N-Q 1 d379091dnq.htm N-Q N-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number         811-21465                    

CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

201 King Of Prussia Road, Suite 600

Radnor, PA 19087

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

T. Ritson Ferguson, President and Chief Executive Officer

CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

201 King Of Prussia Road, Suite 600

Radnor, PA 19087

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    1-877-711-4272        

Date of fiscal year end:     December 31        

Date of reporting period:  March 31, 2017 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

Attached hereto.


CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

March 31, 2017

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Shares          Market Value ($) 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Real Estate Securities*- 119.1%   
   Common Stock - 97.4%   
   Australia - 4.1%   

7,015,191

   Mirvac Group    $ 11,719,867      

    9,175,551

   Scentre Group      30,028,144      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        41,748,011      
     

 

 

 

   Canada - 4.4%   

648,700

   H&R Real Estate Investment Trust      11,221,467      

933,900

   RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust      18,346,777      

585,600

   Smart Real Estate Investment Trust      14,345,257      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        43,913,501      
     

 

 

 

   France - 3.0%   

72,903

   Altarea      14,144,370      

403,160

   Klepierre      15,721,538      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        29,865,908      
     

 

 

 

   Germany - 1.2%   

148,852

   LEG Immobilien AG (a)      12,233,281      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Hong Kong - 7.6%   

1,636,500

   Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.      11,023,712      

8,877,000

   Hang Lung Properties Ltd.      23,073,461      

1,612,300

   Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.      12,398,587      

2,550,500

   Link REIT      17,869,745      

374,000

   Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.      5,495,824      

2,166,800

   Swire Properties Ltd.      6,942,459      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        76,803,788      
     

 

 

 

   Japan - 7.0%   

168,800

   Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.      23,169,667      

496,000

   Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.      10,567,208      

2,320

   Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.      5,023,925      

10,382

   Orix JREIT, Inc.      16,435,294      

585,000

   Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.      15,151,306      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        70,347,400      
     

 

 

 

   Mexico - 1.0%   

6,043,300

   Prologis Property Mexico SA de CV      10,299,904      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Netherlands - 1.7%   

313,276

   Eurocommercial Properties NV      11,263,184      

158,961

   Vastned Retail NV      6,027,091      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        17,290,275      
     

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Shares          Market Value ($) 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Singapore - 3.5%   

6,134,800

   CapitaLand Commercial Trust    $ 6,783,272      

11,900,600

   Global Logistic Properties, Ltd.      23,676,854      

4,000,000

   Mapletree Commercial Trust      4,379,876      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        34,840,002      
     

 

 

 

   Switzerland - 1.8%   

202,029

   Swiss Prime Site AG (a)      17,791,954      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   United Kingdom - 4.2%   

7,327,258

   Segro PLC      41,798,736      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   United States - 57.9%   

130,600

   Boston Properties, Inc. (b)      17,292,746      

448,207

   Brixmor Property Group, Inc.      9,618,522      

187,100

   Crown Castle International Corp. (b)      17,671,595      

440,200

   CubeSmart      11,427,592      

161,500

   Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (b)      17,181,985      

413,900

   Duke Realty Corp.      10,873,153      

15,300

   Equinix, Inc.      6,125,661      

641,600

   Equity Residential (b)      39,920,352      

528,500

   Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.      17,662,470      

1,662,469

   GGP, Inc. (b)      38,536,031      

382,700

   HCP, Inc.      11,970,856      

741,500

   Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.      24,098,750      

972,275

   Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A      30,587,772      

953,000

   Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      17,782,980      

767,121

   Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.      26,573,072      

1,155,600

   Kimco Realty Corp.      25,527,204      

896,900

   Liberty Property Trust      34,575,495      

300,100

   Macerich Co. (The) (b)      19,326,440      

228,400

   Prologis, Inc.      11,849,392      

114,200

   Public Storage (b)      24,999,522      

109,600

   QTS Realty Trust, Inc., Class A      5,343,000      

120,315

   Simon Property Group, Inc. (b)      20,697,790      

159,713

   SL Green Realty Corp.      17,028,600      

1,521,487

   Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.      15,412,663      

295,200

   Sun Communities, Inc.      23,713,416      

151,000

   UDR, Inc.      5,475,260      

275,300

   Ventas, Inc. (b)      17,905,512      

3,002,300

   VEREIT, Inc.      25,489,527      

163,600

   Vornado Realty Trust      16,410,716      

593,500

   Weingarten Realty Investors      19,816,965      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

        580,895,039      
     

 

 

 

  

Total Common Stock

(cost $1,007,343,829)

     977,827,799      
  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2016.


CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

March 31, 2017

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

    

Shares

         Market Value ($) 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Preferred Stock - 21.7%   
   United States - 21.7%   

525,265

   American Homes 4 Rent, Series D    $ 14,045,586      

100,000

   CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Series D      2,399,000      

369,474

   DDR Corp., Series J      9,292,271      

500,000

   DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., Series C      13,500,000      

      1,050,000

   EPR Properties, Series F      26,780,250      

741,000

   GGP, Inc., Series A      19,191,900      

150,000

   iStar, Inc., Series F      3,688,500      

765,000

   iStar, Inc., Series I      18,306,450      

400,000

   LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series I      9,936,000      

500,000

   LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series J      12,300,000      

500,000

   Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Series D      12,640,000      

272,000

   Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Series B      6,848,960      

341,100

   Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Series C      9,110,781      

600,000

   Public Storage, Series B      14,730,000      

150,000

   STAG Industrial, Inc., Series C      3,903,000      

225,000

   Summit Hotel Properties, Inc., Series D      5,744,542      

600,000

   Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series E      15,270,000      

379,377

   Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series F      9,539,435      

120,000

   Taubman Centers, Inc., Series K      2,998,800      

280,000

   Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Series F      7,228,200      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stock

(cost $200,178,535)

     217,453,675      
  

 

  

 

 

 

  

Total Investments - 119.1%

(cost $1,207,522,364)

     1,195,281,474      
  

 

  

 

 

 

   Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (19.1)%      (191,438,914)      
  

 

  

 

 

 

   Net Assets - 100.0%    $ 1,003,842,560      
  

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Number of

Contracts

         Market Value ($) 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

   Written Call Options - (0.1)%   
   United States - (0.1)%   
   Boston Properties, Inc.   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(650)

   Strike Price $140.00    $ (58,500)      
   Crown Castle International Corp.   
   Expires 4/21/2017   

(650)

   Strike Price $95.00      (86,125)      
   Crown Castle International Corp.   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(400)

   Strike Price $97.50      (48,800)      
   Digital Realty Trust, Inc.   
   Expires 4/21/2017   

(700)

   Strike Price $110.00      (35,000)      
   Equity Residential   
   Expires 4/21/2017   

(3,000)

   Strike Price $64.50      (60,000)      
   GGP, Inc.   
   Expires 4/21/2017   

(3,142)

   Strike Price $26.74      (15,710)      
   Macerich Co. (The)   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(1,500)

   Strike Price $70.00      (116,250)      
   Public Storage   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(575)

   Strike Price $240.00      (40,250)      
   Simon Property Group, Inc.   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(600)

   Strike Price $180.00      (102,000)      
   Ventas, Inc.   
   Expires 5/19/2017   

(2,200)

   Strike Price $65.00      (389,400)      

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

  

Total Written Call Options

(Premiums Received $759,584)

   $ (952,035)      
  

 

  

 

 

 

 

* Includes U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REIT”) and Real Estate Operating Companies (“REOC”) as well as entities similarly formed under the laws of non-U.S. countries.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) A portion of the security has been pledged for open written option contracts. The aggregate market value of the collateral as of March 31, 2017 is $98,842,323.
 

 

See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2016.


Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

(A) Securities Valuation

U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) provides guidance on fair value measurements. In accordance with the standard, fair value is defined as the price that the Trust would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. It establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Trust’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

 

•  Level 1   -   unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
•  Level 2   -   other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
•  Level 3   -   significant unobservable inputs (including the Trust’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

For Level 1 inputs, the Trust uses unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for assets or liabilities with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information as the most reliable evidence of fair value.

The Trust’s Level 2 valuation techniques include inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable for an asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active in which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially over time or among market participants. Inputs that are observable for the asset or liability in Level 2 include such factors as interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risk, and default rates for similar liabilities.

For Level 3 valuation techniques, the Trust uses unobservable inputs that reflect assumptions market participants would be expected to use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available and are developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. In developing unobservable inputs, market participant assumptions are used if they are reasonably available without undue cost and effort.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2017 in valuing the Trust’s investments carried at fair value:

 

Assets    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments in Real Estate Securities

          

Common Stock

          

Australia

   $ 41,748,011     $      $      $ 41,748,011  

Canada

     43,913,501                     43,913,501  

France

     29,865,908                     29,865,908  

Germany

     12,233,281                     12,233,281  

Hong Kong

     76,803,788                     76,803,788  

Japan

     70,347,400                     70,347,400  

Mexico

     10,299,904                     10,299,904  

Netherlands

     17,290,275                     17,290,275  

Singapore

     34,840,002                     34,840,002  

Switzerland

     17,791,954                     17,791,954  

United Kingdom

     41,798,736                     41,798,736  

United States

     580,895,039                     580,895,039  

Total Common Stock

     977,827,799                     977,827,799  

Preferred Stock

          

United States

     146,166,298       71,287,377               217,453,675  

Total Investments in Real Estate Securities

   $     1,123,994,097     $   71,287,377      $                     –      $ 1,195,281,474  

Liabilities

          

Other Financial Instruments

          

Written Call Options

   $ (952,035   $      $      $ (952,035

Total Liabilities

   $ (952,035   $      $      $ (952,035

 

See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2016.


Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

The primary third party pricing vendor for the Trust’s listed preferred stock investments is FT Interactive Data (“IDC”). When available, the Trust will obtain a closing exchange price to value the preferred stock investments and, in such instances, the investment will be classified as Level 1 since an unadjusted quoted price was utilized. When a closing price is not available for the listed preferred stock investments, IDC will produce an evaluated mean price (midpoint between the bid and the ask evaluation) and such investments will be classified as Level 2 since other observable inputs were used in the valuation. Factors used in the IDC evaluation include trading activity, the presence of a two-sided market, and other relevant market data.

The Trust’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out at the fair value as of the beginning of the period. The portfolio may hold securities which are periodically fair valued in accordance with the Trust’s fair value procedures. This may result in movements between Levels 1, 2 and 3 throughout the period. $40,230,062 was transferred out of Level 1 into Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2017 due to the unavailability of significant observable pricing inputs. Pursuant to the Trust’s fair value procedures noted previously, equity securities (including exchange traded securities and open-end regulated investment companies) and exchange traded derivatives (i.e. futures contracts and options) are generally categorized as Level 1 securities in the fair value hierarchy. Fixed income securities, non-exchange traded derivatives and money market instruments are generally categorized as Level 2 securities in the fair value hierarchy. Investments for which there are no such quotations, or for which quotations do not appear reliable, are valued at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 securities in the fair value hierarchy.

For the period ended March 31, 2017, there have been no significant changes to the Trust’s fair valuation methodology.

(B) Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

The Trust enters into forward foreign currency contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to hedge certain Trust purchase and sales commitments denominated in foreign currencies and for investment purposes. A forward foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency on a future date at a negotiated forward rate. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the original contracts and the closing of such contracts would be included in net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions.

Fluctuations in the value of open forward foreign currency contracts are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized appreciation and depreciation by the Trust.

The Trust’s custodian will place and maintain cash not available for investment or other liquid assets in a separate account of the Trust having a value at least equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust’s commitments under forward foreign currency contracts entered into with respect to position hedges.

Risks may arise from the potential inability of counterparty to meet the terms of a contract and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. The face or contract amount, in U.S. dollars, reflects the total exposure the Trust has in that particular currency contract. As of March 31, 2017, the Trust did not hold any forward foreign currency contracts.

(C) Options

The Trust may purchase or sell (write) options on securities and securities indices which are listed on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market as a means of achieving additional return or of hedging the value of the Trust’s portfolio.

An option on a security is a contract that gives the holder of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (in the case of a call) or sell to (in the case of a put) the writer of the option the security underlying the option at a specified exercise or “strike” price. The writer of an option on a security has an obligation upon exercise of the option to deliver the underlying security upon payment of the exercise price (in the case of a call) or to pay the exercise price upon delivery of the underlying security (in the case of a put).

 

See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2016.


Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

 

There are several risks associated with transactions in options on securities. As the writer of a covered call option, the Trust forgoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the call but has retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying security decline. The writer of an option has no control over the time when it may be required to fill its obligation as writer of the option. Once an option writer has received an exercise notice, it cannot effect a closing purchase transaction in order to terminate its obligation under the option and must deliver the underlying security at the exercise price.

(D) Federal Income Taxes

Information on the tax components of net assets as of March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

Cost of

Investments for

Tax Purposes*

 

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

 

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Net Unrealized

Depreciation

on Investments

$       1,225,808,854

  $       49,064,488   $      (79,591,868)   $       (30,527,380)

* Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustment for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period end.

 

See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2016.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

 

  (b)

The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Trust’s most recent quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certification of chief executive officer and chief financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


SIGNATURES

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

 

(Registrant)  

CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

    /s/ T. Ritson Ferguson

 

         T. Ritson Ferguson

 

         President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date  

    May 24, 2017

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/ T. Ritson Ferguson

 

         T. Ritson Ferguson

 

         President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date  

    May 24, 2017

 

By (Signature and Title)*

 

    /s/ Jonathan A. Blome

 

         Jonathan A. Blome

 

         Chief Financial Officer

 

Date  

    May 24, 2017

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