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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: 811-03752

 

THE MANAGERS FUNDS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut   06854
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-3500

 

Date of fiscal year end: DECEMBER 31

 

Date of reporting period: JANUARY 1, 2006 - DECEMBER 31, 2006

(Annual Shareholder Report)


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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2006

 

   

Managers Value Fund

 

   

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

 

   

Managers Small Company Fund

 

   

Managers International Equity Fund

 

   

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

 

   

Managers Bond Fund

 

   

Managers Global Bond Fund

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The Managers Funds

Annual Report – December 31, 2006

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      Page

LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

   1

ABOUT YOUR FUNDS’ EXPENSES

   3

INVESTMENT MANAGER’S COMMENTS AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

Managers Value Fund

   4

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   9

Managers Small Company Fund

   13

Managers International Equity Fund

   20

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   29

Managers Bond Fund

   36

Managers Global Bond Fund

   45

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

   52

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   53

Funds’ balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computation and cumulative undistributed amount

  

Statements of Operations

   55

Detail of sources of income, Fund expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   57

Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   59

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   63

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   70

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

   71

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of The Managers Funds or Managers AMG Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.


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Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholders and Clients,

We would like to thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets in 2006, and for taking time with us to take a quick glance back at last year’s investment climate.

If all we did was focus on the strong, above-average returns generated by most of the asset classes worldwide during 2006—U.S. stocks up 15.8%, non-U.S. stocks up 26.3%, real estate up 36.1%, global bonds up 6.6% (high quality U.S. bonds offered moderately below average returns of 4.3%)—we would be missing one of the most important lessons that 2006 teaches us about investing; for 2006 was a year in which investors needed to endure a period of negative returns in order to reap the benefits the full year had to offer.

Investors with classically diversified portfolios who stuck to their long-term investment plan during the past year should have been pleased with their results. Other investors who were enticed into making asset allocation and investment changes in response to short-term market movements, however, may have experienced below average portfolio results, and certainly took undue risk.

It can be tempting for investors without a solid plan to alter their asset allocations and investment approach. Coming off of three previous years of positive stock market returns, we entered 2006 with the widely reported expectation that the economy was running out of steam. Given the news media’s penchant for pessimism, we were repeatedly told to watch out for: slower economic growth, softer corporate profits, significantly higher oil prices, prospects for higher inflation, expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, a collapse in the housing market, the negative impact of a decline in the dollar’s value and of course, a long list of geopolitical concerns. As if that wasn’t enough, the yield curve was borderline inverted, very often a signal of economic weakness.

Investors tried to shrug off this pessimism and through the early part of May the equity markets actually produced positive results. However, the headline risks finally became too much for investors to withstand and the market ran out of steam. From May 5 through June 13, the U.S. equity market declined by 4.5%, while from May 9 through June 13, non-U.S. equities fell by 12.7%, with emerging markets leading the slide down 20.5%. Meanwhile, U.S. bonds had been steadily declining with the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index down 0.7% through the end of June. Near mid-year, it seemed that the bears were developing a stranglehold on the market. More than a few commentators were wondering what then-new Fed Chairman Dr. Bernanke was trying to accomplish. Cash seemed to be king, commodities were headed higher, and hedge funds were constantly in the news—all very enticing options for investors.

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But the whole story was yet to be told. Despite the mixed macro economic news, corporate results were coming through better than many analysts had expected and companies were actually producing positive earnings surprises. In fact, 68% and 76% of S&P 500 companies produced positive earnings surprises in the first and second quarters of 2006, respectively. As the year developed,

 

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even though economic factors did not dramatically improve, they did not worsen either. The Fed stopped raising rates, oil prices stopped going up (and ultimately finished the year below where they started), inflation concerns tempered, the housing market did not experience the hard landing many had feared, and the mighty consumer did not waver. In retrospect, perhaps it was going to be the soft landing that many had sought.

As more and more positive earnings results came through during the year, even against the backdrop of mixed economic news, the markets staged a broad rally. From the June 13 bottom, the S&P 500 advanced by 17.1%, while the MSCI EAFE increased 20.8%. Meanwhile, the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index advanced 5.1% during the second half of the year.

So what was the lesson to be learned from 2006? Investors who started the year with a reasonably diversified portfolio and simply maintained their long-term perspective had an above-average year and made real progress towards their financial goals. Going into 2006, and for the first part of the year, economic conditions and expectations could easily have compelled an investor to over-think and do something other than stay on plan. The market would have whipsawed these investors, resulting in poor relative returns. Having a well founded long-term plan and sticking with it can improve investors’ odds of reaching their investment goals, and it certainly helped in terms of getting the most out of 2006.

One of our foremost goals at Managers Investment Group (“Managers”) is to structure and manage mutual funds that will help our shareholders and clients become more successful at reaching their investment goals and objectives. Each of our Funds is geared to provide you with exposure to a specific asset class or portion of the market. Investors tend to use our Funds as part of their overall asset allocation in order to structure a well-diversifi ed portfolio intended to meet individual needs. Most of our Funds, therefore, are designed to be building blocks.

Managers International Equity Fund is a great example of how we structure and manage funds for our clients’ benefit. We designed the overall Fund to provide broad exposure to the world’s non-U.S. equity markets, predominately in developed markets. Considering the broad mandate, we believe the best method of accomplishing that goal is by employing a number of investment managers, each with a different focus and approach to investing in the international equity market. As a result, we have built a virtual team of three complimentary institutional investment managers. Each of these three organizations has an experienced team of accomplished professionals and deep resources. Each of them has demonstrated great success in generating attractive investment returns. Yet each has a significantly different outlook and approach to investing. Specifically, the Fund is subadvised by AllianceBernstein, Lazard Asset Management, and Wellington Management Company, whose investment approaches are “bottom-up” value-based, “top-down” thematic, and growth-oriented, respectively. By blending managers with different styles, the portfolio is not held hostage to growth, for example, being out-of-favor. The result is a Fund with expected risk that should be lower than average and that exhibits more stable performance on a relative basis. Though this Fund won’t typically attract performance chasers, it will help investors reach their fi nancial goals without having to zigzag their way through investment styles or fads and give them peace of mind that they have an elegantly diversified portfolio.

At Managers we appreciate the privilege of being part of your investment plan. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit. Thank you again for the opportunity to be of service.

 

Respectfully,    
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John Streur     Thomas G. Hoffman, CFA
Senior Managing Partner     Executive Vice President
Managers Investment Group LLC     Chief Investment Officer
    Managers Investment Group LLC

Note: Source for all data referenced in the letter is FactSet and Russell.

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Six Months Ended December 31, 2006

   Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/2006
   Ending
Account
Value
12/31/2006
   Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period*

Managers Value Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,150    $ 6.40

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.01

AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,083    $ 6.56

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.36

Managers Small Company Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,073    $ 7.10

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 6.92

Managers International Equity Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,151    $ 7.92

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 7.43

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,274    $ 10.20

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,016    $ 9.05

Managers Bond Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,077    $ 5.18

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,020    $ 5.04

Managers Global Bond Fund

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,046    $ 6.14

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.06

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365.

 

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Managers Value Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

The Managers Value Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of equity securities. Income is the Fund’s secondary objective.

The Fund invests primarily in common and preferred stocks of U.S. companies. The Fund generally invests in medium and large companies, that is, companies with capitalizations that are within the range of capitalizations of companies represented in the S&P 500 Index, the Fund’s benchmark.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund employs multiple portfolio managers who specialize in distinct investment approaches. This “intelligence diversifi cation” not only serves to manage risk, but also helps us tap the markets’ full potential by focusing different analytical insights on each class of investment. Fund management strives to achieve this performance and diversifi cation while ensuring that the Fund operates within the framework of its investment objective and principal investment strategies.

Armstrong Shaw Associates

Armstrong Shaw Associates, Inc. (“Armstrong Shaw”) has a disciplined, absolute value approach to the equity market. Valuations are determined using a private purchase test to determine the price that a company could bring in a sale to a sophisticated buyer, discounted cash flow analysis, and market comparables.

Armstrong Shaw invests in securities where a rigid cash fl ow or asset value analysis determines that a company’s stock is selling at a substantial discount to its intrinsic value. While the level of the overall stock market or trends in economic factors may affect the timing in which value is recognized, they are not the basis for investment. Rather, Armstrong Shaw has a classic bottom up, company-by-company view of investing.

Armstrong Shaw’s decision making process includes market screening for potential new ideas, fundamental research including financial modeling and management interviews, an in depth investment committee review, and a strict sell discipline. Idea generation begins with screening the universe for businesses that are growing earnings and generating good returns on capital, but have fallen out of favor in the market. Armstrong Shaw’s fundamental research focuses on forward and backward looking fi nancial modeling, including an analysis of the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash fl ow statement. The investment team compares each company to its peers, the broader market, and any transactions that may have taken place in its industry. Finally, Armstrong Shaw interviews the management team. During the investment committee review, the investment team challenges the analysis and ultimately decides if the company meets the criteria to be considered for the Portfolio.

The ideal investment exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Business:

 

   

Defensible business franchise

 

   

Dominant brand names

 

   

Ability to generate above average returns

 

   

Low risk to technical obsolescence

 

   

Proven business model

 

   

Low cost provider or niche player

 

   

Management:

 

   

Track record of success

 

   

Insider ownership

 

   

Long-term incentive program aligned with the interest of shareholders

 

   

History of being good allocators of capital

 

   

Valuation:

 

   

Low price to cash fl ow

 

   

Low price to asset value

 

   

Solid balance sheet

 

   

Favorable price versus comparables in the marketplace

 

   

Favorable price versus recent transactions

 

   

Valuation check: what have buyers paid per hotel room, per subscriber, per a dollar of sales or earnings or cash flow

Armstrong Shaw’s goal is to buy good businesses, run by proven, capable managers at prices equal to or less than 70% of intrinsic value. They believe that investing in superior businesses at attractive prices will provide superior returns over time.

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Screens the universe of approximately 5,600 NYSE and AMEX issues and the largest NASDAQ stocks for:

 

   

Market caps more than $2.5 billion

 

   

EPS growth greater than 10%

 

   

Relative Price Earning multiple less than the market

 

   

Return on equity of 15% or greater

 

   

Conducts quantitative analysis by:

 

   

Analyzing income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement

 

   

Comparing the stock prices to cash flows, EPS, sales, etc.

 

   

Interviewing management team to get a better sense of strategic and fi nancial plans for the company

 

   

Estimating the stock’s intrinsic value and purchase stocks only when they are selling for less than 70% of the estimated intrinsic value

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

A price target is reached

 

   

Company’s fundamentals deteriorate

 

   

A better opportunity emerges

Additionally, a drop in price of 25% from average cost triggers an automatic review process for potential sale.

Osprey Partners Investment Management

As traditional value investors, John Liang and the investment team at Osprey Partners Investment Management, LLC (“Osprey”) seek to identify undervalued stocks with low price-to-earnings and price-to-cash fl ow ratios. At the same time, Osprey’s investment team focuses its in-depth bottom-up analysis to identify fundamentally strong, well-managed companies.

Osprey expects to generate returns from dividend income as well as capital appreciation as a result of improvements to the valuations of the stocks such as, among other things, increases in the price-to-earnings ratio.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Low debt-to-capital ratios

 

   

Low price/cash flows

 

   

Low price/book values

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Screens the investment universe for companies with a market cap above $1.5 billion and a P/E ratio at least 20% less than the P/E ratio of the S&P 500:

 

   

Determines the strength and risks of each company’s business with:

 

   

Balance sheet and income statement

 

   

Earnings quality and sustainability

 

   

Profit margin trends

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

Stock appreciates to a predetermined price target

 

   

Fundamentals change

 

   

A better opportunity emerges

Additionally, a 20% drop relative to the market prompts an in-depth review and positions exceeding 6% of the portfolio are scaled back. The investment team tends to have an investment time horizon of 2 years or more.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

For the year 2006, the Managers Value Fund gained 18.08% compared with a gain of 15.79% for the S&P 500.

Except for a brief panic attack in mid-2006, caused partly by fears that the new Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, would tighten the U.S. economy into a recession, the U.S. stock market marched steadily ahead during 2006, finishing higher than all but the most bullish of pundits expected. It wasn’t an expectations expansion, however. Rather, it was the result of a surprisingly resilient economy, continued increases in corporate profitability and a celebration of the eventual end to the Fed’s long campaign of interest rate hikes.

Contrary to most professionals’ expectations at the beginning of the year, including our own, value indexes continued to significantly outpace their growth counterparts, and small-capitalization stock indexes rose more than their large-cap counterparts. The Fund’s value orientation was beneficial throughout the year as a broad range of companies produced solid fundamental growth, but lower expectation, lower valuation stocks appreciated more.

During the generally rising first four months of the year, the Portfolio outperformed with strong contributions from Nokia, and several retailers including Dollar Tree Stores and Rent-a-Center. In addition, the Portfolio’s large financials allocation with signifi cant positions in best of breed banking and capital markets firms such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America continued to advance on strong earnings that they extended throughout all of 2006. During a brief but sharp market sell-off in May through mid-July, the Portfolio generally moved with the market. However, as the market rallied off its July trough, the Fund outperformed with its core fi nancials companies again leading along with strong growth from the surprisingly resilient consumer discretionary sector. Media giant, Time Warner, finally broke out of a two and a half year holding pattern with strong results and a 36% price gain. Meanwhile, there were very few negative surprises and no signifi cant price breaks in portfolio holdings during the second half of the year.

LOOKING FORWARD

Even after the strong second half stock rally, the Fund’s subadvisors remain sanguine about their portfolios and had the following comments as we progress into 2007:

Armstrong Shaw

The economic backdrop for 2007 looks favorable as corporate profi t expansion, while moderating, is expected to continue. Real interest rates are low, employment is high and falling energy prices are offsetting a weaker housing market. Valuations are reasonable, and stocks are more attractive than bonds with the S&P 500 trading at a 6.1% earnings yield vs. a 4.7% yield for bonds. We believe that large-cap equities should do better during a decelerating economy and that the trend of large-cap outperformance is likely to persist for a few years. Interestingly, since 1945, the third year of a Presidential term has always been positive, by 18% on average. We feel that 2007 is likely to be a year of P/E expansion and that our Portfolio of high quality, large-capitalization companies with steady earnings power should be a prime beneficiary. Typically, P/E expansion coincides with slow downs in the growth of profits and the economy. Our industrial holdings are weighted toward late cycle businesses such as GE, United Technologies, and Honeywell, which should benefi t from this stage in the economic cycle. Health care and information technology offer above average opportunities and we have added to our exposure in these sectors. We have stayed true to our discipline of buying good companies, run by strong management teams at discounts to their intrinsic value. Many of the companies that we own delivered strong fundamental results but were not rewarded in the market for much of 2006. We have begun to see a change in market leadership which has resulted in better absolute and relative returns in both the fourth quarter and the beginning of 2007. We believe that we are at the beginning of a multi-year trend and that our Portfolio is poised to benefit from this change.

Osprey Partners

The third and fourth quarter rally in stocks that brought the Dow Jones and S&P 500 Indexes to record heights has resulted in stock valuations that are almost squarely in line with historical averages. Corporate profi ts, however, are fi nally beginning to slow after an unprecedented run of above average growth. For 2007, most strategists are looking for growth somewhere in the 7% - 9% range, which would be in line with the long run average of earnings growth. Assuming little or no multiple expansion it is reasonable to expect a similar 7% - 9% increase in stock prices for the year. We only wish that things were so simple.

Clouding the near term picture is the fact that the stock market appears overbought on many short-term indicators. Also, the market has not had a 10% correction in over four years representing one of the longest stretches in U.S. history. Finally, complacency seems to be ruling the day. Volatility, as measured by the VIX Index recently hit the lowest level in over a decade and market economists are nearly in universal agreement about the prospects for a soft landing in 2007. In eerie similarity, not one of the 30 leading economists polled in early 2000 forecasted a slowdown that occurred later that year. The favorite argument of market and economic bulls is that employment is historically low at 4.4% but it was even lower at 3.9% on the eve of the 2001 recession suggesting that this is a lagging

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

rather than leading indicator at best. Finally, the best argument in favor of a bull market in 2007 is the fact that there has never been a down market in the third year of a presidential term in the last fifty years.

While all of these warning signs point to a choppy market in 2007, we nevertheless find ourselves reluctantly siding with the consensus. We continue to believe that the U.S. consumer will remain resilient given the tight labor market and falling energy prices and the current inventory problem in the housing market will ease as the year progresses. We look for a possible near term correction in equity market that will relieve overbought conditions but set the stage for a more sustained advance as the year progresses.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers Value Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged capitalization weighted index of 500 commonly traded stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of those stocks. Unlike the Fund, the S&P 500 Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The Index assumes reinvestment of dividends. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Value Fund on December 31, 1996 to a $10,000 investment made in the S&P 500 Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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The table below shows the average annual total returns for the Value Fund and the S&P 500 Index since December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Value

   18.08 %   6.62 %   8.71 %   10/31/84

S&P 500 Index

   15.79 %   6.19 %   8.42 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

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** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

  

Managers Value

Fund**

    S&P 500 Index  

Financials

   31.1 %   22.3 %

Consumer Discretionary

   15.2 %   10.6 %

Industrials

   11.3 %   10.8 %

Energy

   11.2 %   9.8 %

Information Technology

   8.5 %   15.1 %

Health Care

   8.2 %   12.0 %

Materials

   5.7 %   3.0 %

Telecommunication Services

   4.4 %   3.5 %

Utilities

   1.5 %   3.6 %

Consumer Staples

   2.2 %   9.3 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   0.7 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

American International Group, Inc.*

   4.7 %

Citigroup, Inc.*

   4.5  

Bank of America Corp.*

   4.4  

ChevronTexaco Corp.*

   4.0  

ConocoPhillips Co.*

   3.3  

Capital One Financial Corp.

   3.2  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.*

   3.1  

Verizon Communications, Inc.*

   2.4  

MBIA, Inc.

   2.3  

Nokia Corp., Sponsored ADR*

   2.2  

Top Ten as a Group

   34.1 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value  

Common Stocks - 99.3%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 15.2%

    

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

   21,000 2   $ 1,462,230  

Comcast Corp., Special Class A*

   41,360 2     1,732,157  

Gannett Co., Inc.

   25,200 2     1,523,592  

Jarden Corp.*

   44,900 2     1,562,071  

Lowe’s Co., Inc.

   34,040       1,060,346  

Mattel, Inc.

   63,400       1,436,644  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.*

   38,900 2     1,147,939  

Time Warner Co., Inc.

   78,700       1,714,086  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.*

   21,602       691,696  

Total Consumer Discretionary

       12,330,761  

Consumer Staples - 2.2%

    

CVS Corp.

   56,440 2     1,744,560  

Energy - 11.2%

    

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   7,910 2     590,561  

ChevronTexaco Corp.

   43,600 2     3,205,908  

ConocoPhillips Co.

   37,130       2,671,504  

Devon Energy Corp.

   19,000 2     1,274,520  

Transocean, Inc.*

   16,300 2     1,318,507  

Total Energy

       9,061,000  

Financials - 31.1%

    

ACE, Ltd.

   28,800       1,744,416  

Allstate Corp., The

   10,510       684,306  

American International Group, Inc.

   53,620       3,842,409  

Bank of America Corp.

   67,000       3,577,130  

Capital One Financial Corp.

   33,903       2,604,428  

Citigroup, Inc.

   65,541       3,650,634  

Fannie Mae Co.

   30,100       1,787,639  

MBIA, Inc.

   26,000 2     1,899,560  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

   27,000       2,513,700  

Morgan Stanley Co.

   16,720       1,361,510  

Washington Mutual, Inc.

   32,400 2     1,473,876  

Total Financials

       25,139,608  

Health Care - 8.2%

    

Abbott Laboratories Co.

   24,100       1,173,911  

Boston Scientific Corp.*

   44,450 2     763,651  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR

   31,000 2     1,635,560  

McKesson Corp.

   12,250 2     621,075  

Pfizer, Inc.

   68,300       1,768,970  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   12,840       689,893  

Total Health Care

       6,653,060  

Industrials - 11.3%

    

Emerson Electric Co.

   13,600       599,624  

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A.

   36,600       1,516,338  

General Electric Co.

   41,175       1,532,122  

Honeywell International, Inc.

   21,100 2     954,564  

Ingersoll-Rand Co., Class A

   31,600 2     1,236,508  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   26,700 2     1,233,273  

Tyco International, Ltd.

   37,100       1,127,840  

United Technologies Corp.

   15,500       969,060  

Total Industrials

       9,169,329  

Information Technology - 8.5%

    

First Data Corp.

   31,420       801,838  

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A*

   63,700       1,300,117  

International Business Machines Corp.

   9,080       882,122  

Nokia Corp., Sponsored ADR

   88,000       1,788,160  

Symantec Corp.*

   51,900 2     1,082,115  

Xerox Corp.*

   61,010       1,034,120  

Total Information Technology

       6,888,472  

Materials - 5.7%

    

Cemex SA de CV*

   31,190       1,056,717  

Dow Chemical Co.

   20,000       798,800  

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

   31,000 2     1,510,010  

PPG Industries, Inc.

   19,500       1,252,095  

Total Materials

       4,617,622  

Telecommunication Services - 4.4%

    

Sprint Corp.

   82,637       1,561,013  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   53,000       1,973,720  

Total Telecommunication Services

       3,534,733  

Utilities - 1.5%

    

Exelon Corp.

   19,100       1,182,099  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $ 61,454,223)

       80,321,244  

Other Investment Companies - 23.2%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32%3

   18,027,521       18,027,521  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   758,054       758,054  

Total Other Investment Companies
(cost $18,785,575)

       18,785,575  

Total Investments - 122.5%
(cost $80,239,798)

       99,106,819  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (22.5)%

       (18,190,510 )

Net Assets - 100%

     $ 80,916,309  

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

 

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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund (formerly Managers Capital Appreciation Fund) (the “Fund”) gained 4.96%, underperforming the S&P 500 Index, which returned 15.79%.

Falling oil prices, an explosion in merger activity, and easing bond yields created supportive conditions for most equity types in 2006. Growth stocks of all sizes enjoyed a healthy rebound in the fourth quarter, yet trailed their value counterparts for the year. Overall, 2006 proved to be a difficult year for the Fund. Energy and financial services stocks were the top contributors to Fund performance over the course of the year. However, our most heavily weighted sectors, consumer, health care, and technology, were detractors to performance in the Fund.

Consumer related stocks, including consumer electronics and gaming companies were overall detractors to performance for the year. We maintained a cautious view on the consumer sector throughout the year, as we have maintained for some time the thesis that earnings for companies in this area are vulnerable to a housing slowdown. We reduced our exposure to hotel and gaming companies at the end of the year as we believe earnings are set to slow in 2007. Yahoo! was the primary underperformer in the sector, largely suffering as a result of a deferral of the rollout of its key new search monetization platform. There were a few standout performers in the consumer discretionary sector for the year including Google, DreamWorks Animation, and Staples.

The health care sector experienced a difficult start to 2006 with most segments lagging the broader market. A disappointing fourth quarter contributed to the negative relative performance for the year. However, we continue to look to this industry to offer substantial appreciation potential in the year ahead and further increased our generally overweighted positions. Our primary focus remains on companies in the biotechnology and specialty pharmaceutical areas. The Portfolio had positive contributions by stocks in a variety of areas, notably Gilead Sciences and Shire PLC in drug and pharmaceuticals, and Celgene in biotechnology research and production. Notable underperformers for the year were Teva Pharmaceuticals, UnitedHealth Group, and Omnicare.

The Portfolio maintained a relative underweight to technology throughout the year. However, in the fourth quarter, we increased our overall weighting within technology, believing that capital spending in general should expand further in 2007 with IT spending budgets in particular to benefit. Given the disappointing performance in the middle of the year, the technology sector was a detractor to performance for 2006. Semiconductor companies such as Marvell Technology Group significantly underperformed for the year. In contrast, several of our software and communication equipment investments experienced strong relative returns, including BEA Systems and Brocade Communications. The Fund’s storage related holdings, Network Appliance and Seagate Technology, both performed very well for the year.

Despite a rather volatile start to the year for energy stocks, the sector was a positive contributor to performance for the year. We significantly reduced our energy weight due to our belief that high oil and natural gas prices were vulnerable to a correction. Currently, we retain slightly overweighted positions in energy with an emphasis on the services and equipment companies. We believe these companies will help solve the supply issue through new processes and technologies. While the short- to intermediate-term outlook is uncertain, longer term, we see no let up in the worldwide demand for oil and gas, which coupled with supply constraints, should keep energy prices elevated for several years. ENSCO International, an exploration and production company, and Schlumberger, a services and equipment company were the strongest performers for the year.

Outlook:

The year 2006 was noted for its pronounced sector rotation with few consistent trends or themes. The U.S. economy is entering a phase of slower yet sustainable growth, setting the stage for a further easing of inflation expectations and potentially Federal Reserve policy. We remain confident in our thesis that moderating economic activity will provide a more suitable environment for growth stocks of all sizes. As overall earnings slow to a sustainable pace, we believe investors will become increasingly selective and gravitate towards companies with consistently superior earnings growth. We have not wavered from our philosophy of early identification of growth wherever growth exists and believe that it will be rewarded in the year ahead.

Cumulative Total Return Performance

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all dividends and distributions were reinvested. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of those 500 stocks representing all major industries. Unlike the Fund, the S&P 500 Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The Index assumes reinvestment of dividends. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund on December 31, 1996, to a $10,000 investment made in the S&P 500 for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of

 

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shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund and the S&P 500 Index since December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   4.96 %   -0.08 %   6.69 %   6/1/84

S&P 500 Index

   15.79 %   6.19 %   8.42 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers AMG
Essex Large Cap
Growth Fund**
    S&P 500 Index  

Information Technology

   27.3 %   15.1 %

Health Care

   24.9 %   12.0 %

Industrials

   13.9 %   10.8 %

Consumer Discretionary

   9.0 %   10.6 %

Financials

   8.4 %   22.3 %

Consumer Staples

   6.5 %   9.3 %

Energy

   5.2 %   9.8 %

Telecommunication Services

   3.5 %   3.5 %

Materials

   1.0 %   3.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   0.3 %   3.6 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

General Electric Co.*

   4.3 %

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

   3.6  

Yahoo!, Inc.*

   3.5  

Google, Inc.*

   3.3  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

   3.1  

Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.

   3.0  

Network Appliance, Inc.

   2.9  

Genentech, Inc.*

   2.9  

Procter & Gamble Co.*

   2.8  

Seagate Technology, Inc.

   2.8  

Top Ten as a Group

   32.2 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value  

Common Stocks - 99.7%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 9.0%

    

Comcast Corp., Class A*

   32,046 2   $ 1,356,507  

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.*

   51,911 2     1,530,855  

Laureate Education, Inc.*

   18,996 2     923,775  

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., The

   10,999 2     748,152  

Staples, Inc.

   52,588       1,404,100  

Total Consumer Discretionary

       5,963,389  

Consumer Staples - 6.5%

    

PepsiCo, Inc.

   25,132       1,572,007  

Procter & Gamble Co.

   28,575       1,836,515  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   18,162       838,721  

Total Consumer Staples

       4,247,243  

Energy - 5.2%

    

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   19,901       1,256,947  

Southwestern Energy*

   27,249 2     955,078  

Weatherford International, Ltd.*

   29,221 2     1,221,147  

Total Energy

       3,433,172  

Financials - 8.4%

    

American International Group, Inc.

   20,546       1,472,326  

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.*

   38,012       1,261,998  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   3,662       730,020  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

   22,275       2,073,802  

Total Financials

       5,538,146  

Health Care - 24.9%

    

Alcon, Inc.

   13,755 2     1,537,396  

Amgen, Inc.*

   20,534       1,402,678  

Baxter International, Inc.

   22,077       1,024,152  

Celgene Corp.*

   17,987 2     1,034,792  

Genentech, Inc.*

   23,720       1,924,404  

Genzyme Corp-Genl Division*

   23,710       1,460,063  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

   36,465       2,367,672  

McKesson Corp.

   29,522       1,496,765  

Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR

   27,545       1,582,185  

Sepracor, Inc.*

   12,806 2     788,593  

Shire Pharmaceuticals PLC

   12,177 2     752,052  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   28,924 2     1,082,336  

Total Health Care

       16,453,088  

Industrials - 13.9%

    

AMR Corp*

   60,142 2     1,818,093  

Boeing Co., The

   19,833       1,761,964  

General Electric Co.

   76,269       2,837,969  

Joy Global, Inc.

   31,266 2     1,511,398  

UTI Worldwide, Inc.

   41,170 2     1,230,983  

Total Industrials

       9,160,407  

Information Technology - 27.3%

    

BEA Systems, Inc.*

   101,465       1,276,430  

Broadcom Corp., Class A*

   38,560 2     1,245,875  

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

   240,526 2     1,974,718  

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

   37,370       1,021,322  

Ericsson (LM) Tel Co., Sponsored ADR

   16,493       663,513  

Google, Inc.*

   4,705       2,166,558  

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.*

   66,688 2     1,279,743  

Network Appliance, Inc.*

   49,245 2     1,934,344  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   34,096       1,288,488  

Seagate Technology, Inc.

   69,205 2     1,833,932  

THQ, Inc.*

   31,868 2     1,036,347  

Yahoo!, Inc.*

   91,062 2     2,325,723  

Total Information Technology

       18,046,993  

Materials - 1.0%

    

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

   13,530       659,046  

Telecommunication Services - 3.5%

    

American Tower Corp*

   25,844 2     963,464  

NII Holdings, Inc., Class B*

   20,410 2     1,315,220  

Total Telecommunication Services

       2,278,684  

Total Common Stocks (cost $57,006,316)

       65,780,168  

Other Investment Companies - 26.9%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32%3

   17,458,431       17,458,431  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   315,760       315,760  

Total Other Investment Companies
(cost $17,774,191)

       17,774,191  

Total Investments - 126.6%
(cost $74,780,507)

       83,554,359  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (26.6)%

       (17,555,154 )

Net Assets - 100%

     $ 65,999,205  

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

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

The Managers Small Company Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities of small companies.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund employs two portfolio managers who specialize in distinct investment approaches. This “intelligence diversification” not only serves to manage risk, but also helps us tap the markets’ full potential by focusing different analytical insights on each class of investment. Fund management strives to achieve this performance and diversification while ensuring that the Fund operates within the framework of its investment objective and principal investment strategies.

Kalmar Investment Advisers

Kalmar Investment Advisers (“Kalmar”), practices a “Growth-with-Value” approach to small- company investing whereby it seeks to identify high quality growing businesses before they are widely discovered by other institutional investors. Kalmar’s team believes there is a low risk/high reward anomaly offered by the equity market in stocks of such top-notch smaller companies that, for a variety of reasons, have not made the radar screen of most typical growth investors. Because these companies are relatively “invisible” institutionally, they can be purchased at prices which are inefficiently valued to undervalued and yet offer strong growth potential as well. This is the crux of their “Growth-with-Value” investment style.

The investment team at Kalmar generates investment ideas through different screening methodologies and several sources, thus employing elements of both “top-down” and “bottom-up” analysis in the initial identification process. The members of the investment management team all have strong research backgrounds and are committed to disciplined in-depth, hands-on fundamental analysis. Top-down thinking is used to identify strategic themes and growth areas to prospect for individual “Growth-with-Value” candidates.

The most intensive research, however, is dedicated to bottom-up fundamental analysis. Kalmar looks for such criteria as proven and sustainable double-digit growth in revenue and EPS together with a stock that is reasonably to cheaply priced relative to EPS, cash flow, revenues, and enterprise value. Kalmar looks for dynamic businesses that are easily understood, run by equity owners they can count on, and buyable at valuations that they expect to rise. The team’s decision threshold for new holdings is a potential return of 50% in approximately two years. This appreciation is expected to come from two sources: compounding business value plus upward revaluation as greater investor discovery unfolds.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Market capitalization of $50 million up to $2.5 billion at the time of purchase

 

   

Dynamic growth business that Kalmar understands better

 

   

Run by committed managements that deliver:

 

   

Buyable at inefficient valuations that should rise

 

   

Strong improving financials with conservative accounting

 

   

Reasonable / cheap valuations, with special positive attributes

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Diversified portfolio in terms of sector, security, and market capitalization

 

   

Conscious mix of “growth character” companies, from higher growth “Steady Eddies” bought inefficiently valued through to Positive Surprise / Emerging Growth situations

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

They see a change in the fundamentals of a company

 

   

A better opportunity emerges

 

   

Price or fundamental expectations have been met

 

   

A position appreciates beyond an optimal allocation

Epoch Investment Partners

Epoch Investment Partners (“Epoch Parners”) seeks to create excess return without assuming a high degree of capital risk by creating portfolios of businesses with superior risk/reward profiles. They analyze a business in the same manner a private investor would in looking to purchase the entire company and only invest in those businesses they understand and where they have confidence in their financial statements. They seek businesses that generate “free cash flow” and securities that have unrecognized potential yet possess a combination of above average yield, above average free cash flow growth, and/or below average valuation.

Ideal Investment

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Top quality management that has entrepreneurial drive and experience, a history of success, a strong strategic vision, and that has a reward structure determined by shareholder value creation

 

   

Strong financial position as determined by cash flow use, financial transparency, hidden or undervalued assets, and low leverage

 

   

Competitive positioning in its marketplace, strong demand characteristics, and sustainable free cash flow

Portfolio Construction

Portfolio management:

 

 

 

Screens the Russell 3000® universe using both quantitative and qualitative criteria

 

   

Analyzes each business as if they were to buy the entire company including sustainability of the business, earnings drivers, barriers to entry, and competitive advantages

 

   

Evaluates potential companies on basis of management quality, financial strength, nature of the business, and external factors

 

   

Develops an investment thesis outlining potential value creating and growth in cash flow

 

   

Diversifies the Portfolio across important sectors utilizing inverse risk weighting, a 5% position maximum, and recognizing liquidity considerations

Sell Discipline

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

The security’s price target is reached

 

   

There is a change in the investment thesis

 

   

Downside risk becomes too great

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Over the year ended December 31, 2006, the Fund returned 10.42% compared to a gain of 18.37% for the Russell 2000® Index and 13.35% for the Russell 2000® Growth Index. Ultimately, it was a good year to be invested in the equity markets and an even

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

better year to be invested in small-capitalization stocks. Broad markets posted strong gains with small-cap stocks outperforming large (as measured by the Russell Indexes) and value outperforming growth. For small-cap value stocks, this marked the sixth year out of the past seven they have outperformed their growth counterparts. Sector performance was positive across the board, with materials and telecom services posting 40% gains. Health care was the only sector that failed to reach double digit returns for the year as the pharmaceutical industry turned in lackluster gains. As is generally consistent with a value driven market, those stocks with the lowest quintile of price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios recorded the strongest returns. It’s also worth noting that investors were hesitant to reward future growth prospects as those stocks in the highest quintile of projected EPS growth performed the worst. This was particularly troublesome for strategies that attempt to take advantage of earnings growth on the basis that it will drive future price appreciation.

Small-cap stocks sprinted out of the blocks in the opening quarter of 2006 with the materials sector providing leadership. The Fund’s near-equal weight to health care related stocks was additive during the quarter as was a sizable allocation to the retail companies. Consumer stocks Coldwater Creek, GameStop, and Tractor Supply all contributed significantly to relative returns in the first quarter. Despite carrying an active overweight position in the technology sector, the Fund wasn’t able to keep pace with the high growth of the Index’s tech holdings. Avid Technology was a particular disappointment, declining 21% over the course of the period. The first quarter also marked the addition of Epoch Investment Partners (“Epoch Partners”) as a second subadvisor to the Fund, which returns the Fund to its original dual subadvised structure and adds both stock and intelligence diversification to the offering.

The U.S. stock market moved sharply lower and showed increased volatility throughout the second quarter and into the third as investors tried to decipher whether the economy was reaching an inflection point. This broad market correction was particularly painful for small-cap stocks which had risen the most leading up to the May 9th peak and struggled to recover as quickly as large-cap stocks which offered greater protection to the downside during the initial sell-off. Given the environment, it was not surprising that the Fund’s large allocation to information technology holdings made for a volatile return stream during the second and third quarters. Ultimately, the Fund’s IT positions performed slightly better than the broad technology sector and proved to be additive to relative returns. Relative returns were buoyed during the two quarter stretch by health care stocks that declined on average approximately 450 basis points (4.5%) less than those of the benchmark. The newly added subadvisor Epoch Partners was particularly instrumental in adding value in this space. The Portfolio’s significantly low weighting within the financials sector was undermining, as these stocks, and particularly those within the Portfolio, held up reasonably well during the decline and consequently had less of a hole to dig out of. The Fund’s industrial holding were disappointing in that they underperformed the Index by over 600 basis points (6.0%). While there were no true “blow-ups,” a duplicate holding in Actuant Corp detracted materially.

Small caps closed out the quarter in strong fashion fully recovering from the mid-year correction and extending gains in a value driven environment. Dissecting the Index further illustrates that the smallest quintile of market capitalization, or micro caps, performed the best, while those stocks with market caps above $1 billion dollars, which make up the majority of the Index, lagged the average return. Also interesting to note—and continuing upon a trend that emerged in the third quarter—the market was still unwilling to reward growth, as the highest quintile of historical and projected EPS growth performed the worst while companies with no historical earnings outpaced the average return. While the Fund lagged on a relative sense, the fundamental performance of the Portfolio holdings continued to be strong, with approximately 70% of the positions reporting earnings in excess of published analysts’ expectations, compared with approximately 60% for the Russell 2000 Index. Given the framework of the investable universe, that did not translate into excess performance during the quarter. Other market-wide trends held true in the Fund as well. The lowest market-cap quintile posted the strongest returns for the Fund, with the same holding true for the lowest quintile of price-to-earnings stocks. Performance leadership by sector was driven by materials stocks.

LOOKING FORWARD

Heading into 2007, the Fund is positioned with a familiar overweight to technology, a somewhat lower underweight in financials, and considerably less exposure to consumer discretionary than this time one year ago. Ford Draper and the Kalmar investment team continue to search for under-the-radar ideas with growth potential that are positioned to perform well or hold up better than most in the face of uncertain economic scenarios. In comparison, David Pearl and the team at Epoch Partners will remain focused on companies that are wisely putting their free cash flow to use or creating high levels of shareholder value.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers Small Company Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Russell 2000 Index is comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000® Index and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier measure of small cap stock performance. The Russell 3000 Index is composed of 3000 of the largest U.S. companies, as determined by market capitalization which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000 Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Managers Small Company Fund on June 19, 2000, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 2000 Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers Small Company Fund and the Russell 2000 Index since inception through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Year     Since Inception*     Inception Date

Small Company

   10.42 %   7.96 %   2.79 %   6/19/00

Russell 2000

   18.37 %   11.39 %   7.83 %  

 

* Commencement of operations was June 19, 2000.

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

Industry

   Managers Small
Company Fund**
    Russell
2000 Index
 

Information Technology

   28.2 %   18.3 %

Industrials

   19.4 %   14.1 %

Health Care

   12.2 %   11.8 %

Consumer Discretionary

   11.5 %   15.9 %

Energy

   8.9 %   5.1 %

Materials

   6.2 %   4.6 %

Financials

   4.5 %   22.5 %

Consumer Staples

   2.4 %   3.2 %

Telecommunication Services

   1.6 %   1.5 %

Utilities

   0.7 %   3.0 %

Other Equities

   1.3 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   3.1 %   0.0 %

 

** As a percentage of net assets

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Infocrossing, Inc.*

   1.8 %

Sonosite, Inc.

   1.5  

THQ, Inc.

   1.5  

Service Corp. International*

   1.4  

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund*

   1.4  

Albemarle, Corp.

   1.3  

Fair Issac Corp.

   1.2  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.

   1.2  

Florida East Coast Industries, Inc.

   1.2  

Avocent Corp.

   1.2  

Top Ten as a Group

   13.7 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 96.9%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 11.5%

    

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.*

   6,575     $ 40,502

Aaron Rents, Inc.

   5,035       144,907

Arbitron, Inc.

   3,250       141,180

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

   4,200       84,882

Carter’s, Inc.*

   6,550       167,025

Coldwater Creek, Inc.*

   12,430 2     304,784

Denny’s Corp.*

   23,150       109,037

Fred’s, Inc.

   8,040       96,802

GameStop Corp.*

   4,485 2     247,168

Guitar Center, Inc.*

   4,350 2     197,751

Insight Enterprises, Inc.*

   14,805       279,370

Life Time Fitness, Inc.*

   6,255 2     303,430

Luby’s, Inc.*

   9,390       102,257

Multimedia Games, Inc.*

   12,950       124,320

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

   3,725 2     119,423

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*

   3,400       141,508

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

   5,020       179,967

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

   6,300       172,872

Service Corp. International

   52,250       535,563

Shuffle Master, Inc.*

   9,300       243,660

Stride Rite Corp., The

   9,230       139,188

Toro Co.

   7,800       363,714

Tractor Supply Co.*

   4,300 2     192,253

Total Consumer Discretionary

       4,431,563

Consumer Staples - 2.4%

    

Boston Beer Co., Inc.*

   4,440       159,751

Central European Distribution Corp.*

   5,551       164,865

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.*

   7,800       148,590

Performance Food Group Co.*

   9,900       273,636

Sensient Technologies Corp.

   2,170       53,382

Sunopta, Inc.*

   8,590       75,592

Susser Holdings Corp.*

   2,870       51,660

Total Consumer Staples

       927,476

Energy - 8.9%

    

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.*

   3,600 2     176,292

Buckeye Partners LP.

   1,830       85,058

Core Laboratories N.V.*

   2,160 2     174,960

Delta Petroleum Corp.*

   6,365 2     147,413

Duvernay Oil Corp.*

   3,400       100,674

GMX Resources, Inc.*

   4,640       164,720

Niko Resources, Ltd.

   4,700       335,909

Oceaneeing International Inc.*

   2,950 2     117,115

OMI Corp.

   14,700       311,199

Parallel Petroleum Corp.*

   16,515       290,169

Seacor Holdings, Inc.*

   2,500 2     247,850

Superior Well Services, Inc.*

   2,340       59,810

Tidewater, Inc.

   3,575       172,887

TODCO Class A*

   11,850 2     404,915

Ultra Petroleum Corp.*

   7,425       354,544

Warren Resources, Inc.*

   23,850       279,522

Total Energy

       3,423,037

Financials - 4.5%

    

Amcore Financial, Inc.

   6,100       199,287

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

   3,275       92,388

First Republic Bank

   2,450 2     95,746

First State Bancorporation

   11,200       277,200

Hub International, Ltd.

   3,550       111,434

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

   15,400       255,178

Signature Bank*

   9,860       305,463

Tejon Ranch Co.*

   2,600       145,184

UMB Financial Corp.

   6,500       237,315

Total Financials

       1,719,195

Health Care - 12.2%

    

Amedisys, Inc.*

   4,400       144,628

America Service Group, Inc.*

   12,450       198,827

Analogic Corp.

   3,600       202,104

Arrow International, Inc.

   4,400       155,672

Cooper Companies, Inc., The

   5,675 2     252,537

Covance, Inc.*

   4,690 2     276,288

Emageon, Inc.*

   8,650       132,864

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.*

   13,450       370,951

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.*

   6,300       243,810

IRIS International, Inc.*

   13,300       168,245

Martek Biosciences Corp.*

   2,300       53,682

HealthExtras, Inc.*

   2,930       70,613

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.*

   3,000       146,700

PSS World Medical, Inc.*

   15,025 2     293,438

Resmed, Inc.*

   5,895 2     290,152

Respironics, Inc.*

   8,375       316,156

Rural/Metro Corp.*

   45,310       368,370

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value

Health Care - 12.2% (continued)

    

Sonosite, Inc.*

   19,200     $ 593,856

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.*

   5,950       182,784

United Surgical Partners International, Inc.*

   8,325 2     236,014

Total Health Care

       4,697,691

Industrials - 19.4%

    

Actuant Corp., Class A

   9,035       430,518

Aeroflex, Inc.*

   22,210       260,301

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.*

   4,300 2     336,217

American Ecology Corp.

   16,650       308,192

Carlisle Co., Inc.

   1,875       147,187

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

   11,325       309,626

ChoicePoint, Inc.*

   4,425       174,256

Corrections Corp. of America*

   8,662       391,782

CoStar Group, Inc.*

   1,045       55,970

DeVry, Inc.

   12,100       338,800

DRS Technologies, Inc.

   6,800 2     358,224

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

   12,850       271,392

EDO Corp.

   14,350       340,669

Encore Wire Corp.

   3,900       85,839

Florida East Coast Industries, Inc.

   7,480       445,808

HIS, Inc., Class A*

   5,200       205,296

K&F Industries Holdings, Inc.*

   13,450       305,450

Kennametal, Inc.

   2,300       135,355

Laureate Education, Inc.*

   5,500 2     267,465

Learning Tree International, Inc.*

   16,900       150,241

Manitowoc Co., The

   4,350       258,521

Mobile Mini, Inc.*

   10,725       288,931

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Class A

   6,900       270,135

Navigant Consulting, Inc.*

   6,950       137,332

NCI Building Systems, Inc.*

   4,550       235,462

Si International, Inc.*

   4,550       147,511

Tetra Technologies, Inc.*

   10,500       189,945

UTI Worldwide, Inc.

   9,900       296,010

Wabash National Corp.

   7,360       111,136

Washington Group International, Inc.*

   3,350       200,297

Total Industrials

       7,453,868

Information Technology - 28.2%

    

Actuate Corp.*

   34,010       202,019

Acxiom Corp.

   10,225       262,271

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

   6,200 2     90,086

Alliance Data Systems Corp.*

   4,200 2     262,374

aQuantive, Inc.*

   4,125 2     101,723

Arris Group, Inc.*

   21,990       275,095

ATMI, Inc.*

   9,725 2     296,904

Avocent Corp.*

   13,150       445,128

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

   10,725       261,261

Ceridian Corp.*

   9,375 2     262,312

Concur Technologies, Inc.*

   6,320       101,373

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.*

   19,650 2     331,496

Diebold, Inc.

   7,450       347,170

Diodes, Inc.*

   2,875       102,005

DTS, Inc.*

   12,960       313,502

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

   4,130       122,620

Fair Isaac Corp.

   11,300       459,345

FEI Co.*

   5,550       146,353

Infocrossing, Inc.*

   42,310       689,653

Intermec, Inc.*

   3,830 2     92,954

Internap Network Services Corp.*

   6,050       120,213

International Rectifier Corp.*

   3,725       143,524

Macrovision Corp.*

   6,700 2     189,342

Mantech International Corp., Class A*

   2,440 2     89,865

MPS Group, Inc.*

   13,870       196,677

NCI, Inc., Class A*

   5,900 2     90,211

NICE Systems, Ltd. *

   5,940       182,833

Occam Networks, Inc.*

   6,030       99,495

Online Resources Corp.*

   5,925       60,494

OPNET Technologies, Inc.*

   9,925       143,416

Polycom, Inc.*

   9,775 2     302,145

Powerwave Technologies, Inc.*

   48,520       312,954

Progress Software Corp.*

   6,975       194,812

Radisys Corp.*

   9,225       153,781

RightNow Technologies, Inc.*

   8,640       148,781

Rogers Corp.*

   4,325       255,824

Sapient Corp.*

   37,880       207,961

Silicon Image, Inc.*

   32,950       419,124

SRA International, Inc.*

   8,310       222,209

Sybase, Inc.*

   16,600 2     410,020

Symmetricom, Inc.*

   11,045       98,521

TALX Corp.

   9,170       251,717

Tekelec*

   18,250       270,648

Tessera Technologies, Inc.*

   7,300 2     294,482

THQ, Inc.*

   17,150 2     557,718

Valueclick, Inc.*

   11,450 2     270,564

Total Information Technology

       10,852,975

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value  

Materials - 6.2%

    

Albemarle Corp.

   7,125     $ 511,575  

American Vanguard Corp.

   6,375       101,363  

Cambrex, Corp.

   12,600       286,272  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   4,900       125,636  

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.

   8,070       256,303  

Methanex Corp.

   10,350       283,280  

Nalco Holding Co.*

   5,750 2     117,645  

Oregon Steel Mills, Inc.*

   4,250       265,243  

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   4,600       119,830  

Tronox, Inc.

   19,050       300,800  

Total Materials

       2,367,947  

Other Equities - 1.3%

    

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

   6,725       524,886  

Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

    

Cbeyond, Inc.*

   4,985       152,491  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

   98,570       450,465  

Total Telecommunication Services

       602,956  

Utilities - 0.7%

    

Westar Energy, Inc.

   10,050       260,898  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $31,241,806)

       37,262,492  

Other Investment Companies - 25.0%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32%3

   8,431,145       8,431,145  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   1,159,494       1,159,494  

Total Other Investment Companies
(cost $9,590,639)

       9,590,639  

Total Investments - 121.9%
(cost $40,832,445)

       46,853,131  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (21.9)%

       (8,415,089 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 38,438,042  

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

 

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Managers International Equity Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

The Managers International Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. Income is the Fund’s secondary objective.

The Managers International Equity Fund ordinarily invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities, and 65% of the assets in common and preferred stocks of companies domiciled outside the United States. The Fund intends to diversify investments among countries and normally to hold securities of non-U.S. companies in not less than three countries. Investments may be made in companies in developed as well as developing countries. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities denominated in both foreign and domestic currencies and may engage in currency hedging strategies. The Fund may invest in companies of any size. The MSCI EAFE Index is the benchmark for the Fund.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund employs multiple portfolio managers who specialize in distinct investment approaches. This “intelligence diversification” not only serves to manage risk, but also helps us tap the markets’ full potential by focusing different analytical insights on each class of investment. Fund management strives to achieve this performance and diversification while ensuring that the Fund operates within the framework of its investment objective and principal investment strategies.

AllianceBernstein L.P.

AllianceBernstein L.P.’s (“Bernstein”) approach to investing is value-based and research driven. The thesis of Bernstein is that human nature leads investors to buy and sell financial assets based on an overreaction to near-term events as they confuse temporary or cyclical characteristics with structural change. Thus, short-term problems, which cause profits and stocks to decline, can create buying opportunities, as investors underestimate the potential for corrective strategies to restore long-term earnings power. The investment team, led by Kevin Simms, attempts to exploit this by using research to separate fact from emotion.

The primary driver of Bernstein’s performance is research-driven security selection. They begin with a broad universe of all companies within the countries of the MSCI All Country World Index ex U.S. universe with a market capitalization greater than $750 million. The investment team screens this universe with a proprietary return model in order to identify the companies with the most attractive value attributes. The model derives an expected return for each company within the universe by assessing companies both from a global industry-based perspective and from a country-based standpoint, based on such factors as price to cash earnings, price to book, return on equity, and price momentum.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Strong fundamentals

 

   

Sound future business prospects

Portfolio Construction

 

   

Initial investable universe is comprised of all companies within the countries of the MSCI All Country World Index ex U.S. universe with a market capitalization greater than $750 million

 

   

Investment team screens this universe with a proprietary return model in order to identify the companies with the most attractive value attribute

 

   

The model derives an expected return for each company within the universe by assessing companies both from a global industry-based perspective and from a country-based standpoint

 

   

Factors include price to cash earnings, price to book, return on equity, and price momentum

 

   

Analysts perform extensive research, focusing on the most attractively valued stocks

 

   

They then build detailed spreadsheets of historical and projected balance-sheet and income-statement information in order to estimate:

 

   

Normalized earnings power

 

   

Cash flow and asset values for each company for the next five years

 

   

Perform simulations to see the potential impact of changes in various financial-statement components

 

   

Analysts present their estimates and ratings for each security to the Research Review Committee of the Investment Policy Group (IPG)

 

   

The Committee challenges the analysts’ assumptions and conclusions to ensure they are sound.

The Portfolio

 

   

Typically holds 35-70 stocks

 

   

Initial stock weightings are 0.5% - 3.5%

 

   

Maximum 8%

The following factors influence the sell decision when:

 

   

A stock has achieved Bernstein’s forecasted target of fair value

 

   

A change the long-term earnings forecast reduces the price target to current market levels

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Portfolio manager, William (Willy) Holzer believes that there is a single global economy and marketplace within which everything is connected. Within this single market it is important to distinguish between three types of companies: Domestic companies are those which produce, sell, and raise capital all in their home country; International companies are those which produce at home, but sell their products and raise capital anywhere in the world; Global companies are those which produce, sell, and raise capital anywhere. Willy will invest in any of these types in order to capitalize on a theme; however, he prefers global companies which generally have the flexibility and resources to exploit global trends.

Willy Holzer can be described as a “top-down” thematic investor, whose themes are based on “bottom-up” observations and company analysis. He views the world as a single global economic unit as opposed to a collection of separate country economies. Willy focuses his efforts by first analyzing the connections within the global economy, and from this analysis develops global investment themes. These themes target the segments of the global economy that he believes are most likely to provide attractive long-term investment returns, and which also represent an asymmetric investment opportunity in the investor’s favor.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Attractive fundamentals

 

   

Reasonable valuations

 

   

Strong company management

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments

Portfolio Construction

 

   

Portfolio manager leverages stock ideas and research from top-down “themes” based on “bottom-up” observations and company analysis

 

   

Constructs portfolio around about 10 investment themes to diversify opportunity sets and provide risk benefits

 

   

Portfolio heavily weights large capitalization, multi-managed companies

 

   

Concentrated in the developed markets

 

   

May have operations or distribution in the emerging markets.

The Portfolio

 

   

Portfolio typically holds 70-90 stocks

 

   

Initial stock weightings are 1.0% - 1.5%

 

   

Maximum 3%

 

   

Relatively low turnover in the 30% to 40% annual range

The following factors influence the sell decision when a security:

 

   

Exceeds price expectations

 

   

Underperforms global universe

 

   

Theme matures

Wellington Management Company, LLP

Jean-Marc Berteaux and Andrew S. Offit’s investment philosophy is built on the beliefs that industry is the dominant competitive factor for companies, that companies can dominate industries on a global basis, and that expectations about companies, specifically earnings, drive stock prices. The focus is to identify industry leaders where their earnings forecasts are ahead of market expectations, and where they’ve identified the key drivers for the earnings.

The initial investable universe for the investment team at Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”) is comprised of companies in the MSCI EAFE Index with market capitalizations greater than U.S.$1 billion. These companies are researched by Wellington Management’s global industry analysts who perform intensive ongoing fundamental research. Fundamental research consists of comprehensive company meetings, earnings modeling, and valuation analysis. The focus of this research is to update an ongoing assessment of management, current business challenges, and aggregate industry trends. Thorough analysis is done in preparation for and following company contacts to ensure that “the numbers support the story”: that the strategy and challenges outlined by management are coming through in financial results.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Identified earnings drivers

 

   

Above consensus earnings growth expectations

 

   

Multiple expansion potential

 

   

Reasonable valuation levels

Portfolio Construction

 

   

The portfolio typically holds 50-80 stocks

 

   

Cash levels are maintained at less than 10% of assets

 

   

Maximum of 10% is committed to any single holding

 

   

Active sector allocations are entirely built from stock selection

 

   

Country allocation is an implicit result of stock selection

 

   

Some consideration is given to ensuring country diversification

 

   

Emerging market exposure maximum of 15%

The portfolio management team may sell an investment when:

 

   

They see deteriorating earnings drivers or company fundamentals

 

   

Trend of earnings growth decelerates

 

   

They see limited upside potential left in the stock price

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

For the year 2006, the Managers International Equity Fund returned 27.63% vs. 26.34% for the MSCI EAFE Index. Note that unless otherwise stated, all performance cited in this commentary is in U.S. dollars.

Despite one rather large hiccup in the middle of the year, foreign stock markets’ stocks again appreciated dramatically during the year, enhanced to some degree by generally strong foreign currency prices. Although the Japanese economy slowed from its robust 2005 pace, the eurozone and United Kingdom have demonstrated improving growth rates approaching 3%, and various emerging markets demonstrated growth rates approaching 10%. Overall the global GDP is estimated to have grown approximately 4% in 2006, the fourth consecutive year that it has grown more than 3.5%. Most importantly, corporate profits and profit margins continued to grow across Europe and Asia. With ROE averaging 18% in an environment where the average cost of capital is in the range of 6%, it is no wonder that the stock markets are reaching all-time highs.

Except for the Japanese stock market, which returned a disappointing 6.24% in 2006 after leading the world’s developed markets in 2005, all countries within the MSCI EAFE Index produced strong returns in U.S. dollars and exceeded the return of the S&P 500. In terms of contribution, the United Kingdom had the largest impact as it appreciated more than 30%, half of which was attributable to the strength of the pound. Most of the eurozone countries exceeded a 30% return as well. From a sector perspective, all sectors exhibited double digit appreciation during the year, led by the utilities sector, which rose 50%. Most sectors returned in the mid twenties or higher with the laggards being energy, health care, and information technology, which rose 17.6%, 17.5%, and 14.7%, respectively. Given the relative sector returns it is not surprising that value-oriented benchmarks and investment managers handily outperformed their growth-oriented counterparts.

From a country, sector, or currency perspective, the Fund’s allocations averaged out to produce little value added, leaving virtually all of the relative gains to be the result of proficient stock selection, which was evident across almost all sectors. Given its prominence in the Portfolio, the financials sector provided the largest overall contribution to gains. A modest position in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (the HK stock exchange) rose 165% during the year, clearly benefiting from the rapid growth of China and the capitalization of new public companies. Similarly, two real estate related holdings, China Overseas Land & Development (Hong Kong) and Sumitomo Realty & Development (Japan), rose 213% and 47%,

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

respectively. The Fund’s materials and utilities positions also made significant contributions, despite a pullback in commodities prices during the second half of the year. The U.K based global mining company Xstrata Plc, rose 138%, and steel manufacturers JFE Holdings (Japan) and Arcelor (Luxembourg) rose 53% and 114%, respectively. Arcelor was liquidated in July. The weakest sector for the Fund was the health care sector where the Fund’s holdings appreciated slightly more than 17% which was similar to that of the benchmark’s health care sector. The Fund’s consumer discretionary holdings rose only 18% on average, hindered by a position in Rakuten Inc, a Japanese internet commerce business that dropped significantly before recovering somewhat late in the year.

LOOKING FORWARD

Since corporate earnings growth has been strong, the stock market’s rise has not resulted in expanded or lofty valuations. While there is a risk that the earnings companies are experiencing now are unsustainable and peaking, the stock markets seem to be discounting some of that risk as valuations remain modest. Late in the year, the portfolio managers added marginally to the materials and industrials sectors while trimming the consumer discretionary sector and the heavily weighted financials sector.

Our thematic investor, Lazard, eliminated one theme from its portfolio, the “Public/Private Partnerships” theme, as potential investments within the theme have become fully valued. In addition, Lazard has introduced a new theme, “Intergenerational Assets,” which represents various long-duration assets and obligations such as power generation, pension plans, and health care obligations. As the developed world has been focusing on prudent economic stewardship and financial returns, Lazard believes there has been a general underinvestment in the intergenerational issues such as the prudent stewardship of the environment. As the pendulum swings back and more effort is devoted to these issues, Lazard expects there will be undervalued opportunities for investment.

From a country perspective, the Portfolio remains heavily invested yet modestly underweighted in the two largest countries, Japan and the United Kingdom and modestly overweighted to eurozone countries. Outside of the benchmark, the Fund has a 4.5% allocation in Canadian companies and 8.9% of the Portfolio invested in emerging markets.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

International Equity’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index (“EAFE”) is composed of over 1,000 large, publicly traded stocks in 22 developed non-U.S. markets Among the countries included are Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom. Unlike the Fund, the EAFE is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The Index assumes reinvestment of dividends. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in International Equity on December 31, 1996, to a $10,000 investment made in the EAFE for the same time period. The table is not intended to imply any future performance of the Fund. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for International Equity and the EAFE since December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

International Equity

   27.63 %   13.46 %   7.69 %   12/31/85

MSCI EAFE Index

   26.34 %   14.98 %   7.71 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

  

Managers

International

Equity Fund**

    MSCI EAFE
Index
 

Financials

   31.3 %   29.9 %

Consumer Staples

   10.9 %   7.8 %

Materials

   10.3 %   8.4 %

Consumer Discretionary

   9.6 %   11.9 %

Industials

   8.6 %   11.1 %

Information Technology

   8.1 %   5.6 %

Energy

   6.8 %   7.2 %

Health Care

   4.4 %   7.0 %

Telecommunication Services

   3.4 %   5.5 %

Utilities

   3.3 %   5.6 %

Other Equities

   0.9 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   2.4 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Japan Tobacco, Inc.*

   1.8 %

ORIX Corp.*

   1.8  

Total SA*

   1.7  

JFE Holdings

   1.6  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.*

   1.4  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

   1.4  

Vodafone Group PLC*

   1.4  

ING Groep NV

   1.3  

Xstrata PLC

   1.2  

Tesco PLC

   1.2  

Top Ten as a Group

   14.8 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Fund Snapshots (continued)

Summary of Investments by Country

 

Country

   Managers
International
Equity Fund*
    MSCI EAFE
Index
 

Argentina

   0.0 %   0.0 %

Brazil

   0.9 %   0.0 %

China

   0.5 %   0.0 %

Hungary

   0.3 %   0.0 %

India

   0.4 %   0.0 %

South Korea

   2.0 %   0.0 %

Mexico

   1.0 %   0.0 %

Russia

   0.3 %   0.0 %

South Africa

   0.9 %   0.0 %

Taiwan

   2.6 %   0.0 %

Australia

   0.5 %   5.5 %

Austria

   0.5 %   0.6 %

Belgium

   1.5 %   1.3 %

Denmark

   0.2 %   0.8 %

Finland

   0.3 %   1.4 %

France

   10.9 %   9.6 %

Germany

   8.4 %   7.4 %

Greece

   0.0 %   0.6 %

Hong Kong

   4.7 %   1.4 %

Ireland

   0.8 %   0.9 %

Italy

   1.4 %   3.9 %

Japan

   20.5 %   22.6 %

Netherlands

   5.6 %   3.9 %

New Zealand

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Norway

   0.2 %   0.8 %

Portugal

   0.0 %   0.3 %

Singapore

   1.2 %   1.0 %

Spain

   0.4 %   4.1 %

Sweden

   1.6 %   2.6 %

Switzerland

   6.4 %   6.8 %

United Kingdom

   18.7 %   23.8 %

Canada

   4.7 %   0.0 %

United States

   2.3 %   0.0 %

Luxembourg

   0.2 %   0.1 %

Bermuda

   0.0 %   0.3 %

Cayman Islands

   0.0 %   0.1 %

Other

   0.1 %   0.0 %
   100.0 %   100.0 %
            

 

* As a percentage of total market value of common stocks on December 31, 2006

 

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December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 96.7%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 9.6%

    

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia)

   31,448     $ 393,215

Carphone Warehouse Group, The (United

    

Kingdom)

   176,295 2     1,080,362

Continental AG (Germany)

   15,082       1,747,207

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   69,000       1,195,765

Debenhams (United Kingdom)

   178,244       660,159

EMI Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   255,097       1,322,622

George Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom)

   89,700       976,326

Hyundai Mobis (North Korea)*

   2,800       257,228

Kesa Electricals PLC (United Kingdom)

   171,052       1,133,235

Koninklijke (Royal) Phillips Electronics N.V. (Netherlands)

   48,097       1,808,597

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom)

   80,853       1,218,599

Rakuten (Japan)*

   1,977       920,897

Renault SA (France)

   23,200       2,777,964

Shanghai Forte Land Company Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   224,000       99,967

Sharp Corp. (Japan)

   87,000       1,495,884

Suzuki Motor (Japan)

   30,800       868,170

Swatch Group AG, The (Switzerland)

   18,448       822,625

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan)

   35,500       2,375,909

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands)

   34,800       998,336

Total Consumer Discretionary

       22,153,067

Consumer Staples - 10.9%

    

Boots Group (United Kingdom)

   81,564       1,335,120

British American Tobacco PLC (United

    

Kingdom)

   56,000       1,568,072

Deutche Luftansa AG (Germany)

   41,400       1,134,346

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)

   60,912       1,196,778

Fomento Economico Mexicano SA de CV (Mexico)

   6,900       798,744

Heineken N.V. (Netherlands)

   22,146       1,052,222

Interbrew (Belgium)

   18,155       1,194,569

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom)

   207,300       1,657,993

Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Japan)

   876       4,234,106

Koninklijke Ahold N.V.(Netherlands)*

   119,359       1,266,201

L’Oreal SA (France)

   9,000       899,656

Metro AG (Germany)

   3,800       241,688

Nestle SA, Registered (Switzerland)

   2,760       978,992

Reckitt Benckiser PLC (United Kingdom)

   25,413       1,159,267

Royal Numico NV (Netherlands)

   21,862       1,173,993

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   34,000       1,057,230

Swedish Match (Sweden)

   60,000       1,120,338

Tesco PLC (United Kingdom)

   354,437       2,800,909

Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (Taiwan)

   231,000       230,034

Total Consumer Staples

       25,100,258

Energy - 6.8%

    

BP PLC (United Kingdom)

   227,400       2,535,757

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (Canada)

   19,500 2     1,039,253

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., Class H (Hong Kong)

   924,000       855,996

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. (China)

   359,000       863,051

EnCana Corp. (Canada)

   17,768       817,589

Eni S.p.A. (Italy)

   53,800       1,809,570

MOL Magyar Olaj-es Gazipari Rt. (Hungary)

   6,100       689,912

Oao Gazprom-Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   16,200       739,863

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR (Brazil)

   14,400       1,346,112

Petroplus Holdings AG (Switzerland)*

   2,620       159,114

Repsol YPF, S.A. (Spain)

   23,900       823,477

Total SA (France)

   55,352       3,982,986

Total Energy

       15,662,680

Financials - 31.3%

    

Admiral Group plc (United Kingdom)

   12,156       260,747

Allianz AG (Germany)

   8,669       1,762,032

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom)

   126,100       2,022,932

Axa Group (France)

   25,666       1,034,632

Bank of East Asia, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   69,600       392,891

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)

   93,700       1,337,846

BNP Paribas SA (France)

   18,340       1,995,177

British Land (United Kingdom)

   23,377       782,077

CapitaLand Ltd. (Singapore)

   230,000       925,547

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   105,000       238,084

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   952,000       1,270,065

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co (Taiwan)

   281,000       234,258

Credit Agricole SA (France)

   18,150       760,810

Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland)*

   32,400       2,258,862

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan)

   80,000       895,376

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. (Singapore)

   122,000       1,791,080

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany)

   11,193       2,056,845

Deutsche Postbank AG (Germany)

   7,900       663,082

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

 

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     Shares     Value

Financials - 31.3% (continued)

    

Erste Bank Der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG (Austria)

   13,943     $ 1,067,575

Fondiaria-Sai SpA (Italy)

   19,200       843,289

Fortis (Belgium)

   30,000       1,276,965

Friends Provident PLC (United Kingdom)

   53,100       225,160

HBOS PLC (United Kingdom)

   96,800       2,139,902

HDFC Bank Ltd. (India)

   15,700       376,711

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   155,000       864,081

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   184,000       2,014,270

Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd. (India)

   11,700       174,029

ING Groep NV (Netherlands)

   70,217       3,102,762

KBC Bank & Insurance Group, Inc. (Belgium)

   5,114       626,049

Kennedy-Wilson Japan (Japan)

   40       180,450

KK DaVinci Advisors (Japan)*

   295       292,375

Kookmin Bank (South Korea)

   19,874       1,597,910

Leopalace21 (Japan)

   19,900       635,677

Man Group plc (United Kingdom)

   130,620       1,333,248

Millea Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   19,500       690,657

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   72,000       1,860,435

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

   57       707,130

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   76,000       1,851,680

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG (Germany)

   18,900       3,256,498

Nikko Cordial Corp. (Japan)

   23,000       263,766

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   105,700       1,994,004

ORIX Corp. (Japan)

   14,420       4,181,686

Prudential (United Kingdom)

   95,903       1,310,245

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   56,600       2,202,769

Shun TAK Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   666,000       1,015,824

Sino Land (Hong Kong)

   170,300       396,071

Societe Generale (France)

   11,340       1,918,389

Standard Chartered, PLC. (United Kingdom)

   50,386       1,467,810

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

   222       2,272,954

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   102,000       3,270,051

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   74,000       847,603

Swiss Reinsurance (Switzerland)

   16,740       1,418,730

T&D Holdings (Japan)

   15,150       1,000,186

UBS (Switzerland)

   12,400       750,420

Unibail (France)

   5,069       1,236,235

Zurich Financial Services AG (Switzerland)

   3,100       831,690

Total Financials

       72,177,629

Health Care - 4.4%

    

Actelion, Ltd. (Switzerland)*

   2,741       602,327

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)

   16,100       862,822

Daiichi Sankyo (Japan)

   12,400       386,804

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   20,700       1,137,159

Elan Corp., PLC - Sponsored ADR (Ireland)*

   49,500 2     730,125

Essilor International SA (France)

   3,226       346,337

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom)

   60,200       1,584,513

Nobel Biocare Holding AG (Switzerland)

   3,580       1,055,982

Novartis AG (Switzerland)

   12,600       723,823

Sanofi - Synthelabo SA (France)

   26,725       2,464,063

UCB SA (Belgium)

   5,722       392,126

Total Health Care

       10,286,081

Industrials - 8.6%

    

ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)

   150,920       2,702,877

Air France-KLM (France)

   15,200       638,094

ALSTOM (France)*

   8,053       1,086,879

BAE Systems PLC (United Kingdom)

   117,500       976,845

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   42,000       647,536

European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (Netherlands)

   41,820       1,434,913

FANUC, Ltd. (Japan)

   7,300       716,435

Far Eastern Textile Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   264,000       230,213

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   108,000       1,094,920

Komatsu Ltd. (Japan)

   18,300       370,390

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (Japan)

   157,000       1,550,638

Rolls Royce Group PLC (United Kingdom)*

   17,270       150,919

RT Group PLC (United Kingdom)*

   360,539       28,237

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Ireland)*

   13,500 2     1,100,250

Safran SA (France)

   118       2,738

Siemens AG (Germany)

   12,600       1,236,564

SNC - Lavalin Group, Inc. (Canada)

   23,100       623,382

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (Japan)

   73,000       765,021

Toll Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)

   26,855       386,812

Tostem Inax Holding Corp. (Japan)

   32,000       672,931

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)*

   8,800       370,345

Wright Express Corp. (France)

   7,069       2,042,840

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   62,000       951,553

Total Industrials

       19,781,332

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value  

Information Technology - 8.1%

    

ARM Holdings Plc (United Kingdom)

   321,485     $ 788,455  

ASML Holding N.V. (Netherlands)*

   41,768       1,030,768  

Au Optronics Corp., Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

   29,760 2     410,986  

Baidu.com, Inc. (China)*

   2,600 2     293,072  

Business Objects SA (France)*

   2,900       113,757  

Compal Electronics, Inc. (Taiwan)

   159,961 2     713,042  

Elpida Memory, Inc. (Japan)*

   21,200       1,164,312  

Ericsson (LM), Class B (Sweden)

   416,000       1,672,803  

HON HAI Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   94,494       1,348,467  

Iliad SA (France)

   6,734       582,006  

Logitech International (Switzerland)*

   72,596       2,090,269  

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   7,300       1,889,887  

Nokia Corp., Sponsored ADR (Finland)

   35,100       713,232  

Research In Motion, Ltd. (Canada)*

   17,600 2     2,248,928  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   2,786       1,827,640  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

   158,612 2     1,733,629  

Total Information Technology

       18,621,253  

Materials - 10.3%

    

Air Liquide Sante International (France)

   4,401       1,042,777  

Barrick Gold Corp. (Canada)

   44,086       1,355,300  

BASF AG (Germany)

   11,900       1,156,753  

Brambles, Ltd. (Australia)*

   35,321       356,352  

Buzzi Unicem SpA (Italy)

   16,417       465,729  

Cameco Corp. (Canada)

   18,800       760,460  

Compania Vale do Rio Doce - ADR (Brazil)

   26,700 2     794,058  

Gold Fields, Ltd. (South Africa)

   65,500       1,230,613  

Goldcorp (Canada)

   43,600       1,237,915  

Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd. (South Africa)

   22,400 2     584,562  

JFE Holdings (Japan)

   70,400       3,619,800  

Meridan Gold (Canada)*

   37,700       1,048,417  

Mitsui Petrochemical (Japan)

   70,000       538,172  

Mittal Steel Co. NV (Netherlands)

   27,609       1,162,287  

POSCO (South Korea)

   3,270       1,080,997  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (Canada)

   4,800       688,704  

Salzgitter AG (Germany)

   9,358       1,220,333  

Svenska Cellulosa AB (Sweden)

   19,400       1,010,902  

Symrise AG (Germany)*

   13,092       340,456  

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

   2,051       380,995  

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   120,000       228,909  

Wacker Chemie AG (Germany)*

   5,285       685,976  

Xstrata PLC (United Kingdom)

   57,280       2,850,227  

Total Materials

       23,840,694  

Telecommunication Services - 3.4%

    

America Movil, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

   33,000 2     1,492,260  

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. (India)*

   21,200       301,810  

China Netcom Group (Hong Kong)

   316,000       843,733  

Nippon Telegraph & Tel Corp. (Japan)

   149       734,792  

Rogers Communications - B (Canada)

   31,000       922,437  

Telenor ASA (Norway)

   26,400       494,698  

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   1,146,599       3,166,527  

Total Telecommunication Services

       7,956,257  

Utilities - 3.3%

    

E.ON AG (Germany)*

   12,800       1,728,567  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   527,000       1,184,944  

National Grid PLC (United Kingdom)

   74,061       1,071,910  

RWE AG (Germany)

   12,050       1,321,518  

Veolia Environment (France)

   29,952 2     2,284,255  

Total Utilities

       7,591,194  

Total Common Stocks (cost $155,596,000)

       223,170,445  

Other Investment Companies - 0.3%

    

Hirco Plc (South Africa)

   40,800       343,508  

streetTRACKS Gold Trust

   7,300       461,433  

Total Other Investment Companies
(cost $828,097)

       804,941  

Warrants - 0.6%

    

China Overseas Land & Investment (Hong Kong)

   119,000       91,794  

Silicon Precision Industries Co. (Luxembourg)

   311,400       487,652  

United Microelectronics Corp. Warrants, Exp. (Taiwan)

   1,127,271       700,035  

Total Warrants (cost $1,145,583)

       1,279,481  

Short-Term Investments - 7.2%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32% 3

   11,857,706       11,857,706  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   4,882,961       4,882,961  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $16,740,667)

       16,740,667  

Total Investments - 104.8%
(cost $174,310,347)

       241,995,534  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (4.8)%

       (11,079,408 )

Net Assets - 100%

     $ 230,916,126  

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

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments

The Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

The Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities, i.e., common and preferred stocks of companies located in countries designated by the World Bank or the United Nations to be a developing country or an emerging market, such as most countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The Fund may invest in companies of any size. The MSCI Emerging Markets (MSCI EM) Index is the benchmark for the Fund.

The Fund currently employs a subadvisor, Rexiter Capital Management Limited (“Rexiter”), to manage the assets of the Fund. The investment team at Rexiter believes emerging markets are less efficient than developed markets, and an actively managed portfolio, with respect to both country weightings and stock selection, can add value over a market capitalization-weighted index without materially affecting risk. Rexiter’s approach is active in terms of both asset allocation and stock selection. Investment decisions are based on fundamental analysis of countries and stocks. Portfolio management is controlled by a disciplined process that seeks to add to returns through the exploitation of market inefficiency, while at the same time constraining risk.

Rexiter’s investment strategy is to earn investment return and manage investment risk by analyzing and actively managing country and industry exposure, and investing in companies within targeted country and industry ranges that demonstrate strong and most importantly, profitable earnings growth.

The ideal investment exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Ability to generate and maintain strong earnings growth

 

   

Quality management

 

   

Strong finances

 

   

Established market positions across a diverse range of companies and industries

Portfolio Construction

 

   

Use a liquidity-tiered fixed-weight benchmark to determine a neutral position for country allocation

 

   

Employ active country allocations away from this neutral position based upon fundamental analysis of macroeconomic variables and equity market valuations

 

   

Screen companies based on capitalizations and liquidity parameters to analyze roughly 300 companies in detail by:

 

   

Studying published accounts and accounting policies for the underlying development of earnings

 

   

Performing a “DuPont Analysis” of return on equity

 

   

Analyzing the return of invested capital and the economic value added

 

   

Analyzing the cash flow and capital spending and capital requirements of each company

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

The current stock price is not supported by its expectations regarding the company’s future growth potential

 

   

The political, economic, or financial health of the country changes

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund rose 34.50% in 2006, compared with a gain of 32.59% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets (MSCI EM) Index. (Note that unless otherwise stated, all performance cited in this commentary is in U.S. dollars.)

Despite one rather large hiccup in the middle of the year, emerging markets stocks again appreciated dramatically during the year, making 2006 the fourth consecutive year that the MSCI EM Index has gained in excess of 25%. Since the end of 2002, the MSCI EM Index has risen 251% cumulatively, or 36.9% annualized. The virtuous cycle of trends and capital flows has continued despite an eventual reversal in some important commodities and energy prices. The primary catalyst for the steady rise in stock prices has been global economic growth. Overall the global GDP is estimated to have grown approximately 4% in 2006, the fourth consecutive year that it has grown more than 3.5%. Among the primary beneficiaries and drivers of this global growth are emerging economies, including China and India which generated growth of almost 10% during the year. With generally low interest rates and sustained high profitability of companies, there has been an excess of liquidity in the markets, some of which has found its way toward the emerging markets. Furthermore, emerging market companies have made significant strides to improve both corporate transparency and fundamental productivity. Hence, low interest rates, low inflation, and rising productivity have generated plenty of liquidity around the world and emerging markets companies have put capital to good use, created growth and thus have attracted more capital so that stock prices have risen. As long as additional capital flows continue and can be put to good use, the virtuous cycle can continue.

The mid-year hiccup began in mid-May and proved how quickly a virtuous cycle can be interrupted. The MSCI EM Index dropped 24% from a peak in mid-May to mid-June as investors’ expectations for inflation and interest rates rose and investor sentiment reversed from optimism to risk aversion. Eventually, ample liquidity and strong fundamentals prevailed as inflation moderated and the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee ceased its tightening campaign. Investors regained their appetite for risk and the global stock markets recovered.

Across the emerging markets the rally was very broad, with virtually all sectors rising significantly. The only exception was the relatively small health care sector, which dropped more than 8% during the year. Almost half of the benchmark’s health care weighting is represented by Teva Pharmaceutical, an Isreali based drug manufacturer that dropped 27%. Similarly, the vast majority of emerging markets countries rose significantly during the year, while there were only a few minor countries that lost value. Isreal, dropped slightly, mainly because of Teva, while the Turkish and Jordanian markets moved broadly lower. Of the significant markets, the biggest laggard was South Korea, which only rose 12% for the year. Again, this was largely the result of one large company, Sam-sung Electronics, which was practically fl at for the year. Conversely, Chinese stocks traded on local exchanges rose more than 90% for the year while stocks traded in Hong Kong rose 69%. Relatively large markets such as Taiwan, Brazil, and South Africa rose 20%, 46%, and 20%, respectively. Russia, which is dominated by its energy companies, rose 50% even though its energy companies only rose 42%. Emerging markets are gradually becoming more diversified. India, which is very well diversified around a significant IT services industry, rose 48% for the year.

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments

The Fund fully participated in the 2006 rally and modestly outperformed its benchmark. Technically, one can attribute the Fund’s outperformance to be a result of good stock selection. While there were obviously a slew of holdings that appreciated significantly throughout the year, the best way to characterize the Fund’s success is by having avoided disasters. For instance, there were 64 companies in the benchmark that dropped more than 24%, and they collectively detracted more than 2% from the overall return. Conversely, the Fund only owned three of these securities, and with a considerably more concentrated portfolio, these three detracted slightly more than 1% from the return. Meanwhile, the Fund had ten positions that each individually contributed more than 1% to the overall return.

The team at Rexiter has for many years been of the opinion that the basic building blocks of a healthy emerging economy are financial and telecommunications infrastructures. In some cases the most effective way to establish exposure to a country is through its financial or telecommunications companies. Thus, the Portfolio has and will likely continue to have significant and geographically diversified exposure in these sectors. This was quite beneficial in 2006 as these two sectors provided the largest overall contributions to the Fund’s return. In fact five of the top six contributors were from the financial or telecommunications sectors, led by China Overseas Land and Investment, Ltd., a real estate development, property, and project management firm, that appreciated more than 200% since its addition to the Portfolio in February, and Sberbank, a Russian commercial bank, that rose 163% during the year. Conversely, the portfolio managers effectively avoided the health care sector and particularly its weakest components. The Fund’s lone health care holding, Gedeon Richter, a Hungarian pharmaceutical company, rose 29% during the year.

LOOKING FORWARD

Looking forward, there are not likely to be significant shifts in country or sector weightings within the Portfolio. Although South Korea and Taiwan remain among the Fund’s largest country allocations, the portfolio managers at Rexiter gradually reduced exposure throughout 2006, and they are each below 10% heading into the new year. Meanwhile, Rexiter has been adding exposure in Russia and China (both in China and through the Hong Kong market).

Despite the sharp rise in share prices over the past few years, emerging markets securities are not selling at extreme valuations, although they are not cheap. At 19.6, the weighted average price-to-trailing-earnings (P/E) of the MSCI EM Index is only modestly higher than its 18.2 level, three years ago. Although the Fund’s P/E has risen from 14.0, it remains well below the Index at 17.3. There is a legitimate concern that emerging markets companies are at cyclical earnings peaks. In addition, these markets are being driven higher by excess liquidity searching for returns. If the liquidity or the sentiment decreases, the market will move lower regardless of the fundamentals. However, these countries and companies are demonstrating rational business practices, are financially much healthier than only a few years ago, and have diversified their markets; therefore, in some ways they are less risky now than in the past. On the other hand, emerging markets remain acutely dependent upon and sensitive to product demand and capital flows from the developed markets.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Emerging Markets Equity’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Free (MSCI EMF) Index (“EMF”) is composed of all publicly traded stocks issued by 27 emerging countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Greece, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland and Thailand. MSCI designates nations based upon several factors, the most important being per capita GDP. In cases where restrictions on foreign investment exist, the EMF Index limits its coverage to the opportunity set generally available to foreign investors. Unlike the Fund, EMF is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Emerging Markets Equity on February 9, 1998, to a $10,000 investment made in the EMF for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Emerging Markets Equity and the EMF since inception through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Since Inception     Inception Date*

Emerging Markets Equity

   34.50 %   26.16 %   14.86 %   2/9/98

MSCI EM Index

   32.59 %   26.97 %   12.37 %  

 

* Commencement of operations was February 9, 1998.

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

  

Managers

Emerging Markets

Equity Fund**

   

MSCI Emerging

Markets Index

 

Financials

   19.9 %   20.9 %

Telecommunication Services

   14.9 %   10.9 %

Energy

   11.3 %   17.3 %

Industrials

   11.0 %   7.4 %

Information Technology

   10.6 %   13.7 %

Materials

   8.2 %   12.8 %

Consumer Discretionary

   6.9 %   6.2 %

Consumer Staples

   5.6 %   5.4 %

Utilities

   4.9 %   3.6 %

Health Care

   1.2 %   1.8 %

Other Equities

   3.9 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   1.6 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

Sberbank RF*

   2.5 %

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.

   2.2  

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., Class H

   2.1  

China Shipping Development Co., Ltd.

   1.9  

China Mobile Ltd.

   1.9  

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.*

   1.9  

Infosys Technologies

   1.8  

Anglo American Plc*

   1.8  

Mobile Telesystems, Sponsored ADR

   1.7  

Consorcio ARA, S.A. de C.V.

   1.7  

Top Ten as a Group

   19.5 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Fund Snapshots (continued)

Summary of Investments by Country

 

Country

  

Managers Emerging

Markets Equity Fund*

    MSCI EM Index  

Argentina

   0.0 %   0.3 %

Brazil

   12.9 %   10.5 %

Chile

   1.7 %   1.5 %

China

   6.5 %   7.4 %

Colombia

   0.9 %   0.3 %

Czech Republic

   1.3 %   0.7 %

Egypt

   0.0 %   0.8 %

Hungary

   1.1 %   1.1 %

India

   9.2 %   6.5 %

Indonesia

   2.1 %   1.6 %

Israel

   2.0 %   2.0 %

Jordan

   0.0 %   0.1 %

South Korea

   9.2 %   15.5 %

Malaysia

   3.9 %   2.6 %

Mexico

   5.1 %   6.2 %

Morocco

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Pakistan

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Peru

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Philippines

   0.5 %   0.5 %

Poland

   0.0 %   1.7 %

Russia

   12.7 %   9.8 %

South Africa

   4.4 %   8.3 %

Taiwan

   8.8 %   12.5 %

Thailand

   2.0 %   1.4 %

Turkey

   3.9 %   1.4 %

Hong Kong

   5.8 %   3.5 %

Netherlands

   0.0 %   0.1 %

United Kingdom

   1.8 %   0.1 %

United States

   2.2 %   1.3 %

Luxembourg

   0.1 %   0.5 %

Bermuda

   1.4 %   0.6 %

Cayman Islands

   0.0 %   0.5 %

Other

   0.5 %   0.1 %
   100.0 %   100.0 %
            

 

* As a percentage of total market value of common stocks on December 31, 2006

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 94.5%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 6.9%

    

Consorcio ARA, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

   392,200     $ 2,668,398

Grupo Famsa SA (Mexico)*

   140,548       630,989

Grupo Televisa S. A. (Mexico)

   87,800       2,371,478

Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

   3,430       247,879

Maruti Udyog Ltd. (India)

   95,533       2,001,232

Resorts World Berhad (Malaysia)

   448,900       1,858,139

SM Investments Corp. (Philippines)

   106,080       702,061

Total Consumer Discretionary

       10,480,176

Consumer Staples - 5.6%

    

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar (Brazil)

   69,200       2,364,564

IOI Corp., Berhad (Malaysia)

   436,000       2,273,132

ITC, Ltd. (India)

   336,621       1,339,348

OJSC Cherkizovo Group (a) (Russia)*

   42,118       572,805

Shinsegae Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

   3,169       1,973,890

Total Consumer Staples

       8,523,739

Energy - 11.3%

    

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., Class H (Hong Kong)

   3,400,000       3,149,769

LUKOIL Holdings, ADR (Russia)

   20,506       1,803,503

OAO Rosneft Oil Co. GDR (a) (Russia)*

   208,618       1,908,855

PetroChina (China)

   1,710,000       2,410,035

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Sponsored ADR (Brazil)

   25,000       2,574,750

PTT Public Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

   316,200       1,902,894

Surgutneftegaz Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   23,332 2     1,784,898

Yanzhou Coal Mining (China)

   2,148,000       1,737,142

Total Energy

       17,271,846

Financials - 19.9%

    

Bancolombia S.A. (Colombia)

   43,001       1,339,481

Bank Hapoalim, Ltd. (Israel)

   345,470       1,612,081

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (China)*

   73,171 2     155,028

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

    

(Hong Kong)

   2,142,000       2,857,646

Chinatrust Financial Holding, Co. (Taiwan)

   2,877,280       2,398,673

Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)

   554,976       2,169,970

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS (Turkey)

   494,742       1,921,660

Kazkommertsbank (a) (Kazakhstan)*

   33,487       773,550

Kookmin Bank, Sponsored ADR (South Korea)*

   22,248       1,794,079

OAO Open Investments (a) (Russia)*

   5,564       1,240,772

OTP Bank Rt. (Hungary)

   20,402       937,359

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Indonesia)

   1,424,000       816,813

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   10,900       1,881,777

Sanlam, Ltd. (South Africa)

   850,883       2,218,115

Sberbank RF (Russia)

   1,100       3,786,984

Turkiye Is Bankasi (Isbank) (Turkey)

   475,132       2,151,940

Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (Brazil)

   25,620       2,381,635

Total Financials

       30,437,563

Health Care - 1.2%

    

Richter Gedeon Rt (Hungary)

   7,706       1,754,097

Industrials - 11.0%

    

Barloworld Ltd (South Africa)

   87,351       2,039,461

China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. (China)

   1,912,000       2,924,138

COSCO Pacific (Bermuda)

   898,000 2     2,100,776

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (South Korea)

   70,740       2,214,805

Hyundai Development Co. (South Korea)*

   39,900       2,436,903

Santos-Brasil SA (Brazil)*

   57,062       721,121

Siemens India, Ltd. (India)

   94,219       2,417,653

Tata Motors, Ltd. (India)

   100,000 2     2,043,000

Total Industrials

       16,897,857

Information Technology - 10.6%

    

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (Taiwan)*

   1,974,727       2,216,928

Compal Electronics, Inc. (Taiwan)

   1,375,038       1,221,145

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   351,784       2,502,978

Infosys Technologies (India)

   54,916       2,775,235

Mediatek, Inc. (Taiwan)

   180,000       1,853,698

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., GDR, (a) (South Korea)

   6,800       2,241,075

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

   182,062 2     1,989,938

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   986       2,024

United Microelectronics Corp. (Taiwan)

   2,137,504       1,331,535

Total Information Technology

       16,134,556

Materials - 8.2%

    

Anglo American Plc (United Kingdom)

   55,123       2,682,685

Compania Vale do Rio Doce - ADR (Brazil)

   87,600 2     2,605,224

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. (Taiwan)

   680       1,139

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value  

Materials - 8.2% (continued)

    

GMK Norilsk Nickel, Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   12,800 2   $ 2,009,600  

Novolipetsk Steel, Corp. (Russia)

   59,962       1,409,107  

Polyus Gold (Russia)*

   23,990 2     1,180,332  

Sappi Ltd. (South Africa)

   146,235       2,450,021  

Ternium SA (Luxembourg)*

   6,800 2     201,076  

Total Materials

       12,539,184  

Telecommunication Services - 14.9%

    

Advanced Information Services PCL (Thailand)

   510,000       1,123,799  

Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. (Israel)

   916,879       1,480,489  

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. (India)*

   240,457       3,423,225  

China Mobile Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   332,000       2,861,823  

China Telecom Corp., Ltd., Class H (China)

   4,842,000       2,643,754  

Mobile Telesystems, Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   53,327 2     2,676,482  

Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Indonesia)

   2,153,000       2,426,622  

Tim Participacoes ADR (Brazil)

   68,000       2,354,160  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmet AS (Turkey)

   374,000       1,833,035  

Vivo Participacoes (Brazil)

   491,100 2     2,013,510  

Total Telecommunication Services

       22,836,899  

Utilities - 4.9%

    

Ceske Energeticke Zavody (Czech Republic)

   44,512       2,038,253  

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA/ Chile, ADR (Chile)

   69,879 2     2,568,053  

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia)

   579,750       1,787,937  

Unified Energy System (Russia)

   11,200       1,209,600  

Total Utilities

       7,603,843  

Total Common Stocks (cost $92,795,797)

       144,479,760  

Preferred Stocks - 3.9%

    

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, 1.58% (Brazil)

   41,840,000       2,056,064  

Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., 3.92% (South Korea)

   30,560       1,302,348  

Tam S.A. (Brazil)

   85,483       2,660,716  

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $2,559,158)

       6,019,128  

Other Investment Companies - 13.3%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32%3

   15,391,473       15,391,473  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   4,989,754       4,989,754  

Total Other Investment Companies

    

(cost $20,381,227)

       20,381,227  

Total Investments - 111.7%

    

(cost $115,736,182)

       170,880,115  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (11.7)%

       (17,897,436 )

Net Assets - 100%

     $ 152,982,679  

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

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments

The Managers Bond Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve a high level of current income from a diversifi ed portfolio of fi xed income securities. The Fund’s benchmark is the Lehman Brothers Government Credit Index.

The Fund currently employs a subadvisor, Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis”), to manage the assets of the Fund. The investment team at Loomis believes that there are inherent inef-fi ciencies in bond markets, hence the greatest opportunities to add value, reside in the pricing of credit risk. Their philosophy is to identify attractively valued issues through fundamental research. Portfolio manager Dan Fuss and his investment team at Loomis are focused on issue selection rather than interest rate timing. They employ a “bond picker’s” approach, capitalizing on the fi rm’s commitment to credit research. Dan and the team research debt offerings in the same way equity analysts research stocks, looking for undervalued bonds where they see a yield premium, the potential for price appreciation, or both. They analyze the company’s fi nancial condition in detail, as well as the terms of specifi c bond offerings. They believe price appreciation can come from a variety of catalysts including improving company fundamentals which would lead to credit upgrades, changing market supply and demand forces, improving sector, or economic trends.

The ideal investment typically exhibits some of the following traits:

 

   

An attractive yield, both absolute and relative to Loomis’ credit research expectations

 

   

Good call protection, particularly when prevailing rates are low

 

   

Stable or improving fundamentals (for corporate bonds)

 

   

Non-market relatedness to counter the impact of systematic risk

The portfolio:

 

   

Primarily holds securities rated BBB/Baa or better, but may hold a small portion in below investment grade and in unrated bonds

 

   

Can be invested up to 10% in non-U.S. dollar denominated bonds

In order to mitigate some of the interest rate risk, the Portfolio may be structured with counter cyclical elements. In doing so, Dan Fuss may utilize convertible bonds, municipal bonds, preferred stocks, and foreign corporate and government bonds in addition to the domestic corporate bonds, which are used for alpha generation. In addition, Dan seeks bonds with call protection, either through the terms of the bond structure or through deep price discounts relative to the call price.

In deciding which securities to buy, the investment team will consider:

 

   

The financial strength of the issuer of the security

 

   

Current interest rates, the asset manager’s expectations regarding general trends in interest rates

 

   

Comparisons of the level of risk associated with particular investments with the asset manager’s expectations concerning the potential return of those investments

The investment team may make a sell decision when:

 

   

There is a change in sovereign, industry, or company fundamentals

 

   

The issuer is downgraded by Loomis research

 

   

Relative valuation is not consistent with its expected rating category

 

   

Other securities or sectors offer greater total return potential

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

The Managers Bond Fund returned 7.84% for the year ended 2006, compared to its benchmark, the Lehman Government/Credit Index, which returned 3.78%. The U.S. bond market in 2006 was defi ned by two distinct halves - the first, which was marked by escalating inflationary fears, tighter global central bank policy and higher interest rates; and the second, which was marked by a Federal Reserve pause, poor economic data, and sharply falling rates. During the year, the FOMC hiked the Fed Funds rate four times, from 4.25% to 5.25%, as higher energy prices and a resilient U.S. economy led to concerns over higher inflation. In August, however, for the first time in over 2 years, the Fed decided to keep rates on hold, signaling that the tightening cycle may have come to an end. Following the Fed pause in August, economic data releases began to signal a weakening economy, led by poor data in the housing and auto sectors. The economic slowdown sparked a sharp bond rally, as the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.60%, well off the year’s high of 5.24% reached in June. As longer-term bonds rallied and rates fell, short-term bonds were anchored by the Fed Funds rate, which led to an inversion in the yield curve. It’s worth noting, if only for comparison sake, yield curve inversions historically have been associated with future economic recessions. U.S. corporate high yield and emerging markets debt were the top-performing sectors returning 840 basis points (8.4%) and 700 basis points (7.0%), respectively, over like-duration treasuries. Furthermore, the interest rate environment became more favorable for mortgage-backed securities toward the latter half of the year allowing such issues to outperform like-duration Treasuries by over 120 basis points (1.2%).

Similar to the two distinct periods of the bond market, the Fund was structured quite differently pre- and post-Fed policy shifts. Portfolio management spent the early part of the year using the liquidity attained through strong cash flows to buy shorter-term treasuries in an effort to keep duration on the defensive side. This was due in part to uncertainty surrounding inflation and how the Fed would influence interest rates going forward. That all changed in an unprecedented move early in the third quarter as Dan Fuss elected to aggressively sell short-term Treasuries in favor of longer-term issues. The move was predicated on anticipation of the Fed pausing in its campaign of 17 consecutive interest rate hikes and proved to be very timely. With the Fund’s duration pushed out over 9 years at that point, the Portfolio was able to take full advantage of the Fed pause and subsequent declining yields. This decision was ultimately a major contributor toward outperformance for the year.

In addition to considerable value added through curve positioning and duration management, the Fund’s corporate bond holdings in financials, industrials, and utilities all returned in excess of 100 basis points (1.0%) over like-duration Treasuries. Furthermore, foreign bonds were a plus for the year aided by the declining dollar.

LOOKING FORWARD

As we move into 2007 and beyond, Loomis is forecasting the bond market to be driven by three main factors: low yield volatility associated with stable monetary policy, a supportive macro backdrop

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

with solid though slower economic growth accompanied by contained inflation, and generally full valuations putting the focus on security selection. Furthermore, Dan believes we are in the initial stages of a secular period of rising interest rates but at a cyclical peak, and that the Fed will likely begin cutting rates in the first half of 2007. The ten-year Treasury, which is currently yielding approximately 4.5% percent, is forecasted to remain at or near its current level, which could represent a bottom for this cycle. In the meantime, the Fund’s duration at 7.7 years has come in slightly since last quarter, and the Fund’s corporate bond allocation, at about 47%, is roughly the same as it has been for several quarters now. Given the reasonably strong net cash flows this Portfolio has been receiving, Dan and his team will continue to manage duration and curve positioning through the buying and selling of shorter-term U.S. Treasury bonds in addition to adding select corporate issues when the opportunity presents itself.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers Bond Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Lehman Brothers Government/ Credit Index is comprised of government securities and investment grade corporate securities with maturities between 1 and 10 years. Unlike the Fund, the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The Index assumes reinvestment of all income. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Managers Bond Fund on December 31, 1996, to a $10,000 investment made in the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers Bond Fund and the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index from December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Bond Fund

   7.84 %   7.35 %   7.30 %   6/1/84

Lehman Brothers Govt/Credit Index

   3.78 %   5.17 %   6.26 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers
Bond Fund**
    Lehman Bros
Govt/Credit
Index
 

Industrials

   32.0 %   15.5 %

U.S. Treasury Bonds/Bills

   23.3 %   0.0 %

U.S. Treasury Notes

   16.1 %   60.8 %

Finance

   11.4 %   14.3 %

Foreign Government

   5.3 %   6.2 %

Utilities

   3.2 %   3.2 %

Federal National Mortgage Association

   1.3 %   0.0 %

Preferred Stocks

   0.9 %   0.0 %

Asset-Backed Securities

   0.9 %   0.0 %

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

   0.6 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   5.0 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

  

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

USTB, 5.375%, 02/15/31*

   18.9 %

USTN, 4.625%, 11/30/08

   9.3  

USTN, 3.700%, 05/15/08

   5.0  

USTB, 4.500%, 09/30/11

   4.4  

Nextel Communications, Inc., 5.950%, 03/15/14

   1.9  

Canada Government, 4.250%, 09/01/08

   1.8  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 06/20/16*

   1.4  

Verizon Global Funding Corp., 5.850%, 09/15/35*

   1.2  

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 06/15/36 (a)

   1.2  

Comcast Corp., 6.450%, 03/15/37*

   1.2  

Top Ten as a Group

   46.3 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Corporate Bonds - 47.5%

    

Asset-Backed Security - 0.9%

    

Bank of America-First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage, Series 2001-3, Class A-2, 5.464%, 04/11/37

   $ 1,500,000     $ 1,512,217

Community Program Loan Trust, Series 87-A, Class A4, 4.500%, 10/01/18

     155,693       153,198

Community Program Loan Trust, Series 87-A, Class A5, 4.500%, 04/01/29

     3,225,000       3,039,245

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-7, Class 3A1, 5.000%, 08/25/20

     3,519,065       3,476,485

Total Asset-Backed Security

       8,181,145

Finance - 11.4%

    

ASIF Global Financial, 2.380%, 02/26/09 (a)

   SGD 5,800,000       3,692,287

Bank of American Capital Trust, 5.625%, 03/08/35

     3,085,000       2,920,332

Barclays Capital Corp., 4.100%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB 109,000,000       2,856,753

Barclays Capital Corp., 4.160%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB 25,000,000       657,475

Barclays Financial LLC., 4.670%, 03/23/09 (a) 6

   KRW 160,900,000       172,971

BNP Paribas SA, 0.000%, 06/31/11 (a) 4

   IDR 19,645,500,000       1,487,431

Cerro Negro Finance, Ltd., 7.900%, 12/01/20 (a)

     500,000       485,000

Cigna Corp., 6.150%, 11/15/36

     3,610,000       3,566,413

Citibank N.A., 15.000%, 07/02/10 (a)

   BRL 2,000,000       1,046,983

Citigroup, Inc., 3.500%, 02/01/08

     2,020,000       1,983,652

Colonial Realty LP, 4.800%, 04/01/11

     3,485,000       3,350,821

Colonial Realty LP, 5.500%, 10/01/15

     1,255,000       1,223,846

EOP Operating LP, 6.750%, 02/15/12

     500,000       539,986

Ford Motor Credit Co., 8.000%, 12/15/16

     3,500,000       3,458,525

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.500%, 09/28/15

   NZD 11,570,000       7,838,670

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.625%, 02/04/10

   NZD 3,500,000       2,410,064

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.750%, 09/26/16

   NZD 2,865,000       1,999,824

GMAC International Finance BV, 8.000%, 03/14/07

     950,000       667,011

GMAC, 5.625%, 05/15/09

     500,000       496,052

GMAC, 6.125%, 01/22/08

     2,000,000       1,995,618

GMAC, 6.225%, 03/20/07 6

   NZD 1,500,000       1,500,099

GMAC, 6.875%, 09/15/11

     250,000       256,424

Highwoods Properties, Inc., 7.500%, 04/15/18

     2,405,000       2,671,871

Inter-American Development Bank, 0.000%, 05/11/09 4

   BRL 6,500,000       2,228,528

Inter-American Development Bank, 6.000%, 12/15/17

   NZD 4,215,000 2     2,838,852

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.000%, 03/28/11 (a) 4

   IDR 932,700,000       72,204

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.000%, 02/01/08

     1,000,000       986,734

JPMorgan Chase of London, 0.000%, 10/21/10 (a) 4

   IDR 16,627,462,500       1,345,002

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, 0.000%, 05/17/10 (a) 4

   BRL 3,600,000       1,139,925

Kinder Morgan Finance Co., 5.700%, 01/05/16

     370,000       339,482

Kinder Morgan Finance Co., 6.400%, 01/05/36

     735,000       655,311

Kinder Morgan Inc., 5.150%, 03/01/15

     730,000       655,030

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.375%, 07/15/14

     4,390,000       4,224,203

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.750%, 09/15/15

     3,295,000       3,241,661

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Finance - 11.4% (continued)

    

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.875%, 08/01/33

   $ 7,365,000     $ 6,708,116

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., 3.625%, 04/01/08

     2,100,000       2,057,506

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 06/15/36 (a)

     10,125,000       10,913,150

SLM Corp., 6.500%, 06/15/10

   NZD 500,000       342,655

Spieker Properties, Inc., 7.350%,12/01/17

     250,000       299,747

St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. 6.750%, 06/20/36

     2,610,000       2,884,901

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 5.150%, 05/15/15

     3,785,000       3,468,131

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., 6.375%, 03/15/33

     3,040,000       3,201,725

Wells Fargo Co., 5.121%, 05/01/33 6

     8,390,000 2     8,417,100

Total Finance

       103,298,071

Industrial - 32.0%

    

Abitibi-Consolidated, Inc., 7.500%, 04/01/28

     500,000       383,750

Albertson’s, Inc., 6.625%, 06/01/28

     1,015,000       921,476

Albertson’s, Inc., 7.450%, 08/01/29

     595,000       581,314

Albertson’s Inc., 7.750%, 06/15/26

     915,000       912,659

Altria Group, Inc., 7.000%, 11/04/13

     1,500,000       1,629,774

America Movil, S.A. de C.V., 4.125%, 03/01/09

     3,000,000 2     2,919,171

American President, Ltd., 8.000%, 01/15/24

     250,000 5     224,375

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 5.950%, 09/15/06

     4,915,000       4,925,287

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 6.450%, 09/15/36

     3,630,000       3,668,100

Arrow Electronics, Inc., 6.875%, 07/01/13

     500,000       521,598

AT&T, Inc., 6.150%, 09/15/34

     1,375,000       1,352,403

AT&T, Inc., 6.500%, 03/15/29

     7,650,000       7,635,687

Avnet, Inc., 2.000%, 03/15/34

     1,425,000       1,433,906

Avnet, Inc., 6.000%, 09/01/15

     5,105,000       5,033,525

Avnet, Inc., 6.625%, 09/15/16

     1,370,000       1,408,772

BellSouth Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/34

     9,740,000 2     9,351,501

Bowater, Inc., 6.500%, 06/15/13

     1,675,000 2     1,528,438

Bristol-Myers Squibb, 4.860%, 09/15/23 6

     6,060,000       6,060,000

Centex Corp., 5.250%, 06/15/15

     1,915,000       1,808,712

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, 6.250%, 04/04/13

     5,600,000       5,637,246

Cia Brasileira de Bebida, 8.750%, 09/15/13

     3,795,000       4,421,175

Clear Channel Communications, 4.250%, 05/15/09

     1,500,000       1,452,778

Clear Channel Communications, 5.750%, 01/15/13

     500,000       444,634

Comcast Corp., 5.650%, 06/15/35

     4,910,000       4,456,989

Comcast Corp., 6.450%, 03/15/37

     10,570,000       10,575,708

Comcast Corp., 6.500%, 11/15/35

     375,000       377,649

Continental Airlines, Inc., 6.795%, 08/02/20

     53,026       52,761

Corning, Inc., 6.850%, 03/01/29

     9,142,000       9,513,869

Corning, Inc., 7.250%, 08/15/36

     1,185,000       1,269,914

Cummins, Inc., 7.125%, 03/01/28

     50,000       51,974

D.R. Horton, Inc., 5.250%, 02/15/15

     5,495,000 2     5,129,121

Desarrolladora Homex S.A. de C.V., 7.500%, 09/28/15

     2,725,000       2,779,500

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 32.0% (continued)

    

Devon Energy Corp., 4.900%, 08/15/08

   $ 1,250,000     $ 1,731,250

Devon Energy Corp., 4.950%, 08/15/08

     1,692,000       2,343,420

Dillards, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/28

     225,000       214,875

Duke Energy Field Services LLC, 6.450%, 11/03/36 (a)

     2,615,000       2,686,837

El Paso Corp., 6.750%, 05/15/09

     250,000       255,312

El Paso Corp., 6.950%, 06/01/28

     1,030,000       1,024,850

El Paso Corp., 7.000%, 05/15/11

     500,000       518,750

Energy Transfer Partners LP, 6.125%, 02/15/17

     700,000       709,739

Energy Transfer Partners LP, 6.625%, 10/15/36

     515,000       530,279

Foot Locker, Inc., 8.500%, 01/15/22

     570,000       560,025

Ford Motor Co., 6.375%, 02/01/29

     1,990,000       1,427,825

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.250%, 06/01/28

     1,195,000       1,159,150

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.750%, 11/15/29

     1,510,000       1,506,225

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 8.000%, 01/15/24

     985,000       999,775

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 8.875%, 05/15/31

     2,750,000       2,908,125

GTE Corp., 6.940%, 04/15/28

     130,000       136,295

HCA, Inc., 6.250%, 02/15/13

     1,940,000       1,716,900

HCA, Inc., 5.750, 03/15/14

     2,500,000       2,075,000

HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/27

     1,600,000       1,204,216

HCA, Inc., 7.580%, 09/15/25

     730,000       593,981

Hutchison Whampoa International, Ltd., 5.450%, 11/24/10 (a)

     2,225,000       2,231,493

International Paper Co., 4.000%, 04/01/10

     1,000,000       959,807

International Paper Co., 4.250%, 01/15/09

     1,000,000       978,609

Kellwood Co., 7.625%, 10/15/17

     250,000       228,500

KN Capital Trust III, 7.630%, 04/15/28

     75,000       69,688

Koninklijke KPN NV, 8.375%, 10/01/30

     815,000       933,790

Lennar Corp., 5.600%, 05/31/15

     2,740,000       2,619,932

Lennar Corp., 6.500%, 04/15/16

     2,340,000       2,374,183

Lowe’s Co., Inc., 6.875%, 02/15/28

     500,000       555,706

Lubrizol, Corp., 6.500%, 10/01/34

     7,825,000       7,874,227

Lucent Technologies, Inc., 6.450%, 03/15/29

     1,160,000       1,070,100

Missouri Pacific Railroad Corp., 5.000%, 01/01/45

     300,000       236,576

Motorola, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/11

     1,075,000       1,189,558

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 7.875%, 11/15/29

     2,390,000       2,607,655

News America, Inc., 6.200%, 12/15/34

     2,790,000       2,692,950

News America, Inc., 6.400%, 12/15/35

     5,820,000       5,781,786

Nextel Communications, Inc., 5.950%, 03/15/14

     18,155,000       17,679,629

NiSource Finance Corp., 6.150%, 03/01/13

     1,250,000 2     1,273,050

ONEOK Partners LP, 6.650%, 10/01/36

     1,000,000       1,022,832

Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16

     1,000,000       1,004,049

Owens Corning, Inc., 6.500%, 12/01/16 (a)

     1,265,000       1,285,035

Owens Corning, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/36 (a)

     1,895,000       1,913,573

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 8.625%, 12/01/23

     950,000       1,169,688

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 32.0% (continued)

    

Penney (JC), Co., 7.125%, 11/15/23

   $ 33,000     $ 35,908

PF Export Rec Master Trust, 6.436%, 06/01/15 (a)

     685,891       699,609

Plains All American Pipeline LP, 6.125%, 01/15/17 (a)

     2,770,000       2,784,434

Plains All American Pipeline LP, 6.650%, 01/15/37 (a)

     5,960,000       6,051,063

Pulte Homes, Inc., 5.200%, 02/15/15

     2,935,000       2,796,324

Pulte Home, Inc., 6.000%, 02/15/35

     10,150,000 2     9,284,449

Pulte Homes, Inc., 6.375%, 05/15/33

     4,570,000       4,266,831

Qantas Airways Ltd., 6.050%, 04/15/16 (a)

     11,800,000 2     10,502,378

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.500%, 11/15/18

     315,000       294,525

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.875%, 07/15/28

     1,180,000       1,078,225

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.625%, 08/03/21

     1,435,000       1,413,475

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.750%, 02/15/31

     1,600,000       1,570,013

Raytheon Co., 7.000%, 11/01/28

     1,500,000       1,717,641

Raytheon Co., 7.200%, 08/15/27

     800,000       931,608

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/27 (a)

     4,695,000       5,010,889

Schering-Plough Corp., 5.300%, 12/01/13

     1,500,000       1,504,346

Southern Natural Gas Co., 7.350%, 02/15/31

     1,000,000       1,100,746

Teck Cominco Ltd., 7.000%, 09/15/12

     1,000,000       1,057,475

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 06/20/16

     12,125,000       12,878,775

Telekom Malaysia Berhad, 7.875%, 08/01/25 (a)

     250,000       305,086

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 7.000%, 10/15/28

     2,395,000       2,528,828

Time Warner, Inc., 6.500%, 11/15/36

     660,000       656,914

Time Warner, Inc., 6.625%, 05/15/29

     1,995,000       2,020,440

Time Warner, Inc., 6.950%, 01/15/28

     855,000       897,235

Time Warner, Inc., 7.625% 04/01/31

     560,000       625,610

Time Warner, Inc., 7.700%, 05/01/32

     365,000       411,827

Transocean, Inc., 7.375%, 04/15/18

     500,000       548,858

US West Communications, Inc., 6.875% 09/15/33

     820,000       783,100

US West Communications, Inc., 7.250%, 09/15/25

     560,000       575,400

USG Corp., 6.300%, 11/15/16 (a)

     1,410,000       1,397,648

Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/01/36

     3,200,000       3,282,066

Verizon Global Funding Corp., 5.850%, 09/15/35

     11,400,000       10,918,316

Verizon Maryland, Inc., 5.125%, 06/15/33

     845,000       693,203

Verizon New York, Inc., 7.375%, 04/01/32

     3,090,000       3,190,462

Viacom, Inc., 6.875%, 04/30/36

     4,160,000       4,112,905

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.75% 03/01/23

     515,000       475,088

Weatherford International, Inc., 6.500%, 08/01/36

     1,565,000       1,571,057

Western Union Co., 6.200%, 11/17/36 (a)

     9,085,000       8,534,131

Williams Co., Inc., Series A, 7.500%, 01/15/31

     1,000,000       1,037,500

XTO Energy, Inc., 6.100%, 04/01/36

     190,000       185,425

Total Industrial

       290,248,824

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Utilities - 3.2%

    

Commonwealth Edison, 4.700%, 04/15/15

   $ 1,465,000     $ 1,364,867

Commonwealth Edison, 5.875%, 02/01/33

     5,000,000       4,856,970

Constellation Energy Group, Inc., 4.550%, 06/15/15

     1,675,000       1,550,644

Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.950%, 06/15/35

     740,000       727,516

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA, 8.625%, 08/01/15

     300,000       353,082

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, Yankee, 7.875%, 02/01/27

     2,900,000       3,302,552

Enersis SA, Yankee, 7.400%, 12/01/16

     225,000       247,227

ITC Holdings Corp., 5.875%, 09/30/16 (a)

     2,410,000       2,391,617

ITC Holdings Corp., 6.375%, 09/30/36 (a)

     3,605,000       3,595,011

Methanex Corp., 6.000%, 08/15/15

     2,825,000       2,679,616

MidAmerican Energy Holdings, 5.875%, 10/01/12

     750,000       763,460

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., 6.125%, 04/01/36

     2,305,000       2,323,564

Tenaga Nasional Berhad, 7.500%, 11/01/25 (a)

     2,000,000       2,344,180

Toledo Edison Co., 6.150%, 05/15/37

     2,390,000       2,352,644

Total Utilities

       28,852,950

Total Corporate Bonds (cost $419,156,870)

       430,580,990

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 5.3%

    

British Columbia, Province of, 6.000%, 06/09/08

   CAD 560,000       492,362

Canada Government, 4.250%, 09/01/08

   CAD 20,505,000       17,640,823

Canada Government, 4.250%, 12/01/08

   CAD 820,000       706,052

European Investment Bank, 0.000%, 03/10/21 4

   AUD 5,000,000       1,699,590

European Investment Bank, 0.000%, 09/12/08 (a) 4

   BRL 13,323,060       5,100,266

Government of Canada., 2.750%, 12/07/07

   CAD 5,260,000       4,455,360

Manitoba, Province of, 5.750%, 06/02/08

   CAD 3,800,000       3,328,417

Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, 8.000%, 12/07/23

   MXN     56,500,000       5,449,167

Mexican Government, 9.000%, 12/20/12

   MXN     54,500,000       5,442,937

Ontario Province, 5.700%, 12/01/08

   CAD 545,000       480,674

Province of Alberta, Series CS, Sinking Fund, 5.930%, 09/16/16

   CAD 182,071       167,986

Republic of Brazil, 12.500%, 01/05/22

   BRL 5,160,000       2,749,424

Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $45,136,437)

       47,713,058

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 41.3%

    

Federal Home Load Mortgage Corporation - 0.6%

    

FHLMC, Gold, 5.000%, 12/01/31

     202,230       195,651

FHLMC, 5.500%, 09/15/11

     5,090,000 2     5,203,955

Total Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

       5,399,606

Federal National Mortgage Association - 1.3%

    

FNMA, 2.290%, 02/19/09

   SGD 3,800,000       2,420,113

FNMA, 3.220%, 06/20/07

   SGD 500,000       325,666

FNMA, 4.000%, 10/01/18

     9,550,942       9,018,960

FNMA, 6.000%, 07/01/29

     22,984       23,246

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

       11,787,985

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value  

U.S. Treasury Bonds - 23.3%

    

USTB, 4.500%, 09/30/11

   $ 40,000,000     $ 39,648,440  

USTB, 5.375%, 02/15/31

     160,405,000 2     171,821,345  

Total U.S. Treasury Bonds

       211,469,785  

U.S. Treasury Notes - 16.1%

    

USTN, 4.250%, 11/30/07

     5,000,000 2     4,965,625  

USTN, 3.000%, 02/15/08

     6,815,000 2     6,668,587  

USTN, 3.250%, 08/15/08

     5,000,000 2     4,876,560  

USTN, 3.700%, 05/15/08

     45,790,000 2     45,088,864  

USTN, 4.625%, 11/30/08

     85,000,000 2     84,691,195  

Total U.S. Treasury Bonds

       146,290,831  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $365,471,960)

       374,948,207  

Municipal Bonds - 0.4%

    

MI Tobacco Settlement, 7.309%, 06/01/34 (cost $3,209,809)

     3,210,000       3,351,144  
     Shares        

Preferred Stocks - 0.9%

    

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 4.750%

     482       34,990  

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 5.560%

     100       8,369  

Newell Financial Trust I, 5.250%

     84,628       4,030,408  

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., 4.500%, 04/15/32

     149,275       3,902,048  

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 3.600%

     3,946       277,330  

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $7,330,852)

       8,253,145  

Other Short-Term Investments - 24.7%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32%3

     194,770,969       194,770,969  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

     28,892,473       28,892,473  

Total Other Short-Term Investments (cost $223,663,442)

       223,663,442  

Total Investments - 120.1% (cost $1,063,969,370)

       1,088,509,986  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (20.1)%

       (181,733,840 )

Net Assets - 100%

     $ 906,776,146  

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

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

The Managers Global Bond Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve income and capital appreciation by investing in high quality foreign and domestic fixed-income securities.

The Fund currently employs a single subadvisor, Loomis Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis”), to manage the assets of the Fund. The investment team at Loomis believes that there are inefficiencies inherent in bond markets, hence the greatest opportunities to add value, reside in the pricing of credit risk. Their philosophy is to identify attractively valued issues through fundamental research. The investment team and analysts at Loomis generally seek fixed income securities of issuers whose credit profiles it believes are improving. The investment team also analyzes political, economic, and other fundamental factors and combines this analysis with a comparison of the yield spreads of various fixed income securities throughout the world in an effort to find securities that they believe may produce attractive returns in comparison to their risk. Finally, if a security that is believed to be attractive is denominated in a foreign currency, Loomis analyzes whether to accept or to hedge the currency risk.

Portfolio managers Kenneth Buntrock and David Rolley and their team of credit analysts at Loomis research debt offerings in the same way equity analysts research stocks, looking for undervalued bonds where they see a yield premium, the potential for price appreciation, or both. They analyze in detail the financial condition of individual countries and companies, as well as the terms of specific bond offerings. They believe price appreciation can come from a variety of catalysts including improving country or company fundamentals which would lead to credit upgrades, changing market supply and demand forces, improving sector or economic trends.

The ideal investment typically exhibits some of the following traits:

 

   

An attractive yield, both absolute and relative to Loomis’ credit research expectations

 

   

Good call protection (particularly when prevailing rates are low)

 

   

Stable or improving fundamentals (for corporate bonds)

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Seeks to identify attractively valued issues through fundamental research

 

   

Believes the greatest opportunity to add value is through accurately pricing credit risk

 

   

Analyzes stability and volatility of a country’s bond markets, the financial strength of the issuer, current interest rates, and Loomis’ expectations regarding general trends in interest rates

 

   

Employs bottom-up security selection approach

 

   

Ensures the average portfolio quality is Aa or higher

The investment team may make a sell decision when:

 

   

There is a change in sovereign, industry, or company fundamentals

 

   

The issuer is downgraded by Loomis research

 

   

Relative valuation is not consistent with its expected rating category

 

   

Other securities or sectors offer greater total return potential

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Managers Global Bond Fund returned 7.36% during 2006, compared to a return of 6.64% for the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Bond Index.

Global bond markets provided positive returns for U.S. investors during the year, generally boosted by foreign currency appreciation versus the U.S. Dollar. Most central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve were in tightening modes throughout the year, which pushed up on short-term rates. Meanwhile, moderating U.S. and Japanese economic growth along with rather modest global inflation and ample liquidity caused longer term rates to remain stable or drop. Hence most local yield curves flattened and some curves, such as the U.S. Treasury yield curve, inverted. This made the carry trade, where investors seek to borrow short term and invest (lend) long term, to collect the difference, difficult to execute except in the peripheral markets where yield curves remained positively sloped.

Across all bond markets it was the riskiest assets that were rewarded with the highest returns. Despite again starting out with historically low yield spreads, riskier assets continued to outperform and yield premiums tightened further. High levels of liquidity and historically low levels of volatility tempted investors to continue to stretch for yield, and there have yet to be any events to catalyze a widening. High-quality developed markets’ bonds added little or no value in local currency terms, but emerging markets and high yield issues performed extremely well. On a trade weighted basis, the U.S. dollar dropped 4.8%, which was more than all other major currencies except for the Japanese yen, which depreciated 5.55%.

The Fund’s modest outperformance during the year was a result of the portfolio managers’ conservative positioning in terms of interest rates and yield curves while being aggressive in terms of credit and foreign currency exposure. This was particularly effective during the first and fourth quarters when credits rallied. From a country perspective, the Portfolio’s positioning was modestly overweight in U.S. bonds while underexposed to U.S. dollars, which was productive. Its neutral position in yen was not helpful, although its overweight in smaller markets bonds and currencies was profitable during the year.

LOOKING FORWARD

As we move into 2007 and beyond, Loomis expects the bond market to be driven by three main factors: low yield volatility associated with stable monetary policy, a supportive macro backdrop with solid though slower economic growth with contained inflation, and generally full valuations putting the focus on security selection. These factors extend to the foreign markets; Loomis sees “most foreign markets along with their currencies [to be] fairly valued, except for the yen and a handful of smaller currencies.” So while the market as a whole looks to provide unexciting returns, there may be opportunities to add value.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Global Bond’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index is a broad-based index comprised of 10,232 global investment-grade fixed income securities covering the U.S., Europe and Asia. Unlike the Fund, the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Global Bond on December 31, 1996, to a $10,000 investment made in the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that

 

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a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Global Bond and the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index from December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Global Bond

   7.36 %   9.92 %   5.00 %   3/25/94

Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index

   6.64 %   7.85 %   5.52 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers Global
Bond Fund**
    Lehman Bros Global
Aggregate Index
 

Foreign Government

   38.9 %   50.2 %

Finance

   21.5 %   8.4 %

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

   13.0 %   4.0 %

Industrials

   10.0 %   6.1 %

U.S. Treasury

   6.3 %   9.4 %

Asset-Backed Securities

   3.6 %   0.6 %

Utilities

   1.8 %   1.5 %

Other MBS

   0.0 %   6.5 %

Agency Fixed Rate MBS/CMO

   0.0 %   13.3 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   4.9 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

USTN, 4.750%, 03/31/11

   4.4 %

Belgium Government Bond, 3.750%, 03/28/09*

   3.6  

Irish Government, 4.600%, 04/18/16*

   3.2  

Development Bank of Japan, 1.750%, 06/21/10*

   2.7  

KfW International Finance, Inc., 2.050%, 09/21/09*

   2.4  

Depfa ACS Bank, 0.750%, 09/22/08*

   2.3  

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, 1.800%, 03/22/10*

   2.2  

FNMA, 1.750%, 03/26/08*

   2.2  

Canadian Government, 4.500%, 06/01/15

   2.2  

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 07/01/35*

   2.1  

Top Ten as a Group

   27.3 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2006

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 38.9%

    

Foreign Government - 38.9%

    

Argentina, Republic of, 2.000%, 09/30/14 7

   ARS 640,000     $ 230,156

Bank of England Euro Note, 3.000%, 01/27/09

   EUR 70,000       90,657

Barclays Financial LLC., 4.670%, 03/23/09 (03/23/2007) 6

   KRW 307,770,000       330,859

Belgium Government Bond, 3.750%, 03/28/09

   EUR 1,450,000       1,907,498

Belgium Kingdom, 5.500%, 09/28/17

   EUR 495,000       736,851

Bundes Immobil, 4.625%, 09/27/12

   EUR 525,000       708,329

Bundes Obligation, 3.250%, 04/17/09

   EUR 585,000       761,492

Canadian Government, 4.500%, 06/01/15

   CAD 1,350,000       1,191,714

Development Bank of Japan, 1.750%, 06/21/10

   JPY 171,000,000       1,472,610

Duetschland Republic, 4.000%, 01/04/37

   EUR 800,000       1,040,935

European Investment Bank, 0.000%, 03/10/21 4

   AUD 655,000       222,646

Irish Government, 4.600%, 04/18/16

   EUR 1,230,000       1,701,396

Kingdom of Norway, 5.500%, 05/15/09

   NOK 5,155,000 2     847,440

Mexican Fixed Rate Bond, 8.000%, 12/17/15

   MXN 6,550,000       628,019

Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, 8.000%, 12/07/23

   MXN 500,000       48,223

Mexican Government, 9.000%, 12/20/12

   MXN 2,390,000       238,690

Netherlands Government SA, 5.500%, 01/15/28

   EUR 190,000       299,079

Norwegian Government, 5.000%, 05/15/ 15

   NOK 6,145,000       1,026,444

Norwegian Government, 6.000%, 05/16/11

   NOK 1,155,000       196,884

Republic of Columbia, 7.375%, 01/27/17

   USD 100,000       107,500

Republic of Columbia, 11.750%, 03/01/10

   COP 136,000,000       65,588

Republic of Columbia, 12.000%, 10/22/15

   COP 422,000,000       222,396

Republic of Deutschland, Series 02, 5.000%, 01/04/12

   EUR 300,000       414,784

Republic of Indonesia, 6.875%, 03/09/17 (a)

   USD 105,000       111,562

Republic of Poland, 1.020%, 06/09/09

   JPY 100,000,000       838,200

Republic of South Africa, 5.250%, 05/16/13

   EUR 350,000       476,643

Republic of South Africa, 13.000%, 08/31/10

   ZAR 2,850,000 2     467,330

Republic of Uruguay, 8.000%, 11/18/22

   USD 245,000       278,075

Singapore Government, 4.625%, 07/01/10

   SGD 1,120,000       769,209

Spain, Government of, 3.600%, 01/31/09

   EUR 715,000       938,169

Swedish Government, 5.250%, 03/15/11

   SEK 6,960,000       1,072,067

U.K. Gilts, 4.250%, 03/07/36

   GBP 250,000       493,118

U.K. Treasury, 5.000%, 03/07/12

   GBP 265,000       519,592

U.K. Treasury, 6.250%, 11/25/10

   GBP 215,000       438,363

Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $19,450,473)

       20,892,518

Corporate Bonds - 36.9%

    

Asset-Backed Securities - 3.6%

    

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust, Series 2004-B, Class A4, 3.710%, 10/08/09

   USD 35,000       34,522

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust, Class A4, Series 2005-A, 3.740%, 02/08/10

   USD 340,000       334,509

DaimlerChrysler N.A. Holdings Corp., 4.875%, 06/15/10

   USD 95,000       92,606

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Asset-Backed Security - 3.6% (continued)

    

Greenwich Capital Commericial Funding Corp., Series 2005-GG5, Class A2, 5.117%, 05/21/10

   USD 385,000     $ 383,631

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Class A4, Series 2005-1, 3.820%, 05/21/10

   USD 330,000 2     323,497

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, 4.930%, 03/18/11

   USD 100,000       99,577

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, 4.300%, 02/15/11

   USD 410,000       404,626

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-1, Class A2, 5.439%, 02/12/39 7

   USD 235,000       236,576

Total Asset-Backed Securities

       1,909,544

Finance - 21.5%

    

Bank of America Corp., 5.750%, 08/15/16

   USD 185,000 2     188,816

Barclays Capital Corp., 4.100%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB 8,000,000       209,670

Barclays Capital Corp., 4.160%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB 7,000,000       184,093

Barclays Financial LLC., 4.060%, 09/16/10 (a)

   KRW 220,000,000       231,449

Barclays Financial LLC., 4.460%, 09/23/10 (a)

   KRW 110,000,000       117,322

BSkyB Finance PLC, 5.750%, 10/20/17

   GBP 210,000       400,903

Cerro Negro Finance, Ltd., 7.900%, 12/01/20 (a)

   USD 70,000       67,900

CIT Group, Inc., 5.500%, 12/01/14

   GBP 80,000       153,283

Citibank N.A., 15.000%, 07/02/10 (a)

   BRL 460,000       240,806

Couche-Tard US/Finance, 7.500%, 12/15/13

   USD 160,000       163,600

Depfa ACS Bank, 0.750%, 09/22/08

   JPY 150,000,000       1,260,455

Ford Motor Credit Co., 5.700%, 01/15/10

   USD 360,000       345,097

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.963%, 05/23/16 (02/23/07) 6

   EUR 350,000       461,215

Hypothekenbank in Essen AG, 5.250%, 01/22/08

   EUR 810,000       1,083,201

Instituto de Credito Oficial. 8.000%, 09/28/09

   JPY 30,000,000       251,186

Inter-American Development Bank, 1.900%, 07/08/09

   JPY 60,000,000       516,705

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.000%, 02/18/08

   JPY 58,000,000       494,036

Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 0.350%, 03/19/08

   JPY 18,000,000       150,725

JP Morgan Chase & Co., 5.125%, 09/15/14

   USD 270,000       265,496

JPMorgan Chase of London, 0.000%, 10/21/10 (a) 4

   IDR 2,680,548,500       216,831

KfW International Finance, Inc., 1.750%, 03/23/10

   JPY 20,000,000 2     172,063

KfW International Finance, Inc., 2.050%, 09/21/09

   JPY 148,000,000 2     1,280,135

Kinder Morgan Finance Inc., 5.150%, 03/01/15

   USD 35,000 2     31,406

Kinder Morgan Finance Co., 5.700%, 01/05/16

   USD 65,000       59,639

Kinder Morgan Finance Co., 6.400%, 01/05/36

   USD 90,000       80,242

Morgan Stanley Co., Series EMTN, 5.375%, 11/14/13

   GBP 120,000       232,588

Muenchener Hypothekenbank eG, 5.000%, 01/16/12

   EUR 685,000       942,199

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, 1.800%, 03/22/10

   JPY 140,000,000 2     1,206,287

Permanent Financing PLC, 5.100%, 06/11/07

   EUR 275,000       364,707

SLM Corp., 6.500%, 06/15/10

   NZD 245,000       167,901

Total Finance

       11,539,956

Industrials - 10.0%

    

Albertson’s, Inc., 6.625%, 06/01/28

   USD 35,000       31,775

Albertson’s, Inc., 7.450%, 08/01/29

   USD 165,000 2     161,205

Albertson’s, Inc., 7.750%, 06/15/26

   USD 40,000 2     39,898

Albertson’s, Inc., 8.000%, 05/01/31

   USD 40,000       40,574

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrials - 10.0% (continued)

    

Albertson’s, Inc., 8.700%, 05/01/30

   USD 5,000     $ 5,222

America Movil SA, 9.000%, 01/15/16

   MXN 1,400,000       138,989

America Movil, S.A. de C.V., 4.125%, 03/01/09

   USD 135,000 2     131,363

American Standard, Inc., 8.250%, 06/01/09

   GBP 50,000       102,138

American Stores Co., 8.000%, 06/01/26

   USD 25,000 2     26,278

ASIF Global Financial, 2.380%, 02/26/09 (a)

   SGD 500,000       318,301

Bertelsmann AG, 3.625%, 10/06/15

   EUR 180,000       218,292

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.250%, 01/15/17

   EUR 105,000       141,723

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.500%, 08/15/17

   USD 30,000       29,325

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/20

   USD 70,000       68,775

Comcast Corp., 6.450%, 03/15/37

   USD 210,000       210,113

Corning Inc., 6.750%, 09/15/13

   USD 125,000       132,749

Desarrolladora Homex S.A. de C.V., 7.500%, 09/28/15

   USD 380,000       387,600

France Telecom SA, 3.625%, 10/14/15

   EUR 210,000       256,888

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.125%, 01/15/17 (a)

   USD 105,000       104,737

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 7.250%, 06/01/28

   USD 160,000       155,200

Hanarotelecom, Inc., 7.000%, 02/01/12 (a)

   USD 50,000 2     50,125

Harrahs Operating Co., Inc., 5.750%, 10/01/17

   USD 130,000       108,915

HCA, Inc., 5.500%, 12/01/09 (a)

   USD 165,000       176,756

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 6.250%, 01/15/16 (a)

   USD 145,000 2     137,025

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/14

   USD 5,000       4,800

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 6.500%, 01/15/14

   USD 5,000       4,850

KN Capital Trust III, 7.630%, 04/15/28

   USD 5,000       4,646

LPG International, Inc., 7.250%, 12/20/15

   USD 120,000       120,600

Lucent Technologies, Inc., 6.450%, 03/15/29

   USD 115,000 2     106,088

News America Holdings, 8.625%, 02/07/14

   AUD 350,000 5     294,851

Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16

   USD 200,000       200,810

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.500%, 11/15/18

   USD 40,000       37,400

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.875%, 07/15/28

   USD 15,000 2     13,706

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.250%, 02/15/11

   USD 75,000 2     76,594

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.750%, 02/15/31

   USD 65,000 2     63,782

Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 09/15/33

   USD 75,000       71,625

Qwest Corp., 7.500%, 10/01/14

   USD 40,000       42,400

Qwest Corp., 7.875%, 09/01/11

   USD 75,000       79,875

Qwest, Inc., 7.250%, 09/15/25

   USD 5,000 2     5,138

Rogers Cable, Inc., 5.500%, 03/15/14

   USD 110,000 2     105,181

Stena AB, 7.000%, 12/01/16

   USD 170,000       161,500

Stena AB, 7.500%, 11/01/13

   USD 75,000       74,062

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 6.421%, 06/20/16

   USD 265,000       273,379

Thales SA, 4.375%, 07/22/11

   EUR 35,000       46,321

Time Warner, Inc., 6.625%, 05/15/29

   USD 310,000       313,953

Time Warner, Inc., 6.950%, 01/15/28

   USD 85,000       89,199

Total Industrials

       5,364,726

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Utilities - 1.8%

    

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, Yankee, 7.875%, 02/01/27

   USD 200,000     $ 227,762

Enersis SA, Yankee, 7.400%, 12/01/16

   USD 80,000       87,903

Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 5.350%, 01/15/14

   USD 115,000       112,641

National Grid PLC, 6.300%, 08/01/16

   USD 250,000       258,921

Veolia Environnement, 4.000%, 02/12/16

   EUR 205,000       255,585

Total Utilities

       942,812

Total Corporate Bonds (cost $19,621,167)

       19,757,038

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 19.3%

    

U.S. Government Agency Obligations - 13.0%

    

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.000%, 02/01/20

   USD 60,887       57,309

FHLMC Gold Pool, 4.500%, 04/01/35

   USD 280,832       264,379

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.000%, 04/01/20 to 07/01/35

   USD 1,388,924       1,344,042

FHLMC Gold Pool, 6.000%, 05/01/18 to 10/01/20

   USD 74,130       75,134

FHLMC Gold Pool, 6.500%, 08/01/35 to 10/01/35

   USD 72,824       74,187

FNMA, 1.750%, 03/26/08

   JPY 140,000,000 2     1,191,769

FNMA, 2.290%, 02/19/09

   SGD 400,000       254,749

FNMA, 4.500%, 05/01/20 to 09/01/35

   USD 283,890       271,595

FNMA, 5.000%, 10/01/19 to 09/01/35

   USD 718,606       696,425

FNMA, 5.500%, 11/01/16 to 12/01/35

   USD 1,663,680       1,645,581

FNMA, 6.000%, 06/01/17 to 05/01/35

   USD 722,908       730,037

FNMA, 6.500%, 03/01/33 to 05/01/36

   USD 231,710       236,795

GNMA, 5.500%, 11/20/34

   USD 30,837       30,631

GNMA, 5.500%, 02/20/36

   USD 86,908       86,273

GNMA, 6.000%, 10/20/35

   USD 38,740       39,187

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations

       6,998,093

U.S. Treasury - 6.3%

    

USTB, 5.000%, 03/07/25

   GBP 230,000       478,272

USTN, 4.750%, 03/31/11

   USD 2,375,000 2     2,378,990

Treasury Inflation Index Bond TII, 2.000%, 01/15/26

   USD 544,245 2     511,845

Total U.S. Treasury

       3,369,107

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $10,364,729)

       10,367,200

 

     Shares       

Other Investment Companies - 18.8%1

     

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32% 3

   9,147,517      9,147,517  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   957,729      957,729  

Total Other Investment Companies (cost $10,105,246)

        10,105,246  

Total Investments - 113.9% (cost $59,541,615)

        61,122,002  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (13.9)%

        (7,452,465 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 53,669,537  

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

 

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Notes to Schedules of Portfolio Investments

The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with each of the Schedules of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

At December 31, 2006, the cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the gross aggregate unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation based on tax cost were approximately:

 

Fund

   Cost    Appreciation    Depreciation     Net

Value

   $ 81,214,437    $ 18,209,751    $ (317,369 )   $ 17,892,382

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth

     74,822,498      9,887,350      (1,155,489 )     8,731,861

Small Company

     40,883,600      7,115,594      (1,146,063 )     5,969,531

International Equity

     177,327,497      66,998,456      (2,330,419 )     64,668,037

Emerging Markets Equity

     115,748,481      55,726,432      (594,798 )     55,131,634

Bond

     1,064,540,978      29,692,263      (5,723,255 )     23,969,008

Global Bond

     59,543,642      2,417,390      (839,030 )     1,578,360

 

* Non-income-producing security.

 

(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualifi ed buyers. At December 31, 2006, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund

   Market Value    % of Net
Assets
 

Emerging Markets Equity

   $ 6,737,057    4.4 %

Bond

     80,702,431    8.9 %

Global Bond

     2,166,577    4.0 %

 

1

Yield shown for an investment company represents the December 31, 2006, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

2

Some or all of these shares were out on loan to various brokers as of December 31, 2006, amounting to:

 

Fund

   Market Value   

% of Net

Assets

 

Value

   $ 17,406,911    21.5 %

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth

     16,906,844    25.6  

Small Company

     8,125,616    21.1  

International Equity

     11,624,259    5.0  

Emerging Markets Equity

     14,806,257    9.7  

Bond

     190,287,441    21.0  

Global Bond

     8,711,652    16.2  

 

3

Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments

 

4

Zero coupon security.

 

5

Security is illiquid.

 

6

Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2006. Date in parenthesis represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.

 

7

Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2006 and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.

Investments Definitions and Abbreviations:

ADR/GDR: ADR after the name of a holding stands for American Depositary Receipt, representing ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a domestic custodian bank; a GDR (Global Depositary Receipt) is comparable, but foreign securities are held on deposit in a non-U.S. bank. The value of the ADR/GDR securities is determined or significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States or Canada. Sponsored ADR/GDRs are initiated by the underlying foreign company.

 

FHLMC:

   Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

FNMA:

   Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA:

   Government National Mortgage Association

USTB:

   United States Treasury Bond

USTN:

   United States Treasury Note

GMAC:

   General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Registered shares: A security whose owner has been recorded with its issuer or issuer’s registrar.

Abbreviations have been used throughout the portfolios to indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar (USD):

 

ARS:

   Argentine Peso

AUD:

   Australian Dollar

BRL:

   Brazilian Real

CAD:

   Canadian Dollar

COP:

   Columbian Peso

EUR:

   Euro

GBP:

   British Pound

IDR:

   Indonesian Rupiah

JPY:

   Japanese Yen

KRW:

   South Korean Won

MXN:

   Mexican Peso

NOK:

   Norwegian Krone

NZD:

   New Zealand Dollar

SEK:

   Swedish Krona

SGD:

   Singapore Dollar

THB:

   Thailand Baht

ZAR:

   South African Rand

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

     Managers Value Fund    Managers AMG Essex
Large Cap Growth Fund
    Managers Small
Company Fund
 

Assets:

       

Investments at value (including securities on loan valued at $17,406,911, $16,906,844, $8,125,616, $11,624,259, $14,806,257, $190,287,441 and $8,711,652, respectively)*

   $ 99,106,819    $ 83,554,359     $ 46,853,131  

Cash

     —        —         —    

Foreign currency**

     —        —         —    

Receivable for investments sold

     —        64,392       38,863  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     11,068      32,705       81,032  

Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts

     —        —         —    

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     71,609      58,520       18,505  

Prepaid expenses

     9,023      9,708       8,443  
                       

Total assets

     99,198,519      83,719,684       46,999,974  
                       

Liabilities:

       

Payable to affiliate

     —        5,157       —    

Payable to Custodian

     29,992      97,287       11,259  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     90,061      29,285       17,101  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     18,027,521      17,458,431       8,431,145  

Payable for investments purchased

     —        —         19,749  

Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts

     —        —         —    

Payable for variation margin on futures

     —        —         —    

Other payables

     —        —         —    

Accrued expenses:

       

Investment advisory and management fees

     44,810      45,665       22,958  

Administrative fees

     17,124      14,270       8,189  

Other

     72,702      70,384       51,531  
                       

Total liabilities

     18,282,210      17,720,479       8,561,932  
                       

Net Assets

   $ 80,916,309    $ 65,999,205     $ 38,438,042  
                       

Shares outstanding

     2,892,123      2,261,722       3,209,870  
                       

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 27.98    $ 29.18     $ 11.97  
                       

Net Assets Represent:

       

Paid-in capital

   $ 60,760,869    $ 202,583,674     $ 33,005,066  

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

     —        —         —    

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments, futures and foreign currency transactions

     1,288,419      (145,358,321 )     (587,710 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments, futures and foreign currency contracts and translations

     18,867,021      8,773,852       6,020,686  
                       

Net Assets

   $ 80,916,309    $ 65,999,205     $ 38,438,042  
                       

*       Investments at cost

   $ 80,239,798    $ 74,780,507     $ 40,832,445  

**     Foreign currency at cost

     —        —         —    

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

 

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Managers International
Equity Fund
    Managers Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
   Managers Bond Fund     Managers Global
Bond Fund
$ 241,995,534     $ 170,880,115    $ 1,088,509,986     $ 61,122,002
  —         —        920,550       617,788
  434,462       583,437      —         392,777
  739,311       27,034      —         —  
  97,159       238,419      5,031,404       38,313
  349       —        —         16,130
  342,067       309,660      11,979,327       884,039
  8,920       6,752      32,745       6,590
                          
  243,617,802       172,045,417      1,106,474,012       63,077,639
                          
  —         —        —         —  
  88,862       883,756      3,031       —  
  259,783       196,730      393,951       70,402
  11,857,706       15,391,473      194,770,969       9,147,517
  2,744       2,124,776      3,652,863       —  
  1,711       —        —         65,513
  211       —        —         —  
  —         1,740      12,323       —  
  175,031       145,553      438,088       28,934
  48,620       31,642      185,209       9,153
  267,008       287,068      241,432       86,583
                          
  12,701,676       19,062,738      199,697,866       9,408,102
                          
$ 230,916,126     $ 152,982,679    $ 906,776,146     $ 53,669,537
                          
  3,425,134       6,258,400      36,506,016       2,535,652
                          
$ 67.42     $ 24.44    $ 24.84     $ 21.17
                          
$ 230,886,071     $ 95,344,742    $ 884,563,521     $ 52,017,496
  (2,067,376 )     —        (299,283 )     61,252
  (65,668,613 )     2,418,137      (2,046,691 )     33,433
  67,766,044       55,219,800      24,558,599       1,557,356
                          
$ 230,916,126     $ 152,982,679    $ 906,776,146     $ 53,669,537
                          
$ 174,310,347     $ 115,736,182    $ 1,063,969,370     $ 59,541,615
  434,708       571,346      —         388,781

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

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2006

 

     Managers Value Fund     Managers AMG Essex
Large Cap Growth Fund
    Managers Small
Company Fund
 

Investment Income:

      

Dividend income

   $ 1,948,532     $ 699,762     $ 227,885  

Interest income

     —         —         —    

Foreign withholding tax

     (7,170 )     (10,124 )     (1,324 )

Securities lending fees

     17,085       13,495       21,049  
                        

Total investment income

     1,958,447       703,133       247,610  
                        

Expenses:

      

Investment management fees

     708,121       613,637       334,920  

Administrative fees

     236,040       191,761       93,033  

Transfer agent

     99,826       98,735       51,867  

Professional fees

     41,010       36,213       23,847  

Custodian

     30,272       33,051       35,291  

Registration fees

     21,051       19,868       17,576  

Reports to shareholders

     9,819       12,267       11,850  

Trustees fees and expenses

     5,725       4,289       2,120  

Miscellaneous

     9,269       620       2,254  
                        

Total expenses before offsets

     1,161,133       1,010,441       572,758  
                        

Expense reimbursement

     (33,400 )     (21,183 )     (33,165 )

Expense reductions

     (22,851 )     (29,601 )     (23,293 )
                        

Net expenses

     1,104,882       959,657       516,300  
                        

Net investment income (loss)

     853,565       (256,524 )     (268,690 )
                        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

      

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

     12,106,593       10,416,894       6,115,060  

Net realized gain on futures contracts

     —         —         —    

Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency contracts and transactions

     —         —         —    

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     2,554,698       (5,161,247 )     (1,903,333 )

Net unrealized appreciation of futures contracts

     —         —         —    

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency contracts and translations

     —         —         —    
                        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     14,661,291       5,255,647       4,211,727  
                        

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 15,514,856     $ 4,999,123     $ 3,943,037  
                        

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

 

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Managers International
Equity Fund
    Managers Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
    Managers Bond Fund     Managers Global
Bond Fund
 
$ 4,950,745     $ 3,794,273     $ 349,422     $ 60,195  
  —         —         31,182,936       1,909,143  
  (403,028 )     (362,487 )     —         (1,064 )
  131,877       59,651       198,133       8,026  
                             
  4,679,594       3,491,437       31,730,491       1,976,300  
                             
     
  1,956,021       1,515,893       3,600,603       341,727  
  543,339       329,542       1,440,241       97,636  
  218,803       128,201       384,022       69,357  
  55,358       46,097       115,871       37,571  
  345,280       230,261       118,339       46,686  
  21,861       21,370       47,288       19,792  
  8,750       17,674       103,180       2,797  
  11,942       7,234       28,201       2,889  
  32,218       26,734       22,038       2,975  
                             
  3,193,572       2,323,006       5,859,783       621,430  
                             
  —         —         (155,254 )     (40,529 )
  (38,423 )     —         (999 )     (218 )
                             
  3,155,149       2,323,006       5,703,530       580,683  
                             
  1,524,445       1,168,431       26,026,961       1,395,617  
                             
     
  36,283,134       15,980,762       (1,407,005 )     100,299  
  72,915       —         —         —    
  (161,927 )     (101,155 )     465,863       (267,241 )
  15,342,649       22,161,540       19,792,665       2,345,699  
  7,413       —         —         —    
  18,443       (2,929 )     104,714       (64,670 )
                             
  51,562,627       38,038,218       18,956,237       2,114,087  
                             
$ 53,087,072     $ 39,206,649     $ 44,983,198     $ 3,509,704  
                             

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

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

     Managers Value Fund     Managers AMG Essex Large Cap
Growth Fund
    Managers Small Company Fund  
     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 853,565     $ 873,773       ($256,524 )     ($269,927 )     ($268,690 )     ($253,791 )

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and foreign currency transactions

     12,106,593       14,156,521       10,416,894       6,056,702       6,115,060       1,316,218  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency translations

     2,554,698       (7,729,948 )     (5,161,247 )     (730,839 )     (1,903,333 )     631,127  
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     15,514,856       7,300,346       4,999,123       5,055,936       3,943,037       1,693,554  
                                                

Distributions to Shareholders:

            

From net investment income

     (855,868 )     (974,970 )     —         —         —         —    

From net realized gain on investments

     (11,576,359 )     (12,602,042 )     —         —         —         —    
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (12,432,227 )     (13,577,012 )     —         —         —         —    
                                                

From Capital Share Transactions:

            

Proceeds from sale of shares

     17,671,554       41,625,309       13,685,274       32,049,419       11,120,944       13,834,182  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     12,291,981       13,449,285         —           —    

Cost of shares repurchased

     (76,772,986 )     (43,702,003 )     (57,562,905 )     (30,575,012 )     (13,619,300 )     (6,163,175 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (46,809,451 )     11,372,591       (43,877,631 )     1,474,407       (2,498,356 )     7,671,007  
                                                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (43,726,822 )     5,095,925       (38,878,508 )     6,530,343       1,444,681       9,364,561  
                                                

Net Assets:

            

Beginning of year

     124,643,131       119,547,206       104,877,713       98,347,370       36,993,361       27,628,800  
                                                

End of year

   $ 80,916,309     $ 124,643,131     $ 65,999,205     $ 104,877,713     $ 38,438,042     $ 36,993,361  
                                                

End of year undistributed net investment income (loss)

     —         —         —         —         —         —    
                                                

Share Transactions:

            

Sale of shares

     599,108       1,419,446       489,185       1,250,037       969,613       1,346,911  

Reinvested shares

     439,628       479,168       —         —         —         —    

Shares repurchased

     (2,601,246 )     (1,465,605 )     (2,000,828 )     (1,149,831 )     (1,172,425 )     (599,977 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares

     (1,562,510 )     433,009       (1,511,643 )     100,206       (202,812 )     746,934  
                                                

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

 

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Managers International Equity
Fund
    Managers Emerging Markets
Equity Fund
    Managers Bond Fund     Managers Global Bond Fund  
2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  
$ 1,524,445     $ 1,606,669     $ 1,168,431     $ 483,564     $ 26,026,961     $ 11,379,121     $ 1,395,617     $ 924,935  
  36,194,122       27,455,397       15,879,607       8,194,901       (941,142 )     3,310,368       (166,942 )     783,739  
  15,368,505       884,817       22,158,611       17,294,853       19,897,379       (6,574,645 )     2,281,029       (3,673,290 )
                                                             
  53,087,072       29,946,883       39,206,649       25,973,318       44,983,198       8,114,844       3,509,704       (1,964,616 )
                                                             
  (4,000,641 )     (2,001,385 )     (1,229,899 )     (299,119 )     (27,271,077 )     (12,451,131 )     (1,211,010 )     (1,549,265 )
  —         —         (13,239,958 )     (9,253,162 )     —         (2,620,643 )     (66,866 )     (599,669 )
                                                             
  (4,000,641 )     (2,001,385 )     (14,469,857 )     (9,552,281 )     (27,271,077 )     (15,071,774 )     (1,277,876 )     (2,148,934 )
                                                             
  48,510,526       36,147,458       39,305,219       51,433,377       569,632,303       255,440,152       19,531,900       17,762,867  
  3,476,492       1,625,660       13,851,717       8,975,928       25,707,360       14,138,984       1,252,232       2,136,679  
  (76,550,450 )     (93,386,057 )     (42,139,842 )     (23,168,214 )     (132,723,734 )     (95,384,135 )     (12,477,695 )     (9,108,361 )
                                                             
  (24,563,432 )     (55,612,939 )     11,017,094       37,241,091       462,615,929       174,195,001       8,306,437       10,791,185  
                                                             
  24,522,999       (27,667,441 )     35,753,886       53,662,128       480,328,050       167,238,071       10,538,265       6,677,635  
                                                             
  206,393,127       234,060,568       117,228,793       63,566,665       426,448,096       259,210,025       43,131,272       36,453,637  
                                                       
$ 230,916,126     $ 206,393,127     $ 152,982,679     $ 117,228,793     $ 906,776,146     $ 426,448,096     $ 53,669,537     $ 43,131,272  
                                                             
  ($2,067,376 )     ($409,088 )     —         ($15,426 )     ($299,283 )   $ 133,777     $ 61,252     $ 143,886  
                                                             
  799,592       754,899       1,734,005       2,819,768       23,240,946       10,471,518       938,126       820,950  
  51,997       30,335       579,812       450,177       1,054,166       581,998       59,123       105,882  
  (1,265,801 )     (1,920,526 )     (1,886,659 )     (1,291,342 )     (5,476,071 )     (3,910,052 )     (597,455 )     (419,719 )
                                                             
  (414,212 )     (1,135,292 )     427,158       1,978,603       18,819,041       7,143,464       399,794       507,113  
                                                             

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

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Value Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 27.98     $ 29.73     $ 26.24     $ 20.69     $ 27.45  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.27 3     0.23       0.17       0.11       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     4.79       1.43       3.47       5.56       (6.65 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     5.06       1.66       3.64       5.67       (6.50 )
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.35 )     (0.25 )     (0.15 )     (0.12 )     (0.16 )

Net realized gain on investments

     (4.71 )     (3.16 )     —         —         (0.10 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (5.06 )     (3.41 )     (0.15 )     (0.12 )     (0.26 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 27.97     $ 27.98     $ 29.73     $ 26.24     $ 20.69  
                                        

Total Return 1

     18.08 %     5.53 %     13.87 %     27.39 %     (23.79 )%
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.17 %     1.18 %     1.22 %     1.27 %     1.28 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.23 %     1.15 %     1.38 %     1.42 %     1.35 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.90 %     0.72 %     0.62 %     0.59 %     0.60 %

Portfolio turnover

     32 %     54 %     39 %     40 %     53 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 80,916     $ 124,643     $ 119,547     $ 100,720     $ 48,001  
                                        

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 27.79     $ 26.77     $ 25.46     $ 20.36     $ 29.29  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.09 )3     (0.07 )3     (0.07 )     (0.16 )     (0.28 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.48       1.09       1.38       5.26       (8.65 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.39       1.02       1.31       5.10       (8.93 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 29.18     $ 27.79     $ 26.77     $ 25.46     $ 20.36  
                                        

Total Return 1

     4.96 %     3.85 %     5.14 %     25.05 %     (30.49 )%
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.25 %     1.28 %     1.34 %     1.33 %     1.39 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.32 %     1.22 %     1.47 %     1.52 %     1.43 %

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

     (0.33 )%     (0.27 )%     (0.26 )%     (0.67 )%     (1.07 )%

Portfolio turnover

     200 %     97 %     79 %     109 %     141 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 65,999     $ 104,878     $ 98,347     $ 110,903     $ 107,545  
                                        

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Small Company Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 10.84     $ 10.36     $ 9.19     $ 6.40     $ 8.16  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.08 )3     (0.08 )3     (0.08 )     (0.09 )     (0.13 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.21       0.56       1.25       2.88       (1.63 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.13       0.48       1.17       2.79       (1.76 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 11.97     $ 10.84     $ 10.36     $ 9.19     $ 6.40  
                                        

Total Return 1

     10.42 %     4.63 %     12.73 %     43.59 %     (21.57 )%
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.39 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.40 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1,2

     1.54 %     1.41 %     1.43 %     1.50 %     1.70 %

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

     (0.72 )%     (0.82 )%     (1.05 )%     (1.20 )%     (1.17 )%

Portfolio turnover

     126 %     26 %     18 %     48 %     134 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 38,438     $ 36,993     $ 27,629     $ 18,750     $ 12,610  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers International Equity Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 53.76     $ 47.05     $ 41.13     $ 31.22     $ 37.61  
                                        
Income from Investment Operations:           

Net investment income

     0.69       0.37       0.27       0.34       0.19  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     14.15       6.83       5.96       10.04       (6.48 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     14.84       7.20       6.23       10.38       (6.29 )
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (1.18 )     (0.49 )     (0.31 )     (0.47 )     (0.10 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.18 )     (0.49 )     (0.31 )     (0.47 )     (0.10 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 67.42     $ 53.76     $ 47.05     $ 41.13     $ 31.22  
                                        

Total Return

     27.63 %     15.30 %     15.17 %     33.21 %     (16.71 )%
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.62 %     1.72 %     1.54 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.47 %     1.42 %     1.70 %     1.73 %     1.56 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.70 %     0.75 %     0.57 %     0.70 %     0.54 %

Portfolio turnover

     70 %     79 %     93 %     80 %     132 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 230,916     $ 206,393     $ 234,061     $ 266,611     $ 362,561  
                                        

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 20.10     $ 16.50     $ 13.26     $ 8.80     $ 9.56  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.22       0.52       0.08       0.01       0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     6.66       4.84       3.74       4.50       (0.79 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     6.88       5.36       3.82       4.51       (0.76 )
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.22 )     (0.55 )     (0.06 )     (0.05 )     —    

Net realized gain on investments

     (2.32 )     (1.21 )     (0.52 )     —         —    
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (2.54 )     (1.76 )     (0.58 )     (0.05 )     0.00  
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 24.44     $ 20.10     $ 16.50     $ 13.26     $ 8.80  
                                        

Total Return 1

     34.50 %     32.53 %     28.85 %     51.20 %     (7.95 )%
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.76 %     1.75 %     1.85 %     1.99 %     1.97 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.76 %     1.72 %     1.87 %     1.97 %     2.18 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     0.89 %     0.59 %     0.67 %     0.08 %     0.32 %

Portfolio turnover

     41 %     35 %     58 %     79 %     68 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 152,983     $ 117,229     $ 63,567     $ 36,728     $ 22,211  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Bond Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 24.11     $ 24.58     $ 24.58     $ 23.44     $ 22.32  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     1.08       0.88       0.80       1.08       1.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.75       (0.32 )     0.30       1.40       1.12  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.83       0.56       1.10       2.48       2.36  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (1.10 )     (0.88 )     (0.93 )     (1.11 )     (1.24 )

Net realized gain on investments

     —         (0.15 )     (0.17 )     (0.23 )     —    
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.10 )     (1.03 )     (1.10 )     (1.34 )     (1.24 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 24.84     $ 24.11     $ 24.58     $ 24.58     $ 23.44  
                                        

Total Return 1

     7.79 %4     2.29 %     5.14 %     10.77 %     10.98 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     1.00 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.02 %     1.02 %     1.06 %     1.09 %     1.17 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     4.52 %     3.36 %     3.65 %     4.50 %     5.55 %

Portfolio turnover

     46 %     26 %     16 %     73 %     24 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 906,776     $ 426,448     $ 259,210     $ 179,641     $ 128,341  
                                        

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Global Bond Fund

   2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 20.19     $ 22.38     $ 22.19     $ 20.58     $ 17.97  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.45       0.63       0.65       0.80       0.81  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     1.05       (1.75 )     1.49       3.43       2.57  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.50       (1.12 )     2.14       4.23       3.38  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.49 )     (0.77 )     (1.34 )     (2.09 )     (0.55 )

Net realized gain on investments

     (0.03 )     (0.30 )     (0.61 )     (0.53 )     (0.22 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.52 )     (1.07 )     (1.95 )     (2.62 )     (0.77 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 21.17     $ 20.19     $ 22.38     $ 22.19     $ 20.58  
                                        

Total Return 1

     7.36 %     (4.94 )%     9.62 %     20.69 %     18.85 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.19 %     1.19 %     1.29 %     1.68 %     1.55 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 2

     1.27 %     1.26 %     1.49 %     1.68 %     1.56 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     2.86 %     2.38 %     2.73 %     3.48 %     4.01 %

Portfolio turnover

     56 %     64 %     130 %     152 %     220 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 53,670     $ 43,131     $ 36,454     $ 32,307     $ 19,746  
                                        

The following notes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Funds presented on the preceding pages.

 

1

Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced. (See Note 1(c) to the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

2

Excludes the impact of expense (reimbursement)/recoupment and expense offsets such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses such as interest and taxes. (See Note 1c to the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

3

Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.

 

4

The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.

 

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December 31, 2006

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Managers Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust is comprised of a number of investment series. Included in this report are the Managers Value Fund (“Value”), Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund (formerly Managers Capital Appreciation Fund) (“Essex Large Cap Growth”), Managers Small Company Fund (“Small Company”), Managers International Equity Fund (“International Equity”), Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund (“Emerging Markets Equity”), Managers Bond Fund (“Bond”) and Managers Global Bond Fund (“Global Bond”), collectively the “Funds.”

The Funds’ financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

 

a. Valuation of Investments

Equity securities traded on a domestic or international securities exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Over-the-counter securities are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, if one is available. Lacking any sales, over-the-counter securities, are valued at the last quoted bid price. Under certain circumstances, the value of a Fund investment may be based on an evaluation of its fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Fund. A Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio security to calculate its NAV when, for example, (1) market quotations are not readily available because a portfolio security is not traded in a public market or the principal market in which the security trades is closed, (2) trading in a portfolio security is suspended and not resumed prior to the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV, (3) where a significant event affecting the value of a portfolio security is determined to have occurred between the time of the market quotation provided for a portfolio security and the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV, (4) a security’s price has remained unchanged over a period of time (often referred to as a “stale price”), or (5) the Investment Manager determines that a market quotation is inaccurate. The Investment Manager monitors intervening events that may affect the value of securities held in each Fund’s portfolio and, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ Trustees, will adjust the prices of securities traded in foreign markets, as appropriate, to refiect the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time each Fund’s NAV is calculated. Fixed-income securities are valued based on valuations furnished by independent pricing services that utilize matrix systems, which refiect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Short-term investments having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share except iShares or other ETF’s, which are valued the same as equity securities. Securities (including derivatives) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith, and pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Further, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.

Investments in certain mortgage-backed, stripped mortgage-backed, preferred stocks, convertible securities and other debt securities not traded on an organized market, are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities, various relationships between securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

 

b. Security Transactions

Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

c. Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed. These dividends are recorded as soon as the Trust is informed of the ex-dividend date. Dividend income on foreign securities is recorded net of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders.

The following Funds had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers who paid a portion of such Fund’s expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2006, under these arrangements the amount by which the Funds’ expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios were as follows: Value - $22,851 or 0.02%: Essex Large Cap Growth - $29,601 or 0.04%,; Small Company - $23,293 or 0.06% and International Equity - $37,913 or 0.02%.

In addition, each of the Funds has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York (“BNY”), the Funds’ custodian, whereby each Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 1% below the effective 90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. These credits serve to reduce custody expenses that would otherwise be charged to each Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the custodian expense was reduced as follows: International Equity - $510; Bond - $999; and Global Bond - $218.

Overdrafts will cause a reduction of any earnings credits, computed at 2% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. For the year ended December 31, 2006, overdraft fees for International Equity and Emerging Markets Equity equaled $7,229 and $13,822, respectively.

 

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Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”), a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”) and the Investment Manager for the Funds, has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2007, to waive fees and pay or reimburse expenses of Small Company, Bond and Global Bond to the extent that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund exceed 1.45%, 0.99% and 1.19%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Investment Manager has also contractually agreed to waive fees on Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, International Equity and Emerging Markets Equity to the extent that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund exceed 1.19%, 1.29%, 1.55% and 1.79%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets, provided that the amount of fees waived, paid or reimbursed does not exceed 0.25% per annum of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

Each Fund may be obligated to repay the Investment Manager such amounts waived, paid or reimbursed in future years provided that the repayment occurs within three (3) years after the waiver or reimbursement and that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s expenses in any such year to exceed the previously stated percentages of that Fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the following Funds made such repayments to the Investment Manager in the following amounts:

Value - $20,162; Essex Large Cap Growth - $28,374 and Emerging Markets Equity - $3,440. At December 31, 2006, the cumulative amount of reimbursement by the Manager subject to repayment by Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, Small Company, Bond and Global Bond equaled $127,995, $62,031, $34,165, $416,348 and $133,499, respectively.

Total returns and net investment income for the Funds would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.

 

d. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends resulting from net investment income, if any, normally will be declared and paid annually for all Funds except Bond. Dividends resulting from net investment income, if any, normally will be declared and paid monthly for Bond. Distributions of capital gains, if any, will be made on an annual basis and when required for Federal excise tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to wash sales, equalization accounting for tax purposes, foreign currency and market discount transactions. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. The tax character of distributions paid during the past two years were as follows:

 

     Value     AMG Essex Large Cap    Small Company
     2006     2005     2006    2005    2006    2005

Distributions paid from:

               

Ordinary income

   $ 855,868     $ 974,970     —      —      —      —  

Short-term capital gains

     1,797,816       912,960     —      —      —      —  

Long-term capital gains

     9,778,543       11,689,082     —      —      —      —  
                                   
   $ 12,432,227     $ 13,577,012     —      —      —      —  
                                   

As a % of distributions paid: (unaudited)

               

Qualified ordinary income

     100.00 %     100.00 %   —      —      —      —  

Ordinary income - dividends received deduction

     64.80 %     100.00 %   —      —      —      —  
                                   

 

     International Equity     Emerging Markets Equity     Bond     Global Bond  
     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Distributions paid from:

                

Ordinary income

   $ 4,000,641     $ 2,001,385     $ 1,229,899     $ 299,119     $ 27,271,077     $ 12,451,131     $ 1,211,010     $ 1,549,265  

Short-term capital gains

     —         —         3,138,783       2,392,307       —         129,375       —         104,290  

Long-term capital gains

     —         —         10,101,175       6,860,855       —         2,491,268       66,866       495,379  
                                                                
   $ 4,000,641     $ 2,001,385     $ 14,469,857     $ 9,552,281     $ 27,271,077     $ 15,071,774     $ 1,277,876     $ 2,148,934  
                                                                

As a % of distributions paid: (unaudited)

                

Qualified ordinary income

     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %

Ordinary income - dividends received deduction

     1.17 %     —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
                                                                

 

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As of December 31, 2006, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

 

     Value    AMG Essex
Large Cap
   Small
Company
   International
Equity
   Emerging
Markets Equity
   Bond    Global
Bond

Capital loss carryforward

     —      $ 145,316,330    $ 536,555    $ 65,064,308      —      $ 2,046,691      —  

Undistributed ordinary income

     —        —        —        360,750      —        272,325    $ 18,428

Undistributed short-term capital gains

   $ 88,300      —        —        —      $ 1,431,045      —        34,614

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     2,174,758      —        —        —        999,391      —        846

 

e. Federal Taxes

Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for Federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers

As of December 31, 2006, the following Funds had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for Federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration dates listed.

 

Fund

   Capital Loss
Carryover Amount
   Expires
December 31,

Essex Large Cap Growth

   $ 101,428,248    2009
     30,988,593    2010
     12,899,489    2011

Small Company

     536,555    2010

International Equity

     48,892,407    2010
     16,171,901    2011

Bond Fund

     2,046,691    2014

For the year ended December 31, 2006, Essex Large Cap Growth, Small Company and International Equity utilized capital loss carryovers in the amounts of $10,339,265, $6,092,081 and $35,745,870, respectively.

 

g. Capital Stock

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Each Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

At December 31, 2006, certain unaffiliated shareholders, specifically omnibus accounts, individually held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the following Funds: Value - one owns 10%;

Essex Large Cap Growth - one owns 12%; International Equity - one owns 32%; Emerging Markets Equity - two collectively own 61%; Bond - two collectively own 32%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Funds.

 

h. Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will be equal to or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank.

If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

i. Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

In addition, the Funds do not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations resulting from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an Investment Management Agreement under which the Investment Manager provides or oversees investment management services to the Funds. The Investment Manager selects subadvisors for each Fund (subject to Trustee approval), allocates assets among subadvisors and monitors the subadvisors’ investment programs and results. Each Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by portfolio managers who serve pursuant to Subadvisory Agreements with the Investment Manager.

 

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Investment management fees are paid directly by each Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. The annual investment management fee rates, as a percentage of average daily net assets for the year ended December 31, 2006, were as follows:

 

Fund

   Investment
Management Fee
 

Value

   0.75 %

Essex Large Cap Growth

   0.80 %

Small Company

   0.90 %

International Equity

   0.90 %

Emerging Markets Equity

   1.15 %

Bond

   0.625 %

Global Bond

   0.70 %

The Trust has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement (“Administration Agreement”) under which Managers Investment Group LLC serves as each Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Funds’ operations, including administration and shareholder services to each Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Funds’ shareholders. Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, each of the Funds, except Global Bond, pay a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Global Bond pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.20% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Prior to July 1, 2005, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee was $52,000, plus $2,000 for each meeting attended. Effective July 1, 2005, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $55,000, plus $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated amongst all of the Funds for which Managers Investment Group LLC serves as the Investment Manager (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trust receives an additional payment of $10,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2005, the Independent Chairman was paid an additional $5,000 per year). Effective July 1, 2005, the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional $2,000 per year. The “Trustee fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represent each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

The Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Managers Investment Group LLC. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor. The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter for each Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). Shares of each Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold by brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. The Distributor bears all the expenses of providing services pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of Prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

On December 20, 2006, the Managers Balanced Fund sold the following securities to the Managers Bond Fund under Rule 17a-7 procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

Security

   Shares    Cost

BNP Paribas SA, 0.000%, 06/31/11

   935,500,000    $ 70,212

Barclays Financial LLC, 4.470%, 03/23/09

   160,900,000      174,492

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.000%, 03/28/11

   932,700,000      71,545
         

Total

      $ 316,249
         

 

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3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2006, were as follows:

 

     Long-Term Securities    U.S. Government Securities

Fund

   Purchases    Sales    Purchases    Sales

Value

   $ 29,253,227    $ 86,263,886      N/A      N/A

Essex Large Cap Growth

     150,134,284      192,233,577      N/A      N/A

Small Company

     44,693,388      45,930,327      N/A      N/A

International Equity

     148,462,223      192,019,101      N/A      N/A

Emerging Markets Equity

     53,110,589      57,281,246      N/A      N/A

Bond

     344,551,776      24,428,704    $ 343,396,406    $ 226,763,529

Global Bond

     22,842,939      18,830,985      11,628,148      7,622,950

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Funds may participate in a securities lending program offered by BNY providing for the lending of equities, corporate bonds and government securities to qualified brokers. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and/or government securities. Collateral is maintained at a minimum level of 102% of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. Collateral received in the form of cash is invested temporarily in institutional money market funds or other short-term investments by BNY. Earnings of such temporary cash investments are divided between BNY, as a fee for its services under the program, and the Fund loaning the security, according to agreed-upon rates.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Funds under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risks of loss to be remote.

 

6. Risks Associated with Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (“CMOs”) (Bond Fund)

The net asset value of Bond Fund may be sensitive to interest rate fluctuations because the Fund may hold several instruments, including CMOs and other derivatives, whose values can be significantly impacted by interest rate movements. CMOs are obligations collateralized by a portfolio of mortgages or mortgage-related securities. Payments of principal and interest on the mortgage are passed through to the holder of the CMOs on the same schedule as they are received, although certain classes of CMOs have priority over others with respect to the receipt of prepayments on the mortgages.

Therefore, the investment in CMOs may be subject to a greater or lesser risk of prepayment than other types of mortgage-related securities. CMOs may have a fixed or variable rate of interest.

 

7. Forward Commitments

Certain transactions, such as futures and forward transactions, dollar roll agreements, or purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on a Fund’s net asset value as if the Fund had created a degree of leverage in its portfolio. However, if a Fund enters into such a transaction, the Fund will establish a segregated account with its custodian in which it will maintain cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid securities equal in value to its obligations in respect to such transaction. Securities and other assets held in the segregated account may not be sold while the transaction is outstanding, unless other suitable assets are substituted.

 

8. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

International Equity, Emerging Markets Equity, Bond and Global Bond invest in forward foreign currency exchange contracts to manage currency exposure. These investments may involve greater market risk than the amounts disclosed in the Funds’ financial statements.

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between a Fund and another party to buy or sell a currency at a set price at a future date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily, and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Gain or loss on the purchase or sale of contracts having the same settlement date, amount and counter party is realized on the date of offset, otherwise gain or loss is realized on settlement date.

 

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The Funds, except Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, and Small Company, may invest in non-U.S. dollar denominated instruments subject to limitations, and enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to protect against a possible loss resulting from an adverse change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and such foreign currency.

Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

Open forward foreign currency exchange contracts (in U.S. Dollars) at December 31, 2006 were as follows:

 

Foreign Currency

   Position    Settlement Date    Current Value
(Receivable Amount)
    Contract Value
(Payable Amount)
    Unrealized Gain/
(Loss)
 

International Equity Fund

            

euro-dollar Contracts

   Short    1/3/07    ($189,811 )   ($188,788 )   ($1,023 )

euro-dollar Contracts

   Short    1/3/07    ($196,120 )   ($195,543 )   ($577 )

Pound Sterling

   Short    1/3/07    ($83,231 )   ($83,148 )   ($83 )

Pound Sterling

   Short    1/3/07    ($109,414 )   ($109,739 )   $325  

Pound Sterling

   Short    1/4/07    ($86,204 )   ($86,176 )   ($28 )

Hong Kong Dollar

   Short    1/3/07    ($28,070 )   ($28,093 )   $23  

euro-dollar Contracts

   Long    1/4/07    2,744     2,743     1  
                        
         ($690,106 )   ($688,744 )   ($1,362 )
                        

 

Foreign Currency

   Position    Settlement Date    Current Value
(Receivable Amount)
    Contract Value
(Payable Amount)
    Unrealized Gain/
(Loss)
 

Global Bond Fund

            

Australian Dollar

   Short    2/9/07    ($220,772 )   ($216,479 )   ($4,293 )

Australian Dollar

   Short    2/26/07    (287,664 )   (280,787 )   (6,877 )

Canadian Dollar

   Short    2/20/07    (55,821 )   (57,221 )   1,400  

Columbian Peso

   Short    2/15/07    (295,941 )   (289,382 )   (6,559 )

euro-dollar Contracts

   Short    1/5/07    (501,746 )   (486,012 )   (15,734 )

Mexican Peso

   Short    3/16/07    (1,130,231 )   (1,123,214 )   (7,017 )

New Zealand Dollar

   Short    2/9/07    (172,184 )   (163,734 )   (8,450 )

South African Rand

   Short    2/14/07    (185,848 )   (177,468 )   (8,380 )

South African Rand

   Short    2/14/07    (312,110 )   (303,951 )   (8,159 )

Canadian Dollar

   Long    2/20/07    55,821     55,866     (45 )

euro-dollar Contracts

   Long    1/5/07    501,747     487,016     14,731  
                        
         ($2,604,749 )   ($2,555,366 )   ($49,383 )
                        

 

9. Futures Contracts Held

International Equity uses Equity Index futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objective of maintaining exposure to equity stock markets while maintaining liquidity. The Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital shares transactions. There are certain risks associated with futures contracts. Prices may not move as expected or a Fund may not be able to close out the contract when it desires to do so, resulting in losses.

Futures are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation

 

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(depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures or forward currency contracts. Cash pledged to cover margin requirements for the open futures positions at December 31, 2006, amounted to $83,364. International Equity had the following open futures contracts as of December 31, 2006:

 

Type

   Number of
Contracts
   Position    Expiration
Month
   Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)

3-Month Euro

   16    Long    3/16/07    $ 16,643

 

10. New Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has recently issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109) the “Interpretation”), which applies to all registered investment companies and clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. The Interpretation is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management has not yet completed their analysis of the Interpretation, and is not currently in a position to estimate the significance, if any, that the impact of adoption will have on the financial statements.

On December 22, 2006, the SEC indicated they had no objection if a fund implemented FIN 48 in the first required financial statement reporting period for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.

In addition, in September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Funds’ financial statements.

Tax Information (unaudited)

The Funds hereby designate the maximum amount allowable of their net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The 2006 Form 1099-DIV you receive for the Fund, will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.

Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, Small Company, International Equity, Emerging Markets Equity, Bond and Global Bond designate $9,988,293, $0, $0, $0, $11,100,566, $0, and $67,712, respectively, as long-term capital gain for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of

Managers Value Fund, Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund, Managers Small Company Fund, Managers International Equity Fund, Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Managers Bond Fund and Managers Global Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio 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 positions of Managers Value Fund, Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund (formerly Managers Capital Appreciation Fund), Managers Small Company Fund, Managers International Equity Fund, Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Managers Bond Fund and Managers Global Bond Fund (seven of the series constituting The Managers Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”), at December 31, 2006, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Funds’ management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2006 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 21, 2007

 

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Funds’ activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Funds, and review the Funds’ performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.

There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number

of Funds Overseen in Fund
Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Jack W. Aber, 9/9/37

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, Boston University School of Management (1972-Present); Trustee of Appleton Growth Fund (1 portfolio); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

William E. Chapman, II, 9/23/41

•        Independent Chairman

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Edward J. Kaier, 9/23/45

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Steven J. Paggioli, 4/3/50

•        Trustee since 1993

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Consultant (2001-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986- 2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (22 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP.

Eric Rakowski, 6/5/58

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Thomas R. Schneeweis, 5/10/47

•        Trustee since 1987

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1985-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Director of Research, Lyra/Starview Capital LLC (2004-2006); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC; Partner, TRS Associates (Sole Proprietorship) and member of Massachusetts Finance Institute (wholly owned subsidiary of Alternative Investment Analytics). No other directorships held by Trustee.

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Interested Trustee

The following Trustee is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of his positions with, and interest in securities of, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number of
Funds Overseen in Fund
Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee

William J. Nutt, 3/30/45

•        Trustee since 2005

•        President since 2007

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Chairman and Founder of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., (1993-Present); Chief Executive Officer of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-2004); Director, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-Present); President of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-1999); President and Chief Operating Officer, The Boston Company (1989- 1993); Senior Executive Vice President, The Boston Company (1982-1989).

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth, Position(s)
Held with Fund and Length of
Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Bruce M. Aronow, 5/31/65

•        Chief Financial Officer since 2005

   Managing Partner, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2005- Present); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Principal, Rorer Asset Management (1999- 2004); Chief Operating Officer, Rorer Asset Management (2001-2004); Staff Accountant, Manager and Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1987-1998).

Christine C. Carsman, 4/2/52

•        Secretary since 2004

   Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2004-Present); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004); Deputy General Counsel, The Boston Company, Inc. (1993-1995); Associate General Counsel, The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. (1991-1993); Associate, Sullivan & Worcester LLP (1987-1991).

Colin J. Dean, 3/6/77

•        Assistant Secretary since 2006

   Associate Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2005- Present); Assistant Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2006-Present); Assistant Secretary, Skyline Funds (2006-Present); Associate, Dechert LLP (2002-2005).

Donald S. Rumery, 5/29/58

•        Treasurer since 1995

   Senior Vice-President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Director, Finance and Planning, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000- Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000- Present); Secretary, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-2004) and Secretary, The Managers Funds (1997- 2004).

 

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Investment Manager and Administrator

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(203) 299-3500 or (800) 835-3879

Distributor

Managers Distributors, Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(203) 299-3500 or (800) 835-3879

Custodian

The Bank of New York

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, New York 11217

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

Transfer Agent

PFPC, Inc.

attn: Managers

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, Rhode Island 02940

(800) 548-4539

Trustees

Jack W. Aber

William E. Chapman, III

Edward J. Kaier

William J. Nutt

Steven J. Paggioli

Eric Rakowski

Thomas R. Schneeweis

For Managers Choice Only

Managers

c/o PFPC, Inc.

P.O. Box 61204

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0851

(800) 358-7668

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MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG EQUITY FUNDS

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

Rexiter Capital Management Limited

ESSEX GROWTH

ESSEX LARGE CAP GROWTH

(formerly known as Capital Appreciation)

ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY

FQ U.S. EQUITY

First Quadrant, L.P.

INSTITUTIONAL MICRO-CAP

MICRO-CAP

Kern Capital Management LLC

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Wellington Management Company, LLP

MID-CAP

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

Urdang Securities Management, Inc.

RORER LARGE-CAP

Rorer Asset Management, LLC

SMALL CAP

TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH

TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

SMALL COMPANY

Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.

Kalmar Investment Advisers, Inc.

SPECIAL EQUITY

Donald Smith & Co., Inc.

Kern Capital Management LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, LP

Veredus Asset Management LLC

Westport Asset Management, Inc.

SYSTEMATIC VALUE

SYSTEMATIC MID-CAP VALUE

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

VALUE

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Osprey Partners Investment Mgmt., LLC

MANAGERS BALANCED FUNDS

BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

GLOBAL

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

First Quadrant, L.P.

Kern Capital Management LLC

Northstar Capital Management, Inc.

Wellington Management Company, LLP

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES

First Quadrant, L.P.

MANAGERS

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

BOND (MANAGERS)

FIXED INCOME

GLOBAL BOND

Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.

BOND (MANAGERS FREMONT)

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC

CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE TAX-FREE

Evergreen Investment Management Co., LLC

HIGH YIELD

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT

SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT

Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.

MONEY MARKET

JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc.

This report is prepared for the Funds’ shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member NASD.

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330. To review a complete list of the Funds’ portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.managersinvest.com.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2006

 

   

Managers Special Equity Fund

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Annual Report - December 31, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

   1

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

   3

INVESTMENT MANAGER COMMENTS

  

FUND SNAPSHOTS

   9

Portfolio breakdown and top ten holdings at December 31, 2006

  

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

   10

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   15

Fund’s balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computation and cumulative undistributed amount

  

Statement of Operations

   16

Detail of sources of income, Fund expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year

  

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

   17

Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   18

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   19

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   22

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

   23

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of The Managers Funds or Managers AMG Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.


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Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholders and Clients,

We would like to thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets in 2006, and for taking time with us to take a quick glance back at last year’s investment climate.

If all we did was focus on the strong, above-average returns generated by most of the asset classes worldwide during 2006—U.S. stocks up 15.8%, non-U.S. stocks up 26.3%, real estate up 36.1%, global bonds up 6.6% (high quality U.S. bonds offered moderately below average returns of 4.3%)—we would be missing one of the most important lessons that 2006 teaches us about investing; for 2006 was a year in which investors needed to endure a period of negative returns in order to reap the benefi ts the full year had to offer.

Investors with classically diversifi ed portfolios who stuck to their long-term investment plan during the past year should have been pleased with their results. Other investors who were enticed into making asset allocation and investment changes in response to short-term market movements, however, may have experienced below average portfolio results, and certainly took undue risk.

It can be tempting for investors without a solid plan to alter their asset allocations and investment approach. Coming off of three previous years of positive stock market returns, we entered 2006 with the widely reported expectation that the economy was running out of steam. Given the news media’s penchant for pessimism, we were repeatedly told to watch out for: slower economic growth, softer corporate profi ts, signifi cantly higher oil prices, prospects for higher infl ation, expectations for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, a collapse in the housing market, the negative impact of a decline in the dollar’s value and of course, a long list of geopolitical concerns. As if that wasn’t enough, the yield curve was borderline inverted, very often a signal of economic weakness.

Investors tried to shrug off this pessimism and through the early part of May the equity markets actually produced positive results. However, the headline risks fi nally became too much for investors to withstand and the market ran out of steam. From May 5 through June 13, the U.S. equity market declined by 4.5%, while from May 9 through June 13, non-U.S. equities fell by 12.7%, with emerging markets leading the slide down 20.5%. Meanwhile, U.S. bonds had been steadily declining with the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index down 0.7% through the end of June. Near mid-year, it seemed that the bears were developing a stranglehold on the market. More than a few commentators were wondering what then-new Fed Chairman Dr. Bernanke was trying to accomplish. Cash seemed to be king, commodities were headed higher, and hedge funds were constantly in the news—all very enticing options for investors.

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But the whole story was yet to be told. Despite the mixed macro economic news, corporate results were coming through better than many analysts had expected and companies were actually producing positive earnings surprises. In fact, 68% and 76% of S&P 500 companies produced positive earnings surprises in the fi rst and second quarters of 2006, respectively. As the year developed,

 

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even though economic factors did not dramatically improve, they did not worsen either. The Fed stopped raising rates, oil prices stopped going up (and ultimately finished the year below where they started), inflation concerns tempered, the housing market did not experience the hard landing many had feared, and the mighty consumer did not waver. In retrospect, perhaps it was going to be the soft landing that many had sought.

As more and more positive earnings results came through during the year, even against the backdrop of mixed economic news, the markets staged a broad rally. From the June 13 bottom, the S&P 500 advanced by 17.1%, while the MSCI EAFE increased 20.8%. Meanwhile, the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index advanced 5.1% during the second half of the year.

So what was the lesson to be learned from 2006? Investors who started the year with a reasonably diversified portfolio and simply maintained their long-term perspective had an above-average year and made real progress towards their financial goals. Going into 2006, and for the first part of the year, economic conditions and expectations could easily have compelled an investor to over-think and do something other than stay on plan. The market would have whipsawed these investors, resulting in poor relative returns. Having a well founded long-term plan and sticking with it can improve investors’ odds of reaching their investment goals, and it certainly helped in terms of getting the most out of 2006.

One of our foremost goals at Managers Investment Group (“Managers”) is to structure and manage mutual funds that will help our shareholders and clients become more successful at reaching their investment goals and objectives. Each of our Funds is geared to provide you with exposure to a specific asset class or portion of the market. Investors tend to use our Funds as part of their overall asset allocation in order to structure a well-diversifi ed portfolio intended to meet individual needs. Most of our Funds, therefore, are designed to be building blocks.

Managers International Equity Fund is a great example of how we structure and manage funds for our clients’ benefit. We designed the overall Fund to provide broad exposure to the world’s non-U.S. equity markets, predominately in developed markets. Considering the broad mandate, we believe the best method of accomplishing that goal is by employing a number of investment managers, each with a different focus and approach to investing in the international equity market. As a result, we have built a virtual team of three complimentary institutional investment managers. Each of these three organizations has an experienced team of accomplished professionals and deep resources. Each of them has demonstrated great success in generating attractive investment returns. Yet each has a significantly different outlook and approach to investing. Specifically, the Fund is subadvised by AllianceBernstein, Lazard Asset Management, and Wellington Management Company, whose investment approaches are “bottom-up” value-based, “top-down” thematic, and growth-oriented, respectively. By blending managers with different styles, the portfolio is not held hostage to growth, for example, being out-of-favor. The result is a Fund with expected risk that should be lower than average and that exhibits more stable performance on a relative basis. Though this Fund won’t typically attract performance chasers, it will help investors reach their fi nancial goals without having to zigzag their way through investment styles or fads and give them peace of mind that they have an elegantly diversified portfolio.

At Managers we appreciate the privilege of being part of your investment plan. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit. Thank you again for the opportunity to be of service.

 

Respectfully,    
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John Streur     Thomas G. Hoffman, CFA
Senior Managing Partner     Executive Vice President
Managers Investment Group LLC     Chief Investment Officer
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Note: Source for all data referenced in the letter is FactSet and Russell.

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This Fund incurs only ongoing costs. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Six Months Ended December 31, 2006

   Beginning
Account
Value
07/01/2006
   Ending
Account
Value
12/31/2006
   Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period*

Managers Special Equity Fund - Managers Shares

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,058    $ 7.42

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 7.27

Managers Special Equity Fund - Institutional Shares

        

Based on Actual Fund Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,060    $ 6.18

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.06

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365.

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

The Managers Special Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund employs multiple portfolio managers who specialize in distinct investment approaches. This “intelligence diversification” not only serves to manage risk, but also helps us tap the markets’ full potential by focusing different analytical insights on each class of investment. Fund management strives to achieve this performance and diversifi cation while ensuring that the Fund operates within the framework of its investment objective and principal investment strategies.

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the addition of Smith Asset Management Group (“Smith Group”) to the lineup of subadvisors for the Fund during the second quarter of 2006. Smith Group’s investment process is based on a combination of a well-conceived quantitative screening process coupled with experienced, intelligent fundamental and qualitative analysis. The team is focused on predicting which attractively valued companies will report a succession of positive earnings surprises. The process begins by seeking companies with attractive risk profiles and valuations, as well as dramatically improving business fundamentals. To manage risk, Smith Group screens for companies with good corporate governance, strong financial quality, attractive valuation, and moderate portfolio beta. To identify high earnings growth companies, Smith Group screens for rising earnings expectations, improving earnings quality, a high-percentage positive earnings surprise, and high earnings growth rate.

Ideal Company:

Low-risk, as evidenced by:

 

   

Moderate portfolio beta

 

   

Attractive valuation

 

   

Strong financial quality

 

   

Good corporate governance

High earnings growth, as evidenced by:

 

   

Rising earnings expectations

 

   

Improving earnings quality

 

   

High percentage positive earnings surprise

 

   

High earnings growth rate

Portfolio Construction:

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Takes a bottom-up stock picking approach

 

   

Uses a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis

 

   

Focuses on identifying risks created by corporate governance and fi nancial reporting practices

 

   

Builds a portfolio of 100-120 stocks

The Portfolio:

 

   

Holdings across all sectors

 

   

Individual stock exposure limited to a maximum of 3.0%

 

   

Moderate turnover of approximately 50-60%

 

   

Sector weighting maximum of two times the Russell 2000

Sell Discipline:

Portfolio holdings are sold if:

 

   

A negative earnings surprise is predicted by either the process or management guidance

 

   

A negative earnings surprise is actually reported

 

   

The stock’s valuation level is too high

 

   

A buyout announcement is made

Donald Smith & Co., Inc.

Donald Smith & Co., Inc. (“Donald Smith”) is a value manager that invests in out-of-favor small-capitalization companies. Donald Smith’s philosophy seeks to identify companies in the bottom decile of price-to-tangible book value ratios, with a strong balance sheet, and a positive outlook for earnings potential over the next 2-4 years. Donald Smith believes that extremely low P/B ratio companies often trade below replacement value, are inherently less risky, and are more likely to be acquired. Furthermore, because only a few investment managers focus on companies in the lowest P/B ratio decile, their stocks may be inefficiently priced and can offer tremendous value.

Donald Smith’s process begins by looking for companies in the lowest 10% of price-to-tangible book value ratios with a strong balance sheet, and a positive outlook for earnings potential over the next 2-4 years. Donald Smith also assesses price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, and debt-to-capital ratios to form a “watch list” of about 300 securities. After valuations are addressed, Donald Smith performs fundamental research, including company visits, to assess the quality of the company’s balance sheet and book value. The team is looking for a catalyst for an improvement in earnings potential that is not already reflected in the stock price. A concentrated portfolio of 40-50 stocks is the result. Stocks are sold when a target price has been achieved, usually set at less than 2x book value. Positions may also be sold if the stock appreciates rapidly, if a better idea is found, or if fundamentals deteriorate. Portfolio turnover is low at 20-40% annually.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Low price-to-book value

 

   

Strong balance sheet

 

   

Positive earnings potential over the next 2-4 years

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Focuses on lowest decile of price-to-tangible book value stocks

 

   

Price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, and debt-to-capital also assessed from valuation standpoint

 

   

Concentrates the portfolio in 40-50 stocks

The Portfolio:

 

   

Value oriented holdings

 

   

Initial stock weightings are generally 3%-3.5%

 

   

Typically holds 40-50 stocks

 

   

Average turnover between 20-40% annually

The following factors influence the sell decision when:

 

   

Target price is reached, usually less than 2x book value

 

   

Stock appreciates rapidly

 

   

A better idea is found

 

   

Fundamentals deteriorate

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

Kern Capital Management LLC

Kern Capital Management LLC (“KCM”) believes the U.S. smaller company stock universe provides the opportunity to invest in innovative companies with exceptional growth prospects. With minimal research coverage by brokerage firms and low institutional ownership, KCM believes small- and micro-cap stocks represent the least efficient sector of the market.

KCM’s fundamental research is dedicated to uncovering innovative small companies early in their growth cycle while they are still relatively undiscovered. With a huge universe of investment opportunity, KCM’s investment process focuses on what they believe are the most innovative sectors in the U.S. economy (technology, health care, services, and consumer). Research specialization by economic sector provides the depth of knowledge necessary to make high quality investment decisions and minimize fundamental investment mistakes.

KCM believes that the real attraction of small- and micro-cap investing is not the asset class, but the stock selection opportunities within the asset class. KCM defines the small-cap investment universe as the smallest 15% of companies, based on market capitalization on the U.S. stock markets. KCM’s investment process is designed to capitalize on the inefficiencies in the smaller-company market.

KCM builds portfolios one company at a time with investment research focused on the most innovative sectors of the economy (technology, health care, services, and consumer). The team’s hands-on approach to fundamental investment research and financial analysis seeks to answer three basic questions to determine an investment’s attractiveness.

 

   

How attractive is the business? Companies that are pioneering new markets or revolutionizing existing ones can often sustain rapid growth as they establish leading positions in their targeted markets.

 

   

How strong is the management? Successful companies require management capable of capitalizing on attractive growth opportunities. Management’s vision and ability to execute the business plan represent key elements in determining how successful a company will be.

 

   

How much is the company worth? The team’s process is valuation sensitive. Depending on the economic sector, different criteria are used to determine a company’s enterprise value, which determines if KCM would buy the entire company at the current market value of its equity.

Given that KCM is focused on investing in innovative growth companies, the first two questions are answered before determining if the valuation is attractive. In fact, the answers to the fi rst two questions will help determine the appropriate valuation for the company.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Leading market position in a rapidly growing market with high barriers to entry

 

   

Entrepreneurial management team with experience managing a growth business

 

   

Focused business plan with tight internal controls

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Invests in between 70 and 90 companies which have market capitalizations that, at the time of initial purchase, place them among the smallest 15% of companies listed in the U.S. stock markets

 

   

Builds portfolios from the bottom up and seeks to identify companies early in their growth cycle

 

   

Utilizes a team approach to cover approximately 600 stocks through an extensive network of contact and other information sources:

 

   

Brokerage firm and industry analysts

 

   

Corporate management contacts

 

   

Trade shows and trade journals

 

   

IPO’s and the Internet

 

   

Focuses on economic sectors where KCM believes the level of innovation is greatest, such as technology, health care, services, and consumer

 

   

Uses fundamental analysis to identify small, relatively unknown companies that exhibit the potential to become much larger and more successful

 

   

Meets with corporate management to discuss business plans and strategies

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

An investment’s growth prospects deteriorate

 

   

Investments achieve excessive valuation relative to the growth opportunities and/or addressable markets

 

   

There is a negative change in fundamental confidence and/or investment time horizon

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

The investment team from Skyline Asset Management, L.P. (“Skyline”) looks for small-capitalization stocks that have below average valuations with above average growth prospects. Through their intensive in-house research, they find good companies that are overlooked or not widely followed.

Skyline’s research effort focuses on finding good companies that are not widely followed. Typically they invest in firms with market caps of less than $2 billion. The selection process involves using outside research services, computer screens, and internally maintained lists of potential companies/stocks to identify new ideas. These ideas are then screened to determine whether they meet certain basic criteria: relative valuation, capitalization, financial strength, and opportunities for continued growth. This screening process reduces the list from 2,000 names to 150-200. This list is then more rigorously analyzed to answer the question, “Why will earnings increase at an above-average rate?” All company documents are analyzed, any available industry or research reports are reviewed and, most importantly, questions are addressed directly to senior company management.

In addition, other companies in the same industry are reviewed to determine relative valuation of the company being investigated. The final portfolio will contain 65-85 stocks and is generally fully invested. The portfolio will tend to be well diversified and the portfolio’s P/E ratio will consistently be below that of the Russell 2000®. Skyline sells stocks when they rise to a sell target, which is usually a P/E equal to the overall stock market, or if the company’s fundamentals have changed so that the original investment thesis is no longer valid.

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Market capitalization less than $2 billion

 

   

Discounted price/earnings ratio relative to the market

 

   

Above average growth prospects

 

   

Neglected, under followed, and often out of favor

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Remain fully invested

 

   

Broad diversification among economic sectors

 

   

Keep attentive to earnings

 

   

Maintain favorable risk/reward

The Portfolio:

 

   

Stocks have a maximum weighting of 5% for each holding

 

   

Typically holds 65-85 stocks

 

   

Cash equivalents averaging less than 5%

The following factors influence the sell decision when:

 

   

P/E equals the market/industry P/E

 

   

Change in fundamentals

 

   

Holding reaches 5.0% of the portfolio

Westport Asset Management, Inc.

The investment team at Westport Asset Management, Inc., (“Westport”) led by Andy Knuth, focuses on small-capitalization companies that are determined to have significant upside potential in earnings and ROE over the next few years. Although investing for growth, Andy will purchase stocks only if they are selling at or below the market’s P/E multiple, or below valuations of other companies in the same industry. Implicit in the strategy is that Andy and his partner Ed Nicklin focus on a small number of issues, and hold them for a long time. The concentration and low turnover enable them to heavily research and monitor each position.

The portfolio manager at Westport is focused on future profits only, and in fact, prefers to find businesses which are inherently good but which have gone through a troubling period. Acquisitions or divestitures, management shake-ups, changes in the business cycle, or the development of a proprietary product in a strong industry are all factors that might improve earnings and investor perceptions. The portfolio manager will typically have a concentrated portfolio, and any industry concentrations are merely an outcome of stock selection. Because some of the companies in which he invests may not have earnings, the price to trailing earnings ratio may be high, although the price to forward earnings will be well below average. The management style is patient, usually turning over less than 20% per year.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Upside potential in earnings and ROE (Return On Equity)

 

   

Low P/E and improving earnings/cash flow

 

   

Company driven by entrepreneurial impact

 

   

Preference for turnaround story

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Has a 2-3 year time horizon on initial investments

 

   

Concentrates the portfolio and has low turnover

 

   

Views any signifi cant industry concentrations as merely an outcome of bottom-up fundamental analysis

 

   

May invest in companies that do not have earnings

The Portfolio:

 

   

Initial stock weightings will vary depending on liquidity

 

   

May have trailing P/E ratios that are higher than the market, but generally forward P/E ratios will be well below the average, because some of the companies Westport invests in may not have earnings

 

   

Has an average turnover of less than 20% per year

The portfolio management team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

A stock reaches pre-determined price objective

 

   

There are negative changes in a company’s fundamentals

Veredus Asset Management, LLC

The investment philosophy at Veredus Asset Management, LLC (“Veredus”) is based on their belief that positive earnings surprise and positive estimate revision are the key drivers of stock price change. In particular, the Veredus investment team, led by founder Tony Weber, is concerned about the sustainability of this earnings momentum. To that end, the team tends to focus more on the economic performance of a particular company as opposed to more traditional accounting measures. Specifically, the analysts and portfolio managers at Veredus look for companies with strong asset growth and accelerating rates of economic return in excess of their cost of capital. This is what they view as the true definition of wealth creation, or cash fl ow return on investment (CFROI). Finally, the Veredus team also believes that some technical measures, such as relative strength, flows, and trading volume, can be useful indicators of future stock performance.

The investment team at Veredus starts the research process by screening the entire universe of over 8,000 small companies for upward earnings revisions. Companies are also ranked on the basis of recent estimate changes, considering both absolute and percent change in estimates. This model provides not only a shopping list of potential targets, but the qualification work that Veredus feels is essential to market acceptance. The core of the research effort is placed on calculating the true cash fl ow return on investment (CFROI) potential of companies on the target list and how Veredus’ internally developed work compares with current street expectations. The primary focus is assessing CFROI on a sequential basis as opposed to year over year. This gives the investment team a more detailed picture for possibilities of margin expansion, sales growth, and other sources of CFROI leverage. Contact with company management is also essential in researching companies in the small-cap arena.

The ideal investment exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Positive earnings surprise and subsequent upward estimate revisions

 

   

Attacking large markets with high barriers to entry

 

   

Unit volume growth

 

   

Expanding margins

 

   

Balance sheet commensurate with income statement

Portfolio Management:

 

   

Screens for companies which rank in the top 20% of all companies based on earnings estimate revisions and quarterly earning surprise

 

   

Employs extensive fundamental research

 

   

Seeks sustainability of company’s fundamental performance

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

The investment team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

There is an anticipated/ actual earnings disappointment

 

   

They see deteriorating market mechanics

 

   

There is a change in strategic market outlook or better idea develops

The Year in Review

Over the 12 months ended December 31, 2006, the Managers Special Equity Fund Managers Class of shares returned 11.28% and the Institutional Class of shares returned 11.53% compared to a gain of 18.37% for the Russell 2000® Index and 13.35% for the Russell 2000 Growth Index.

Despite a rough patch mid-way through, it was ultimately a good year to be invested in the equity markets and an even better year to be invested in small-capitalization stocks. Broad markets posted strong gains with small-cap stocks outperforming large (as measured by the Russell Indexes) and value outperforming growth. For small-cap value stocks, this marked the sixth year out of the past seven they have outperformed their growth counterparts. Sector performance was positive across the board, with materials and telecom services posting 40% gains. Health care was the only sector that failed to reach double digit returns for the year as the pharmaceutical industry turned in lackluster performance. As is generally consistent with a value driven market, those stocks with the lowest quintile of price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios recorded the strongest returns. It’s also worth noting that investors were hesitant to reward future growth prospects as those stocks in the highest quintile of projected EPS growth, performed the worst. This was particularly troublesome for strategies that attempt to take advantage of earnings growth on the basis that it will drive future price appreciation.

Small-cap stocks started the year strongly, with the Russell 2000 rising almost 9% in January alone. Prices moderated somewhat throughout February before pushing higher again in March. Ultimately, the rally was broad-based with almost all economic sectors rising 10% or more. The Fund’s materials and telecommunications holdings participated in this rally and performed quite well. Poor performance of a few stocks in the health care and energy sectors, as well as the automotive-related industries challenged returns. The Portfolio’s largest detractor in the opening quarter, and ultimately for the year, was Dana Corp. The automotive components manufacturer filed for Chapter 11 in early March and dropped almost 79% during the quarter.

The U.S. stock market moved sharply lower and showed increased volatility throughout the second quarter and into the third as investors tried to decipher whether the economy was reaching an inflection point. This broad market correction was particularly painful for small-cap stocks which had risen the most leading up to the May 9th peak and struggled to recover with the same speed as large- cap stocks, which offered greater protection to the downside during the initial sell-off. Returns for the Fund were mixed during the decline but actually held up slightly better on average than those of the Index. Stocks within the energy, materials, and consumer discretionary sectors of the Portfolio all declined less on average than those stocks within the respective sectors of the Index. Conversely, stocks with high forecasted earnings growth, which typically coincides with higher P/E and/or P/B ratios, lost significantly more value than stocks with low earnings growth expectations during this seven week period.

The Final quarter of 2006 was marked by investors continuing to reward the lowest price-to-earnings and price-to-book stocks while shying away from those companies with the highest EPS growth numbers. This had a direct impact on the Portfolio as a majority of holdings achieved positive earnings, yet the subadvisors continued to go unrewarded for this metric. Coldwater Creek is a good example of this, as the firm has consistently grown earnings at a double-digit pace, yet sold off during the final quarter at what was widely perceived to be a market over-reaction to narrowly missed net income forecasts.

Among the Fund’s strongest individual contributors for the full year were AK Steel (+112%), Equinix (+86%), and Air France-KLM (+94%). AK Steel, a long-time holding of Donald Smith, benefited from an overall boost to the industry behind circulating merger and acquisition activity in addition to strong global demand. Visteon (+35%) rallied off first quarter industry troubles to post a nice return and Air France-KLM put up back-to-back quarters of top-ten Fund performance. In addition to the above mentioned Dana Corp., NeoPharm (-85%), Blue Coat Systems (-48%), and Sea Containers (-94%) all challenged returns and were liquidated during various times of the year.

Looking Forward

Heading into 2007, the Fund’s sector weights have not changed significantly as information technology, industrials, and consumer discretionary remain the three largest allocations. Despite the long run of small-cap dominance in the market place, Fund management on the whole remains optimistic about prospects for the coming year. In addition, the Portfolio continues to be attractively valued relative to both its historical and expected earnings growth rates.

Cumulative Total Return Performance

Managers Special Equity Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. The Russell 2000 Index is comprised of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000® Index and is widely regarded in the industry as the premier measure of small-cap stock performance. The Russell 3000 Index is composed of 3000 of the largest U.S. companies, as determined by market capitalization which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000 Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The fi rst graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Special Equity Fund–Managers Class on

 

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December 31, 1996, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 2000 Index for the same time period. The second graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Special Equity Fund–Institutional Class on May 3, 2004, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 2000 Index for the same time period. The graphs and tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers Special Equity Fund–Managers Class and the Russell 2000 Index since December 31, 1996 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Special Equity - Managers Class

   11.28 %   8.19 %   9.82 %   6/1/84

Russell 2000 Index

   18.37 %   11.39 %   9.44 %  

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Special Equity-Institutional Class and the Russell 2000 Index since May 3, 2004 through December 31, 2006.

 

Average Annualized Total Returns

   One Year     Since Inception     Inception Date

Special Equity - Institutional Class

   11.53 %   11.42 %   5/3/04

Russell 2000 Index

   18.37 %   14.60 %  

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2006

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

  

Managers Special

Equity Fund **

   

Russell 2000

Index

 

Information Technology

   25.3 %   18.3 %

Industrials

   19.0 %   14.1 %

Consumer Discretionary

   15.3 %   15.9 %

Financials

   13.6 %   22.5 %

Health Care

   9.4 %   11.8 %

Materials

   2.9 %   4.6 %

Energy

   2.6 %   5.1 %

Utilities

   2.1 %   3.0 %

Telecommunication Services

   1.2 %   1.5 %

Consumer Staples

   0.3 %   3.2 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   8.3 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

MI Developments, Inc., Class A*

   1.8 %

ITT Educational Services, Inc.*

   1.7  

Reliant Resources, Inc.*

   1.4  

Air France-KLM, ADR

   1.3  

AK Steel Holding Corp.*

   1.3  

Spansion, Inc.

   1.2  

Visteon Corp.*

   1.2  

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.

   0.9  

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

   0.9  

Downey Financial Corp.

   0.9  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   12.6 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2006

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security.

 

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December 31, 2006

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 91.6%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 15.2%

    

Aftermarket Technology Corp.*

   328,500     $ 6,990,480

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

   296,500       5,630,535

Applebee’s International, Inc.

   388,125 2     9,575,044

Bebe Stores, Inc.

   392,950 2     7,776,480

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

   397,600       9,709,392

Big Lots, Inc.*

   907,152 2     20,791,924

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*

   52,900       2,045,114

Brown Show Co., Inc.

   53,500 2     2,554,090

Buckle, Inc., The

   20,200 2     1,027,170

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

   34,300       1,824,760

Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.*

   237,180       7,293,285

Charming Shoppes, Inc. *

   266,200 2     3,601,686

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

   323,600 2     18,445,200

CKE Restaurants Inc.

   169,100 2     3,111,440

Coldwater Creek, Inc.*

   370,650 2     9,088,338

Copart, Inc.*

   564,400       16,932,000

COX Radio, Inc., Class A*

   55,100 2     898,130

Crocs, Inc.*

   208,175 2     8,993,160

Dana Corp. *

   1,009,600       1,403,344

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

   13,370       801,531

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.*

   158,750 2     7,777,162

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

   831,200       29,067,064

Force Protection, Inc.*

   798,500       13,901,885

Gaylord Entertainment Co., Class A*

   161,233 2     8,211,597

Guess?, Inc.*

   150,200 2     9,527,186

Gymboree Corp.*

   157,900 2     6,025,464

IMAX Corp.*

   892,400       3,355,424

Jack in the Box, Inc.*

   58,800 2     3,589,152

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.*

   359,190       10,542,227

MarineMax, Inc.*

   217,000       5,626,810

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

   136,700 2     5,230,142

NutriSystem, Inc.*

   85,500 2     5,419,845

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.

   341,900 2     16,178,708

Priceline.com, Inc.*

   88,400 2     3,855,124

Progressive Gaming International Corp.*

   451,100       4,091,477

Rare Hospitality International, Inc.*

   196,300       6,464,159

Rent-A-Center, Inc.*

   110,600 2     3,263,806

Ross Stores, Inc.

   930,000 2     27,249,000

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

   510,900 2     14,019,096

Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Inc.*

   342,050       6,252,674

Saks, Inc.

   1,023,000 2     18,229,860

Scopus Video Neworks, Ltd. *

   688,200 4     2,924,850

Steak’n Shake Co., The*

   393,900       6,932,640

Steiner Leisure, Ltd.*

   26,400       1,201,200

Steve Madden, Ltd.

   209,750       7,360,128

Talbots, Inc.

   344,800 2     8,309,680

The Wet Seal, Inc., Class A*

   1,691,900       11,284,973

Toro Co.

   260,200 2     12,133,126

Under Armour, Inc. *

   258,025 2     13,017,361

United Rentals, Inc.*

   357,400 2     9,088,682

VistaPrint, Ltd.*

   120,000 2     3,973,200

Visteon Corp.*

   4,395,300       37,272,144

Warnaco Group, Inc., The*

   269,675       6,844,351

Zumiez, Inc.*

   269,675       7,966,200

Total Consumer Discretionary

       474,679,500

Consumer Staples - 0.3%

    

NBTY, Inc.*

   99,100 2     4,119,587

Playtex Products, Inc.*

   83,600       1,203,004

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.*

   59,000 2     3,002,510

Total Consumer Staples

       8,325,101

Energy - 2.6%

    

Comstock Resources, Inc.*

   503,400 2     15,635,604

Houston Exploration Co.*

   192,700 2     9,978,006

Key Energy Services, Inc.*

   456,100       7,137,965

Newfield Exploration Co.*

   83,700 2     3,846,015

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

   130,000 2     7,319,000

Parker Drilling, Co.*

   247,000       2,017,990

PetroQuest Energy, Inc.*

   205,725       2,620,937

Pogo Producing Co.

   484,200 2     23,454,648

Stone Energy Corp.*

   153,200 2     5,415,620

W-H Energy Services, Inc.*

   90,000       4,382,100

Total Energy

       81,807,885

Financials - 13.6%

    

American Financial Group, Inc.

   232,950 2     8,365,235

American National Insurance Co.

   68,950       7,867,885

American Physicians Cap, Inc.*

   24,450       978,978

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

   67,800 2     2,003,490

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

   412,700       10,878,772

BankUnited Financial Corp.

   601,088       16,806,420

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   530,200 2     14,956,942

Cash America International

   40,700 2     1,908,830

Chittenden Corp.

   400,000 2     12,276,000

Clark, Inc.

   390,700       6,497,341

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

 

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     Shares     Value

Financials - 13.6% (continued)

    

CompuCredit Corp.*

   270,200 2   $ 10,756,662

Cowen Group, Inc.*

   394,853       8,351,141

Delphi Financial Group, Inc., Class A

   230,050       9,307,823

Downey Financial Corp.

   393,380 2     28,551,520

Financial Federal Corp.

   52,300       1,538,143

First Cash Financial Services, Inc.*

   95,600       2,473,172

FirstFed Financial Corp.*

   117,900       7,895,763

GFI Group Inc.*

   118,600 2     7,384,036

Hancock Holding Co.

   35,200 2     1,859,968

Hanmi Financial Corp.

   66,883       1,506,874

Harleysville Group, Inc.

   18,600 2     647,652

Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co.

   305,500 2     12,867,660

Investment Technology Group, Inc.*

   77,300 2     3,314,624

iStar Financial, Inc.

   377,400 2     18,047,268

Lazard, Ltd.

   391,525 2     18,534,793

MCG Capital Corp.

   609,778       12,390,689

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.*

   72,200       714,058

MI Developments, Inc., Class A

   1,589,100       56,730,870

National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A

   12,000       2,761,680

Navigators Group, Inc.*

   12,600       607,068

Ocwen Financial Corp.*

   73,200       1,160,952

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Co.*

   113,900 2     5,075,384

Placer Sierra Bancshares

   282,600       6,717,402

ProAssurance Corp.*

   34,200 2     1,707,264

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

   280,400       9,676,604

Provident Bankshares Corp.

   208,465 2     7,421,354

RAM Holdings, Ltd.*

   516,300       7,377,927

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   283,500 2     15,790,950

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

   18,000       912,780

SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc.*

   424,635       7,647,676

St. Joe Co., The

   70,400 2     3,771,328

Sterling Financial Corp.

   473,140 2     15,996,863

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

   246,800 2     12,043,840

The South Financial Group, Inc.

   468,612 2     12,460,393

TierOne Corp.

   22,500       711,225

Tower Group, Inc.

   74,700       2,320,929

TradeStation Group, Inc.*

   172,900       2,377,375

Triad Guaranty, Inc.*

   101,082       5,546,369

U.S.I. Holdings Corp.*

   632,201       9,710,607

United PanAm Financial Corp. *

   254,700       3,504,672

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

   31,200       591,864

World Acceptance Corp.*

   67,100       3,150,345

Total Financials

       424,455,460

Health Care - 9.4%

    

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc.*

   439,875 2     17,951,299

Advisory Board Co., The*

   33,600       1,798,944

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

   326,100 2     8,801,439

AMERIGROUP Corp.*

   81,600 2     2,928,624

Applera Corp - Celera Genomics Group*

   364,600       5,100,754

Arthrocare Corp.*

   52,900 2     2,111,768

Cardica, Inc.*

   154,500 2     729,240

Centene Corp.*

   649,300       15,953,301

Cepheid, Inc.*

   521,800       4,435,300

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*

   335,616 2     14,515,392

Cholestech Corp*

   34,200       629,964

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.*

   301,925       6,588,003

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   216,200 2     3,915,382

Cutera, Inc.*

   77,300       2,087,100

Cyberonics, Inc.*

   303,500       6,264,240

Cytyc Corp.*

   150,000 2     4,245,000

Digene Corp.*

   68,600 2     3,287,312

Eclipsys Corp.*

   432,700       8,896,312

Emageon, Inc.*

   199,000       3,056,640

Five Star Quality Care, Inc.*

   55,200       615,480

Gen-Probe, Inc.*

   215,900 2     11,306,683

Greatbatch, Inc.*

   28,640       770,989

Harvard Bioscience, Inc.*

   537,600       2,757,888

Hologic, Inc.*

   297,150 2     14,049,252

IMS Health, Inc.

   820,081       22,535,826

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

   131,650 2     12,625,235

inVentiv Health, Inc. *

   120,000       4,242,000

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.*

   243,550 2     9,425,385

Lincare Holdings, Inc.*

   212,100 2     8,450,064

Medicines Co.*

   119,800 2     3,800,056

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

   44,735       1,571,541

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

   58,900       1,444,817

NxStage Medical, Inc.*

   280,000       2,346,400

Omnicell, Inc.*

   1,334,275       24,857,543

Owens & Minor, Inc.

   213,300 2     6,669,891

Parexel International Corp.*

   56,900       1,648,393

Phase Forward, Inc.*

   201,300       3,015,474

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.*

   166,800 2     6,258,336

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

 

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     Shares     Value

Health Care - 9.4% (continued)

    

Res-care inc.*

   29,200     $ 529,980

Sciele Pharma, Inc.*

   183,000       4,392,000

Triad Hospitals, Inc.*

   410,664 2     17,178,075

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   170,000 2     9,423,100

Viasys Healthcare, Inc.*

   43,100       1,199,042

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

   89,100 2     6,138,990

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   38,000       1,946,740

Total Health Care

       292,495,194

Industrials - 19.0%

    

AAR Corp.*

   259,200       7,566,048

Adesa, Inc.

   261,600 2     7,259,400

Administaff, Inc.

   81,100       3,468,647

Air France-KLM, ADR

   948,178       39,690,731

Airtran Holdings, Inc.*

   186,089       2,184,685

Alaska Airgroup, Inc.*

   615,000 2     24,292,500

Allegiant Travel Co.*

   16,425       460,885

American Commercial Lines, Inc.*

   160,475 2     10,512,717

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

   246,050       8,375,542

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

   85,950       2,261,344

Axsys Technologies, Inc.*

   377,950       6,640,582

BE Aerospace, Inc.*

   640,500 2     16,448,040

Bucyrus International, Inc.

   62,225       3,220,766

Carlisle Co., Inc.

   116,300 2     9,129,550

Cascade Corp.

   32,600       1,724,540

Celadon Group, Inc.*

   75,235       1,260,186

Ceradyne, Inc.*

   180,800 2     10,215,200

Consolidated Graphics, Inc.*

   185,800       10,975,206

Con-way, Inc.

   30,000       1,321,200

Corrections Corp. of America*

   169,650       7,673,270

Crane Co.

   394,000       14,436,160

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   170,400 2     6,318,432

DeVry, Inc.

   734,200 2     20,557,600

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

   830,900       17,548,608

EGL, Inc.*

   263,500       7,847,030

EMCOR Group, Inc.*

   201,800       11,472,330

First Advantage Corp.*

   377,100 2     8,658,216

Fuel Tech, Inc.*

   115,400       2,843,456

Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd.

   40,850       1,141,349

Genlyte Group, Inc.*

   38,500 2     3,007,235

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.*

   299,875       7,427,904

Heico Corp.

   117,475       4,561,554

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. *

   314,100       13,305,276

Hub Group, Inc.*

   130,600       3,598,030

Infrasource Services, Inc.*

   484,225       10,541,578

InnerWorkings, Inc.*

   64,800       1,034,208

Interpool, Inc.

   397,800       9,292,608

ITT Educational Services, Inc.*

   789,740       52,415,044

Kaydon Corp.

   66,100 2     2,626,814

Knoll, Inc.

   115,900       2,549,800

Korn/Ferry International*

   71,200       1,634,752

LSI Industries, Inc.

   34,600       686,810

Lydall, Inc.*

   202,800       2,192,268

Manitowoc Co., The

   253,825       15,084,820

Middleby Corp., The*

   24,400       2,553,948

Mobile Mini, Inc.*

   390,075       10,508,621

Moog, Inc.*

   36,600 2     1,397,754

Navigant Consulting, Inc.*

   607,400       12,002,224

NCI Building Systems, Inc.*

   270,200 2     13,982,850

Pacer International, Inc.

   44,700 2     1,330,719

Perini Corp. *

   261,700       8,055,126

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.*

   83,400       3,893,946

Precision Castparts Corp.

   160,200 2     12,540,456

Quanta Services, Inc.*

   681,325 2     13,401,663

Regal-Beloit Corp.

   58,400 2     3,066,584

Republic Airways Holdings Inc.*

   52,300       877,594

Ryder System, Inc.

   82,600 2     4,217,556

Sea Containers, Ltd., Class A*

   658,900       461,230

Sequa Corp., Class A*

   99,600 2     11,459,976

Sequa Corp., Class B*

   38,300       4,401,436

Skywest, Inc.

   307,460 2     7,843,305

Stanley, Inc.*

   176,800       2,989,688

Sterling Construction, Inc.*

   16,310       354,906

Superior Essex, Inc.*

   43,700       1,453,025

Tecumseh Products Co., Class B*

   175,993       2,921,484

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*

   61,000 2     2,447,930

Tennant Co.

   69,100       2,003,900

Tetra Technologies, Inc.*

   676,300       12,234,267

Trinity Industries, Inc.

   429,750 2     15,127,200

URS Corp.*

   443,225       18,992,191

Valmont Industries, Inc.

   31,900 2     1,770,131

Wabtec Corp.

   91,500       2,779,770

Walter Industries, Inc.

   296,400 2     8,017,620

Washington Group International, Inc.*

   194,650 2     11,638,124

Watson Wyatt & Co.

   59,000 2     2,663,850

Total Industrials

       592,851,995

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

 

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     Shares     Value

Information Technology - 25.3%

    

Acacia Research Corp.*

   239,619     $ 3,206,102

Acme Packet, Inc.*

   177,600       3,665,664

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

   308,300 2     4,479,599

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.*

   715,650       13,504,316

Airspan Networks, Inc.*

   1,467,819 2     5,430,930

Altiris, Inc.*

   87,700       2,225,826

AMIS Holdings, Inc.*

   668,649       7,067,620

Anaren Microwave, Inc.*

   207,400       3,683,424

Andrew Corp.*

   1,046,900 2     10,709,787

ANSYS, Inc.*

   337,600       14,682,224

aQuantive, Inc.*

   556,750 2     13,729,455

Arris Group, Inc.*

   427,800 2     5,351,778

ASE Test, Ltd.*

   162,500       1,639,625

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

   545,125       6,007,277

ATMI, Inc.*

   882,500       26,942,725

AudioCodes, Ltd.*

   1,146,400       10,741,768

Avocent Corp.*

   97,600 2     3,303,760

Belden CDT, Inc.

   106,900 2     4,178,721

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

   376,350 2     9,167,886

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

   443,300 2     3,639,493

Cabot Microelectronics Corp.*

   17,900       607,526

CalAmp Corp. *

   781,600       6,596,704

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.*

   443,300       8,954,660

Ciena Corp.*

   282,875 2     7,838,466

CommScope, Inc.*

   230,100 2     7,013,448

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

   176,400       3,529,764

CSG Systems International, Inc.*

   80,100       2,141,073

Diebold, Inc.

   106,400 2     4,958,240

Diodes, Inc.*

   96,100       3,409,628

eCollege.com*

   492,400       7,706,060

eFunds Corp.*

   364,100 2     10,012,750

Electronics for Imaging, Inc.*

   399,681 2     10,623,521

EMCORE Corp.*

   936,200       5,177,186

Emulex Corp.*

   62,460       1,218,595

Equinix, Inc.*

   331,300 2     25,052,906

Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering, Inc.*

   1,957,500       11,001,150

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.*

   875,500 2     14,717,155

FEI Co.*

   893,200       23,553,684

Formfactor, Inc.*

   338,300 2     12,601,675

Hittite Microwave Corp.*

   217,800 2     7,039,296

Hutchinson Technology, Inc.*

   684,200       16,126,594

Hyperion Solutions Corp.*

   67,600 2     2,429,544

Identity Solutions, Inc.*

   700,925       10,604,995

Interactive Intelligence, Inc.*

   143,100       3,208,302

Interwoven, Inc.*

   71,600       1,050,372

Intevac, Inc.*

   215,475       5,591,576

Itron, Inc.*

   42,700 2     2,213,568

Keithley Instruments, Inc.

   78,400       1,030,960

Kronos Inc.*

   72,100 2     2,648,954

Macrovision Corp.*

   109,600 2     3,097,296

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

   57,300       1,723,584

MIPS Technologies, Inc.*

   102,500       850,750

MoneyGram International, Inc.

   163,950 2     5,141,472

MPS Group, Inc.*

   303,000 2     4,296,540

Net 1 Ueps Technologies, Inc.*

   387,800 2     11,463,368

NICE Systems, Ltd. *

   69,225       2,130,746

Nuance Communications, Inc.*

   1,181,300 2     13,537,698

Openwave Systems, Inc.*

   655,700       6,052,111

Oplink Communications, Inc.*

   361,500       7,432,440

Opsware, Inc.*

   715,800       6,313,356

Optical Communication Products, Inc.*

   1,085,800       1,780,712

Parametric Technology Corp.*

   982,820 2     17,710,416

Park Electrochemical Corp.

   255,800       6,561,270

Perficient, Inc.*

   491,825       8,070,848

Perot Systems Corp.*

   950,410 2     15,577,220

Photon Dynamics, Inc.*

   686,200       8,021,678

Plexus Corp.*

   15,800       377,304

Polycom, Inc.*

   275,725 2     8,522,660

Power Integrations, Inc.*

   678,800       15,917,860

RADVision Ltd.*

   286,800       5,758,944

Rogers Corp.*

   153,400       9,073,610

Salesforce.com, Inc.*

   74,000 2     2,697,300

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.*

   4,542,500 2     29,253,700

SINA Corp.*

   88,850 2     2,549,995

Smart Modular Technologies, Inc.*

   829,026       11,158,690

Smith Micro Software, Inc.*

   160,600       2,278,914

Solectron Corp.*

   2,306,200 2     7,425,964

Spansion, Inc.*

   2,571,200 2     38,208,032

Stratex Networks, Inc.*

   1,013,290       4,894,191

SYKES Enterprises, Inc.*

   83,400       1,471,176

SYNNEX Corp.*

   440,600       9,666,764

Synopsys, Inc.*

   356,400 2     9,526,572

Tech Data Corp.*

   685,000 2     25,940,950

Technitrol, Inc.

   55,200 2     1,318,728

Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.*

   5,597,600 4     12,482,648

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value  

Information Technology - 25.3%(continued)

    

THQ, Inc.*

   221,600 2   $ 7,206,432  

Transaction Systems Architects, Inc.*

   123,800 2     4,032,166  

Trident Microsystems, Inc.*

   949,300 2     17,258,274  

Triquint Semiconductor*

   1,370,650       6,167,925  

Valueclick, Inc.*

   418,100       9,879,703  

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.*

   70,000 2     3,186,400  

VeriFone Holdings, Inc.*

   210,100 2     7,437,540  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*

   713,900       9,666,206  

WebEx Communications, Inc.*

   421,500 2     14,706,135  

WNS Holdings, Ltd.*

   96,100       2,988,710  

Wright Express Corp.*

   439,800       13,708,566  

Zygo Corp.*

   56,500       929,425  

Total Information Technology

       787,469,321  

Materials - 2.9%

    

AK Steel Holding Corp.*

   2,307,100 2     38,989,990  

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

   34,000       1,073,040  

Cytec Industries, Inc.

   318,600 2     18,004,086  

Greif, Inc.

   21,700       2,569,280  

Hercules, Inc.*

   172,900 2     3,338,699  

Longview Fibre Co.

   680,808       14,943,736  

Rock-Tenn Co.

   37,100       1,005,781  

Spartech Corp.

   47,500       1,245,450  

Symyx Technologies, Inc.*

   415,400       8,968,486  

Total Materials

       90,138,548  

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

    

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.

   79,800       1,212,162  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

   2,286,744 2     10,450,420  

Cogent Communications Group, Inc.*

   397,100       6,440,962  

General Communication, Inc., Class A*

   878,100       13,812,513  

InPhonic, Inc.*

   394,700       4,377,223  

Total Telecommunication Services

       36,293,280  

Utilities - 2.1%

    

Avista Corp.

   690,000 2     17,463,900  

Idacorp, Inc.

   61,000 2     2,357,650  

Reliant Resources, Inc.*

   3,137,200 2     44,579,612  

Total Utilities

       64,401,162  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,247,933,893)

       2,852,917,446  

Other Investment Company - 0.1%

    

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (cost $4,437,781)

   56,500 2     4,409,825  

Warrants - 0.3%

    

Air France, ADR (cost $1,361,928)

   861,980       9,162,847  

Short-Term Investments - 33.0%

    

Other Investment Companies - 33.0%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.32% 3

   774,188,203       774,188,503  

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.18%

   219,493,556       219,493,556  

Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 5.27%

   34,032,421       34,032,421  

Total Other Investment Companies
(cost $1,027,714,480)

       1,027,714,480  

Total Investments - 125.0%
(cost $3,281,448,082)

       3,894,204,598  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (25.0)%

       (780,507,561 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 3,113,697,037  

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $3,299,434,788 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2006, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $660,475,370 and $65,705,560, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $594,769,810.

 

* Non-income-producing securities.

 

1

Yield shown for an investment company represents the December 31, 2006, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

2

Some or all of these shares were out on loan to various brokers as of December 31, 2006, amounting to a market value of $747,242,919, or approximately 24.0 % of net assets.

 

3

Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in this short-term investment.

 

4

Affiliated Company - See Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

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

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value (including securities on loan valued at $747,242,919)

   $ 3,894,204,598

Receivable for investments sold

     10,247,107

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,458,463

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     2,458,179

Prepaid expenses

     15,319
      

Total assets

     3,908,383,666
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable to Custodian

     3,602,341

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     3,367,026

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     774,188,503

Payable for investments purchased

     8,606,142

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     2,435,952

Administrative fees

     676,653

Other

     1,810,012
      

Total liabilities

     794,686,629
      

Net Assets

   $ 3,113,697,037
      

Managers Shares:

  
      

Net Assets

   $ 2,551,703,192
      

Shares outstanding

     30,756,697
      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 82.96
      

Institutional Class Shares:

  
      

Net Assets

   $ 561,993,845
      

Shares outstanding

     6,725,945
      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 83.56
      

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 2,442,366,812

Undistributed net investment income

     673,439

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     57,900,270

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     612,756,516
      

Net Assets

   $ 3,113,697,037
      

*       Investments at cost

   $ 3,281,448,082

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

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividend income

   $ 39,542,929  

Foreign withholding tax

     (157,572 )

Securities lending fees

     2,539,044  
        

Total investment income

     41,924,401  
        

Expenses:

  

Investment management fees

     29,579,302  

Administrative fees

     8,216,473  

Transfer agent

     7,346,036  

Custodian

     588,169  

Professional fees

     586,771  

Reports to shareholders

     267,292  

Trustees fees and expenses

     208,021  

Registration fees

     94,141  

Miscellaneous

     176,320  
        

Total expenses before offsets

     47,062,525  
        

Expense reductions

     (1,571,213 )
        

Net expenses

     45,491,312  
        

Net investment loss

     (3,566,911 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     459,675,943  

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (106,987,301 )
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     352,688,642  
        

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 349,121,731  
        

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

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

     2006     2005  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment loss

     ($3,566,911 )     ($20,331,881 )

Net realized gain on investments

     459,675,943       370,099,739  

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (106,987,301 )     (216,366,681 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     349,121,731       133,401,177  
                

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net realized gain on investments:

    

Managers Class

     (365,600,521 )     (230,875,965 )

Institutional Class

     (80,218,690 )     (39,895,773 )
                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (445,819,211 )     (270,771,738 )
                

From Capital Share Transactions:

    

Managers Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     497,790,367       698,310,169  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     333,256,656       210,983,200  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (1,038,280,018 )     (1,368,795,175 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (207,232,995 )     (459,501,806 )
                

Institutional Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     146,171,560       318,303,171  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     70,000,901       34,758,890  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (143,399,760 )     (100,347,591 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     72,772,701       252,714,470  
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (134,460,294 )     (206,787,336 )
                

Total decrease in net assets

     (231,157,774 )     (344,157,897 )
                

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     3,344,854,811       3,689,012,708  
                

End of year

   $ 3,113,697,037     $ 3,344,854,811  
                

End of year undistributed net investment income

   $ 673,439     $ 1,227,593  
                

Share Transactions:

    

Managers Class:

    

Sale of shares

     5,448,864       7,901,047  

Reinvested shares from dividends and distribution

     4,027,757       2,423,708  

Shares repurchased

     (11,381,596 )     (15,430,176 )
                

Net decrease in shares

     (1,904,975 )     (5,105,421 )
                

Institutional Class:

    

Sale of shares

     1,591,644       3,552,228  

Reinvested shares from dividends and distribution

     840,044       397,790  

Shares repurchased

     (1,568,031 )     (1,113,572 )
                

Net increase in shares

     863,657       2,836,446  
                

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

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

     For the year ended December 31,  
     2006     2005     2004     2003     2002  

Managers Class:

          

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 86.78     $ 90.42     $ 78.48     $ 55.08     $ 70.59  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.14 )5     (0.54 )5     (0.56 )     (0.43 )     (0.34 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     9.88       4.18       12.50       23.83       (15.17 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     9.74       3.64       11.94       23.40       (15.51 )
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net realized gain on investments

     (13.56 )     (7.28 )     —         —         —    
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 82.96     $ 86.78     $ 90.42     $ 78.48     $ 55.08  
                                        

Total Return 1

     11.28 %     4.00 %     15.18 %     42.50 %     (21.98 )%

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.42 %     1.40 %     1.40 %     1.43 %     1.31 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1, 4

     1.47 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.46 %     1.32 %

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets

     (0.15 )%     (0.60 )%     (0.69 )%     (0.72 )%     (0.56 )%

Portfolio turnover

     76 %     80 %     68 %     64 %     67 %

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 2,551,703     $ 2,834,314     $ 3,415,003     $ 3,279,318     $ 2,020,821  
                                        

 

     For the year ended
December 31,
   

For the
period* ended

December 31,

2004

 
      2006     2005    

Institutional Class:

      

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 87.09     $ 90.56     $ 78.91  
                        

Income from Investment Operations:

      

Net investment income (loss)

     0.10 5     (0.33 )5     (0.21 )

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     9.93       4.14       11.86  
                        

Total from investment operations

     10.03       3.81       11.65  
                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

      

Net realized gain on investments

     (13.56 )     (7.28 )     —    
                        

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 83.56     $ 87.09     $ 90.56  
                        

Total Return 1

     11.56 %6     4.21 %     14.75 %2
                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets 1

     1.18 %     1.20 %     1.20 %3

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 1

     1.23 %4     1.25 %4     1.26 %3-4

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

     0.09 %     (0.56 )%     (0.49 )%3

Portfolio turnover

     76 %     80 %     68 %2

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 561,994     $ 510,541     $ 274,010  
                        

 

* Commencement of operations was May 3, 2004.

 

1

Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced. (See Note 1c of Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

2

Not annualized.

 

3

Annualized.

 

4

Excludes the impact of fee waivers and expense offsets such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses such as interest and taxes. (See Note 1c to the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

5

Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.

 

6

The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Managers Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust is comprised of a number of investment series. Included in this report is the Managers Special Equity Fund (the “Fund”).

Special Equity offers both Managers Class shares and Institutional Class shares. The Institutional Class shares, which are designed primarily for institutional investors that meet certain administrative and servicing criteria, have a minimum investment of $2,500,000. Managers Class shares are offered to all other investors. Each class represents interest in the same assets of Special Equity and the classes are identical except for class specific expenses related to different distribution and shareholder servicing arrangements, which may result in differences in the expenses borne indirectly by the shareholders of each class and the returns realized by such shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of Special Equity, and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of Special Equity. Both classes have equal voting privileges except that each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its services and/or distribution plan.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

 

a. Valuation of Investments

Equity securities traded on a domestic or international securities exchange are generally valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Over-the-counter securities are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, if one is available. Lacking any sales, over-the-counter securities, are valued at the last quoted bid price. The Fund’s investments are generally valued based on market quotations by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. Under certain circumstances, the value of a Fund investment may be based on an evaluation of its fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio security to calculate its NAV when, for example, (1) market quotations are not readily available because a portfolio security is not traded in a public market or the principal market in which the security trades is closed, (2) trading in a portfolio security is suspended and not resumed prior to the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV, (3) where a significant event affecting the value of a portfolio security is determined to have occurred between the time of the market quotation provided for a portfolio security and the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV, (4) a security’s price has remained unchanged over a period of time (often referred to as a “stale price”), or (5) the Investment Manager determines that a market quotation is inaccurate. The Investment Manager monitors intervening events that may affect the value of securities held in the Fund’s portfolio and, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Trustees, will adjust the prices of securities traded in foreign markets, as appropriate, to reflect the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time each Fund’s NAV is calculated. Fixed-income securities are valued based on valuations furnished by independent pricing services that utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Short-term investments having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments in other regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share except iShares or other ETF’s, which are valued the same as equity securities. Securities (including derivatives) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith, and pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

Investments in certain securities such as preferred stocks are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities, and various relationships between securities in determining value.

The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Further, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.

 

b. Security Transactions

Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

c. Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed. These dividends are recorded as soon as the Trust is informed of the ex-dividend date. Dividend income on foreign securities is recorded net of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders.

The Fund had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers who paid a portion of the Fund’s expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2006, under these arrangements the amount by which the Fund’s expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios was as follows: $1,564,967 or 0.05%.

The Fund has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York (“BNY”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

credited with an interest factor equal to 1% below the effective 90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. This credit serves to reduce the custody expense that would otherwise be charged to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the custodian expense was reduced $6,246 under this arrangement.

Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”) had agreed to waive a portion of its fee or reimburse expenses of Special Equity commensurate with the reduction in the fee paid to Essex Investment Management Company LLC (“Essex”) (subadvisor to Special Equity from December 19, 2003 to January 17, 2005), which was 0.10% of the average daily net assets of the portion of the Fund managed by Essex in excess of $100 million. From January 1, 2005 to January 17, 2005 the amount waived equaled $28,665. On January 18, 2005, Essex was replaced with Veredus Asset Management, and the Investment Manager discontinued waiving a portion of its fee.

Total returns and net investment income for the Fund would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.

 

d. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends resulting from net investment income, if any, normally will be declared and paid annually. Distributions of capital gains, if any, will be made on an annual basis and when required for Federal excise tax purposes. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to wash sales, equalization accounting for tax purposes, foreign currency and market discount transactions. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital. The tax character of distributions paid during the past two years were as follows:

 

     2006    2005

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

     —         —   

Short-term capital gains

     —         —   

Long-term capital gains

   $ 445,819,211    $ 270,771,738
             
   $ 445,819,211    $ 270,771,738
             

As a % of distributions paid:

     

Qualified ordinary income

     —         —   

Ordinary income - dividends received deduction

     —         —   
             

As of December 31, 2006, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

     
     2006     

Capital loss carryforward

     —      

Undistributed ordinary income

     —      

Undistributed short-term capital gains

     —      

Undistributed long-term capital gains

   $ 76,560,415   

 

e. Federal Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for Federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers

As of December 31, 2006, the Fund had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryover from securities transactions for Federal income tax purposes.

 

g. Capital Stock

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

At December 31, 2006, certain unaffiliated shareholders, specifically omnibus accounts, individually held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Fund: Managers Class shares - three collectively own 47%; Institutional Class shares - three collectively own 36%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an Investment Management Agreement under which the Investment Manager provides or oversees investment management services to the Fund. The Investment Manager selects subadvisors for the Fund (subject to Trustee approval), allocates assets among subadvisors and monitors the subadvisor’s investment programs and results. The Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by portfolio managers who serve pursuant to Subadvisory Agreements with the Investment Manager. Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager at the rate of 0.90% per annum.

The Trust has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which Managers Investment Group LLC serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Fund’s shareholders. The Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.

Prior to July 1, 2005, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee was $52,000, plus $2,000 for each meeting attended. Effective July 1, 2005, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $55,000, plus $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated amongst all of the Funds for which Managers Investment Group LLC serves as the Investment Manager based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trust receives an additional payment of $10,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2005, the Independent Chairman was paid an additional $5,000 per year). Effective July 1, 2005, the Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

$2,000 per year. The “Trustee fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represent the Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

The Fund is distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (“MDI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Managers Investment Group LLC. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or MDI. Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as the principal underwriter for the Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold by brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with the Distributor. The Distributor bears all the expenses of providing services pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of Prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature.

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2006, were $2,321,815,181 and $3,037,351,919, respectively. There were no purchases or sales of U.S. Government securities.

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Fund may participate in a securities lending program offered by BNY providing for the lending of equities, corporate bonds and government securities to qualified brokers. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and/or government securities. Collateral is maintained at a minimum level of 102% of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. Collateral received in the form of cash is invested temporarily in institutional money market funds or other short-term investments by BNY. Securities lending fees include earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNY, as a fee for its services under the program, and the Fund according to agreed-upon rates.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risks of loss to be remote.

 

6. Transactions with Affiliated Companies

An affiliated company is a company that is directly or indirectly controlled by a related party or a company in which a fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2006, with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:

 

7. New Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) has recently issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109) the “Interpretation”), which applies to all registered investment companies and clarifies the accounting for uncertain tax positions. The Interpretation is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management has not yet completed their analysis of the Interpretation, and is not currently in a position to estimate the significance, if any, that the impact of adoption will have on the financial statements.

On December 22, 2006, the SEC indicated they had no objection if a fund implemented FIN 48 in the first required financial statement reporting period for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.

In addition, in September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the financial statements.

Tax Information (unaudited)

The Fund hereby designates the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The 2006 Form 1099-DIV you receive for the Fund, will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.

Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund designates $462,193,400 of long-term capital gain for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006.

 

Affiliate

   Purchase Cost    Sales Cost    Gain /Loss     Dividend
Income
   Market Value
December 31,
2006
   %
Ownership
of Affiliate
 

Scopus Video Networks, Ltd.

   $ 690,968      —        —       —      $ 2,924,850    5.3 %

Terayon Communications Systems, Inc.

     336,583    $ 416,885    ($ 1,313,142 )   —        12,482,648    7.2 %

Totals

   $ 1,027,551    $ 416,885    ($ 1,313,142 )   —      $ 15,407,498    1.6 %*

* As a percentage of the entire portfolio.

                

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of Managers Special Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of portfolio investments, and the related statement of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers Special Equity Fund (hereafter referred to as the “Fund”), at December 31, 2006, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated, 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 December 31, 2006 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 21, 2007

 

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Funds’ activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Funds, and review the Funds’ performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.

There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number of
Funds Overseen in Fund
Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee

Jack W. Aber, 9/9/37

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, Boston University School of Management (1972-Present); Trustee of Appleton Growth Fund (1 portfolio); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

William E. Chapman, II, 9/23/41

•        Independent Chairman

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Edward J. Kaier, 9/23/45

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Steven J. Paggioli, 4/3/50

•        Trustee since 1993

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Consultant (2001-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986- 2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (22 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP.

Eric Rakowski, 6/5/58

•        Trustee since 1999

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (4 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio).

Thomas R. Schneeweis, 5/10/47

•        Trustee since 1987

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1985-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Director of Research, Lyra/Starview Capital LLC (2004-2006); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC; Partner, TRS Associates (Sole Proprietorship) and member of Massachusetts Finance Institute (wholly owned subsidiary of Alternative Investment Analytics). No other directorships held by Trustee.

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds,

 

Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Interested Trustee

The following Trustee is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of his positions with, and interest in securities of, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number of
Funds Overseen in Fund
Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held by Trustee

William J. Nutt, 3/30/45

•        Trustee since 2005

•        President since 2007

•        Oversees 33 Funds in Fund Complex

   Chairman and Founder of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., (1993-Present); Chief Executive Officer of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-2004); Director, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-Present); President of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (1993-1999); President and Chief Operating Officer, The Boston Company (1989- 1993); Senior Executive Vice President, The Boston Company (1982-1989).

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds,

 

Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth, Position(s)
Held with Fund and Length of
Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Bruce M. Aronow,

5/31/65

•        Chief Financial Officer since 2005

   Managing Partner, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2005- Present); Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Principal, Rorer Asset Management (1999- 2004); Chief Operating Officer, Rorer Asset Management (2001-2004); Staff Accountant, Manager and Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (1987-1998).

Christine C. Carsman, 4/2/52

•        Secretary since 2004

   Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2004-Present); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004); Deputy General Counsel, The Boston Company, Inc. (1993-1995); Associate General Counsel, The Boston Company Advisors, Inc. (1991-1993); Associate, Sullivan & Worcester LLP (1987-1991).

Colin J. Dean, 3/6/77

•        Assistant Secretary since 2006

   Associate Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2005- Present); Assistant Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2006-Present); Assistant Secretary, Skyline Funds (2006-Present); Associate, Dechert LLP (2002-2005).

Donald S. Rumery, 5/29/58

•        Treasurer since 1995

   Senior Vice-President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Director, Finance and Planning, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000- Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000- Present); Secretary, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-2004) and Secretary, The Managers Funds (1997- 2004).

 

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Investment Manager and Administrator

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(203) 299-3500 or (800) 835-3879

Distributor

Managers Distributors, Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(203) 299-3500 or (800) 835-3879

Custodian

The Bank of New York

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, New York 11217

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

Transfer Agent

PFPC, Inc.

attn: Managers

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, Rhode Island 02940

(800) 548-4539

Trustees

Jack W. Aber

William E. Chapman, III

Edward J. Kaier

William J. Nutt

Steven J. Paggioli

Eric Rakowski

Thomas R. Schneeweis

For Managers Choice Only

Managers

c/o PFPC, Inc.

P.O. Box 61204

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0851

(800) 358-7668

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MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG EQUITY FUNDS

EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

Rexiter Capital Management Limited

ESSEX GROWTH

ESSEX LARGE CAP GROWTH

(formerly known as Capital Appreciation)

ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY FQ U.S. EQUITY

First Quadrant, L.P.

INSTITUTIONAL MICRO-CAP MICRO-CAP

Kern Capital Management LLC

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Wellington Management Company, LLP

MID-CAP

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

Urdang Securities Management, Inc.

RORER LARGE-CAP

Rorer Asset Management, LLC

SMALL CAP

TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH

TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

SMALL COMPANY

Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.

Kalmar Investment Advisers, Inc.

SPECIAL EQUITY

Donald Smith & Co., Inc.

Kern Capital Management LLC

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

Smith Asset Management Group, LP

Veredus Asset Management LLC

Westport Asset Management, Inc.

SYSTEMATIC VALUE

SYSTEMATIC MID-CAP VALUE

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

VALUE

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Osprey Partners Investment Mgmt., LLC

MANAGERS BALANCED FUNDS

BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

GLOBAL

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

First Quadrant, L.P.

Kern Capital Management LLC

Northstar Capital Management, Inc.

Wellington Management Company, LLP

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES

First Quadrant, L.P.

MANAGERS

FIXED INCOME FUNDS

BOND (MANAGERS) FIXED INCOME GLOBAL BOND

Loomis, Sayles & Company L.P.

BOND (MANAGERS FREMONT)

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC

CALIFORNIA INTERMEDIATE TAX-FREE

Evergreen Investment Management Co., LLC

HIGH YIELD

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT

Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.

MONEY MARKET

JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc.

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member NASD.

A description of the policies and procedures the Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Web site at www.sec.gov. For information regarding the Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

The Fund file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.managersinvest.com.

 

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Item 2. CODE OF ETHICS

Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics. See attached Exhibit (a)(1).

 

Item 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that independent Trustees Mr. Jack W. Aber and Mr. Steven J. Paggioli each qualify as the Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Aber and Mr. Paggioli are “independent” as such term is defined in Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Fund for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for audits of annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements (“Audit Fees”) were as follows:

 

     Fiscal 2006    Fiscal 2005

Managers Value Fund

   $ 21,753    $ 21,660

Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 21,454    $ 23,280

Managers Small Company Fund

   $ 14,660    $ 13,000

Managers Special Equity Fund

   $ 38,267    $ 38,340

Managers International Equity Fund

   $ 34,083    $ 32,460

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 21,485    $ 19,500

Managers Bond Fund

   $ 30,989    $ 27,600

Managers Global Bond Fund

   $ 27,274    $ 25,975

All Funds in the Managers Complex Audited by PwC

   $ 723,732    $ 709,350

Audit-Related Fees

There were no fees billed by PwC to the Funds in its two recent fiscal years for services rendered for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements, but are not reported as Audit Fees (“Audit-Related Fees”).

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds by a Fund Service Provider. A Fund Service Provider is (a) any investment adviser to the Fund (not including any Subadvisor whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or (b) any entity that provides ongoing services to the Fund and is controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Fund investment adviser described in (a).


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Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Funds for the two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning (“Tax Fees”) were as follows:

 

     Fiscal 2006    Fiscal 2005

Managers Value Fund

   $ 6,325    $ 5,750

Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 6,600    $ 6,000

Managers Small Company Fund

   $ 6,325    $ 5,750

Managers Special Equity Fund

   $ 8,800    $ 8,000

Managers International Equity Fund

   $ 8,800    $ 8,000

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 7,975    $ 7,250

Managers Bond Fund

   $ 7,975    $ 7,250

Managers Global Bond Fund

   $ 8,250    $ 7,500

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, Tax Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $0 for fiscal 2006 and $0 for fiscal 2005, respectively.

The services for which Tax Fees were charged comprise all services performed by professional staff in PwC’s tax division except those services related to the audit. Typically, this category would include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. Tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services include preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for refund and tax payment-planning services, assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

All Other Fees

There were no other fees billed by PwC to the Funds for all other non-audit services (“Other Fees”) during the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years. During the same period, there were no Other Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

According to policies adopted by the Audit Committee, services provided by PwC to the Funds must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves various types of services that PwC may perform for the Funds without specific approval of each engagement, subject to specified budget limitations. As contemplated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rules, the Audit Committee also pre-approves non-audit services provided by PwC to any Fund Service Provider for any engagement that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. Any engagement that is not already pre-approved or that will exceed a pre-approved budget must be submitted to the Audit Committee for pre-approval. The Chairman of the Audit Committee is authorized on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee to approve the engagement of PwC to perform non-audit services subject to certain conditions, including notification to the Audit Committee of such pre-approval not later than the next meeting of the Audit Committee following the date of such pre-approval.


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There were no other fees billed by PwC for non-audit services rendered to the Funds and to Fund Service Providers for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years.

The Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by PwC to Fund Service Providers that were not required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee is compatible with maintaining PwC’s independence in its audit of the Funds, taking into account representations from PwC, in accordance with Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, regarding its independence from the Funds and its related entities.

The following table sets forth the non-audit services provided by PwC to the Funds and its service affiliates defined as the Funds’ investment advisor and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Managers Investment Group LLC that provides ongoing services to the Funds (“Control Affiliates”) for the last two fiscal years.

 

     Audit-related fees A    Tax fees A    All other fees A
     2006    2005    2006    2005    2006    2005

Control Affiliates

   $ 357,120    $ 476,755    $ 839,245    $ 172,139    $ 0    $ 75,729

 

A

Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding.

 

Item 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

Not applicable.

 

Item 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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days of the filing of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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


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Item 12. EXHIBITS

 

(a) (1)   Any Code of Ethics or amendments hereto. Filed herewith.
(a) (2)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith.
(a) (3)   Not applicable.
(b)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith.


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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.

THE MANAGERS FUNDS

 

By:   /s/ William J. Nutt
  William J. Nutt, President
Date:   March 9, 2007

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

By:   /s/ William J. Nutt
  William J. Nutt, President
Date:   March 9, 2007

 

By:   /s/ Bruce M. Aronow
  Bruce M. Aronow, Chief Financial Officer
Date:   March 9, 2007