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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, 2007 – DECEMBER 31, 2007

    (Annual Shareholder Report)


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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2007

Managers Special Equity Fund

LOGO

 


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Managers Special Equity Fund

Annual Report – December 31, 2007

 

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

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ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

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INVESTMENT MANAGERS’ COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOT,
AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

Managers Special Equity Fund

   4

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

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

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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 Shareholder:

Financial markets became increasingly unsettled as 2007 progressed, beginning with a brief but strong correction in February and then escalating in June when revelations of significant losses from sub-prime mortgage lending and related structured securities started a domino run that has affected the global economy. While the economy gained strength in the early part of the year, in spite of housing weakness, a liquidity crisis initiated by the spreading weakness in sub-prime mortgage loans increased uncertainty about its sustainability. Bonds of all credit quality and duration became unusually volatile, and credit spreads, having been extremely slim, widened dramatically, raising the cost of capital for many borrowers. Naturally the equity markets followed suit and became more volatile as the rising cost of capital pressured corporate profitability, penalized leverage, and hindered merger and acquisition activity.

As has been well documented in the financial press, the broad deterioration in residential housing prices, combined with gradually rising interest rates, put severe stress on low credit-quality (sub-prime) borrowers. Rising defaults pushed several mortgage lenders and leveraged sub-prime mortgage investors toward bankruptcy, and catalyzed a swift and broad flight from various forms of investment risk over the year. These revelations began creating serious liquidity problems in the credit markets late in the second quarter and have been the root of uncertainty and market volatility ever since.

A rapid and at times seemingly indiscriminate flight from risk created unusual patterns of volatility within the bond market. Credit spreads widened significantly beginning in July, as Moody’s and S&P downgraded hundreds of securities, and price moves forced leveraged investors to raise cash any way they could. Since much of the leverage had been funded with short-term debt, the short end of the yield curve bore the brunt of the liquidity crisis. The typically docile commercial paper market seized as demand dried up, and short-term Treasury yields vacillated between 2.9% and 4.9% as investors raced to safety, causing a dislocation in prices. Since then, as the Federal Reserve pumped liquidity into the system and aggressively lowered policy rates, short-term yields have dropped dramatically and the treasury yield curve has steepened. Yet, credit spreads have continued to expand as investment grade yields have not dropped along with treasuries and non-investment grade (Junk) yields have continued to rise. This is because dominoes have continued to fall as large financial institutions continue to discover weaknesses in their portfolios and write billions of dollars off of their balance sheets.

After rallying strongly off of a February trough, the stock market followed the lead of the credit markets by trading sharply down during the liquidity crisis in July, then recovering from late August through October. Not surprisingly, small- and mid-cap stocks reacted more during the price declines, and underperformed large-cap stocks during the year. Interestingly, however, growth indices, which would normally react poorly to a rise in interest rates or a liquidity squeeze, significantly outperformed value indices during the period. We believe this was due to in part to a reversion to the mean since value indices had outperformed growth indices for an extended period of time, and also to technical supply/demand effects brought on by the liquidity crisis. Importantly, we believe this was also the result of extreme weakness in the financials sector, which has a dominant role in most value indices. Stocks recovered in late August and throughout October, as a result of an infusion of liquidity by the Federal Reserve, but corrected again in November and December with evidence mounting that the economy was slowing, and stock investors expressed disappointment that the Fed was not acting even more aggressively, while revelations of subprime losses continued to emanate from financial companies.

Within this environment, Managers Special Equity Fund slightly outperformed its benchmark, providing a marginally negative return for the year. The Managers Class shares returned -0.60%, the Institutional Class shares returned -0.39%, and the benchmark Russell 2000® Index, returned -1.57% for the year. A detailed review of the performance and positioning of the Fund, including a discussion of the subadvisor change we implemented in December 2007, is included within this report.

Our fear that the credit crisis would extend into 2008 has been realized, as lingering credit problems and further revelations of losses by large financial institutions are hindering not only the financial markets, but the economy as well. The increasing possibility that the economy will slide into recession has driven volatility higher, and stock prices lower. The Federal Reserve has been increasingly aggressive in easing rates, and although we think the risk of recession has increased, we still believe that portions of the U.S. and global economies remain healthy. Although foreign and emerging markets economies are by no means decoupled from U.S. impact, they have become increasingly diversified with respect to trading partners, and have increasingly healthy reserves. In sum,

 

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we continue to believe that investors should maintain their portfolios with allocations near their long-run targets, rebalance if necessary and take full advantage of opportunities to participate in the growth of the global economy.

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

The following report covers the year ending December 31, 2007. Should you have any questions about this report, or if you’d like to receive a Prospectus and additional information, including fees and expenses, for this or any of the other Funds in our family, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-835-3879, or visit our website at www.managersinvest.com. As always, please read the Prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

If you are curious about how you can better diversify your investment program, visit the Knowledge Center on our Web site and view our articles in the investment strategies section. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds.

Sincerely,

LOGO

John H. Streur

Senior Managing Partner

Managers Investment Group LLC

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)

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 to the right 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 to the right 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, 2007

   Expense
Ratio for the
Period
    Beginning
Account Value
7/01/2007
   Ending
Account Value
12/31/2007
   Expenses
Paid During
the Period*

Managers Special Equity Fund - Managers Shares

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.39 %   $ 1,000    $ 905    $ 6.67

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.39 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 7.07

Managers Special Equity Fund - Institutional Shares

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.18 %   $ 1,000    $ 906    $ 5.69

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.18 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.01

 

* 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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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” is designed to not only manage risk but also to help 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.

Smith Asset Management Group LP

The Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the addition of Smith Asset Management Group LP (“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 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 financial 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® Index

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 two to four 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 two to four 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 two to four 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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Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

In December 2007, the Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the addition of Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC (“Lord Abbett”), to the Fund’s lineup of subadvisors. The team at Lord Abbett led by Tom O’Halloran, selects stocks by focusing on companies that have revenue growth of at least 15%, are experiencing year-to-year operating margin improvement, and are experiencing earnings growth that is driven by top-line growth rather than by one-time events or simple cost-cutting measures. The focus is also on identifying companies with higher quality balance sheets (often captured by finding companies with manageable debt-to-total-capital ratios) and that are already profitable. Once this process is completed, the focus for the team is on forecasting both revenue and earnings growth over the next several years. To achieve this goal, and to find companies that will be growing considerably faster than their industry average, members of the team spend an extensive amount of time understanding the competitive advantages of a firm, the industry dynamics within which they operate, and the strength of management.

A position is sold or trimmed if there is a fundamental change in the business, a more attractive alternative is found, or if a holding reaches a 5% weight in the overall Portfolio.

The Portfolio typically holds between 100 and 150 stocks with no individual holding exceeding 5%. There is a risk constraint that prevents any individual industry from being greater than 25% of the total portfolio weight.

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. Skyline’s research effort focuses on finding good companies that are overlooked or 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 to 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® Index. 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.

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 Knuth 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 that 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 two to three year time horizon on initial investments

 

   

Concentrates the Portfolio and has low turnover

 

   

Views any significant 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

 

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Has an average turnover of less than 20% per year

The portfolio management team will make a sell decision when:

 

   

A stock reaches a 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 flow 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 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

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, 2007, the Managers Special Equity Fund Managers Class of shares returned -0.60% and the Institutional Class of shares returned -0.39%, both outpacing the -1.57% return for the Russell 2000® Index.

Although small-cap stocks finished the year modestly lower, the path taken throughout the year proved to be anything but straight. The first half of the year saw small-cap stocks continue to move higher, building on the strong performance seen from the asset class over the past several years. Even during this period, signs of what would ultimately cause the market to reverse direction were already being seen. Concerns about subprime lending were increasing, and stocks within the financials sector performed poorly during the first half. The health of the U.S. economy was heavily debated, with concerns of a potential recession and inflation fears at the forefront. Ultimately, these fears came home to roost during the third quarter, as investors became increasingly risk averse. Small-cap stocks declined in the third quarter, although a brief rally in September helped to limit the damage. While the fourth quarter got off to a good start, things quickly turned negative as investors continued to weigh their concerns over deterioration in the credit markets and the possibility of a U.S. recession.

In keeping with the risk-aversion theme, investors showed a preference for large-cap stocks over their small-cap counterparts, and growth stocks outperformed value stocks by a fairly wide margin. Within small-caps, those stocks in the top quintile of market capitalization (the largest small-cap stocks) were the best performers, while those in the bottom quintile were the worst performers for the period. For the year, growth stocks held nearly a 17% lead over value stocks within the small-cap space. Interestingly, many of the sectors within the small-cap market finished the year higher, led by strong performance in materials, energy, and health care, all of which posted solid double-digit returns for the year. Not surprisingly, financials and consumer discretionary were the worst-performing sectors for the year. These two sectors represent more than 35% of the small-cap market and therefore ultimately helped to lead the broader market indices lower for the year.

Similar to the broader markets, the Fund performed well during the first half of the year, generating positive absolute returns and outpacing the performance of the benchmark. Much of this relative performance was the result of strong stock picks within the consumer discretionary and financials sectors, as well as the Fund’s underweight position to the financials sector. As we moved into the third quarter, the markets turned negative, and though the Fund also declined, it held up better than the benchmark. The fourth quarter proved to be particularly challenging, as the Fund lost ground on a relative basis, but still finished ahead of the benchmark for the calendar year. Returns in the consumer discretionary, technology and financials sectors particularly weighed on the Fund’s performance during the final quarter. Consistent with the environment, the Fund’s growth-oriented subadvisors performed well, while the Fund’s value-oriented subadvisors encountered more headwinds in the markets. Among the Fund’s best-performing stocks for the year were DeVry Inc (+86%) and ITT Educational Services (+28%), two stocks in the education services space that bucked the broader trend of difficulties in the consumer discretionary sector. Among the Fund’s worst performers were Spansion Inc (-74%) and Visteon Corp (-48%).

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

LOOKING FORWARD

Heading into 2008, stocks within the technology, consumer discretionary, and industrials sectors continue to represent the largest exposures for the Fund, and each of these sector positions represents an overweight relative to the respective exposure in the Index. The Fund continues to hold lower-than-benchmark positions in the financials, materials, and health care sectors. In addition, we believe the Portfolio continues to be attractively valued relative to both its historical and expected earnings growth rates.

On an organizational note, as of December 2007, Kern Capital Management no longer serves as a subadvisor for the Fund.

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 measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization. The Index reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 2000® Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The first chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Special Equity Fund– Managers Class on December 31, 1997, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 2000® Index for the same time period. The second chart 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, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Special Equity - Managers Class 2

   (0.60 )%   13.56 %   7.38 %   6/1/84

Russell 2000® Index

   (1.57 )%   16.25 %   7.08 %  

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

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, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Since Inception     Inception Date

Special Equity - Institutional Class 2

   (0.39 )%   8.06 %   5/3/04

Russell 2000® Index

   (1.57 )%   9.94 %  

The performance data shown represents past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Funds will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.

The Russell 2000® Index is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company. Frank Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company.

 

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Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

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From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

Industry

   Managers Special
Equity Fund **
    Russell 2000®
Index
 

Information Technology

   23.1 %   18.3 %

Consumer Discretionary

   19.5 %   13.6 %

Industrials

   16.8 %   14.8 %

Financials

   13.0 %   19.1 %

Health Care

   11.1 %   14.5 %

Energy

   6.0 %   6.7 %

Materials

   1.5 %   5.6 %

Telecommunication Services

   1.2 %   1.4 %

Consumer Staples

   0.9 %   3.0 %

Utilities

   0.9 %   3.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   6.0 %   0.0 %

 

** As a percentage of net assets

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

MI Developments, Inc., Class A*

   2.3 %

DeVry, Inc.*

   2.3  

Air France-KLM, ADR*

   1.7  

Plains Exploration & Production Co.

   1.6  

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.*

   1.5  

ITT Educational Services, Inc.*

   1.4  

Ross Stores, Inc.*

   1.2  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

   1.2  

Saks, Inc.

   1.1  

Illumina, Inc.

   1.0  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   15.3 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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, 2007

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 94.0%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 19.5%

    

Aftermarket Technology Corp.*

   46,300     $ 1,262,138

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

   163,500       3,044,370

Amerigon, Inc.*

   263,725       5,575,146

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

   332,500       4,794,650

Big Lots, Inc.*

   907,152 2     14,505,360

Buckle, Inc., The

   46,000       1,518,000

Capella Education Co.*

   28,800       1,885,248

Carter’s, Inc.*

   194,300 2     3,759,705

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

   14,400       2,117,808

Crocs, Inc.*

   199,825       7,355,558

Ctrip.com International, Ltd.*

   59,201       3,402,281

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

   84,430       13,091,716

Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V.

   32,429       1,603,614

DeVry, Inc.

   832,900       43,277,485

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.*

   384,486       10,673,331

Dillard’s, Inc., Class A

   831,200       15,609,936

DXP Enterprises, Inc.*

   38,400       1,792,512

Fossil, Inc.*

   50,210       2,107,816

GSI Commerce, Inc.*

   82,113       1,601,204

Guess?, Inc.

   256,775       9,729,205

Gymboree Corp.*

   117,400 2     3,576,004

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc., ADR

   49,909       1,778,757

IMAX Corp.*

   519,489       3,542,915

INVESTools, Inc.

   72,631       1,288,474

ITT Educational Services, Inc.*

   314,100       26,783,307

J. Crew Group, Inc.*

   26,614       1,283,061

Jack in the Box, Inc.*

   261,250 2     6,732,412

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.*

   299,990       8,534,716

LKQ Corp.*

   167,200       3,514,544

MarineMax, Inc.*

   234,100       3,628,550

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc.*

   162,000 2     1,932,660

Morningstar, Inc.*

   38,685       3,007,759

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR*

   40,543       3,267,360

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.

   289,900       16,675,048

Polaris Industries, Inc.

   60,900 2     2,909,193

Priceline.com, Inc.*

   104,293       11,979,094

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

   131,600       4,209,884

Ross Stores, Inc.

   930,000 2     23,780,100

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.

   457,600       4,461,600

Saks, Inc.

   1,023,000       21,237,480

Shutterfly, Inc.*

   259,650       6,652,233

Strayer Education, Inc.

   16,990       2,898,154

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc.

   54,038       1,403,367

Tupperware Corp.

   128,100 2     4,231,143

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.

   74,679       1,280,745

Under Armour, Inc., Class A*

   278,394 2     12,157,466

Universal Electronics, Inc.*

   32,100       1,073,424

Visteon Corp.*

   4,395,300       19,295,367

Warnaco Group, Inc., The*

   468,900       16,317,720

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

   128,100 2     3,141,012

Zumiez, Inc.*

   62,400       1,520,064

Total Consumer Discretionary

       372,800,696

Consumer Staples - 0.9%

    

B&G Foods, Inc.

   317,700       3,243,717

Central European Distribution Corp.*

   51,482       2,990,075

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd.

   60,408       1,061,973

Darling International, Inc.*

   225,900 2     2,611,404

Flowers Food, Inc.

   153,500 2     3,593,434

Nash Finch Co.

   55,200       1,947,456

WD-40 Co.

   39,900 2     1,515,003

Total Consumer Staples

       16,963,062

Energy - 6.0%

    

ATP Oil & Gas Corp.*

   72,900 2     3,684,366

Cal Dive International, Inc.*

   66,312       877,971

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.*

   187,294       10,254,346

Comstock Resources, Inc.*

   552,300 2     18,778,200

Core Laboratories N.V.*

   13,657       1,703,301

Dawson Geophysical Co.*

   54,900       3,923,154

Dril-Quip, Inc.

   37,352       2,079,012

Gulfmark Offshore, Inc.*

   48,000 2     2,245,920

Key Energy Services, Inc.*

   308,400 2     4,437,876

Matrix Service Co.*

   92,600       2,020,532

Mitcham Industries, Inc.*

   34,630       711,993

Oceaneering International, Inc.*

   20,824       1,402,496

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

   84,768       6,309,282

Parker Drilling Co.*

   256,300       1,935,065

Petroquest Energy, Inc.*

   237,075       3,390,172

Plains Exploration & Production Co.*

   574,745 2     31,036,253

SandRidge Energy, Inc.*

   72,400 2     2,596,264

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value

Energy - 6.0 % (continued)

    

Stone Energy Corp.*

   102,600     $ 4,812,966

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

   31,290       1,077,002

USEC, Inc.*

   247,900       2,231,100

Willbros Group, Inc.*

   249,925       9,569,628

Total Energy

       115,076,899

Financials - 13.0%

    

American Financial Group, Inc.

   39,250       1,133,540

American National Insurance Co.

   68,950 2     8,359,498

American Physicians Capital, Inc.

   24,850       1,030,281

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

   343,700       9,912,308

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

   22,500       589,500

BankUnited Financial Corp., Class A

   601,088       4,147,507

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

   53,400 2     1,237,278

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   518,700       12,189,450

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

   39,012       1,169,190

Cowen Group, Inc.*

   262,853       2,499,732

Delphi Financial Group, Inc., Class A

   189,950       6,701,436

Dollar Financial Corp.

   56,018       1,719,192

Downey Financial Corp.

   368,380 2     11,460,302

eHealth, Inc.

   94,200       3,024,762

Entertainment Properties Trust

   23,100 2     1,085,700

FCStone Group, Inc.

   81,000       3,728,430

Financial Federal Corp.

   159,800       3,561,942

GFI Group, Inc.*

   136,711       13,085,977

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

   206,200       9,443,960

Harleysville Group, Inc.

   18,000       636,840

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

   247,100       3,068,982

Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co.

   305,500       12,394,135

IPC Holdings, Ltd.

   369,100 2     10,655,917

iStar Financial, Inc.

   297,200       7,742,060

Jefferies Group, Inc.

   37,959       874,955

MCG Capital Corp.

   334,378       3,875,441

MI Developments, Inc., Class A

   1,589,100 2     44,288,216

MSCI, Inc.

   25,744       988,570

National Western Life Insurance Co., Class A

   12,000       2,488,440

Navigators Group, Inc.*

   12,500       812,500

Northwest Bancorp, Inc.

   23,800 2     632,366

Old Second Bancorp, Inc.

   21,300       570,627

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Co.*

   117,500 2     4,623,625

Phoenix Companies, Inc., The*

   133,500 2     1,584,645

ProAssurance Corp.*

   35,600 2     1,955,152

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

   234,100       6,880,199

PS Business Parks, Inc.

   28,000       1,471,400

RAM Holdings, Ltd.*

   421,700       2,083,198

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   204,600       10,737,408

RLI Corp.

   32,600 2     1,851,354

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

   17,800       651,836

Saul Centers, Inc.

   19,500       1,041,885

SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc.*

   353,235       5,326,784

South Financial Group, Inc., The

   225,000       3,516,750

Sterling Bancshares, Inc.

   137,000       1,528,920

Sterling Financial Corp.

   291,378       4,892,237

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

   56,900 2     1,040,701

SVB Financial Group*

   62,300 2     3,139,920

Tower Group, Inc.

   74,800       2,498,320

TradeStation Group, Inc.*

   358,500       5,094,285

United PanAm Financial Corp.*

   180,200       922,624

Universal American Financial Corp.*

   86,600 2     2,216,094

Total Financials

       248,166,371

Health Care - 11.1%

    

Air Methods Corp.*

   30,100       1,495,067

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   40,695       3,053,346

Align Technology, Inc.*

   85,824       1,431,544

Alliance Imaging, Inc.*

   523,900       5,039,918

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   25,329       1,523,033

Amedisys, Inc.*

   60,900 2     2,954,868

AMERIGROUP Corp.*

   163,000 2     5,941,350

Amsurg Corp.*

   54,800       1,482,888

Array BioPharma, Inc.

   135,900       1,144,278

Arthrocare Corp.*

   50,500 2     2,426,525

athenahealth, Inc.

   27,400       986,400

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

   88,600       3,136,440

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.*

   38,175 2     3,955,694

Bio-Reference Labs, Inc.*

   13,100       428,108

Centene Corp.*

   365,500       10,029,320

Cepheid, Inc.*

   161,500       4,255,525

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*

   335,616       22,083,532

Conceptus, Inc.*

   481,401       9,262,155

Conmed Corp.*

   57,100       1,319,581

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   200,600 2     4,114,306

Five Star Quality Care, Inc.

   455,100       3,777,330

HMS Holdings Corp.*

   69,400       2,304,774

Hologic, Inc.*

   157,050       10,779,912

Illumina, Inc.*

   331,647       19,653,401

Immucor, Inc.*

   115,119       3,912,895

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value

Health Care - 11.1% (continued)

    

IMS Health, Inc.

   644,952     $ 14,859,694

inVentiv Health, Inc.*

   16,800 2     520,128

K-V Pharmaceutical Co., Class A*

   45,856       1,308,730

LifeCell Corp.*

   79,700       3,435,867

Martek Biosciences Corp.*

   83,800       2,478,804

Masimo Corp.*

   61,200       2,414,340

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.

   41,699       1,082,923

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

   90,700       2,728,256

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.*

   57,300 2     796,470

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*

   93,400 2     3,614,580

NuVasive, Inc.*

   62,500       2,470,000

NxStage Medical, Inc.*

   119,686       1,815,637

Omnicell, Inc.*

   150,500       4,052,965

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   69,879       3,886,670

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   47,100 2     2,284,821

Parexel International Corp.*

   58,800 2     2,840,040

Phase Forward, Inc.*

   181,300       3,943,275

Quidel Corp.*

   87,700       1,707,519

RehabCare Group, Inc.*

   34,100       769,296

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*

   168,300       1,326,204

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.

   46,300       677,369

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.*

   130,200       2,235,534

Thoratec Corp.*

   119,900       2,180,981

TomoTherapy, Inc.

   73,776       1,443,059

United Therapeutics Corp.*

   19,580       1,911,987

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   170,000       8,704,000

Varian, Inc.*

   62,300 2     4,068,190

Wright Medical Group, Inc.*

   255,534       7,453,927

Total Health Care

       213,503,456

Industrials - 16.8%

    

AAR Corp.*

   259,200       9,857,376

Acco Brands Corp.*

   270,900 2     4,345,236

Administaff, Inc.

   69,900       1,976,772

Advisory Board Co., The*

   35,600       2,285,164

AeroVironment, Inc.

   64,500       1,560,900

Air France-KLM, ADR

   948,178       33,062,966

Airtran Holdings, Inc.*

   293,291       2,099,964

Alaska Airgroup, Inc.*

   615,000       15,381,150

Allegiant Travel Co.*

   229,300       7,369,702

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

   94,200 2     2,733,684

Axsys Technologies, Inc.*

   109,367 2     4,008,301

Baldor Electric Co.

   30,154       1,014,984

Barnes Group, Inc.

   90,881 2     3,034,517

BE Aerospace, Inc.*

   61,035       3,228,752

Brady Corp.

   101,900 2     3,575,671

Bucyrus International, Inc.

   96,277       9,568,971

CAI International, Inc.*

   228,500       2,403,820

Carlisle Co., Inc.

   165,300 2     6,121,059

CBIZ, Inc.*

   854,900       8,386,569

CDI Corp.

   24,900       604,074

Ceco Environmental Corp.*

   28,788       316,092

Columbus McKinnon Corp.*

   49,100       1,601,642

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

   388,300       4,962,474

Consolidated Graphics, Inc.*

   110,540       5,286,023

Crane Co.

   183,900       7,889,310

Ducommun, Inc.*

   32,000       1,216,000

EMCOR Group, Inc.*

   533,450       12,605,423

Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V.

   57,546       1,519,214

FTI Consulting, Inc.*

   62,826       3,872,595

Genco Shipping & Trading, Ltd.

   138,100       7,562,356

Geo Group, Inc., The

   46,152       1,292,256

Gorman-Rupp Co.

   24,475       763,620

GrafTech International Ltd.*

   217,200 2     3,855,300

Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.*

   154,200       5,722,362

HNI Corp.

   115,800 2     4,059,948

Ii-Vi, Inc.*

   56,700 2     1,732,185

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., ADR*

   124,850       8,715,778

Kaydon Corp.

   39,477       2,153,076

Layne Christensen Co.*

   167,984       8,266,493

Middleby Corp., The*

   53,736 2     4,117,252

Miller Herman, Inc.

   169,100 2     5,477,149

NCI Building Systems, Inc.*

   224,800       6,471,992

Perini Corp.*

   192,675 2     7,980,598

Quanta Services, Inc.*

   274,378       7,199,679

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

   78,100       5,906,703

Ryder System, Inc.

   70,600       3,318,906

Skywest, Inc.

   257,660       6,918,171

Spherion Corp.*

   735,400       5,353,712

Stanley, Inc.*

   11,429       365,957

Sunpower Corp., Class A*

   13,957       1,819,853

Taser International, Inc.*

   730,250       10,508,298

Tecumseh Products Co., Class B*

   191,688       3,782,004

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*

   62,300       3,322,459

Toro Co., The

   111,500 2     6,070,060

Triumph Group, Inc.

   55,275 2     4,551,896

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value

Industrials - 16.8% (continued)

    

TurboChef Technologies, Inc.*

   235,350 2   $ 3,883,275

URS Corp.*

   264,670       14,379,504

Valmont Industries, Inc.

   32,100 2     2,860,752

Wabtec Corp.

   96,200 2     3,313,128

Walter Industries, Inc.

   150,200       5,396,686

Watson Wyatt & Co.

   65,800 2     3,053,778

Total Industrials

       322,063,591

Information Technology - 23.1%

    

3PAR, Inc.

   52,309       669,555

Airspan Networks, Inc.*

   250,881       441,551

AMIS Holdings, Inc.*

   528,349       5,294,057

Anixter International, Inc.

   16,946       1,055,227

ANSYS, Inc.*

   129,025       5,349,376

Ariba, Inc.

   119,900       1,336,885

Arris Group, Inc.*

   354,800       3,540,904

Art Technology Group, Inc.*

   263,300       1,137,456

Aruba Networks, Inc.*

   178,157       2,656,321

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

   790,900       12,828,398

Atheros Communications, Inc.*

   110,948       3,388,352

AuthenTec, Inc.*

   246,875       3,587,094

Bankrate, Inc.*

   106,500       5,121,585

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

   236,850       4,199,350

Blackboard, Inc.*

   211,847 2     8,526,842

Bladelogic, Inc.*

   12,000       354,840

Borland Software Corp.*

   351,100       1,056,811

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.*

   62,300       872,200

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.*

   443,300       11,516,934

Ciena Corp.*

   231,925 2     7,910,962

Commvault Systems, Inc.*

   193,300       4,094,094

COMSCORE, Inc.

   74,500       2,430,935

Concur Technologies, Inc.*

   210,320       7,615,687

Constant Contact, Inc.

   23,700       509,550

Convergys Corp.*

   189,500       3,119,170

CSG Systems International, Inc.*

   153,500       2,259,520

CyberSource Corp.*

   100,300       1,782,331

Daktronics, Inc.

   61,800       1,394,826

Data Domain, Inc.

   51,012       1,343,656

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.*

   62,426       2,089,398

Deltek, Inc.

   28,427       432,943

Diodes, Inc.*

   149,450       4,493,962

Double-Take Software, Inc.*

   233,166       5,064,366

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

   437,246       11,652,606

Electronics for Imaging, Inc.*

   319,181       7,175,189

EMS Technologies, Inc.*

   26,000 2     786,240

EnerNOC, Inc.*

   35,300       1,733,230

Entropic Communications, Inc.

   322,141       2,345,186

Equinix, Inc.*

   49,200       4,972,644

Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering, Inc.*

   832,403       4,103,747

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

   17,598       980,209

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc.*

   336,300       4,852,809

Falconstor Software, Inc.*

   467,500       5,264,050

FEI Co.*

   280,881       6,974,275

Flextronics International, Ltd.*

   268,793       3,241,644

Greenfield Online, Inc.*

   41,000       599,010

Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.*

   211,822       3,537,427

Hittite Microwave Corp.*

   223,875       10,692,270

Infinera Corp.

   127,372       1,890,200

Interwoven, Inc.*

   73,000       1,038,060

IXYS Corp.*

   184,400       1,478,888

Keynote Systems, Inc.*

   298,899       4,199,531

L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc.*

   403,157       7,236,668

Lawson Software, Inc.*

   319,800 2     3,274,752

Magma Design Automation, Inc.*

   63,900       780,219

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

   58,800       1,549,968

Mattson Technology, Inc.*

   299,100       2,560,296

MAXIMUS, Inc.

   37,900       1,463,319

MercadoLibre, Inc.

   82,720       6,111,354

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.*

   245,550 2     5,271,958

Netgear, Inc.*

   215,931       7,702,259

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc.*

   50,100       1,613,220

Neutral Tandem, Inc.

   13,800       262,476

Novatel Wireless, Inc.*

   285,600       4,626,720

Nuance Communications, Inc.*

   350,600       6,549,208

Omniture, Inc.*

   260,600       8,675,374

Opnext, Inc.*

   169       1,496

Parametric Technology Corp.*

   440,080 2     7,855,428

Perficient, Inc.*

   78,300       1,232,442

Perot Systems Corp.*

   502,010       6,777,135

Photon Dynamics, Inc.*

   400,994       3,328,250

Plantronics, Inc.

   106,900 2     2,779,400

Power Integrations, Inc.*

   459,600       15,824,028

PROS Holdings, Inc.

   45,500       892,710

QLogic Corp.*

   376,900 2     5,351,980

Quest Software, Inc.*

   178,200 2     3,286,008

Rimage Corp.*

   216,869       5,627,751

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

     Shares     Value  

Information Technology - 23.1% (continued)

    

Rogers Corp.*

   153,400     $ 6,652,958  

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.*

   172,800       1,956,096  

Scopus Video Neworks, Ltd.*

   838,896       4,563,594  

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.*

   5,592,500 2     29,025,076  

Semtech Corp.*

   276,400 2     4,289,728  

Shanda Interactive Entertainment, Ltd.*

   66,622       2,221,177  

ShoreTel, Inc.

   37,100       518,287  

SINA Corp.*

   50,424       2,234,287  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*

   276,900 2     2,353,650  

Smart Modular Technology (WWH), Inc.*

   528,426       5,379,377  

SonicWALL, Inc.*

   188,600       2,021,792  

Spansion, Inc., Class A*

   2,571,200       10,104,816  

Starent Networks Corp.*

   96,000       1,752,000  

Stratasys, Inc.*

   213,900       5,527,176  

Super Micro Computer, Inc.*

   295,400       2,265,718  

Synaptics, Inc.*

   174,000       7,161,840  

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.*

   59,800       2,119,312  

SYNNEX Corp.*

   341,000       6,683,600  

Synopsys, Inc.*

   356,400 2     9,241,452  

Syntel, Inc.

   114,444       4,408,383  

Taleo Corp.*

   208,325       6,203,918  

The Knot, Inc.*

   47,500       757,150  

TNS, Inc.

   295,400       5,243,350  

TTM Technologies, Inc.*

   373,400       4,353,844  

Utstarcom, Inc.*

   850,000 2     2,337,500  

Vocus, Inc.*

   87,475       3,020,512  

Wright Express Corp.*

   46,210       1,639,993  

Zoran Corp.*

   169,100       3,806,441  

Total Information Technology

       443,469,799  

Materials - 1.5%

    

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*

   100,298       3,257,679  

Century Aluminum Co.*

   35,147       1,895,829  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

   19,497       1,965,298  

Cytec Industries, Inc.

   131,900       8,122,402  

Olin Corp.

   153,900 2     2,974,887  

OM Group, Inc.*

   81,425 2     4,685,194  

Rock-Tenn Co.

   109,300       2,777,313  

Zep, Inc.*

   44,300 2     614,441  

Zoltek Companies, Inc.*

   53,409       2,289,644  

Total Materials

       28,582,687  

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

    

Cbeyond, Inc.*

   64,455       2,513,100  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

   1,410,719       6,700,915  

General Communication, Inc., Class A*

   689,585       6,033,869  

Premiere Global Services, Inc.*

   154,800       2,298,780  

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.*

   367,800       5,730,324  

Total Telecommunication Services

       23,276,988  

Utilities - 0.9%

    

Avista Corp.

   703,000       15,142,620  

El Paso Electric Co.*

   85,300       2,181,121  

Total Utilities

       17,323,741  

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,596,332,820)

       1,801,227,290  

Other Short-Term Investments - 17.1%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02%3

   188,139,436       188,139,436  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   115,209,951       115,209,951  

Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.74%

   23,967,770       23,967,770  

Total Other Short-Term Investments
(cost $327,317,157)

       327,317,157  

Total Investments - 111.1%
(cost $1,923,649,977)

       2,128,544,447  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (11.1)%

       (213,116,977 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 1,915,427,470  

 

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $1,946,572,926 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2007, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $355,879,286 and $173,907,765, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $181,971,521.

 

* Non-income-producing securities.

 

1

Yield shown for an investment company represents the December 31, 2007, 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, 2007, amounting to a market value of $180,760,509, or approximately 9.4% of net assets.

 

3

Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in this short-term investment.

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2007

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value (including securities on loan valued at $180,760,509)*

   $ 2,128,544,447

Receivable for investments sold

     10,207,151

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     3,183,579

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     1,337,326

Prepaid expenses

     23,844
      

Total assets

     2,143,296,347
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable to Custodian

     112,555

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     24,722,232

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     188,139,436

Payable for investments purchased

     11,619,917

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     1,554,755

Administrative fees

     431,876

Other

     1,288,106
      

Total liabilities

     227,868,877
      

Net Assets

   $ 1,915,427,470
      

Managers Shares:

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,668,031,341
      

Shares outstanding

     25,951,934
      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 64.27
      

Institutional Class Shares:

  

Net Assets

   $ 247,396,129
      

Shares outstanding

     3,822,918
      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 64.71
      

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,646,019,453

Undistributed net investment income

     996,473

Accumulated net realized gain from investments

     63,517,074

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     204,894,470
      

Net Assets

   $ 1,915,427,470
      

*  Investments at cost

   $ 1,923,649,977

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2007

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividend income

   $ 20,594,781  

Foreign withholding tax

     (256,622 )

Securities lending fees

     1,475,721  
        

Total investment income

     21,813,880  
        

Expenses:

  

Investment management fees

     23,410,349  

Administrative fees

     6,502,875  

Transfer agent

     5,651,419  

Professional fees

     449,639  

Custodian

     426,057  

Reports to shareholders

     196,598  

Trustees fees and expenses

     141,126  

Registration fees

     83,243  

Miscellaneous

     147,362  
        

Total expenses before offsets

     37,008,668  
        

Expense reductions

     (849,457 )
        

Net expenses

     36,159,211  
        

Net investment loss

     (14,345,331 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     468,715,374  

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (407,862,046 )
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     60,853,328  
        

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 46,507,997  
        

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

     2007     2006  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment loss

     ($14,345,331)       ($3,566,911)  

Net realized gain on investments

     468,715,374       459,675,943  

Net unrealized depreciation of investments

     (407,862,046 )     (106,987,301 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     46,507,997       349,121,731  
                

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net realized gain on investments:

    

Managers Class

     (388,900,274 )     (365,600,521 )

Institutional Class

     (59,529,931 )     (80,218,690 )
                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (448,430,205 )     (445,819,211 )
                

From Capital Share Transactions:

    

Managers Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     299,186,761       497,790,367  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     359,741,541       333,256,656  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (1,188,809,810 )     (1,038,280,018 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (529,881,508 )     (207,232,995 )
                

Institutional Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     78,116,331       146,171,560  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     53,547,184       70,000,901  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (398,129,366 )     (143,399,760 )
                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (266,465,851 )     72,772,701  
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (796,347,359 )     (134,460,294 )
                

Total decrease in net assets

     (1,198,269,567 )     (231,157,774 )
                

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     3,113,697,037       3,344,854,811  
                

End of year

   $ 1,915,427,470     $ 3,113,697,037  
                

End of year undistributed net investment income

   $ 996,473     $ 673,439  
                

Share Transactions:

    

Managers Class:

    

Sale of shares

     3,523,798       5,448,864  

Reinvested shares from dividends and distribution

     5,443,136       4,027,757  

Shares repurchased

     (13,771,697 )     (11,381,596 )
                

Net decrease in shares

     (4,804,763 )     (1,904,975 )
                

Institutional Class:

    

Sale of shares

     898,887       1,591,644  

Reinvested shares from dividends and distribution

     804,737       840,044  

Shares repurchased

     (4,606,651 )     (1,568,031 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in shares

     (2,903,027 )     863,657  
                

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 Class:

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of year

   $ 82.96     $ 86.78     $ 90.42     $ 78.48     $ 55.08  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.51 )5     (0.14 )5     (0.54 )5     (0.56 )     (0.43 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.55 5     9.88 5     4.18 5     12.50       23.83  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     0.04       9.74       3.64       11.94       23.40  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net realized gain on investments

     (18.73 )     (13.56 )     (7.28 )     —         —    
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of year

   $ 64.27     $ 82.96     $ 86.78     $ 90.42     $ 78.48  
                                        

Total Return 1

     (0.60 )%     11.28 %     4.00 %     15.18 %     42.50 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.43 %     1.42 %     1.40 %     1.40 %     1.43 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 4

     1.46 %     1.47 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.46 %

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets 1

     (0.59 )%     (0.15 )%     (0.60 )%     (0.69 )%     (0.72 )%

Portfolio turnover

     67 %     76 %     80 %     68 %     64 %

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

   $ 1,668,031     $ 2,551,703     $ 2,834,314     $ 3,415,003     $ 3,279,318  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,     For the
period* ended
December 31,
       

Institutional Class:

   2007     2006     2005     2004        

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 83.56     $ 87.09     $ 90.56     $ 78.91    
                                  

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.32 )5     0.10 5     (0.33 )5     (0.21 )  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     0.52 5     9.93 5     4.14 5     11.86    
                                  

Total from investment operations

     0.20       10.03       3.81       11.65    
                                  

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net realized gain on investments

     (19.05 )     (13.56 )     (7.28 )     —      
                                  

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 64.71     $ 83.56     $ 87.09     $ 90.56    
                                  

Total Return 1

     (0.39 )%     11.56 %6     4.21 %     14.75 %2  
                                  

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.20 %     1.18 %     1.20 %     1.20 %3  

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 4

     1.23 %     1.23 %     1.25 %     1.26 %3  

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets 1

     (0.36 )%     0.09 %     (0.56 )%     (0.49 )%3  

Portfolio turnover

     67 %     76 %     80 %     68 %2  

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

   $ 247,396     $ 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 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

2

Not Annualized. (See Note 1(c) to the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

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 1(c) 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, 2007

 

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 (“Special Equity”or the “Fund”).

The Fund 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 the Fund and the classes are identical except for class specific expenses related to shareholder activity. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund 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 the Fund. 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 period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. 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, 2007, under these arrangements the amount by which the Fund’s expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios was as follows: $815,520 or 0.03% annualized.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The Fund has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York (“BNY”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% 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, 2007, the custodian expense was reduced by $9,736 under this arrangement.

The Trust also has a balance credit arrangement with its Transfer Agent, PFPC Inc., whereby earnings credits are used to offset banking charges. For the year ended December 31, 2007 the Fund’s portion of the transfer agent expense was reduced by $24,201 under this arrangement.

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:

 

     2007    2006

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

     —        —  

Short-term capital gains

   $ 28,949,941      —  

Long-term capital gains

     419,480,264    $ 445,819,211
             
   $ 448,430,205    $ 445,819,211
             

As a % of distributions paid (unaudited):

     

Qualified ordinary income

     —        —  

Ordinary income - dividends received deduction

     —        —  

 

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, 2007, 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, 2007 certain unaffiliated shareholders, specifically omnibus accounts, individually held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Fund: Managers Class shares – three collectively own 56%; Institutional Class shares – four collectively own 56%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund or the class.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an Investment Management Agreement under which Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”), an independently managed subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), 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, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee was $55,000, plus $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. Effective July 1, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $65,000, plus $4,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated amongst all of the Funds for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $15,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Independent Chairman received an additional payment of $10,000 per year). The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $5,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional payment of $2,000 per year). The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

The Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (“MDI” or the “Distributor”) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter for each Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). 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 the Underwriting Agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of Prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2007, were $1,672,768,529 and $2,810,163,601, 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. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (“FIN 48”).” FIN 48 applies to all registered investment companies and establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (through tax years ended December 31, 2004 - 2007) and has concluded that as of December 31, 2007, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, Fund Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next twelve months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Fund.

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 Fund’s 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 2007 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 $430,257,892 of long-term capital gain for the taxable year ended December 31, 2007.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of 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 statements 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, (one of the series constituting The Managers Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”), at December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of 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, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 20, 2008

 

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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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in
Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Kilboy & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); 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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in
Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Associates, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-Present); Partner, TRS Associates (2007-Present).

 

* 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 32 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).

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth,

Position(s) Held with Fund

and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Christine C. Carsman,

4/2/52

•          Secretary since 2004

   Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and 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).

Donald S. Rumery,

5/29/58

•         Chief Financial Officer
since 2007

•         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); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present).

Keitha L. Kinne,

5/16/58

•         Chief Operating
Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006); Senior Vice President, Prudential Investments (1999-2004).

 

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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

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

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

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.

Next Century Growth Investors, LLC

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

Lazard Asset Management, LLC

Wellington Management Company, LLP

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS

MID-CAP

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

Urdang Securities Management, Inc.

SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES

PORTFOLIO

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

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.

Lord, Abbett & Co. 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

Management, LLC

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 FINRA.

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 Fund files 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 1-800-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.

MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG

BALANCED FUNDS

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

GLOBAL

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

First Quadrant, L.P.

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.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2007

Managers Bond Fund

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Managers Bond Fund

 

Annual Report — December 31, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

      Page

LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

   1

ABOUT YOUR FUNDS’ EXPENSES

   3
INVESTMENT MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOT, AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS   

Managers Bond Fund

   4

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   19

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

  

Statement of Operations

   20

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

  

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

   21

Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   22

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

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   23

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

   27

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

   28

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 Fellow Shareholder:

Financial markets became increasingly unsettled as 2007 progressed, beginning with a brief but strong correction in February and then escalating in June when revelations of significant losses from sub-prime mortgage lending and related structured securities started a domino run that has affected the global economy. While the economy gained strength in the early part of the year, in spite of housing weakness, a liquidity crisis initiated by the spreading weakness in sub-prime mortgage loans increased uncertainty about its sustainability. Bonds of all credit quality and duration became unusually volatile, and credit spreads, having been extremely slim, widened dramatically, raising the cost of capital for many borrowers. Naturally the equity markets followed suit and became more volatile as the rising cost of capital pressured corporate profitability, penalized leverage, and hindered merger and acquisition activity.

As has been well documented in the financial press, the broad deterioration in residential housing prices, combined with gradually rising interest rates, put severe stress on low credit-quality (sub-prime) borrowers. Rising defaults pushed several mortgage lenders and leveraged sub-prime mortgage investors toward bankruptcy, and catalyzed a swift and broad flight from various forms of investment risk over the year. These revelations began creating serious liquidity problems in the credit markets late in the second quarter and have been the root of uncertainty and market volatility ever since.

A rapid and at times seemingly indiscriminate flight from risk created unusual patterns of volatility within the bond market. Credit spreads widened significantly beginning in July, as Moody’s and S&P downgraded hundreds of securities, and price moves forced leveraged investors to raise cash any way they could. Since much of the leverage had been funded with short-term debt, the short end of the yield curve bore the brunt of the liquidity crisis. The typically docile commercial paper market seized as demand dried up, and short-term Treasury yields vacillated between 2.9% and 4.9% as investors raced to safety, causing a dislocation in prices. Since then, as the Federal Reserve pumped liquidity into the system and aggressively lowered policy rates, short-term yields have dropped dramatically and the treasury yield curve has steepened. Yet, credit spreads have continued to expand as investment grade yields have not dropped along with treasuries and non-investment grade (Junk) yields have continued to rise. This is because dominoes have continued to fall as large financial institutions continue to discover weaknesses in their portfolios and write billions of dollars off of their balance sheets.

After rallying strongly off of a February trough, the stock market followed the lead of the credit markets by trading sharply down during the liquidity crisis in July, then recovering from late August through October. Not surprisingly, small- and mid-cap stocks reacted more during the price declines, and underperformed large-cap stocks during the year. Interestingly however, growth indices, which would normally react poorly to a rise in interest rates or a liquidity squeeze, significantly outperformed value indices during the period. We believe this was due to in part to a reversion to the mean since value indices had outperformed growth indices for an extended period of time, and also to technical supply/demand effects brought on by the liquidity crisis. Importantly, we believe this was also the result of extreme weakness in the financials sector, which has a dominant role in most value indices. Stocks recovered in late August and throughout October, as a result of an infusion of liquidity by the Federal Reserve, but corrected again in November and December with evidence mounting that the economy was slowing, and stock investors expressed disappointment that the Fed was not acting even more aggressively, while revelations of subprime losses continued to emanate from financial companies.

Within this environment, the Fund represented in this report provided positive returns for the year. The Managers Bond Fund returned 7.06% for the year, while its benchmark the Lehman Brothers Govt/Credit Index, returned 7.23%. The Fund benefited from their focus on high credit quality securities, and their general avoidance of securities backed by sub-prime loans. More detailed reviews of the performance and positioning of the Funds are included within this report.

Our fear that the credit crisis would extend into 2008 has been realized, as lingering credit problems and further revelations of losses by large financial institutions are hindering not only the financial markets, but the economy as well. The increasing possibility that the economy will slide into recession has driven volatility higher, and stock prices lower. The Federal Reserve has been increasingly aggressive in easing rates, and although we think the risk of recession has increased,

 

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we still believe that portions of the U.S. and global economies remain healthy. Although foreign and emerging markets economies are by no means decoupled from U.S. impact, they have become increasingly diversified with respect to trading partners, and have increasingly healthy reserves. In sum, we continue to believe that investors should maintain their portfolios with allocations near their long-run targets, rebalance if necessary and take full advantage of opportunities to participate in the growth of the global economy.

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

The following report covers the year ending December 31, 2007. Should you have any questions about this report, or if you’d like to receive a Prospectus and additional information, including fees and expenses, for this or any of the other Funds in our family, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-835-3879, or visit our website at www.managersinvest.com. As always, please read the Prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

If you are curious about how you can better diversify your investment program, visit the Knowledge Center on our Web site and view our articles in the investment strategies section. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

John H. Streur

Senior Managing Partner

Managers Investment Group LLC

 

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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 to the right 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 to the right 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, 2007

   Expense Ratio
for the Period
    Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2007
   Ending
Account Value
12/31/2007
   Expenses Paid
During
the Period*

Managers Bond Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   0.99 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,061    $ 5.14

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   0.99 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,020    $ 5.04

 

* 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 Bond Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

The Managers Bond Fund’s (the “Fund”) objective is to achieve a high level of current income from a diversified portfolio of fixed 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 inefficiencies in bond markets, hence the greatest opportunities to add value should 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 firm’s commitment to credit research. Fuss 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 financial condition in detail, as well as the terms of specific 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, and 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 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, Fuss 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 and 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 7.06% for the year ended 2007, compared to its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Government/ Credit Index, which returned 7.23%. Turmoil in the securitized and credit markets helped lead to a repricing of risk in the second half of 2007. Investors fled to the safety of Treasuries, leading to lower bond yields and wider spreads. Simmering worries about subprime mortgage loans to less credit-worthy borrowers began to boil over at the beginning of the summer. In the chaos of deteriorating collateral, rating downgrades, and forced selling by funds trying to meet collateral calls, apprehensive bondholders worried about exposures and what it might mean for valuations. As buyers balked at the structure and pricing set in the midst of the spring’s abundant risk appetite, new issuance practically halted, and banks became reluctant to lend. The Fed fought the liquidity crunch in stages, ultimately moving aggressively with 100 basis points (1.0%) of rate cuts from September through year end.

Treasury yields fell steadily for most of the second half of 2007 amid the turmoil in the securitized and credit markets. After a protracted period of tight valuations, investment grade corporates underperformed Treasuries, with unusually poor performance for higher quality corporates, particularly among banks and brokers. Performance improved in September, post-easing, but spreads remain wide relative to historical comparisons. High yield was one of the hardest hit by the contraction in risk appetite that characterized 2007.

Government bond yields rallied globally, though most markets failed to keep pace with the decline in U.S. Treasury yields. As a result, global bonds underperformed U.S. Treasuries on a local currency basis; however, the weaker dollar meant significantly higher returns on an unhedged basis.

Duration Themes

A long-duration strategy relative to the benchmark benefited the Fund on the year as broad interest rates trended lower. As would be expected, the impact of the duration stance was most palpable in Treasuries, where yield-curve-generated returns are not diluted by any adverse changes in credit metrics—as they can be for non-Treasury issues. Though the Fund is currently underweight in Treasuries, it is significantly longer in duration in this asset class. A duration position falling in the belly of the yield curve was accretive, as short- and medium-term rates decreased substantially during the past year.

Quality Themes

The Fund gleaned additive return from a quality-rotation strategy initiated several quarters ago, in advance of the recent market upheaval. From the end of 3Q06 until the beginning of 3Q07, Loomis substantially bolstered the Fund’s Treasury allocation and reduced exposure to high-yield bonds. This reflected Loomis Sayles’s view that lower-quality spreads had become unrealistically tight and that, from a valuation stand point, the upside had eroded too far, breaching Loomis’s risk threshold. As U.S. growth fears elevated and began bleeding into the capital markets, positive excess return was realized from having a more defensive quality positioning in the face of volatility and risk aversion. More recently, Loomis has reversed this higher-quality trend as wider spreads have created buying opportunities.

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

Sector Themes

Given the mortgage and housing-related problems currently scourging the markets, the underweight sector-allocation strategy in financial issues was successful in 2007 and buoyed returns. The underweight allocation to corporate financials was significantly additive, as many financial issues have proved to be relatively more exposed to subprime issues. Security selection in high-yield credits negatively affected performance. Spreads gapped substantially wider in 2007, resulting in depressed valuations and negative excess returns. The spread widening in credit was somewhat caused by lower levels of liquidity in the credit markets. We believe that corporations should be able to weather a slowdown, more so than in past economic cycles, as fundamentals and credit metrics are not overly stressed.

Country/Currency Themes

By far the strategy’s largest international contributor to excess return was the Canadian dollar. Loomis has been bullish on this currency for some time now, only just recently shoring up the allocation slightly as the currency returned to parity with the green-back. High commodity prices and robust econometrics helped lead to strong appreciation versus the U.S. dollar in 2007. During the past year, the currency gained over 18% versus the U.S. dollar, and hit multi-decade highs during the third quarter of 2007. A vigilant central bank, committed to fighting inflation, also buttressed the currency, raising rates several times during the year.

The Fund’s small position in the Brazilian Real also performed very well during the past year, gaining over 20% against the dollar. The real is another commodity currency, which benefited from its reach into many different commodities markets and also from an intemperate demand for yield in the marketplace.

Throughout 2007, Loomis added to the Fund’s position in the Australian dollar. The Australian economy weathered the U.S. subprime debacle fairly well, and third quarter GDP, released in December, rose 1% for an annual growth rate of 4.3%. Growth continues to remain firm, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised rates again during the fourth quarter, its second rate hike of 2007.

LOOKING FORWARD

Investment Grade Corporates

Loomis believes investment grade spreads are quite compelling and have overshot fundamentals during the last few months on the heels of technically-charged and headline-catalyzed spikes in volatility. However, Loomis believes that credit fundamentals have recently shown signs of weakness and they expect housing/mortgage overhang will keep spreads relatively wide throughout 2008. Ultimately, Loomis anticipates modest spread narrowing in 2008 as the U.S. avoids recession, and they see improvement in market liquidity. Loomis belives that spreads on higher-quality AAs and As are at or near their historical wides, due to substantial underperformance in the finance sector (banks, brokers, and finance). Loomis also believes that the finance sector offers potential relative value, especially over the long term, given the spread widening that has occurred. However, Loomis emphasizes its selective, opportunistic strategy in credit, given the perceived currently volatile economic climate and currently skittish temperament of many market participants. Headline risks remain, but the investment team is looking to be modestly overweight credit, believing this sector will be a source of excess return in 2008.

High Yield

Spread widening has been welcome in the high-yield sector, as Loomis believes that spreads had been unrealistically tight for an extended period. High yield has not experienced significant fundamental deterioration, and Loomis will look to add opportunistically at these levels. The Loomis investment team believes high yield spreads will remain elevated but largely range-bound in 2008 (approximately 400 - 600 basis points, or 4.0 to 6.0%), however, the team does expect some potentially concentrated bouts of volatility to cause spreads to temporarily breach the upper bounds of this range as occasional headlines—continued spillover from subprime/ housing/growth concerns—resurface but decelerate in 2008. Loomis expects slower economic growth and higher default rates, but no recession; therefore (as with investment-grade) they expect potential spread narrowing and view high-yield credits as another potential source of excess return in 2008.

Economy

Loomis predicts that the U.S. will escape recession, albeit with sluggish growth through the first quarter of 2008 and housing acting as a key variable in the direction of growth. They believe that central banks will continue to lead the way out of the credit crunch, the Fed potentially cutting rates two more times to 3.50% by March. Loomis also expects yields to rise later in 2008 as the economy gains momentum.

In the short term, Loomis anticipates elevated volatility given uncertainty over the path of growth and financial system distress. Longer term, they expect a recovery in valuations as risk appetites improve, uncertainty wanes, the economy skirts recession, and defaults come in below implied expectations.

Loomis predicts U.S. high-yield returns to be higher in 2008 than 2007, though the market must move past economic uncertainties and its backlog of supply. Loomis believes that prudence and nimble navigation will be needed in a volatile market. Globally, they expect further appreciation in non-Japan Asian currencies and improving returns for non-government sectors of the bond market.

 

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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 a maturity between one and ten 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 chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Managers Bond Fund on December 31, 1997, to a $10,000 investment made in the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index for the same time period. The chart is not intended to imply any future performance of the Fund. The graph and chart do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers Bond Fund and the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index from December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Bond Fund 2,3,4

   7.06 %   6.58 %   6.97 %   6/1/84

Lehman Brothers Govt/Credit Index

   7.23 %   4.44 %   6.01 %  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our website at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

Fixed-income funds are subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk, fluctuations in debtor’s perceived ability to pay its creditors. Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed-income securities to fall.

 

4

Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations. These risks are magnified in emerging markets.

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Fund Snapshot

December 31, 2007

 

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers
Bond Fund**
    Lehman Bros
Govt/Credit
Index
 

Corporate

   64.5 %   35.6 %

U.S. Government

   23.3 %   58.4 %

Foreign Government

   6.0 %   6.0 %

Preferred Stocks

   1.9 %   0.0 %

Municipal Bonds

   1.2 %   0.0 %

Mortgage-Backed Securities

   0.2 %   0.0 %

Asset-Backed Securities

   0.2 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   2.7 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

USTB, 5.375%, 02/15/31*

   9.1 %

USTN, 4.750%, 02/15/37*

   4.4  

USTB, 4.50%, 02/15/36*

   3.9  

CIT Group, Inc., 7.625%, 11/30/12

   3.6  

USTN, 4.625%, 11/30/08*

   3.2  

American General Finance Corp., Series MTN, 6.900%, 12/15/17

   2.8  

USTN, 4.500%, 09/30/11*

   1.7  

Nisource Finance Corp., 6.400%, 03/15/18

   1.5  

Canada Government, 4.250%, 09/01/08*

   1.3  

Comcast Corp., 6.950%, 08/15/37

   1.2  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   32.7 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Corporate Bonds 64.5%

       

Finance - 18.3%

       

American General Finance Corp., Series MTN, 6.900%, 12/15/17

      $ 57,315,000 2   $ 57,372,315

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

   SGD      5,800,000       3,984,092

Bank of America Capital Trust VI, 5.625%, 03/08/35

        3,085,000       2,634,828

Barclays Capital Corp.,

       

4.100%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB      26,000,000       745,305

4.160%, 02/22/10 (a)

   THB      25,000,000       747,366

4.870%, 03/23/09 (03/23/08) (a) 6

   KRW      160,900,000       177,238

BNP Paribas SA DN, 8.732%, 06/13/11 (a) 4

   IDR      19,645,500,000       1,557,208

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 5.850%, 09/01/17

        13,000,000       13,371,761

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

        6,830,000       6,336,976

CIT Group, Inc.,

       

5.000%, 02/13/14

        395,000       347,736

5.125%, 09/30/14

        680,000       598,992

7.625%, 11/30/12

        71,175,000       72,143,407

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

   BRL      2,000,000       1,233,371

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

        2,020,000       2,017,404

Colonial Realty L.P.,

       

4.800%, 04/01/11

        3,485,000       3,400,088

5.500%, 10/01/15

        1,255,000       1,138,205

Duke Realty L.P., 6.500%, 01/15/18

        5,000,000       5,028,350

Equity One, Inc., 6.000%, 09/15/17

        5,915,000       5,551,653

First Industrial L.P., 5.950%, 05/15/17

        15,000,000       14,544,675

Ford Motor Credit Co.,

       

5.700%, 01/15/10

        5,795,000       5,221,168

8.000%, 12/15/16

        3,500,000       2,972,938

General Electric Capital Corp.,

       

2.960%, 05/18/12

   SGD      4,400,000       2,993,476

3.485%, 03/08/12

   SGD      16,500,000       11,475,458

6.500%, 09/28/15

   NZD      14,950,000       10,461,388

6.625%, 02/04/10

   NZD      3,500,000       2,589,950

6.750%, 09/26/16

   NZD      5,985,000       4,288,966

General Motors Acceptance Corp.,

       

6.875%, 08/28/12

        290,000       243,010

8.000%, 11/01/31

        1,150,000       964,706

GMAC LLC, 7.000%, 02/01/12

        735,000       623,592

GMAC,

       

5.625%, 05/15/09

        500,000       471,733

6.000%, 12/15/11

        950,000       796,746

6.125%, 01/22/08

        2,000,000 2     2,000,298

6.625%, 05/15/12

        1,120,000       931,075

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

Finance - 18.3% (continued)

       

GMAC,

       

6.750%, 12/01/14

      $ 1,375,000     $ 1,109,005

6.875%, 09/15/11

        250,000       213,874

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

        2,405,000       2,521,986

Highwoods Realty L.P., 5.850%, 03/15/17

        3,015,000       2,836,807

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 2.951%, 04/18/12 (a) 4

   MYR      11,930,000       3,180,732

ICICI Bank, Ltd., 6.375%, 04/30/22 (a) 7

        900,000       814,695

iStar Financial Inc.,

       

5.125%, 04/01/11

        280,000       249,598

5.150%, 03/01/12

        3,215,000       2,778,458

5.375%, 04/15/10

        830,000       768,388

5.650%, 09/15/11

        2,830,000       2,528,953

5.743%, 10/01/12 (04/01/08) 6

        7,260,000       6,425,100

5.800%, 03/15/11

        640,000       573,339

5.950%, 10/15/13

        1,765,000       1,538,007

JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

       

3.668%, 06/08/12 (a) 4

   MYR      4,516,015       1,162,256

4.000%, 02/01/08

        1,000,000       999,210

8.451%, 10/21/10 (a) 4

   IDR      16,627,462,500       1,402,779

8.658%, 03/28/11 (a) 4

   IDR      932,700,000       75,450

9.030%, 04/12/12 (a) 4

   IDR      40,733,437,680       2,971,579

11.844%, 05/17/10 (a) 4

   BRL      3,600,000       1,538,351

KFW, 10.000%, 10/27/08

   ISK      301,500,000       4,671,868

Kinder Morgan Finance Co.,

       

5.150%, 03/01/15

        730,000 2     642,351

5.700%, 01/05/16

        370,000       334,924

6.400%, 01/05/36

        3,270,000       2,700,533

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.,

       

5.375%, 07/15/14

        4,390,000       4,275,399

5.750%, 09/15/15

        11,939,000       11,556,725

5.875%, 08/01/33

        10,360,000       9,025,021

Merrill Lynch & Co., 10.710%, 03/08/17

   BRL      2,500,000       1,313,202

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

        2,100,000       2,091,111

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

        10,125,000       9,924,930

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

        1,255,000       1,060,475

Realty Income Corp., 6.750%, 08/15/19

        7,675,000       7,917,676

Residential Capital LLC,

       

7.875%, 05/17/13

   GBP      2,500,000       2,737,081

8.000%, 06/01/12

        2,715,000       1,669,725

8.375%, 06/30/15

        1,095,000 2     662,475

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

   NZD      500,000       346,909

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

        2,610,000       2,723,705

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

        3,785,000       3,434,736

Travelers Cos., Inc., 6.250%, 06/15/37

        15,435,000       14,950,526

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

 

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Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Finance - 18.3% (continued)

       

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

      $ 3,040,000     $ 3,006,928

Wells Fargo Co., 4.661%, 05/01/33 (02/01/08) 6

        2,840,000 2     2,826,652

White Mountains Insurance Group, 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a)

        4,555,000       4,413,217

Willis North America Inc., 6.200%, 03/28/17

        5,685,000       5,672,487

Total Finance

          370,612,697

Industrial - 41.2%

       

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

        500,000       321,250

Agilent Technologies, Inc., 6.500%, 11/01/17

        6,945,000       7,054,932

Albertson’s, Inc.,

       

6.625%, 06/01/28

        1,015,000       892,959

7.000%, 11/04/13

        1,500,000       1,677,506

7.450%, 08/01/29

        3,195,000 2     3,074,993

7.750%, 06/15/26

        915,000       905,044

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

        3,000,000       2,981,115

American President, Ltd., 8.000%, 01/15/24 5

        250,000       210,000

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,

       

5.950%, 09/15/16

        4,915,000       5,004,600

6.450%, 09/15/36

        13,875,000       14,129,413

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.,

       

5.950%, 01/15/33

        6,177,000       6,249,370

6.450%, 09/01/37

        7,900,000 2     8,562,842

Apache Corp., 6.000%, 01/15/37

        12,000,000       11,901,876

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

        500,000       532,934

AstraZeneca PLC, 6.450%, 09/15/37

        13,975,000       15,312,072

AT&T Corp.,

       

6.150%, 09/15/34

        1,375,000       1,372,698

6.500%, 03/15/29

        7,650,000       7,509,378

6.500%, 09/01/37

        9,605,000 2     10,043,737

Avnet, Inc.,

       

2.000%, 03/15/34

        1,425,000       1,670,812

5.875%, 03/15/14

        11,000,000       11,118,426

6.000%, 09/01/15

        5,340,000       5,330,644

6.625%, 09/15/16

        1,370,000       1,436,663

Bell Canada, 5.000%, 02/15/17

   CAD      1,000,000       834,987

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

        9,740,000 2     9,470,971

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

        1,675,000       1,231,125

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 5.950%, 05/15/37

        8,010,000       7,221,311

Centex Corp., 5.250%, 6/15/15

        1,915,000       1,621,643

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

        5,600,000       5,783,803

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

        3,795,000       4,316,812

Clear Channel Communications,

       

4.250%, 05/15/09

        1,500,000       1,424,037

5.750%, 01/15/13

        500,000       414,019

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 - 41.2% (continued)

    

Colonial Realty L.P., 6.050%, 09/01/16

   $ 470,000     $ 435,934

Comcast Corp.,

    

5.650%, 06/15/35

     12,425,000 2     11,373,137

6.450%, 03/15/37

     10,570,000       10,762,173

6.500%, 11/15/35

     2,320,000       2,367,418

6.950%, 08/15/37

     23,100,000 2     24,931,183

Continental Airlines, Inc.,

    

5.983%, 04/19/22

     13,265,000       12,397,336

6.795%, 08/02/20

     48,352       45,934

Corn Products International, Inc., 6.625%, 04/15/37

     4,055,000       4,224,085

Corning, Inc.,

    

6.850%, 03/01/29

     9,142,000       9,657,993

7.250%, 08/15/36

     1,185,000       1,289,861

Covidien International Finance S.A.,

    

6.000%, 10/15/17 (a)

     5,965,000       6,172,188

6.550%, 10/15/37 (a)

     6,005,000       6,236,409

CSX Corp.,

    

6.000%, 10/01/36

     11,635,000 2     10,559,810

6.250%, 03/15/18

     16,400,000       16,483,755

Cummins Engine Co., Inc.,

    

5.650%, 03/01/98

     11,235,000       8,930,994

6.750%, 02/15/27

     1,853,000       1,886,806

7.125%, 03/01/28

     50,000       51,707

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

     5,495,000       4,364,810

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 8.021%, 08/10/22 (a)

     15,955,000       15,994,889

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

     2,725,000       2,745,438

Devon Energy Corp.,

    

4.900%, 08/15/08

     1,250,000       2,179,688

4.950%, 08/15/08

     1,692,000       2,950,425

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

     225,000       164,250

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

     2,615,000       2,544,055

El Paso Corp.,

    

6.950%, 06/01/28

     1,030,000 2     975,075

7.000%, 05/15/11

     500,000 2     509,305

Energy Transfer Partners L.P.,

    

6.125%, 02/15/17

     700,000       680,696

6.625%, 10/15/36

     1,805,000       1,729,997

Enterprise Products Operating L.P., 6.300%, 09/15/17

     8,440,000       8,635,454

Equifax, Inc., 7.000%, 07/01/37

     2,170,000       2,058,998

Federated Retail Holdings, 6.375%, 03/15/37

     13,775,000       12,005,684

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

     570,000       524,400

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

     1,990,000       1,323,350

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 10.125%, 12/15/16

     1,275,000 2     1,051,875

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 41.2% (continued)

    

General Motors Corp.,

    

7.400%, 09/01/25

   $ 570,000     $ 413,250

8.250%, 07/15/23

     3,490,000       2,774,550

8.375%, 07/15/33

     135,000       108,675

Georgia-Pacific Corp.,

    

7.250%, 06/01/28

     1,245,000       1,095,600

7.750%, 11/15/29

     1,615,000       1,477,725

8.000%, 01/15/24

     1,695,000       1,576,350

8.875%, 05/15/31

     2,750,000       2,653,750

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

     130,000       139,249

HCA, Inc.,

    

5.750%, 03/15/14

     5,630,000       4,672,900

6.250%, 02/15/13

     1,940,000       1,697,500

6.375%, 01/15/15

     1,920,000       1,622,400

6.625%, 02/15/16

     6,775,000       5,724,875

7.050%, 12/01/27

     1,685,000       1,286,865

7.190%, 11/15/15

     195,000       167,182

7.500%, 11/06/33

     925,000       723,812

7.500%, 12/15/23

     120,000       98,266

7.580%, 09/15/25

     1,065,000       866,976

7.690%, 06/15/25

     995,000       823,762

Home Depot Inc., The, 5.875%, 12/16/36

     16,635,000       14,038,293

Hospira, Inc., 6.050%, 03/30/17

     3,395,000       3,411,306

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

     2,225,000       2,247,030

International Paper Co.,

    

4.000%, 04/01/10

     1,000,000       990,129

4.250%, 01/15/09

     1,000,000       989,874

Intuit, Inc., 5.750%, 03/15/17

     3,560,000       3,502,353

JC Penney Corp., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/36

     10,680,000       9,543,798

Johnson & Johnson, 5.950%, 08/15/37

     15,020,000       16,209,645

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

     250,000       217,500

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P., 5.800%, 03/15/35

     3,360,000       3,041,556

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

     75,000       67,650

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

     815,000       977,209

Kraft Foods, Inc.,

    

6.500%, 08/11/17

     8,950,000       9,259,187

6.500%, 11/01/31

     7,635,000       7,489,164

7.000%, 08/11/37

     7,280,000       7,646,220

Kroger Co., 6.400%, 08/15/17

     3,060,000 2     3,200,494

Lennar Corp.,

    

5.500%, 09/01/14

     1,900,000       1,439,560

5.600%, 05/31/15

     2,740,000       2,087,940

6.500%, 04/15/16

     2,340,000       1,830,748

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 41.2% (continued)

    

Lowe’s Co., Inc., 6.875%, 02/15/28

   $ 500,000     $ 535,303

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., 6.650%, 09/15/37

     6,595,000       6,688,609

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

     7,825,000       7,687,742

Lucent Technologies, Inc.,

    

6.450%, 03/15/29

     4,335,000       3,581,794

6.500%, 01/15/28

     305,000       252,006

Macys Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.790%, 07/15/27

     2,885,000       2,690,563

Masco Corp., 5.850%, 03/15/17

     8,150,000       7,907,073

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

     825,000       561,000

Motorola, Inc.,

    

6.500%, 09/01/25

     1,145,000       1,111,919

8.000%, 11/01/11

     1,075,000       1,158,809

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

     2,390,000       2,736,127

Newmont Mining Corp., 5.875%, 04/01/35

     11,660,000       10,250,924

News America Inc.,

    

6.150%, 03/01/37

     6,075,000 2     5,868,383

6.200%, 12/15/34

     3,440,000       3,391,118

6.400%, 12/15/35

     5,820,000       5,887,780

Nextel Communications, Inc.,

    

5.950%, 03/15/14

     18,220,000       17,126,235

6.875% 10/31/13

     20,000       19,702

NGPL Pipeco LLC, Series 144A, 7.119%, 12/15/17 (a)

     21,980,000       22,537,149

Northwest Airlines, Inc., 8.028%, 11/01/17

     9,330,000       9,446,625

ONEOK Partners, L.P., 6.650%, 10/01/36

     3,500,000       3,539,130

Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16

     1,355,000       1,382,783

Owens Corning Inc,

    

6.500%, 12/01/16

     2,025,000       1,854,371

7.000%, 12/01/36

     4,990,000       4,502,302

JC Penney Corp., Inc., 7.125%, 11/15/23

     18,000       18,554

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

     605,200       610,253

Plains All American Pipeline L.P.,

    

6.125%, 01/15/17

     2,770,000       2,807,279

6.650%, 01/15/37

     5,960,000       5,998,114

Pulte Homes, Inc.,

    

6.000%, 02/15/35

     10,320,000 2     7,781,476

6.375%, 05/15/33

     4,670,000       3,537,875

Series $, 5.200%, 02/15/15

     3,165,000       2,617,958

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

     11,800,000       12,138,943

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc.,

    

6.500%, 11/15/18

     620,000       523,900

7.625%, 08/03/21

     1,435,000       1,291,500

7.750%, 02/15/31

     1,705,000 2     1,534,500

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

 

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Security Description

        Principal
Amount
    Value

Industrial - 41.2% (continued)

       

Qwest Corp.,

       

6.875%, 09/15/33

      $ 820,000 2   $ 756,450

7.250%, 09/15/25

        750,000       705,000

7.500%, 06/15/23

        556,000       532,370

R.H. Donnelley Corp., Series A-1, 6.875%, 01/15/13

        1,345,000       1,203,775

R.H. Donnelley Corp., Series A-2, 6.875%, 01/15/13

        1,200,000       1,074,000

R.H. Donnelley Corp.,

       

8.875%, 01/15/16

        1,475,000       1,379,125

8.875%, 10/15/17 (a)

        165,000       152,625

Raytheon Co.,

       

7.000%, 11/01/28

        1,500,000       1,695,168

7.200%, 08/15/27

        800,000       918,583

Reynolds American Inc,

       

6.750%, 06/15/17

        8,170,000       8,321,333

7.250%, 06/15/37

        2,000,000       2,021,360

Safeway, Inc., 6.350%, 08/15/17

        8,000,000       8,338,128

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

        4,695,000       5,247,357

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

        1,500,000       1,517,668

Southern Natural Gas Co.,

       

5.900%, 04/01/17 (a)

        4,765,000       4,686,697

7.350%, 02/15/31

        1,000,000       1,044,162

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28

        27,000       25,606

Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.000%, 12/01/16

        48,000       45,974

Talisman Energy, Inc.,

       

5.850%, 02/01/37

        2,425,000       2,267,356

6.250%, 02/01/38

        3,635,000       3,542,522

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

        1,000,000       1,086,673

Telecom Italia Capital, 6.000%, 09/30/34

        3,210,000       3,121,423

Telecom Italia S.p.A., 6.375%, 11/15/33

        3,170,000       3,174,882

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 7.045%, 06/20/36

        12,125,000       13,553,155

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

        250,000       294,664

TELUS Corp., 4.950%, 03/15/17

   CAD      7,115,000       6,644,608

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

        2,395,000       2,417,712

Texas Eastern Transmission L.P., 6.000%, 09/15/17 (a)

        3,000,000       3,093,106

Time Warner, Inc.,

       

6.500%, 11/15/36

        3,360,000       3,269,304

6.625%, 05/15/29

        1,995,000       1,964,125

6.950%, 01/15/28

        855,000       872,469

7.625%, 04/15/31

        560,000       619,707

7.700%, 05/01/32

        365,000       405,535

Toro Co., The, 6.625%, 05/01/37

        6,810,000       7,029,248

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

        500,000       533,128

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

 

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Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 41.2% (continued)

    

U.S. Steel Corp.,

    

6.050%, 06/01/17

   $ 2,115,000     $ 1,987,747

6.650%, 06/01/37

     1,220,000       1,088,294

Union Pacific Corp., 5.375%, 06/01/33

     2,525,000       2,212,529

United Airlines, Inc., 6.636%, 07/02/22

     18,640,000       17,614,800

United States Steel Corp., 7.000%, 02/01/18

     22,850,000       22,697,179

USG Corp, 6.300%, 11/15/16

     1,410,000       1,273,784

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

     3,665,000       3,707,554

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

     11,400,000 2     11,151,184

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

     845,000       728,280

Verizon New York, Inc., Series B, 7.375%, 04/1/32

     3,090,000       3,392,347

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

     4,160,000       4,171,340

Vondafone Group PLC,

    

5.000%, 09/15/15

     4,465,000       4,303,282

6.150%, 02/27/37

     16,500,000       16,295,730

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.750%, 03/15/23

     515,000       487,962

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

     1,565,000       1,562,878

Wellpoint, Inc., 6.375%, 06/15/37

     13,650,000       13,409,200

Western Union Co., 6.200%, 11/17/36

     12,735,000       12,222,760

White Pine Hydro LLC,

    

6.310%, 07/10/17 (a) 5

     1,700,000       1,779,917

6.960%, 07/10/37 (a) 5

     1,645,000       1,701,409

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

     1,000,000       1,075,000

XTO Energy, Inc.,

    

6.100%, 04/01/36

     190,000       185,482

6.750%, 08/01/37

     2,770,000       2,971,185

Total Industrial

       833,123,067

Utility - 5.0%

    

Bruce Mansfield Unit 1 2, 6.850%, 06/01/34

     10,805,000       11,130,447

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., The, 5.950%, 12/15/36

     6,910,000       6,323,099

Commonwealth Edison,

    

4.700%, 04/15/15

     1,465,000       1,379,905

5.875%, 02/01/33

     5,000,000       4,637,695

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

     1,675,000 2     1,544,621

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

     740,000       691,568

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

     300,000 2     346,091

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

     2,900,000       3,229,510

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

     225,000       243,828

ITC Holdings Corp.,

    

5.875%, 09/30/16 (a)

     2,410,000       2,416,437

6.375%, 09/30/36 (a)

     3,605,000       3,472,844

Mackinaw Power LLC, 6.296%, 10/31/23 (a)

     10,091,565       10,801,002

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

     3,825,000       3,732,699

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

 

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Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Utility - 5.0% (continued)

       

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.,

       

5.875%, 10/01/12

      $ 750,000     $ 777,365

6.125%, 04/01/36

        2,305,000 2     2,299,509

6.500%, 09/15/37

        6,450,000       6,735,645

NiSource Finance Corp.,

       

6.150%, 03/01/13

        1,250,000       1,288,592

6.400%, 03/15/18

        31,155,000       31,084,933

ONEOK, Inc., 6.000%, 06/15/35

        4,010,000       3,607,837

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

        2,000,000       2,324,956

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

        2,390,000       2,227,095

Total Utility

          100,295,678

Total Corporate Bonds (cost $ 1,292,556,071)

          1,304,031,442

Foreign Government Obligations - 6.0%

       

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

   CAD      168,269       180,696

Brazil, Republic of,

       

10.250%, 01/10/28

   BRL      5,500,000 2     2,966,292

12.500%, 01/05/22

   BRL      5,160,000       3,232,247

Canada Government,

       

4.250%, 09/01/08

   CAD      25,410,000       25,797,476

4.250%, 12/01/08

   CAD      820,000       833,584

Canada Housing Trust, 4.100%, 12/15/08

   CAD      3,340,000       3,387,243

Canadian Government Bond, 5.750%, 06/01/33

   CAD      2,145,000       2,733,438

EUROFIMA, 10.000%, 11/03/08

   ISK      50,700,000       782,748

European Investment Bank,

       

4.600%, 01/30/37 (a)

   CAD      7,270,000       7,209,966

6.687%, 03/10/21 4

   AUD      5,000,000       1,843,484

11.393%, 09/12/08 (a) 4

   BRL      13,323,060       6,926,285

Inter-American Development Bank,

       

6.000%, 12/15/17

   NZD      4,215,000       2,914,395

14.401%, 05/11/09 4

   BRL      6,500,000       3,021,770

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

   MXN      141,360,000       12,699,255

Mexican Government, 9.000%, 12/20/12

   MXN      54,500,000       5,194,685

New South Wales Treasury Corp.,

       

Series 10RG, 7.000%, 12/01/10

   AUD      15,465,000       13,481,052

Series 12RG, 6.000%, 05/01/12

   AUD      7,990,000       6,687,343

Nordic Investment Bank, 13.000%, 09/12/08

   ISK      479,800,000       7,548,468

Queensland Treasury Corp.,

       

7.125%, 09/18/17 (a)

   NZD      7,500,000       5,619,523

Series 11G, 6.000%, 06/14/11

   AUD      10,250,000       8,671,969

Total Foreign Government Obligations (cost $ 111,147,831)

          121,731,919

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

 

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Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 23.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 0.0%#

       

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

      $ 192,304     $ 188,981

Federal National Mortgage Association - 0.5%

       

FNMA, 2.290%, 02/19/09

   SGD      3,800,000       2,627,564

FNMA, 4.000%, 10/01/18

        8,472,030       8,153,494

FNMA, 6.000%, 07/01/29

        19,757       20,205

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

          10,801,263

U.S. Treasury Bonds - 13.0%

       

USTB, 4.500%, 02/15/36

        77,990,000 2     78,386,033

USTB, 5.375%, 02/15/31

        163,160,000 2     183,822,745

Total U.S. Treasury Bonds

          262,208,778

U.S. Treasury Notes - 9.8%

       

USTN, 4.250%, 11/15/17

        10,000,000       10,174,220

USTN, 4.500%, 09/30/11

        32,500,000 2     33,906,632

USTN, 4.625%, 11/30/08

        63,500,000 2     64,278,891

USTN, 4.750%, 02/15/37

        84,810,000 2     88,758,924

Total U.S. Treasury Notes

          197,118,667

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $ 434,340,413)

          470,317,689

Municipal Bonds - 1.2%

       

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Asset-A-2, 5.875%, 06/01/47

        5,035,000       4,802,433

MI Tobacco Settlement, 7.309%, 06/01/34

        3,210,000       3,020,161

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., 6.706%, 06/01/46

        19,540,000       16,960,134

Total Municipal Bonds (cost $ 27,580,068)

          24,782,728

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.2%

       

Bank of America-First Union, Series 2001, 5.464%, 04/11/37

        1,500,000       1,533,521

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

        3,172,279       3,080,052

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $ 4,520,498)

          4,613,573

Asset-Backed Securities - 0.2%

       

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

        126,419       125,607

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

        3,225,000       3,017,500

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $ 2,917,166)

          3,143,107
          Shares      
Preferred Stocks - 1.9%        

Comcast Corp. Series B, 7.000%

        207,547       4,657,355

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 4.750%

        482       37,009

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 5.560%

        100       8,641

FHLMC, 8.375%

        380,697       9,955,227

FNMA, 8.250%

        765,000       19,698,749

Newell Financial Trust I, 5.250%

        84,628       3,861,152

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 3.600%

        3,946       280,659

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $ 36,985,317)

          38,498,792

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

 

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Security Description

   Shares    Value  

Other Investment Companies - 26.0% 1

     

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

   504,438,175    $ 504,438,175  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   22,161,773      22,161,773  

Total Other Investment Companies (cost $ 526,599,948)

        526,599,948  

Total Investments - 123.3% (cost $ 2,436,647,312)

        2,493,719,198  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (23.3)%

        (470,828,623 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 2,022,890,575  

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

Based on the cost of investments of $2,437,730,979 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2007, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $84,098,660 and $28,110,441, respectively, resulting in a net unrealized appreciation of investments of $55,988,219.

 

(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 qualified buyers. At December 31, 2007, the value of these securities amounted to $158,136,273 or 7.8% of net assets.

1

Yield shown for an investment company represents the December 31, 2007, 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, 2007, amounting to $491,137,427 or 24.3% of net assets.

3

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

4

Represents yield to maturity at December 31, 2007.

5

Security is illiquid: A security not readily convertible into cash such as a stock, bond or commodity that is not actively traded, and would be difficult to sell in a current sale. The Fund may not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. All securities are valued by an independent pricing agent.

6

Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2007. Date in parenthesis represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.

7

Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2007 and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.

#

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

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
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):

 

AUD:

  Australian Dollar

BRL:

  Brazilian Real

CAD:

  Canadian Dollar

GBP:

  British Pound

IDR:

  Indonesian Rupiah

ISK:

  Icelandic Krona

KRW:

  South Korean Won

MXN:

  Mexican Peso

MYR:

  Malaysian Ringgit

NZD:

  New Zealand Dollar

SGD:

  Singapore Dollar

THB:

  Thailand Baht

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

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2007

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value (including securities on loan valued at $491,137,427)*

   $ 2,493,719,198  

Foreign currency**

     6,855  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     8,893,802  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     29,015,495  

Prepaid expenses

     73,224  
        

Total assets

     2,531,708,574  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable to affiliate

     21,064  

Payable to Custodian

     227,337  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     1,933,564  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     504,438,175  

Payable for investments purchased

     447,824  

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     1,043,667  

Administrative fees

     417,467  

Other

     288,901  
        

Total liabilities

     508,817,999  
        

Net Assets

   $ 2,022,890,575  
        

Shares outstanding

     79,824,361  
        

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 25.34  
        

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,966,336,434  

Undistributed net investment loss

     (360,997 )

Accumulated net realized loss from investments and foreign currency transactions

     (176,206 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency contracts and translations

     57,091,344  
        

Net Assets

   $ 2,022,890,575  
        

 

*       Investments at cost

   $ 2,436,647,312  

**     Foreign currency at cost

   $ 2,801  

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

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2007

 

 

Investment Income:

  

Interest income

   $ 81,012,062  

Dividend income

     3,241,157  

Securities lending fees

     1,341,331  
        

Total investment income

     85,594,550  
        

Expenses:

  

Investment management fees

     9,063,151  

Administrative fees

     3,625,260  

Transfer agent

     737,961  

Custodian

     282,414  

Professional fees

     261,280  

Reports to shareholders

     177,952  

Registration fees

     128,539  

Trustees fees and expenses

     81,001  

Miscellaneous

     47,786  
        

Total expenses before offsets

     14,405,344  
        

Expense reimbursement

     (25,818 )

Expense reductions

     (23,495 )
        

Net expenses

     14,356,031  
        

Net investment income

     71,238,519  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     2,394,752  

Net realized gain on foreign currency contracts and transactions

     1,686,667  

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     32,078,455  

Net unrealized appreciation of foreign currency contracts and translations

     454,290  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     36,614,164  
        

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ 107,852,683  
        

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

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

     2007     2006  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 71,238,519     $ 26,026,961  

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

     4,081,419       (941,142 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     32,532,745       19,897,379  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     107,852,683       44,983,198  
                

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net investment income

     (73,131,848 )     (27,271,077 )

From net realized gain on investments

     (379,319 )     —    
                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (73,511,167 )     (27,271,077 )
                

From Capital Share Transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     1,324,679,881       569,632,303  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     69,605,331       25,707,360  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (312,512,299 )     (132,723,734 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     1,081,772,913       462,615,929  
                

Total increase in net assets

     1,116,114,429       480,328,050  
                

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     906,776,146       426,448,096  
                

End of year

   $ 2,022,890,575     $ 906,776,146  
                

End of year undistributed net investment loss

   $ (360,997 )   $ (299,283 )
                

Share Transactions:

    

Sale of shares

     53,069,813       23,240,946  

Reinvested shares

     2,793,409       1,054,166  

Shares repurchased

     (12,544,877 )     (5,476,071 )
                

Net increase in shares

     43,318,345       18,819,041  
                

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 Bond Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 24.84     $ 24.11     $ 24.58     $ 24.58     $ 23.44  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     1.22 5     1.08       0.88       0.80       1.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.49 5     0.75       (0.32 )     0.30       1.40  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.71       1.83       0.56       1.10       2.48  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (1.21 )     (1.10 )     (0.88 )     (0.93 )     (1.11 )

Net realized gain on investments

     (0.00 )4     —         (0.15 )     (0.17 )     (0.23 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.21 )     (1.10 )     (1.03 )     (1.10 )     (1.34 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 25.34     $ 24.84     $ 24.11     $ 24.58     $ 24.58  
                                        

Total Return 1

     7.06 %     7.79 %3     2.29 %     5.14 %     10.77 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     0.99 %     1.02 %     1.02 %     1.06 %     1.09 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     4.91 %     4.52 %     3.36 %     3.65 %     4.50 %

Portfolio turnover

     21 %     46 %     26 %     16 %     73 %

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

   $ 2,022,891     $ 906,776     $ 426,448     $ 259,210     $ 179,641  
                                        

 

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 1(c) to the Notes to Financial Statements.)

3

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

4

Rounds to less than $0.01.

5

Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2007

 

 

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 Bond Fund (“the Fund”).

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 and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund 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. The Fund’s investments are generally valued based on market quotations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. Under certain circumstances, the value of each Fund’s 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 has 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 a 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. Futures contracts for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the settlement price as of the close of the futures exchange. 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. Investments in certain mortgage-backed, stripped mortgage-backed, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities 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 and various relationships between securities and yield to maturity in determining value. 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.

 

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, as required, 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 has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York (“BNY”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% 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 the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the custodian expense was reduced by $2,156.

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, 2007, the Fund had no overdraft fees.

The Trust also has a balance credit arrangement with its Transfer Agent, PFPC Inc., whereby earnings credits are used to offset banking charges. For the year end December 31, 2007, the transfer agent expense was reduced by $21,339.

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 daily and paid monthly. 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,

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

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, options, futures 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 years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:

 

     2007    2006

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 73,139,824    $ 27,271,077

Short-term capital gains

     —        —  

Long-term capital gains

     371,343      —  
             
   $ 73,511,167    $ 27,271,077
             

As a % of distributions paid: (unaudited)

     

Qualified ordinary income

     —        —  

Ordinary income—dividends received deduction

     —        —  
             

 

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.

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, 2007, 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. 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, 2007, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Fund as follows: 2 own collectively 38%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Fund 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 Fund does 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 Fund. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisors for the Fund (subject to Trustee approval), allocates assets among subadvisors and monitors the subadvisors’ investment programs and results. The Fund’s investment portfolio is currently managed by a portfolio manager who serves pursuant to a Subadvisory Agreement with the Investment Manager.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. The annual investment management fee rate, as a percentage of average daily net assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, was 0.625%.

Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”), an independently managed subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”) and the investment manager for the Fund, has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2008, to waive fees and pay or reimburse expenses to the extent that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund exceed 0.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

In general, for a period of up to three years from the time of any waiver or payment pursuant to the Fund’s contractual expense limitation, the Investment Manager may recover from the Fund fees waived and expenses paid to the extent that the Fund’s total operating expenses do not exceed the contractual expense limitation percentages of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund made such repayments to the Investment Manager in the amount of $50,420. At December 31, 2007, the cumulative amount of expense reimbursement for the Fund was $329,735.

The Trust has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which the Investment Manager 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. For its services, the Administrator is paid a fee at a rate of 0.25% per annum.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

Prior to July 1, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee was $55,000, plus $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. Effective July 1, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $65,000, plus $4,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated amongst all of the Funds for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $15,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Independent Chairman received an additional payment of $10,000 per year). The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $5,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional payment of $2,000 per year). The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents 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. The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter for each Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). 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. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, were $1,004,344,884 and $42,980,339, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, were $349,753,141 and $251,318,644, respectively.

 

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 made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

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

The net asset value 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 the Fund’s net asset value as if the Fund had created a degree of leverage in its portfolio. However, if the 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

The Fund may invest in forward foreign currency exchange contracts to manage currency exposure. These investments may involve greater market risk than the amounts disclosed in the Fund’s 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.

The Fund, 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.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

9. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (“FIN 48”).” FIN 48 applies to all registered investment companies and establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (through tax years ended December 31, 2004 - 2007) and has concluded that as of December 31, 2007, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, Fund Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next twelve months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Fund.

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 Fund’s 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 2007 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, Managers Bond Fund designates $371,343, as long-term capital gains for the taxable year ended December 31, 2007.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of Managers Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule 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 position of Managers Bond Fund, (one of the series constituting The Managers Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Fund”), at December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 20, 2008

 

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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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Kilboy & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); 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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Associates, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-Present); Partner, TRS Associates (2007-Present).

 

* 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 32 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).

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth, Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Christine C. Carsman, 4/2/52

 

•        Secretary since 2004

   Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and 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).

Donald S. Rumery, 5/29/58

 

•        Chief Financial Officer since 2007

 

•        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); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present).

Keitha L. Kinne, 5/16/58

 

• Chief Operating Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006); Senior Vice President, Prudential Investments (1999-2004).

 

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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

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    SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES
Rexiter Capital Management Limited    PORTFOLIO
   Skyline Asset Management, L.P.
ESSEX GROWTH   
ESSEX LARGE CAP GROWTH    SMALL CAP
ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH    TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH
Essex Investment Management Co., LLC    TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH
   TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC
FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY   
FQ U.S. EQUITY    SMALL COMPANY
First Quadrant, L.P.    Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
   Kalmar Investment Advisers, Inc.
INSTITUTIONAL MICRO-CAP   
MICRO-CAP    SPECIAL EQUITY
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC    Donald Smith & Co., Inc.
WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.    Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.    Skyline Asset Management, L.P.
Next Century Growth Investors, LLC    Smith Asset Management Group, LP
   Veredus Asset Management LLC
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY    Westport Asset Management, Inc.
Alliance Bernstein L.P.   
Lazard Asset Management, LLC    SYSTEMATIC VALUE
Wellington Management Company, LLP    SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE
   Systematic Financial Management, L.P.
CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS   
MID-CAP    VALUE
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC    Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.
   Osprey Partners Investment Management, LLC
REAL ESTATE SECURITIES   
Urdang Securities Management, Inc.   

 

MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG BALANCED FUNDS

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC
GLOBAL
Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.
Alliance Bernstein L.P.
First Quadrant, L.P.
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 FINRA.

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 Fund files 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 1-800-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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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2007

Managers Value Fund

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Managers Small Company Fund

Managers International Equity Fund

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Managers Global Bond Fund

Managers Money Market Fund

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The Managers Funds

 

Annual Report — December 31, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

   1

ABOUT YOUR FUNDS’ EXPENSES

   3
INVESTMENT MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS   

Managers Value Fund

   4

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   9

Managers Small Company Fund

   15

Managers International Equity Fund

   23

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   33

Managers Global Bond Fund

   40

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

   50

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   51

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

  

Statements of Operations

   53

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

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   55

Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past two years

  

MANAGERS MONEY MARKET FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   57

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

  

Statements of Operations

   57

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

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   58

Detail of changes in Fund assets for the past three periods

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   58

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

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   62

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

   69

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

   70

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 Shareholder:

Financial markets became increasingly unsettled as 2007 progressed, beginning with a brief but strong correction in February and then escalating in June when revelations of significant losses from sub-prime mortgage lending and related structured securities started a domino run that has affected the global economy. While the economy gained strength in the early part of the year, in spite of housing weakness, a liquidity crisis initiated by the spreading weakness in sub-prime mortgage loans increased uncertainty about its sustainability. Bonds of all credit quality and duration became unusually volatile, and credit spreads, having been extremely slim, widened dramatically, raising the cost of capital for many borrowers. Naturally the equity markets followed suit and became more volatile as the rising cost of capital pressured corporate profitability, penalized leverage, and hindered merger and acquisition activity.

As has been well documented in the financial press, the broad deterioration in residential housing prices, combined with gradually rising interest rates, put severe stress on low credit-quality (sub-prime) borrowers. Rising defaults pushed several mortgage lenders and leveraged sub-prime mortgage investors toward bankruptcy, and catalyzed a swift and broad flight from various forms of investment risk over the year. These revelations began creating serious liquidity problems in the credit markets late in the second quarter and have been the root of uncertainty and market volatility ever since.

A rapid and at times seemingly indiscriminate flight from risk created unusual patterns of volatility within the bond market. Credit spreads widened significantly beginning in July, as Moody’s and S&P downgraded hundreds of securities, and price moves forced leveraged investors to raise cash any way they could. Since much of the leverage had been funded with short-term debt, the short end of the yield curve bore the brunt of the liquidity crisis. The typically docile commercial paper market seized as demand dried up, and short-term Treasury yields vacillated between 2.9% and 4.9% as investors raced to safety, causing a dislocation in prices. Since then, as the Federal Reserve pumped liquidity into the system and aggressively lowered policy rates, short-term yields have dropped dramatically and the treasury yield curve has steepened. Yet, credit spreads have continued to expand as investment grade yields have not dropped along with treasuries and non-investment grade (Junk) yields have continued to rise. This is because dominoes have continued to fall as large financial institutions continue to discover weaknesses in their portfolios and write billions of dollars off of their balance sheets.

After rallying strongly off of a February trough, the stock market followed the lead of the credit markets by trading sharply down during the liquidity crisis in July, then recovering from late August through October. Not surprisingly, small- and mid-cap stocks reacted more during the price declines, and underperformed large-cap stocks during the year. Interestingly, however, growth indices, which would normally react poorly to a rise in interest rates or a liquidity squeeze, significantly outperformed value indices during the period. We believe this was due to in part to a reversion to the mean since value indices had outperformed growth indices for an extended period of time, and also to technical supply/demand effects brought on by the liquidity crisis. Importantly, we believe this was also the result of extreme weakness in the financials sector, which has a dominant role in most value indices. Stocks recovered in late August and throughout October, as a result of an infusion of liquidity by the Federal Reserve, but corrected again in November and December with evidence mounting that the economy was slowing, and stock investors expressed disappointment that the Fed was not acting even more aggressively, while revelations of subprime losses continued to emanate from financial companies.

Within this environment, six out of the seven Funds represented in this report provided positive returns for the year. The Managers International Equity Fund returned 14.86% for the year, while its benchmark the MSCI EAFE Index, returned 11.17%. The Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund provided a strong nominal return of 29.55% during the year, but trailed its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which returned 39.78%. Conversely, Managers Value Fund returned -7.77% for the year, while its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, returned -0.17%. Detailed reviews of the performance and positioning of all seven of the Funds are included within this report.

Our fear that the credit crisis would extend into 2008 has been realized, as lingering credit problems and further revelations of losses by large financial institutions are hindering not only the financial markets, but the economy as well. The increasing possibility that the economy will slide

 

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into recession has driven volatility higher, and stock prices lower. The Federal Reserve has been increasingly aggressive in easing rates, and although we think the risk of recession has increased, we still believe that portions of the U.S. and global economies remain healthy. Although foreign and emerging markets economies are by no means decoupled from U.S. impact, they have become increasingly diversified with respect to trading partners, and have increasingly healthy reserves. In sum, we continue to believe that investors should maintain their portfolios with allocations near their long-run targets, rebalance if necessary and take full advantage of opportunities to participate in the growth of the global economy.

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

The following report covers the year ending December 31, 2007. Should you have any questions about this report, or if you’d like to receive a Prospectus and additional information, including fees and expenses, for this or any of the other Funds in our family, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-835-3879, or visit our website at www.managersinvest.com. As always, please read the Prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

If you are curious about how you can better diversify your investment program, visit the Knowledge Center on our Web site and view our articles in the investment strategies section. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds.

Sincerely,

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John H. Streur

Senior Managing Partner

Managers Investment Group LLC

 

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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 to the right 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 to the right 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, 2007

   Expense Ratio
for the Period
    Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2007
   Ending
Account Value
12/31/2007
   Expenses Paid
During the
Period*

Managers Value Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.17 %   $ 1,000    $ 873    $ 5.52

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.17 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 5.96

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.22 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,058    $ 6.33

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.22 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.21

Managers Small Company Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.34 %   $ 1,000    $ 982    $ 6.69

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.34 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 6.82

Managers International Equity Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.51 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,047    $ 7.79

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.51 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,018    $ 7.68

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.79 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,113    $ 9.53

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.79 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,016    $ 9.10

Managers Global Bond Fund

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   1.19 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,071    $ 6.21

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   1.19 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,019    $ 6.06

Managers Money Market Fund 1

          

Based on Actual Fund Return

   0.39 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,004    $ 2.78

Based on Hypothetical 5% Annual Return

   0.39 %   $ 1,000    $ 1,022    $ 2.80

 

* 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 Managers Value Fund (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 within the same range as companies represented in the Russell 1000® Value Index, the Fund’s benchmark.

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 tap the market’s 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.

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

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 flow or asset value analysis determines that the 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 with 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 financial modeling, including an analysis of the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow 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 flow

 

   

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 financial plans for the company

 

   

Estimating the stock’s intrinsic value and purchasing 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, LLC

As traditional value investors, the investment team at Osprey Partners Investment Management, LLC (“Osprey”) seeks to identify undervalued stocks with low price-to-earnings and price-to-cash flow 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 from, among other things, increases in the price-to-earnings ratio.

The ideal company exhibits many of the following traits:

 

   

Low debt-to-capital ratios

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

   

Low price/cash flows

 

   

Low price/book values

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 two years or more.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

For the year 2007, the Managers Value Fund depreciated -7.77% compared with a return of -0.17% for the Russell 1000® Value Index. Through the first three quarters of 2007 the Fund had modestly appreciated (+3.57%) and modestly trailed the Russell 1000® Value Index (+5.97%) by 140 basis points (1.40%). Fund performance was spurred by the technology holdings and by Armstrong Shaw’s decision to avoid the struggling financials sector. Nokia, First Data, Chevron, Transocean, and Ingersoll-Rand were some of the biggest contributors during the first nine months of 2007.

Unfortunately, the fourth quarter of 2007 was a different story, and the Portfolio struggled on an absolute and relative basis. The Fund’s holdings in the financials sector were the main detractor as the subprime crisis unraveled, larger-than-expected write-downs were reported by many large financial institutions, and the economic outlook for 2008 weakened. Overall, this sector fell -15.62% during the fourth quarter and was by far the worst-performing sector within the Russell 1000® Value Index. Armstrong Shaw’s decision to avoid the financials sector was beneficial to relative performance, but Osprey’s overweight and the few financials Armstrong Shaw held markedly depreciated. More specifically, MBIA (-69.10%), Citigroup (-36.03%), and Fannie Mae (-33.68%) were the three largest detractors during the fourth quarter and three of the biggest detractors during 2007. MBIA suffered severely from factors such as uncertainties surrounding its AAA rating, worries about ultimate insurance losses, and concomitant capital raising concerns. Fannie Mae was hurt as prime borrowers started feeling the effects of a struggling housing market in a number of Midwestern states, where the economic growth has been slow for some years, and more recently in California and Florida. Lastly, Citigroup fell sharply amid mortgage-related losses, management turmoil, and concerns about capital adequacy. As of December 31, 2007, all three positions remain in the Portfolio, as fourth quarter stock depreciation has all three at a substantial discount to fair market value. The financials sector may continue to struggle during the first part of 2008, but falling interest rates and attractive valuations have historically meant strong relative performance for this sector.

Fourth quarter difficulties were not isolated to the financials sector, as the Fund’s consumer discretionary positions also faltered. This was the second worst-performing sector within the Index as recession fears grew and the housing market continued to struggle. Both subadvisors felt this sector was attractive from a valuation perspective, and thus the Fund was hurt by a bottom-up driven overweight throughout 2007. Fund positioning also hurt performance as Comcast (-24.37%), Jarden (-23.69%), and J.C. Penney (-30.38%) were a substantial drag on performance. The Portfolio still remains overweight this sector on expectations of continued easing by the Federal Reserve and the belief that the consumer will continue to be resilient.

LOOKING FORWARD

After a difficult fourth quarter and rampant uncertainty about what 2008 will hold, both subadvisors believe attractive value opportunities still exist.

Armstrong Shaw

The economic backdrop for 2008 looks challenging as the economy is slowing, corporate profits are declining, and unemployment is at a two-year high. We expect global growth to slow but remain stronger than U.S. growth. While rising energy and other commodity prices are providing inflationary pressures, a slowdown in emerging markets, particularly China, could ease these pressures and signal a change in sector leadership. We believe that valuation is reasonable and stocks are more attractive than bonds, with the S&P 500 trading at a 6.8% earnings yield vs. a 3.9% yield for bonds. We believe it will be a year of volatile markets and continued Fed easing. The second half of 2008, in our opinion, has more return potential as the benefits of policy easing in the U.S. and developed markets take effect. Our Portfolio will continue to be weighted toward less economically sensitive stocks and will emphasize high-quality companies with diverse revenue streams. Although we are significantly underweight in financials, we may opportunistically add to our exposure based on continued weakness and potential evidence that the worst of the credit problems are behind us.

Osprey Partners

As we enter the New Year, we are encouraged by the Fed’s apparent realization that perhaps it is behind the easing curve in the current environment. It is fairly amazing to us that the Fed has stayed with its relatively restrictive monetary policy considering the weakness in the housing market and the severity and speed with which the credit crunch developed. While easing short-term rates to more appropriate levels will not immediately alleviate the above problems, it will likely slow the downward trends and help avoid the many contagion effects that could possibly result from a continued restrictive stance. Looking ahead, we believe that much of the ground that was lost in the fourth quarter can be regained as the Fed embarks on its new path. We believe that liquidity should return, the economy should continue to grow, and consumers will regain their footing and confidence. We have continued to add to many of our financial stocks in this current downturn, as we believe they will benefit most from the Fed’s actions, and since many of these stocks present our best relative risk/reward profiles.

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

 

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 Russell 1000® Value Index is a large cap value index measuring the performance of the largest 1,000 U.S. incorporated companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 1000® Value Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. The Index assumes reinvestment of dividends. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Value Fund on December 31, 1997 to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 1000® Value Index. The chart is not intended to imply any future performance of the Fund. The graph and chart do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. Total Returns would have lower had certain expenses not been reduced. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The Russell 1000® Value Index is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company. Frank Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company.

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The table below shows the average annual total returns for the Managers Value Fund and the Russell 1000® Value Index since December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Managers Value Fund 2,3

   (7.77 )%   10.76 %   5.27 %   10/31/84

Russell 1000® Value Index

   (0.17 )%   14.63 %   7.68 %  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.

 

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Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

Portfolio Breakdown

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** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers Value
Fund**
    Russell 1000®
Value Index
 

Financials

   22.2 %   29.1 %

Energy

   12.1 %   16.5 %

Information Technology

   12.0 %   3.3 %

Industrials

   11.4 %   10.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

   11.1 %   7.2 %

Health Care

   10.1 %   7.3 %

Materials

   7.9 %   4.0 %

Consumer Staples

   5.4 %   8.8 %

Telecommunication Services

   4.0 %   6.5 %

Utilities

   1.7 %   6.7 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   2.1 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

ChevronTexaco Corp.*

   4.7 %

ConocoPhillips Co.*

   4.2  

American International Group, Inc.*

   4.0  

Bank of America Corp.*

   3.8  

Nokia Corp., Sponsored ADR*

   3.7  

Citigroup, Inc.*

   3.0  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   2.5  

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A.

   2.2  

Fannie Mae Co.*

   2.2  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR

   2.1  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   32.4 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers Value Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

     Shares     Value  

Common Stocks - 97.9%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 11.1%

    

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

   15,900     $ 1,271,523  

Comcast Corp., Special Class A*

   44,640       808,877  

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

   28,150 2     1,238,318  

Jarden Corp.*

   35,450       836,974  

Lowe’s Co., Inc.

   34,040       769,985  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.*

   35,550 2     516,186  

Time Warner Co., Inc.

   62,900       1,038,479  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

   21,602       508,943  

Total Consumer Discretionary

       6,989,285  

Consumer Staples - 5.4%

    

CVS Corp.

   31,640       1,257,690  

Kraft Foods, Inc.

   32,290       1,053,623  

Procter & Gamble Co.

   14,600       1,071,932  

Total Consumer Staples

       3,383,245  

Energy - 12.1%

    

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   7,910       641,501  

ChevronTexaco Corp.

   31,300       2,921,229  

ConocoPhillips Co.

   29,530       2,607,500  

Devon Energy Corp.

   10,860       965,563  

EL Paso Corp.

   25,710       443,240  

Total Energy

       7,579,033  

Financials - 22.2%

    

ACE, Ltd.

   21,050       1,300,469  

American Express Co.

   16,570       861,971  

American International Group, Inc.

   42,920       2,502,236  

Bank of America Corp.

   57,900       2,388,954  

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.

   11,220 2     990,165  

Citigroup, Inc.

   63,741       1,876,535  

Fannie Mae Co.

   33,800       1,351,324  

MBIA, Inc.

   43,900       817,857  

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

   20,800       1,116,544  

Wachovia Corp.

   19,000       722,570  

Total Financials

       13,928,625  

Health Care - 10.1%

    

Abbott Laboratories Co.

   16,650       934,898  

Covidien Ltd.

   18,815       833,316  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR

   26,000       1,310,140  

Johnson & Johnson

   11,410       761,047  

McKesson Corp.

   11,400       746,814  

Pfizer, Inc.

   32,300       734,179  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   17,540       1,020,828  

Total Health Care

       6,341,222  

Industrials - 11.4%

    

Emerson Electric Co.

   10,500       594,930  

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A.

   30,050 2     1,369,980  

General Electric Co.

   31,875       1,181,606  

Tyco International Ltd.

   22,325       885,186  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

   14,230 2     1,006,346  

United Technologies Corp.

   16,100       1,232,294  

Wesco International, Inc.*

   23,100       915,684  

Total Industrials

       7,186,026  

Information Technology - 12.0%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

   42,100       1,139,647  

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A*

   70,400       1,270,016  

International Business Machines Corp.

   9,280       1,003,168  

Nokia Corp., Sponsored ADR

   59,700       2,291,883  

Oracle Corp.*

   41,500       937,070  

Xerox Corp.*

   55,110       892,231  

Total Information Technology

       7,534,015  

Materials - 7.9%

    

Alcoa, Inc.

   26,920       983,926  

Cemex SAB de C.V.*

   31,955       826,037  

Dow Chemical Co.

   28,000       1,103,760  

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

   22,450 2     989,820  

PPG Industries, Inc.

   14,700       1,032,381  

Total Materials

       4,935,924  

Telecommunication Services - 4.0%

    

AT&T, Inc.

   22,100       918,476  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   36,200       1,581,578  

Total Telecommunication Services

       2,500,054  

Utilities - 1.7%

    

Exelon Corp.

   13,200       1,077,648  

Total Common Stocks

    

(cost $ 55,311,939)

       61,455,077  

Other Investment Companies - 10.2%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

   4,590,061       4,590,061  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   1,819,510       1,819,510  

Total Other Investment Companies

    

(cost $ 6,409,571)

       6,409,571  

Total Investments - 108.1%

    

(cost $ 61,721,510)

       67,864,648  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (8.1)%

       (5,085,150 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 62,779,498  

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

 

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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) gained 14.36%, outperforming the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which returned 11.81%.

REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: YEAR 2007

U.S. equities started strong in 2007 only to give back most of their gains in late February and early March. A number of events transpired to cause investors to reassess their risk tolerances, including worsening conditions among subprime mortgage lenders and weaker economic data. From mid-July to mid-August, stock prices around the world reacted violently to fears that continued distress in subprime lending would extend to other areas of credit. The Federal Reserve responded with a surprise 50 basis point (0.50%) cut in short-term interest rates, igniting a broad-based rebound in equity markets. The final quarter of the year opened on a positive note, with major indices rising to new highs. However, deteriorating credit conditions and record losses by several of the world’s largest financial institutions heightened recession fears, sending stocks lower. Markets stabilized toward the end of the year, supported by falling bond yields and liquidity infusions by central banks. Growth stocks of all sizes performed exceptionally well during the year, far outpacing their value counterparts. Slowing economic growth, lower interest rates, and strong relative earnings in key sectors were the chief contributors to investor preference for growth stocks in 2007.

Portfolio/Sector Commentary

Sector returns were mixed for the period, reflecting the market’s volatility. Further declines in housing activity coupled with evidence of spreading contagion from the subprime lending crisis weighed heavily on consumer discretionary and financial stocks. Investors gravitated to companies with significant international exposure, including energy and industrial commodities, as well as areas that are relatively immune to a slowdown in U.S. economic activity, such as health care and consumer staples. For most of 2007, the global growth theme dominated investor attention, with energy, technology, and capital goods the standout performers.

Consumer-spending-related stocks were among the hardest hit during the period, including retailers, restaurants, and leisure companies. Generally weak stock selection led to underperformance for the period. Rising gasoline prices, declining home values, and low savings rates are expected to restrain consumer spending over the next several quarters. Google Inc. was the standout performer for the sector. Google recently gained U.S. clearance to acquire DoubleClick, which should enhance Google’s position in the advertising market. Laureate Education Inc. was another positive performer. Those gains were offset by negative results from retail companies, including Kohl’s Corp., Tiffany & Co., and Coach Inc. A mild start to the winter season negatively affected Kohl’s. Weak demand for winter clothing combined with a decrease in holiday spending has caused the share price to fall. Tiffany, Coach, and other luxury retailers bore the brunt of fears of worsening consumer confidence. We have since liquidated both positions. We reduced our overall weighting in the consumer discretionary sector over the course of the year. We remain cautious on most of the consumer stocks and made few changes to our generally underweighted positions.

Overall, the energy sector outpaced the market for the period, with the majority of our equipment and services holdings advancing to new highs. Strong stock selection led to outperformance for the period. Schlumberger Ltd. was a significant contributor, and the company expects double-digit growth for the next few years. Southwestern Energy Co., a gas exploration and production company, was also additive to results. Southwestern announced a capital investment program dedicated to further developing its presence in the Arkoma Basin in 2008. This expansion should help improve company costs and productivity. We initiated several new positions during the year, including Chesapeake Energy and Peabody Energy, which were beneficial to the Fund. An increase in drilling activity should improve Chesapeake’s production volumes. In addition, energy stock valuations remain reasonable despite strong relative price returns over the last two years, suggesting further upside potential. Coal producers have started to limit production, which has driven favorable inventory trends and directly benefited Peabody. Looking into 2008, we expect energy costs to ease somewhat as U.S. economic growth cools. However, we continue to believe that oil prices are in a secular uptrend, as rising demand from emerging economies should outstrip global spare production capacity. Our bias remains on the energy services companies with large international operations as exploration budgets will expand further in 2008.

In health care, the Fund’s relative overweight in pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and services contributed to outperformance for the period, with notable returns from Gilead Sciences and Alcon Inc. Gilead’s positive performance was driven by strong HIV franchise sales as well as the upcoming rollout of the company’s Atripla product in Europe. Alcon continues to increase its industry market share with the introduction of three new intraocular lenses. Positive returns also came from CVS Caremark Corp. The merger of CVS and Caremark at the end of March created a very strong company with limited risk, and the resulting company is expected to increase profit margins due to improved buying of pharmaceuticals. Those strong performances were marginally affected by negative returns from Celgene Corp., Genentech Inc., and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Celgene’s stock retreated upon the lowered expectations for Revlimid, the company’s key growth product. It could be several quarters before investor confidence is restored; thus, we have fully liquidated our position. A mixed earnings report from Genentech weighed on the stock; however, 2008 could see major positive catalysts emerge including Phase III data for Avastin in adjuvant colorectal cancer. In the case of Vertex, data was released for products that may ultimately compete against its key pipeline product, Telaprevir, causing pressure on the stock. While election year debate over health care reform is an important risk to this sector in 2008, we remain overweighted, with a focus on companies that have innovative products or services for large and growing markets.

Returns for the technology sector were mixed; however, solid stock selection contributed to outperformance for the Fund. Research In Motion (RIMM) was the standout performer, as the company continued its market dominance in smart phones. RIMM should also be bolstered by an improving product cycle. Intel and NVIDIA were

 

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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

added during the second quarter, and both companies benefited from the strength in the PC market and contributed strong returns. Dell Inc. was a negative performer during the period, as its turnaround plan has been slow to progress and economic fears weighed on the stock. Brocade Communications Systems issued guidance that was consistent with expectations, but not considered to be extraordinary, which detracted from overall performance. In computer services, software, and systems companies, BEA Systems was the largest contributor. BEA has benefited from the rapid growth in business process management (BPM) technology, and the company has met client demand for a more efficient way to manage a business and the multiple processes that support it. During the fourth quarter, Oracle offered to purchase the company, which allowed the position to be sold at attractive prices. We modestly reduced our technology exposure in the Fund, taking profits in several holdings that had experienced substantial gains in the past year, which included liquidating our positions in BEA and SunPower Corp. In addition, we sense that corporations may be more cautious in their technology spending next year, particularly for the important retail and financial services sectors. Our emphasis remains on the faster growing areas of wireless communications, Internet services, and web-based software.

Aerospace, defense, and transportation stocks, including shipping and airline companies, experienced sharp declines in the fourth quarter, which minimally impacted Fund performance for the period. Deere & Co. was the most notable contributor in producer durables. The company acquired a small tractor company in southern China, which will increase Deere’s international presence. We expect Deere to benefit from the continuation of a strong agriculture cycle as well as from the new energy bill that was recently signed into law. Those gains were offset by disappointing results from General Cable, which has since been sold from the Fund. In materials, fertilizer companies were the standout contributors. Mosaic Co. is the largest fertilizer materials company in North America and benefits from limited capacity coupled with high demand for global grain. In addition, the phosphate cycle should remain strong for the next several years. Similar to phosphate, potash prices have increased due to strong global demand and a lack of capacity. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan has taken advantage of these market conditions and the company’s growth prospects should continue.

OUTLOOK: GROWTH STOCK LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE

During the last quarter of 2007, rising credit market strains from the subprime meltdown resulted in a marked change in investor sentiment concerning the direction of the economy and interest rates. We believe the U.S. will avoid a recession in 2008, but faces several quarters of sluggish growth. The bursting of the housing bubble and potentially lower energy costs should result, in our opinion, in an easing of inflation pressures, leaving the Federal Reserve enough runway to aggressively reduce interest rates in coming months. This should restore confidence in the financial markets and set the stage for renewed growth in the second half of 2008.

U.S. stocks may remain in a volatile trading range, as investors sort out the implications of a slowing domestic economy on corporate profits. We believe earnings will likely contract for finance and housing-related sectors, but should expand for others, including energy services, health care, segments of technology, and global industrials. What we believe is certain is that investors will continue to pay for growth, wherever it exists, resulting in sustained growth stock leadership.

 

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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth 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 Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 1000® Index with higher price-to book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 1000® Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization. Unlike the Fund, the Russell 1000® Growth 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, 1997, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 1000® 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. The Russell 1000® Growth Index is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company. Frank Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company.

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The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund and the Russell 1000® Index since December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund 2

   14.36 %   10.39 %   6.84 %   6/1/84

Russell 1000® Growth Index

   11.81 %   12.10 %   3.83 %  

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

Portfolio Breakdown

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** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers AMG
Essex Large Cap
Growth Fund**
    Russell 1000®
Growth Index
 

Information Technology

   30.8 %   28.3 %

Health Care

   18.4 %   15.9 %

Industrials

   9.9 %   13.0 %

Energy

   9.4 %   8.8 %

Consumer Staples

   7.9 %   10.3 %

Materials

   7.6 %   3.4 %

Consumer Discretionary

   7.2 %   11.2 %

Telecommunication Services

   3.5 %   0.7 %

Financials

   2.2 %   7.0 %

Utilities

   0.0 %   1.4 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   3.1 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Google, Inc.*

   5.0 %

Microsoft Corp.

   3.2  

Abbott Laboratories Co.

   3.1  

Peabody Energy Corp.

   3.1  

Intel Corp.

   2.9  

Mosaic Co.

   2.8  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

   2.8  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

   2.8  

Kohl’s Corp.*

   2.7  

Procter & Gamble Co.

   2.5  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   30.9 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

     Shares     Value  

Common Stocks - 96.9%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 7.2%

    

International Game Technology

   23,375 2   $ 1,026,864  

Kohl’s Corp.*

   30,397       1,392,183  

News Corp., Inc., Class A

   63,695       1,305,111  

Total Consumer Discretionary

       3,724,158  

Consumer Staples - 7.9%

    

Avon Products, Inc.

   18,584       734,626  

CVS Corp.

   33,092       1,315,407  

Hansen Natural Corp.*

   16,720 2     740,529  

Procter & Gamble Co.

   18,009       1,322,221  

Total Consumer Staples

       4,112,783  

Energy - 9.4%

    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

   21,379 2     838,057  

Peabody Energy Corp.

   25,763 2     1,588,044  

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   13,125       1,291,106  

Southwestern Energy Co.*

   20,464       1,140,254  

Total Energy

       4,857,461  

Financials - 2.2%

    

CME Group, Inc.

   1,657       1,136,702  

Health Care - 18.4%

    

Abbott Laboratories Co.

   28,295       1,588,764  

Alcon, Inc.

   5,363       767,124  

Baxter International, Inc.

   14,228       825,935  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*

   9,350 2     615,230  

Elan Corp., PLC -Sponsored ADR*

   23,266 2     511,387  

Genentech, Inc.*

   19,243       1,290,628  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

   31,635       1,455,526  

Hologic, Inc.*

   12,667 2     869,463  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

   1,857       602,596  

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*

   6,345       643,383  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   17,454 2     405,456  

Total Health Care

       9,575,492  

Industrials - 9.9%

    

AMR Corp.*

   43,597       611,666  

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

   20,366       1,230,921  

Deere & Co.

   6,235       580,603  

Foster Wheeler Ltd.*

   3,812       590,936  

General Electric Co.

   33,655       1,247,591  

Northwest Airlines Corp.*

   42,661       619,011  

Quanta Services, Inc.*

   9,821 2     257,703  

Total Industrials

       5,138,431  

Information Technology - 30.8%

    

Adobe Systems, Inc.*

   28,856 2     1,233,017  

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

   157,717       1,157,643  

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

   36,687       993,117  

Dell, Inc.*

   42,628       1,044,812  

Google, Inc.*

   3,752       2,594,432  

Intel Corp.

   55,852       1,489,014  

McAfee, Inc.*

   20,724       777,150  

Microsoft Corp.

   46,324       1,649,134  

Omniture, Inc.*

   27,724 2     922,932  

Oracle Corp.*

   57,223       1,292,095  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   27,148       1,068,274  

Seagate Technology

   20,591 2     525,070  

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.*

   34,970 2     1,239,337  

Total Information Technology

       15,986,027  

Materials - 7.6%

    

The Mosaic Co.*

   15,635       1,475,006  

Newmont Mining Limited

   20,530 2     1,002,480  

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

   10,126 2     1,457,739  

Total Materials

       3,935,225  

Telecommunication Services - 3.5%

    

American Tower Corp., Class A*

   17,696       753,850  

NII Holdings, Inc., Class B*

   21,753       1,051,105  

Total Telecommunication Services

       1,804,955  

Total Common Stocks

    

(cost $ 44,589,594)

       50,271,234  

Other Investment Companies - 25.3%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

   11,070,206       11,070,206  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   2,074,530       2,074,530  

Total Other Investment Companies

    

(cost $ 13,144,736)

       13,144,736  

Total Investments - 122.2%

    

(cost $ 57,734,330)

       63,415,970  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (22.2)%

       (11,539,647 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 51,876,323  

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 tap the market’s 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, Inc.

Kalmar Investment Advisers, Inc. (“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, 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, and 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, Inc.

Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (“Epoch”) 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 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 2000® 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 the basis of management quality, financial strength, nature of the business, and external factors

 

   

Develops an investment thesis outlining potential value creation 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

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

 

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Over the 12 months ended December 31, 2007, the Fund returned 9.13% compared to a loss of -1.57% for the Russell 2000® Index. Significant performance trend changes occurred within the stock market in 2007, and the last two quarters of the year were particularly difficult for small-cap stocks. Through the end of June, the Russell 2000® Index had appreciated 6.45%, but for various reasons during the last two quarters the Index returned -7.53%, and, as a result, core small-cap indices depreciated slightly for the year. Leadership within small-cap stocks shifted from the outset of the year in favor of growth stocks over value stocks. Similarly, after several years of progressively shrinking volatility and increasingly less discriminating markets that had accorded no stock price premium for higher business quality and greater growth, the reverse finally came back into play in 2007. Helped by these performance influences, but mostly driven by good portfolio decisions by both subadvisors, the Fund performed very well on an absolute and relative basis.

The Fund’s outperformance was primarily driven by strong stock performance across several economic sectors and a large underweight to financials. Stock performance was strongest in the energy, consumer discretionary, and industrials sectors. The consumer discretionary sector was the second worst-performing sector within the Russell 2000 ® Index and returned -15.08% during 2007. Conversely, the Small Company Fund’s positions in this sector appreciated 8.94%, and this differential was the main reason the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000® Index during 2007. Both subadvisors were able to identify strong companies at reasonable valuations that appreciated following positive business developments in what was an otherwise difficult economic sector. Consumer discretionary positions DeVry (+86.03%), GameStop (+125.4%), Service Corp Inter. (+38.45%), and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (+41.72%) all had strong calendar years and helped the Portfolio’s consumer discretionary allocation outperform. In particular, DeVry benefited from an acquisition completed during the fourth quarter and a 20% increase in its dividend.

Stock performance was also very strong in the industrials and energy sectors. The Fund’s positioning in both sectors significantly outpaced the Index’s and modest overweights were also additive. Atwood Oceanics (+104.70) and Ultra Petroleum (+49.77%) were the Fund’s best-performing positions within the energy sector, while EDO (+136.67%) and Chicago Bridge & Iron (+121.97) led the way in industrials. The Fund’s energy and industrials holdings performed well throughout 2007, but performed best on a relative basis as both sectors depreciated during the last six months of the year. This demonstrates both managers’ focus on bottom-up stock selection and confirms their ability to identify attractive securities in otherwise challenging economic markets and sectors.

Another major contributor to the Fund’s outperformance was the continuation of a substantial underweight to the financials sector, which was by far the worst-performing sector within the Russell 2000®Index. This underweight was driven by Kalmar’s continued avoidance of the financials sector and Epoch’s inability to find attractive investment opportunities within financials. Kalmar has consistently been underweight in this sector because of concerns over potential balance sheet risk in fast-growing financial service companies. While different reasoning drove the decision to underweight the sector, the Fund’s underweight was extremely beneficial as the subprime crisis unraveled and large write-downs raised uncertainty about what might lie ahead.

The abovementioned contributors were partially offset by poor performance within the information technology sector. Both sub-advisors found many attractive investment opportunities within the tech sector, but some of the Fund’s tech positions struggled during 2007. For example, Silicon Image (-64.47%), Powerwave Tech. (-37.52%), and Avocent (-31.14%) all depreciated as the Portfolio’s holdings fell (-1.52%) and the Index’s appreciated (3.52%). Other tech positions, such as Cypress Semiconductor (+113.57%) and Sapient (+60.47%), soared during 2007, but overall stock performance within this sector was a drag on performance. The Fund’s materials sector holdings also appreciated 11.30% during 2007, but trailed the Index’s which returned 26.30%.

Overall, strong stock performance across several sectors and an underweight to small-cap financials resulted in a very strong year for Managers Small Company Fund.

LOOKING FORWARD

Heading into 2008, the Fund is positioned with a familiar underweight to the financials sector and an equally common overweight to the information technology sector. Looking forward, Kalmar and Epoch are both cautious about what 2008 may hold, but feel the opportunity for strong relative, if not absolute, returns still exists. Kalmar’s guarded optimism is based on a belief that monetary policy will remain accommodative, and that slowing U.S. growth will be countered by higher world economic growth and a dollar at historically low levels. Furthermore, Kalmar is even more opportunistic about the second half of 2008 and 2009. Lastly, Epoch will continue to focus on companies generating free cash flow with the ability to increase shareholder yield, and feels 2008 will provide some excellent value opportunities, particularly after the market depreciation during the fourth quarter.

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

 

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 chart 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. The graph and chart 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. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced. The Russell 2000® Index is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company. Frank Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Company.

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, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Year     Since Inception*     Inception Date

Managers Small Company Fund 2,3

   9.13 %   15.34 %   3.61 %   6/19/00

Russell 2000® Index

   (1.57 )%   16.25 %   6.53 %  

 

* Commencement of operations was June 19, 2000.

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers Small
Company Fund**
    Russell 2000®
Index
 

Information Technology

   25.7 %   18.3 %

Health Care

   17.3 %   14.5 %

Industrials

   15.5 %   14.8 %

Consumer Discretionary

   12.6 %   13.6 %

Energy

   9.0 %   6.7 %

Financials

   4.3 %   19.1 %

Materials

   3.7 %   5.6 %

Consumer Staples

   3.3 %   3.0 %

Utilities

   2.0 %   3.0 %

Telecommunication Services

   1.0 %   1.4 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   5.6 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Service Corp. International*

   2.1 %

Respironics, Inc.

   1.4  

DeVry, Inc.*

   1.4  

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

   1.3  

Arbitron, Inc.

   1.3  

Kennametal, Inc.*

   1.2  

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

   1.2  

SonoSite, Inc.*

   1.1  

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

   1.1  

WABCO Holdings, Inc.

   1.1  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   13.2 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers Small Company Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 94.4%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 12.6%

    

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.*

   9,095     $ 79,399

Aaron Rents, Inc.

   2,335 2     44,925

Arbitron, Inc.

   9,150       380,366

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.*

   3,080       50,081

Charming Shoppes*

   12,650 2     68,436

DeVry, Inc.

   7,660       398,014

Fred’s, Inc.

   5,910       56,913

GameStop Corp.*

   4,870       302,476

Global Traffic Network, Inc.*

   4,250       27,710

Life Time Fitness, Inc.*

   4,535 2     225,299

LKQ Corp.*

   9,700 2     203,894

Multimedia Games, Inc.*

   24,920       207,833

NutriSystem, Inc.*

   5,550 2     149,739

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

   2,735       88,696

Service Corp. International

   44,650       627,331

Shuffle Master, Inc.*

   11,810       141,602

Tractor Supply Co.*

   5,050       181,497

Tupperware Brands Corp.

   4,500       148,635

WABCO Holdings, Inc.

   6,380       319,574

Total Consumer Discretionary

       3,702,420

Consumer Staples - 3.3%

    

Central European Distribution Corp.*

   4,081       237,024

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.*

   5,730       116,606

Longs Drug Stores Corp.

   4,720 2     221,840

Performance Food Group Co.*

   7,270       195,345

Sunopta, Inc.*

   11,920       159,132

Susser Holdings Corp.*

   2,110       43,255

Total Consumer Staples

       973,202

Energy - 9.0%

    

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.*

   2,120 2     212,509

Cal Dive International, Inc.*

   20,950 2     277,378

Clean Energy Fuels Corp.*

   4,280       64,799

Core Laboratories N.V.*

   1,590 2     198,305

Delta Petroleum Corp.*

   8,695       163,901

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.

   3,820       200,550

GMX Resources, Inc.*

   4,840       156,235

Niko Resources, Ltd.

   3,170       286,663

Parallel Petroleum Corp.*

   8,455       149,062

Seacor Holdings, Inc.*

   1,700       157,658

Tidewater, Inc.

   2,125       116,578

Ultra Petroleum Corp.*

   5,455       390,032

Warren Resources, Inc.*

   17,500       247,275

Total Energy

       2,620,945

Financials - 4.3%

    

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

   18,100       203,444

Flushing Financial Corp.

   7,300 2     117,165

National Financial Partners Corp.

   1,670 2     76,169

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.

   28,140       251,009

Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A

   12,050 2     137,370

Signature Bank*

   5,760       194,400

UMB Financial Corp.

   4,350       166,866

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.

   13,400 2     105,190

Total Financials

       1,251,613

Health Care - 17.3%

    

Analogic Corp.

   4,000       270,880

Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (I-A)*

   20,739       155,542

Bio-Reference Labs, Inc.*

   7,040       230,067

Cambrex Corp.

   20,310       170,198

Covance, Inc.*

   3,440       297,973

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.*

   4,350       116,014

Haemonetics Corp.*

   1,910 2     120,368

HealthExtras, Inc.*

   7,700       200,816

Healthways, Inc.*

   3,810 2     222,656

inVentiv Health, Inc.*

   6,750 2     208,980

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc.*

   4,690       263,484

IRIS International, Inc.*

   9,600       188,352

K-V Pharmaceutical Co., Class A*

   9,700 2     276,838

Landauer, Inc.

   1,080       55,998

LifeCell Corp.*

   4,610       198,737

Martek Biosciences Corp.*

   5,980       176,888

Omnicell, Inc.*

   5,740       154,578

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.*

   2,450       166,968

Phase Forward, Inc.*

   3,720       80,910

PSS World Medical, Inc.*

   9,345       182,882

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.*

   4,050 2     131,625

Resmed, Inc.*

   4,325 2     227,192

Respironics, Inc.*

   6,155       403,028

SonoSite, Inc.*

   10,000       336,700

Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.*

   8,050 2     246,974

Total Health Care

       5,084,648

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

 

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Managers Small Company Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

     Shares     Value

Industrials - 15.5%

    

Actuant Corp., Class A

   2,150 2   $ 73,122

Advisory Board Co., The*

   2,960       190,002

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.*

   3,000 2     341,280

American Ecology Corp.

   11,350       266,498

Carlisle Co., Inc.

   1,920       71,098

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.

   5,395       326,074

ChoicePoint, Inc.*

   2,995       109,078

Corrections Corp. of America*

   8,644       255,084

DRS Technologies, Inc.

   5,550       301,198

Duff & Phelps Corp., Class A*

   9,070       178,498

Encore Wire Corp.

   12,050       191,836

Healthcare Services Group

   6,480       137,246

Hexcel Corp.*

   7,380 2     179,186

ICT Group, Inc.*

   7,680       91,776

IHS, Inc., Class A*

   3,680       222,861

InnerWorkings, Inc.*

   6,770       116,850

Kennametal, Inc.

   9,160       346,798

Mobile Mini, Inc.*

   7,875       146,002

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Class A

   4,790       193,851

Polypore International, Inc.*

   7,730       135,275

Telefl ex, Inc.

   3,450       217,384

Tetra Technologies, Inc.*

   9,610       206,615

URS Corp.*

   2,039       110,779

UTI Worldwide, Inc.

   7,620       149,352

Total Industrials

       4,557,743

Information Technology -25.7%

    

Actuate Corp.*

   29,950       232,712

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

   8,750       136,062

ANSYS, Inc.*

   5,910       245,029

Arris Group, Inc.*

   17,840       178,043

ATMI, Inc.*

   7,145       230,426

Avocent Corp.*

   7,050 2     164,336

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

   7,875       139,624

Concur Technologies, Inc.*

   3,210       116,234

Constant Contact, Inc.

   3,710 2     79,765

CyberSource Corp.*

   12,560       223,191

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.*

   4,640       167,179

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.*

   5,840 2     195,465

Diebold, Inc.

   6,050       175,329

Digital River, Inc.*

   1,600 2     52,912

Diodes, Inc.*

   3,172       95,382

DivX, Inc.*

   4,340       60,760

DTS, Inc.*

   10,710       273,855

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

   5,450       145,242

Fair Isaac Corp.

   7,850 2     252,378

FEI Co.*

   5,560       138,055

Harmonic, Inc.*

   8,550       89,604

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

   2,710       72,628

Hypercom Corp.*

   44,870       223,453

Insight Enterprises, Inc.*

   10,875       198,360

Ixia, Inc.*

   6,790       64,369

Macrovision Corp.*

   10,350 2     189,716

Microsemi Corp.*

   6,930 2     153,430

MPS Group, Inc.*

   10,190       111,479

Napco Security Systems, Inc.*

   21,150       132,188

NICE Systems, Ltd.*

   4,700       161,304

Online Resources Corp.*

   4,355       51,912

OPNET Technologies, Inc.*

   3,345       30,306

Polycom, Inc.*

   7,155       198,766

Powerwave Technologies, Inc.*

   46,620       187,879

Progress Software Corp.*

   5,125       172,610

RightNow Technologies, Inc.*

   6,350       100,648

Rogers Corp.*

   3,705       160,686

Sapient Corp.*

   33,790       297,690

Silicon Image, Inc.*

   46,990       212,395

SkillSoft PLC*

   10,110       96,652

Solera Holdings, Inc.*

   8,250       204,435

Sybase, Inc.*

   11,650       303,948

Symmetricom, Inc.*

   8,880       41,825

Tessera Technologies, Inc.*

   5,360       222,976

THQ, Inc.*

   11,200       315,728

Valueclick, Inc.*

   8,410       184,179

Volterra Semiconductor Corp.*

   6,360 2     70,151

Total Information Technology

       7,551,296

Materials - 3.7%

    

Albemarle Corp.

   5,230 2     215,738

Hercules, Inc.

   8,900 2     172,215

Methanex Corp.

   4,075       112,470

Nalco Holding Co.

   5,900       142,662

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

   3,150       81,616

Sensient Technologies Corp.

   2,770       78,336

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

   5,540       287,748

Total Materials

       1,090,785

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

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

     Shares     Value  

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

    

Cbeyond, Inc.*

   2,540     $ 99,035  

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

   2,380       70,662  

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.*

   7,200       112,176  

Total Telecommunication Services

       281,873  

Utilities - 2.0%

    

Vectren Corp.

   10,050 2     291,550  

Westar Energy, Inc.

   11,350       294,419  

Total Utilities

       585,969  

Total Common Stocks

    

(cost $ 23,772,877)

       27,700,494  

Other Investment Companies - 24.1%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

   5,181,713       5,181,713  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   1,904,194       1,904,194  

Total Other Investment Companies

    

(cost $ 7,085,907)

       7,085,907  

Total Investments - 118.5%

    

(cost $ 30,858,784)

       34,786,401  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (18.5)%

       (5,436,953 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 29,349,448  

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 objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. Income is the Fund’s secondary objective.

The Managers International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) ordinarily invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities, and 65% of 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 market’s 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. The investment team begins 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. They screen 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, evaluating 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 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

 

   

They then 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 (continued)

 

 

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 investment manager may sell a security when it:

 

   

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” i.e., 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 2007, the Managers International Equity Fund returned 14.86% versus 11.17% for the MSCI EAFE Index. Note that unless otherwise stated, all performance cited in this commentary is in U.S. dollars.

Foreign stock markets, once again, yielded double-digit results despite global capital markets turmoil towards the end of the year. A large portion of the solid return generated in 2007, approximately 66%, was driven by the appreciation of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. The Eurozone outperformed Asian markets, while emerging markets once again outperformed their developed market counterparts. Volatility in foreign stock markets rose in 2007 and returned to a more normal level after several years of relative calm. Meanwhile, many central banks responded to the global credit crunch by either lowering their short-term rates or injecting additional liquidity into the markets.

With the exception of the Belgian, Irish, and Japanese stock markets, all other countries within the MSCI EAFE Index produced positive returns in U.S. dollars during 2007. In terms of contribution, Germany had the largest impact as it appreciated more than 35%. However, Japan disappointed, once again, returning -4% for the year. From a sector perspective, all sectors exhibited positive returns during the year, with the exception of the financials sector (-1%), which was led down by concerns about global credit markets. The best-performing sector for the year was materials, which was driven higher primarily by positive earnings surprises that were in turn driven by high global commodity prices. From a style perspective, growth stocks significantly outperformed their value counterparts after years of lagging behind. This was primarily driven by the strong performance in more traditional growth sectors such as information technology and the difficulty of more value-oriented sectors such as financials and consumer discretionary.

Within the Fund, strong performance relative to the MSCI EAFE Index was led by solid broad-based stock selection. In fact, all sectors experienced positive stock selection in 2007, with the exception of the consumer sectors. The positioning of the Fund, particularly at the country level, also added value relative to the benchmark during the year. This solid positioning was led by the underweight to the struggling Japanese equity market and the exposure to non-benchmark countries such as Canada along with select emerging markets such as Brazil.

LOOKING FORWARD

The portfolio managers expect moderate growth around the world in 2008, although worries about the potential impact of tighter credit

 

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Managers International Equity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

have weakened business confidence. In addition, the portfolio managers expect both Europe and Asia to suffer from declining U.S. imports as the dollar stays weak, and each region is also expected to struggle as a result of lingering global credit distress. As for emerging markets, despite the strong performance over the last couple of years, the majority of the underlying countries and securities continue to sell at reasonable valuations and will, in our opinion, potentially provide an important offset to slowing developed market activity.

From a country perspective, the Portfolio maintains the largest positions in Japan and the United Kingdom, although each of these positions is an underweight relative to the MSCI EAFE Index. Outside the benchmark, the Fund has a 4.1% allocation to Canadian equities and 6.5% of the Portfolio is invested in emerging markets.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers International 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 Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, and Far East (MSCI EAFE) Index is composed of all the publicly traded stocks in 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 MSCI EAFE 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 International Equity Fund on December 31, 1997, to a $10,000 investment made in the MSCI 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 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 International Equity Fund and the MSCI EAFE since December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Managers International Equity Fund 2,3,4

   14.86 %   21.00 %   8.08 %   12/31/85

MSCI EAFE Index

   11.17 %   21.59 %   8.66 %  

 

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Managers International Equity Fund

Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

Investments in foreign securities are subject to additional risks such as changing market conditions, economic and political instability, and currency exchange rate fluctuations.

 

4

Performance based on published NAV as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Managers International Equity Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

 

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

Industry

   Managers
International
Equity Fund**
    MSCI EAFE
Index
 

Financials

   24.8 %   26.7 %

Consumer Discretionary

   10.7 %   10.9 %

Materials

   10.6 %   9.9 %

Consumer Staples

   10.0 %   8.5 %

Industrials

   9.1 %   12.1 %

Energy

   8.1 %   7.9 %

Information Technology

   7.1 %   5.5 %

Health Care

   5.0 %   6.3 %

Telecommunication Services

   5.0 %   6.2 %

Utilities

   4.8 %   6.0 %

Other Equities

   0.9 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   3.9 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Tesco PLC

   1.5 %

Sanofi -Synthelabo SA

   1.5  

Nokia Oyj

   1.4  

Veolia Environment*

   1.4  

Vodafone Group PLC*

   1.1  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

   1.1  

Xstrata PLC*

   1.1  

BASF AG

   1.1  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd.

   1.1  

Siemens AG*

   1.1  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   12.4 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers International Equity Fund

Fund Snapshots (continued)

 

 

Summary of Investments by Country

 

Country

   Managers International
Equity Fund*
    MSCI EAFE Index  

United Kingdom

   17.7 %   22.1 %

Japan

   13.9 %   19.9 %

France

   10.3 %   10.1 %

Germany

   9.4 %   9.4 %

Switzerland

   7.3 %   6.6 %

Hong Kong

   5.3 %   1.9 %

Netherlands

   4.8 %   3.0 %

United States

   4.5 %   0.1 %

Canada

   4.1 %   0.0 %

South Korea

   2.1 %   0.0 %

Brazil

   2.0 %   0.0 %

Luxembourg

   2.0 %   0.6 %

China

   1.8 %   0.0 %

Finland

   1.7 %   1.9 %

Spain

   1.7 %   4.4 %

Taiwan

   1.2 %   0.0 %

Denmark

   1.2 %   0.9 %

Belgium

   1.1 %   1.2 %

Italy

   1.0 %   4.0 %

Russia

   0.8 %   0.0 %

South Africa

   0.8 %   0.0 %

Ireland

   0.8 %   0.6 %

Singapore

   0.8 %   1.1 %

Sweden

   0.8 %   2.3 %

Egypt

   0.6 %   0.0 %

India

   0.6 %   0.0 %

Australia

   0.5 %   6.4 %

Turkey

   0.3 %   0.0 %

Greece

   0.3 %   0.8 %

Norway

   0.3 %   1.0 %

Bermuda

   0.2 %   0.4 %

Cayman Islands

   0.1 %   0.2 %

Austria

   0.0 %   0.5 %

New Zealand

   0.0 %   0.1 %

Portugal

   0.0 %   0.4 %

Jersey, Channel Islands

   0.0 %   0.1 %

Supranational & Other

   0.0 %   0.0 %
   100.0 %   100.0 %
            

 

* As a percentage of total market value of common stocks on December 31, 2007

 

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Managers International Equity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 95.2%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 10.7%

    

Alibaba.com, Ltd. (China)*

   205,800 2   $ 729,778

Burberry Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   135,771       1,534,544

Carphone Warehouse Group, The (United Kingdom)

   358,197       2,437,074

China Resources Enterprises, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   80,000       339,739

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements

    

Michelin (France)

   8,400       960,360

Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. (Brazil)

   22,100       300,461

DaimlerChrylser Ag (Germany)

   32,062       3,107,451

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   69,000       881,556

Focus Media Holding, Ltd. (Cayman Islands)*

   3,200 2     181,792

Hyundai Mobis (South Korea)

   7,700       711,497

KarstadtQuelle AG (Germany)*

   112,783 2     2,696,411

Kinross Gold Corp. (Canada)*

   32,700 2     601,680

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

   22,787       976,429

Lagardere (France)

   11,700       876,217

LG Electronics, Inc. (South Korea)

   10,613       1,121,217

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   250,500       2,734,081

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom)

   71,053       1,028,981

Publicis Groupe (France)

   12,323       482,115

Renault SA (France)

   17,900       2,538,625

SES Global (Luxembourg)

   14,975       395,297

Sharp Corp. (Japan)

   92,000       1,641,111

Sony Corp (Japan)

   28,300       1,541,865

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (China)*

   27,700 2     2,280,264

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom)

   124,808       502,664

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands)

   34,800       1,144,763

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   4,810       542,593

Total Consumer Discretionary

       32,288,565

Consumer Staples - 10.0%

    

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom)

   60,000       1,070,298

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

   30,000       1,172,794

Cadbury Schweppes PLC (United Kingdom)

   119,400       1,459,891

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)

   63,612       1,365,448

Groupe Danone (France)

   9,900       887,276

Heineken N.V. (Netherlands)

   25,346       1,636,915

Interbrew (Belgium)

   16,355       1,359,607

Japan Tobacco, Inc. (Japan)

   236       1,395,408

Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Netherlands)*

   199,167       2,758,238

L’Oreal SA (France)

   9,500       1,360,377

Metro AG (Germany)

   11,200       942,850

Nestle SA, Registered (Switzerland)

   5,634       2,587,078

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   40,481       2,352,354

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   43,600       1,266,686

Tesco PLC (United Kingdom)

   485,978       4,622,888

Unilever N.V. (Netherlands)

   81,262       2,985,630

Unilever PLC (United Kingdom)

   12,500       468,811

Uni-President Enterprises Corp. (Taiwan)*

   316,860       422,812

Total Consumer Staples

       30,115,361

Energy - 8.1%

    

BP PLC (United Kingdom)

   137,900       1,685,173

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (Canada)

   19,500       1,434,024

CGG Veritas (France)

   930       263,059

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

   766,000       1,135,556

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. (China)

   368,500       2,170,751

EnCana Corp. (Canada)

   24,168       1,652,910

Eni S.p.A. (Italy)

   49,700       1,813,871

LUKOIL Holdings, ADR (Russia)

   6,100 2     515,450

Gazprom ADR (Russia)

   34,300       1,938,186

Petro-Canada (Canada)

   1,200       64,745

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Brazil)

   11,600 2     1,116,152

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

   18,400 2     2,120,416

Petroplus Holdings AG (Switzerland)*

   10,482       814,762

Repsol YPF, S.A. (Spain)

   9,300       331,761

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A (United Kingdom)

   73,200       3,085,860

SeaDrill Ltd. (Bermuda)*

   29,800       727,184

StatoilHydro ASA (Norway)

   29,150       899,300

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)

   5,700       623,220

TOTAL S.A. (France)

   24,852       2,057,757

Total Energy

       24,450,137

Financials - 24.8%

    

Allianz AG (Germany)

   12,900       2,779,172

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom)

   97,743       1,302,666

Banco do Brasil (Brazil)

   14,500       247,640

Bank of East Asia, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   98,200       665,386

Barclays PLC (United Kingdom)

   165,000       1,666,388

BNP Paribas SA (France)

   25,440       2,760,242

Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros S.A. (Brazil)

   59,800       839,888

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares     Value

Financials - 24.8% (continued)

    

CapitaLand Ltd. (Singapore)

   263,000     $ 1,131,532

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   190,000       392,586

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   1,057,000       2,164,721

Chinatrust Financial Holding, Co. (Taiwan)*

   484,000       341,496

Credit Agricole SA (France)

   53,575       1,807,423

Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland)*

   32,400       1,950,336

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan)

   80,000       718,212

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd. (Singapore)

   92,000       1,305,754

Deutsche Bank AG (Germany)

   15,800       2,063,087

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany)

   13,272       2,619,421

Deutsche Postbank AG (Germany)

   7,900       704,833

Fondiaria-SAI SpA (Italy)

   19,200       711,445

Fortis (Belgium)

   50,000       1,308,937

Hang Lung Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   51,900       280,440

Hang Lung Properties Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   60,000       268,083

HBOS PLC (United Kingdom)

   150,950       2,194,971

HDFC Bank Ltd. (India)

   28,500       1,231,425

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

   133,000       1,235,189

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

   115,000       3,223,886

ING Groep NV (Netherlands)

   67,217       2,619,139

Invesco Ltd. (United States)

   91,763       2,879,507

Julias Baer Holding, Ltd. (Switzerland)

   22,259       1,840,253

KK DaVinci Advisors (Japan)*

   114       98,764

Kookmin Bank (South Korea)

   19,974       1,472,364

Leopalace21 Corp. (Japan)

   2,800       75,230

Man Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   259,159       2,941,910

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   54,000       1,286,547

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

   221,900       2,092,501

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   56,000       1,207,721

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG (Germany)

   9,600       1,863,143

National Bank of Greece S.A. (Greece)

   11,737       804,866

Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   61,100       1,023,722

ORIX Corp. (Japan)

   11,920       2,004,792

Prudential Corp. PLC (United Kingdom)

   95,903       1,350,392

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   284,147       2,508,869

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom)

   64,546       1,656,100

Societe Generale (France)

   11,340       1,640,095

Standard Chartered, PLC (United Kingdom)

   46,700       1,704,395

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)

   265       1,961,074

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

   44,000       1,076,067

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   125,000       2,625,444

T&D Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   16,600       844,631

Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Brazil)

   18,900       262,583

Zurich Financial Services AG (Switzerland)

   4,410       1,294,276

Total Financials

       75,049,544

Health Care - 5.0%

    

Actelion Ltd. (Switzerland)*

   21,017       960,078

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)

   14,900       641,339

CSL Ltd. (Australia)

   26,442       837,679

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

   73,000 2     1,604,540

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom)

   75,200       1,909,823

Novartis AG (Switzerland)*

   18,300       1,000,778

Phonak Holding AG (Switzerland)

   24,696       2,772,699

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland)*

   5,550       959,405

Sanofi -Synthelabo SA (France)

   47,967       4,390,920

Total Health Care

       15,077,261

Industrials - 9.1%

    

ABB Ltd. (Switzerland)

   93,600       2,695,919

Air France-KLM (France)

   15,200       531,218

Alstom (France)

   13,019       2,796,392

BAE Systems PLC (United Kingdom)

   117,500       1,166,059

China Communications Constuction Co., Ltd. (China)

   118,000       305,063

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   42,000       615,161

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Germany)

   41,400       1,103,579

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom)*

   81,229       986,625

FANUC, Ltd. (Japan)

   8,900       862,838

Far Eastern Textile Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   367,920       427,657

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, S.A. (Spain)

   21,597       999,306

Hansen Transmissions International N.V. (Belgium)

   97,027       556,250

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany)

   2,000       268,663

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   99,000       1,115,264

Kajima Corp. (Japan)

   129,000       418,693

Leighton Holdings Limited (Australia)

   15,036 2     795,602

Mitsubishi Heavy Inds., Ltd. (Japan)

   232,000       985,846

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

   67,000       847,034

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)

   79,000       622,361

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Ireland)*

   21,900 2     863,736

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares     Value

Industrials - 9.1% (continued)

    

Shimizu Corp. (Japan)

   99,000     $ 429,723

Siemens AG (Germany)

   19,986       3,177,824

Tostem Inax Holding Corp. (Japan)

   32,000       510,559

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)*

   31,950       3,449,988

Wright Express Corp. (France)

   672       181,751

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   62,000       891,207

Total Industrials

       27,604,318

Information Technology - 7.1%

    

ARM Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

   407,366       1,004,665

ASML Holding N.V. (Netherlands)*

   76,713       2,422,127

Au Optronics Corp., Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

   30,352       582,758

Ericsson (LM), Class B (Sweden)

   582,000       1,362,217

Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)

   215,000       1,438,237

Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. (South Korea)*

   22,900       627,218

Logitech International SA (Switzerland)

   82,040       2,996,157

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japan)

   2,500       1,467,880

Nokia Oyj (Finland)

   112,120       4,307,354

Redecard SA (Brazil)

   24,500       396,404

Research In Motion, Ltd. (Canada)*

   6,400       725,760

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   1,700       1,000,446

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.,

Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

   106,623       1,061,975

Toshiba Corp. (Japan)

   173,000       1,276,734

United Microelectronics Corp. (Luxembourg)* (a)

   1,197,502       743,649

Total Information Technology

       21,413,581

Materials - 10.6%

    

Air Liquide SA (France)

   11,402       1,696,325

Antofagasta PLC (United Kingdom)

   22,900       324,656

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)

   20,709       1,665,309

Barrick Gold Corp. (Canada)

   55,486       2,348,858

BASF AG (Germany)

   21,900       3,247,602

Buzzi Unicem SpA (Italy)

   16,417       453,705

Cia Vale do Rio Doce (Brazil)

   9,800       274,204

Compania Vale do Rio Doce—ADR (Brazil)

   16,800       548,856

Gold Fields, Ltd. (South Africa)

   83,200       1,197,302

Goldcorp, Inc. (Canada)

   48,600       1,664,400

Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd. (South Africa)

   28,900 2     1,003,243

JFE Holdings, Inc. (Japan)

   36,000       1,805,191

Kazakmys PLC (United Kingdom)

   27,300       738,620

Lonza Group AG (Switzerland)

   4,630       559,957

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan)

   160,000       1,220,749

Mitsui Petrochemical (Japan)

   70,000       454,429

POSCO (South Korea)

   1,470       888,145

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (Canada)

   14,800       2,130,608

Salzgitter AG (Germany)

   3,233       479,401

Stora Enso Oyj (Finland)

   60,700       906,122

Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA) (Sweden)

   58,200       1,027,859

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)*

   5,860       1,487,035

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   198,000       480,952

Toray Industries, Inc. (Japan)

   101,000       786,103

Xstrata PLC (United Kingdom)

   48,514       3,404,274

Yamana Gold, Inc. (Canada)

   84,259       1,100,460

Total Materials

       31,894,365

Telecommunication Services - 5.0%

    

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. (India)*

   24,200       605,304

China Netcom Group Corp Hong K (Hong Kong)

   316,000       941,479

France Telecom SA (France)

   46,683       1,674,555

Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Luxembourg)*

   22,500 2     2,653,650

Nippon Telegraph & Tel Corp. (Japan)

   216       1,073,721

Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (Egypt)

   21,800       1,805,256

Telefonica SA (Spain)

   63,406       2,055,390

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri Sponsored ADR (Turkey)

   34,000 2     937,380

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)

   924,999       3,472,374

Total Telecommunication Services

       15,219,109

Utilities - 4.8%

    

E.ON AG (Germany)

   9,700       2,062,154

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

   579,700       1,765,840

Iberdrola Renovables SAU (Spain)

   201,636       1,665,634

National Grid PLC (United Kingdom)

   78,561       1,302,912

RWE AG (Germany)

   7,780       1,090,838

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., The (Japan)

   78,800       2,039,837

Tokyo Gas Co, Ltd. (Japan)

   104,000       485,818

Veolia Environment (France)

   44,886       4,088,609

Total Utilities

       14,501,642

Total Common Stocks (cost $ 224,254,028)

       287,613,883

Other Equities - 0.6%

    

Hirco PLC (South Africa)*

   40,800       306,999

StreetTRACKS Gold Trust. (United States)

   18,300 2     1,509,018

Total Other Equities (cost $ 1,645,811)

       1,816,017

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares    Value  

Preferred Stock - 0.1%

     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (South Korea) (cost $449,809)

   900    $ 408,330  

Warrants - 0.2%

     

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. 01/19/17 (Luxembourg)

   151,300      454,506  

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. 08/27/08 (Hong Kong)

   89,250      48,760  

Total Warrants (cost $465,232)

        503,266  

Other Investment Companies - 7.7%1

     

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

   15,154,709      15,154,709  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

   7,924,344      7,924,344  

Total Other Investment Companies (cost $23,079,053)

        23,079,053  

Total Investments - 103.8% (cost $249,893,933)

        313,420,549  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (3.8)%

        (11,395,278 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 302,025,271  

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

 

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Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

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

The 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 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 by 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, 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

The Fund rose 29.55% in 2007, compared with a gain of 39.78% for its benchmark, the MSCI EM Index. (Note that unless otherwise stated, all performance cited in this commentary is in U.S. dollars.)

Emerging markets continued to steamroll forward during 2007, marking the fifth consecutive year the asset class posted returns greater than 25%. Strong performance was widespread among the various markets, with the tiny market of Argentina the only one not to generate positive returns during the calendar year. Among those markets in positive territory during the year, only Taiwan failed to generate double-digit returns, but certainly did not fall short by much, returning over 9%. Brazil, Turkey, India, and China were among the strongest performers for the year, all posting returns in excess of 50%. Of particular note was how emerging markets performed during the second half of the calendar year. As U.S. markets began to reflect increasing concerns over factors such as the fallout from subprime lending, inflation worries, and a possible U.S. recession, emerging markets seemed unaffected. Historically, because of their ties to the U.S. and other developed markets via exports, emerging market performance displayed a fairly strong correlation to the economic outlook in the U.S. Over recent years, countries like China, India, Russia, and Brazil have benefitted from strong capital inflows and strong demand for commodities. The countries have put the capital to good use in the form of paying down debt and turning current account deficits into surpluses. Along with these capital inflows, many of these emerging markets have developed burgeoning domestic economies that are less reliant on global growth than they have been historically. For example, while China may be perceived to be supported by exports to the U.S., in fact only 20% of China’s exports are to the U.S. Rather, investment spending dedicated toward developing infrastructure in China has been a strong driver for that market. Similarly, markets like Brazil and Russia have seen strong performance driven by commodities demand from other emerging market countries like China and India. Given that global markets seem to have begun to discount a slowdown (or even recession) in the U.S. and lower growth in other developed markets, this resilience demonstrates that emerging markets have been able to decouple from their developed counterparts, at least to some extent.

While the Fund participated in the rally during 2007, it was not able to keep pace with the performance of the benchmark. Brazil was the biggest disappointment in terms of relative performance during the year. The largest stock in the market, Petrobras, enjoyed a return of 53% in the fourth quarter alone and more than 120% for the calendar year. The Fund’s underweight position in this stock was one of the primary causes of underperformance during the period. The Fund’s manager, Rexiter, has avoided the stock due to concerns over valuations as well as the belief that other stocks in the market were more attractive on a fundamental basis. Throughout 2007, emerging markets saw strong capital inflows from investors either seeking exposure to economic growth as the rest of the world slowed, or from those simply chasing the strong performance of the asset class. These flows tend to be more short-term, and therefore may target the larger, more liquid stocks. Petrobras, along with large names in Russia and India, saw its stock performance benefit from these flows, regardless of the underlying fundamental

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

strength of the company. The analysts at Rexiter prefer to take a longer term view. While there is nothing in their investment process that precludes them from owning the largest stocks in these markets, the fundamental attractiveness of the mid-cap, domestically-oriented names drove their positioning during the year. The Fund performed very well in terms of absolute performance during the calendar year, though results did not keep pace with the benchmark. We are confident that, over the long term, Rexiter’s focus on top-down country analysis, combined with identifying fundamentally attractive companies, should translate into strong performance for the Fund.

LOOKING FORWARD

Global markets appear to remain very nervous, with sentiment swinging from positive to negative on a daily basis. During the first trading sessions of 2008, volatility, as indicated by the VIX (Chicago Board Option Exchange Volatility Index), has returned with much ferocity to the same levels registered during the market correction in the third quarter of 2007. The policy action from the Federal Reserve and other central banks has helped calm the situation, but markets are expecting, and we believe have already priced in, a certain degree of further action. All in all, the fear that rising commodity prices may limit the degree of easing by overseas central banks, along with weak real economy data (ISM survey, non-farm payrolls) suggesting that credit market tension is now spreading to the U.S. real economy, led to a very poor start to 2008. Fortunately, this volatility and increased investor concerns are occurring against a backdrop of global economic growth, solid corporate balance sheets, and a U.S. monetary and fiscal policy that would seem to have a good degree of flexibility.

On an asset allocation basis, the Fund’s positioning is geared toward domestic plays in countries where domestic leverage is low, where the country is a net commodity exporter, and where the currency is structurally undervalued, e.g., Russia and Malaysia. The Portfolio is currently overweight in Russia, India, and Malaysia. The main sources of funding are China, Mexico, Korea, and Tai-wan. At the stock level, the portfolio is overweight in capital goods and materials, and well placed in almost all those sectors that are primarily exposed to domestic demand. This incorporates sectors as diverse as banks, consumer durables, and telecommunications. Rexiter firmly believes that the macro-economic drivers for emerging markets — namely lower and/or falling inflation, high commodity prices, and strong economic growth — continue to look favorable. While they would hesitate to predict the type of performance we have seen from emerging markets in recent years, they do remain optimistic about the overall prospects for the asset class.

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE

Managers Emerging Markets 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 MSCI EM Index is a free fl oat-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index consists of emerging markets country indexes, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, and Thailand. Unlike the Fund, the MSCI EM Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund on February 9, 1998, to a $10,000 investment made in the MSCI EM 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 Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund and the MSCI EM since inception through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Since Inception*     Inception Date

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund 2,3.4

   29.55 %   35.09 %   16.27 %   2/9/98

MSCI EM Index

   39.78 %   37.46 %   14.87 %  

 

* Commencement of operations was February 9, 1998.

 

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Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest. com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in emerging markets, such as erratic earnings patterns, economic and political instability, changing exchange controls, limitations on repatriation of foreign capital and changes in local governmental attitudes toward private investment, possibly leading to nationalization or confiscation of investor assets.

 

4

Performance based on published NAV as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

 

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers
Emerging Markets
Equity Fund**
    MSCI EM
Index
 

Financials

   22.3 %   21.7 %

Materials

   15.7 %   14.7 %

Energy

   14.2 %   18.0 %

Industrials

   12.8 %   9.7 %

Information Technology

   10.5 %   10.1 %

Telecommunication Services

   10.4 %   11.6 %

Consumer Discretionary

   6.2 %   4.9 %

Utilities

   3.9 %   3.5 %

Consumer Staples

   3.6 %   4.2 %

Preferred Stock

   1.6 %   0.0 %

Health Care

   0.4 %   1.6 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   -1.6 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

OAO Gazaprom ADR

   4.0 %

Tata Steel Ltd.

   2.1  

Compania Vale do Rio Doce - ADR

   1.9  

Mechel - ADR

   1.9  

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.

   1.9  

Hyundai Development Co.

   1.9  

Unitech Ltd.

   1.9  

Mobile Telesystems, Sponsored ADR*

   1.8  

China Mobile Ltd.*

   1.8  

Sasol Ltd.

   1.7  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   20.9 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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  

Russia

   16.3 %   8.9 %

Brazil

   13.0 %   13.4 %

South Korea

   12.9 %   14.3 %

India

   11.0 %   8.2 %

Taiwan

   9.8 %   10.0 %

China

   6.1 %   9.2 %

South Africa

   4.8 %   6.7 %

Malaysia

   4.8 %   2.4 %

Mexico

   4.0 %   4.5 %

Thailand

   2.6 %   1.3 %

Israel

   2.2 %   2.0 %

Indonesia

   1.9 %   1.6 %

Hong Kong

   1.8 %   5.2 %

United Kingdom

   1.7 %   0.0 %

Czech Republic

   1.7 %   0.6 %

Turkey

   1.6 %   1.7 %

Hungary

   1.5 %   0.8 %

Bermuda

   1.3 %   0.7 %

Luxembourg

   1.2 %   0.3 %

Panama

   0.5 %   0.0 %

Philippines

   0.5 %   0.5 %

Egypt

   0.0 %   0.8 %

Cayman Islands

   0.0 %   0.9 %

Argentina

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Chile

   0.0 %   1.2 %

Colombia

   0.0 %   0.3 %

Jordan

   0.0 %   0.1 %

Morocco

   0.0 %   0.3 %

Pakistan

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Peru

   0.0 %   0.2 %

Poland

   0.0 %   1.7 %

United States

   -1.2 %   1.8 %

Supranational & Other

   0.0 %   0.0 %
   100.0 %   100.0 %
            

 

* As a percentage of total market value of common stocks on December 31, 2007

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

     Shares     Value

Common Stocks - 100.0%

    

Consumer Discretionary - 6.2%

    

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

   1,672,600     $ 1,869,632

Lojas Renner S.A. (Brazil)

   59,000       1,193,258

Net Servicos de Comunicacao SA (Brazil)*

   219,600       2,677,146

Resorts World Berhad (Malaysia)

   2,921,600       3,404,937

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (India)

   394,057       3,236,942

Total Consumer Discretionary

       12,381,915

Consumer Staples - 3.6%

    

IOI Corp., Berhad (Malaysia)*

   1,233,735       2,870,618

Natura Cosmeticos SA (Brazil)

   61,700       589,270

OJSC Cherkizovo Group (Russia) (a)*

   42,118       606,499

Shinsegae Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   4,000       3,082,394

Total Consumer Staples

       7,148,781

Energy - 14.2%

    

OAO GAZAPROM - ADR (Russia)

   139,250       7,868,582

OAO Rosneft Oil Co. GDR (Russia) (a)*

   238,460       2,281,585

PetroChina Co., Ltd. (China)

   1,570,000       2,765,308

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

   28,435 2     3,276,849

PTT Public Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

   270,000       2,983,216

Sasol Ltd. (South Africa)

   70,000       3,468,745

Tenaris S.A. (Luxembourg)

   53,600 2     2,397,528

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. (China)

   1,570,000       3,045,083

Total Energy

       28,086,896

Financials - 22.3%

    

Banco Bradesco S.A. (Brazil)

   90,000 2     2,880,000

Bank Hapoalim, Ltd. (Israel)

   494,143       2,463,202

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   998,000       2,062,110

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (China)

   183,000       935,398

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)*

   3,796,280       2,678,545

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

   693,576       2,865,990

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS (Turkey)*

   543,600       2,979,893

Kookmin Bank, Sponsored ADR (South Korea)*

   42,248       3,097,623

OAO Open Investments (Russia)*

   5,731       1,766,473

OTP Bank NyRt. (Hungary)

   57,649       2,907,591

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Indonesia)

   2,107,500       1,638,298

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

   11,168       3,005,794

Sanlam, Ltd. (South Africa)*

   853,213       2,840,673

Savings Bank of the Russian Federation(Sberbank) (Russia)

   759,000       3,197,387

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (Thailand)

   865,100       2,199,059

Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (Brazil)

   21,500 2     3,002,260

Unitech Ltd. (India)

   300,000       3,676,187

Total Financials

       44,196,483

Health Care - 0.4%

    

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (ADR) (India)

   48,290       888,684

Industrials -12.8%

    

China Shipping Development Co., Ltd. (China)

   1,044,000       2,710,945

Copa Holdings, S.A., Class A (Panama)*

   28,200 2     1,059,474

Cosco Pacific Limited (Bermuda)

   956,000       2,518,115

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

   59,485       3,244,765

Hyundai Development Co. (South Korea)

   38,097 2     3,682,885

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   6,751       3,146,643

Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (India)

   27,224       2,849,846

Localiza Rent A Car S.A. (Brazil)

   116,800       1,239,524

Santos Brasil Participacoes SA (Brazil)

   64,962       967,131

Siemens India, Ltd. (India)

   61,846       2,933,463

SM Investments Corp. (Philippines)

   128,759       1,048,251

Total Industrials

       25,401,042

Information Technology - 10.5%

    

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (Taiwan)

   2,526,285       2,516,722

Delta Electronics, Inc. (Taiwan)

   577,000       1,953,803

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

   472,539       2,912,485

LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (South Korea)*

   60,000 2     3,172,907

Mediatek, Inc. (Taiwan)*

   213,150       2,732,125

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

   2,004       1,179,350

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

   6,100       1,811,655

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (Taiwan)

   1,351,140       2,373,372

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

   989       1,875

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

   217,502       2,166,320

Total Information Technology

       20,820,614

Materials - 15.7%

    

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom)

   55,000       3,338,578

Anhui Conch Cement Company Ltd. (China)

   316,000       2,716,470

Compania Vale do Rio Doce - ADR (Brazil)

   117,900       3,851,793

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares     Value  

Materials - 15.7% (continued)

    

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. (Taiwan)

   679     $ 1,726  

GMK Norilsk Nickel, Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   10,200 2     2,703,000  

Harmony Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (South Africa)

   76,995       792,424  

Harmony Gold Mining Co., Ltd.-Sponsored ADR (United States)*

   94,100 2     970,171  

Mechel OAO - ADR (Russia)

   39,600 2     3,846,744  

Novolipetsk Steel, Corp. (Russia)

   69,812 2     2,795,971  

Raspadskaya OAO (Russia)

   295,130       1,905,655  

Sappi Ltd. (South Africa)

   166,099       2,364,736  

Tata Steel Ltd. (India)

   179,580       4,215,515  

Uralkaliy OAO (Russia)

   42,147       1,569,976  

Total Materials

       31,072,759  

Telecommunication Services - 10.4%

    

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

   51,300 2     3,149,307  

Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. (Israel)

   846,933       1,573,771  

Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. (India)*

   147,778       3,696,306  

China Mobile Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   206,500       3,596,095  

Mobile Telesystems, Sponsored ADR (Russia)

   36,000       3,664,440  

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk P (Indonesia)

   2,078,000       2,199,854  

Tim Participacoes SA-ADR (Brazil)

   75,700 2     2,645,715  

Total Telecommunication Services

       20,525,488  

Utilities - 3.9%

    

Ceske Energeticke Zavody (Czech Republic)

   45,000       3,344,860  

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

   51,320       937,022  

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

   979 2     36,781  

Fifth Power Generation Co. (Russia)

   1,039,927       181,278  

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia)

   1,131,050       3,263,047  

TGC-5 JSC (Russia)

   34,327,337       30,895  

Total Utilities

       7,793,883  

Total Common Stocks (cost $ 139,925,969)

       198,316,545  

Preferred Stocks - 1.6%

    

TAM S.A. (Brazil)

   110,783       2,654,435  

Tata Steel Ltd., 2.000%, 09/01/09 (India)

   163,124       413,863  

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $ 2,124,428)

       3,068,298  

Warrants - 0.0%#

    

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (Hong Kong)

   127,000       69,385  

Other Investment Company - 12.5%1,3

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% (cost $ 24,836,384)

   24,836,384       24,836,384  

Total Investments - 114.1%
(cost $166,886,781)

       226,290,612  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (14.1)%

       (28,055,718 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 198,234,894  

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 should 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 that would lead to credit upgrades, changing market supply and demand forces, and 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 7.42% during 2007, compared to a return of 9.48% for the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index.

The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index, for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2007. The main driver of this underperformance was the Fund’s overweight allocation in corporate bonds, which sold off in the second half of 2007 as the negative subprime news hit financial markets. The Fund’s currency strategy had a positive impact on relative performance, while the Fund’s duration strategy slightly detracted. Most global government bond markets posted positive returns for the year.

Overall, country allocations contributed positively to performance. The Fund’s overweight positions in Mexico and Singapore and an underweight position in the eurozone added to performance. On the other hand, overweight positions in Malaysia, Norway, and Sweden detracted from performance.

The Fund’s performance also benefited from overweights in the Norwegian krone, Singapore dollar, Icelandic krona, Swedish krona, Uruguay peso, and select Asian positions, as factors such as growth prospects, central bank rate hikes, or already higher yield advantages favored these currencies. Underweight positions in the euro, Polish zloty, and Australian dollar detracted from relative performance.

Throughout the period, the Fund’s manager, Loomis Sayles, maintained an overweight position in corporate bonds. This positioning benefited the Fund during the first half of the year but caused underperformance during the second half, as the subprime melt-down affected credit spreads, and market liquidity caused investors to flee to the safety of Treasuries. The ten-year U.S. Treasury yield fell from a high of 5.32% in June to a low of 3.84% in November. Investment-grade bonds outperformed the high-yield bond market over the past 12 months.

The overall duration strategy had a negative impact on performance. Loomis’ short duration positioning in Japanese yen bond markets was the main driver of underperformance, as yields fell during the year.

LOOKING FORWARD

Loomis believes that small signs of a thaw in the credit crunch emerged at year end. Libor rates have declined significantly from an early December spike above 5.0%, and several major banks have announced measures to increase tier-one capital and bring off-benchmark assets onto the balance sheet. In turn, it appears that the dollar has traded more with economic releases than financial headlines, and has held above its November lows. Loomis’ baseline forecast continues to be for global growth to hold up reasonably well in 2008, driven by strength in Asia ex-Japan, Latin America, and the Mid-East. Loomis still expects a winter U.S. slowdown, with the U.S. consumer on hold, and some echoes of weakness in Japan and Europe. Elsewhere, Loomis expects rising inflation and a trend to higher interest rates to drive currency appreciation in Asia (ex-Japan) and OPEC. Within Europe, Loomis looks for economic activity to weaken enough to shift the policy bias towards ease in coming months. They believe the U.S. Fed will cut rates again at its next meeting. The ECB and Japan are expected to be on hold for now. A cut is expected in the U.K. A retest of dollar lows seems possible in the first quarter of 2008.

Loomis believes that U.S. Treasuries are fully valued after their recent rally. They have trimmed the Fund’s high-quality duration and swapped it for spread duration. In 2008, a gradual improvement

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Portfolio Managers’s Comments (continued)

 

 

in U.S. economic activity could pose a risk for higher yields by mid-year. In Europe, they see Bond yields as range-bound. The same view holds for Japan, where softer domestic data once more looks to delay any rate hikes. Loomis sees higher U.S. and euro yields by mid-2008. Spreads are expected to widen slightly through the winter, as the U.S. potentially slows down and earnings disappointments pressure corporates. Thereafter, Loomis believes bond markets may see stability in spreads through the remainder of 2008, leading to relative outperformance of corporates relative to Treasuries.

Against this backdrop, Loomis may become more defensive in dollar duration positioning, maintaining broadly neutral duration in euro and short duration in Japan. They will likely maintain the Fund’s currency overweight to non-Japan Asian currencies and the increased exposure to credit spread product.

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, 1997, 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 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, 1997 through December 31, 2007.

 

Average Annual Total Returns 1

   One Year     Five Years     Ten Years     Inception Date

Global Bond 2,3,4,5

   7.42 %   7.72 %   5.73 %   3/25/94

Lehman Brothers Global Aggregate Index

   9.48 %   6.51 %   6.08 %  

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Portfolio Managers’s Comments (continued)

 

 

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

In choosing a Fund, investors should carefully consider the amount they plan to invest, their investment objectives, the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call 800.835.3879 or visit www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

 

1

Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).

 

2

Fund for which, from time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.

 

3

Fixed-income funds are subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk, fluctuations in debtor’s perceived ability to pay its creditors. Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed-income securities to fall.

 

4

Investments in foreign securities are subject to additional risks such as changing market conditions, economic and political instability, and currency exchange rate fluctuations.

 

5

Performance based on published NAV as of December 31, 2007.

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2007

 

Portfolio Breakdown

LOGO

 

** As a percentage of net assets

 

Industry

   Managers
Global Bond
Fund**
    Lehman Brothers
Global Aggregate
Index
 

Foreign Government

   35.0 %   49.8 %

Corporate

   44.5 %   16.8 %

U.S. Government

   14.3 %   12.2 %

Asset-Backed Securities

   1.8 %   0.5 %

Mortgage Backed Securities

   0.0 %   20.7 %

Preferred Stocks

   0.8 %   0.0 %

Other Assets and Liabilities

   3.6 %   0.0 %

Top Ten Holdings

 

Security Name

   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Belgium Kingdom, 5.500%, 9/28/17*

   4.3 %

Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 4.000%, 04/13/12

   3.4  

Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 3.750%, 01/04/17

   3.4  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 1.850%, 09/20/10*

   3.1  

Deutschland, Republic of, 3.750%, 07/04/13

   3.0  

FNMA, 5.500%, 04/01/36*

   2.8  

Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 3.250%, 04/17/09

   2.6  

Swedish Government, 4.000%, 12/01/09*

   2.5  

European Investment Bank, 1.250%, 09/20/12

   2.1  

U.K. Gilts, 4.750%, 03/04/20*

   1.9  
      

Top Ten as a Group

   29.1 %
      

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2007

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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Managers Global Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2007

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Corporate Bonds - 44.5%

       

Finance - 23.3%

       

American Express Co., 6.150%, 08/28/17

   USD    185,000     $ 189,861

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

   SGD    500,000       343,456

Barclays Financial LLC,

       

4.060%, 09/16/10 (a)

   KRW    220,000,000       237,310

4.460%, 09/23/10 (a)

   KRW    110,000,000       113,855

5.220%, 03/23/09 (03/23/08) (a) 5

   KRW    307,770,000       339,022

Bayerische Landesbank, 3.125%, 02/10/09

   CHF    485,000       429,668

BNP Paribas, 4.730%, 04/12/16 6

   EUR    100,000       130,634

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

   GBP    105,000       200,839

Canara Bank, 6.365%, 11/28/21 6

   USD    800,000 2     705,516

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

   GBP    620,000       1,040,220

Citigroup, Inc., 5.000%, 09/15/14

   USD    880,000       838,503

Cosan Finance, Ltd., 7.000%, 02/01/17 (a)

   USD    100,000       93,750

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

   JPY    150,000,000       1,341,561

Depfa ACS Bank, 1.875%, 05/07/09

   CHF    140,000       122,083

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

   USD    570,000       513,557

General Electric Capital Corp.,

       

2.250%, 02/09/09

   CHF    350,000       306,425

5.250%, 04/15/13 (b)

   USD    1,000,000       994,153

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.004%, 05/23/16 (02/25/08) 5

   EUR    350,000       479,166

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, 6.875%, 11/01/14

   USD    400,000       398,000

Host Marriott, L.P., 6.375%, 03/15/15

   USD    35,000       34,125

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., 2.951%, 04/18/12 (a) 4

   MYR    3,560,000       949,154

HSBC Bank,

       

1.790% 9/18/15

   JPY    100,000,000       820,472

2.994%, 05/17/12 (a) 4

   MYR    3,000,000       796,492

ICICI Bank, Ltd., 6.375%, 04/30/22 (a) 6

   USD    280,000       253,461

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

   JPY    130,000,000 2     1,163,355

ISA Capital do Brasil SA, 7.875%, 01/30/12 (a)

   USD    100,000       102,000

JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

       

3.668%, 06/08/12 (a) 4

   MYR    1,935,435       498,110

5.327%, 11/01/12 (a) 4

   KRW    641,200,000       531,291

JPMorgan Chase of London, 8.451%, 10/21/10 (a) 4

   IDR    2,680,548,500       226,145

KfW Bankengruppe, 2.050%, 02/16/26

   JPY    120,000,000 2     1,061,398

Kinder Morgan Finance Co.,

       

5.700%, 01/05/16

   USD    245,000       221,774

6.400%, 01/05/36

   USD    10,000       8,259

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 1.850%, 09/20/10

   JPY    315,000,000       2,893,751

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 4.385%, 05/12/17 6

   EUR    125,000       155,607

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

   GBP    120,000       228,083

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Finance - 23.3% (continued)

       

Muenchener Hypothekenbank eG, 5.000%, 01/16/12 (a)

   EUR    685,000     $ 1,021,716

Network Rail MTN Finance PLC, 4.875%, 03/06/09

   GBP    110,000       218,659

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

   JPY    20,000,000       182,843

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

   USD    15,000       12,675

RBS Capital Trust C, 4.243%, 01/12/16 6

   EUR    125,000       153,689

SLM Corp, 5.000%, 10/01/13

   USD    310,000       271,717

Wells Fargo & Co., 4.625%, 11/02/35

   GBP    350,000       592,481

White Mountains Re Group, 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a)

   USD    285,000       276,129

Total Finance

          21,490,965

Industrial - 19.0%

       

Ahold Finance USA, Inc., Series EMTN, 6.500%, 03/14/17

   GBP    195,000       379,433

Albertson’s, Inc.,

       

6.625%, 06/01/28

   USD    65,000       57,185

7.450%, 08/01/29

   USD    295,000       283,920

7.750%, 06/15/26

   USD    5,000       4,946

Alltel Corp.,

       

6.500%, 11/01/13

   USD    65,000       52,000

6.800%, 05/01/29

   USD    50,000       35,000

7.000%, 07/01/12

   USD    95,000       81,938

7.875%, 07/01/32

   USD    155,000 2     118,575

Axtel S.A.B. de CV, 7.625%, 02/01/17 (a)

   USD    210,000       210,000

Bell Aliant Regional Communications, 5.410%, 09/26/16

   CAD    320,000       302,566

Bell Canada,

       

5.000%, 02/15/17

   CAD    160,000       133,598

6.100%, 03/16/35

   CAD    45,000       37,216

6.550%, 05/01/29 (a)

   CAD    10,000       8,754

7.300%, 02/23/32

   CAD    25,000       23,763

Bertelsmann AG, 3.625%, 10/06/15

   EUR    180,000       229,491

Bite Finance International, 8.448%, 03/15/14 (03/15/08) (a) 5

   EUR    170,000       224,937

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 4.625%, 11/15/21

   EUR    150,000       193,733

Cardinal Health, Inc., 6.000%, 06/15/17 (a)

   USD    295,000       299,662

Cargill, Inc., 5.600%, 09/15/12 (a)

   USD    350,000       355,736

Chesapeake Energy Corp.,

       

6.500%, 8/15/17

   USD    115,000       110,975

6.875%, 11/15/20

   USD    170,000       163,200

Community Health Systems, Inc., 8.875%, 07/15/15

   USD    225,000       229,219

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

   USD    160,000       159,600

CSX Corp.,

       

5.600%, 05/01/17

   USD    60,000       57,761

6.000%, 10/01/36

   USD    505,000 2     458,333

CVS Caremark Corp, 5.750%, 06/01/17

   USD    670,000       674,311

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

   USD    95,000       94,578

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 6.821%, 08/10/22 (a)

   USD    370,000       355,200

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 19.0% (continued)

       

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

   USD    380,000     $ 382,850

Edcon Proprietary Ltd., 8.198%, 06/15/14 (03/15/08) (a) 5

   EUR    510,000 2     622,615

France Telecom, 3.625%, 10/14/15

   EUR    210,000       272,703

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

   USD    105,000 2     102,112

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

   USD    50,000       51,000

HCA, Inc.,

       

6.625% 02/15/16

   USD    160,000 2     135,200

6.375%, 01/15/15

   USD    70,000       59,150

7.690%, 06/15/25

   USD    5,000 2     4,140

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 7.750%, 11/01/15 (a)

   USD    170,000       167,025

Home Depot Inc., The, 5.875%, 12/16/36

   USD    205,000       173,000

Hospira, Inc.,

       

5.550%, 03/30/12

   USD    230,000       233,881

6.050%, 03/30/17

   USD    65,000       65,312

Host Marriott LP, 6.750%, 06/01/16

   USD    140,000       137,900

Koninklijke KPN NV, 4.750%, 01/17/17

   EUR    50,000       67,004

Kraft Foods, Inc.,

       

6.000%, 02/11/13

   USD    450,000       462,646

6.875%, 02/01/38

   USD    215,000       223,211

L-3 Communications Corp,

       

5.875%, 01/15/15

   USD    125,000       120,625

6.125%, 01/15/14

   USD    15,000       14,700

6.125%, 07/15/13

   USD    55,000       54,038

Lafarge SA, 4.750%, 03/23/20

   EUR    215,000       270,805

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

   USD    120,000       118,800

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

   USD    595,000       491,619

Motorola Inc., 6.625%, 11/15/37

   USD    240,000       232,199

News America Inc., 6.150%, 03/01/37

   USD    420,000 2     405,715

NGPL Pipeco LLC, Series 144A, 6.514%, 12/15/12 (a)

   USD    365,000       370,593

Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16

   USD    530,000       540,867

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 6.625%, 04/04/10

   EUR    390,000       583,371

Petrobras International Finance Co., 5.875%, 03/01/18

   USD    140,000       139,230

PPR, 4.000%, 01/29/13

   EUR    210,000       283,766

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc.,

       

6.500%, 11/15/18

   USD    40,000       33,800

7.250%, 02/15/11

   USD    75,000 2     73,875

7.750%, 02/15/31

   USD    65,000 2     58,500

Qwest Corp.,

       

6.500%, 06/01/17

   USD    46,000       44,045

6.875%, 09/15/33

   USD    75,000 2     69,188

7.250%, 09/15/25

   USD    83,000       78,020

7.250%, 10/15/35

   USD    158,000       148,125

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Industrial - 19.0% (continued)

       

R.H. Donnelley Corp., Series A-2, 6.875%, 01/15/13

   USD    250,000     $ 223,750

R.H. Donnelley Corp, 6.875%, 01/15/13

   USD    55,000 2     49,225

Reynolds American, Inc., 6.750%, 06/15/17

   USD    355,000       361,576

Sappi Paper Holding AG, 7.500%, 06/15/32 (a)

   USD    370,000       322,898

Shaw Communications, 5.700%, 03/02/17

   CAD    315,000       300,864

SK Telecom Co. Ltd., 6.625%, 07/20/27 (a)

   USD    725,000       767,916

Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.000%, 12/01/16

   USD    404,000       386,948

Stena AB, 7.000%, 12/01/16

   USD    90,000       86,512

Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A.,

       

4.950%, 09/30/14

   USD    290,000       279,294

6.000%, 09/30/34

   USD    145,000 2     140,999

6.375%, 11/15/33

   USD    125,000       125,192

Time Warner, Inc.,

       

6.625%, 05/15/29

   USD    310,000       305,202

6.950%, 01/15/28

   USD    85,000       86,737

Union Pacific Corp.,

       

5.375%, 06/01/33

   USD    86,000       75,357

5.450%, 01/31/13

   USD    180,000       181,570

5.650%, 05/01/17

   USD    297,000       293,169

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

   USD    405,000       409,702

Wendel Investissement,

       

4.375%, 08/09/17

   EUR    200,000       254,747

4.875%, 05/26/16

   EUR    200,000       270,957

Total Industrial

          17,549,875

Utility - 2.2%

       

Erac USA Finance Co., 6.375%, 10/15/17 (a)

   USD    220,000       212,545

Majapahit Holding BV, 7.250%, 06/28/17 (a)

   USD    200,000       191,500

NiSource Finance Corp., 6.400%, 03/15/18

   USD    365,000       364,179

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC, 10.250%, 11/01/15 (a)

   USD    155,000 2     153,450

Transport De Gas Del Sur, 7.875%, 05/14/17 (a)

   USD    540,000 2     468,450

TXU Corp., 6.500%, 11/15/24

   USD    410,000       299,058

Veolia Environnement,

       

4.000%, 02/12/16

   EUR    60,000       78,562

5.125%, 05/24/22

   EUR    200,000       259,858

Total Utility

          2,027,602

Total Corporate Bonds (cost $40,222,599)

          41,068,442

Foreign Government Obligations - 35.0%

       

Argentina, Republic of, 2.000%, 09/30/14 6

   ARS    640,000       195,048

Belgium Kingdom, 5.500%, 9/28/17

   EUR    2,520,000       3,983,852

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

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Security Description

        Principal Amount     Value

Foreign Government Obligations - 35.0% (continued)

       

Bundesrepublik Deutschland,

       

3.250%, 04/17/09

   EUR    1,660,000     $ 2,401,028

3.750%, 01/04/17

   EUR    2,214,000       3,108,676

4.000%, 04/13/12

   EUR    2,150,000       3,125,919

6.500%, 07/04/27

   EUR    615,000       1,113,067

Canadian Government, 4.250%, 09/01/09

   CAD    125,000 2     127,556

Colombia, Republic of,

       

7.375%, 01/27/17

   USD    100,000 2     109,750

9.850%, 06/28/27

   COP    245,000,000       121,015

11.750%, 03/01/10

   COP    136,000,000       69,873

12.000% 10/22/15

   COP    422,000,000       233,253

Deutschland, Republic of, 3.750%, 07/04/13

   EUR    1,935,000       2,772,537

Development Bank of Japan,

       

1.400%, 06/20/12

   JPY    158,000,000       1,438,504

1.750%, 06/21/10

   JPY    171,000,000 2     1,565,244

European Investment Bank, 1.250%, 09/20/12

   JPY    210,000,000 2     1,899,373

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

   JPY    58,000,000       519,759

Irish Government, 4.600%, 04/18/16

   EUR    590,000       876,584

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

   EUR    190,000       308,129

Republica Orient Uruguay, 4.250%, 04/05/27

   UYU    17,730,000       885,182

Singapore Government,

       

3.625%, 07/01/11

   SGD    1,500,000       1,097,647

4.625%, 07/01/10

   SGD    1,860,000       1,378,568

South Africa, Republic of, 4.500%, 04/05/16

   EUR    385,000       522,193

Swedish Government, 4.000%, 12/01/09

   SEK    14,715,000 2     2,271,254

U.K. Gilts, 4.750%, 03/04/20

   GBP    875,000       1,779,628

U.K. Treasury 5.000%, 03/07/25

   GBP    165,000       348,630

Total Foreign Government Obligations (cost $30,228,705)

          32,252,269

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 14.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 2.3%

       

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

   USD    53,999       51,841

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

   USD    255,124       241,621

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

   USD    1,050,442       1,025,581

FHLMC Gold Pool, 5.500%, 12/01/15

   USD    665,237       674,395

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

   USD    61,082       62,500

FHLMC Gold Pool, 6.500%, 08/01/35 to 10/01/20

   USD    58,419       60,123

Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

          2,116,061

Federal National Mortgage Association - 9.4%

       

FNMA, 1.750%, 03/26/08

   JPY    140,000,000       1,255,531

FNMA, 2.290%, 02/19/09

   SGD    400,000       276,586

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

   USD    335,110       331,096

FNMA, 5.000%, 03/01/20 to 03/01/37

   USD    1,743,179       1,710,173

FNMA, 5.500%, 11/01/16 to 04/01/36

   USD    2,576,855       2,575,554

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

 

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Managers Global Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Security Description

   Principal Amount     Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association - 9.4% (continued)

    

FNMA, 6.000%, 06/01/17 to 08/01/37

   $ 2,254,870     $ 2,297,428  

FNMA Gold Pool, 6.000%, 10/01/20 to 04/01/35

     191,810       195,374  

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

       8,641,742  

Government National Mortgage Association - 1.7%

    

GNMA, 5.500%, 11/20/34 to 02/20/36

     104,920       105,145  

GNMA, 6.000%, 10/20/35 to 07/20/37

     982,967       1,003,702  

GNMA, 6.500%, 09/20/36

     425,892       439,815  

Total Government National Mortgage Association

       1,548,662  

U.S. Government - 0.9%

    

USTN, 5.000%, 07/31/08

     850,000 2     857,437  

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $ 12,826,301)

       13,163,902  

Asset-Backed Securities - 1.8%

    

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

     18,520       18,495  

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

     247,586       246,596  

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

     100,000       100,570  

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

     284,631       283,004  

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

     410,000       409,482  

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2005-GG5, Class A2, 5.117%, 04/10/37

     385,000       385,654  

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Mortgage Trust, 5.439%, 2/12/39 6

     235,000       237,068  

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $ 1,682,714)

       1,680,869  
     Shares        

Preferred Stocks - 0.8%

    

FHLMC, 8.375%, 12/31/12

     15,425       403,364  

FNMA, 8.250%, 12/31/10

     12,000       309,000  

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $ 695,353)

       712,364  

Other Investment Companies - 13.7%1

    

Bank of New York Institutional Cash Reserves Fund, 5.02% 3

     12,370,639       12,370,639  

Dreyfus Cash Management Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 4.85%

     214,100       214,100  

Total Other Investment Companies (cost $ 12,584,739)

       12,584,739  

Total Investments - 110.1% (cost $ 98,240,411)

       101,462,585  

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (10.1)%

       (9,338,233 )

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 92,124,352  

The accompanying notes are on 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, 2007, the cost of securities for Federal income tax purposes and the gross aggregate unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation based on tax cost were:

 

Fund

   Cost    Appreciation    Depreciation     Net

Value

   $ 62,317,053    $ 12,280,769    $ (6,733,174 )   $ 5,547,595

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth

     57,950,191      8,034,846      (2,569,067 )     5,465,779

Small Company

     31,001,120      5,923,562      (2,138,281 )     3,785,281

International Equity

     251,344,626      71,160,020      (9,084,097 )     62,075,923

Emerging Markets Equity

     166,958,560      62,494,418      (3,162,366 )     59,332,052

Global Bond

     98,259,656      3,904,337      (701,408 )     3,202,929

 

* 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 qualified buyers. At December 31, 2007, the value of these securities amounted to the following:

 

Fund

   Market Value    % of Net
Assets
 

International Equity

   $ 743,649    0.2 %

Emerging Markets Equity

     4,699,739    2.4 %

Global Bond

     10,666,284    11.6 %

 

(b) Step Bond. A debt instrument with either deferred interest payments or an interest rate that resets at specific times during its term.

1

Yield shown for an investment company represents the December 31, 2007, 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, 2007, amounting to:

 

Fund

   Market Value    % of Net
Assets
 

Value

   $ 4,437,945    7.1 %

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth

     10,711,158    20.6 %

Small Company

     4,979,042    17.0 %

International Equity

     14,657,646    4.9 %

Emerging Markets Equity

     24,011,407    12.1 %

Global Bond

     11,787,332    12.8 %

 

3

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

4

Represents yield to maturity at December 31, 2007.

5

Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2007. Date in parenthesis represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.

6

Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2007 and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.

#

Rounds to less than 0.1%.

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
USTN:   United States Treasury Note

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

CAD:

  Canadian Dollar

CHF:

  Swiss Franc

COP:

  Columbian Peso

EUR:

  Euro

GBP:

  British Pound

IDR:

  Indonesian Rupiah

JPY:

  Japanese Yen

KRW:

  South Korean Won

MYR:

  Malaysian Ringgit

SEK:

  Swedish Krona

SGD:

  Singapore Dollar

UYU:

  Uruguay Peso

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2007

 

 

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

Assets:

      

Investments at value (including securities on loan valued at $4,437,945, $10,711,158, $4,979,042, $14,657,646, $24,011,407 and $11,787,332, respectively)*

   $ 67,864,648     $ 63,415,970     $ 34,786,401

Cash

     —         228       —  

Foreign currency**

     —         —         —  

Receivable for investments sold

     —         —         20,681

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     76,516       304,404       57,130

Receivable from affiliate

     —         —         —  

Unrealized gains on forward foreign currency contracts

     —         —         —  

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     91,405       40,429       20,734

Prepaid expenses

     10,652       6,618       8,039
                      

Total assets

     68,043,221       63,767,649       34,892,985
                      

Liabilities:

      

Payable to affiliate

     12,255       9,755       —  

Payable to Custodian

     —         —         20,614

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     171,644       453,686       21,852

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     4,590,061       11,070,206       5,181,713

Payable for investments purchased

     381,885       255,076       249,457

Unrealized losses on forward foreign currency contracts

     —         —         —  

Accrued expenses:

      

Investment advisory and management fees

     41,019       35,696       20,604

Administrative fees

     13,673       11,155       6,220

Other

     53,186       55,752       43,077

Total liabilities

     5,263,723       11,891,326       5,543,537
                      

Net Assets

   $ 62,779,498     $ 51,876,323     $ 29,349,448
                      

Shares outstanding

     2,876,181       1,554,384       2,687,163
                      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 21.83     $ 33.37     $ 10.92
                      

Net Assets Represent:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 57,618,964     $ 179,471,868     $ 25,238,023

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

     —         —         9,154

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

     (982,604 )     (133,277,185 )     174,654

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

     6,143,138       5,681,640       3,927,617
                      

Net Assets

   $ 62,779,498     $ 51,876,323     $ 29,349,448
                      

 

*       Investments at cost

   $ 61,721,510     $ 57,734,330     $ 30,858,784

**     Foreign currency at cost

     —         —         —  

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

 

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Managers International

Equity Fund

   Managers Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
   Managers Global
Bond Fund
$ 313,420,549    $ 226,290,612    $ 101,462,585
  940,239      —        62,478
  1,758,737      1,433,809      1,791,699
  701,467      4,932,108      —  
  2,159,231      541,001      61,046
  84,276      —        96,527
  3,756      —        —  
  350,998      189,218      1,296,532
  9,975      8,888      13,213
                 
  319,429,228      233,395,636      104,784,080
                 
  —        43,785      —  
  —        7,822,148      —  
  162,849      1,514,224      38,162
  15,154,709      24,836,384      12,370,639
  1,421,171      237,199      —  
  11,749      —        —  
  230,946      201,016      46,903
  64,152      43,699      15,634
  358,381      462,287      188,390
                 
  17,403,957      35,160,742      12,659,728
                 
$ 302,025,271    $ 198,234,894    $ 92,124,352
                 
  3,915,793      7,395,920      4,323,191
                 
$ 77.13    $ 26.80    $ 21.31
                 
$ 270,412,571    $ 124,688,920    $ 88,375,492
  (1,923,650)      50,868      453,025
  (29,945,571)      14,242,296      43,598
  63,481,921      59,252,810      3,252,237
                 
$ 302,025,271    $ 198,234,894    $ 92,124,352
                 
$ 249,893,933    $ 166,886,781    $ 98,240,411
$ 1,754,607    $ 1,433,124    $ 1,786,636

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

 

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Statements of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2007

 

 

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

Investment Income:

      

Dividend income

   $ 1,532,016     $ 459,688     $ 570,906  

Interest income

     —         —         —    

Foreign withholding tax

     (10,616 )     (2,337 )     (1,083 )

Securities lending fees

     7,825       25,562       13,890  
                        

Total investment income

     1,529,225       482,913       583,713  
                        

Expenses:

      

Investment management fees

     574,339       502,663       337,783  

Administrative fees

     191,447       157,082       93,828  

Transfer agent

     55,525       60,399       33,186  

Professional fees

     40,696       38,821       28,865  

Custodian

     20,272       13,545       32,673  

Registration fees

     20,037       23,344       18,689  

Reports to shareholders

     6,905       7,833       2,804  

Trustees fees and expenses

     3,772       3,272       2,110  

Miscellaneous

     4,326       1,759       2,437  
                        

Total expenses before offsets

     917,319       808,718       552,375  
                        

Expense (reimbursement) recoupment

     (5,126 )     3,141       (7,678 )

Expense reductions

     (21,161 )     (33,604 )     (32,426 )
                        

Net expenses

     891,032       778,255       512,271  
                        

Net investment income (loss)

     638,193       (295,342 )     71,442  
                        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

      

Net realized gain on investment transactions

     7,066,106       12,081,136       5,644,580  

Net realized gain on futures contracts

     —         —         —    

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

     —         —         —    

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (12,723,883 )     (3,092,212 )     (2,093,069 )

Net unrealized depreciation of futures contracts

     —         —         —    

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

     —         —         —    
                        

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (5,657,777 )     8,988,924       3,551,511  
                        

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (5,019,584 )   $ 8,693,582     $ 3,622,953  
                        

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

 

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Managers International
Equity Fund

   Managers Emerging
Markets Equity Fund
    Managers Global
Bond Fund
 
$ 5,697,787    $ 3,853,221     $ 133,145  
  —        —         4,318,216  
  (393,976)      (348,669 )     —    
  87,943      76,460       40,575  
                    
  5,391,754      3,581,012       4,491,936  
                    
  2,340,304      2,159,274       708,805  
  650,084      469,407       202,516  
  703,282      442,220       152,105  
  95,787      73,407       46,818  
  332,423      390,983       122,594  
  22,400      25,009       18,893  
  19,332      19,174       9,973  
  14,417      10,486       6,085  
  23,108      30,885       3,147  
                    
  4,201,137      3,620,845       1,270,936  
                    
  (348,741)      (281,271 )     36,972  
  (9,677)      (2,882 )     (102,638 )
                    
  3,842,719      3,336,692       1,205,270  
                    
  1,549,035      244,320       3,286,666  
                    
  35,576,927      43,014,454       2,757,908  
  146,829      —         —    
  (36,565)      (193,452 )     184,253  
  (4,160,274)      4,010,229       1,646,252  
  (87,738)      —         —    
  (36,111)      22,781       48,629  
                    
  31,403,068      46,854,012       4,637,042  
                    
$ 32,952,103    $ 47,098,332     $ 7,923,708  
                    

The accompanying notes are on 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
 
    2007     2006     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 638,193     $ 853,565     $ (295,342 )   $ (256,524 )   $ 71,442     $ (268,690 )

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

    7,066,106       12,106,593       12,081,136       10,416,894       5,644,580       6,115,060  

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

    (12,723,883 )     2,554,698       (3,092,212 )     (5,161,247 )     (2,093,069 )     (1,903,333 )
                                               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (5,019,584 )     15,514,856       8,693,582       4,999,123       3,622,953       3,943,037  
                                               

Distributions to Shareholders:

           

From net investment income

    (644,259 )     (855,868 )     —         —         (72,068 )     —    

From net realized gain on investments

    (9,340,529 )     (11,576,359 )     —         —         (4,872,436 )     —    
                                               

Total distributions to shareholders

    (9,984,788 )     (12,432,227 )     —         —         (4,944,504 )     —    
                                               

From Capital Share Transactions:

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

    16,625,662       17,671,554       13,177,776       13,685,274       7,101,231       11,120,944  

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    9,480,374       12,291,981       —         —         4,917,140       —    

Cost of shares repurchased

    (29,238,475 )     (76,772,986 )     (35,994,240 )     (57,562,905 )     (19,785,414 )     (13,619,300 )
                                               

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    (3,132,439 )     (46,809,451 )     (22,816,464 )     (43,877,631 )     (7,767,043 )     (2,498,356 )
                                               

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (18,136,811 )     (43,726,822 )     (14,122,882 )     (38,878,508 )     (9,088,594 )     1,444,681  
                                               

Net Assets:

           

Beginning of year

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

End of year

  $ 62,779,498     $ 80,916,309     $ 51,876,323     $ 65,999,205     $ 29,349,448     $ 38,438,042  
                                               

End of year undistributed net investment income (loss)

    —         —         —         —       $ 9,154       —    
                                               

Share Transactions:

           

Sale of shares

    584,902       599,108       401,884       489,185       555,756       969,613  

Reinvested shares

    425,129       439,628       —         —         439,422       —    

Shares repurchased

    (1,025,973 )     (2,601,246 )     (1,109,222 )     (2,000,828 )     (1,517,885 )     (1,172,425 )
                                               

Net increase (decrease) in shares

    (15,942 )     (1,562,510 )     (707,338 )     (1,511,643 )     (522,707 )     (202,812 )
                                               

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

 

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Managers International Equity Fund     Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund     Managers Global Bond Fund  
2007    2006     2007     2006     2007     2006  
$ 1,549,035    $ 1,524,445     $ 244,320     $ 1,168,431     $ 3,286,666     $ 1,395,617  
  35,687,191      36,194,122       42,821,002       15,879,607       2,942,161       (166,942 )
  (4,284,123)      15,368,505       4,033,010       22,158,611       1,694,881       2,281,029  
                                            
  32,952,103      53,087,072       47,098,332       39,206,649       7,923,708       3,509,704  
                                            
  (1,407,436)      (4,000,641 )     —         (1,229,899 )     (5,790,344 )     (1,211,010 )
  —          (31,190,295 )     (13,239,958 )     (36,545 )     (66,866 )
                                            
  (1,407,436)      (4,000,641 )     (31,190,295 )     (14,469,857 )     (5,826,889 )     (1,277,876 )
                                            
  89,614,996      48,510,526       81,147,105       39,305,219       70,923,164       19,531,900  
  1,269,831      3,476,492       30,267,900       13,851,717       5,738,814       1,252,232  
  (51,320,349)      (76,550,450 )     (82,070,827 )     (42,139,842 )     (40,303,982 )     (12,477,695 )
                                            
  39,564,478      (24,563,432 )     29,344,178       11,017,094       36,357,996       8,306,437  
                                            
  71,109,145      24,522,999       45,252,215       35,753,886       38,454,815       10,538,265  
                                            
  230,916,126      206,393,127       152,982,679       117,228,793       53,669,537       43,131,272  
                                            
$ 302,025,271    $ 230,916,126     $ 198,234,894     $ 152,982,679     $ 92,124,352     $ 53,669,537  
                                            
$ (1,923,650)    $ (2,067,376 )   $ 50,868       —       $ 453,025     $ 61,252  
                                            
  1,182,441      799,592       2,961,645       1,734,005       3,348,376       938,126  
  16,446      51,997       1,123,113       579,812       272,628       59,123  
  (708,228)      (1,265,801 )     (2,947,238 )     (1,886,659 )     (1,833,465 )     (597,455 )
                                            
  490,659      (414,212 )     1,137,520       427,158       1,787,539       399,794  
                                            

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

 

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Managers Money Market Fund

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2007

 

 

Assets:

  

Investment in JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares (cost $90,937,675)

   $ 90,937,675

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     6,176

Dividends receivable

     391,847

Prepaid expenses

     9,285
      

Total assets

     91,344,983
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     7,797

Dividends payable to shareholders

     55,890

Administration fee payable

     12,107

Other accrued expenses

     51,262
      

Total liabilities

     127,056
      

Net Assets

   $ 91,217,927
      

Shares outstanding

     91,217,927
      

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 1.00
      

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 91,217,927

 

 

Managers Money Market Fund

Statements of Operations

 

 

     For the
one month ended
December 31, 2007*
    For the fiscal
year ended
November 30, 2007
 

Investment Income:

    

Dividend income

   $ 391,369     $ 5,370,617  

Expenses:

    

Administration fees

     12,107       154,574  

Registration fees

     10,667       34,763  

Transfer agent

     6,238       89,839  

Professional fees

     3,237       30,449  

Reports to shareholders

     1,951       26,957  

Trustees fees and expenses

     1,397       5,753  

Accounting fees

     500       6,000  

Miscellaneous expenses

     273       4,402  
                

Total expenses before offsets

     36,370       352,737  
                

Expense reductions

     (5,096 )     (51,525 )
                

Net expenses

     31,274       301,212  
                

Net Investment Income

   $ 360,095     $ 5,069,405  
                

 

* Effective December 1, 2007, Managers Money Market changed its fiscal year end from November 30 to December 31.

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

 

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Managers Money Market Fund

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     For the one
month ended
December 31,
2007*
    For the fiscal year ended
November 30,
 
     2007     2006  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

      
                        

Net investment income

   $ 360,095     $ 5,069,405     $ 1,515,932  
                        

Distributions to Shareholders:

      

From net investment income

     (360,095 )     (5,069,405 )     (1,515,932 )
                        

From Capital Share Transactions (at a constant $1.00 per share):

      

Proceeds from sale of shares

     9,618,816       215,023,349       122,399,470  

Reinvestment of dividends

     333,820       4,966,351       1,477,635  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (11,840,450 )     (164,722,861 )     (123,937,360 )
                        

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (1,887,814 )     55,266,839       (60,255 )
                        

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (1,887,814 )     55,266,839       (60,255 )
                        

Net Assets:

      

Beginning of period

     93,105,741       37,838,902       37,899,157  
                        

End of period

   $ 91,217,927     $ 93,105,741     $ 37,838,902  
                        

 

* Effective December 1, 2007, Managers Money Market changed its fiscal year end from November 30 to December 31.

 

 

Managers Money Market Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

Managers Money Market Fund

   For the one
month ended
December 31,
2007*
    For the fiscal year ended November 30,  
     2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000  
                                                

Income from Investment Operations:

            

Net investment income

     0.004       0.049       0.043       0.026       0.008       0.007  
                                                

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.004 )     (0.049 )     (0.043 )     (0.026 )     (0.008 )     (0.007 )
                                                

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000     $ 1.000  
                                                

Total Return 1

     0.37 %3     5.05 %     4.45 %     2.61 %     0.82 %     0.69 %
                                                

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     0.39 %4     0.29 %     0.40 %     0.40 %     0.36 %     0.38 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     4.46 %4     4.92 %     4.42 %     2.62 %     0.86 %     0.69 %

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

   $ 91,218     $ 93,106     $ 37,839     $ 37,896     $ 47,645     $ 33,050  
                                                

Ratios absent expense offsets: 2

            

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets

     0.44 %4     0.34 %     0.45 %     0.46 %     0.44 %     0.43 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     4.41 %4     4.87 %     4.37 %     2.56 %     0.78 %     0.64 %
                                                

 

* Effective December 1, 2007, Managers Money Market Fund changed its fiscal year end from November 30 to December 31. (See Notes to Financial Statements.)

1

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

2

Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest and taxes. (See Note 1(c) of Notes to Financial Statements.)

3

Not Annualized.

4

Annualized.

The accompanying notes are on 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

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 27.98     $ 27.98     $ 29.73     $ 26.24     $ 20.69  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.23 3     0.27 3     0.23       0.17       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (2.32 )3     4.79 3     1.43       3.47       5.56  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     (2.09 )     5.06       1.66       3.64       5.67  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.26 )     (0.35 )     (0.25 )     (0.15 )     (0.12 )

Net realized gain on investments

     (3.80 )     (4.71 )     (3.16 )     —         —    
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (4.06 )     (5.06 )     (3.41 )     (0.15 )     (0.12 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 21.83     $ 27.98     $ 27.98     $ 29.73     $ 26.24  
                                        

Total Return 1

     (7.77 )%     18.08 %     5.53 %     13.87 %     27.39 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.16 %     1.17 %     1.18 %     1.22 %     1.27 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.20 %     1.23 %     1.15 %     1.38 %     1.42 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     0.83 %     0.90 %     0.72 %     0.62 %     0.59 %

Portfolio turnover

     37 %     32 %     54 %     39 %     40 %

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

   $ 62,779     $ 80,916     $ 124,643     $ 119,547     $ 100,720  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 29.18     $ 27.79     $ 26.77     $ 25.46     $ 20.36  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.15 )3     (0.09 )3     (0.07 )3     (0.07 )     (0.16 )

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     4.34 3     1.48 3     1.09 3     1.38       5.26  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     4.19       1.39       1.02       1.31       5.10  
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 33.37     $ 29.18     $ 27.79     $ 26.77     $ 25.46  
                                        

Total Return 1

     14.36 %     4.96 %     3.85 %     5.14 %     25.05 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.24 %     1.25 %     1.28 %     1.34 %     1.33 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.29 %     1.32 %     1.22 %     1.47 %     1.52 %

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets 1

     (0.47 )%     (0.33 )%     (0.27 )%     (0.26 )%     (0.67 )%

Portfolio turnover

     116 %     200 %     97 %     79 %     109 %

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

   $ 51,876     $ 65,999     $ 104,878     $ 98,347     $ 110,903  
                                        

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Small Company Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 11.97     $ 10.84     $ 10.36     $ 9.19     $ 6.40  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     0.02 3     (0.08 )3     (0.08 )3     (0.08 )     (0.09 )

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     1.12 3     1.21 3     0.56 3     1.25       2.88  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.14       1.13       0.48       1.17       2.79  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.03 )     —         —         —         —    

Net realized gain on investments

     (2.16 )     —         —         —         —    

Total distributions to shareholders

     (2.19 )     —         —         —         —    
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 10.92     $ 11.97     $ 10.84     $ 10.36     $ 9.19  
                                        

Total Return 1

     9.13 %     10.42 %     4.63 %     12.73 %     43.59 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.36 %     1.39 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.45 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.47 %     1.54 %     1.41 %     1.43 %     1.50 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets 1

     0.19 %     (0.72 )%     (0.82 )%     (1.05 )%     (1.20 )%

Portfolio turnover

     50 %     126 %     26 %     18 %     48 %

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

   $ 29,349     $ 38,438     $ 36,993     $ 27,629     $ 18,750  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers International Equity Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 67.42     $ 53.76     $ 47.05     $ 41.13     $ 31.22  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.47       0.69       0.37       0.27       0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     9.60       14.15       6.83       5.96       10.04  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     10.07       14.84       7.20       6.23       10.38  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.36 )     (1.18 )     (0.49 )     (0.31 )     (0.47 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (0.36 )     (1.18 )     (0.49 )     (0.31 )     (0.47 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 77.13     $ 67.42     $ 53.76     $ 47.05     $ 41.13  
                                        

Total Return 1

     14.94 %4     27.63 %     15.30 %     15.17 %     33.21 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.48 %     1.45 %     1.45 %     1.62 %     1.72 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.61 %     1.47 %     1.42 %     1.70 %     1.73 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     0.60 %     0.70 %     0.75 %     0.57 %     0.70 %

Portfolio turnover

     98 %     70 %     79 %     93 %     80 %

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

   $ 302,025     $ 230,916     $ 206,393     $ 234,061     $ 266,611  
                                        

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 24.44     $ 20.10     $ 16.50     $ 13.26     $ 8.80  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.04 3     0.22       0.52       0.08       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     7.20 3     6.66       4.84       3.74       4.50  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     7.24       6.88       5.36       3.82       4.51  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

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

Net realized gain on investments

     (4.88 )     (2.32 )     (1.21 )     (0.52 )     —    
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (4.88 )     (2.54 )     (1.76 )     (0.58 )     (0.05 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 26.80     $ 24.44     $ 20.10     $ 16.50     $ 13.26  
                                        

Total Return 1

     29.50 %4     34.50 %     32.53 %     28.85 %     51.20 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.78 %     1.76 %     1.75 %     1.85 %     1.99 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.93 %     1.76 %     1.72 %     1.87 %     1.97 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     0.13 %     0.89 %     0.59 %     0.67 %     0.08 %

Portfolio turnover

     62 %     41 %     35 %     58 %     79 %

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

   $ 198,235     $ 152,983     $ 117,229     $ 63,567     $ 36,728  
                                        
     For the year ended December 31,  

Managers Global Bond Fund

   2007     2006     2005     2004     2003  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 21.17     $ 20.19     $ 22.38     $ 22.19     $ 20.58  
                                        

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.70 3     0.45       0.63       0.65       0.80  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     0.88 3     1.05       (1.75 )     1.49       3.43  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.58       1.50       (1.12 )     2.14       4.23  
                                        

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (1.43 )     (0.49 )     (0.77 )     (1.34 )     (2.09 )

Net realized gain on investments

     (0.01 )     (0.03 )     (0.30 )     (0.61 )     (0.53 )
                                        

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1.44 )     (0.52 )     (1.07 )     (1.95 )     (2.62 )
                                        

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 21.31     $ 21.17     $ 20.19     $ 22.38     $ 22.19  
                                        

Total Return 1

     7.52 %4     7.36 %     (4.94 )%     9.62 %     20.69 %
                                        

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

     1.19 %     1.19 %     1.19 %     1.29 %     1.68 %

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets 2

     1.25 %     1.27 %     1.26 %     1.49 %     1.68 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1

     3.25 %     2.86 %     2.38 %     2.73 %     3.48 %

Portfolio turnover

     152 %     56 %     64 %     130 %     152 %

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

   $ 92,124     $ 53,670     $ 43,131     $ 36,454     $ 32,307  
                                        

 

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 reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest and taxes. (See Note 1(c) 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, 2007

 

 

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 (“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 Money Market Fund (“Money Market”) and Managers Global Bond Fund (“Global Bond”), collectively the “Funds.”

Money Market invests all of its investable assets in the Capital Shares of the JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund (the “Portfolio”), a separate registered open-end management investment company with substantially the same investment objective and policies as the Fund. The Portfolio is a series of the JPMorgan Trust II, a business trust organized under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The investment manager of the Portfolio is JPMorgan Investment Advisors Inc. (“JPMIA”). The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Portfolio.

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 and such differences could be material. 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. The Funds’ investments are generally valued based on market quotations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. 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 has 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 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. 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.

Money Market’s investment in the Portfolio is valued daily at its end of day net asset value per share. The Portfolio’s underlying investments are valued at amortized cost which approximates market value. The amortized cost method of valuation values a security at its cost at the time of purchase and thereafter assumes a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instruments.

 

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. As a shareholder of the Portfolio, the Money Market Fund receives its proportionate share of the dividends paid by such class, which takes into consideration the Fund’s proportionate share of net investment income and expenses of such class. 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.

 

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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, 2007, under these arrangements the amount by which the Funds’ expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratios were as follows: Value—$20,292 or 0.03%; Essex Large Cap Growth—$32,980 or 0.05%; Small Company—$32,040 or 0.09%; and International Equity—$5,813 or 0.0%.

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 0.75% 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, 2007, the custodian expense was reduced as follows: Value—$127; Small Company—$52; International Equity—$418; Emerging Markets Equity—$467 and Global Bond—$336.

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, 2007, overdraft fees for Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, Small Company, International Equity, Emerging Markets Equity and Global Bond equaled $39, $691, $106, $33, $13,288 or 0.01% and $301, respectively.

The Trust also has a balance credit arrangement with its Transfer Agent, PFPC Inc., whereby earnings credits are used to offset banking charges. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Funds’ portion of the transfer agent expense was reduced under this arrangement as follows: Value—$742; Essex Large Cap Growth—$624; Small Company—$334; International Equity—$3,446; Emerging Markets Equity—$2,415; Global Bond—$1,044 and Money Market -$1,061.

The Money Market has an “omnibus account” arrangement with JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc, (“JPMDS”), the shareholder servicing agent of the Portfolio, whereby the Fund is credited with a factor of 0.05% of the average daily assets invested in the Portfolio. This credit serves to reduce expenses that would otherwise be charged to the Fund. For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2007 and the one month period ended December 31, 2007, expenses were reduced under this arrangement by $51,525 and $4,035, 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 Money Market. Dividends resulting from net investment income, if any, normally will be declared daily and paid monthly for Money Market. 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     Essex Large Cap Growth     Small Company  
     2007     2006     2007    2006     2007     2006  

Distributions paid from:

             

Ordinary income

   $ 644,259     $ 855,868       —        —       $ 72,068       —    

Short-term capital gains

     1,276,223       1,797,816       —        —         593,430       —    

Long-term capital gains

     8,064,306       9,778,543       —        —         4,279,006       —    
                                               
   $ 9,984,788     $ 12,432,227       —        —       $ 4,944,504       —    
                                               

As a % of distributions paid: (unaudited)

             

Qualified ordinary income

     100.00 %     100.00 %     —        —         100.00 %     —    

Ordinary income—dividends received deduction

     66.28 %     64.80 %     —        —         70.60 %     —    
                                               
     International Equity     Emerging Markets Equity     Global Bond  
     2007     2006     2007    2006     2007     2006  

Distributions paid from:

             

Ordinary income

   $ 1,407,436     $ 4,000,641       —      $ 1,229,899     $ 5,790,344     $ 1,211,010  

Short-term capital gains

     —         —       $ 5,317,862      3,138,783       35,680       —    

Long-term capital gains

     —         —         25,872,433      10,101,175       865       66,866  
                                               
   $ 1,407,436     $ 4,000,641     $ 31,190,295    $ 14,469,857     $ 5,826,889     $ 1,277,876  
                                               

As a % of distributions paid: (unaudited)

             

Qualified ordinary income

     100.00 %     100.00 %     —        100.00 %     —         0.00 %

Ordinary income—dividends received deduction

     2.41 %     1.17 %     —        —         —         —    
                                               

 

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As of December 31, 2007, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

 

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

Capital loss carryforward

   —      $ 133,061,324      —      $ 29,556,999      —        —  

Undistributed ordinary income

   —        —        —        —      $ 57,088    $ 453,025

Undistributed short-term capital gains

   —        —      $ 131,348      —        2,127,641      —  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

   —        —        194,796      —        12,186,434      62,905

The tax character of distributions paid by the Money Market Fund during the past two periods were as follows:

 

     Money Market
     For the one month
ended December 31,
2007
   For the fiscal year ended
November 30,
        2007    2006

Distributions paid from:

        

Ordinary income

   $ 360,350    $ 5,069,405    $ 1,515,932

Short-term capital gains

     —        —        —  

Long-term capital gains

     —        —        —  

 

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 Funds’ understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which they invest, certain Funds will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers

As of December 31, 2007, 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

   $ 89,173,242    2009
     30,988,593    2010
     12,899,489    2011

International Equity

     13,386,880    2010
     16,170,119    2011

Money Market

     2,266    2008

For the year ended December 31, 2007, Essex Large Cap Growth, Small Company and International Equity utilized capital loss carryovers in the amounts of $12,255,006, $536,555 and $35,507,308.

 

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, 2007, 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 15%; International Equity—two collectively own 38%; Emerging Markets Equity—two collectively own 59%; Money Market – one owns 11%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Funds.

 

h. 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.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

For each of the Funds other than Money Market, 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.

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, 2007, 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 %

Global Bond

   0.70 %

The Investment Manager of Global Bond has agreed to contractually waive a portion of its management fee for the Fund until at least March 1, 2008. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the amount waived was $101,258 or 0.10%.

Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”), an independently managed subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”) and the Investment Manager for the Funds, has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2008, subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances, that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage costs, acquired fund expenses and extraordinary expenses) will be limited to the following amounts of the Fund’s average daily net assets: Small Company—1.45%; and Global Bond—1.19%. The Investment Manager has also contractually agreed, subject to later reimbursement by the Funds in certain circumstances, that the total annual operating expenses (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage costs, acquired fund expenses and extraordinary expenses) will be limited to 1.19%, 1.29%, 1.55% and 1.79%, on Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, International Equity, and Emerging Markets Equity, 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.

In general, for a period of up to three years from the time of any waiver or payment pursuant to the Fund’s contractual expense limitation, the Investment Manager may recover from the Fund fees waived and expenses paid to the extent that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses do not exceed the contractual expense limitation amount. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the following Funds made such repayments to the Investment Manager in the following amounts: Value—$12,289; Essex Large Cap Growth—$9,756; Small Company—$1,543; Emerging Markets Equity—$1,892 and Global Bond—$144,121. At December 31, 2007, the cumulative amount of reimbursement by the Manager subject to repayment by Value, Essex Large Cap, Small Company, and Emerging Markets Equity equaled $53,862, $41,872, $51,211, and $66,902, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Investment Manager voluntarily waived $348,741 and $214,369 of expenses for International Equity and Emerging Markets Equity which may not be recovered by the Investment Manager.

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 and Money Market, pay a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Global Bond and Money Market pay a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.20% and 0.15%, respectively, per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Prior to July 1, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee was $55,000, plus $4,000 or $2,000 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. Effective July 1, 2007, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee is $65,000, plus $4,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated amongst all of the Funds for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $15,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Independent Chairman received an additional payment of $10,000 per year). The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $5,000 per year. (Prior to July 1, 2007, the Chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional payment of $2,000 per year). The “Trustee fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents 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. The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter for each Fund. The Distributor is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). 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. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Funds are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

 

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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, 2007, were as follows:

 

Fund

   Long-Term Securities    U.S. Government Securities
   Purchases    Sales    Purchases    Sales

Value

   $ 27,465,427    $ 40,673,816      N/A      N/A

Essex Large Cap Growth

     71,223,574      95,721,431      N/A      N/A

Small Company

     17,797,041      30,910,549      N/A      N/A

International Equity

     279,544,126      245,875,854      N/A      N/A

Emerging Markets Equity

     118,521,055      114,840,068      N/A      N/A

Global Bond

     125,124,126      92,834,995    $ 51,439,942    $ 50,163,824

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

Each of the Funds other than Money Market 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 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. 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.

 

7. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

International Equity, Emerging Markets Equity, 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.

The Funds, except Value, Essex Large Cap Growth, Money Market 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.

 

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Cash pledged to cover margin requirements for open forward positions in International Equity at December 31, 2007 is $154,427. Open forward foreign currency exchange contracts (in U.S. Dollars) at December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

Foreign Currency

  

Position

  

Settlement Date

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

euro-dollar Contracts

   Short    01/02/08-01/03/08    $ (605,646 )   $ (608,659 )   $ 3,013  

Pound Sterling

   Short    01/02/08      (477,745 )     (478,488 )     743  

Japanese Yen

   Short    01/07/08      (188,129 )     (185,611 )     (2,518 )

South African Rand

   Short    01/02/08      (124,665 )     (120,998 )     (3,667 )

Canadian Dollar

   Long    01/02/08      486,347       491,615       (5,268 )

Swiss Franc

   Long    01/07/08      26,085       26,201       (116 )

Pound Sterling

   Long    01/02/08-01/03/08      128,753       128,933       (180 )
                              
         $ (755,000 )   $ (747,007 )   $ (7,993 )
                              

 

8. 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 and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (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, 2007, amounted to $40,818. International Equity had the following open futures contracts as of December 31, 2007.

 

Type

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

3-Month Euro

   8    Long    3/13/08    ($ 71,095 )

 

9. New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (“FIN 48”).” FIN 48 applies to all registered investment companies and establishes the minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of tax-return positions in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2004—2007) and has concluded that as of December 31, 2007, no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Also, Management has analyzed the Managers Money Market Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended November 30, 2005, 2006, 2007 and for the one month period ended December 31, 2007) and has concluded that as of December 31, 2007, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, Fund Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next twelve months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds.

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; except that with respect to Money Market, management has concluded that adoption of SFAS 157 did not have any impact on the financial statements for the period from December 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007. The Money Market Fund invests solely in the Capital Shares of the JP Morgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, (the “Liquid Assets Fund”). The total fair value of this investment was $90,937,675. The Liquid Assets Fund is traded in an active market and has a net asset value of $1.00 per share. This method of valuation had been used throughout the entire year.

 

10. Subsequent Events

Effective January 1, 2008, the Investment Manager has agreed to amend the expense limitation agreements for International Equity, Emerging Markets Equity and Global Bond such that, subject to the same terms and conditions as previously described in Note 2, the new annual expense limitations will be 1.48%, 1.77% and 1.10%, respectively, through at least May 1, 2009.

 

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Tax Information (continued)

 

 

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 and Global Bond designate $5,887,700, $0, $4,473,802, $0, $37,059,476 and $62,924, respectively, as long-term capital gain for the taxable year ended December 31, 2007.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of 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 Global Bond Fund and Managers Money Market Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, the statement of net assets, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers Value Fund, Managers AMG Essex Large Cap Growth Fund, Managers Small Company Fund, Managers International Equity Fund, Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Managers Global Bond Fund and Managers Money Market Fund, (seven of the series constituting The Managers Funds, hereafter referred to as the “Funds”), at December 31, 2007, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and the financial highlights for each of 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, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 20, 2008

 

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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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Kilboy & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); 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 32 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 32 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 32 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-Present); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-Present); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Schneeweis Associates, LLC (2007-Present); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-Present); Partner, TRS Associates (2007-Present).

 

* 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 32 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).

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth, Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Christine C. Carsman, 4/2/52

 

•        Secretary since 2004

   Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-Present); Secretary, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and 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).

Donald S. Rumery, 5/29/58

 

•        Chief Financial Officer since 2007

 

•        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); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present).

Keitha L. Kinne, 5/16/58

 

•        Chief Operating Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006); Senior Vice President, Prudential Investments (1999-2004).

 

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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

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    SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES
Rexiter Capital Management Limited    PORTFOLIO
   Skyline Asset Management, L.P.
ESSEX GROWTH   
ESSEX LARGE CAP GROWTH    SMALL CAP
ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH    TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH
Essex Investment Management Co., LLC    TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH
   TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC
FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY   
FQ U.S. EQUITY    SMALL COMPANY
First Quadrant, L.P.    Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
   Kalmar Investment Advisers, Inc.
INSTITUTIONAL MICRO-CAP   
MICRO-CAP    SPECIAL EQUITY
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC    Donald Smith & Co., Inc.
WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.    Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC
OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc.    Skyline Asset Management, L.P.
Next Century Growth Investors, LLC    Smith Asset Management Group, LP
   Veredus Asset Management LLC
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY    Westport Asset Management, Inc.
Alliance Bernstein L.P.   
Lazard Asset Management, LLC    SYSTEMATIC VALUE
Wellington Management Company, LLP    SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE
   Systematic Financial Management, L.P.
CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS   
MID-CAP    VALUE
Chicago Equity Partners, LLC    Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.
   Osprey Partners Investment Management, LLC
REAL ESTATE SECURITIES   
Urdang Securities Management, Inc.   

MANAGERS AND MANAGERS AMG BALANCED FUNDS

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

GLOBAL

Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.

Alliance Bernstein L.P.

First Quadrant, L.P.

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 FINRA.

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 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 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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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 2007    Fiscal 2006

Managers Value Fund

   $ 22,732    $ 21,753

Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 22,419    $ 21,454

Managers Small Company Fund

   $ 15,320    $ 14,660

Managers Special Equity Fund

   $ 39,989    $ 38,267

Managers International Equity Fund

   $ 35,617    $ 34,083

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 25,587    $ 21,485

Managers Bond Fund

   $ 36,564    $ 30,989

Managers Global Bond Fund

   $ 28,501    $ 27,274

Managers Money Market Fund

   $ 10,139    $ 9,702

All Funds in the Managers Complex Audited by PwC

   $ 758,032    $ 723,732

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 2007    Fiscal 2006

Managers Value Fund

   $ 6,400    $ 6,325

Essex Large Cap Growth Fund

   $ 6,400    $ 6,600

Managers Small Company Fund

   $ 6,400    $ 6,325

Managers Special Equity Fund

   $ 8,900    $ 8,800

Managers International Equity Fund

   $ 9,000    $ 8,800

Managers Emerging Markets Equity Fund

   $ 8,500    $ 7,975

Managers Bond Fund

   $ 9,500    $ 7,975

Managers Global Bond Fund

   $ 8,500    $ 8,250

Managers Money Market Fund

   $ 6,700    $ 4,250

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 2007 and $0 for fiscal 2006, 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    $ 0    $ 839,245    $ 98,304    $ 0    $ 0

 

A

Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding.

 

Item 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

The schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the shareholder report contained in Item 1 hereof.

 

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.


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Item 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 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: February 29, 2008

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: February 29, 2008

 

By:   /s/ Donald S. Rumery
  Donald S. Rumery, Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: February 29, 2008