N-CSR 1 d16977dncsr.htm CAUSEWAY EMERGING MARKETS FUND Causeway Emerging Markets Fund

 

 

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 811-10467

 

 

Causeway Capital Management Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, 15th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

SEI Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-866-947-7000

Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2015

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2015

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Letter to Shareholders

     2   

Schedule of Investments

     6   

Sector Diversification

     13   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     14   

Statement of Operations

     15   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     16   

Financial Highlights

     18   

Notes to Financial Statements

     20   

Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

     28   

Notice to Shareholders

     29   

Trustees and Officers Information

     30   

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

     33   

Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of
Investment Advisory Agreement

     35   


LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, Causeway Emerging Markets Fund’s (the “Fund’s”) Institutional Class returned -16.94% and Investor Class returned -17.17%, compared to -18.98% for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Gross) (“EM Index”). Since the Fund’s inception on March 30, 2007, its average annual total returns are 2.29% for the Institutional Class and 2.14% for the Investor Class, compared to 0.94% for the EM Index. At fiscal year-end, the Fund had net assets of $2.0 billion.

Performance Review

Emerging markets equities fell sharply over the fiscal year. Stability in US economic growth contrasted sharply with weak growth expectations in China, tempering expectations of a global economic upswing. Hungary was the only country in the EM Index to post positive performance during the fiscal year. Following that, many of the remaining best performing markets were in the emerging Asia region, including China and the Philippines. The weakest performing markets in the EM Index included Greece, Colombia, and Brazil. Not surprisingly, Greece was the worst performing market during the fiscal year, as fears of its exit from the Eurozone nearly reached a tipping point. From a sector perspective, nearly every sector experienced losses in double-digit territory, led by weak performance in the energy, materials, and utilities sectors. Health care, while still negative, was the strongest performing sector and the only sector to post single-digit negative performance. It was followed by the information technology and consumer staples sectors.

We use a combination of stock-specific factors and top-down analysis to rank the stocks in our investable universe. Our alpha (return in excess of the EM Index) forecasting factors played a critical role navigating the markets over the fiscal year. With the exception of our sector factor, every other factor posted positive performance relative to the EM Index during the fiscal year — led by strong relative performance from our macroeconomic, currency, and earnings growth factors. Our bottom-up value factors, which have the greatest influence on our stock ranking process, also finished the fiscal year with positive performance. In addition to the previously-mentioned earnings growth factor strength, the technical indicators factor augmented the generally flat relative returns from our value factor. Over the period, particularly in down markets, investors focused on the health of developing economies, preferring characteristics favored by our macroeconomic factors: current account surpluses, low real interest rates and robust fiscal positions. Our currency factors helped reduce the Fund’s exposure to high-inflation currencies that are sensitive to external shocks. Lastly, our country factor performance was also accretive to relative performance.

Stock selection drove the Fund’s excess return compared to the EM Index. Holdings in China, Brazil, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia were the top country-level contributors to relative return. Holdings in South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Philippines, and the Czech Republic detracted from relative performance. From a sector perspective, the top contributors to relative outperformance were positions in the industrials, materials, and financials sectors. Holdings in the information technology and utilities

 

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sectors, as well as an overweight position in the energy sector, detracted from relative performance. The top individual contributors to performance relative to the EM Index were overweight positions in construction group, China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (China), transportation systems construction company, China Railway Group Ltd. (China), and technology design & manufacturing company, Pegatron Corp. (Taiwan). The top detractor from relative performance was an underweight position in internet gaming company, Tencent Holdings (China). Overweight positions in bank, Banco do Brasil SA (Brazil) and state-owned oil & gas company, PTT Public Company (Thailand) also detracted.

Significant Portfolio Changes

At the country level, over the past year the Fund increased its overweight position compared to the EM Index to South Korea, China, and Mexico. South Korean companies have been exhibiting positive price momentum, while the earnings growth of companies in Mexico has been improving. In addition, the Fund increased its active weight (difference between Fund exposure and EM Index exposure) in China largely due to a switch back into Chinese-listed Tencent Holdings from South-African listed Naspers (which holds a large stake in Tencent Holdings) in an effort to mitigate currency risk associated with the South African Rand. We are more cautious about investment opportunities in South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand, and as such, have reduced the Fund’s active weight in these markets. In addition to the previously-mentioned currency risk, South African equities performed relatively well over the last year, leading to deteriorating valuation opportunities for the Fund. Equities in Taiwan and Thailand suffered from deteriorating earnings growth and weak price momentum, respectively.

We increased the Fund’s active exposure to the energy and industrials sectors over the year, as the earnings growth characteristics of stocks in these sectors appeared to be reaching a cyclical trough. We reduced the Fund’s active exposure to the consumer discretionary and materials sectors, where poor valuation and momentum were negatively impacting expectations for positive performance.

Investment Outlook

Recent underperformance of companies with earnings especially sensitive to economic growth has sustained a substantial valuation gap between “cheap” cyclical and more “expensive” defensive stocks. This past summer, the fear trade appeared to reach an extreme, as Chinese domestic equities swooned like the proverbial canary in a coal mine. Even the mine itself looks imperiled. We appear to have a more sanguine view of global gross domestic product (GDP) than market consensus, and we have found the overwhelmingly greatest upside potential in companies with economically cyclical earnings. We believe that diversified alpha exposure is paramount to delivering excess return throughout market cycles, particularly as investor risk tolerances adjust to reflect changing liquidity conditions. The Fund’s use of multiple alpha-ranking factors is a hallmark of our investment process. Diversification of alpha sources should benefit the Fund’s risk-adjusted long-term returns across changing market regimes. Our one-year expectations currently include a modestly rising level of global demand for crude oil, a concerted effort

 

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to boost fiscal spending by the Chinese government, and a resulting bottoming of most commodity prices. We believe that equity markets will discount a return to reflation many months before such improvement is reflected in the actual economic data.

We thank you for your continued confidence in Causeway Emerging Markets Fund, and look forward to serving you in the future.

September 30, 2015

 

LOGO   LOGO   LOGO
Arjun Jayaraman   MacDuff Kuhnert   Joseph Gubler
Portfolio Manager   Portfolio Manager   Portfolio Manager

The above commentary expresses the portfolio managers’ views as of the date shown and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. These views are subject to change. There is no guarantee that any forecasts made will come to pass.

Investing involves risk including loss of principal. In addition to the normal risks associated with investing, international investments may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuation in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles or from economic or political instability in other nations. Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume. Diversification does not prevent all investment losses.

 

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Comparison of Change in the Value of a $10,000 Investment in Causeway Emerging Markets Fund, Investor Class shares versus the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Gross)

 

LOGO

The performance in the above graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemptions of Fund shares.

* The inception date of Causeway Emerging Markets Fund was March 30, 2007. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Gross) inception to date return is from March 30, 2007.

The performance data represents past performance and is not an indication of future results. Investment return and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth less than their original cost and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-866-947-7000 or visit www.causewayfunds.com. Investment performance reflects contractual fee waivers during certain periods. In the absence of such fee waivers, total return would be reduced. Total returns assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions at net asset value when paid. Investor Class shares pay a shareholder service fee of up to 0.25% per annum of average daily net assets. Institutional Class shares pay no shareholder service fee. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund’s gross ratios of expenses in relation to net assets were 1.19% and 1.46% for the Institutional Class and Investor Class, respectively. The Fund imposes a 2% redemption fee on the value of shares redeemed less than 60 days after purchase. If your account incurred a redemption fee, your performance will be lower than the performance shown here. For more information, please see the prospectus.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Gross) (the “Index”) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index, designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets, consisting of 23 emerging country indices. The Index is gross of withholding taxes, assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and does not reflect the payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses associated with an investment in the Fund. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. There are special risks in foreign investing (please see Note 5 in the Notes to Financial Statements).

MSCI has not approved, reviewed or produced this report, makes no express or implied warranties or representations, and is not liable whatsoever for any data in this report. You may not redistribute the MSCI data or use it as a basis for other indices or investment products.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)*

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  

COMMON STOCK

       
Brazil — 2.8%                

Banco do Brasil SA

     4,776,500         $ 18,109   

JBS SA

     7,222,600           30,588   

Light SA

     793,700           2,320   

Porto Seguro SA

     604,200           4,572   
       

 

 

 
          55,589   
       

 

 

 
China — 23.3%                

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

     10,294,000           5,374   

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

     73,597,000           31,738   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H

     19,514,000           11,363   

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd., Class H

     16,006,000           19,855   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

     74,187,000           49,507   

China Lumena New Materials Corp.1,2,3

     10,564,000             

China Mobile Ltd. ADR

     1,092,300           64,992   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H

     49,146,000           30,104   

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd., Class H

     13,473,000           19,931   

China Railway Group Ltd., Class H

     20,775,000           18,975   

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co. Ltd.2

     17,058,000           12,868   

Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., Class H

     15,950,000           6,055   

FerroChina Ltd.1,2,3

     258,000             

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd., Class H

     8,926,000           8,121   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Class H

     17,258,000           9,970   

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR2

     1,473,200           11,491   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     10,228,500           6,755   

NetEase Inc. ADR

     202,200           24,288   

PetroChina Co. Ltd., Class H

     11,910,000           8,294   

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H

     17,528,000           34,332   

Poly Property Group Co. Ltd.

     12,595,000           3,483   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H

     6,007,900           12,592   

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

     3,937,000           5,949   

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd.1,4

     4,433,000           1,097   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (continued)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  
China — (continued)                

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     16,124,000         $ 10,975   

TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd.

     5,499,000           3,969   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     2,095,800           35,328   

Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H

     9,888,000           10,801   
       

 

 

 
          458,207   
       

 

 

 
Czech Republic — 0.7%                

CEZ AS

     629,691           13,098   
       

 

 

 
India — 10.7%                

Ashok Leyland Ltd.2

     11,749,527           16,610   

Bank of Baroda

     6,639,429           18,692   

Cairn India Ltd.

     2,390,538           5,616   

Ceat Ltd.

     569,915           11,163   

Cipla Ltd.

     1,778,150           17,262   

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

     345,149           21,949   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     1,127,641           16,911   

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

     1,535,410           18,109   

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

     393,999           4,780   

Lupin Ltd.

     503,567           15,634   

NMDC Ltd.

     3,105,910           4,414   

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

     3,524,210           12,392   

Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd.

     3,395,976           14,226   

Sintex Industries Ltd.

     6,736,523           10,847   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     430,403           1,958   

Tata Motors Ltd. ADR2

     319,900           7,198   

UPL Ltd.

     1,662,562           11,651   
       

 

 

 
          209,412   
       

 

 

 
Indonesia — 0.4%                

Adhi Karya Persero Tbk PT

     17,431,200           2,686   

Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

     12,587,900           4,738   
       

 

 

 
          7,424   
       

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (continued)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  
Malaysia — 0.4%                

IJM Corp. Berhad

     6,444,800         $ 4,721   

UMW Holdings Bhd

     1,901,100           3,250   
       

 

 

 
          7,971   
       

 

 

 
Mexico — 4.2%                

Alfa SAB de CV, Class A

     9,622,100           18,715   

America Movil SAB de CV, Class L ADR

     1,091,100           18,058   

Arca Continental SAB de CV

     2,224,500           12,527   

Gruma SAB de CV, Class B

     1,073,600           14,766   

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

     7,316,600           16,546   

Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV5

     1,730,473           2,187   
       

 

 

 
          82,799   
       

 

 

 
Philippines — 0.8%                

Megaworld Corp.

     44,584,400           4,173   

Universal Robina Corp.

     2,919,100           12,002   
       

 

 

 
          16,175   
       

 

 

 
Poland — 3.5%                

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA

     2,815,343           10,003   

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA

     1,798,799           31,407   

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

     240,310           24,674   

Tauron Polska Energia SA

     4,142,860           3,578   
       

 

 

 
          69,662   
       

 

 

 
Qatar — 1.0%                

Barwa Real Estate Co.

     652,027           7,670   

Commercial Bank QSC

     305,542           4,740   

Industries Qatar QSC

     190,384           6,445   
       

 

 

 
          18,855   
       

 

 

 
Russia — 4.3%                

Gazprom PAO ADR

     4,123,961           16,638   

Lukoil PJSC ADR

     521,193           17,752   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (continued)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  
Russia — (continued)                

PhosAgro OAO GDR

     740,617         $ 10,247   

Sberbank of Russia ADR

     2,713,210           13,435   

Surgutneftegas OAO ADR

     2,536,071           12,977   

Tatneft PAO ADR

     453,974           12,731   
       

 

 

 
          83,780   
       

 

 

 
South Africa — 6.0%                

Barloworld Ltd.

     903,115           4,929   

FirstRand Ltd.

     9,727,421           34,566   

MMI Holdings Ltd.

     4,181,279           7,195   

Netcare Ltd.

     3,792,863           9,959   

Redefine Properties Ltd.5

     19,825,042           16,757   

Sibanye Gold Ltd.

     3,439,131           3,909   

Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd.

     2,257,468           13,862   

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     2,760,205           27,456   
       

 

 

 
          118,633   
       

 

 

 
South Korea — 17.4%                

BNK Financial Group Inc.

     947,313           10,984   

CJ Corp.

     49,021           10,947   

Daesang Corp.

     238,872           6,229   

e-LITECOM Co. Ltd.

     184,508           3,239   

Hanwha Corp.

     328,367           10,815   

Hyosung Corp.

     215,309           20,567   

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

     338,756           8,643   

KB Financial Group Inc.

     1,099,086           32,670   

Kia Motors Corp.

     713,548           32,346   

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

     344,956           19,870   

Korea Electric Power Corp.

     1,025,228           42,269   

KT&G Corp.

     238,300           22,440   

LG Display Co. Ltd.

     266,258           5,083   

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.

     1,649,064           13,942   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     58,426           56,057   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (continued)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  
South Korea — (continued)                

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

     41,122         $ 8,488   

SK Hynix Inc.

     330,237           9,418   

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

     13,574           3,011   

SK Telecom Co. Ltd. ADR

     827,100           20,181   

Tovis Co. Ltd.

     438,461           3,670   
       

 

 

 
          340,869   
       

 

 

 
Taiwan — 12.8%                

Asustek Computer Inc.

     841,300           7,234   

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.

     1,994,596           4,611   

Compal Electronics Inc.

     12,300,316           6,987   

Coretronic Corp.

     3,726,000           3,373   

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     18,598,000           29,114   

HON HAI Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

     17,626,294           46,048   

Innolux Corp.

     16,627,000           5,207   

Inventec Corp.

     12,347,000           5,883   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     10,173,246           9,372   

Merida Industry Co. Ltd.

     904,907           4,887   

Pegatron Corp.

     13,449,000           32,914   

Pou Chen Corp.

     9,183,000           13,814   

Powertech Technology Inc.

     6,467,000           11,715   

President Chain Store Corp.

     825,000           5,145   

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd.

     4,242,000           5,288   

Taiwan PCB Techvest Co. Ltd.

     3,698,000           3,857   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR

     1,364,700           28,318   

TTY Biopharm Co. Ltd.

     2,935,000           8,567   

WPG Holdings Ltd.

     6,562,000           6,339   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     31,959,850           11,883   
       

 

 

 
          250,556   
       

 

 

 
Thailand — 2.3%                

Bangchak Petroleum PCL

     5,083,500           4,811   

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL

     10,484,100           5,355   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (continued)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund        
Number of Shares
       Value  
Thailand — (continued)                

PTT PCL

     3,506,900         $ 23,283   

Sansiri PCL

     181,951,166           8,547   

Thanachart Capital PCL

     4,206,200           3,682   
       

 

 

 
          45,678   
       

 

 

 
Turkey — 3.9%                

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

     7,065,505           8,722   

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS

     372,396           3,980   

TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS

     1,256,273           9,871   

Tekfen Holding AS

     4,575,573           6,328   

Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

     1,169,496           28,664   

Turk Hava Yollari AO2

     6,320,824           16,676   

Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS

     123,873           3,001   
       

 

 

 
          77,242   
       

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates — 1.3%                

Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC

     6,323,747           11,576   

First Gulf Bank PJSC

     3,570,564           13,582   
       

 

 

 
          25,158   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

       

(Cost $2,173,968) — 95.8%

          1,881,108   
       

 

 

 

PREFERENCE STOCK

       
Brazil — 2.2%                

Bradespar SA

     2,061,100           4,299   

Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo

     1,075,000           4,119   

Cia Paranaense de Energia

     763,600           6,306   

Itausa – Investimentos Itau SA

     10,653,910           19,188   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Class A ADR2

     2,725,800           10,031   
       

 

 

 
          43,943   
       

 

 

 
South Korea — 0.2%                

LG Chemical Ltd.

     16,953           2,730   
       

 

 

 

Total Preference Stock

       

(Cost $81,209) — 2.4%

          46,673   
       

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (000)* (concluded)

September 30, 2015

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund   

Number of

Shares/Warrants

       Value  

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     77,031         $ 3,073   

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     334,081           10,951   

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

     197,676           6,541   
       

 

 

 

Total Exchange Traded Funds

       

(Cost $21,344) — 1.1%

          20,565   
       

 

 

 

WARRANT

       

Sansiri PCL, Expires 11/24/20172

     14,133,566           74   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrant

  

    

(Cost $0) — 0.0%

          74   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

       

Dreyfus Cash Management,
Institutional Class, 0.050%
**

     12,525,888           12,526   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment

  

    

(Cost $12,526) — 0.6%

          12,526   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.9%

  

    

(Cost $2,289,047)

          1,960,946   
       

 

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%

  

       2,134   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

     $ 1,963,080   
       

 

 

 
* Except for share data.
** The rate reported is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2015.
1 Securities considered illiquid. The total market value of such securities as of September 30, 2015 was $1,097 (000) and represented 0.1% of net assets.
2 Non-income producing security.
3 Security is fair valued at zero due to company’s insolvency.
4 Security fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee designated by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of such securities as of September 30, 2015 was $1,097 (000) and represented 0.1% of net assets.
5 Real Estate Investment Trust.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
ETF Exchange Traded Fund
FTSE Financial Times London Stock Exchange
GDR Global Depositary Receipt

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or are rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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SECTOR DIVERSIFICATION

 

As of September 30, 2015, the sector diversification was as follows (Unaudited):

 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund      Common
Stock
       Preference
Stock
       % of
Net Assets
 

Financials

       25.4%           1.0%           26.4%   

Information Technology

       17.6          0.0          17.6  

Energy

       10.7          0.5          11.2  

Industrials

       10.7          0.0          10.7  

Telecommunication Services

       6.8          0.0          6.8  

Consumer Staples

       6.4          0.0          6.4  

Health Care

       5.4          0.0          5.4  

Consumer Discretionary

       5.3          0.0          5.3  

Utilities

       3.9          0.5          4.4  

Materials

       3.6          0.4          4.0  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total        95.8          2.4          98.2  
Exchange Traded Funds                  1.1   
              

 

 

 
Warrant                  0.0   
              

 

 

 
Short-Term Investment                  0.6   
              

 

 

 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities                  0.1   
              

 

 

 
Net Assets                  100.0%   
              

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (000)*

 

       CAUSEWAY EMERGING
MARKETS FUND
 
        9/30/15  

ASSETS:

    

Investments at Value (Cost $2,289,047)

     $ 1,960,946   

Receivable for Fund Shares Sold

       15,585   

Receivable for Dividends

       6,483   

Receivable for Investment Securities Sold

       2,045   

Foreign Currency (Cost $724)

       725   

Receivable for Tax Reclaims

       25   

Prepaid Expenses

       11   

Unrealized Appreciation on Spot Foreign Currency Contracts

       5   
    

 

 

 

Total Assets

       1,985,825   
    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

    

Payable for Investment Securities Purchased

       12,842   

Payable for Fund Shares Redeemed

       6,314   

Payable Due to Adviser

       1,584   

Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

       1,036   

Payable for Shareholder Services Fees — Investor Class

       123   

Payable Due to Administrator

       49   

Payable for Trustees’ Fees

       18   

Unrealized Depreciation on Spot Foreign Currency Contracts

       5   

Other Accrued Expenses

       774   
    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       22,745   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 1,963,080   
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS:

    

Paid-in Capital (unlimited authorization — no par value)

     $ 2,294,492   

Undistributed Net Investment Income

       25,448   

Accumulated Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions

       (27,633

Net Unrealized Depreciation on Investments

       (328,101

Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

       (1,036

Net Unrealized Depreciation on Foreign Currencies and Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

       (90
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 1,963,080   
    

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share (based on net assets of
$1,348,772,811 ÷ 134,934,105 shares) — Institutional Class

       $10.00   
    

 

 

 

Net Asset Value Per Share (based on net assets of
$614,307,146 ÷ 61,035,166 shares) — Investor Class

       $10.06   
    

 

 

 

 

* Except for Net Asset Value data.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (000)

 

       CAUSEWAY EMERGING
MARKETS FUND
 
        10/01/14 to
9/30/15
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

    

Dividend Income (net of foreign taxes withheld of $5,647)

     $ 47,773   
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

       47,773   
    

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

    

Investment Advisory Fees

       14,166   

Custodian Fees

       1,654   

Shareholder Service Fees — Investor Class

       599   

Administration Fees

       447   

Registration Fees

       143   

Transfer Agent Fees

       130   

Professional Fees

       86   

Trustees’ Fees

       60   

Line of Credit

       43   

Income Tax(1)

       33   

Printing Fees

       23   

Pricing Fees

       17   

Other Fees

       49   
    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

       17,450   
    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

       30,323   
    

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions:

    

Net Realized Loss on Investments(2)

       (12,072

Net Realized Loss from Foreign Currency Transactions

       (1,648

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments

       (358,002

Net Change in Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

       1,006   

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Foreign Currency and Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currency

       (9
    

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions

       (370,725
    

 

 

 
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations      $ (340,402
    

 

 

 

 

(1) See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(2) Includes realized gains as a result of an in-kind redemption (see Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     15   


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (000)

 

       CAUSEWAY EMERGING
MARKETS FUND
 
        10/01/14 to
9/30/15
       10/01/13 to
9/30/14
 

OPERATIONS:

         

Net Investment Income

     $ 30,323         $ 14,328   

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

       (12,072        5,910   

Net Realized Loss from Foreign Currency Transactions

       (1,648        (1,065

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

       (358,002        18,979   

Net Change in Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

       1,006           (1,930

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Foreign Currency and Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currency

       (9        (82
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

       (340,402        36,140   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

         

Dividends from Net Investment Income:

         

Institutional Class

       (22,262        (3,949

Investor Class

       (1,098        (312
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Dividends from Net Investment Income

       (23,360        (4,261
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Capital Share Transactions(1)(2)

       1,406,461           636,736   

Redemption Fees(3)

       66           40   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

       1,042,765           668,655   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS:

         

Beginning of Year

       920,315           251,660   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of Year

     $ 1,963,080         $ 920,315   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Undistributed Net Investment Income

     $ 25,448         $ 14,700   
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes redemptions as a result of an in-kind transfer of securities (see Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(2) See Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements.
(3) See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For the fiscal years ended September 30,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Fiscal Years

 

                 
      Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Year ($)
     Net
Investment
Income ($)
         
    
Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)  on
Investments ($)
     Total
from
Operations ($)
     Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income ($)
     Distributions
from
Capital
Gains ($)
     Total
Dividends
and
Distributions ($)
     Redemption
Fees ($)
 

CAUSEWAY EMERGING MARKETS FUND†

  

Institutional

  

                    

2015

     12.33         0.24         (2.29      (2.05      (0.28              (0.28      (1) 

2014

     11.65         0.28         0.51         0.79         (0.11              (0.11        

2013

     11.19         0.24         0.50         0.74         (0.28              (0.28        

2012

     9.39         0.28         1.62         1.90         (0.10              (0.10        

2011

     11.07         0.26         (1.68      (1.42      (0.26              (0.26        

Investor

  

                    

2015

     12.40         0.29         (2.39      (2.10      (0.24              (0.24      (1) 

2014

     11.72         0.23         0.53         0.76         (0.08              (0.08        

2013

     11.26         0.20         0.51         0.71         (0.25              (0.25        

2012

     9.45         0.26         1.63         1.89         (0.08              (0.08        

2011

     11.14         0.30         (1.75      (1.45      (0.25              (0.25      0.01   

 

(1) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
 † Per share amounts calculated using average shares method.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Net Asset
Value, End
of Year ($)
    Total
Return (%)
    Net Assets,
End of
Year
($000)
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets (%)
    Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net  Assets
(Excluding
Waivers and
Reimburse-
ments) (%)
    Ratio
of Net
Investment
Income
to Average
Net Assets  (%)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate (%)
 
           
           
  10.00        (16.94     1,348,773        1.19        1.19        2.06        100   
  12.33        6.84        852,202        1.20        1.20        2.31        112   
  11.65        6.54        211,572        1.30        1.30        2.09        95   
  11.19        20.36        102,810        1.35        1.43        2.61        74   
  9.39        (13.33     53,748        1.35        1.59        2.25        95   
           
  10.06        (17.17     614,307        1.46        1.46        2.55        100   
  12.40        6.55        68,113        1.45        1.45        1.89        112   
  11.72        6.28        40,088        1.55        1.55        1.69        95   
  11.26        20.10        34,598        1.55        1.63        2.46        74   
  9.45        (13.41     27,027        1.55        1.78        2.52        95   

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     19   


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1.   Organization

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) is a series of Causeway Capital Management Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and is a Delaware statutory trust that was established on August 10, 2001. The Fund began operations on March 30, 2007. The Fund is authorized to offer two classes of shares, the Institutional Class and the Investor Class. The Declaration of Trust authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund. The Fund is diversified. The Fund’s prospectus provides a description of the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and strategies. The Trust has five additional series, the financial statements of which are presented separately.

 

2.   Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements – The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. The Fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of net assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation – Except as described below, securities listed on a securities exchange (except the NASDAQ

Stock Market (“NASDAQ”)) or Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) for which market quotations are available) are valued at the last reported sale price as of the close of regular trading on each business day, or, if there is no such reported sale, at the last reported bid price for long positions. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. Securities listed on multiple exchanges or OTC markets are valued on the exchange or OTC market considered by the Fund to be the primary market. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates. Prices for most securities held in the Fund are provided daily by recognized independent pricing agents. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent pricing agent, the Fund seeks to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker. Investments in the Dreyfus Cash Management money market fund are valued daily at the net asset value per share.

Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with fair value pricing procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Fund’s fair value pricing procedures are implemented through a fair value committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using fair value pricing procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been delisted from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; or the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price. When the Committee values a security in accordance with the fair value pricing procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.

The Fund uses a third party vendor to fair value certain non-U.S. securities if there is a movement in the U.S.

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

market that exceeds thresholds established by the Committee. The vendor provides fair values for foreign securities based on factors and methodologies involving, generally, tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Fund discloses fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The

objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The guidance establishes three levels of fair value hierarchy as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

 

   

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets which are not active, or prices based on inputs that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

 

   

Level 3 — Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 which fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.

The following table sets forth information about the levels within the fair value hierarchy at which the Fund’s investments are measured at September 30, 2015:

 

Investments in
Securities
  Level 1
(000)
    Level 2
(000)
    Level 3††
(000)
    Total
(000)
 

Common Stock

       

Brazil

  $ 55,589      $      $      $ 55,589   

China

    100,771        356,339        1,097        458,207   

Czech Republic

           13,098               13,098   

India

    7,198        202,214               209,412   

Indonesia

           7,424               7,424   

Malaysia

           7,971               7,971   

Mexico

    82,799                      82,799   

Philippines

           16,175               16,175   

Poland

           69,662               69,662   

Qatar

           18,855               18,855   

Russia

           83,780               83,780   

South Africa

           118,633               118,633   

South Korea

    20,181        320,688               340,869   

Taiwan

    28,318        222,238               250,556   

Thailand

           45,678               45,678   

Turkey

           77,242               77,242   

United Arab Emirates

           25,158               25,158   
 

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

    294,856        1,585,155        1,097        1,881,108   
 

 

 

 

Preference Stock

       

Brazil

    43,943                      43,943   

South Korea

           2,730               2,730   
 

 

 

 

Total Preference Stock

    43,943        2,730               46,673   
 

 

 

 

Exchange Traded Funds

    20,565                      20,565   
 

 

 

 

Warrant

    74                      74   
 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment

    12,526                      12,526   
 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 371,964      $ 1,587,885      $ 1,097      $ 1,960,946   
 

 

 

 

 

Holdings represent securities trading outside the United States, the values of which were adjusted as a result of significant market movements following the close of local trading or due to “Foreign Line” securities using “Local Line” prices. Securities with a value of $1,152,563 (000), which represented 58.7% of the net assets of the Fund, transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 since the prior fiscal year end, primarily due to significant market movements following the close of local trading.

 

†† A reconciliation of Level 3 investments and disclosures of significant unobservable inputs are presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. Management has concluded that Level 3 investments are not material in relation to net assets.
 

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     21   


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for additional information regarding the composition of the amounts listed above.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the reporting period. Changes in the classification between Levels 1 and 2 occur primarily when foreign equity securities are fair valued by the Fund’s third party vendor using other observable market–based inputs in place of closing exchange prices due to events occurring after foreign market closures and/or due to adjustments to security values due to “Foreign Line” securities using “Local Line” prices.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, one security transferred to Level 3 because trading in its shares was suspended. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, there were no significant changes to the Fund’s fair value methodologies.

Federal Income Taxes – It is the Fund’s intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more likely- than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Fund did not record any tax provision in the

current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 3 tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

As of and during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the fiscal year, the Fund did not incur any significant interest or penalties.

During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund incurred federal excise tax in the amount of $32,561. No other provisions for federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements.

Security Transactions and Related Income – Security transactions are accounted for on the date the security is purchased or sold (trade date). Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recognized using the accrual basis of accounting. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sales of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.

Foreign Currency Translation – The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(1) the market value or fair value of investment securities, assets and liabilities is converted at the current rate of exchange; and

(2) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are converted at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The Fund does not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments in equity securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – When the Fund purchases or sells foreign securities, it may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts to minimize foreign exchange risk from the trade date to the settlement date of the transaction. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contract’s terms.

Expense/Classes – Expenses that are directly related to one Fund of the Trust are charged directly to that Fund. Other operating expenses of the Trust are prorated to the Fund and the other series of the Trust on the basis of relative daily net assets. Class specific expenses are borne by that class of shares. Income, realized and unrealized gains/losses and non-class specific expenses are allocated to the respective classes on the basis of relative daily net assets.

Dividends and Distributions – Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid on an annual basis. Any net realized capital gains on sales of securities are distributed to shareholders at least annually.

Redemption Fee – The Fund imposes a redemption fee of 2% on the value of capital shares redeemed by shareholders less than 60 days after purchase. The redemption fee also applies to exchanges from the Fund. The redemption fee is paid to the Fund. The redemption fee does not apply to shares purchased through reinvested distributions or shares redeemed

through designated systematic withdrawal plans. The redemption fee does not normally apply to accounts designated as omnibus accounts with the transfer agent.

These are arrangements through financial intermediaries where the purchase and sale orders of a number of persons are aggregated before being communicated to the Fund. However, the Fund may seek agreements with these intermediaries to impose the Fund’s redemption fee or a different redemption fee on their customers if feasible, or to impose other appropriate restrictions on excessive short-term trading. The officers of the Fund may waive the redemption fee for shareholders in asset allocation and similar investment programs reasonably believed not to be engaged in short-term market timing, including for holders of shares purchased by Causeway Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) for its clients to rebalance their portfolios. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Institutional Class and Investor Class retained $43,961 and $22,001 in redemption fees, respectively.

 

3.   Investment Advisory, Administration, Shareholder Service and Distribution Agreements

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to a monthly fee equal to an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser contractually agreed through January 31, 2016 to waive its fee and, to the extent necessary, reimburse the Fund to keep total annual fund operating expenses (excluding brokerage fees and commissions, interest, taxes, shareholder service fees, fees and expenses of other funds in which the Fund invests, and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 1.35% of Institutional Class and Investor Class average daily net assets. No waivers or reimbursements were required for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015.

The Trust and SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”) have entered into an Administration

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

Agreement. Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator is entitled to an annual fee which is calculated daily and paid monthly based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust subject to a minimum annual fee.

The Trust has adopted a Shareholder Service Plan and Agreement for Investor Class shares that allows the Trust to pay broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries a fee of up to 0.25% per annum of average daily net assets for services provided to Investor Class shareholders. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Investor Class paid 0.25% of average daily net assets under this plan.

The Trust and SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”) have entered into a Distribution Agreement. The Distributor receives no fees from the Fund for its distribution services under this agreement.

The officers of the Trust are also officers or employees of the Administrator or Adviser. They receive no fees for serving as officers of the Trust.

As of September 30, 2015, approximately $1.309 million of the net assets were held by affiliated investors.

 

4.   Investment Transactions

The cost of security purchases and the proceeds from the sale of securities, other than short-term investments, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, for the Fund were as follows:

 

Purchases
(000)
    Sales
(000)
 
$ 2,813,465      $ 1,398,483   

 

5.   Risks of Foreign Investing

Because the Fund invests most of its assets in foreign securities, the Fund is subject to further risks. For

example, the value of the Fund’s securities may be affected by social, political and economic developments and U.S. and foreign laws relating to foreign investment. Furthermore, because the Fund invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund’s securities may go down in value depending on foreign exchange rates. Other risks include trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks; withholding or other taxes; and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of these factors can make foreign securities less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. securities. These risks are higher for emerging markets investments.

 

6.   Federal Tax Information

The Fund is classified as a separate taxable entity for Federal income tax purposes. The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a separate “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and make the requisite distributions to shareholders that will be sufficient to relieve it from Federal income tax and Federal excise tax. Therefore, normally no Federal tax provision is required. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund incurred federal excise tax in the amount of $32,561. No other provisions for federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements. To the extent that dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains exceed amounts reported in the financial statements, such amounts are reported separately.

The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests in issuers existing or operating in such countries. Such taxes are generally based on income earned. The Fund accrues such taxes when the related income is earned. Dividend and interest income is recorded net of non-U.S. taxes paid. Gains realized by the Fund on the sale of securities in certain countries are

 

 

24    Causeway Emerging Markets Fund    


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

subject to non-U.S. taxes. The Fund records a liability based on unrealized gains to provide for potential non-U.S. taxes payable upon the sale of these securities. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, non-U.S. taxes paid on realized gains were $0 and non-U.S. taxes accrued on unrealized gains were $1,036,310.

The amounts of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from those amounts determined under U.S. GAAP. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains, and the timing of distributions made during the year may differ from the year that the income or realized gains (losses) were recorded by the Fund. To the extent these differences are permanent, adjustments are made to the appropriate equity accounts in the period that the differences arise.

Accordingly, the following permanent differences, which are primarily due to a redemption in kind, non-deductible excise tax, realized losses on foreign currency transactions and gains and losses on passive foreign investment companies, were reclassified to/(from) the following accounts as of September 30, 2015 (000):

 

Paid-in
Capital
    Undistributed
Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
    Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
$ 764      $ 3,785      $ (4,549

The reclassifications had no impact on net assets or net asset value per share.

The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 were as follows (000):

        Ordinary
Income
       Total  

2015

     $ 23,360         $ 23,360   

2014

       4,261           4,261   

As of September 30, 2015, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows (000):

 

Undistributed Ordinary Income

   $ 28,852   

Unrealized Depreciation

     (343,500

Post October Losses

     (16,761

Other Temporary Differences

     (3
  

 

 

 

Total Accumulated Losses

   $ (331,412
  

 

 

 

Post-October Capital and Currency Losses represent losses realized on securities and currency transactions from November 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 that, in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, the Fund may elect to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.

For Federal income tax purposes, capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning before December 22, 2010 may be carried forward for a maximum period of eight years and applied against future net realized gains.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund used $5,318 (000) in capital loss carryforwards.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years are required to be used prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

 

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     25   


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

 

At September 30, 2015, the total cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investment securities for the Fund were as follows (000):

Federal
Tax Cost
  Appreciated
Securities
    Depreciated
Securities
    Net
Unrealized
Depreciation
 
$2,303,319   $ 43,340      $ (385,713   $ (342,373
 

 

7.   Capital Shares Issued and Redeemed (000)

 

       Fiscal Year Ended
September 30, 2015
       Fiscal Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 
       Shares        Value        Shares        Value  

Institutional Class

                   

Shares Sold

       84,367         $ 976,713           58,073         $ 697,646   

Shares Issued in Reinvestment of
Dividends and Distributions

       1,837           21,093           323           3,738   

Shares Redeemed Inkind

       (1,386        (16,668                    

Shares Redeemed

       (19,011        (212,668        (7,434        (89,117
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase in Shares Outstanding
Derived from Institutional Class Transactions

       65,807           768,470           50,962           612,267   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investor Class

                   

Shares Sold

       79,455           892,801           3,755           44,405   

Shares Issued in Reinvestment of
Dividends and Distributions

       92           1,064           26           306   

Shares Redeemed

       (24,004        (255,874        (1,710        (20,242
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase in Shares Outstanding
Derived from Investor Class Transactions

       55,543           637,991           2,071           24,469   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase in Shares Outstanding from
Capital Share Transactions

       121,350         $ 1,406,461           53,033         $ 636,736   
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

8.   Significant Shareholder Concentration

As of September 30, 2015, two of the Fund’s shareholders of record owned 53% of net assets in the Institutional Class.

 

9.   Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of his or her duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund

enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. 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. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

 

10.   In-Kind Transfers of Securities

During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund redeemed shares of beneficial interest in exchange

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(concluded)

 

for securities. These securities were transferred at their fair value on the date of such transactions.

 

      Shares
Redeemed
(000)
    

Value

($
000)

    

Gain

($ 000)

 

10/16/14

     6,467       $ 8,448       $ 796   

 

11.   Line of Credit

The Fund entered into an agreement, on February 24, 2015, which enables it to participate in a $10 million secured committed revolving line of credit, along with certain other series of the Trust, with The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”) which expires February 24, 2016. The proceeds from the borrowings, if any, shall be used to finance the Fund’s short-term

general working capital requirements, including the funding of shareholder redemptions. Interest, if any, is charged to the Fund based on its borrowings during the period at the applicable rate plus 1.5%. The Fund is also charged a portion of a commitment fee of 0.12% per annum. As of September 30, 2015, there were no borrowings outstanding under the line of credit.

 

12.   Subsequent Events

The Fund has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no adjustments were required to the financial statements.

 

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     27   


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Causeway Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) at September 30, 2015, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its 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 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Los Angeles, California

November 24, 2015

 

28    Causeway Emerging Markets Fund    


NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)

 

The information set forth below is for the Fund’s fiscal year as required by federal laws. Shareholders, however, must report distributions on a calendar year basis for income tax purposes, which may include distributions for portions of two fiscal years of the Fund. Accordingly, the information needed by shareholders for income tax purposes will be sent to them in early 2016. Please consult your tax adviser for proper treatment of this information.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund is designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the year:

 

(A)     (B)     (C)     (D)     (E)  

Long Term

Capital Gains

Distributions

(Tax Basis)

    Ordinary
Income
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
    Tax Exempt
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
    Total
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
    Dividends(1)
for  Corporate
Dividends Received
Deduction
(Tax Basis)
 
  0.00 %     100.00 %     0.00 %     100.00 %     0.00 %
(F)     (G)     (H)              

Qualified

Dividend

Income

    Interest
Related
Dividends
    Qualified
Short-Term
Capital
Gain
Dividends
             
  98.26     0.00 %     0.00    

Foreign taxes accrued during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, amounted to $5,455,355 and are expected to be passed through to shareholders as foreign tax credits on Form 1099 – Dividend for the year ending December 31, 2015. In addition, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, gross income derived from sources within foreign countries amounted to $50,339,546 for the Fund.

(1) Qualified Dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction.

Items (A), (B), (C) and (D) are based on a percentage of the Fund’s total distribution including pass-through as foreign tax credit.

Item (E) is based on a percentage of ordinary income distributions of the Fund.

Item (F) represents the amount of “Qualified Dividend Income” as defined in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of “Ordinary Income Distributions.” It is the Fund’s intention to designate the maximum amount permitted by the law up to 100%.

Item (G) is the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of net investment income distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

Item (H) is the amount of “Qualified Short-Term Capital Gain Dividends” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     29   


TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS INFORMATION (Unaudited)

 

Information pertaining to the Trustees and Officers of the Trust is set forth below. Trustees who are not deemed to be “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act are referred to as “Independent Trustees.” The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-866-947-7000.

 

Name

Address,

Age1

    

Position(s)

Held with the

Company

  

Term of

Office

and

Length of

Time

Served2

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

Five Years

  

Number of

Portfolios

in Trust

Complex

Overseen by

Trustee3

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Trustee4

INDEPENDENT

TRUSTEES

                

John R. Graham

Age: 54

     Trustee; Chairman of the Audit Committee    Trustee
since 10/08; Audit Chairman since 4/13
   Film Composer (since 2005); Senior Vice President, Corporate Financial Development and Communications, The Walt Disney Company (2004-2005); Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, Lehman Brothers Inc. (2000-2004).    6    None

Lawry J. Meister

Age: 53

     Trustee    Since 10/08    President, Steaven Jones Development Company, Inc. (real estate firm) (since 1995); President, Creative Office Properties (real estate firm) (since 2012).    6    None

Victoria B. Rogers

Age: 54

     Trustee    Since 4/13    President, the Rose Hills Foundation (since 1996).    6    Director, TCW Funds, Inc. and TCW Strategic Income Fund

Eric H. Sussman

Age: 49

     Trustee; Chairman of the Board    Trustee
since 9/01; Board Chairman since 4/13
   Senior Lecturer (since July 2011) and Lecturer (1995-June 2011), Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles; President, Amber Capital, Inc. (real estate investment and financial planning firm) (since 1993).    6   

None

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS INFORMATION (Unaudited)

(continued)

 

 

Name

Address,

Age1

    

Position(s)

Held with the

Company

  

Term of

Office

and

Length of

Time

Served2

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

Five Years

  

Number of

Portfolios

in Trust

Complex

Overseen by

Trustee3

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Trustee4

OFFICERS

                
Turner Swan
11111 Santa Monica
Blvd.,
15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Age: 53
     President    Since 8/01    General Counsel, Secretary, and Member of the Adviser (since 2001); Compliance Officer of the Adviser (since 2010).    N/A    N/A
Kurt J. Decko
11111 Santa Monica
Blvd.,
15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Age: 40
     Chief Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary    Since 1/15    Chief Compliance Officer/Senior Legal Counsel of the Adviser (since January 2015); Partner, K&L Gates LLP (2010-2014).    N/A    N/A

Eric Kleinschmidt5
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456

Age: 47

     Treasurer    Since 8/14    Director of Fund Accounting, SEI Investments Company (since 2004).    N/A    N/A
Gretchen W. Corbell
11111 Santa Monica
Blvd.,
15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Age: 44
     Secretary    Since 10/11    Attorney of the Adviser (since 2004).    N/A    N/A
Gracie V. Fermelia
11111 Santa Monica Blvd.,
15th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Age: 54
     Vice President and Assistant Secretary    Vice President (since 1/15); Assistant Secretary (since 8/01)    Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Adviser (since 2001); Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser and the Trust (2005-2015).    N/A    N/A
Lisa Whittaker5
One Freedom Valley Drive Oaks, PA 19456
Age: 36
     Vice President and Assistant Secretary    Since 8/13    Corporate Counsel of the Administrator (since 2012); Associate Counsel and Compliance Officer, The Glendmede Trust Company, N.A. (2011-2012); Associate, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (2006-2011).    N/A    N/A

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     31   


TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS INFORMATION (Unaudited)

(concluded)

 

 

1

Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee c/o Causeway Capital Management Trust, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456.

 

2

Each Trustee holds office during the lifetime of the Trust or until his or her sooner resignation, retirement, removal, death or incapacity in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust. The president, treasurer and secretary each holds office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until he or she sooner resigns in accordance with the Trust’s Bylaws.

 

3

The “Trust Complex” consists of all registered investment companies for which Causeway Capital Management LLC serves as investment adviser. As of September 30, 2015, the Trust Complex consisted of one investment company with six portfolios — the International Value Fund, the Emerging Markets Fund, the Global Value Fund, the International Opportunities Fund, the Global Absolute Return Fund, and the International Small Cap Fund.

 

4

Directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act.

 

5 

These officers of the Trust also serve as officers of one or more mutual funds for which SEI Investments Company or an affiliate acts as investment manager, administrator or distributor.

 

32    Causeway Emerging Markets Fund    


DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder service fees, and other Fund expenses. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.

Ongoing operating expenses are deducted from a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce its final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of a mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as a mutual fund’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (April 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015).

The table on the next page illustrates the Fund’s costs in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that the Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare the Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess the Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for the Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

NOTE: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT the Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     33   


DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

(concluded)

 

        Beginning
Account
Value
4/01/15
       Ending
Account
Value
9/30/15
       Annualized
Expense
Ratios
       Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund

  

                                

Actual Portfolio Return

                   

Institutional Class

     $ 1,000.00         $ 836.80           1.20      $ 5.53   

Hypothetical 5% Return

                   
Institutional Class      $ 1,000.00         $ 1,019.05           1.20      $ 6.07   

Causeway Emerging Markets Fund

  

                                

Actual Portfolio Return

                   

Investor Class

     $ 1,000.00         $ 835.50           1.47      $ 6.76   

Hypothetical 5% Return

                   
Investor Class      $ 1,000.00         $ 1,017.70           1.47      $ 7.44   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

34    Causeway Emerging Markets Fund    


STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited)

 

At a meeting on August 3, 2015, the Trustees considered and approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between Causeway Capital Management Trust (the “Trust”) and Causeway Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) with respect to Causeway Emerging Markets Fund (the “Fund”) for a twelve-month period beginning September 20, 2015. Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) requires the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the “Trust annually to approve continuance of the Advisory Agreement. Continuance of the Advisory Agreement must be approved by a majority of the Trustees and a majority of the independent Trustees (i.e., Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act). The Board was comprised of four independent Trustees when the continuation of the Advisory Agreement was considered.

Information Received. At each regular quarterly meeting, the Board reviews a wide variety of materials relating to the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, including information concerning the Fund’s performance. In connection with their August 3, 2015 meeting, the Trustees received and reviewed extensive quantitative and qualitative materials prepared by the Adviser relating to the Advisory Agreement in response to information requested on the independent Trustees’ behalf by their independent legal counsel.

Factors Considered. In reviewing the Advisory Agreement, the Trustees considered a number of factors including, but not limited to: (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, (2) the investment performance of the Fund, (3) comparisons of the services rendered and the amounts paid under the Advisory Agreement with those of other funds and those of the Adviser under other investment advisory agreements with other registered investment companies and other types of clients, (4) the costs of the services provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund, (5) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors, and (6) any other benefits derived by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund.

First, regarding the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Trustees considered, among other things, the Adviser’s personnel, experience, track record and compliance program. The Trustees considered the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the Adviser’s principal personnel who provide services to the Fund, as well as the level of attention those individuals provide to the Fund. The Trustees noted the Adviser’s commitment to devoting resources to staffing and technology in support of its investment management services. They also reviewed the Adviser’s investment philosophy and processes and its compliance program, and considered the scope of the Adviser’s services to the Fund. The Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser continued to benefit the Fund and its shareholders and would do so during the next one-year contract renewal period.

Second, regarding the investment performance of the Fund, the Trustees reviewed the investment results of the Fund’s Institutional and Investor share classes for various periods ended June 30, 2015, compared to the results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (Gross) (the “Index”) and the averages of the mutual funds included in the Morningstar U.S. Open End Diversified Emerging Markets funds category of funds. They noted that the Fund had outperformed the

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     35   


STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited)

(continued)

 

Index and the Morningstar category averages for the one-year, three-year, five-year and since inception periods. The Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s record in managing the Fund indicates that its continued management will benefit the Fund and its shareholders.

Third, regarding the Fund’s advisory fee and total expenses:

 

   

The Trustees compared the Fund’s advisory fee and total expenses with those of other similar mutual funds. They noted that the Fund’s advisory fee is the same as the average and median advisory fees charged by funds in the Morningstar U.S. Open End Diversified Emerging Markets funds category, and its expense ratios are below the average and median of the funds in that Morningstar category.

 

   

The Trustees compared the Fund’s advisory fee with the fee charged by the Adviser to other clients, observing that the separate accounts in the Adviser’s emerging markets strategy have constraints that are not comparable to those of the Fund. The Trustees noted that, although the fees paid by the Adviser’s other accounts were lower than the advisory fee paid by the Fund, the differences appropriately reflected the Adviser’s significantly greater responsibilities with respect to the Fund, which include the provision of many additional administrative and shareholder services (such as services related to the Fund’s disclosure documents, financial statements, 1940 Act compliance policies and procedures, preparation of Board and committee materials and meetings, annual Board reports and certifications, oversight of daily valuation, oversight of Fund service providers, negotiation of Fund intermediary agreements, coordination with Fund intermediaries providing shareholder recordkeeping services, shareholder communications, and due diligence for advisers, consultants and institutional investors).

The Trustees concluded that the Fund’s advisory fee and expense ratio are reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances.

Fourth, the Trustees considered the Adviser’s costs of providing services to the Fund and estimated profits realized by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund. They reviewed the Adviser’s estimated after-tax profit margin with respect to such services for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 and the methodology used to generate that estimate, and noted that the cost allocation methodology presented to the Trustees was reasonable. They also observed that the Adviser’s estimated profitability was within the range cited as reasonable in various court decisions. After consideration of these matters, the Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s operating margin with respect to its relationship with the Fund is reasonable.

Fifth, regarding economies of scale, the Trustees observed that, although the Fund’s advisory fee schedule does not contain fee breakpoints, it is difficult to determine the existence or extent of any economies of scale. They noted that the Adviser is sharing economies of scale through reasonable advisory fee levels, expense limit agreements, and devoting additional resources to staff and technology to focus on continued performance and service to the Fund’s shareholders. They also noted that, in the Fund’s prior years, the Adviser incurred significant losses in managing the Fund. The Trustees concluded that under the circumstances the Adviser is sharing any economies of scale with the Fund appropriately.

 

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STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT (Unaudited)

(concluded)

 

Sixth, regarding any other benefits derived by the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund — often called “fall-out” benefits — the Trustees observed that the Adviser does not earn “fall-out” benefits such as affiliated custody fees, affiliated transfer agency fees, affiliated brokerage commissions, profits from rule 12b-1 fees, “contingent deferred sales commissions” or “float” benefits on short-term cash. The Trustees concluded that the primary “fall-out” benefit received by the Adviser is research services provided by brokers used by the Fund and that this benefit is reasonable in relation to the value of the services that the Adviser provides to the Fund.

Approval. At the August 3, 2015 meeting, the Trustees considered the approval of the Advisory Agreement and discussed the information and factors noted above with representatives of the Adviser. The independent Trustees also met in a private session with independent counsel at which no representatives of the Adviser were present. In their deliberations, the independent Trustees did not identify any particular information or factor that was determinative or controlling, each Trustee did not necessarily attribute the same weight to each factor, and the foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. Based on their review, the Trustees (including the independent Trustees) unanimously concluded that the Advisory Agreement is fair and reasonable to the Fund and its shareholders, the Fund’s advisory fee is reasonable and renewal of the Advisory Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders, and the Board of Trustees approved the renewal of the Advisory Agreement for a twelve-month period beginning September 20, 2015.

 

     Causeway Emerging Markets Fund     37   


INVESTMENT ADVISER:

Causeway Capital Management LLC

11111 Santa Monica Boulevard

15th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025

DISTRIBUTOR:

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION :

Call 1-866-947-7000 or visit us online at

www.causewayfunds.com

This material must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q within sixty days after the end of the period. The Fund’s
Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, as well as information relating to how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-947-7000; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www. sec.gov.

CCM-AR-002-0900

 

LOGO

 


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, there were no material changes or waivers to the code of ethics.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a)(2) The audit committee financial experts are Eric Sussman, Lawry Meister, John Graham and Victoria B. Rogers. Each audit committee financial expert is independent as defined in Form N-CSR Item 3(a)(2).

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Aggregate fees billed to the registrant for professional services rendered by the registrant’s principal accountant for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

 

          2015         2014
(a)    Audit Fees    $134,460       $188,960
(b)    Audit-Related Fees    None       None
(c)    Tax Fees(1)    $129,000       $41,848
(d)    All Other Fees    None       None

Note:

 

(1) 

Tax fees include amounts related to tax return and excise tax calculation reviews and foreign tax reclaim services.

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted a charter that requires it to pre-approve the engagement of auditors to (i) audit the registrant’s financial statements, (ii) provide other audit or non-audit services to the registrant, or (iii) provide non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant.

(e)(2) No services included in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.


(g) For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser were $162,980. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser were $340,363.

(h) The audit committee considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser by the registrant’s principal accountant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X was compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

See Item 1.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the registrant’s procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees since the registrant’s last filing on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The certifying officers, whose certifications are included herewith, have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report. In their opinion, based on their evaluation, the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed, and are operating effectively to ensure, that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Items 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.


(a)(2) Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an exhibit.


SIGNATURES

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

 

(Registrant)       Causeway Capital Management Trust

By (Signature and Title)*

     

/s/ Turner Swan

      Turner Swan, President

Date: December 4, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*

     

/s/ Turner Swan

      Turner Swan, President

Date: December 4, 2015

 

By (Signature and Title)*

     

/s/ Eric Kleinschmidt

      Eric Kleinschmidt, Treasurer

Date: December 4, 2015

 

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