Trust Company (since 1993). Mr. Kemper is vice president and secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joanne M. Kilkeary*; 48   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2004   Ms. Kilkeary is an executive director (since 2013) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2008)) and a senior manager (since 2004) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Kilkeary is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Cindy Lee*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2014   Ms. Lee is a director (since March 2016) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2009 to 2016)) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Tammie Lee*; 45   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Ms. Lee is an executive director (since 2010) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2005)) and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joshua M. Lindauer*; 28   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since May 2016   Mr. Lindauer is an associate director and associate general counsel of UBS AM-Americas region (since May 2016). Prior to joining UBS AM-Americas region, Mr. Lindauer was an associate counsel at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (from 2015 to 2016) and a paralegal (from 2014 to 2015). From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindauer was a law student. Mr. Lindauer is a vice president and assistant secretary of 7 investment companies (consisting of 48 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
William T. MacGregor*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since September 2015   Mr. MacGregor is an executive director and deputy general counsel at UBS AM—Americas region. From June 2012 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC and from May 2008 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. MacGregor is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Ryan Nugent*; 38   Vice President   Since 2009   Mr. Nugent is a director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an associate director) (since 2004)), portfolio manager (since 2005) and head of municipal trading (since 2013) of UBS AM—Americas region. Prior to that he was an assistant portfolio manager to the tax free money market funds (since 2002). Mr. Nugent is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Supplemental information (unaudited)

 

Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Nancy Osborn*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2007   Mrs. Osborn is a director (since 2010) (prior to which she was an associate director) and a senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2006). Mrs. Osborn is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Robert Sabatino**; 42   Vice President   Since 2001   Mr. Sabatino is a managing director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an executive director) (since 2007), global head of liquidity, portfolio management (since 2015), head of US taxable money markets (2009 to 2015), and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region in the short duration fixed income group (since 2001). Mr. Sabatino is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 30 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Eric Sanders*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Mr. Sanders is a director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Mr. Sanders is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
David Walczak**; 32   Vice President   Since February 2016   Mr. Walczak is an executive director (since January 2016), head of US taxable money markets (since January 2016) and portfolio manager of UBS AM— Americas region. Mr. Walczak is a vice president of five investment companies (consisting of 45 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Keith A. Weller*; 54   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 1998   Mr. Weller is an executive director and senior associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005) and has been an attorney with affiliated entities since 1995. Mr. Weller is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Mandy Yu*, 32   Vice President   Since 2013   Ms. Yu is an associate director (since 2015) (prior to which she was an authorized officer (since 2012)) and tax compliance manager (since 2013) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She was a fund treasury manager (from 2012 to 2013) and a mutual fund administrator (from 2007 to 2012) for UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Yu is a vice president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers (concluded)

 

* This person’s business address is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028.

 

** This person’s business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers of the Fund are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

†† Professor Feldberg is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) because he is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions.

 

 

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Trustees

    

Richard Q. Armstrong

Chairman

 

Alan S. Bernikow

 

Richard R. Burt

    

Meyer Feldberg

 

Bernard H. Garil

 

Heather R. Higgins

 

David Malpass

Principal Officers

    

Mark E. Carver

President

 

Mark F. Kemper

Vice President and Secretary

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Vice President

    

Thomas Disbrow

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Robert Sabatino

Vice President

 

Lisa DiPaolo

Vice President

 

David Walczak

Vice President

Administrator (and Manager for the Master Funds)

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

Principal Underwriter (for the feeder funds)

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

This report is not to be used in connection with the offering of shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus.

©UBS 2016. All rights reserved.


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UBS Select Capital Funds

Annual Report

April 30, 2016

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund


UBS Select Capital Funds

 

June 10, 2016

Dear Shareholder,

We present you with the annual report for the UBS Select Capital Series of Funds, namely the UBS Select Prime Capital Fund, UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund (the “Funds”) for the 12 months ended April 30, 2016 (the “reporting period”).

Performance

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) modestly raised the federal funds rate from a historically low range between 0% and 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The federal funds rate, or the “fed funds rate,” is the rate US banks charge one another for funds they borrow on an overnight basis. While the yields on a wide range of short-term investments moved higher over the period as the market anticipated the Fed action as well as potential future actions into 2016, yields still remained low by historical comparison. (For more details on the Fed’s actions, see below.) As a result, the Funds’ yields remained low during the reporting period.

The seven-day current yields for the Funds (after fee waivers/expense reimbursements) were as follows:

 

 

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund: 0.36% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.04% on April 30, 2015.

 

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

Investment goals (both Funds):

Maximum current income consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

Portfolio Manager:

Robert Sabatino

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

July 16, 2012

Dividend payments:

Monthly

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Investment goal:

Maximum current income exempt from federal income tax consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital

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UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund: 0.13% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

 

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund: 0.13% as of April 30, 2016, versus 0.01% on April 30, 2015.

For detailed information on the Funds’ performance, refer to “Yields and characteristics at a glance” on pages 10 and 11.

An interview with the Portfolio Managers

Q. How would you describe the economic environment during the reporting period?
A.

The US economy continued to expand, but the pace moderated during the reporting period. The US Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product (“GDP”) expanded at a 3.9% seasonally adjusted annualized rate during the second quarter of 2015. GDP growth then slowed to 2.0% and 1.4% for the third and fourth quarters of 2015, respectively. Finally, first-quarter 2016 GDP grew at a 0.8% rate.1

 

Q. How did the Fed react to the economic environment?
A. The Fed took its initial step toward normalizing monetary policy during the reporting period. In December 2015, the Fed raised the fed funds rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The US central bank boosted the fed funds rate from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. In its official statement the Fed said, “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative after this increase, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2% inflation…The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal

 

Portfolio Managers:

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Lisa M. DiPaolo

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

Commencement:

July 16, 2012

Dividend payments:

Monthly

 

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Based on the Commerce Department’s second estimate for GDP announced on May 27, 2016, after the reporting period had ended.

 

 

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  funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run.” During its meetings that concluded on January 27, March 16, and April 27, 2016, the Fed kept rates on hold.

 

Q. Given that the Funds are “feeder funds,” how were the portfolios in which they invest managed during the reporting period?
A. Each fund is a “feeder fund,” investing all of its assets in “Master Funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund, respectively. As always, quality and liquidity remained paramount in our management process for the Master Funds.

 

   

With respect to the weighted average maturity (“WAM”) for the Prime Master Fund in which UBS Select Prime Capital Fund invests, we tactically adjusted its weighted average maturity (WAM)—which is the weighted average maturity of the securities in the portfolio—throughout the fiscal year. When the reporting period began, the Master Fund had a WAM of 44 days. By the end of the period, the Master Fund’s WAM was 42 days.

At the issuer level, we maintained a high level of diversification, investing in smaller positions with the goal of reducing risk and keeping the Master Fund highly liquid. To that end, we typically purchased up to 3% in single nongovernment issuers throughout the reporting period. (The Master Fund is generally able to hold up to 5% in any one issuer, subject to certain exceptions.)

At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to commercial paper and time deposits, and, to lesser extents, repurchase agreements and US government and agency obligations. Conversely, we decreased its exposures to certificates of deposits, short-term corporate obligations and non-US government obligations. (Repurchase agreements are transactions that require the seller of a security to buy it back at a predetermined time and price, or upon demand.)

 

 

 

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The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund invests was 36 days when the reporting period began. Over the review period, the WAM was increased and, at period-end on April 30, 2016, it was 59 days. At the security level, we increased the Master Fund’s exposure to direct Treasuries and reduced its exposure to repurchase agreements backed by Treasuries.

 

   

The WAM for the Master Fund in which UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund invests was 19 days when the reporting period began. We tactically adjusted the Master Fund’s WAM based on market conditions and seasonality factors within the tax-exempt market as well as the upcoming liquidation of the Fund. At the end of the reporting period, its WAM was six days. Over the review period, we increased the Master Fund’s allocation to tax-exempt commercial paper and, to a modest extent, to short-term US government obligations. Conversely, we reduced its exposure to municipal bonds and notes.

 

Q. What factors do you believe will affect the Funds over the coming months?
A. As previously communicated to shareholders, both UBS Select Prime Capital Fund and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund are closing in late June 2016 and will be liquidated; UBS Select Government Capital Fund was offered as an alternative investment for impacted shareholders. The Fund closures were in response to federal regulatory changes impacting money market funds.

Turning to the economy, in our view, the US economy will continue to grow in 2016. That being said, we feel the expansion will be fairly moderate and inflation will remain largely benign. Against this backdrop, we believe the Fed will take a very deliberate pace in terms of normalizing monetary policy. We anticipate continuing to manage UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund focusing on risk and liquidity.

We thank you for your continued support and welcome any comments or questions you may have. For additional information on

 

 

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the UBS family of funds, please contact your financial advisor, or visit us at www.ubs.com/am-us.*

Sincerely,

 

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Mark E. Carver

President—UBS Money Series

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

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Robert Sabatino

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

Managing Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

Ryan Nugent

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

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Lisa DiPaolo

Portfolio Manager—

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Director

UBS Asset Management

(Americas) Inc.

 

 

* Mutual funds are sold by prospectus only. You should read it carefully and consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information contained in the prospectus before investing. Prospectuses for most of our funds can be obtained from your financial advisor, by calling UBS Funds at 800-647 1568 or by visiting our Web site at www.ubs.com/am-us.

 

 

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This letter is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how the Funds performed during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2016. The views and opinions in the letter were current as of June 10, 2016. They are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and we reserve the right to change our views about individual securities, sectors and markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the Fund’s future investment intent. We encourage you to consult your financial advisor regarding your personal investment program.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Since each Fund is a “feeder fund” that invests in a corresponding “master fund,” the expense information below reflects the combined effect of the two levels of expenses and not just those imposed directly at the feeder fund level.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (continued)

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.20      $ 1.00        0.20
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,023.87        1.01        0.20   

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.50      $ 0.90        0.18
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,023.97        0.91        0.18   

 

1

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

Understanding your Fund’s expenses1 (unaudited) (concluded)

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1, 2015
   

Ending
account value
2
April 30,

2016

    Expenses paid
during period
3
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.20      $ 0.30        0.06
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.57        0.30        0.06   

 

1

The expenses for the Funds reflect the expenses of the corresponding master funds in which they invest in addition to their own direct expenses.

 

2

“Actual—Ending account value” may or may not be reflective of a shareholder’s actual investment experience during periods of very low interest rates. While the Fund declares dividends daily and pays them monthly, the amounts are rounded to the nearest $0.01 on a daily basis with respect to each investor’s account. As a result, investors whose Fund account balances earn daily dividends that total less than one half a cent on any given day will not accrue any dividends on that day.

 

3

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.36      0.07      0.04
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.36         0.07         0.04   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.19         (0.10      (0.12
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.19         (0.10      (0.12
Weighted average maturity2      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (mm)      $2,943.5         $2,270.7         $1,908.5   

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.13      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.14         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.03      (0.27      (0.29
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.03      (0.27      (0.29
Weighted average maturity2      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (mm)      $1,328.8         $1,376.5         $1,582.6   

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

Yields and characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

 

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Yields and characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Seven-day current yield after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements1
     0.13      0.01      0.01
Seven-day effective yield after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      0.13         0.01         0.01   
Seven-day current yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.06      (0.36      (0.27
Seven-day effective yield before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements1      (0.06      (0.36      (0.27
Weighted average maturity2      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (mm)      $976.5         $995.0         849.4   

 

1 

Yields will fluctuate and reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, unless otherwise noted. Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted.

 

2 

Weighted average maturity provided is that of the related master fund, which is actively managed and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

You could lose money by investing in UBS Select Prime Capital Fund, UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund or UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund. Although each Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, each Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in each Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Each Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to a Fund, and you should not expect that the Funds’ sponsor will provide financial support to a Fund.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

Statement of assets and liabilities

April 30, 2016

 

      UBS Select
Prime
Capital Fund
 
Assets:   
Investment in Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”), at value (cost—$2,944,633,769; $1,329,063,515 and $976,630,466, respectively, which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)    $ 2,944,633,769   
Other assets      39,454   
Total assets      2,944,673,223   
Liabilities:   
Dividends payable to shareholders      865,577   
Payable to affiliate      203,749   
Trustees’ fees payable        
Accrued expenses and other liabilities      92,086   
Total liabilities      1,161,412   
Net assets:   
Shares of beneficial interest—$0.001 par value per share, unlimited amount authorized; 2,943,477,744; 1,328,765,754 and 976,510,090 outstanding, respectively    $ 2,943,477,744   
Accumulated net realized gain      34,067   
Net assets    $ 2,943,511,811   
Net asset value per share    $ 1.00   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select
Treasury
Capital Fund
     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Capital Fund
 
  

$

1,329,063,515

  

   $ 976,630,466   
  17,756         88,580   
  1,329,081,271         976,719,046   
  
  143,500         94,838   
  89,610         45,439   
  307         464   
  64,547         60,626   
  297,964         201,367   
  

$

1,328,765,754

  

   $ 976,510,090   
  17,553         7,589   
$ 1,328,783,307       $ 976,517,679   
$ 1.00       $ 1.00   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Capital Funds

Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

     

UBS Select

Prime
Capital Fund

 
Investment income:   
Interest income allocated from Master Fund    $ 9,124,353   
Expenses allocated from Master Fund      (2,490,764
Expense waiver allocated from Master Fund        
Net investment income allocated from Master Fund      6,633,589   
Expenses:   
Service fees      3,735,508   
Administration fees      2,490,255   
Transfer agency fees      169,840   
Professional fees      56,553   
Trustees’ fees      40,405   
Insurance fees      36,808   
State registration fees      28,726   
Reports and notices to shareholders      19,745   
Accounting fees      14,000   
Other expenses      17,540   
       6,609,380   
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by administrator and distributor      (4,119,550
Net expenses      2,489,830   
Net investment income      4,143,759   
Net realized gain allocated from Master Fund      36,088   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 4,179,847   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


 

UBS Select

Treasury
Capital Fund

     UBS Select
Tax-Free
Capital Fund
 
  
$ 2,439,533       $ 702,855   
  (1,427,762      (1,037,801
  169,023         645,442   
  1,180,794         310,496   
  
  2,141,518         1,556,733   
  1,427,046         1,037,631   
  100,064         71,739   
  55,745         64,735   
  32,452         28,922   
  15,650         38,903   
  24,275         40,185   
  14,364         14,410   
  14,000         14,000   
  13,058         11,447   
  3,838,172         2,878,705   
 
 
    
(3,273,596
 
     (2,767,720
  564,576         110,985   
  616,218         199,511   
  102,814         47,332   
$ 719,032       $ 246,843   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Capital Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
UBS Select Prime Capital Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 4,143,759      $ 381,868   
Net realized gain      36,088        20,287   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      4,179,847        402,155   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (4,143,759     (381,868
Net realized gains      (15,572     (6,830
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (4,159,331     (388,698
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      1,035,041,295        158,946,612   
Net increase in net assets      1,035,061,811        158,960,069   
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      1,908,450,000        1,749,489,931   
End of year    $ 2,943,511,811      $ 1,908,450,000   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   
UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund     
From operations:     
Net investment income    $ 616,218      $ 134,898   
Net realized gain      102,814        39,972   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      719,032        174,870   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:     
Net investment income      (616,218     (134,898
Net realized gains      (118,366     (13,483
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (734,584     (148,381
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      (253,832,361     249,309,843   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets      (253,847,913     249,336,332   
Net assets:     
Beginning of year      1,582,631,220        1,333,294,888   
End of year    $ 1,328,783,307      $ 1,582,631,220   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $      $   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Capital Funds

Statement of changes in net assets

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016      2015  
UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund      
From operations:      
Net investment income    $ 199,511       $ 94,111   
Net realized gain      47,332         16,526   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      246,843         110,637   
Dividends and distributions to shareholders from:      
Net investment income      (199,511      (94,111
Net realized gains      (56,236      (51,538
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders      (255,747      (145,649
Net increase in net assets from beneficial interest transactions      127,130,238         4,248,699   
Net increase in net assets      127,121,334         4,213,687   
Net assets:      
Beginning of year      849,396,345         845,182,658   
End of year    $ 976,517,679       $ 849,396,345   
Accumulated undistributed net investment income    $       $   

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Prime Capital Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,     For the period
July 16, 20121
to April 30,
2013
 
     2016     2015     2014    
Net asset value,
beginning of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.002        0.000 2      0.000 2      0.001   
Net realized gains     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Net increase from operations     0.002        0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.002     (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.001
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.002     (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.001
Net asset value,
end of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return3     0.15     0.02     0.02     0.07
Ratios to average net assets:        
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.37     0.37     0.37     0.36 %5 
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %5 
Net investment income4     0.17     0.02     0.02     0.08 %5 
Supplemental data:        
Net assets,
end of period (000’s)
    $2,943,512        $1,908,450        $1,749,490        $2,788,335   

 

1

Operations commenced on July 16, 2012.

 

2 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

3 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each period reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

4 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,     For the period
July 16, 20121
to April 30,
2013
 
     2016     2015     2014    
Net asset value,
beginning of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Net realized gains     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Net increase from operations     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Net asset value,
end of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return3     0.05     0.01     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:        
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.37     0.37     0.37     0.37 %5 
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.13     0.06     0.06     0.14 %5 
Net investment income4     0.04     0.01     0.01     0.01 %5 
Supplemental data:        
Net assets,
end of period (000’s)
    $1,328,783        $1,582,631        $1,333,295        $1,637,033   

 

1 

Operations commenced on July 16, 2012.

 

2 

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

3 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each period reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions.

 

4 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

 

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UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

Financial highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year is presented below:

 

    Years ended April 30,     For the period
July 16, 20121
to April 30,
2013
 
     2016     2015     2014    
Net asset value,
beginning of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Net investment income     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Net realized gains     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Net increase from operations     0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2      0.000 2 
Dividends from net
investment income
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Distributions from net
realized gains
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2        
Total dividends and
distributions
    (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2      (0.000 )2 
Net asset value,
end of period
    $1.00        $1.00        $1.00        $1.00   
Total investment return3     0.02     0.02     0.01     0.01
Ratios to average net assets:        
Expenses before fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.38     0.37     0.37     0.37 %5 
Expenses after fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements4
    0.05     0.04     0.07     0.14 %5 
Net investment income4     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01 %5 
Supplemental data:        
Net assets,
end of period (000’s)
    $976,518        $849,396        $845,183        $758,888   

 

1 

Operations commenced on July 16, 2012.

 

2

Amount represents less than $0.0005 per share.

 

3 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a $10,000 investment on the first day of each period reported, reinvestment of all dividends and other distributions, if any, at net asset value on the payable dates, and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Total investment return for the period of less than one year has not been annualized. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder could pay on Fund distributions.

 

4 

Ratios include the Fund’s share of income, expenses and expense waivers allocated from the Master Fund.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund (“Prime Capital Fund”), UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund (“Treasury Capital Fund”), and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund (“Tax-Free Capital Fund”) (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of UBS Money Series (the “Trust”), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on April 29, 1998. The Funds commenced operations on July 16, 2012. The Trust is a series mutual fund with twenty-one series. The financial statements for the other series of the Trust are not included herein.

Prime Capital Fund, Treasury Capital Fund and Tax-Free Capital Fund are “feeder funds” that invest substantially all of their assets in “master funds”—Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund, respectively (each a “Master Fund” and each a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end investment company registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act). The feeder funds and their respective Master Funds have the same investment objectives. The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the corresponding Master Fund. The value of such investment reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of its corresponding Master Fund (17.12% for Prime Capital Fund, 11.18% for Treasury Capital Fund and 70.92% for Tax-Free Capital Fund at April 30, 2016). All of the net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from investment activities of each Master Fund are allocated pro rata, based on respective ownership interests, among the corresponding Fund and other investors in the Master Fund (e.g., other feeder funds) at the time of such determination. The financial statements of the Master Funds, including the Statements of net assets, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in connection with the Fund’s financial statements.

The Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Each Fund attempts to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share; each Fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend/distribution policies in an attempt to enable it to do so. As with any money market fund, there is no assurance, however, that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

In the normal course of business the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. 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. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Each Fund records its investment in its corresponding Master Fund at fair value. Securities held by the Master Funds are valued as indicated in the Master Funds’ Notes to financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

Dividends and distributions—Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.

Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Administrator

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) serves as administrator to each Fund pursuant to an Administration Agreement approved by the Trust’s board. In accordance with the Administration Agreement, each Fund pays UBS AM an administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, at the annual rate of 0.10% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, each Fund owed UBS AM for administrative services, net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts due to

UBS AM

 
Prime Capital Fund    $ 244,812   
Treasury Capital Fund      111,543   
Tax-Free Capital Fund      77,576   

The Funds and UBS AM have entered into a written fee waiver/expense reimbursement agreement pursuant to which UBS AM is contractually obligated to waive its administration fees and/or reimburse certain operating expenses, and to cause its affiliate UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (“UBS AM—US”) to waive its shareholder servicing fee, so that each Fund’s total ordinary annual operating expenses through August 31, 2016 (excluding interest expense, if any, and extraordinary items) will not exceed 0.20%. (Information regarding waiver of the shareholder servicing fees payable to UBS AM—US appears further

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

below.) For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM was contractually obligated to waive administration fees as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts waived by

UBS AM

 
Prime Capital Fund    $ 384,042   
Treasury Capital Fund      100,667   

Each Fund has agreed to repay UBS AM for any waived fees/reimbursed expenses to the extent that it can do so over the three fiscal years following such waived fees/reimbursed expenses without causing each Fund’s expenses in any of those years to exceed such expense cap.

At April 30, 2016, the following Funds had remaining administration and shareholder servicing fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recoupment by UBS AM:

 

Fund    Fee waivers/
expense
reimbursements
subject to
recoupment
    

Expires

April 30,
2017

    

Expires

April 30,
2018

    

Expires

April 30,
2019

 
Prime Capital Fund    $ 11,479,999       $ 3,843,885       $ 3,516,564       $ 4,119,550   
Treasury Capital Fund      5,796,528         1,866,189         1,688,154         2,242,185   
Tax-Free Capital Fund      3,534,753         1,226,032         1,113,109         1,195,612   

UBS AM has also undertaken to waive additional fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses as follows:

 

Fund    Amounts waived by
UBS AM
 
Treasury Capital Fund    $ 1,031,411   
Tax-Free Capital Fund      1,572,108   

Such voluntary waived and/or reimbursed amounts are not subject to future recoupment.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Shareholder services plan

UBS AM—US is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Funds’ shares. Under the shareholder services plans, UBS AM—US is entitled to a monthly service fee payable by each Fund at the annual rate of 0.15% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. UBS AM—US has undertaken to waive all or a portion of its fees in accordance with the contractual fee waiver arrangement that continues until August 31, 2016, as explained above. To the extent that expenses are to be reimbursed, UBS AM will reimburse the fund.

At April 30, 2016, each Fund was due from UBS AM-US and/or UBS AM for waived shareholder service fees/expense reimbursements as follows:

 

Fund    Amounts due from
UBS AM
 
Prime Capital Fund    $ 41,063   
Treasury Capital Fund      21,933   
Tax-Free Capital Fund      32,137   

For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM—US waived service fees otherwise payable to it under the shareholder services plans as follows:

 

Fund   

Amounts waived by

UBS AM—US

 
Prime Capital Fund    $ 3,735,508   
Treasury Capital Fund      2,141,518   
Tax-Free Capital Fund      1,195,612   

Shares of beneficial interest

There is an unlimited amount of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest, at $1.00 per share, were as follows:

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
Prime Capital Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      24,519,128,453        23,559,163,219   
Shares repurchased      (23,487,244,376     (23,400,529,523
Dividends reinvested      3,157,218        312,916   
Net increase in shares outstanding      1,035,041,295        158,946,612   

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
Treasury Capital Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      9,401,463,988           9,474,516,075   
Shares repurchased      (9,655,882,460     (9,225,349,583
Dividends reinvested      586,111        143,351   
Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding      (253,832,361     249,309,843   

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
Tax-Free Capital Fund    2016     2015  
Shares sold      6,919,482,909           6,932,008,491   
Shares repurchased      (6,792,518,293     (6,927,902,016
Dividends reinvested      165,622        142,224   
Net increase in shares outstanding      127,130,238        4,248,699   

Federal tax status

Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its income and to comply with the other requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing during each calendar year substantially all of their net investment income, net realized capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, each Fund intends not to be subject to a federal excise tax.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Prime Capital Fund and Treasury Capital Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was ordinary income. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by Tax-Free Capital Fund during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, was 67.02% and 64.62% tax-exempt income, 10.99% and 0.02% ordinary income, and 21.99% and 35.36% long-term capital gain, respectively.

At April 30, 2016, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were (1) undistributed ordinary income of $899,644 for Prime Capital Fund, (2) undistributed ordinary income of $160,970 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $83 for Treasury Capital Fund, and (3) undistributed tax-exempt income of $94,838 and undistributed long-term capital gains of $7,589 for Tax-Free Capital Fund.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

Notes to financial statements

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized by the Funds after December 22, 2010, may be carried forward indefinitely, and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses. The act requires that post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses. These carryforwards are available as a reduction, to the extent provided in the regulations, of future realized capital gains. To the extent that such losses are used to offset future net realized capital gains, it is probable these gains will not be distributed. As of April 30, 2016, none of the Funds had capital loss carryforwards.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and concluded as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years since Fund inception in 2012 to period ended April 30, 2016, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable $1.00 share price. The prospectus for Prime Capital Fund,

 

 

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Treasury Capital Fund and Tax-Free Capital Fund has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes. For further information, also please see the Subsequent Event note below.

Subsequent Event

As a result of the amendments to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, the primary rule governing money market funds, upon the recommendation of UBS AM, the Board of Trustees of Prime Capital Fund and Tax-Free Capital Fund (the “Liquidating Funds”) approved the liquidation of each Liquidating Fund pursuant to a plan of liquidation. Accordingly, effective June 23, 2016, shares of the Liquidating Funds were no longer offered for purchase; all shares of each Liquidating Fund were redeemed in accordance with the respective plan of liquidation on June 24, 2016. The prospectus for the Liquidating Funds has been supplemented with further information regarding the liquidation.

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

Report of independent registered public

accounting firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund,

UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund and

UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of UBS Select Prime Capital Fund, UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund (three of the series comprising UBS Money Series) (collectively, the “Funds”) as of April 30, 2016, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

 

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund, UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund at April 30, 2016, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the indicated periods, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

New York, New York

June 29, 2016

 

 

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UBS Select Capital Funds

General information (unaudited)

 

Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Funds and Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ and Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Funds and Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, each Fund discloses, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of the related Master Fund’s portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding each Master Fund’s weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for Master Trust—Prime Master Fund (the master fund in which UBS Select Prime Capital Fund invests) is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in the Funds’ prospectus. Investors also may find additional information about the Funds at the above referenced UBS Web site internet address.

(If UBS Select Prime Capital Fund and UBS Select Tax-Free Capital Fund are closed as expected in late June 2016, information related to those Funds is expected to be removed from the above referenced Web site shortly after their closure.)

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Fund’s (and corresponding Master Fund’s) (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a fund directly at 1-800-647 1568, online on

 

 

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General information (unaudited)

 

UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsglobalam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

Other tax information

Pursuant to Section 871(k)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, each Fund designates 100% of its “qualified short-term gains” (as defined in Section 871(k)(2)(D)) related to the distribution made in December 2015 as short-term capital gain dividends.

UBS Select Prime Capital Fund and UBS Select Treasury Capital Fund hereby designate 93.71% and 85.71%, respectively, of the ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 as interest related dividends.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government and agency obligations—6.94%   

Federal Home Loan Bank

       

0.300%, due 05/25/161

   $ 250,000,000         $ 249,950,000   

0.395%, due 06/01/161

     50,000,000           49,982,993   

0.531%, due 05/22/162

     77,000,000           77,000,000   

US Treasury Bills

       

0.411%, due 06/02/161

     40,000,000           39,985,387   

0.507%, due 09/15/161

     250,000,000           249,517,646   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     150,000,000           150,013,671   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     227,000,000           227,141,970   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     150,000,000           150,027,356   

Total US government and agency obligations
(cost—$1,193,619,023)

                1,193,619,023   
Time deposits—14.23%                    
Banking-non-US—14.23%                    

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
0.310%, due 05/02/16

     672,000,000           672,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Natixis
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     325,000,000           325,000,000   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
0.300%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken
0.290%, due 05/02/16

     400,000,000           400,000,000   

Total time deposits (cost—$2,447,000,000)

                2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit—20.39%                    
Banking-non-US—17.50%                    

Bank of Montreal
0.616%, due 05/13/162

     134,000,000           134,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
0.808%, due 07/29/162

     137,000,000           137,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(continued)                    
Banking-non-US—(continued)                    

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

       

0.610%, due 07/05/16

   $ 183,500,000         $ 183,500,000   

0.610%, due 07/07/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Credit Industriel et Commercial
0.350%, due 05/06/16

     224,000,000           224,000,000   

Credit Suisse

       

0.630%, due 05/03/16

     135,250,000           135,250,000   

0.650%, due 06/14/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

DZ Bank AG

       

0.600%, due 05/11/16

     62,000,000           62,000,000   

0.650%, due 08/08/16

     105,000,000           105,000,000   

0.750%, due 09/12/16

     119,000,000           119,000,000   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.
0.660%, due 07/21/16

     50,000,000           50,001,115   

Natixis

       

0.587%, due 05/05/162

     86,000,000           86,000,000   

0.588%, due 05/31/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

Norinchukin Bank
0.400%, due 05/18/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
0.510%, due 05/13/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.705%, due 08/01/16

     50,000,000           50,010,806   

0.960%, due 01/05/17

     96,000,000           96,000,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

0.370%, due 05/13/16

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

0.600%, due 06/10/16

     148,000,000           148,000,000   

0.600%, due 07/12/16

     195,000,000           195,000,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken

       

0.540%, due 07/25/16

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.820%, due 07/22/16

     50,000,000           50,029,454   

Swedbank AB
0.350%, due 05/05/16

     263,000,000           263,000,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Certificates of deposit—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Toronto-Dominion Bank

       

0.540%, due 07/28/16

   $ 85,000,000         $ 85,000,000   

0.786%, due 05/16/162

     96,000,000           96,000,000   
                  3,008,791,375   
Banking-US—2.89%                    

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
0.370%, due 05/05/16

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

Citibank N.A.

       

0.580%, due 07/14/16

     116,000,000           116,000,000   

0.650%, due 05/19/16

     114,000,000           114,000,000   

HSBC Bank USA N.A.
0.570%, due 05/25/16

     117,400,000           117,400,000   
                  497,400,000   

Total certificates of deposit (cost—$3,506,191,375)

  

       3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper1—45.45%                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—24.04%                    

Antalis US Funding Corp.
0.460%, due 05/31/16

     88,160,000           88,126,205   

Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     240,000,000           240,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     139,750,000           139,750,000   

Barton Capital LLC

       

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     150,000,000           150,000,000   

0.595%, due 05/12/162

     194,750,000           194,750,000   

CAFCO LLC
0.580%, due 05/09/16

     79,500,000           79,489,753   

Chariot Funding LLC

       

0.667%, due 05/11/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.707%, due 05/05/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

Ciesco LLC
0.570%, due 05/12/16

     44,000,000           43,992,337   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC
0.700%, due 05/26/16

     45,000,000           44,978,125   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(continued)                    

Gotham Funding Corp.

       

0.570%, due 07/07/16

   $ 94,500,000         $ 94,399,751   

0.570%, due 07/12/16

     92,000,000           91,895,120   

0.580%, due 07/07/16

     95,000,000           94,897,453   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC
0.689%, due 05/25/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 06/16/16

     98,000,000           97,914,849   

0.700%, due 05/05/16

     50,000,000           49,996,111   

0.810%, due 08/08/16

     99,000,000           98,779,478   

LMA Americas LLC

       

0.400%, due 05/06/16

     97,350,000           97,344,592   

0.599%, due 05/19/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

0.607%, due 05/03/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC

       

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,523,000           47,470,038   

0.600%, due 07/11/16

     38,000,000           37,955,033   

Old Line Funding LLC

       

0.690%, due 07/05/16

     100,000,000           99,875,417   

0.860%, due 09/09/16

     55,500,000           55,326,316   

0.870%, due 07/15/16

     50,000,000           49,909,375   

0.880%, due 10/17/16

     143,000,000           142,409,251   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC
0.450%, due 05/16/16

     138,000,000           137,974,125   

Starbird Funding Corp.

       

0.587%, due 05/16/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.594%, due 05/03/162

     97,000,000           97,000,000   

0.620%, due 06/10/16

     97,000,000           96,933,178   

0.630%, due 05/18/16

     38,000,000           37,988,695   

0.717%, due 05/27/162

     90,000,000           90,000,000   

Thunder Bay Funding LLC

       

0.680%, due 08/15/16

     88,000,000           87,823,804   

0.700%, due 05/19/16

     95,000,000           94,966,750   

0.840%, due 08/10/16

     71,250,000           71,082,088   

0.860%, due 09/12/16

     88,000,000           87,718,302   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(continued)                    
Asset backed-miscellaneous—(concluded)                    

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC

       

0.521%, due 05/23/162

   $ 170,000,000         $ 170,000,000   

0.589%, due 05/09/162

     96,500,000           96,500,000   

0.589%, due 05/23/162

     115,000,000           115,000,000   

Victory Receivables Corp.

       

0.450%, due 05/05/16

     78,705,000           78,701,065   

0.550%, due 07/12/16

     87,000,000           86,904,300   

0.580%, due 07/15/16

     95,000,000           94,885,208   

0.590%, due 07/08/16

     47,000,000           46,947,621   

Working Capital Management Co.
0.490%, due 05/18/16

     93,300,000           93,278,411   
                  4,134,962,751   
Banking-non-US—19.16%                    

ANZ National International Ltd.
0.860%, due 10/06/16

     85,000,000           84,679,172   

ASB Finance Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/03/162

     60,000,000           59,999,731   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
0.647%, due 05/05/162

     124,000,000           124,000,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia
1.020%, due 01/05/17

     100,000,000           99,294,500   

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat

       

0.460%, due 05/02/16

     95,000,000           94,998,786   

0.760%, due 08/03/16

     53,500,000           53,393,832   

BNP Paribas

       

0.300%, due 05/02/16

     30,000,000           29,999,750   

0.380%, due 05/03/16

     400,000,000           399,991,556   

Caisse Centrale Desjardins
0.490%, due 06/01/16

     150,000,000           149,936,708   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

0.647%, due 05/09/162

     95,000,000           95,000,000   

0.820%, due 10/07/16

     107,000,000           106,612,482   

DnB NOR Bank ASA
0.600%, due 06/13/16

     144,500,000           144,396,442   

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

       

0.660%, due 05/13/16

     195,000,000           194,957,100   

0.730%, due 09/06/16

     67,250,000           67,075,449   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Commercial paper1—(concluded)                    
Banking-non-US—(concluded)                    

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

       

0.600%, due 06/07/16

   $ 92,000,000         $ 91,943,267   

0.710%, due 05/13/16

     75,000,000           74,982,250   

National Australia Bank Ltd.
0.815%, due 10/03/16

     144,000,000           143,494,700   

Nordea Bank AB

       

0.555%, due 06/07/16

     97,000,000           96,944,670   

0.615%, due 06/07/16

     129,250,000           129,168,303   

0.640%, due 05/05/16

     90,500,000           90,493,564   

0.800%, due 10/04/16

     105,500,000           105,134,267   

Rabobank Nederland NV

       

0.645%, due 05/03/16

     95,000,000           94,996,596   

0.840%, due 10/13/16

     92,000,000           91,645,800   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

0.590%, due 08/05/16

     77,000,000           76,878,853   

0.820%, due 10/03/16

     119,000,000           118,579,864   

0.840%, due 10/26/16

     96,000,000           95,601,280   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
0.710%, due 09/01/16

     140,000,000           139,660,383   

Westpac Banking Corp.

       

0.890%, due 08/04/16

     73,000,000           72,828,551   

0.980%, due 01/04/17

     102,000,000           101,311,387   

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd.
0.607%, due 05/10/162

     67,000,000           67,000,000   
                  3,294,999,243   
Banking-US—1.56%                    

Bedford Row Funding Corp.
0.850%, due 10/07/16

     117,000,000           116,560,762   

Toronto-Dominion Holdings USA, Inc.
0.470%, due 06/06/16

     150,000,000           149,929,500   
                  266,490,262   
Supranational—0.69%   

European Investment Bank
0.595%, due 06/01/16

     119,350,000           119,288,850   

Total commercial paper (cost—$7,815,741,106)

                7,815,741,106   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Non-US government agency—0.41%                    

Export Development Canada
0.735%, due 06/06/162,3
(cost—$70,000,000)

   $ 70,000,000         $ 70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations—2.03%   
Banking-non-US—1.01%   

Royal Bank of Canada
0.747%, due 07/07/162,3

     175,000,000           175,000,000   
Banking-US—1.02%   

Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

       

0.754%, due 06/15/162

     50,000,000           50,000,000   

0.804%, due 06/22/162

     125,000,000           125,000,000   
                  175,000,000   

Total Short-term corporate obligations
(cost—$350,000,000)

   

       350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements—9.68%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $8,804,100 US Treasury Bond, 3.375% due 05/15/44; (value—$10,200,003); proceeds:$10,000,233

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $696,886,500 US Treasury Note, 1.125% due 12/31/19; (value—$700,014,678); proceeds:$700,014,583

     700,000,000           700,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $37,100,000 Federal Home Loan Bank obligations, 0.625% to 5.000% due 12/28/16 to 04/28/36, $111,346,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.250% to 5.125% due 11/17/17 to 05/22/23, $158,614,000 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 6.625% due 10/26/16 to 09/27/32 and $890,000 Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.875% due 02/15/21; (value—$311,202,396); proceeds:$305,106,865

     305,100,000           305,100,000   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.290% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $635,970,171 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. obligations, 1.856% to 6.000% due 05/15/23 to 01/15/43 and $573,075,879 Federal National Mortgage Association obligations, zero coupon to 10.500% due 03/25/19 to 04/01/46; (value—$255,000,001); proceeds:$250,014,097

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.790% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $1,197,621,102 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 7.000% due 01/15/26 to 09/27/47; (value—$321,000,000); proceeds: $300,599,0834,5

     300,000,000           300,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 03/07/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.690% due 06/06/16, collateralized by $4,584,462,916 various asset-backed convertible bonds, zero coupon to 108.341% due 07/17/19 to 10/15/48; (value—$107,000,000); proceeds: $100,199,6944

     100,000,000           100,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $503,982 US Treasury Notes, 1.625% to 1.750% due 06/30/19 to 09/30/19; (value—$516,739); proceeds:$505,000

     505,000           505,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$1,665,605,000)

  

       1,665,605,000   
Total investments (cost—$17,048,156,504 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—99.13%                 17,048,156,504   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—0.87%                 149,109,842   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 17,197,266,346   

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government and agency obligations   $      $ 1,193,619,023      $      $ 1,193,619,023   
Time deposits            2,447,000,000               2,447,000,000   
Certificates of deposit            3,506,191,375               3,506,191,375   
Commercial paper            7,815,741,106               7,815,741,106   
Non-US government agency            70,000,000               70,000,000   
Short-term corporate obligations            350,000,000               350,000,000   
Repurchase agreements            1,665,605,000               1,665,605,000   
Total   $      $ 17,048,156,504      $      $ 17,048,156,504   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

 

 

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Prime Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Issuer breakdown by country or territory of origin (unaudited)

 

      Percentage of
total investments
 
United States      51.0
Sweden      11.8   
France      10.0   
Japan      5.8   
Canada      5.5   
Australia      4.5   
Norway      3.8   
Germany      3.2   
Switzerland      1.4   
New Zealand      1.2   
Singapore      0.9   
Luxembourg      0.9   
Total      100.0

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

3 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.42% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

4 

Investment has a put feature, which allows the Fund to accelerate the maturity, and a variable or floating rate. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects early put date and the proceeds represent the receivable of the Fund if the put feature was exercised as of April 30, 2016.

 

5 

Illiquid investment as of April 30, 2016.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
US government obligations—45.70%   

US Treasury Bills1

       

0.295%, due 06/23/16

   $ 200,000,000         $ 199,913,139   

0.370%, due 06/02/16

     170,000,000           169,944,089   

0.460%, due 09/01/16

     150,000,000           149,754,000   

0.467%, due 08/04/16

     150,000,000           149,814,948   

0.477%, due 06/09/16

     50,000,000           49,974,163   

0.505%, due 09/15/16

     250,000,000           249,519,548   

0.573%, due 03/30/17

     200,000,000           198,939,950   

US Treasury Notes

       

0.303%, due 05/02/162

     400,000,000           399,978,930   

0.418%, due 05/02/162

     353,000,000           352,985,694   

0.421%, due 05/02/162

     125,000,000           124,929,580   

0.500%, due 07/31/16

     200,000,000           200,107,866   

0.500%, due 08/31/16

     200,000,000           200,046,662   

0.500%, due 11/30/16

     150,000,000           149,882,480   

0.500%, due 01/31/17

     120,000,000           119,991,201   

0.522%, due 05/02/162

     316,750,000           317,138,508   

0.625%, due 07/15/16

     425,000,000           425,253,086   

0.625%, due 10/15/16

     440,000,000           440,230,670   

0.625%, due 11/15/16

     100,000,000           100,012,796   

0.625%, due 12/31/16

     250,000,000           250,280,732   

0.625%, due 02/15/17

     125,000,000           125,090,480   

0.750%, due 01/15/17

     150,000,000           150,229,774   

0.875%, due 09/15/16

     275,000,000           275,386,298   

1.000%, due 08/31/16

     350,000,000           350,782,808   

1.000%, due 09/30/16

     50,000,000           50,130,343   

1.750%, due 05/31/16

     130,000,000           130,158,614   

3.000%, due 08/31/16

     100,000,000           100,780,310   

Total US government obligations
(cost—$5,431,256,669)

                5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements—47.55%                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Barclays Capital, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $403,571,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 05/15/45 and $61,519,200 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 04/30/21; (value—$499,800,013);
proceeds: $490,011,433

     490,000,000           490,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(continued)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $106,124,000 US Treasury Bills, zero coupon due 05/26/16 to 10/20/16, $208,444,200 US Treasury Bonds, 3.125% to 7.875% due 05/15/16 to 02/15/44, $29,900,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Notes, 0.250% to 0.625% due 07/15/21 to 01/15/25, $69,068,400 US Treasury Notes, zero coupon to 4.625% due 05/15/16 to 01/31/23, $5,700 US Treasury Bonds Principal STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 05/15/45, $271 US Treasury Bonds STRIPs, zero coupon due 11/15/18 to 11/15/30 and $200 US Treasury Notes Principal STRIP, zero coupon due 11/15/17; (value—$459,000,001);
proceeds: $450,010,500

   $ 450,000,000         $ 450,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 0.250% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $1,089,081,200 US Treasury Bonds, 5.250% to 6.250% due 08/15/23 to 11/15/28 and $1,466,210,700 US Treasury Notes, 1.375% to 3.625% due 08/15/19 to 04/30/21; (value—$3,000,062,560);
proceeds: $3,000,062,500

     3,000,000,000           3,000,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Goldman Sachs & Co., 0.270% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $324,300 US Treasury Bill, zero coupon due 06/30/16, $75,760,200 US Treasury Bonds, 2.875% to 4.750% due 02/15/41 to 08/15/45 and $153,673,200 US Treasury Note, 0.500% due 09/30/16; (value—$255,000,008); proceeds: $250,013,125

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.270% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $140,916,100 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $31,350,800 US Treasury Note, 2.125% due 12/31/22; (value—$204,000,034);
proceeds: $200,010,500

     200,000,000           200,000,000   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Repurchase agreements—(concluded)                    

Repurchase agreement dated 04/26/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/03/16, collateralized by $241,927,300 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17; (value—$255,000,010); proceeds: $250,013,611

   $ 250,000,000         $ 250,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.280% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $102,204,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 0.125% due 04/15/17 and $147,043,400 US Treasury Note, 2.500% due 05/15/24; (value—$265,200,014); proceeds: $260,006,067

     260,000,000           260,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities USA, Inc. 0.260% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $15,001,300 US Treasury Bonds, 3.750% to 4.750% due 02/15/37 to 08/15/41, $32,997,700 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 1.375% due 01/15/20 and $441,832,000 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.750% due 09/30/16 to 02/15/26; (value—$510,000,100);
proceeds: $500,010,833

     500,000,000           500,000,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/29/16 with
State Street Bank and Trust Co., 0.010% due 05/02/16, collateralized by $720,000 US Treasury Note, 2.250% due 07/31/21; (value—$756,136); proceeds: $737,000

     737,000           737,000   

Repurchase agreement dated 04/27/16 with
Toronto-Dominion Bank, 0.280% due 05/04/16, collateralized by $9,157,700 US Treasury Bond, 3.000% due 11/15/44, $23,050,000 US Treasury Inflation Index Note, 2.375% due 01/15/17 and $211,773,300 US Treasury Notes, 0.625% to 3.250% due 07/31/16 to 12/31/21; (value—$255,000,069); proceeds: $250,013,611

     250,000,000           250,000,000   

Total repurchase agreements (cost—$5,650,737,000)

  

       5,650,737,000   
Total investments (cost—$11,081,993,669 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—93.25%                 11,081,993,669   
Other assets in excess of liabilities—6.75%                 801,917,330   
Net assets—100.00%               $ 11,883,910,999   

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 62.

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
    Other
significant
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
US government obligations   $      $ 5,431,256,669      $      $ 5,431,256,669   
Repurchase agreements            5,650,737,000               5,650,737,000   
Total   $      $ 11,081,993,669      $      $ 11,081,993,669   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

 

2 

Variable or floating rate security. The interest rate shown is the current rate as of April 30, 2016 and changes periodically. The maturity date reflects earlier of reset date or stated maturity date.

 

 

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See accompanying notes to financial statements


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—75.77%                    
Alabama—0.98%                    

Mobile County Industrial Development Authority Pollution Control Revenue Refunding
(ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

   $ 8,050,000         $ 8,050,000   

University of Alabama Revenue (University Hospital),

       

Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     1,875,000           1,875,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     3,500,000           3,500,000   
                  13,425,000   
Alaska—0.69%                    

Alaska International Airports Revenue Refunding (System), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue (Exxon Pipeline
Co. Project),
0.260%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Valdez Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding
(Exxon Pipeline Co. Project), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     2,235,000           2,235,000   
                  9,535,000   
Arizona—0.76%                    

AK-Chin Indian Community Revenue,
0.020%, VRD

     6,700,000           6,700,000   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Electric Systems Revenue (Barclays Capital Municipal Trust Receipts, Series 9W),
0.450%, VRD1,2

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  10,450,000   
California—7.60%                    

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (Scripps Health), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,960,000           1,960,000   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue (St. Joseph Health Systems), Series D,
0.390%, VRD

     7,600,000           7,600,000   

 

 

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Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
California—(concluded)                    

California State Kindergarten, Series B3,
0.230%, VRD

   $ 7,745,000         $ 7,745,000   

Irvine Improvement Bond Act 1915 Limited Obligation (Assessment District 93-14),
0.390%, VRD

     17,900,000           17,900,000   

Irvine Unified School District Special Tax
(Community Facilities District No. 09), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

Los Angeles Water and Power Revenue,
Subseries B-8,
0.380%, VRD

     8,400,000           8,400,000   

Modesto Water Revenue Certificates of Participation Refunding, Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,665,000           1,665,000   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Subordinate, Series L,
0.400%, VRD

     21,400,000           21,400,000   

San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission Sales Tax Revenue (Limited Tax),
Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     14,700,000           14,700,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Santa Clara Electric Revenue, Subseries B,
0.390%, VRD

     5,495,000           5,495,000   

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue Refunding,
Series B,
0.370%, VRD

     4,850,000           4,850,000   

Series C,
0.430%, VRD

     870,000           870,000   
                  104,585,000   
Colorado—3.19%                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding,
Series A1,
0.300%, VRD

     28,105,000           28,105,000   

 

 

48


Tax-Free Master Fund

Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Colorado—(concluded)                    

Denver City & County Certificates of Participation Refunding, (concluded)

       

Series A2,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 14,365,000         $ 14,365,000   

Series A3,
0.300%, VRD

     1,420,000           1,420,000   
                  43,890,000   
Connecticut—0.44%                    

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Yale University), Series V-1,
0.210%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
District of Columbia—1.35%                    

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority Revenue (Subordinate Lien),
Series B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Subseries B-2,
0.400%, VRD

     8,500,000           8,500,000   

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Airport Authority Airport System Revenue, Subseries D-2,
0.280%, VRD

     6,210,000           6,210,000   
                  18,610,000   
Florida—0.60%                    

Gainesville Utilities System Revenue, Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,465,000           2,465,000   

JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,840,000           5,840,000   
                  8,305,000   
Georgia—0.36%                    

Private Colleges & Universities Authority Revenue
(Emory University), Series B-1,
0.410%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   
Illinois—10.82%                    

Chicago Waterworks Revenue Refunding,
Subseries 2004-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,845,000           4,845,000   

 

 

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Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(continued)                    

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra),
0.420%, VRD

   $ 11,200,000         $ 11,200,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Francis W. Parker School Project),
0.430%, VRD

     21,800,000           21,800,000   

Illinois Development Finance Authority Revenue
(Lyric Opera Chicago Project),
0.420%, VRD

     8,100,000           8,100,000   

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.450%, VRD

     2,767,000           2,767,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Northwestern Community Hospital), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     2,980,000           2,980,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(OSF Healthcare System), Series B,
0.410%, VRD

     10,725,000           10,725,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue (University of Chicago Medical Center), Series E-1,
0.280%, VRD

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago), Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,836,000           1,836,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding
(Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.),
0.410%, VRD

     1,000,000           1,000,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Swedish Covenant), Series A,
0.410%, VRD

     13,610,000           13,610,000   

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (University of Chicago), Series C,
0.440%, VRD

     7,162,000           7,162,000   

Illinois State Finance Authority Revenue
(University of Chicago Medical Center), Series B,
0.280%, VRD

     7,300,000           7,300,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Illinois—(concluded)                    

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Toll Highway Revenue (Senior Priority),

       

Series A-1B,
0.410%, VRD

   $ 5,000,000         $ 5,000,000   

Series A-2D,
0.410%, VRD

     3,300,000           3,300,000   

Illinois State,

       

Series B-5,
0.390%, VRD

     27,700,000           27,700,000   

Series B-6,
0.420%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority Revenue (Two Rivers YMCA Project),
0.280%, VRD

     3,630,000           3,630,000   
                  148,955,000   
Indiana—1.92%                    

Indiana Finance Authority Environmental Revenue Refunding (Duke Energy Industrial Project), Series A-5,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Indiana Finance Authority Hospital Revenue Refunding (Indiana University Obligated Group), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     4,525,000           4,525,000   

Indiana Municipal Power Agency Power Supply Systems Revenue Refunding,

       

Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     5,640,000           5,640,000   

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

     3,030,000           3,030,000   

Indiana State Finance Authority Revenue Refunding (Trinity Health), Series D-1,
0.400%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

Indianapolis Multi-Family Housing Revenue
(Capital Place-Covington) (FNMA Insured),
0.420%, VRD

     2,600,000           2,600,000   
                  26,495,000   

 

 

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Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Kansas—0.84%                    

Kansas State Department of Transportation Highway Revenue, Series C-4,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   
Louisiana—1.99%                    

East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial Development Board, Inc. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     16,100,000           16,100,000   

Series B,
0.260%, VRD

     700,000           700,000   

East Baton Rouge Parish Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Exxon Project),
0.260%, VRD

     4,150,000           4,150,000   

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Refunding (Christus Health), Series B2,
0.380%, VRD

     6,500,000           6,500,000   
           27,450,000   
Maryland—0.68%                    

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Johns Hopkins University), Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     550,000           550,000   

Washington Suburban Sanitation District Bond Anticipation Notes,

       

Series A,
0.380%, VRD

     800,000           800,000   

Series B-3,
0.400%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
           9,350,000   
Massachusetts—1.98%                    

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Henry Heywood), Series C,
0.270%, VRD

     2,690,000           2,690,000   

Massachusetts State Department of Transportation Metropolitan Highway System Revenue (Senior), Series A-1,
0.390%, VRD

     24,500,000           24,500,000   
                  27,190,000   

 

 

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Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Michigan—0.27%   

Green Lake Township Economic Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Interlochen Center Project),
0.300%, VRD

   $ 3,780,000         $ 3,780,000   
Minnesota—2.54%   

Midwest Consortium of Municipal Utilities Revenue (Draw Down-Association Financing Program), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     6,860,000           6,860,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue (Mayo Clinic), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     13,150,000           13,150,000   

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Mayo Foundation), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
                  35,010,000   
Mississippi—3.99%                    

Jackson County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.280%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),

       

Series D,
0.270%, VRD

     24,000,000           24,000,000   

Series G,
0.250%, VRD

     1,700,000           1,700,000   

Series I,
0.250%, VRD

     20,500,000           20,500,000   

Series K,
0.280%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Series L,
0.280%, VRD

     1,800,000           1,800,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Corp. Gulf Opportunity Zone (Chevron USA, Inc. Project), Series F,
0.380%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   
                  55,000,000   
Missouri—2.14%                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue (De Smet Jesuit
High School),
0.280%, VRD

     3,335,000           3,335,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Missouri—(concluded)                    

Missouri State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Educational Facilities Revenue
(Washington University),

       

Series B,
0.300%, VRD

   $ 11,500,000         $ 11,500,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     7,200,000           7,200,000   

Series C,
0.280%, VRD

     3,600,000           3,600,000   

Series D,
0.280%, VRD

     3,800,000           3,800,000   
                  29,435,000   
Nebraska—0.62%                    

Lancaster County Hospital Authority No.1 Hospital Revenue Refunding (Bryanlgh Medical Center), Series B-1,
0.280%, VRD

     8,555,000           8,555,000   
New Hampshire—0.93%                    

New Hampshire Health & Education Facilities Authority Revenue (Dartmouth College), Series B,
0.250%, VRD

     12,850,000           12,850,000   
New York—11.09%                    

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue Dedicated Tax Fund, Subseries B-1,
0.400%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

New York City Health & Hospital Corp. Revenue
(Health Systems), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     1,400,000           1,400,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (2 Gold Street), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.410%, VRD

     3,700,000           3,700,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Multi-Family Revenue (The Crest), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     23,500,000           23,500,000   

New York City Housing Development Corp. Revenue (Royal Properties), Series A, (FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(continued)                    

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (Second General Fiscal 2008),

       

Series BB-1,
0.370%, VRD

   $ 8,300,000         $ 8,300,000   

Series BB-2,
0.280%, VRD

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

Series BB-5,
0.270%, VRD

     3,200,000           3,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue
(Second General Resolution), Series B-4,
0.250%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

New York City Municipal Finance Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue, Subseries F-1A,
0.370%, VRD

     21,900,000           21,900,000   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue,

       

Subseries A-4,
0.250%, VRD

     9,265,000           9,265,000   

Subseries E-4,
0.320%, VRD

     8,000,000           8,000,000   

New York City, Subseries D-4,
0.280%, VRD

     1,940,000           1,940,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Rockefeller University), Series A-2,
0.420%, VRD

     2,000,000           2,000,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue Non-State Supported Debt (Royal), Series A,
(FNMA Insured),
0.380%, VRD

     19,500,000           19,500,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue State Supported Debt (City University), Series D,
0.380%, VRD

     5,100,000           5,100,000   

New York State Housing Finance Agency Revenue (Dock Street), Series A,
0.400%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (Syracuse University Project), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     4,030,000           4,030,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
New York—(concluded)                    

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Revenue (General), Series B,
0.390%, VRD

   $ 3,720,000         $ 3,720,000   
           152,755,000   
North Carolina—2.27%   

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Health Care Systems Revenue Refunding
(Carolinas Healthcare) (AGM Insured),

       

Series E,
0.380%, VRD

     2,200,000           2,200,000   

Series H,
0.280%, VRD

     24,075,000           24,075,000   

Guilford County, Series B,
0.440%, VRD

     1,855,000           1,855,000   

New Hanover County (School),
0.390%, VRD

     1,750,000           1,750,000   

North Carolina Educational Facilities Finance Agency Revenue (Duke University Project), Series A,
0.370%, VRD

     1,410,000           1,410,000   
                  31,290,000   
Ohio—3.05%   

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Revenue (Carnegie/89th Garage Project),
0.440%, VRD

     16,040,000           16,040,000   

Columbus Sewer Revenue, Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     16,000,000           16,000,000   

Middletown Hospital Facilities Revenue
(Atrium Medical Center), Series B,
0.400%, VRD

     7,580,000           7,580,000   

Ohio (Common Schools),

       

Series A,
0.390%, VRD

     730,000           730,000   

Series B,
0.390%, VRD

     1,705,000           1,705,000   
                  42,055,000   
Oregon—0.56%   

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Revenue (Legacy Health System), Series C,
0.390%, VRD

     7,700,000           7,700,000   

 

 

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Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Pennsylvania—2.11%   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania & New Jersey Revenue Refunding, Series B,
0.380%, VRD

   $ 2,580,000         $ 2,580,000   

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development Lease Revenue Refunding, Series B-3,
0.410%, VRD

     5,325,000           5,325,000   

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Water & Sewer Systems Revenue (1st Lien), Series B2,
0.410%, VRD

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

Washington County Authority Refunding
(University of Pennsylvania),
0.360%, VRD

     1,315,000           1,315,000   

Washington County Hospital Authority Revenue (Monongahela Valley Hospital Project), Series A,
0.420%, VRD

     2,540,000           2,540,000   

Westmoreland County Industrial Development Authority Revenue (Excela Health Project), Series B,
0.420%, VRD

     5,245,000           5,245,000   
                  29,005,000   
Rhode Island—0.21%                    

Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp. Higher Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding (New England Institute of Technology),
0.410%, VRD

     2,555,000           2,555,000   

Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp. Marine Terminal Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.250%, VRD

     300,000           300,000   
                  2,855,000   
Tennessee—0.31%                    

Sevier County Public Building Authority
(Local Government Public Improvement), Series B-1,
0.430%, VRD

     4,300,000           4,300,000   
Texas—8.39%                    

Alamo Community College District (Citigroup ROCS Series RR-II-R-883WF) (FGIC Insured),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     7,750,000           7,750,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(continued)                    
Texas—(concluded)                    

Harris County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue (Methodist Hospital),

       

Subseries C-1,
0.280%, VRD

   $ 28,700,000         $ 28,700,000   

Subseries C-2,
0.280%, VRD

     7,100,000           7,100,000   

Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (Methodist Hospital Systems), Series A-2,
0.280%, VRD

     4,295,000           4,295,000   

Harris County Hospital District Revenue Refunding (Senior Lien),
0.410%, VRD

     29,605,000           29,605,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     1,452,000           1,452,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue (ExxonMobil), Series A,
0.260%, VRD

     17,640,000           17,640,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. Revenue Refunding (ExxonMobil Project),
0.260%, VRD

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Hospital Revenue (Baylor Healthcare System Project), Series C,
0.420%, VRD

     6,100,000           6,100,000   

Texas State Transportation Commission Revenue
(JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2563),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     30,000           30,000   

University of Texas Permanent University
(Funding System), Series A,
0.360%, VRD

     1,900,000           1,900,000   

University of Texas Revenues (Financing Systems), Series B,
0.360%, VRD

     6,000,000           6,000,000   
                  115,572,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Municipal bonds and notes—(concluded)                    
Utah—0.93%                    

Murray City Utah, Hospital Revenue (IHC Health Services, Inc.), Series D,
0.250%, VRD

   $ 12,830,000         $ 12,830,000   
Virginia—1.02%                    

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Revenue (Smithsonian Institution), Series A,
0.430%, VRD

     10,700,000           10,700,000   

Hanover County Economic Development Authority Revenue Refunding (Bon Secours Health), Series D-2,
0.400%, VRD

     3,340,000           3,340,000   
                  14,040,000   
Washington—0.92%                    

Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Revenue (JP Morgan PUTTERs, Series 2643Z),
0.440%, VRD1,2

     4,995,000           4,995,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (New Haven Apartments) (FNMA Insured),
0.400%, VRD

     3,900,000           3,900,000   

Washington Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Housing Revenue Refunding (Washington Terrace),
0.400%, VRD

     3,750,000           3,750,000   
                  12,645,000   
Wyoming—0.22%                    

Uinta County Pollution Control Revenue Refunding (Chevron USA, Inc. Project),
0.250%, VRD

     3,000,000           3,000,000   

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost—$1,043,417,000)

  

       1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation3—1.45%              

US Treasury Bill 0.196%, due 05/05/16
(cost—$19,999,566)

     20,000,000           19,999,566   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—22.80%                    
California—0.43%                    

California State Health Facilities Financing
(Stanford Hospital), Series B-2, Subseries 1,
0.430%, due 05/24/16

   $ 6,000,000         $ 6,000,000   
Illinois—2.08%                    

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Revenue,

       

0.090%, due 05/02/16

     18,000,000           18,000,000   

0.450%, due 05/18/16

     10,615,000           10,615,000   
                  28,615,000   
Maryland—0.86%                    

Johns Hopkins University,
0.030%, due 05/04/16

     11,900,000           11,900,000   
Massachusetts—1.09%                    

Harvard University,
0.390%, due 05/10/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Michigan—1.09%                    

Trinity Health Credit Group,
0.140%, due 05/04/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   
Minnesota—2.18%                    

Mayo Clinic,

       

0.390%, due 05/16/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   

0.390%, due 05/17/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  30,000,000   
Missouri—3.67%                    

Curators University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

     30,543,000           30,543,000   

0.440%, due 05/17/16

     20,000,000           20,000,000   
                  50,543,000   
Pennsylvania—2.36%                    

Montgomery County,

       

0.430%, due 05/04/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.410%, due 05/05/16

     15,000,000           15,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/18/16

     12,500,000           12,500,000   
                  32,500,000   

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Security description    Face
amount
       Value  
Tax-exempt commercial paper—(concluded)                    
Tennessee—2.03%                    

Vanderbilt University,

       

0.060%, due 05/04/16

   $ 20,000,000         $ 20,000,000   

0.290%, due 05/23/16

     8,000,000           8,000,000   
                  28,000,000   
Texas—5.52%                    

Dallas Area Rapid Transit,

       

0.400%, due 05/03/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.160%, due 05/10/16

     6,000,000           6,000,000   

0.140%, due 05/17/16

     4,000,000           4,000,000   

University of Texas,

       

0.090%, due 05/04/16

     7,000,000           7,000,000   

0.050%, due 05/09/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/09/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.420%, due 05/10/16

     12,000,000           12,000,000   

0.400%, due 05/13/16

     5,000,000           5,000,000   

0.430%, due 05/18/16

     10,000,000           10,000,000   
                  76,000,000   
Virginia—0.67%                    

University of Virginia,
0.420%, due 05/17/16

     9,200,000           9,200,000   
Washington—0.82%   

University of Washington,
0.210%, due 05/04/16

     11,250,000           11,250,000   

Total tax-exempt commercial paper (cost—$314,008,000)

  

       314,008,000   
Total investments (cost—$1,377,424,566 which approximates cost for federal income tax purposes)—100.02%                 1,377,424,566   
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(0.02)%                 (336,978
Net assets—100.00%               $ 1,377,087,588   

For a listing of defined portfolio acronyms that are used throughout the Statement of net assets, please refer to page 62.

 

 

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Statement of net assets—April 30, 2016

 

Fair valuation summary

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of April 30, 2016 in valuing the Master Fund’s investments:

 

Description   Unadjusted
quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical
investments
(Level 1)
   

Other
significant
observable
inputs

(Level 2)

    Unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Municipal bonds and notes   $      $ 1,043,417,000      $      $ 1,043,417,000   
Short-term US government obligation            19,999,566               19,999,566   
Tax-exempt commercial paper            314,008,000               314,008,000   
Total   $      $ 1,377,424,566      $      $ 1,377,424,566   

At April 30, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Portfolio footnotes

 

1 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 1.20% of net assets as of April 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

2 

The Fund does not directly own the municipal security indicated; the Fund owns an interest in a special purpose entity that, in turn, owns the underlying municipal security. The special purpose entity permits the Fund to own interests in underlying assets, but in a manner structured to provide certain advantages not inherent in the underlying bonds (e.g., enhanced liquidity, yields linked to short-term rates).

 

3 

Rates shown are the discount rates at date of purchase unless otherwise noted.

Portfolio acronyms

 

AGM   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FNMA   Federal National Mortgage Association
OEM   Original Equipment Manufacturer
PUTTERs   Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts
ROCS   Reset Option Certificates
STRIP   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
VRD   Variable rate demand notes are payable on demand. The interest rates shown are the current rates as of April 30, 2016 and reset periodically.

 

 

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Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited)

(Note: The expense information provided in this section is relevant for direct investors in the Master Funds. Investors in related “feeder funds” should instead focus on separate expense examples relevant to the particular feeder funds; the expense examples for the feeder funds will reflect their proportionate share of the corresponding Master Funds’ expenses.)

As an owner of a Master Fund, an investor such as a feeder fund incurs ongoing costs, including management fees and other Master Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand a Master Fund investor’s ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Master Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, November 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over a period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line in the table below for each Master Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Master Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Master Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate your actual ending account

 

 

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balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Master Fund and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs. Therefore, the second line in the table for each Master Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds, if those other funds impose transactional costs—for example, exchange fees. In addition, if those transactional costs were included, your costs for those other funds would have been higher.

Prime Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

Treasury Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.80      $ 0.50        0.10
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.37        0.50        0.10   

 

 

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Understanding a Master Fund’s expenses (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Tax-Free Master Fund

     Beginning
account value
November 1,
2015
    Ending
account value
April 30, 2016
    Expenses paid
during period
1
11/01/15 to
04/30/16
    Expense
ratio
during the
period
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.30      $ 0.20        0.04
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)     1,000.00        1,024.66        0.20        0.04   

 

1 

Expenses are equal to the Master Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 divided by 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited)

 

Prime Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      42 days         33 days         44 days   
Net assets (bln)      $17.2         $15.8         $14.1   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Commercial paper      45.5      46.2      38.1
Certificates of deposit      20.4         21.1         28.5   
Time deposits      14.2         14.8         11.3   
Repurchase agreements      9.7         11.1         7.8   
Short-term corporate obligations      2.0         3.4         7.7   
US government and agency obligations      6.9         3.4         5.6   
Non-US government agency      0.4         0.9         1.0   
Other assets less liabilities      0.9         (0.9      0.0 3 
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

 

3 

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets as of the date indicated.

You could lose money by investing in Prime Master Fund. Although Prime Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Prime Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Prime Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Prime Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Prime Master Fund, and you should not expect that Prime Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Prime Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Treasury Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      59 days         43 days         36 days   
Net assets (bln)      $11.9         $12.7         $12.6   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Repurchase agreements      47.6      75.8      76.5
US government obligations      45.7         25.8         21.8   
Other assets less liabilities      6.7         (1.6      1.7   
Total      100.00      100.00      100.00

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Treasury Master Fund. Although Treasury Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Treasury Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Treasury Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund, and you should not expect that Treasury Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Treasury Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Portfolio characteristics at a glance (unaudited) (concluded)

 

Tax-Free Master Fund

Characteristics    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Weighted average maturity1      6 days         14 days         19 days   
Net assets (bln)      $1.4         $1.4         $1.4   
Portfolio composition2    04/30/16      10/31/15      04/30/15  
Municipal bonds and notes      75.8      79.6      84.3
Tax-exempt commercial paper      22.8         16.8         15.6   
Short-term US government obligation      1.5         1.7           
Other assets less liabilities      (0.1      1.9         0.1   
Total      100.0      100.0      100.0

 

1 

The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its weighted average maturity will differ over time.

 

2 

Weightings represent percentages of the Master Fund’s net assets as of the dates indicated. The Master Fund’s portfolio is actively managed, and its composition will vary over time.

You could lose money by investing in Tax-Free Master Fund. Although Tax-Free Master Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment so that the shares of each related feeder fund are at $1.00 per share, Tax-Free Master Fund cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in Tax-Free Master Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund, and you should not expect that Tax-Free Master Fund’s sponsor will provide financial support to Tax-Free Master Fund at any time.

Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.

 

 

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Statement of operations

For the year ended April 30, 2016

 

      Prime Master
Fund
 
Investment income:   
Interest    $ 54,765,468   
Expenses:   
Investment advisory and administration fees      15,279,909   
Trustees’ fees      133,869   
Total expenses      15,413,778   
Fee waivers/expense reimbursements by investment advisor        
Net expenses      15,413,778   
Net investment income      39,351,690   
Net realized gain      228,755   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations    $ 39,580,445   

 

 

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Treasury
Master Fund
     Tax-Free
Master Fund
 
  
$ 20,365,398       $ 1,005,900   
  
  12,114,709         1,455,210   
  108,113         32,070   
  12,222,822         1,487,280   
  (1,493,991      (919,256
  10,728,831         568,024   
  9,636,567         437,876   
  935,343         70,058   
$ 10,571,910       $ 507,934   

 

 

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Statement of changes in net assets

 

    For the years ended April 30,  
     2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 39,351,690      $ 17,070,374   
Net realized gain     228,755        134,885   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     39,580,445        17,205,259   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     3,037,555,323        (1,660,811,709
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     3,077,135,768        (1,643,606,450
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     14,120,130,578        15,763,737,028   
End of year   $ 17,197,266,346      $ 14,120,130,578   
Treasury Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 9,636,567      $ 1,236,679   
Net realized gain     935,343        362,897   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     10,571,910        1,599,576   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     (762,944,902     123,527,693   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     (752,372,992     125,127,269   
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     12,636,283,991        12,511,156,722   
End of year   $ 11,883,910,999      $ 12,636,283,991   
Tax-Free Master Fund    
From operations:    
Net investment income   $ 437,876      $ 154,098   
Net realized gain     70,058        26,605   
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     507,934        180,703   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions     21,560,886        (36,199,458
Net increase (decrease) in net assets     22,068,820        (36,018,755
Net assets:    
Beginning of year     1,355,018,768        1,391,037,523   
End of year   $ 1,377,087,588      $ 1,355,018,768   

 

 

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Financial highlights

 

Selected financial data throughout each year is presented below:

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Prime Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.10
Net investment income      0.26
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.26
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $17,197,266   
Treasury Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.09
Net investment income      0.08
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.09
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $11,883,911   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

 

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Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.11      0.11      0.19 %      0.19
        
  0.11      0.11      0.19      0.20
  $14,120,131         $15,763,737         $19,137,609         $15,688,562   
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.06      0.06      0.10 %2       0.06
  0.01      0.01      0.05 %      0.01
        
  0.01      0.01      0.05      0.01
  $12,636,284         $12,511,157         $12,225,550         $13,044,384   

 

 

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Master Trust

Financial highlights

 

     Year ended
April 30,
 
      2016  
Tax-Free Master Fund   
Ratios to average net assets:   
Expenses before fee waivers      0.10
Expenses after fee waivers      0.04
Net investment income      0.03
Supplemental data:   
Total investment return1      0.03
Net assets, end of year (000’s)      $1,377,088   

 

1 

The total investment return for the Master Funds is calculated using geometric average return. The Master Funds issue ownership interests, rather than shares, to the feeder funds. Individual investors invest only into the feeder funds. Feeder fund total investment return is calculated as described within the feeder fund financial highlights and may differ from geometric average return of the Master Fund.

 

2 

Waiver by advisor represents less than 0.005%.

 

 

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Years ended April 30,  
2015      2014      2013      2012  
        
        
  0.10      0.10      0.10      0.10
  0.04      0.07      0.10 %2       0.10 %2 
  0.01      0.01      0.06      0.06
        
  0.01      0.02      0.07      0.06
  $1,355,019         $1,391,038         $1,556,326         $1,160,792   

 

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

Organization and significant accounting policies

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund (each a “Master Fund”, collectively, the “Master Funds”) are each registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a diversified series of Master Trust, an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 12, 2007.

Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund, and Tax-Free Master Fund commenced operations on August 28, 2007. On August 28, 2007, Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund received substantially all of the net assets of UBS Select Prime Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Money Market Fund) and UBS Select Treasury Institutional Fund (then known as UBS Select Treasury Fund) (open-end registered investment companies affiliated with the Master Funds) in exchange for ownership interests in the respective Master Funds.

In the normal course of business the Master Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Master Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Master Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Master Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Master Trust accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each series. Expenses directly attributable to each series are charged to that series’ operations; expenses which are applicable to all series are allocated among them on a pro rata basis.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative US generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal

 

 

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laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. The Master Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Valuation of investments—Investments are valued at amortized cost unless Master Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Master Board”) determines that this does not represent fair value. Periodic review and monitoring of the valuation of securities held by the Master Funds is performed in an effort to ensure that amortized cost approximates market value.

US GAAP requires disclosure regarding the various inputs that are used in determining the value of each of the Master Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs, including but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risks.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs inclusive of each of the Master Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.

In accordance with US GAAP, a fair value hierarchy has been included near the end of each Master Fund’s Statement of net assets.

Repurchase agreements—The Master Funds may purchase securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer (or its affiliate), subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date (or upon demand) and price. The Master Funds maintain custody of the underlying obligations prior to their repurchase, either through their regular custodian or through a special “tri-party” custodian or sub-custodian that maintains a separate account for both the Master Funds and their counterparty. The underlying collateral is valued daily in an effort to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least

 

 

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equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, the Master Funds generally have the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. Repurchase agreements involving obligations other than US government securities (such as commercial paper, corporate bonds, equities and mortgage loans) may be subject to special risks and may not have the benefit of certain protections in the event of counterparty insolvency. Moreover, repurchase agreements secured by obligations that are not eligible for direct investment under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act or a fund’s investment strategies and limitations may require the Master Fund to promptly dispose of such collateral if the seller or guarantor becomes insolvent. If the seller (or seller’s guarantor, if any) becomes insolvent, the Master Funds may suffer delays, costs and possible losses in connection with the disposition or retention of the collateral. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. The Master Funds may participate in joint repurchase agreement transactions with other funds managed or advised by UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”). Prime Master Fund and Treasury Master Fund may engage in repurchase agreements as part of normal investing strategies; Tax-Free Master Fund generally would only engage in repurchase agreement transactions as temporary or defensive investments.

Under certain circumstances, a Master Fund may engage in a repurchase agreement transaction with a yield of zero in order to invest cash amounts remaining in its portfolio at the end of the day in order to avoid having the Master Fund potentially exposed to a fee for uninvested cash held in a business account at a bank.

Investment transactions and investment income—Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are calculated using the identified cost method. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized as adjustments to interest income and the identified cost of investments.

 

 

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Concentration of risk—The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Master Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments particular to a specific industry, country, state or region.

Investment advisor and administrator and other transactions with affiliates

The Master Funds’ Board has approved an investment advisory and administration contract (“Management Contract”) with respect to each Master Fund under which UBS AM serves as investment advisor and administrator. In accordance with the Management Contract, each Master Fund pays UBS AM an investment advisory and administration fee, which is accrued daily and paid monthly, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Average daily net assets    Annual rate  
Up to $30 billion      0.1000
In excess of $30 billion up to $40 billion      0.0975  
In excess of $40 billion up to $50 billion      0.0950  
In excess of $50 billion up to $60 billion      0.0925  
Over $60 billion      0.0900  

At April 30, 2016, Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund owed UBS AM $1,331,496, $934,156 and $111,451, respectively, for investment advisory and administration fees. In exchange for these fees, UBS AM has agreed to bear all of the Master Funds’ expenses other than taxes, extraordinary costs and the cost of securities purchased and sold by the Master Funds, including any transaction costs. Although UBS AM is not obligated to pay the fees and expenses of the Master Funds’ independent trustees, it is contractually obligated to reduce its management fee in an amount equal to those fees and expenses. UBS AM estimates that these fees and expenses will be less than 0.01% of each Master Fund’s average daily net assets. At April 30, 2016, UBS AM was obligated to reduce its management fees otherwise receivable by $34,287, $23,097 and $7,284 for the independent trustees fees payable by Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund, respectively. In

 

 

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addition, UBS AM has undertaken to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses in the event that the current Master Fund yields drop below a certain level. This additional undertaking is voluntary and not contractual and may be terminated at any time. For the year ended April 30, 2016, UBS AM voluntarily waived $1,493,991 and $919,256 for Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund, respectively, for that purpose; such amounts are not subject to future recoupment.

Until June 16, 2016, the Master Funds invested cash collateral from securities lending activities into an affiliated private money market fund, UBS Private Money Market Fund LLC (“Private Money Market”), which operated in compliance with most of the substantive provisions of Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Private Money Market was managed by UBS AM and was offered as a cash management option to mutual funds and certain other accounts managed by the Master Funds’ investment manager. UBS AM acted as managing member and received a management fee from Private Money Market payable monthly in arrears at the annual rate of 0.10% of Private Money Market’s average daily members’ equity, minus the aggregate operating expenses of, and incurred by, Private Money Market during each such related month, not including investment expenses (including brokerage commissions, taxes, interest charges and other costs with respect to transactions in securities) and extraordinary expenses including litigation expenses, if any. UBS AM could, in its sole discretion, waive all or any portion of the management fee to which it was entitled from time to time in order to maintain operating expenses or net yields at a certain level. Distributions received from Private Money Market, if any, net of fee rebates paid to borrowers, would have been reflected as securities lending income in the Statement of operations.

Additional information regarding compensation to affiliate of a board member

Professor Meyer Feldberg serves as a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions, resulting in him being an interested trustee of the Master Funds. The Master Funds have been informed that Professor Feldberg’s role at Morgan Stanley does not involve matters directly affecting any

 

 

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UBS funds. Portfolio transactions are executed through Morgan Stanley based on that firm’s ability to provide best execution of the transactions. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Master Funds purchased and sold certain securities (e.g., fixed income securities) in principal trades with Morgan Stanley, having aggregate values as follows:

 

Prime Master Fund    $ 224,831,933   
Treasury Master Fund      374,920,914   
Tax-Free Master Fund      88,108,600   

Morgan Stanley received compensation in connection with these trades, which may have been in the form of a “mark-up” or “mark-down” of the price of the securities, a fee from the issuer for maintaining a commercial paper program, or some other form of compensation. Although the precise amount of this compensation is not generally known by the Master Funds’ investment manager, it is believed that under normal circumstances it represents a small portion of the total value of the transactions.

Securities lending

Each Master Fund may lend securities up to 33 1/3% of its total assets to qualified broker-dealers or institutional investors. The loans are secured at all times by cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. A Master Fund will regain ownership of loaned securities to exercise certain beneficial rights; however, a Master Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower fail financially. A Master Fund receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash, US government securities or irrevocable letters of credit held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees. State Street Bank and Trust Company serves as the Master Funds’ lending agent. At April 30, 2016, the Master Funds did not have any securities on loan.

 

 

 

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Beneficial interest transactions

 

     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Prime Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 47,016,868,030      $ 46,715,500,630   
Withdrawals      (43,979,312,707     (48,376,312,339
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 3,037,555,323      $ (1,660,811,709
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Treasury Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 28,255,411,545      $ 25,098,121,478   
Withdrawals      (29,018,356,447     (24,974,593,785
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ (762,944,902   $ 123,527,693   
     For the years ended April 30,  
      2016     2015  
Tax-Free Master Fund                 
Contributions    $ 1,598,987,976      $ 1,679,665,637   
Withdrawals      (1,577,427,090     (1,715,865,095
Net increase (decrease) in beneficial interest    $ 21,560,886      $ (36,199,458

Federal tax status

Each Master Fund is considered a non-publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, no federal tax provision is necessary. As such, each investor in a Master Fund is treated as owning its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Fund. UBS AM intends that each Master Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that an investor in a Master Fund will be able to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by investing its net assets through the Master Fund.

ASC 740-10 “Income Taxes—Overall” sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken. The Funds have conducted an analysis and

 

 

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concluded, as of April 30, 2016, that there are no significant uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition in the financial statements. The Master Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of operations. During the year ended April 30, 2016, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the four year period ended April 30, 2016, remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

Regulatory Developments

The SEC amended certain regulations that govern money market funds registered under the 1940 Act. The most significant changes become mandatory in October 2016. The most significant change is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds move to a floating net asset value and change an accounting methodology that had been used for decades. In addition, all prime and municipal money market funds will be subject to potential redemption fees/gates under limited circumstances prescribed in the new regulations. Government, Treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds will continue to be permitted to transact at a stable price. The Master Funds’ registration statement has been supplemented with further information regarding the changes.

 

 

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Interest holders and Board of Trustees of Master Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund (three of the series comprising the Master Trust) (the “Trust”) as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Prime Master Fund, Treasury Master Fund and Tax-Free Master Fund at April 30, 2016, the results of their operations, the changes in their net

 

 

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assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Monthly and quarterly portfolio holdings disclosure

The Master Funds will file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Master Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC 0330. Additionally, you may obtain copies of Forms N-Q from the Master Funds upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

In addition, the Master Funds disclose, on a monthly basis: (a) a complete schedule of their portfolio holdings; and (b) information regarding their weighted average maturity and weighted average life on UBS’s Web site at the following internet address: www.ubs.com/usmoneymarketfunds. In addition, at this location, you will find a link to more detailed Fund information appearing in filings with the SEC on Form N-MFP. A more limited portfolio holdings report for Prime Master Fund is available on a weekly basis at the Web address noted in the Fund’s offering documents. The Web site referenced above also contains a variety of additional information regarding the Master Funds and certain of their feeder funds.

Proxy voting policies, procedures and record

You may obtain a description of each Master Fund’s (1) proxy voting policies, (2) proxy voting procedures and (3) information regarding how a Master Fund voted any proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent
12-month period ended June 30 for which an SEC filing has been made, without charge, upon request by contacting a Master Fund directly at 1-800-647-1568, online on UBS’s Web site: www.ubs.com/ubsam-proxy, or on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Web site (http://www.sec.gov).

 

 

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Board of Trustees & Officers

The Funds are governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees each Fund’s operations. Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board. The table below shows, for each trustee and officer, his or her name, address and age, the position held with the Trust, the length of time served as a trustee or officer of the Trust, the trustee’s or officer’s principal occupations during the last five years, the number of funds in the UBS fund complex overseen by the trustees or for which a person served as an officer, and other directorships held by the trustees.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-647 1568.

Interested Trustee

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years
Meyer Feldberg††; 74
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since 1998   Professor Feldberg is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, although on an extended leave of absence. He is also a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley (financial services) (since 2005). Professor Feldberg also served as president of New York City Global Partners (an organization located in part of the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York that promoted interaction with other cities around the world) (2007-2014). Prior to 2004, he was Dean and Professor of Management and Ethics of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University (since 1989).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Professor Feldberg is a director or trustee of 18 investment companies (consisting of 59 portfolios) for which UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (“UBS AM”) or one of its affiliates serves as investment advisor or manager.   Professor Feldberg is also a director of Macy’s, Inc. (operator of department stores), Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) and the New York City Ballet.

 

 

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Independent Trustees

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard Q. Armstrong; 80

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset

Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees   Since 1998 (Trustee); Since 2004 (Chairman of the Board of Trustees)   Mr. Armstrong is chairman and principal of R.Q.A. Enterprises (management consulting firm) (since 1991 and principal occupation since 1995). Mr. Armstrong was president or chairman of a number of packaged goods companies (responsible for such brands as Canada Dry, Dr. Pepper, Adirondack Beverages and Moët Hennessy, among many others) (from 1982 until 1995).

Alan S. Bernikow; 75

207 Benedict Ave.

Staten Island, NY 10314

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Bernikow is retired. Previously, he was deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche (international accounting and consulting firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Armstrong is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None
 
Mr. Bernikow is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Revlon, Inc. (cosmetics) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee and as the chair of the compensation committee), the lead director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (real estate investment trust) (and serves as the chair of its audit committee); and a director of Destination XL Group, Inc. (menswear) (and serves as a member of its nominating and corporate governance committee). He is also a director of Florida Community Bank, N.A. (and serves as the chair of its audit committee).

 

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

 

Name, address,

and age

  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
 and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

Richard R. Burt; 69

McLarty Associates

900 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20006

  Trustee   Since 1998   Mr. Burt is a managing director of McLarty Associates (a consulting firm) (since 2007). He was chairman of IEP Advisors (international investments and consulting firm) until 2009. Prior to 2007, he was chairman of Diligence Inc. (international information and risk management firm).

Bernard H. Garil; 75

6754 Casa Grande Way

Delray Beach, FL 33446

  Trustee   Since 2005   Mr. Garil is retired (since 2001). He was a managing director at PIMCO Advisory Services (from 1999 to 2001) where he served as president of closed-end funds and vice-president of the variable insurance product funds advised by OpCap Advisors (until 2001).

Heather R. Higgins; 56

c/o Keith A. Weller

Assistant Fund Secretary

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the

Americas

New York, NY 10019

  Trustee   Since 2005   Ms. Higgins is the president and director of The Randolph Foundation (charitable foundation) (since 1991). Ms. Higgins also serves (or had served) on the boards of several non-profit charitable groups, including the Independent Women’s Forum (chairman) and the Philanthropy Roundtable. She also serves on the board of the Hoover Institution (from 2001 to 2007 and since 2009).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund

complex overseen by trustee

  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Burt is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Burt is also a director of The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc., The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The New Germany Fund, Inc. (and serves as a member of each such fund’s audit, nominating and governance committees).
    
    
    
    
Mr. Garil is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS Global AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Garil is also a director of OFI Global Trust Company (commercial trust company), The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (voluntary health organization) and a trustee for the Brooklyn College Foundation, Inc. (charitable foundation).
    
    
Ms. Higgins is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   None

 

 

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Independent Trustees (concluded)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years

David Malpass; 60

Encima Global, LLC

645 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

  Trustee   Since 2014   Mr. Malpass is the president and founder of Encima Global, LLC (economic research and consulting) (since 2008). From 1993 until 2008, he was Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. (financial services firm).

 

 

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Number of portfolios in fund
complex overseen by trustee
  Other directorships held by trustee
Mr. Malpass is a director or trustee of 10 investment companies (consisting of 51 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.   Mr. Malpass is also a director of New Mountain Finance Corp. (business development company and serves as a member of its audit committee).

 

 

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Officers

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Joseph Allessie*; 50   Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2014 (Chief Compliance Officer)   Mr. Allessie is a managing director (since 2015) (prior to which he was an executive director) at UBS AM and UBS Asset Management (US) Inc. (collectively, “UBS AM—Americas region”). Mr. Allessie is head of compliance and operational risk control for the UBS Asset Management Division in the Americas with oversight for traditional and alternative investment businesses in Canada, the US and Cayman Islands. Prior to that he served as deputy general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2005 to 2014). Mr. Allessie is the chief compliance officer (prior to which he was interim chief compliance officer) (from January to July 2014)) and had served as a vice president and assistant secretary (from 2005 to 2016) of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Rose Ann
Bubloski*; 48
  Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2011   Ms. Bubloski is a director (since 2012) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2008 to 2012)) and senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She is vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Mark E. Carver*; 52   President   Since 2010   Mr. Carver is a managing director and head of product development and management for UBS AM—Americas region (since 2008). In this role, he oversees product development and management for both wholesale and institutional businesses. He is a member of the Americas Management Committee (since 2008) and the Regional Operating Committee (since 2008). Prior to 2008, Mr. Carver held a number of product-related or sales responsibilities with respect to funds, advisory programs and separately managed accounts. Mr. Carver is president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Lisa N. DiPaolo*; 38   Vice President   Since November 2015   Ms. DiPaolo is director (since 2008) and portfolio manager (since November 2015) at UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. DiPaolo joined UBS AM—Americas region in 2000 and has been a municipal securities analyst on the tax-free fixed income team. Ms. DiPaolo is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

 

Term of

office and

length of

time served

 

Principal occupation(s)

during past 5 years;

number of portfolios in

fund complex for which person
serves as officer

Thomas Disbrow*; 50   Vice President and Treasurer   Since 2000 (Vice President); Since 2004 (Treasurer)   Mr. Disbrow is a managing director (since 2011) (prior to which he was an executive director) (from 2007 to 2011) and global head of registered fund product control (since January 2016) (prior to which he was head of the North American fund treasury administration department of UBS AM—Americas region (from 2011-2015)). Mr. Disbrow is a vice president and treasurer and/or principal accounting officer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Elbridge T. Gerry III*; 59   Vice President   Since 1999   Mr. Gerry is a managing director and head of municipal fixed income of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2001). Mr. Gerry is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Mark F. Kemper**; 58   Vice President and Secretary   Since 2004   Mr. Kemper is a managing director (since 2006) and head of the legal department of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004). He has been secretary of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2004) and assistant secretary of UBS Asset Management Trust Company (since 1993). Mr. Kemper is vice president and secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joanne M. Kilkeary*; 48   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2004   Ms. Kilkeary is an executive director (since 2013) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2008)) and a senior manager (since 2004) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Kilkeary is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Cindy Lee*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2014   Ms. Lee is a director (since March 2016) (prior to which she was an associate director (from 2009 to 2016)) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
  Position(s)
held with
Trust
  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
 

Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person

serves as officer

Tammie Lee*; 45   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Ms. Lee is an executive director (since 2010) (prior to which she was a director) (since 2005)) and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Ms. Lee is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Joshua M. Lindauer*; 28   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since May 2016   Mr. Lindauer is an associate director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since May 2016). Prior to joining UBS AM—Americas region, Mr. Lindauer was an associate counsel at Fred Alger Management, Inc. (from 2015 to 2016) and a paralegal (from 2014 to 2015). From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindauer was a law student. Mr. Lindauer is a vice president and assistant secretary of 7 investment companies (consisting of 48 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
William T. MacGregor*; 40   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since September 2015   Mr. MacGregor is an executive director and deputy general counsel at UBS AM—Americas region. From June 2012 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Senior Vice President, Secretary and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC and from May 2008 through July 2015, Mr. MacGregor was Lead Director and Associate General Counsel of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. Mr. MacGregor is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Ryan Nugent*; 38   Vice President   Since 2009   Mr. Nugent is a director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an associate director) (since 2004)), portfolio manager (since 2005) and head of municipal trading (since 2013) of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Nugent is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 29 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
Nancy Osborn*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2007   Mrs. Osborn is a director (since 2010) (prior to which she was an associate director) and a senior manager of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2006). Mrs. Osborn is a vice president and assistant treasurer of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Robert Sabatino**; 42   Vice President   Since 2001   Mr. Sabatino is a managing director (since 2010) (prior to which he was an executive director) (since 2007), global head of liquidity, portfolio management (since 2015), head of US taxable money markets (2009 to 2015), and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region in the short duration fixed income group (since 2001). Mr. Sabatino is a vice president of four investment companies (consisting of 30 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Eric Sanders*; 50   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2005   Mr. Sanders is a director and associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005). Mr. Sanders is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (continued)

 

Name, address,
and age
 

Position(s)

held with
Trust

  Term of
office
and
length of
time served
  Principal occupation(s)
during past 5 years;
number of portfolios in
fund complex for which person
serves as officer
David Walczak**; 32   Vice President   Since February 2016   Mr. Walczak is an executive director (since January 2016), head of US taxable money markets (since January 2016) and portfolio manager of UBS AM—Americas region. Mr. Walczak is a vice president of five investment companies (consisting of 45 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Keith A. Weller*; 54   Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 1998   Mr. Weller is an executive director and senior associate general counsel of UBS AM—Americas region (since 2005) and has been an attorney with affiliated entities since 1995. Mr. Weller is a vice president and assistant secretary of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.
Mandy Yu*, 32   Vice President   Since 2013   Ms. Yu is an associate director (since 2015) (prior to which she was an authorized officer (since 2012)) and tax compliance manager (since 2013) of registered fund product control of UBS AM—Americas region. She was a fund treasury manager (from 2012 to 2013) and a mutual fund administrator (from 2007 to 2012) for UBS AM—Americas region. Ms. Yu is a vice president of 14 investment companies (consisting of 82 portfolios) for which UBS AM serves as investment advisor or manager.

 

 

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Officers  (concluded)

 

* This person’s business address is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6028.

 

** This person’s business address is One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

Each trustee serves an indefinite term of office. Officers of the Fund are appointed by the trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

†† Professor Feldberg is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) because he is a senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm with which the Master Funds may conduct transactions.

 

 

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Trustees

    

Richard Q. Armstrong

Chairman

 

Alan S. Bernikow

 

Richard R. Burt

    

Meyer Feldberg

 

Bernard H. Garil

 

Heather R. Higgins

 

David Malpass

Principal Officers

    

Mark E. Carver

President

 

Mark F. Kemper

Vice President and Secretary

 

Elbridge T. Gerry III

Vice President

    

Thomas Disbrow

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Robert Sabatino

Vice President

 

Lisa M. DiPaolo

Vice President

 

David Walczak

Vice President

Administrator (and Manager for the Master Funds)

UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

Principal Underwriter (for the feeder funds)

UBS Asset Management (US) Inc.

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6028

 

 

This report is not to be used in connection with the offering of shares of the Funds unless accompanied or preceded by an effective prospectus.

©UBS 2016. All rights reserved.


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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (The registrant has designated the code of ethics adopted pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley as a “Code of Conduct” to lessen the risk of confusion with its separate code of ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.)

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board has determined that the following person serving on the registrant’s Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in item 3 of Form N-CSR: Alan S. Bernikow. Mr. Bernikow is independent as defined in item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

  (a) Audit Fees:

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, the aggregate Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) audit fees for professional services rendered to the registrant were approximately $297,269 and $262,694, respectively.

Fees included in the audit fees category are those associated with the annual audits of financial statements and services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

 

  (b) Audit-Related Fees:

In each of the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, the aggregate audit-related fees billed by E&Y for services rendered to the registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audits of the financial statements, but not reported as audit fees, were approximately $38,350 and $43,378, respectively.

Fees included in the audit-related fees category are those associated with (1) the reading and providing of comments on the 2015 and 2014 semiannual financial statements and (2) review of the consolidated 2014 and 2013 reports on the profitability of the UBS Funds to UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. and its affiliates to assist the board members in their annual advisory/administration contract and service/distribution plan reviews.

There were no audit-related fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X during the fiscal years indicated above.

 

  (c) Tax Fees:


In each of the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, the aggregate tax fees billed by E&Y for professional services rendered to the registrant were approximately $140,855 and $170,925, respectively.

Fees included in the tax fees category comprise all services performed by professional staff in the independent accountant’s tax division except those services related to the audits. This category comprises fees for review of tax compliance, tax return preparation and excise tax calculations.

There were no tax fees required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X during the fiscal years indicated above.

 

  (d) All Other Fees:

In each of the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, there were no fees billed by E&Y for products and services, other than the services reported in Item 4(a)-(c) above, rendered to the registrant.

Fees included in the all other fees category would consist of services related to internal control reviews, strategy and other consulting, financial information systems design and implementation, consulting on other information systems, and other tax services unrelated to the registrant.

There were no “all other fees” required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X during the fiscal years indicated above.

 

  (e)    (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The registrant’s Audit Committee (“audit committee”) has adopted an “Audit Committee Charter (Amended and Restated as of May 12, 2004 – with revisions through May 2016)” (the “charter”). The charter contains the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures. Reproduced below is an excerpt from the charter regarding pre-approval policies and procedures:

The [audit]Committee shall:

 

 

  2.

Pre-approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services1 to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to UBS AM and any Covered Service Providers, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. In carrying out this responsibility, the Committee shall seek periodically from UBS AM and from the independent auditors a list of such audit and permissible non-audit services that can be expected to be rendered to the Fund, UBS AM or any Covered Service Providers by the Fund’s independent auditors, and an estimate of the fees sought to be paid in connection with such services. The Committee has delegated its responsibility to pre-approve any such audit and permissible non-audit services not exceeding $100,000 (excluding reasonable out-of-pocket expenses) on an annual basis to the Chairperson. All such pre-approvals will be reported to the full Committee on a quarterly basis at the Committee’s next regularly scheduled meeting after the pre-approval. The Committee may not delegate to management its responsibility to pre-approve services to be performed by the independent auditor. Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Committee or the


 

Chairperson will be submitted by both the Fund’s independent auditors and the Fund’s Treasurer or other designated Fund officer and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with SEC rules on auditor independence. From year to year, the Committee shall report to the Board whether this system of pre-approval has been effective and efficient or whether this Charter should be amended to allow for pre-approval pursuant to such policies and procedures as the Committee shall approve, including the delegation of some or all of the Committee’s pre-approval responsibilities to other persons (other than UBS AM or the Fund’s officers).

 

 

1 The Committee will not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may taint the independence of the auditors. Currently, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services) that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment advisor or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.

Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, UBS AM and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with UBS AM that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors (during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided) by (a) the Fund, (b) UBS AM and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with UBS AM that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

 

  (e) (2) Services approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

Audit-Related Fees:


There were no amounts that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant.

There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant’s service providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

Tax Fees:

There were no amounts that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant.

There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant’s service providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

All Other Fees:

There were no amounts that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant.

There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the audit committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015 on behalf of the registrant’s service providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

 

  (f) For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, if greater than 50%, specify the percentage of hours spent on the audit of the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons who are not full-time, permanent employees of E&Y. According to E&Y, such amount was below 50%; therefore, disclosure item not applicable for this filing.

 

  (g) For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2016 and April 30, 2015, the aggregate fees billed by E&Y of $481,252 and $488,530, respectively, for non-audit services rendered on behalf of the registrant (“covered”), its investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser (“non-covered”) that provides (or provided during the relevant fiscal period) services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant is shown in the table below:

 

    

2016

    

2015

 

Covered Services

   $ 179,205       $ 214,303   

Non-Covered Services

     302,047         274,227   

 

  (h)

The registrant’s audit committee was not required to consider whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or


 

overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 6. Investments.

(a) 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.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The registrant’s Board has established a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider nominees recommended by shareholders if a vacancy occurs among those board members who are not “interested persons” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In order to recommend a nominee, a shareholder should send a letter to the chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Richard R. Burt, care of the Secretary of the registrant at UBS Asset Management, UBS Building, One North Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, Attn: Mark Kemper, Secretary, and indicate on the envelope “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.” The shareholder’s letter should state the nominee’s name and should include the nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae, and must be accompanied by a written consent of the individual to stand for election if nominated for the Board and to serve if elected by shareholders.


Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and 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, 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)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

  (a)

(1) Code of Ethics as required pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (and designated by registrant as a “Code of Conduct”) is filed herewith as Exhibit EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

  (a)

(2) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT.

 

  (a)

(3) Written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons – not applicable to the registrant.

 

  (b)

Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.906CERT.

 

  (c)

Disclosure pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.IRANNOTICE.


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.

 

UBS Money Series
By:   /s/ Mark E. Carver
  Mark E. Carver
  President
Date:   July 8, 2016

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/ Mark E. Carver
  Mark E. Carver
  President
Date:   July 8, 2016
By:   /s/ Thomas Disbrow
  Thomas Disbrow
  Vice President and Treasurer
Date:   July 8, 2016