N-CSRS 1 a19-10482_17ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

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:

 

811-06342

 

 

 

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Address of principal executive offices:

 

1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

 

 

Name and address of agent for service:

 

Andrea Melia

Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc.

1735 Market Street 32nd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

 

1-800-522-5465

 

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

October 31

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

 

April 30, 2019

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income
Fund, Inc. (FCO)

 

Semi-Annual Report

April 30, 2019

 

 

 

Managed Distribution Policy (unaudited)

 

 

 


The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) has authorized a managed distribution policy (“MDP”) of paying monthly distributions at an annual rate set once a year. The Fund’s current monthly distribution is set at a rate of $0.07 per share. With each distribution, the Fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information regarding the amount and estimated composition of the distribution and other information required by the

Fund’s MDP exemptive order. The Fund’s Board of Directors may amend or terminate the MDP at any time without prior notice to shareholders; however, at this time, there are no reasonably foreseeable circumstances that might cause the termination of the MDP. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of distributions or from the terms of the Fund’s MDP.


 

 

 

Distribution Disclosure Classification (unaudited)

 

 

 


The Fund’s policy is to provide investors with a stable monthly distribution out of current income, supplemented by realized capital gains and, to the extent necessary, paid-in capital.

 

The Fund is subject to U.S. corporate, tax and securities laws. Under U.S. tax rules, the amount applicable to the Fund and character of distributable income for each fiscal period depends on the actual exchange rates during the entire year between the U.S. Dollar and the currencies in which Fund assets are denominated and on the aggregate gains and losses realized by the Fund during the entire year.

 

Therefore, the exact amount of distributable income for each fiscal year can only be determined as of the end of the Fund’s fiscal year, October 31. Under Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Fund is required to indicate the sources of certain distributions to shareholders. The estimated

distribution composition may vary from month to month because it may be materially impacted by future income, expenses and realized gains and losses on securities and fluctuations in the value of the currencies in which the Fund’s assets are denominated.

 

Based on generally accepted accounting principles, the Fund estimates that distributions for the fiscal year commenced November 1, 2018, through the distributions declared on May 9, 2019 and June 11, 2019, consisted of 46% net investment income and 54% return of capital. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this report are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.

 

In January 2020, a Form 1099-DIV will be sent to shareholders, which will state the final amount and composition of distributions and provide information with respect to their appropriate tax treatment for the 2019 calendar year.


 

 

 

Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (unaudited)

 

 

 


Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”), the Fund’s transfer agent, sponsors and administers a Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), which is available to shareholders.

 

The Plan allows registered shareholders and first-time investors to buy and sell shares and automatically reinvest dividends and capital gains through the transfer agent. This is a cost-effective way to invest in the Fund.

Please note that for both purchase and reinvestment purposes, shares will be purchased in the open market at the current share price and cannot be issued directly by the Fund.

 

For more information about the Plan and a brochure that includes the terms and conditions of the Plan, please call Computershare at 1-800-647-0584 or visit www.computershare.com/buyaberdeen.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Letter to Shareholders (unaudited)

 

 

 


Dear Shareholder,

 

We present this Semi-Annual Report, which covers the activities of Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019. The Fund’s principal investment objective is to provide high current income by investing primarily in fixed income securities. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation, but only when consistent with its principal investment objective.

 

Total Investment Return

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the total return to shareholders of the Fund based on the net asset value (“NAV”) and market price of the Fund are as follows:

 

NAV*

5.0%

Market Price*

5.4%

 

*assuming the reinvestment of dividends and distributions

 

The Fund’s NAV total return is based on the reported NAV on each financial reporting period end which could differ from the NAV disclosed within the financial statements. For more information on Fund performance, please see page 4 of Report of the Investment Manager.

 

NAV, Market Price and Premium

 

The below table represents comparison from current six-month period end to prior year of Market Price to NAV and associated Premium.

 

 

 

NAV

 

Closing Market Price

 

Premium

4/30/2019

 

$7.96

 

$8.22

 

3.3%

10/31/2018

 

$7.99

 

$8.22

 

2.9%

 

Throughout the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund’s NAV was within a range of $7.71 to $8.11 and the Fund’s market price traded within a range of $6.82 to $8.55. Throughout the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund’s shares traded within a range of a discount/premium of -12.56% to 7.68%.

 

Portfolio Management

 

The Fund is managed by Aberdeen’s Asia-Pacific fixed income team. The Asia-Pacific fixed income team works in a collaborative fashion;

all team members have both portfolio management and research responsibilities. The team is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

 

Effective February 28, 2019, Paul Lukaszewski replaced Nicholas Bishop and effective March 6, 2019 Erlend Lochen replaced Steven Logan as part of the team having the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio. The team also includes Kenneth Akintewe, Lin-Jing Leong and Adam McCabe. Mr. Lukaszewski is Head of Corporate Debt on the Asian Fixed Income team. He joined Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited in 2014. Mr. Lochen is Head of North American Fixed Income and Global High Yield at Aberdeen Standard Investments. He joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2001.

 

Credit Quality

 

As of April 30, 2019, 15.8% of the Fund’s portfolio was invested in securities where either the issue or the issuer was rated A or better by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”)*, Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”)** or Fitch Ratings, Inc.***

 

Managed Distribution Policy

 

Distributions to common shareholders for the twelve months ended April 30, 2019 totaled $0.84 per share. Based on the share price of $8.22 on April 30, 2019, the distribution rate over the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2019 was 10.22%. Since all distributions are paid after deducting applicable withholding taxes, the effective distribution rate may be higher for those U.S. investors who are able to claim a tax credit.

 

On May 9, 2019 and June 11, 2019, the Fund announced that it will pay on May 31, 2019 and June 28, 2019, respectively, a distribution of U.S. $0.07 per share to all shareholders of record as of May 22, 2019 and June 21, 2019, respectively.

 

The Fund’s policy is to provide investors with a stable monthly distribution out of current income, supplemented by realized capital gains and, to the extent necessary, paid-in capital, which is a non-taxable return of capital. This policy is subject to an annual review as well as regular review at the Board’s quarterly meetings, unless market conditions require an earlier evaluation.


 

 

*        S&P’s credit ratings are expressed as letter grades that range from ‘AAA’ to ‘D’ to communicate the agency’s opinion of relative level of credit risk. Ratings from ‘AA’ to ‘CCC’ may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. The investment grade category is a rating from ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB-’.

**       Moody’s is an independent, unaffiliated research company that rates fixed income securities. Moody’s assigns ratings on the basis of risk and the borrower’s ability to make interest payments. Typically, securities are assigned a rating from ‘Aaa’ to ‘C’, with ‘Aaa’ being the highest quality and ‘C’ the lowest quality.

***      Fitch’s credit ratings relating to issuers are an opinion on the relative ability of an entity to meet financial commitments, such as interest, preferred dividends, repayment of principal, insurance claims or counterparty obligations. The terms “investment grade” and “speculative grade” have established themselves over time as shorthand to describe the categories ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’ (investment grade) and ‘BB’ to ‘D’ (speculative grade). The terms investment grade and speculative grade are market conventions and do not imply any recommendation or endorsement of a specific security for investment purposes. Investment grade categories indicate relatively low to moderate credit risk, while ratings in the speculative categories either signal a higher level of credit risk or that a default has already occurred.

 

 

 

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Open Market Repurchase Program

 

The Fund’s policy is generally to buy back Fund shares on the open market when the Fund trades at certain discounts to NAV and management believes such repurchases may enhance shareholder value. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019 and fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund did not repurchase any shares.

 

Revolving Credit Facility

 

The Fund’s $40,000,000 revolving credit facility with The Bank of Nova Scotia was renewed for a 3-year term on February 28, 2017. The outstanding balance on the loan as of April 30, 2019 was $28,600,000. Under the terms of the loan facility and applicable regulations, the Fund is required to maintain certain asset coverage ratios for the amount of its outstanding borrowings. The Board regularly reviews the use of leverage by the Fund. The Fund is also authorized to use reverse repurchase agreements as another form of leverage.

 

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

 

The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the second and fourth quarters of each fiscal year are included in the Fund’s semi-annual and annual reports to shareholders. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q (or as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-Q’s successor form, Form N-PORT). The Fund’s Form N-Q filings and Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Fund makes the information on Form N-Q (or the exhibit to Form N-PORT) available to shareholders upon request and without charge by calling Investor Relations toll-free at 1-800-522-5465.

 

Proxy Voting

 

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve months ended June 30 is available by August 31 of the relevant year: (i) upon request and without charge by calling Investor Relations toll-free at 1-800-522-5465; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Unclaimed Share Accounts

 

Please be advised that abandoned or unclaimed property laws for certain states require financial organizations to transfer (escheat) unclaimed property (including Fund shares) to the state. Each state has its own definition of unclaimed property, and Fund shares could be considered “unclaimed property” due to account inactivity (e.g., no owner-generated activity for a certain period), returned mail (e.g., when mail sent to a shareholder is returned to the Fund’s transfer agent as undeliverable), or a combination of both. If your Fund shares are categorized as unclaimed, your financial advisor or the Fund’s

transfer agent will follow the applicable state’s statutory requirements to contact you, but if unsuccessful, laws may require that the shares be escheated to the appropriate state. If this happens, you will have to contact the state to recover your property, which may involve time and expense. For more information on unclaimed property and how to maintain an active account, please contact your financial adviser or the Fund’s transfer agent.

 

Brexit

 

The ongoing negotiations surrounding the UK’s exit from the European Union (“EU”) (“Brexit”) have yet to provide clarity on what the outcome will be for the UK or Europe. The UK remains a member of the EU until the legally established departure. This was originally March 29, 2019, but has been extended twice following agreement by all EU member states, and is now expected to be October 31, 2019 (the “Exit Day”). Until Exit Day, all existing EU-derived laws and regulations will continue to apply in the UK. Those laws may continue to apply for an additional transitional period following Exit Day, depending on whether a deal is struck between the UK and the EU and, if so, what that deal is. In any event, the UK has undertaken a process of “on-shoring” all EU legislation, pursuant to which there appears, at this stage, to be no policy changes to EU law. However, there remain various open questions as to how cross-border financial services will work post-Exit Day, and the EU has not yet provided any material cushion from the effects of Brexit for financial services as a matter of EU law.

 

Whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in Europe (whether the EU, Eurozone or UK) or with significant exposure to European, EU, Eurozone or UK issuers or countries, the unavoidable uncertainties and events related to Brexit could negatively affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments, increase taxes and costs of business and cause volatility in currency exchange rates and interest rates. Brexit could adversely affect the performance of contracts in existence at the date of Brexit and European, UK or worldwide political, regulatory, economic or market conditions and could contribute to instability in political institutions, regulatory agencies and financial markets. Brexit could also lead to legal uncertainty and politically divergent national laws and regulations as a new relationship between the UK and EU is defined and the UK determines which EU laws to replace or replicate. Any of these effects of Brexit, and others that cannot be anticipated, could adversely affect the Fund’s business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the risk that Standard Life Aberdeen plc, the parent of the company that provides investment advisory services to the Fund and which is headquartered in the UK, fails to adequately prepare for Brexit could have significant customer, reputation and capital impacts for Standard Life Aberdeen plc and its subsidiaries, including those providing services to the Fund; however, Standard Life Aberdeen plc and its subsidiaries have detailed


 

 

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contingency planning in place to seek to manage the consequences of Brexit on the Fund and to avoid any disruption on the Fund and to the services they provide. Given the fluidity and complexity of the situation, however, we cannot assure that the Fund will not be adversely impacted despite these preparations.

 

Investor Relations Information

 

As part of Aberdeen Standard’s commitment to shareholders, we invite you to visit the Fund on the web at www.aberdeenfco.com. Here, you can view monthly fact sheets, quarterly commentary, distribution and performance information, and other Fund literature.

 

Enroll in our email services today and be among the first to receive the latest closed-end fund news, announcements, videos, information and important Fund documents. Sign up today at https://www.aberdeenstandard.com/en-us/cefinvestorcenter/contact-us/preferences

Contact Us:

 

·    Visit: aberdeenstandard.com/en-us/cefinvestorcenter

 

·    Email: Investor.Relations@aberdeenstandard.com; or

 

·    Call: 1-800-522-5465 (toll free in the U.S.).

 

Yours sincerely,

 

/s/ Christian Pittard

 

Christian Pittard
President


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All amounts are U.S. Dollars unless otherwise stated.

 

 

 

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Report of the Investment Manager (unaudited)

 

 

 


Market/Economic Review

 

The beginning of the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, comprised a challenging period for global financial markets. U.S.-China trade tensions were mounting, as each nation’s government implemented pre-emptive and retaliatory tariffs on the other’s exported goods. The uncertainties created by the ongoing trade spat, together with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest-rate hike in defiance of political pressure and market expectations, caused a sharp sell-off in global equities in December 2018.

 

Against this backdrop, market conditions turned more positive over the first four months of 2019. While the Fed delivered one more rate hike in December 2018, the central bank’s tone had already turned more dovish. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield averaged 2.6% in the first four months of 2019. Trade discussions between the U.S. and China turned more positive, with further import tariff hikes halted and deadlines extended in the first few months of 2019. The Brent crude oil price saw a sharp decline to US$50 into the end of 2018, and despite a rebound at the start of 2019, remained off of its high levels in October 2018, which benefited oil-importing markets such as India and Indonesia. Furthermore, China’s government began to roll out targeted stimulus measures incrementally in an effort to aid consumption, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) cut banks’ reserve ratio requirements twice. Policymakers elsewhere halted their rate-hike cycles and a few embarked on rate cuts. The return to “lower-for-longer” rates supported the markets, and the significant amount of risk that had been priced into Asian and EMs reversed. Asian currencies ended the reporting period firmer against the U.S. dollar, led by the Indonesian rupiah, Indian rupee, Thai baht, Chinese yuan and the Philippine peso, with the Korean won the main exception. Credit spreads also contracted significantly from their wide levels seen in December 2018. While Asian investment-grade1 spreads were unchanged over the reporting period, they tightened by about 20 basis points (bps) from December 2018 to April 2019. High-yield spreads also were unchanged over the period, but 40 bps tighter from their December 2018 levels.

 

The performance of bond markets in Australia, Singapore and Korea mirrored that of U.S. Treasuries over the reporting period. In Australia

and Korea, bond yields fell on the back of weak economic data and trade tensions, which prompted the countries’ respective central banks to remove their tightening bias and hold rates steady. Both markets saw bond yields moving to some of their lowest levels below U.S. Treasuries during the period. Additionally, the Bank of Korea reduced its economic growth and inflation forecasts for 2019, while the government suggested a 6.7 trillion won (roughly US$5.7 billion) supplementary budget in a bid to boost the economy. Similarly, Singapore yields fell after the government cut its inflation forecasts and data showed continued moderation in economic activity.

 

Towards the end of the six-month reporting period, Malaysian bond yields declined on investors’ expectations of monetary policy easing. For short-duration2 bonds, markets were pressured by the potential exclusion of Malaysian bonds from the FTSE Russell World Government Bond Index3 given investors’ concerns over market accessibility and liquidity. Following a multi-year sell-off, Philippine bond yields corrected from elevated levels and outperformed other markets amid slowing gross domestic product (GDP) growth, easing inflation and strong demand for local auctions.

 

In other markets, bond yields fell by similar extents across the curve. Both India and Indonesia benefited from lower oil and food prices. In India, short-dated yields declined due to policy rate cuts, while 10-year yields rose largely on worries about upcoming bond supply and the impact of higher crude prices on inflation. The Indonesian market was buoyed further by a stabilizing rupiah and recovery in foreign-exchange (FX) reserves. However, the market gave back some of the gains as offshore investors’ risk aversion led a small net outflow, the first of 2019, due to maturing short-term bonds. Meanwhile, Chinese bonds bucked the trend as the inclusion of A-shares into the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) indices boosted fund flows into domestic equities and positive economic data after policymakers’ efforts to boost liquidity in the financial system, pushed yields higher over the reporting period.

 

Asian corporate bond spreads tightened during the reporting period as the U.S. dollar weakened and potential for a rate cut later in 2019 saw funds flow into EMs. Along with major global central banks’ looser


 

 

 

 

 

1                  Companies whose bonds are rated as “investment grade” are considered by credit rating agencies to have a lower chance of defaulting on their debt than those rated as “non-investment grade.” Generally, these bonds are issued by long-established companies with strong balance sheets. Bonds rated BBB- or above are known as investment-grade bonds.

2                  Duration is an estimate of bond price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The higher the duration, the greater the change (i.e., higher risk) in relation to interest-rate movements.

3                  The FTSE World Government Bond Index tracks the performance of fixed-rate, local currency, investment-grade sovereign bonds. Indexes are unmanaged and have been provided for comparison purposes only. No fees or expenses are reflected. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

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monetary stance, investors were encouraged by the opening of China’s enterprise bond channel to large property developers, which spurred a rally in the sector. Attractive yield differentials drove investors from the Chinese onshore to the offshore market towards the end of 2018. The rally continued for the remainder of the reporting period on improving global risk sentiment amid easing trade tensions, a dovish turn by major global central banks, and stable macroeconomic data. Concurrently, fundamentals in Asian credit remained robust, underscored by solid revenue and profit growth, as well as deleveraging.

 

The fortunes of the broader EM economies were less robust than those of Asia, attributable partly to a more volatile political backdrop. This was in sharp contrast to Asia, which had seen smooth elections and a bias towards continued reform in countries such as India and Indonesia. While the Mexican peso performed well, gaining 7.3% over the six-month period, the Brazilian real and Turkish lira sold off by 5.1% and 6.1%, respectively. While Mexico faces lingering threats going forward, the policy stance of Banco de Mexico, the country’s central bank, remains prudent with a real policy rate of around 400 bps and inflation relatively stable, hovering just above 4%. Furthermore, the central bank lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2019, suggesting room to ease. Growth in Brazil has slowed over the last few quarters. Both headline and core inflation remains weak, though the latter has increased. After aggressive rate cuts into the start of 2018, Banco do Brasil’s policy rates have been on hold, which allowed the 10-year Brazilian bond yield to decline by about 200 bps over the reporting period.

 

Global high-income bonds outside of EMs saw weak performance towards the end of 2018. Investors’ risk aversion was driven primarily by fears of a global economic slowdown and political uncertainty in the UK. In the U.S., a combination of trade tensions with China, the temporary government shutdown in early 2019, and a ratings downgrade for conglomerate General Electric Co. (which the Fund does not hold) weighed on investor sentiment. High-yield corporate bond markets were hampered by the prospect of a pick-up in default rates. The winds turned in 2019, as positive investor sentiment propelled corporate bonds higher. Although macroeconomic data remained sluggish, expectations of loose monetary policy in the U.S., the UK, and Europe for an extended period and the likelihood that the UK would avoid a “no-deal” Brexit buoyed investor confidence. As global government bond yields fell, the hunt for better returns supported the performance of corporate bonds. Consequently, high-yield corporate issues and EM debt outperformed. However, the rally was concentrated primarily in the two key sectors of energy and

financials, which also played catch-up with their U.S. and European peers over the reporting period.

 

Fund Performance Review

Aberdeen Global Income Fund returned 5.0% on a net asset value basis for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, versus the 7.0% return of its blended benchmark.4 The strategies across EM debt, global high yield and Australia and New Zealand bonds detracted from relative performance.

 

Within EM debt outside of Asia, country allocation and security selection weighed on the Fund’s relative performance for the reporting period. Security selection in Mexico and an overweight position in Turkey hampered relative performance. The Fund’s allocation to the U.S., which is not represented in the blended benchmark, also was a detractor for the period. Conversely, both asset allocation and security selection in China enhanced the Fund’s relative performance.

 

Conversely, the Fund’s underweight position in Asian local currency bonds contributed to relative performance. The holdings in Asian U.S.-dollar credit, which is not represented in the blended benchmark, were the main contributors, along with positions in the Philippines and the China offshore market. This helped offset the Fund’s underperformance in Singapore and Korea, which came under pressure amid global and domestic economic growth concerns.

 

Over the reporting period, the Company’s use of derivatives had an overall negative impact on performance for the period, subtracting about 216 basis points to its return, primarily due to the use of interest rates swaps used to hedge US interest rate risk associated with the Fund’s leverage, during a period when US rates declined.

 

The Fund’s principal investment objective is to provide high current income by investing primarily in fixed income securities. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation, but only when consistent with its principal investment objective. Over the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund issued total distributions of $0.42 per share.

 

Outlook

In our view, the current global economic growth environment remains subdued. Though key parts of the global economy, including the U.S., China and the Eurozone, saw improvement in the first quarter of 2019, underlying trends remain weak, particularly in manufacturing, trade and investments. Inflation also remains stubbornly low. We are not surprised that the narrative in capital markets has been around the inverted U.S. Treasury yield curve,5 which historically has been a harbinger of an impending recession. In Asia, this was made more


 

4     The Fund’s blended benchmark comprises 10% ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA ML) All Maturity Australia Government Index; 25% ICE BofA ML Global High Yield Constrained Index (hedged into U.S. dollars); 35% J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index; 5% ICE BofA ML New Zealand Government Index; and 25% Markit iBoxx Asia Government Index.

5     An inverted yield curve occurs in an interest-rate environment in which long-term debt instruments have a lower yield than short-term debt instruments of the same credit quality.

 

 

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apparent by subdued activity from export bellwethers such as Taiwan and Korea, exacerbated by the ongoing China-U.S. trade conflict, which we feel is likely to continue, given U.S. and China’s recent tariff hikes.

 

Nonetheless, we think that there is a risk that investors may have overpriced both their expectations for a Fed rate cut in 2019, and the negative impact of the trade war globally, as reflected in the recent strength of the U.S.-dollar. Meanwhile, policymakers have reacted proactively by signaling a more accommodative monetary policy stance and are expected to remain cautious. The Fed has paused its policy tightening, the Chinese government and PBOC continue to add stimulus and the policy stance of the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan is on indefinite hold. As a result, we believe that financial conditions are likely to remain loose for the remainder of 2019.

 

Consequently, we have higher conviction in allocating the Company’s assets to Asia-Pacific bond markets where central banks have a greater capacity to ease policy rates to help bolster growth. Real interest rates in the region are between 1.00% and 3.50%. Additionally, we feel that economic fundamentals in the region remain robust, with most countries on a fiscal consolidation path and increasing foreign exchange reserves. In our judgment, Asia-Pacific regional credit remains compelling compared to developed markets. Furthermore, we believe that credit spreads will tighten further on the back of relatively positive fundamentals and the increasing demand for fixed-income assets from Asian insurance companies and pension funds, given the increasing awareness for social security needs in this region.

 

In EMs, we think that the slower pace of tightening in credit spreads in recent months indicate that investors are more discerning of fundamentals, with the negative events of 2018 still fresh in their memories. We continue to believe that credit conditions remain favorable as valuations are still attractive, while fundamentals have improved.

 

In the high-yield developed markets, the rally in risk assets appeared to slow in April 2019. The market received new issuance relatively well, especially in the UK sterling market, and there remained robust demand for investment-grade credit. Lower government-bond yields were also supportive of the high-yield developed markets, as was the accommodative monetary policy. However, economic data over the reporting period were mixed and, in our judgment, valuations were relatively less compelling. Although spreads in investment-grade credit remain well-priced, we believe that volatility may continue. In our view, valuations should be the main driver for adding to or reducing risk in the Fund.

 

Loan Facility and the Use of Leverage

The Fund utilizes leverage to seek to increase the yield for its shareholders. The amounts borrowed from the Fund’s loan facility may be invested to seek to return higher rates than the rates in the Fund’s portfolio. However, the cost of leverage could exceed the income earned by the Fund on the proceeds of such leverage. To the extent

that the Fund is unable to invest the proceeds from the use of leverage in assets which pay interest at a rate which exceeds the rate paid on the leverage, the yield on the Fund’s common stock will decrease. In addition, in the event of a general market decline in the value of assets in which the Fund invests, the effect of that decline will be magnified in the Fund because of the additional assets purchased with the proceeds of the leverage. Non-recurring expenses in connection with the implementation of the loan facility will reduce the Fund’s performance.

 

The Fund’s leveraged capital structure creates special risks not associated with unleveraged funds having similar investment objectives and policies. The funds borrowed pursuant to the loan facility may constitute a substantial lien and burden by reason of their prior claim against the income of the Fund and against the net assets of the Fund in liquidation. The Fund is not permitted to declare dividends or other distributions in the event of default under the loan facility. In the event of default under the loan facility, the lender has the right to cause a liquidation of the collateral (i.e., sell portfolio securities and other assets of the Fund) and, if any such default is not cured, the lender may be able to control the liquidation as well. The loan facility has a term of 3 years and is not a perpetual form of leverage; there can be no assurance that the loan facility will be available for renewal on acceptable terms, if at all.

 

The credit agreement governing the loan facility includes usual and customary covenants for this type of transaction. These covenants impose on the Fund asset coverage requirements, Fund composition requirements and limits on certain investments, such as illiquid investments, which are more stringent than those imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. The covenants or guidelines could impede management of the Fund from fully managing the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies. Furthermore, non-compliance with such covenants or the occurrence of other events could lead to the cancellation of the loan facility. The covenants also include a requirement that the Fund maintain net assets of no less than $50,000,000.

 

Prices and availability of leverage are extremely volatile in the current market environment. The Board regularly reviews the use of leverage by the Fund and may explore other forms of leverage. The Fund is authorized to use reverse repurchase agreements as another form of leverage. A reverse repurchase agreement involves the sale of a security, with an agreement to repurchase the same or substantially similar securities at an agreed upon price and date. Whether such a transaction produces a gain for the Fund depends upon the costs of the agreements and the income and gains of the securities purchased with the proceeds received from the sale of the security. If the income and gains on the securities purchased fail to exceed the costs, the Fund’s NAV will decline faster than otherwise would be the case. Reverse repurchase agreements, as with any leveraging techniques,


 

 

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may increase the Fund’s return; however, such transactions also increase the Fund’s risks in down markets.

 

Interest Rate Swaps

The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps to efficiently gain interest rate exposure and hedge interest rate risk. As of April 30, 2019, the Fund held interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $28,600,000 which represented 100% of the Fund’s total borrowings. Under the terms of the agreements currently in effect, the Fund either receives a floating rate of interest (three month USD-LIBOR BBA rate) and pays fixed rates of interest for the terms or pays a floating rate of interest and receives a fixed rate of interest for the terms, and based upon the notional amounts set forth below:

 

Remaining

 

Receive/(Pay)

 

 

 

 

Term as of

 

Floating

 

Amount

 

Fixed Rate

April 30, 2019

 

Rate

 

(in $ millions)

 

Payable (%)

66 months

 

Receive

 

$12.1

 

2.44%

102 months

 

Receive

 

$16.5

 

2.36%

 

A significant risk associated with interest rate swaps is the risk that the counterparty may default or file for bankruptcy, in which case the Fund would bear the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under the swap agreements. There can be no assurance that the Fund will have an interest rate swap in place at any given time nor can there be any

assurance that, if an interest rate swap is in place, it will be successful in hedging the Fund’s interest rate risk with respect to the loan facility.

 

Risk Considerations

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

 

International investing entails special risk considerations, including currency fluctuations, lower liquidity, economic and political risks, and differences in accounting methods; these risks are generally heightened for emerging market investments. Concentrating investments in the Asia-Pacific region subjects the Fund to more volatility and greater risk of loss than geographically diverse funds.

 

Fixed income securities are subject to certain risks including, but not limited to: interest rate (changes in interest rates may cause a decline in the market value of an investment), credit (changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral), prepayment (debt issuers may repay or refinance their loans or obligations earlier than anticipated), and extension (principal repayments may not occur as quickly as anticipated, causing the expected maturity of a security to increase).

 

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited
(formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Total Investment Returns (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the average annual Fund performance for the 6-month, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year periods as of April 30, 2019.

 

 

 

6 Months

 

1 Year

 

3 Years

 

5 Years

 

10 Years

 

Net Asset Value (NAV)

 

5.0%

 

0.1%

 

4.2%

 

1.3%

 

6.5%

 

Market Price

 

5.4%

 

5.8%

 

8.3%

 

3.3%

 

7.7%

 

 

Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Fund to limit investor relations services fees, without which performance would be lower. This agreement aligns with the term of the advisory agreement and may not be terminated prior to the end of the current term of the advisory agreement. See Note 3 in the Notes to Financial Statements. Returns represent past performance. Total investment return at NAV is based on changes in the NAV of Fund shares and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any, at market prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment program. All return data at NAV includes fees charged to the Fund, which are listed in the Fund’s Statement of Operations under “Expenses”. The Fund’s total investment return at NAV is based on the reported NAV on each financial reporting period end. Total investment return at market value is based on changes in the market price at which the Fund’s shares traded on the NYSE American (formerly, NYSE MKT) during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any, at market prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment program. Because the Fund’s shares trade in the stock market based on investor demand, the Fund may trade at a price higher or lower than its NAV. Therefore, returns are calculated based on both market price and NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The performance information provided does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on distributions received from the Fund. The current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the figures shown. The Fund’s yield, return, market price and NAV will fluctuate. Performance information current to the most recent month-end is available at www.aberdeenfco.com or by calling 800-522-5465.

 

The net annualized operating expense ratio, excluding fee waivers, based on the six-month period ended April 30, 2019 was 3.48%. The net annualized operating expense ratio, net of fee waivers, based on the six-month period ended April 30, 2019 was 3.45%. The net annualized operating expense ratio, excluding interest expense and net of fee waivers, based on the six-month period ended April 30, 2019 was 2.01%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio Composition (unaudited)

 

 

 

Quality of Investments(1)

As of April 30, 2019, 15.8% of the Fund’s total investments were invested in securities where either the issue or the issuer was rated “A” or better S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), Moody’s or Fitch Ratings, Inc (“Moody’s”). The table below shows the asset quality of the Fund’s portfolio as of April 30, 2019 compared with October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018:

 

 

 

AAA/Aaa

 

AA/Aa

 

A

 

BBB/Baa

 

BB/Ba*

 

B*

 

C/CCC*

 

NR**

Date

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

April 30, 2019

 

4.7

 

6.5

 

4.6

 

15.4

 

23.6

 

31.4

 

5.2

 

8.6

October 31, 2018

 

4.5

 

10.4

 

4.0

 

14.7

 

20.7

 

30.1

 

5.9

 

9.7

April 30, 2018

 

5.0

 

9.9

 

3.4

 

14.5

 

16.9

 

32.6

 

7.3

 

10.4

 

*              Below investment grade

 

**         Not Rated

 

(1)         For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the lowest rating assigned by either S&P, Moody’s or Fitch Ratings, Inc. if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated NR are not rated by these rating agencies. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change. The Investment Manager evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments.

 

Geographic Composition

The Fund’s investments are divided into three categories: Developed Markets, Investment Grade Developing Markets and Sub-Investment Grade Developing Markets. The table below shows the geographical composition (with U.S. Dollar-denominated bonds issued by foreign issuers allocated into country of issuance) of the Fund’s total investments as of April 30, 2019, compared with October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Grade

 

Sub-Investment Grade

 

 

Developed Markets

 

Developing Markets

 

Developing Markets

Date

 

%

 

%

 

%

April 30, 2019

 

47.8

 

21.6

 

30.6

October 31, 2018

 

54.2

 

17.0

 

28.8

April 30, 2018

 

53.7

 

19.3

 

27.0

 

Currency Composition

The table below shows the currency composition, including hedges, of the Fund’s total investments as of April 30, 2019, compared with October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018:

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Grade

 

Sub-Investment Grade

 

 

Developed Markets

 

Developing Markets

 

Developing Markets

Date

 

%

 

%

 

%

April 30, 2019

 

86.9

 

8.2

 

4.9

October 31, 2018

 

84.3

 

8.4

 

7.3

April 30, 2018

 

80.0

 

12.2

 

7.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Maturity Composition

As of April 30, 2019, the average maturity of the Fund’s total investments was 9.4 years, compared with 8.4 years at October 31, 2018 and 8.8 years at April 30, 2018. The table below shows the maturity composition of the Fund’s investments as of October 31, 2018, compared to October 31, 2018 and April 30, 2018:

 

 

 

Under 3 Years

 

3 to 5 Years

 

5 to 10 Years

 

10 Years & Over

Date

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

April 30, 2019

 

13.6

 

22.3

 

45.9

 

18.2

October 31, 2018

 

17.8

 

25.7

 

41.4

 

15.1

April 30, 2018

 

15.3

 

17.3

 

46.3

 

21.1

 

Modified Duration

As of April 30, 2019 the modified duration* of the Fund was 4.51 years. This calculation excludes the interest rate swaps that are used to manage the leverage of the fund. Excluding swaps will increase portfolio duration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*                   Modified duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond to the fluctuations in interest rates.

 

 

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Summary of Key Rates (unaudited)

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the movements of key interest rates and currencies from April 30, 2019 and the previous six and twelve month periods.

 

 

 

 

 

Apr-19

 

Oct-18

 

Apr-18

 

Australia

 

90 day Bank Bills

 

1.56%

 

1.91%

 

2.03%

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

1.29%

 

2.17%

 

2.43%

 

 

 

currency USD per 1 AUD

 

$0.70

 

$0.71

 

$0.75

 

New Zealand

 

90 day Bank Bills

 

1.82%

 

1.93%

 

2.02%

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

1.90%

 

2.54%

 

2.84%

 

 

 

currency USD per 1 NZD

 

$0.67

 

$0.65

 

$0.70

 

Malaysia

 

3-month T-Bills

 

3.28%

 

3.28%

 

3.24%

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

3.79%

 

4.08%

 

4.13%

 

 

 

currency local per 1USD

 

RM4.13

 

RM4.18

 

RM3.92

 

India

 

3-month T-Bills

 

6.11%

 

6.11%

 

6.11%

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

7.59%

 

7.85%

 

7.75%

 

 

 

currency local per 1USD

 

₹69.55

 

₹73.95

 

₹66.74

 

Indonesia

 

3 months deposit rate

 

6.28%

 

6.25%

 

5.76%-

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

7.80%

 

8.50%

 

6.88%

 

 

 

currency local per 1USD

 

Rp14,250.00

 

Rp15,202.50

 

Rp13,912.50

 

Russia

 

Zero Cpn 3m

 

7.32%

 

7.40%

 

6.22%

 

 

 

10 yr bond

 

8.13%

 

8.60%

 

7.27%

 

 

 

currency local per 1USD

 

₽64.58

 

₽65.74

 

₽62.98

 

Yankee Bonds

 

Mexico

 

4.11%

 

4.83%

 

4.50%

 

 

 

Indonesia

 

3.65%

 

4.88%

 

4.18%

 

 

 

Argentina

 

12.56%

 

9.77%

 

6.93%

 

 

 

Romania

 

3.36%

 

4.41%

 

4.07%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS—71.3%

 

 

 

ARGENTINA—0.2%

 

 

 

USD

150

 

Genneia SA, 8.75%, 01/20/2020(a)(b)

 

$

118,800

 

AUSTRALIA—0.5%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., (fixed rate to 06/15/2026, variable  rate thereafter), 6.75%, 06/15/2026(b)(c)

 

216,750

 

USD

100

 

Mineral Resources Ltd., 8.13%, 05/01/2022(a)(b)

 

102,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

319,320

 

BAHRAIN—0.4%

 

 

 

USD

250

 

Oil and Gas Holding Co. BSCC (The), 8.38%, 11/07/2028(b)

 

281,950

 

BANGLADESH—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd., 8.63%, 05/06/2019(a)(b)

 

199,860

 

BARBADOS—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

210

 

Sagicor Finance 2015 Ltd., 8.88%, 08/11/2019(a)(b)

 

221,288

 

BRAZIL—3.9%

 

 

 

USD

220

 

Caixa Economica Federal, (fixed rate to 07/23/2019, variable thereafter), 7.25%, 07/23/2019(a)(b)

 

221,320

 

USD

220

 

CSN Resources SA, 7.63%, 02/13/2021(a)(b)

 

224,125

 

USD

440

 

GTL Trade Finance, Inc., 7.25%, 10/16/2043(a)(b)

 

499,400

 

USD

420

 

OAS Finance Ltd., 8.88%, 05/31/2019(b)(c)(d)(e)

 

1,050

 

USD

167

 

Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX Ltd., 6.35%, 12/01/2020(a)(b)

 

164,666

 

USD

482

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.90%, 03/19/2049

 

481,397

 

USD

960

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, 8.75%, 05/23/2026

 

1,150,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,742,806

 

CANADA—1.2%

 

 

 

USD

135

 

Bombardier, Inc., 7.50%, 03/15/2020(a)(b)

 

135,506

 

USD

33

 

Bombardier, Inc., 7.88%, 04/15/2022(a)(b)

 

33,206

 

USD

150

 

Calfrac Holdings LP, 8.50%, 06/15/2021(a)(b)

 

124,500

 

GBP

300

 

Entertainment One Ltd., 6.88%, 05/10/2019(a)(b)

 

403,934

 

USD

140

 

Teck Resources Ltd., 4.75%, 10/15/2021(a)

 

143,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

840,801

 

CHINA—5.0%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Agile Group Holdings Ltd., 5 year CMT + 7.46%, 10.22%, 07/18/2019(b)(c)(f)

 

201,964

 

USD

200

 

China Aoyuan Group Ltd., 6.35%, 01/11/2020(b)

 

200,900

 

USD

200

 

China Evergrande Group, 8.25%, 03/23/2020(a)(b)

 

191,736

 

USD

200

 

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., 8.00%, 09/27/2021(a)(b)

 

215,857

 

SGD

250

 

Eastern Air Overseas Hong Kong Co. Ltd., 2.80%, 11/16/2020(b)

 

182,411

 

USD

200

 

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., (fixed rate to 12/19/2019, variable rate thereafter), 6.00%, 12/10/2019(b)(c)

 

202,444

 

USD

200

 

Logan Property Holdings Co. Ltd., 7.50%, 02/25/2021(a)(b)

 

204,933

 

USD

200

 

New Metro Global Ltd., 5.00%, 08/08/2020(a)(b)

 

191,497

 

USD

200

 

Scenery Journey Ltd., 13.75%, 11/06/2021(a)(b)

 

214,413

 

USD

200

 

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd., 6.13%, 02/21/2022(a)(b)

 

206,128

 

USD

300

 

Sinochem International Development Pte Ltd., 3.13%, 07/25/2022(b)

 

295,235

 

USD

330

 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd., 2.38%, 04/12/2020(b)

 

328,236

 

USD

200

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.80%, 02/11/2025(b)

 

203,734

 

USD

200

 

Times China Holdings Ltd., 7.63%, 02/21/2021(a)(b)

 

203,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

CHINA (continued)

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Yingde Gases Investment Ltd., 6.25%, 01/19/2021(a)(b)

 

$

201,214

 

USD

260

 

Yingde Gases Investment Ltd., 6.25%, 01/19/2021(a)(b)

 

261,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,506,268

 

COLOMBIA—0.6%

 

 

 

USD

121

 

Banco GNB Sudameris SA, (fixed rate to 04/03/2022, variable thereafter), 6.50%, 04/03/2022(a)(b)

 

125,840

 

USD

275

 

Bancolombia SA, (fixed rate to 10/18/2022, variable thereafter), 4.88%, 10/18/2022(a)

 

279,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

404,965

 

CONGO—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

210

 

HTA Group Ltd., 9.13%, 05/10/2019(a)(b)

 

219,034

 

DENMARK—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

DKT Finance ApS, 9.38%, 06/17/2020(a)(b)

 

216,500

 

ECUADOR—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

International Airport Finance SA, 12.00%, 03/15/2024(a)(b)

 

214,700

 

FRANCE—0.1%

 

 

 

EUR

100

 

La Financiere Atalian SASU, 4.00%, 05/15/2020(a)(b)

 

83,609

 

GEORGIA—0.7%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Bank of Georgia JSC, 6.00%, 07/26/2023(b)

 

203,094

 

USD

250

 

Georgian Oil and Gas Corp. JSC, 6.75%, 04/26/2021(b)

 

258,067

 

 

 

 

 

 

461,161

 

GERMANY—1.0%

 

 

 

SGD

200

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 4.10%, 02/14/2021

 

149,761

 

EUR

250

 

PrestigeBidCo GmbH, 6.25%, 12/15/2019(a)(b)

 

296,509

 

EUR

135

 

Summit Properties Ltd., 2.00%, 01/31/2021(a)(b)

 

143,132

 

EUR

100

 

Tele Columbus AG, 3.88%, 05/02/2021(a)(b)

 

107,461

 

 

 

 

 

 

696,863

 

GUATEMALA—0.6%

 

 

 

USD

420

 

Comunicaciones Celulares SA Via Comcel Trust, 6.88%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

434,700

 

HONDURAS—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

220

 

Inversiones Atlantida SA, 8.25%, 07/28/2020(a)(b)

 

223,907

 

HONG KONG—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Hongkong Electric Finance Ltd., 2.88%, 05/03/2026(b)

 

191,595

 

INDIA—3.2%

 

 

 

INR

50,000

 

Adani Transmission Ltd., 10.25%, 04/15/2021

 

737,688

 

USD

200

 

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., 5.38%, 04/10/2024(b)

 

198,944

 

INR

50,000

 

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd., 9.00%, 09/26/2026

 

687,296

 

USD

200

 

Neerg Energy Ltd., 6.00%, 02/13/2020(a)(b)

 

197,264

 

USD

200

 

Vedanta Resources Finance II PLC, 9.25%, 04/23/2023(a)(b)

 

200,978

 

USD

200

 

Yes Bank Ifsc Banking Unit Branch, 3.75%, 02/06/2023(b)

 

191,934

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,214,104

 

INDONESIA—2.0%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Medco Platinum Road Pte Ltd., 6.75%, 01/30/2022(a)(b)

 

195,124

 

USD

600

 

Pertamina Persero PT, 4.30%, 05/20/2023(b)

 

615,582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

INDONESIA (continued)

 

 

 

USD

400

 

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, 5.25%, 10/24/2042(b)

 

$

395,500

 

USD

200

 

TBG Global Pte Ltd., 5.25%, 02/10/2020(a)(b)

 

201,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,407,536

 

ITALY—0.6%

 

 

 

USD

235

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.00%, 09/30/2034

 

217,375

 

USD

200

 

Wind Tre SpA, 5.00%, 11/03/2020(a)(b)

 

182,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

400,175

 

JAMAICA—0.2%

 

 

 

USD

120

 

Digicel Group One Ltd., Zero Coupon, 12/30/2022

 

79,020

 

USD

200

 

Digicel Group Two Ltd., 8.25%, 09/30/2020(a)(b)

 

78,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

157,020

 

KAZAKHSTAN—1.3%

 

 

 

USD

640

 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, 4.75%, 04/19/2027(b)

 

662,300

 

USD

216

 

Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4.00%, 08/15/2026(b)(g)

 

215,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

877,451

 

KUWAIT—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Equate Petrochemical BV, 3.00%, 03/03/2022(b)

 

197,758

 

LUXEMBOURG—2.6%

 

 

 

USD

425

 

Altice Financing SA, 7.50%, 05/15/2021(a)(b)

 

431,375

 

EUR

275

 

Altice Luxembourg SA, 7.25%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

314,574

 

EUR

340

 

ARD Finance SA, 6.63%, 09/15/2019(a)(h)

 

386,691

 

EUR

275

 

DEA Finance SA, 7.50%, 05/01/2019(a)(b)

 

320,007

 

EUR

120

 

INEOS Group Holdings SA, 5.38%, 08/01/2019(a)(b)

 

138,293

 

EUR

104

 

Kleopatra Holdings 1 SCA, 8.50%, 07/15/2019(a)(b)(h)

 

59,854

 

EUR

152

 

Matterhorn Telecom Holding SA, 4.88%, 05/10/2019(a)(b)

 

171,677

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,822,471

 

MALAYSIA—1.4%

 

 

 

MYR

500

 

Cagamas Bhd, 4.45%, 11/25/2020

 

122,190

 

USD

200

 

Gohl Capital Ltd., 4.25%, 01/24/2027(b)

 

199,037

 

MYR

200

 

Malaysia Airports Capital Bhd, 4.55%, 08/28/2020

 

48,685

 

USD

200

 

Press Metal Labuan Ltd., 4.80%, 10/30/2020(a)(b)

 

196,770

 

USD

200

 

RHB Bank Bhd, 2.50%, 10/06/2021(b)

 

197,238

 

USD

200

 

TNB Global Ventures Capital Bhd, 3.24%, 10/19/2026(b)

 

191,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

955,847

 

MEXICO—0.9%

 

 

 

USD

230

 

BBVA Bancomer SA, (fixed rate to 01/17/2028, variable rate thereafter), 5.13%, 01/17/2028(a)(b)

 

217,925

 

USD

210

 

Sixsigma Networks Mexico SA de CV, 7.50%, 05/02/2021(a)(b)

 

207,637

 

USD

224

 

Unifin Financiera SAB de CV SOFOM ENR, (fixed rate to 01/29/2025, variable thereafter),  8.88%, 01/29/2025(b)(c)

 

202,160

 

 

 

 

 

 

627,722

 

MONGOLIA—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Mongolian Mining Corp/Energy Resources LLC, 9.25%, 04/15/2021(a)(b)

 

202,771

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS—1.7%

 

 

 

USD

160

 

Cimpress NV, 7.00%, 06/15/2021(a)(b)

 

$

158,016

 

EUR

100

 

InterXion Holding, 4.75%, 06/15/2021(a)(b)

 

119,669

 

EUR

139

 

Lincoln Financing SARL, 3.63%, 10/01/2020(a)(b)

 

159,839

 

EUR

100

 

Lincoln Financing SARL, 3.88%, 04/01/2020(a)(b)(f)

 

113,257

 

EUR

170

 

UPCB Finance VII Ltd., 3.63%, 06/15/2022(a)(b)

 

199,968

 

USD

410

 

Ziggo BV, 5.50%, 01/15/2022(a)(b)

 

408,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,159,724

 

NIGERIA—1.6%

 

 

 

USD

210

 

Ecobank Transnational, Inc., 9.50%, 04/18/2024(b)

 

215,221

 

USD

200

 

IHS Netherlands Holdco BV, 9.50%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

207,032

 

USD

220

 

SEPLAT Petroleum Development Co. PLC, 9.25%, 04/01/2020(a)(b)

 

228,800

 

USD

420

 

United Bank for Africa PLC, 7.75%, 06/08/2022(b)

 

435,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,086,223

 

OMAN—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

230

 

Oztel Holdings SPC Ltd., 6.63%, 04/24/2028(b)

 

224,537

 

RUSSIA—1.5%

 

 

 

USD

301

 

Evraz PLC, 5.38%, 03/20/2023(b)

 

308,013

 

USD

230

 

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, 4.95%, 03/23/2027(b)

 

233,779

 

USD

300

 

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA, 6.00%, 01/23/2021(b)

 

312,483

 

USD

200

 

GTH Finance BV, 7.25%, 01/26/2023(a)(b)

 

216,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,071,048

 

SAUDI ARABIA—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Saudi Arabian Oil Co., 4.25%, 04/16/2039(b)

 

195,562

 

SINGAPORE—0.9%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

DBS Group Holdings Ltd., (fixed rate to 12/11/2023, variable thereafter), 4.52%, 12/11/2023(a)(b)

 

207,624

 

USD

200

 

Parkway Pantai Ltd., (fixed rate to 07/22/2022, variable rate thereafter), 4.25%, 07/27/2022(b)(c)

 

196,800

 

USD

200

 

United Overseas Bank Ltd., (fixed rate to 09/16/2021, variable rate thereafter), 3.50%, 09/16/2021(a)(b)

 

200,310

 

 

 

 

 

 

604,734

 

SOUTH AFRICA—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

210

 

Liquid Telecommunications Financing PLC, 8.50%, 07/13/2020(a)(b)

 

211,870

 

SPAIN—0.3%

 

 

 

EUR

100

 

Codere Finance 2 Luxembourg SA, 6.75%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

107,303

 

EUR

100

 

Codere Finance 2 Luxembourg SA,, 6.75%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

107,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

214,605

 

THAILAND—0.6%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

GC Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 4.25%, 09/19/2022(b)

 

204,417

 

USD

200

 

PTTEP Canada International Finance Ltd., 5.69%, 04/05/2021(b)

 

209,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

413,850

 

TURKEY—1.4%

 

 

 

USD

600

 

Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama AS, 5.00%, 04/06/2023(b)

 

562,500

 

USD

209

 

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO, 6.00%, 11/01/2022(b)

 

179,992

 

USD

200

 

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS, (fixed rate to 01/15/2024, variable thereafter), 13.88%, 01/15/2024(b)(c)

 

196,900

 

 

 

 

 

 

939,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

15

 

 

 

 

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

UKRAINE—1.1%

 

 

 

USD

220

 

Metinvest BV, 8.50%, 01/23/2026(a)(b)

 

$

216,040

 

USD

243

 

MHP Lux SA, 6.95%, 04/03/2026(b)

 

231,713

 

USD

105

 

Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance PLC, 9.63%, 04/27/2022(b)(g)

 

105,356

 

UAH

6,000

 

Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance PLC, 16.50%, 03/02/2021(b)

 

213,689

 

 

 

 

 

766,798

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

MAF Global Securities Ltd., (fixed rate to 09/07/2022, variable rate thereafter), 5.50%, 09/07/2022(b)(c)

 

193,088

 

UNITED KINGDOM—5.1%

 

 

 

EUR

200

 

Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 09/15/2019, variable thereafter), 6.50%, 09/15/2019(c)

 

227,779

 

GBP

110

 

Cabot Financial Luxembourg SA, 6.50%, 05/10/2019(a)(b)

 

143,239

 

EUR

130

 

Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, 11.75%, 05/15/2019(a)(b)(h)

 

154,458

 

GBP

110

 

CYBG PLC, (fixed rate to 02/08/2021, variable thereafter), 5.00%, 02/08/2021(a)(b)

 

144,433

 

GBP

200

 

CYBG PLC, (fixed rate to 12/08/2022, variable thereafter), 8.00%, 12/08/2022(b)(c)

 

258,398

 

USD

200

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 09/17/2024, variable thereafter), 6.38%, 09/17/2024(c)

 

205,250

 

GBP

100

 

Lloyds Bank PLC, (fixed rate to 01/22/2029, variable thereafter), 13.00%, 01/22/2029 (c)

 

222,977

 

GBP

300

 

Moto Finance PLC, 4.50%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

384,550

 

GBP

185

 

Paragon Banking Group PLC (The), (fixed rate to 09/09/2021, variable thereafter), 7.25%, 09/09/2021(a)(b)

 

252,166

 

GBP

150

 

Phoenix Group Holdings, 6.63%, 12/18/2025

 

212,886

 

GBP

235

 

Pinewood Finance Co. Ltd., 3.75%, 12/01/2019(a)(b)

 

310,870

 

GBP

135

 

Pinnacle Bidco PLC, 6.38%, 02/15/2021(a)(b)

 

185,722

 

GBP

200

 

RAC Bond Co. PLC, 5.00%, 07/14/2019(a)(b)

 

242,412

 

USD

200

 

Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 04/02/2023, variable thereafter), 7.75%, 04/02/2023(b)(c)

 

213,250

 

GBP

100

 

TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, 5.38%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

132,019

 

GBP

207

 

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.50%, 05/15/2019(a)(b)

 

277,081

 

 

 

 

 

3,567,490

 

UNITED STATES—26.5%

 

 

 

USD

229

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc., 5.75%, 08/15/2021(a)(b)

 

236,729

 

EUR

200

 

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 3.50%, 05/15/2024(a)(b)

 

193,409

 

EUR

120

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp., 5.25%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

140,178

 

USD

123

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp., 5.88%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

125,614

 

GBP

200

 

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 11/15/2019(a)

 

260,764

 

USD

148

 

Apergy Corp., 6.38%, 05/01/2021(a)

 

152,810

 

USD

49

 

Ascend Learning LLC, 6.88%, 08/01/2020(a)(b)

 

49,796

 

USD

138

 

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.50%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

140,563

 

USD

120

 

Banff Merger Sub, Inc., 9.75%, 09/01/2021(a)(b)

 

120,300

 

USD

298

 

Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 09/05/2024, variable thereafter), 6.25%, 09/05/2024(c)

 

321,095

 

USD

239

 

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 8.50%, 07/31/2022(a)(b)

 

260,361

 

USD

105

 

Bausch Health Cos, Inc., 7.00%, 03/15/2020(a)(b)

 

110,644

 

EUR

120

 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., 4.50%, 05/30/2019(a)(b)

 

135,742

 

USD

30

 

Berry Global, Inc., 4.50%, 02/15/2021(a)(b)

 

29,100

 

USD

240

 

Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.38%, 04/01/2021(a)

 

252,600

 

USD

122

 

Bruin E&P Partners LLC, 8.88%, 08/01/2020(a)(b)

 

115,290

 

USD

225

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 5.63%, 09/01/2019(a)(b)

 

225,562

 

USD

150

 

Calpine Corp., 5.25%, 06/01/2021(a)(b)

 

150,187

 

USD

525

 

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 02/15/2021(a)(b)

 

548,362

 

USD

130

 

Centene Corp., 5.38%, 06/01/2021(a)(b)

 

135,230

 

USD

230

 

Century Communities, Inc., 5.88%, 07/15/2020(a)

 

228,275

 

 

 

16

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES (continued)

 

 

 

USD

100

 

CenturyLink, Inc., 5.63%, 04/01/2020

 

$

101,750

 

USD

292

 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC / Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/2020(a)(b)

 

289,445

 

USD

374

 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.88%, 10/02/2024(a)

 

402,985

 

USD

39

 

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 5.25%, 10/01/2020(a)

 

39,780

 

USD

140

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.00%, 01/15/2020(a)

 

141,750

 

USD

240

 

Cogent Communications Group, Inc., 5.38%, 12/01/2021(a)(b)

 

247,800

 

USD

40

 

Colfax Corp., 6.00%, 02/15/2021(a)(b)

 

41,550

 

USD

76

 

Colfax Corp., 6.38%, 02/15/2022(a)(b)

 

80,465

 

USD

143

 

Commercial Metals Co., 5.75%, 04/15/2021(a)

 

144,430

 

USD

167

 

CommScope, Inc., 6.00%, 03/01/2022(a)(b)

 

176,811

 

USD

39

 

CommScope, Inc., 8.25%, 03/01/2022(a)(b)

 

42,120

 

USD

195

 

Consolidated Communications, Inc., 6.50%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

185,006

 

EUR

265

 

Crown European Holdings SA, 3.38%, 11/15/2024(a)(b)

 

321,745

 

USD

200

 

CSC Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 02/01/2024(a)(b)

 

214,750

 

USD

200

 

CSC Holdings LLC, 10.88%, 10/15/2020(a)(b)

 

230,000

 

USD

145

 

CyrusOne LP / CyrusOne Finance Corp., 5.38%, 03/15/2022(a)

 

150,075

 

USD

45

 

DaVita, Inc., 5.00%, 05/01/2020(a)

 

44,030

 

USD

140

 

DaVita, Inc., 5.13%, 07/15/2019(a)

 

140,000

 

USD

240

 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 5.30%, 07/01/2029(a)(b)

 

247,392

 

USD

76

 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 5.88%, 05/16/2019(a)(b)

 

77,397

 

USD

55

 

Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 6.02%, 03/15/2026(a)(b)

 

59,591

 

USD

245

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 5.38%, 05/31/2020(a)

 

255,660

 

USD

140

 

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 07/15/2022

 

136,598

 

USD

135

 

Encompass Health Corp., 5.13%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

136,519

 

EUR

100

 

Energizer Gamma Acquisition BV, 4.63%, 07/15/2021(a)(b)

 

115,399

 

USD

140

 

Exela Intermediate LLC / Exela Finance, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/2020(a)(b)

 

141,180

 

USD

135

 

First Data Corp., 5.75%, 05/13/2019(a)(b)

 

139,134

 

USD

85

 

GCI LLC, 6.88%, 04/15/2020(a)

 

89,037

 

USD

142

 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., (fixed rate to 09/30/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.75%, 09/30/2027(c)

 

132,770

 

USD

139

 

Getty Images, Inc., 9.75%, 03/01/2022(a)(b)

 

141,432

 

USD

322

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 05/10/2020, variable thereafter), 5.38%, 05/10/2020(c)

 

329,493

 

USD

120

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.00%, 05/31/2021(a)

 

116,654

 

USD

193

 

Graham Holdings Co., 5.75%, 06/01/2021(a)(b)

 

202,167

 

USD

125

 

Gray Television, Inc., 7.00%, 05/15/2022(a)(b)

 

134,961

 

USD

20

 

Grinding Media, Inc. / Moly-Cop AltaSteel Ltd., 7.38%, 12/15/2019(a)(b)

 

19,550

 

USD

125

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 6.88%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

123,125

 

USD

125

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 8.38%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

110,937

 

USD

299

 

HCA, Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/2025(a)

 

322,172

 

USD

10

 

HCA, Inc., 5.88%, 08/01/2028(a)

 

10,763

 

USD

115

 

HCA, Inc., 7.50%, 02/15/2022

 

126,500

 

USD

140

 

Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 12/27/2022(a)(b)

 

137,900

 

USD

212

 

j2 Cloud Services LLC / j2 Global Co-Obligor, Inc., 6.00%, 07/15/2020(a)(b)

 

221,010

 

USD

180

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 11/01/2022, variable thereafter), 4.63%, 11/01/2022(c)

 

170,691

 

USD

60

 

Lennar Corp., 4.50%, 01/31/2024(a)

 

61,200

 

USD

185

 

Lennar Corp., 4.88%, 09/15/2023(a)

 

191,244

 

USD

170

 

MDC Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/2042(a)

 

149,600

 

USD

243

 

Meredith Corp., 6.88%, 02/01/2021(a)

 

252,720

 

USD

161

 

MGM Resorts International, 4.63%, 06/01/2026(a)

 

159,342

 

USD

47

 

MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 01/15/2027(a)

 

48,469

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

17

 

 

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES (continued)

 

 

 

USD

190

 

Morgan Stanley, (fixed rate to 07/15/2020, variable thereafter), 5.55%, 07/15/2020(c)

 

$

194,180

 

USD

142

 

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 7.50%, 01/15/2021(a)(b)

 

129,930

 

USD

53

 

MPT Operating Partnership LP / MPT Finance Corp., 5.00%, 10/15/2022(a)

 

53,133

 

USD

95

 

Netflix, Inc., 5.88%, 11/15/2028

 

100,225

 

USD

285

 

Netflix, Inc., 6.38%, 05/15/2029(b)

 

311,362

 

USD

329

 

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 10.13%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

336,978

 

USD

53

 

Nine Energy Service, Inc., 8.75%, 11/01/2020(a)(b)

 

54,723

 

USD

95

 

Novelis Corp., 5.88%, 09/30/2021(a)(b)

 

96,544

 

USD

165

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

170,313

 

USD

80

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 05/15/2021(a)

 

87,100

 

USD

68

 

Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.88%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

68,255

 

USD

182

 

Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.88%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

182,000

 

USD

55

 

OI European Group BV, 4.00%, 12/15/2022(a)(b)

 

54,175

 

USD

210

 

Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp., 5.63%, 10/15/2022(a)(b)

 

214,725

 

USD

85

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 3.88%, 09/01/2021(a)

 

84,150

 

USD

150

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 4.38%, 04/15/2022(a)

 

147,187

 

USD

167

 

Post Holdings, Inc., 5.00%, 08/15/2021(a)(b)

 

166,374

 

USD

125

 

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.88%, 07/15/2028

 

115,000

 

USD

107

 

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.75%, 02/15/2031

 

98,440

 

USD

85

 

Radiate Holdco LLC / Radiate Finance, Inc., 6.63%, 02/15/2020(a)(b)

 

83,513

 

USD

199

 

Rite Aid Corp., 6.13%, 05/31/2019(a)(b)

 

169,150

 

USD

145

 

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp., 6.13%, 05/31/2019 (a) (b)

 

146,812

 

USD

377

 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 12/01/2024(a)

 

414,240

 

USD

210

 

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 6.00%, 07/15/2019(a)(b)

 

216,825

 

USD

150

 

Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 4.88%, 07/31/2019(a)(b)

 

150,000

 

USD

140

 

SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 09/15/2021(a)

 

134,050

 

USD

209

 

Sprint Corp., 7.88%, 09/15/2023

 

217,715

 

USD

170

 

Staples, Inc., 7.50%, 04/15/2022(a)(b)

 

170,319

 

USD

85

 

Staples, Inc., 10.75%, 04/15/2022(a)(b)

 

86,381

 

USD

120

 

State Street Corp., 3.61%, 05/31/2019(a)(f)

 

94,800

 

USD

19

 

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 07/01/2020(a)(b)

 

17,670

 

USD

140

 

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.50%, 01/15/2021(a)

 

149,758

 

USD

22

 

Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.50%, 07/15/2022(a)(b)

 

23,568

 

USD

309

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.63%, 07/15/2020(a)

 

309,871

 

USD

65

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.25%, 02/01/2022(a)(b)

 

67,763

 

USD

55

 

TransDigm, Inc., 6.00%, 05/31/2019(a)

 

55,756

 

USD

142

 

Transocean Guardian Ltd., 5.88%, 07/15/2021(a)(b)

 

145,294

 

USD

114

 

USA Compression Partners LP / USA Compression Finance Corp., 6.88%, 09/01/2022(a)(b)

 

119,985

 

USD

187

 

Valvoline, Inc., 5.50%, 07/15/2019(a)

 

191,675

 

USD

215

 

Viking Cruises Ltd., 6.25%, 05/15/2020(a)(b)

 

222,525

 

USD

278

 

Vistra Energy Corp., 7.63%, 11/01/2019(a)

 

293,062

 

USD

191

 

WMG Acquisition Corp., 5.63%, 05/16/2019(a)(b)

 

193,827

 

USD

68

 

WPX Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 06/01/2021(a)

 

70,295

 

USD

115

 

WPX Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 06/01/2023(a)

 

131,244

 

USD

120

 

WR Grace & Co-Conn, 5.13%, 10/01/2021(b)

 

124,200

 

USD

115

 

Wyndham Destinations, Inc., 5.40%, 02/01/2024(a)

 

117,875

 

USD

110

 

Wyndham Destinations, Inc., 6.35%, 07/01/2025(a)

 

116,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,387,552

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

ZAMBIA—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

230

 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.50%, 04/01/2020(a)(b)

 

$

222,237

 

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds—71.3% (cost $49,952,827)

 

49,499,692

 

GOVERNMENT BONDS—62.8%

 

 

 

ANGOLA—1.0%

 

 

 

USD

640

 

Angolan Government International Bond, 9.38%, 05/08/2048(b)

 

686,764

 

ARGENTINA—2.0%

 

 

 

ARS

9,600

 

Argentina POM Politica Monetaria, Argentina Central Bank 7-day Repo Reference Rate, 69.94%, 06/21/2020(f)

 

214,741

 

USD

280

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, 5.63%, 01/26/2022

 

217,983

 

USD

1,090

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, 6.88%, 01/26/2027

 

781,530

 

USD

203

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, 8.28%, 12/31/2033(g)

 

146,881

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,361,135

 

AUSTRALIA—10.4%

 

 

 

AUD

2,500

 

Australia Government Bond, 3.25%, 06/21/2039(b)

 

2,046,618

 

AUD

3,500

 

Queensland Treasury Corp., 3.25%, 07/21/2028(b)

 

2,661,591

 

AUD

3,100

 

Treasury Corp. of Victoria, 6.00%, 10/17/2022

 

2,511,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,220,089

 

BAHRAIN—0.7%

 

 

 

USD

430

 

Bahrain Government International Bond, 7.00%, 01/26/2026(b)

 

462,788

 

BRAZIL—2.7%

 

 

 

BRL

2,000

 

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, 10.00%, 01/01/2029

 

541,715

 

BRL

2,430

 

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, 10.00%, 01/01/2021

 

645,224

 

USD

210

 

Brazilian Government International Bond, 2.63%, 01/05/2023

 

203,437

 

USD

400

 

Brazilian Government International Bond, 7.13%, 01/20/2037

 

469,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,859,376

 

COLOMBIA—0.5%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Colombia Government International Bond, 4.50%, 10/28/2025(a)

 

210,200

 

USD

120

 

Colombia Government International Bond, 7.38%, 09/18/2037

 

156,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,500

 

COSTA RICA—1.3%

 

 

 

USD

710

 

Costa Rica Government International Bond, 4.25%, 01/26/2023(b)

 

678,937

 

USD

230

 

Costa Rica Government International Bond, 7.16%, 03/12/2045(b)

 

223,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

902,612

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—1.7%

 

 

 

USD

210

 

Dominican Republic International Bond, 5.50%, 01/27/2025(b)

 

216,825

 

USD

210

 

Dominican Republic International Bond, 5.88%, 04/18/2024(b)(g)

 

218,925

 

USD

100

 

Dominican Republic International Bond, 6.88%, 01/29/2026(b)

 

110,500

 

USD

530

 

Dominican Republic International Bond, 8.63%, 04/20/2027(b)(g)

 

621,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,167,675

 

ECUADOR—1.8%

 

 

 

USD

630

 

Ecuador Government International Bond, 8.75%, 06/02/2023(b)

 

667,800

 

USD

500

 

Ecuador Government International Bond, 10.75%, 01/31/2029(b)

 

557,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,225,300

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

GOVERNMENT BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

EGYPT—2.1%

 

 

 

USD

405

 

Egypt Government International Bond, 7.60%, 03/01/2029(b)

 

$

408,119

 

USD

640

 

Egypt Government International Bond, 7.90%, 02/21/2048(b)

 

617,710

 

EGP

8,000

 

Egypt Treasury Bills, Zero Coupon, 08/20/2019

 

442,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,468,817

 

EL SALVADOR—1.3%

 

 

 

USD

260

 

El Salvador Government International Bond, 5.88%, 01/30/2025(b)

 

253,175

 

USD

640

 

El Salvador Government International Bond, 7.65%, 06/15/2035(b)

 

662,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

915,575

 

GHANA—2.0%

 

 

 

GHS

1,700

 

Ghana Government Bond, 21.50%, 03/09/2020

 

339,374

 

USD

420

 

Ghana Government International Bond, 7.63%, 05/16/2029(b)(g)

 

412,734

 

USD

650

 

Ghana Government International Bond, 8.13%, 01/18/2026(b)(g)

 

671,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,423,558

 

INDONESIA—4.0%

 

 

 

USD

940

 

Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.13%, 01/15/2025(b)

 

968,717

 

USD

800

 

Indonesia Government International Bond, 5.13%, 01/15/2045(b)

 

858,405

 

IDR

8,400,000

 

Indonesia Treasury Bond, 5.63%, 05/15/2023

 

557,515

 

IDR

5,700,000

 

Indonesia Treasury Bond, 8.13%, 05/15/2024

 

413,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,798,237

 

IRAQ—1.1%

 

 

 

USD

330

 

Iraq International Bond, 5.80%, 06/16/2019(a)(b)

 

319,793

 

USD

405

 

Iraq International Bond, 6.75%, 03/09/2023(b)

 

411,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

730,973

 

KAZAKHSTAN—2.0%

 

 

 

USD

520

 

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, 3.88%, 10/14/2024(b)

 

539,500

 

USD

681

 

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, 6.50%, 07/21/2045(b)

 

883,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,423,220

 

KENYA—1.2%

 

 

 

USD

420

 

Kenya Government International Bond, 6.88%, 06/24/2024(b)

 

428,400

 

USD

410

 

Kenya Government International Bond, 8.25%, 02/28/2048(b)

 

404,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

832,845

 

MALAYSIA—2.2%

 

 

 

MYR

900

 

Malaysia Government Bond, 3.49%, 03/31/2020

 

217,921

 

MYR

2,700

 

Malaysia Government Bond, 4.06%, 09/30/2024

 

662,650

 

MYR

2,700

 

Malaysia Government Bond, 4.18%, 07/15/2024

 

666,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,547,101

 

MEXICO—0.9%

 

 

 

MXN

4,600

 

Mexican Bonos, 5.75%, 03/05/2026

 

213,379

 

USD

400

 

Mexico Government International Bond, 3.50%, 01/21/2021

 

404,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

617,547

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

GOVERNMENT BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

NEW ZEALAND—4.4%

 

 

 

NZD

3,800

 

New Zealand Government Bond, 4.50%, 04/15/2027(b)

 

$

3,050,987

 

NIGERIA—2.0%

 

 

 

NGN

326,000

 

Nigeria Government Bond, 12.50%, 01/22/2026

 

822,704

 

USD

200

 

Nigeria Government International Bond, 7.14%, 02/23/2030(b)

 

199,032

 

USD

200

 

Nigeria Government International Bond, 7.63%, 11/28/2047(b)

 

191,572

 

USD

200

 

Nigeria Government International Bond, 7.88%, 02/16/2032(b)

 

206,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,420,018

 

OMAN—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

230

 

Oman Government International Bond, 6.75%, 01/17/2048(b)

 

208,421

 

PARAGUAY—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Paraguay Government International Bond, 5.00%, 04/15/2026(b)

 

211,250

 

PERU—1.4%

 

 

 

PEN

1,485

 

Peru Government Bond, 6.15%, 08/12/2032(b)

 

472,850

 

PEN

1,450

 

Peruvian Government International Bond, 6.95%, 08/12/2031(b)

 

494,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

967,518

 

PHILIPPINES—2.0%

 

 

 

PHP

2,640

 

Philippine Government Bond, 5.50%, 03/08/2023

 

49,910

 

PHP

7,930

 

Philippine Government Bond, 5.75%, 04/12/2025

 

150,587

 

PHP

49,990

 

Philippine Government Bond, 6.25%, 03/22/2028

 

978,204

 

PHP

6,900

 

Philippine Government Bond, 6.88%, 01/10/2029

 

141,129

 

USD

40

 

Philippine Government International Bond, 8.38%, 06/17/2019

 

40,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,360,102

 

POLAND—0.6%

 

 

 

PLN

1,400

 

Republic of Poland Government Bond, 4.00%, 10/25/2023

 

393,624

 

QATAR—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

217

 

Qatar Government International Bond, 5.10%, 04/23/2048(b)

 

242,226

 

ROMANIA—2.3%

 

 

 

USD

1,470

 

Romanian Government International Bond, 4.88%, 01/22/2024(b)

 

1,565,329

 

RUSSIA—2.3%

 

 

 

RUB

26,000

 

Russian Federal Bond—OFZ, 7.70%, 03/23/2033

 

387,011

 

RUB

25,200

 

Russian Federal Bond—OFZ, 8.15%, 02/03/2027

 

396,383

 

USD

800

 

Russian Foreign Bond—Eurobond, 4.75%, 05/27/2026(b)

 

830,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,614,375

 

RWANDA—0.8%

 

 

 

USD

350

 

Rwanda International Government Bond, 6.63%, 05/02/2023(b)

 

362,705

 

USD

200

 

Rwanda International Government Bond,, 6.63%, 05/02/2023(b)

 

207,260

 

 

 

 

 

 

569,965

 

SAUDI ARABIA—0.6%

 

 

 

USD

410

 

Saudi Government International Bond, 4.38%, 04/16/2029(b)

 

430,053

 

SENEGAL—0.5%

 

 

 

USD

330

 

Senegal Government International Bond, 8.75%, 05/13/2021(b)

 

356,400

 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

Principal
Amount
(000) or Shares

Description

 

Value
(US$)

 

GOVERNMENT BONDS (continued)

 

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA—1.6%

 

 

 

USD

1,030

 

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 4.88%, 04/14/2026

 

$

1,019,937

 

USD

100

 

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 6.25%, 03/08/2041

 

102,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,122,812

 

SRI LANKA—0.2%

 

 

 

LKR

5,000

 

Sri Lanka Government Bonds, 9.25%, 05/01/2020

 

28,152

 

LKR

10,000

 

Sri Lanka Government Bonds, 11.00%, 08/01/2021

 

57,397

 

LKR

15,000

 

Sri Lanka Government Bonds, 11.50%, 12/15/2021

 

87,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

172,732

 

SURINAME—0.3%

 

 

 

USD

200

 

Republic of Suriname, 9.25%, 10/26/2026(b)

 

194,740

 

TANZANIA—0.1%

 

 

 

USD

45

 

Tanzania Government International Bond, 8.69%, 03/09/2020(b)(f)(g)

 

45,205

 

TURKEY—1.4%

 

 

 

TRY

5,600

 

Turkey Government Bond, 10.50%, 08/11/2027

 

608,155

 

USD

430

 

Turkey Government International Bond, 6.00%, 03/25/2027

 

387,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

995,198

 

UKRAINE—1.8%

 

 

 

USD

1,330

 

Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.75%, 09/01/2025(b)

 

1,251,049

 

URUGUAY—0.7%

 

 

 

USD

50

 

Uruguay Government International Bond, 4.38%, 10/27/2027(g)

 

52,125

 

USD

146

 

Uruguay Government International Bond, 7.63%, 03/21/2036(g)

 

198,560

 

USD

165

 

Uruguay Government International Bond, 7.88%, 01/15/2033

 

225,638

 

 

 

 

 

 

476,323

 

 

 

 

Total Government Bonds—62.8% (cost $44,139,577)

 

43,658,439

 

COMMON STOCKS—0.0%

 

 

 

UNITED STATES—0.0%

 

 

 

USD

657

 

Cenveo Enterprises, Inc.(e)(i)(j)(k)

 

10,840

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,840

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—3.1%

 

 

 

UNITED STATES—3.1%

 

 

 

USD

2,127,492

 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 2.37%(l)

 

2,127,492

 

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment—3.1% (cost $2,127,492)

 

2,127,492

 

 

 

 

Total Investments—137.2% (cost $96,237,306)(m)

 

95,296,463

 

 

 

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(37.2)%

 

(25,847,980

)

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

$

69,448,483

 

 

(a)

The maturity date presented for these instruments represents the next call/put date.

(b)

Denotes a restricted security.

(c)

Perpetual bond. This is a bond that has no maturity date, is redeemable and pays a steady stream of interest indefinitely. The maturity date presented for these instruments represents the next call/put date.

(d)

Security is in default.

(e)

Illiquid security.

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

(f)

Variable Rate Instrument. The rate shown is based on the latest available information as of April 30, 2019. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

(g)

Sinkable security.

(h)

Payment-in-kind. This is a type of bond that pays interest in additional bonds rather than in cash.

(i)

Security is Delisted.

(j)

Level 3 security. See Note 2(a) of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

(k)

Fair Values are determined pursuant to procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Unless otherwise noted, securities are valued by applying valuation factors to the exchange traded price. See Note 2(a) of the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

(l)

Registered investment company advised by State Street Global Advisors. The rate shown is the 7 day yield as of April 30, 2019.

(m)

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements for tax unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of securities.

 

ARS—Argentine Peso

 

AUD—Australian Dollar

 

BRL—Brazilian Real

 

CNH—Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore

 

EGP—Egyptian Pound

 

EUR—Euro Currency

 

GBP—British Pound Sterling

 

GHS—Ghanaian Cedi

 

IDR—Indonesian Rupiah

 

INR—Indian Rupee

 

KRW—South Korean Won

 

LKR—Sri Lanka Rupee

 

MXN—Mexican Peso

 

MYR—Malaysian Ringgit

 

NGN—Nigerian Naira

 

NZD—New Zealand Dollar

 

PEN—Peruvian Sol

 

PHP—Philippine Peso

 

PLN—Polish Zloty

 

RUB—Russian Ruble

 

SGD—Singapore Dollar

 

THB—Thai Baht

 

TRY—Turkish Lira

 

TWD—New Taiwan Dollar

 

UAH—Ukraine hryvna

 

USD—U.S. Dollar

 

At April 30, 2019, the Fund’s open forward foreign currency exchange contracts were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Purchase Contracts

 

 

Amount

 

Amount

 

 

 

Appreciation/

 

Settlement Date*

 

Counterparty

 

Purchased

 

Sold

 

Fair Value

 

(Depreciation)

 

British Pound/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/16/2019

 

Barclays Bank plc

 

GBP

50,000

 

USD

65,097

 

$

65,248

 

$

151

 

Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/12/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

CNH

1,344,968

 

USD

200,000

 

199,665

 

(335

)

07/12/2019

 

Credit Suisse International

 

CNH

8,300,000

 

USD

1,234,770

 

1,232,162

 

(2,608

)

07/12/2019

 

UBS AG

 

CNH

1,344,640

 

USD

200,000

 

199,616

 

(384

)

 

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Purchase Contracts

 

 

Amount

 

Amount

 

 

 

Appreciation/

 

Settlement Date*

 

Counterparty

 

Purchased

 

Sold

 

Fair Value

 

(Depreciation)

 

Euro/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/16/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

EUR

10,000

 

USD

11,304

 

$

11,229

 

$

(75

)

05/16/2019

 

UBS AG

 

EUR

191,000

 

USD

213,338

 

 

214,466

 

 

1,128

 

Indian Rupee/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/21/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

INR

7,046,330

 

USD

100,000

 

 

100,530

 

 

530

 

Indonesian Rupiah/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08/01/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

IDR

1,003,191,000

 

USD

70,000

 

 

69,701

 

 

(299

)

Malaysian Ringgit/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/11/2019

 

BNP Paribas S.A.

 

MYR

200,298

 

USD

48,831

 

 

48,414

 

 

(417

)

06/11/2019

 

HSBC Bank USA

 

MYR

1,241,010

 

USD

300,000

 

 

299,962

 

 

(38

)

Philippine Peso/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/19/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

PHP

5,254,000

 

USD

100,000

 

 

100,936

 

 

936

 

Singapore Dollar/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/26/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

SGD

3,219,512

 

USD

2,388,262

 

 

2,369,361

 

 

(18,901

)

06/26/2019

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

SGD

336,094

 

USD

250,000

 

 

247,344

 

 

(2,656

)

South Korean Won/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/31/2019

 

HSBC Bank USA

 

KRW

2,021,310,000

 

USD

1,800,000

 

 

1,738,152

 

 

(61,848

)

05/31/2019

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

KRW

566,232,030

 

USD

500,000

 

 

486,911

 

 

(13,089

)

05/31/2019

 

UBS AG

 

KRW

578,876,560

 

USD

507,000

 

 

497,784

 

 

(9,216

)

Thai Baht/United States Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/24/2019

 

Citibank N.A.

 

THB

47,305,780

 

USD

1,491,117

 

 

1,482,124

 

 

(8,993

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,363,605

 

$

(116,114

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Sale Contracts

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

Appreciation/

 

Settlement Date*

 

Counterparty

 

Purchased

 

 

Sold

 

Fair Value

 

(Depreciation)

 

United States Dollar/Australian Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/14/2019

 

BNP Paribas S.A.

 

USD

4,385,787

 

AUD

6,200,000

 

$   

4,375,120

 

$

10,667

 

United States Dollar/Brazilian Real

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/23/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

561,404

 

BRL

2,109,000

 

 

537,067

 

 

24,337

 

United States Dollar/British Pound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/16/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

163,136

 

GBP

125,000

 

 

163,120

 

 

16

 

07/11/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

3,434,712

 

GBP

2,609,000

 

 

3,414,604

 

 

20,108

 

United States Dollar/Euro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/16/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

112,566

 

EUR

100,000

 

 

112,286

 

 

280

 

07/11/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

4,284,706

 

EUR

3,787,000

 

 

4,272,874

 

 

11,832

 

United States Dollar/Indian Rupee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/21/2019

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

USD

950,000

 

INR

66,284,350

 

 

945,676

 

 

4,324

 

United States Dollar/Malaysian Ringgit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/11/2019

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

USD

400,000

 

MYR

1,646,840

 

 

398,055

 

 

1,945

 

United States Dollar/New Russian Ruble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/23/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

750,403

 

RUB

49,294,000

 

 

761,233

 

 

(10,830

)

 

 

 

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Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Sale Contracts

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Appreciation/

 

Settlement Date*

 

Counterparty

 

 

Purchased

 

 

Sold

 

Fair Value

 

(Depreciation)

 

United States Dollar/New Taiwan Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/14/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

300,000

 

TWD

9,218,700

 

$     298,571

 

$

1,429

 

United States Dollar/New Zealand Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/14/2019

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

USD

1,918,244

 

NZD

2,800,000

 

1,871,516

 

 

46,728

 

United States Dollar/Philippine Peso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/19/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

875,000

 

PHP

45,980,375

 

883,342

 

 

(8,342

)

United States Dollar/Singapore Dollar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06/26/2019

 

UBS AG

 

USD

450,000

 

SGD

606,290

 

446,192

 

 

3,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$18,479,656

 

$

106,302

 

Total unrealized appreciation on open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

 

$

128,219

 

Total unrealized depreciation on open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

 

 

$

(138,031

)

 

*              Certain contracts with different trade dates and like characteristics have been shown net.

 

At April 30, 2019, the Fund held the following centrally cleared interest rate swaps:

 

Currency

 

Notional
Amount

 

Expiration
Date

 

Counterparty

 

Receive
(Pay)
Floating
Rate

 

Floating Rate
Index

 

Fixed
Rate

 

Premiums
Paid
(Received)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

 

Buy Protection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD

 

12,100,000

 

11/04/2024

 

Citibank

 

Receive

3-month LIBOR Index

 

2.44%

 

$–

 

$(128,203

)

USD

 

16,500,000

 

10/25/2027

 

Citibank

 

Receive

3-month LIBOR Index

 

2.36%

 

 

28,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$–

 

$(100,021

)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

 

As of April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

Investments, at value (cost $94,109,814)

 

$  93,168,971

 

Short-term investments, at value (cost $2,127,492)

 

2,127,492

 

Cash

 

1,406,731

 

Cash at broker for interest rate swaps

 

860,085

 

Foreign currency, at value (cost $550,579)

 

531,780

 

Cash at broker for forward foreign currency contracts

 

80,000

 

Due from broker

 

47,153

 

Interest and dividends receivable

 

1,432,461

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

128,219

 

Prepaid expenses

 

2,336

 

Total assets

 

99,785,228

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Bank loan payable (Note 7)

 

28,600,000

 

Payable for investments purchased

 

1,348,637

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

138,031

 

Interest payable on bank loan

 

85,413

 

Investment management fees payable (Note 3)

 

56,106

 

Administration fees payable (Note 3)

 

10,790

 

Cash due to broker for forward foreign currency contracts

 

10,000

 

Variation margin payable for centrally cleared interest rate swaps

 

7,517

 

Investor relations fees payable (Note 3)

 

2,750

 

Deferred foreign capital gains tax

 

963

 

Other

 

76,538

 

Total liabilities

 

30,336,745

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

$69,448,483

 

Composition of Net Assets:

 

 

 

Common stock (par value $.001 per share) (Note 5)

 

$          8,725

 

Paid-in capital in excess of par

 

76,602,010

 

Distributable accumulated loss

 

(7,162,252

)

Net Assets

 

$ 69,448,483

 

Net asset value per share based on 8,724,789 shares issued and outstanding

 

$            7.96

 

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Statement of Operations (unaudited)

 

For the Six-Month Period Ended April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Income

 

 

 

Interest and amortization of discount and premium (net of foreign withholding taxes of $19,856)

 

$  2,762,159

 

Total Investment Income

 

2,762,159

 

Expenses

 

 

 

Investment management fee (Note 3)

 

316,101

 

Director fees and expenses

 

105,144

 

Administration fee (Note 3)

 

60,789

 

Independent auditors fees and expenses

 

40,014

 

Reports to shareholders and proxy solicitation

 

31,556

 

Insurance expense

 

30,304

 

Investor relations fees and expenses (Note 3)

 

27,616

 

Custodian fees and expenses

 

23,823

 

Bank loan fees and expenses

 

19,211

 

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses

 

15,748

 

Legal fees and expenses

 

14,410

 

NYSE listing fee

 

967

 

Miscellaneous

 

18,767

 

Total operating expenses, excluding interest expense

 

704,450

 

Interest expense (Note 7)

 

493,800

 

Total operating expenses before reimbursed/waived expenses

 

1,198,250

 

Less: Investor relations fee waiver (Note 3)

 

(10,392

)

Net operating expenses

 

1,187,858

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

1,574,301

 

Net Realized/Unrealized Gain/(Loss) from Investments and Foreign Currency Related Transactions:

 

 

 

Net realized gain/(loss) from:

 

 

 

Investment transactions (including $0 capital gains tax)

 

(1,097,714

)

Interest rate swaps

 

109,677

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

214,827

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

(778,136

)

 

 

(1,551,346

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

 

 

 

Investments (including change in deferred capital gains tax of $963)

 

4,074,124

 

Interest rate swaps

 

(1,598,937

)

Forward foreign currency exchange rate contracts

 

(226,918

)

Foreign currency translation

 

1,148,182

 

 

 

3,396,451

 

Net gain from investments and interest rate swaps

 

1,845,105

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$ 3,419,406

 

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the
Six-Month
Period Ended
April 30, 2019
(unaudited)

 

For the
Year Ended
October 31, 2018

 

Increase/(Decrease) in net assets

 

 

 

 

 

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$  1,574,301

 

$  3,849,535

 

Net realized loss from investments and interest rate swaps

 

(988,037

)

(1,009,496

)

Net realized loss from foreign currency transactions

 

(563,309

)

(322,147

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and interest rate swaps

 

2,475,187

 

(3,363,161

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency translation

 

921,264

 

(2,127,248

)

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

3,419,406

 

(2,972,517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

 

 

 

 

Distributable earnings

 

(3,664,411

)

(1,414,651

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

(5,914,171

)

Net decrease in net assets from distributions

 

(3,664,411

)

(7,328,822

)

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

(245,005

)

(10,301,339

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

69,693,488

 

79,994,827

 

End of period

 

$69,448,483

 

$69,693,488

 

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

For the Six-Month Period Ended April 30, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

$    3,419,406

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

Investments purchased

 

(30,042,628

)

Investments sold and principal repayments

 

31,802,732

 

Decrease in short-term investments, excluding foreign government securities

 

2,048,255

 

Net amortization/accretion of premium (discount)

 

226,053

 

Increase in cash at broker

 

(13,668

)

Increase in interest receivable

 

(62,379

)

Net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts

 

226,918

 

Decrease in prepaid expenses

 

30,304

 

Increase in interest payable on bank loan

 

80,598

 

Decrease in accrued investment management fee

 

(2,289

)

Decrease in accrued expenses

 

(73,002

)

Increase in deferred foreign capital gains tax

 

963

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation from investments

 

(4,074,124

)

Net change in unrealized appreciation from foreign currency translations

 

(1,148,182

)

Net realized loss on investments in securities

 

1,097,714

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

3,516,671

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

 

 

 

Decrease in payable due to custodian

 

(321,735

)

Distributions paid to shareholders

 

(3,664,411

)

Net cash paid (received) for swap contracts

 

96,775

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

$  (3,889,371

)

Effect of exchange rate on cash

 

19,563

 

Net change in cash

 

(353,137

)

Cash at beginning of period

 

2,291,648

 

Cash at end of period

 

$    1,938,511

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest and fees on borrowings:

 

$       493,800

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

29

 

 

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

 

 

 

For the
Six-Month
Period Ended
April 30, 2019

 

For the Fiscal Years Ended October 31,

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE(a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value per common share, beginning of period

 

$7.99

 

$9.17

 

$9.22

 

$9.38

 

$11.49

 

$12.25

 

Net investment income

 

0.18

 

0.44

 

0.47

 

0.33

(b)

0.39

 

0.47

 

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments, interest rate swaps, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

0.21

 

(0.78

)

0.32

 

0.33

 

(1.71

)

(0.32

)

Total from investment operations applicable to common shareholders

 

0.39

 

(0.34

)

0.79

 

0.66

 

(1.32

)

0.15

 

Distributions to common shareholders from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

(0.42

)

(0.16

)

(0.14

)

 

(0.76

)

(0.93

)

Tax return of capital

 

 

(0.68

)

(0.70

)

(0.84

)

(0.08

)

 

Total distributions

 

(0.42

)

(0.84

)

(0.84

)

(0.84

)

(0.84

)

(0.93

)

Capital Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact of open market repurchase program (Note 6)

 

 

 

 

0.02

 

0.05

 

0.02

 

Total from capital transactions

 

 

 

 

0.02

 

0.05

 

0.02

 

Net asset value per common share, end of period

 

$7.96

 

$7.99

 

$9.17

 

$9.22

 

$9.38

 

$11.49

 

Market value, end of period

 

$8.22

 

$8.22

 

$8.96

 

$8.46

 

$8.11

 

$10.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Return Based on(c):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market value

 

5.39%

 

1.27%

 

16.74%

 

15.48%

 

(15.54%

)

2.99%

 

Net asset value

 

5.00%

 

(3.81%

)

9.63%

 

8.81%

(b)

(10.30%

)

2.09%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders/Supplementary Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to common shareholders, end of period (000 omitted)

 

$69,448

 

$69,693

 

$79,995

 

$80,606

 

$82,947

 

$105,653

 

Average net assets applicable to common shareholders (000 omitted)

 

$69,468

 

$76,372

 

$79,658

 

$81,601

 

$93,299

 

$110,812

 

Net operating expenses, net of fee waivers

 

3.45%

(e)

3.03%

 

2.77%

 

2.47%

 

2.55%

(d)

2.18%

 

Net operating expenses, excluding fee waivers

 

3.48%

(e)

3.06%

 

2.78%

 

2.49%

 

2.56%

(d)

 

Net operating expenses, excluding interest expense, net of fee waivers

 

2.01%

(e)

1.89%

 

1.98%

 

1.90%

 

2.09%

(d)

1.76%

 

Net investment income

 

4.57%

(e)

5.04%

 

5.18%

 

3.59%

(b)

3.77%

 

3.94%

 

Portfolio turnover

 

33%

(f)

45%

 

95%

 

80%

 

41%

 

59%

 

Senior securities (loan facility) outstanding (000 omitted)

 

$28,600

 

$28,600

 

$31,500

 

$31,500

 

$31,500

 

$40,000

 

Asset coverage ratio on revolving credit facility at period end

 

343%

 

344%

 

354%

 

356%

 

363%

 

364%

 

Asset coverage per $1,000 on revolving credit facility at period end(g)

 

$3,428

 

$3,437

 

$3,540

 

$3,559

 

$3,633

 

$3,641

 

 

 

(a)

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b)

Included within Net Investment Income per share, Total Return, and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets are the effects of a one- time reimbursement for overbilling of prior years’ custodian out-of-pocket fees. If such amounts were excluded, the Net Investment Income per share, Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value, and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets would have been $0.31, 8.58%, and 3.36%.

 

 

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Financial Highlights (concluded)

 

 

 

(c)

Total investment return based on market value is calculated assuming that shares of the Fund’s common stock were purchased at the closing market price as of the beginning of the period, dividends, capital gains and other distributions were reinvested as provided for in the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan and then sold at the closing market price per share on the last day of the period. The computation does not reflect any sales commission investors may incur in purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. The total investment return based on the net asset value is similarly computed except that the Fund’s net asset value is substituted for the closing market value.

(d)

The expense ratio includes a one-time expense associated with the January 2011 shelf offering costs attributable to the registered but unsold shares that expired in January 2015.

(e)

Annualized.

(f)

Not annualized.

(g)

Asset coverage ratio is calculated by dividing net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes by the amount of any borrowings.

 

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

31

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

April 30, 2019

 

 


1. Organization

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on June 28, 1991, as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund’s principal investment objective is to provide high current income by investing primarily in fixed income securities. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation, but only when consistent with its principal investment objective. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in debt securities. This 80% investment policy is a non-fundamental policy of the Fund and may be changed by the Board upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders. The Fund’s investments are divided into three categories: Developed Markets, Investment Grade Developing Markets and Sub-Investment Grade Developing Markets. “Developed Markets” are those countries contained in the FTSE World Government Bond Index, New Zealand, Luxembourg and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As of April 30, 2019, securities of the following countries comprised the FTSE World Government Bond Index: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. “Investment Grade Developing Markets” are those countries whose sovereign debt is rated not less than Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Services Inc. (“Moody’s”) or BBB- by S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or comparably rated by another appropriate nationally or internationally recognized ratings agency. “Sub-Investment Grade Developing Markets” are those countries that are not Developed Markets or Investment Grade Developing Markets. Under normal circumstances, at least 60% of the Fund’s total assets are invested in fixed income securities of issuers in Developed Markets or Investment Grade Developing Markets, whether or not denominated in the currency of such country; provided, however, that the Fund invests at least 40% of its total assets in fixed income securities of issuers in Developed Markets. The Fund may invest up to 40% of its total assets in fixed income securities of issuers in Sub-Investment Grade Developing Markets, whether or not denominated in the currency of such country. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry, country or region.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The

 

following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accounting and tax records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. Dollars and the U.S. Dollar is used as both the functional and reporting currency.

 

a. Security Valuation:

 

The Fund values its securities at current market value or fair value, consistent with regulatory requirements. “Fair value” is defined in the Fund’s Valuation and Liquidity Procedures as the price that could be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants without a compulsion to transact at the measurement date.

 

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the Fund discloses the fair value of its investments using a three-level hierarchy that classifies the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy assigns Level 1, the highest level, measurements to valuations based upon unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets, Level 2 measurements to valuations based upon other significant observable inputs, including adjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets, and Level 3, the lowest level, measurements to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value including a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, which are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

Long-term debt and other fixed-income securities are valued at the last quoted or evaluated bid price on the valuation date provided by


 

 

 

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an independent pricing service provider approved by the Board. If there are no current day bids, the security is valued at the previously applied bid. Pricing services generally price debt securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size and the strategies employed by the Fund’s investment adviser generally trade in round lot sizes. In certain circumstances, some trades may occur in smaller “odd lot” sizes at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Short-term debt securities (such as commercial paper and U.S. treasury bills) having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at the last quoted or evaluated bid price on the valuation date provided by an independent pricing service, or on the basis of amortized cost, if it represents the best approximation of fair value. Debt and other fixed-income securities are generally determined to be Level 2 investments.

 

Short-term investments are comprised of cash and cash equivalents invested in short-term investment funds which are redeemable daily. The Fund sweeps available cash into the State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, which has elected to qualify as a “government money market fund” pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act and has an objective, which is not guaranteed, to maintain a $1.00 per share net asset value. Generally, these investment types are categorized as Level 1 investments.

 

Derivatives are valued at fair value. Exchange traded derivatives are generally Level 1 investments and over-the-counter and centrally cleared derivatives are generally Level 2 investments. Forward foreign currency contracts are generally valued based on the bid price of the forward

 

rates and the current spot rate. Forward exchange rate quotations are available for scheduled settlement dates, such as 1-, 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month periods. An interpolated valuation is derived based on the actual settlement dates of the forward contracts held. Interest rate swaps are generally valued by an approved pricing agent based on the terms of the swap agreement (including future cash flows).

 

In the event that a security’s market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable (for reasons other than because the foreign exchange on which they trade closed before the Valuation Time), the security is valued at fair value as determined by the Fund’s Pricing Committee, taking into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances using valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. Under normal circumstances the Valuation Time is as of close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) A security that has been fair valued by the Fund’s Pricing Committee may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the nature of the inputs. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments;

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk); or

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).


 

A summary of standard inputs is listed below:

 

Security Type

 

Standard Inputs

Debt and other fixed-income securities

 

Reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, credit quality, yield, and maturity.

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

Forward exchange rate quotations.

Swap agreements

 

Market information pertaining to the underlying reference assets, i.e., credit spreads, credit event probabilities, fair values, forward rates, and volatility measures.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2019 in valuing the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments for a detailed breakout of the security types:

 

Investments, at Value

 

Level 1 – Quoted
Prices ($)

 

Level 2 – Other Significant
Observable Inputs ($)

 

Level 3 – Significant
Unobservable Inputs ($)

 

Total ($)

 

Investments in Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$              –

 

$49,499,692

 

$         –

 

$49,499,692

 

Government Bonds

 

 

43,658,439

 

 

43,658,439

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

10,840

 

10,840

 

Total Investments

 

 

93,158,131

 

10,840

 

93,168,971

 

Short-Term Investment

 

2,127,492

 

 

 

2,127,492

 

Total Investments

 

$2,127,492

 

$93,158,131

 

$10,840

 

$95,296,463

 

 

 

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Investments, at Value

 

Level 1 – Quoted
Prices ($)

 

Level 2 – Other Significant
Observable Inputs ($)

 

Level 3 – Significant
Unobservable Inputs ($)

 

Total ($)

 

Other Financial Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements

 

$–

 

$28,182

 

$–

 

$28,182

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

 

128,219

 

 

128,219

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

 

$–

 

$156,401

 

$–

 

$156,401

 

Total Assets

 

$2,127,492

 

$93,314,532

 

$10,840

 

$95,452,864

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements

 

$–

 

$(128,203

)

$–

 

$(128,203

)

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

 

(138,031

)

 

(138,031

)

Total Liabilities – Other Financial Instruments

 

$–

 

$(266,234

)

$–

 

$(266,234

)

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 


During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between levels and no significant changes to the fair valuation methodologies. Level 3 investments held during and at the end of the fiscal year in relation to net assets were not significant (less than 0.02% of total net assets) and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the period ended April 30, 2019 is not presented. The valuation technique used at April 30, 2019 was an independent broker quote.

 

b. Restricted Securities:

 

Restricted securities are privately-placed securities whose resale is restricted under U.S. securities laws. The Fund may invest in restricted securities, including unregistered securities eligible for resale without registration pursuant to Rule 144A and privately-placed securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers offered outside the U.S. without registration pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Rule 144A securities may be freely traded among certain qualified institutional investors, such as the Fund, but resale of such securities in the U.S. is permitted only in limited circumstances.

 

c. Foreign Currency Translation:

 

Foreign securities, currencies, and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate of said currencies against the U.S. Dollar, as of the Valuation Time, as provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Board. The Valuation Time is as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

 

Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. Dollars on the following basis:

 

(i)   market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities – at the current daily rates of exchange at the valuation time; and

 

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

 

The Fund isolates that portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the foreign exchange rates due to the fluctuations in the market prices of the securities held at the end of the reporting period. Similarly, the Fund isolates the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of portfolio securities sold during the reporting period.

 

Net exchange gain/(loss) is realized from sales and maturities of portfolio securities, sales of foreign currencies, settlement of securities transactions, dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books. Net unrealized foreign exchange appreciation/(depreciation) includes changes in the value of portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities arising as a result of changes in the exchange rate.

 

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of domestic origin, including unanticipated movements in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. Dollar. Generally, when the U.S. Dollar rises in value against foreign currency, the Fund’s investments denominated in that foreign currency will lose value because the foreign currency is worth fewer U.S. Dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. Dollar falls in relative value.

 


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d. Derivative Financial Instruments:

 

The Fund is authorized to use derivatives to manage currency risk, credit risk and interest rate risk and to replicate or as a substitute for physical securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The use of derivative instruments involves, to varying degrees, elements of market risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts:

 

A forward foreign currency exchange contract (“forward contract”) involves an obligation to purchase and sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. Forward contracts are used to manage the Fund’s currency exposure in an efficient manner. They are used to sell unwanted currency exposure that comes with holding securities in a market, or to buy currency exposure where the exposure from holding securities is insufficient to give the desired currency exposure either in absolute terms or relative to a particular benchmark or index. The use of forward contracts allows for the separation of investment decision-making between foreign exchange holdings and their currencies. The forward contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Forward contracts’ prices are received daily from an independent pricing provider. When the forward contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. These realized and unrealized gains and losses are reported on the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or from unanticipated movements in exchange rates. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund used forward contracts to hedge its currency exposure.

 

While the Fund may enter into forward contracts to seek to reduce currency exchange rate risks, transactions in such contracts involve certain risks. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in exchange rates. Thus, while the Fund may benefit from such transactions, unanticipated changes in currency prices may result in a poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not engaged in any such transactions. Moreover, there may be imperfect correlation between the Fund’s portfolio holdings or securities quoted or denominated in a particular currency and forward contracts entered into by the Fund. Such imperfect correlation may

 

prevent the Fund from achieving a complete hedge, which will expose the Fund to the risk of foreign exchange loss.

 

Forward contracts are subject to the risk that a counterparty to such contract may default on its obligations. Since a forward foreign currency exchange contract is not guaranteed by an exchange or clearing house, a default on the contract would deprive the Fund of unrealized profits, transaction costs or the benefits of a currency hedge or force the Fund to cover its purchase or sale commitments, if any, at the market price at the time of default.

 

Swaps:

 

A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows and/or meet certain obligations at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates (interest rates in the case of interest rate swaps, currency exchange rates in the case of currency swaps) or the occurrence of a credit event with respect to an underlying reference obligation (in the case of a credit default swap) for a specified amount of an underlying asset or notional principal amount. The Fund will enter into swaps only on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the amount of the difference between the two payments. Except for currency swaps and credit default swaps, the notional principal amount is used solely to calculate the payment streams but is not exchanged. With respect to currency swaps, actual principal amounts of currencies may be exchanged by the counterparties at the initiation, and again upon the termination of the transaction.

 

Traditionally, swaps were customized, privately negotiated agreements executed between two parties (“OTC Swaps”) but since 2013, certain swaps are required to be cleared pursuant to rules and regulations related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd Frank”) and/or Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 on OTC Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (“EMIR”) (“Cleared Swaps”). Like OTC Swaps, Cleared Swaps are negotiated bilaterally. Unlike OTC Swaps, the act of clearing results in two swaps executed between each of the parties and a central counterparty (“CCP”), and thus the counterparty credit exposure of the parties is to the CCP rather than to one another. Upon entering into a Cleared Swap, the Fund is required to pledge an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This payment is known as “initial margin”. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are calculated each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the fair value/ market value of the underlying assets. An unrealized gain or loss equal to the variation margin is recognized on a daily basis. When the contract matures or is terminated, the gain or loss is realized


 

 

 

 

 

 

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and is presented in the Statements of Operations as a net realized gain or loss on swap contracts. As of March 2017, the Fund may be required to provide variation and/or initial margin for OTC Swaps pursuant to further rules and regulations related to Dodd Frank and EMIR. The margin requirements associated with OTC Swaps and Cleared Swaps may not be the same.

 

The rights and obligations of the parties to a swap are memorialized in either an International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA”) for OTC Swaps or a futures agreement with an OTC addendum for Cleared Swaps (“Clearing Agreement”). These agreements are with certain counterparties whose creditworthiness is monitored on an ongoing basis by risk professionals. Both the ISDA and Clearing Agreement maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, and events of default or termination. The occurrence of a specified event of default or termination by one party may give the other party the right to terminate and settle all of its contracts.

 

Entering into swap agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and interest risk in excess of the amounts reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation

 

to perform and that there may be unfavorable changes in the value of the index or securities underlying the agreement. The Funds’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk related to swaps is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparties to the Funds to cover the Funds’ exposure to the counterparty.

 

Interest Rate Swaps:

 

The Fund uses interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rates. Interest rate swap contracts typically represent the exchange between the Fund and a counterparty of respective commitments to make variable rate and fixed rate payments with respect to a notional amount of principal. Interest rate swap contracts may have a term that is greater than one year, but typically require periodic interim settlement in cash, at which time the specified value of the variable interest rate is reset for the next settlement period. Net payments of interest are recorded as realized gains or losses. During the period that the swap contract is open, the contract is marked-to-market as the net amount due to or from the Fund and changes in the value of swap contracts are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund used interest rate swaps to hedge the interest rate risk on the Fund’s Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below).


 

Summary of Derivative Instruments:

 

The Fund may use derivatives for various purposes as noted above. The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments, not accounted for as hedging instruments, as of April 30, 2019:

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments
and risk exposure

 

Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location

 

Fair Value

 

Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location

 

Fair Value

 

Interest rate swaps*
(interest rate risk)

 

Unrealized appreciation on receivable for centrally cleared interest rate swaps

 

$28,182

 

Unrealized depreciation payable for centrally cleared interest rate swaps

 

$128,203

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
(foreign exchange risk)

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

128,219

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

138,031

 

Total

 

 

 

$156,401

 

 

 

$266,234

 

 

*  The values shown reflect unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and the values shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities reflects variation margin.

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Fund has transactions that may be subject to enforceable master netting agreements. A reconciliation of the gross amounts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of April 30, 2019 to the net amounts by broker and derivative type, including any collateral received or pledged, is included in the following tables:

 

 

 

Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets & Liabilities

 

Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets and Liabilities

 

Description

 

Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statement of
Financial Position

 

Financial
Instruments

 

Collateral
Received(1)

 

Net
Amount(2)

 

Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statement of
Financial Position

 

Financial
Instruments

 

Collateral
Pledged(1)

 

Net
Amount(2)

 

 

 

Assets

 

Liabilities

 

Forward foreign currency(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNP Paribas S.A.

 

$10,667

 

$(417

)

$–

 

$10,250

 

$417

 

$(417

)

$–

 

$–

 

Barclays Bank plc

 

151

 

 

 

151

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank N.A.

 

1,466

 

(1,466

)

 

 

28,603

 

(1,466

)

 

27,137

 

Credit Suisse International

 

 

 

 

 

2,608

 

 

 

2,608

 

HSBC Bank USA

 

 

 

 

 

61,886

 

 

(60,000

)

1,886

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

51,052

 

(15,745

)

 

35,307

 

15,745

 

(15,745

)

 

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

1,945

 

 

 

1,945

 

 

 

 

 

UBS AG

 

62,938

 

(28,772

)

(10,000

)

24,166

 

28,772

 

(28,772

)

 

 

 

(1)  In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization.

 

(2)  Net amounts represent the net receivable/(payable) that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default. Exposure from financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master netting arrangements with the same legal entity.

 

(3)  Includes financial instruments (swaps and forwards) which are not subject to a master netting arrangement across funds, or other another similar arrangement.

 

Amounts listed as “–” are $0 or round to $0.

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019:

 

Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments

 

Location of Gain or (Loss) on
Derivatives

 

Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives

 

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives

 

Interest rate swaps
(interest rate risk)

 

Realized/Unrealized Gain/(Loss) from Investments, Interest Rate Swaps, and Foreign Currencies

 

$109,677

 

$(1,598,937)

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
(foreign exchange risk)

 

 

 

214,827

 

(226,918)

 

Total

 

 

 

$324,504

 

$(1,825,855)

 

 

 

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April 30, 2019

 

 


Information about derivatives reflected as of the date of this report is generally indicative of the type of activity for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019. The table below summarizes the weighted average values of derivatives holdings for the Fund during the six-month period ended April 30, 2019.

 

Derivative

 

Average
Notional Value

 

Purchase Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

$10,387,808

 

Sale Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

20,546,095

 

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

 

28,600,000

 

 

The Fund values derivatives at fair value, as described in the results of operations. Accordingly, the Fund does not follow hedge accounting even for derivatives employed as economic hedges.

 

e. Bank Loans:

 

The Fund may invest in bank loans. Bank loans include floating and fixed-rate debt obligations. Floating rate loans are debt obligations issued by companies or other entities with floating interest rates that reset periodically. Bank loans may include, but are not limited to, term loans, delayed funding loans, bridge loans and revolving credit facilities. Loan interest will primarily take the form of assignments purchased in the primary or secondary market but may include participations. Floating rate loans are secured by specific collateral of the borrower and are senior to most other securities of the borrower (e.g., common stock or debt instruments) in the event of bankruptcy. Floating rate loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancings. Floating rate loans are typically structured and administered by a financial institution that acts as the agent of the lenders participating in the floating rate loan. Floating rate loans may be acquired directly through the agent, as an assignment from another lender who holds a direct interest in the floating rate loan, or as a participation interest in another lender’s portion of the floating rate loan.

 

The Fund may also enter into, or acquire participation in, delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities. Delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities are borrowings in which the Fund agrees to make loans up to a maximum amount upon demand by the borrowing issuer for a specified term. A revolving credit facility differs from a delayed funding loan in that as the borrowing issuer repays the loan, an amount equal to the repayment is again made available to the borrowing issuer under the facility. The borrowing issuer may at any time borrow and repay amounts so long as, in the aggregate, at any given time the amount borrowed does not exceed the maximum amount established by the loan agreement. Delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities usually provide for floating or variable rates of interest.

 

See “Bank Loan Risk” under “Portfolio Investment Risks” for information regarding the risks associated with an investment in bank loans.

 

f. Security Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses:

 

Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized and unrealized gains/(losses) from security and foreign currency transactions are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are accreted or amortized on an effective yield basis over the estimated lives of the respective securities.

 

g. Distributions:

 

The Fund has a managed distribution policy to pay distributions from net investment income supplemented by net realized foreign exchange gains, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital distributions, if necessary, on a monthly basis. The managed distribution policy is subject to regular review by the Board. The Fund will also declare and pay distributions at least annually from net realized gains on investment transactions and net realized foreign exchange gains, if any. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for foreign currencies and loss deferrals.

 

h. Federal Income Taxes:

 

For U.S. federal income purposes, the Fund previously was comprised of separately identifiable units called Qualified Business Units (“QBU”) (see Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“IRC”) section 987). The Fund ceased operating with QBUs at the end of fiscal year October 31, 2017.

 

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a “regulated investment company” by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in Subchapter M of the IRC, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains sufficient to relieve the Fund from all federal income taxes. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

 

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management of the Fund has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Since tax authorities can examine previously filed tax returns, the Fund’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended October 31 are subject to such review.


 

 

 

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i. Foreign Withholding Tax:

 

Dividend and interest income from non-U.S. sources received by the Fund are generally subject to non-U.S. withholding taxes. In addition, the Fund may be subject to capital gains tax in certain countries in which it invests. The above taxes may be reduced or eliminated under the terms of applicable U.S. income tax treaties with some of these countries. The Fund accrues such taxes when the related income is earned.

 

In addition, when the Fund sells securities within certain countries in which it invests, the capital gains realized may be subject to tax. Based on these market requirements and as required under GAAP, the Fund accrues deferred capital gains tax on securities currently held that have unrealized appreciation within these countries. The amount of deferred capital gains tax accrued is reported on the Statement of Operations as part of the Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Investments.

 

j. Cash Flow Information:

 

The Fund invests in securities and distributes dividends from net investment income and net realized gains on investment and currency transactions which are paid in cash or are reinvested at the discretion of shareholders. These activities are reported in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and additional information on cash receipts and cash payments is presented in the Statement of Cash Flows. Cash includes domestic and foreign currency but does not include cash in segregated accounts for financial futures, swaps, and forward contracts because it is designated as collateral.

 

3. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

 

a. Investment Manager, Investment Adviser, Investment Sub-Adviser, and Fund Administrator:

 

Aberdeen Standard Investments Asia Limited, formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Limited, (“ASIAL” or the “Investment Manager”) serves as investment manager to the Fund, pursuant to a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”). Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited, formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Limited, (the “Investment Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser and Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the sub-adviser, pursuant to an advisory agreement and a sub-advisory agreement, respectively. The Investment Manager, the Investment Adviser and the Sub-Adviser (collectively, the “Advisers”) are wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of Standard Life Aberdeen plc.

 

The Investment Manager manages the Fund’s investments and makes investment decisions on behalf of the Fund, including the selection of and the placement of orders with, brokers and dealers to execute

portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund. At the Investment Manager’s request, the Investment Adviser will make recommendations of the overall structure of the Fund’s portfolio including asset allocation advice and general advice on investment strategy. The Sub-Adviser manages the portion of the Fund’s assets that the Investment Manager allocates to it. The Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser are paid by the Investment Manager, not the Fund.

 

The Management Agreement provides the Investment Manager with a fee, payable monthly by the Fund, at the following annual rates: 0.65% of the Fund’s average weekly Managed Assets up to $200 million, 0.60% of Managed Assets between $200 million and $500 million, and 0.55% of Managed Assets in excess of $500 million. Managed Assets is defined in the Management Agreement as net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes.

 

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, ASIAL earned $316,101 from the Fund for investment management fees.

 

Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. (formerly, Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.) (“ASII”), an affiliate of the Advisers, is the Fund’s administrator, pursuant to an agreement under which ASII receives a fee, payable monthly by the Fund, at an annual fee rate of 0.125% of the Fund’s average weekly Managed Assets up to $1 billion, 0.10% of the Fund’s average weekly Managed Assets between $1 billion and $2 billion, and 0.075% of the Fund’s average weekly Managed Assets in excess of $2 billion. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, ASII earned $60,789 from the Fund for administration services.

 

b. Investor Relations:

 

Under the terms of the Investor Relations Services Agreement, ASII provides and/or engages third parties to provide investor relations services to the Fund and certain other funds advised by ASIAL or its affiliates as part of an Investor Relations Program. Under the Investor Relations Services Agreement, the Fund owes a portion of the fees related to the Investor Relations Program (the “Fund’s Portion”). However, investor relations services fees are limited by ASII so that the Fund will only pay up to an annual rate of 0.05% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets. Any difference between the capped rate of 0.05% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets and the Fund’s portion is paid for by ASII.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Investor Relations Services Agreement, ASII (or third parties hired by ASII), among other things, provides objective and timely information to shareholders based on publicly-available information; provides information efficiently through the use of technology while offering shareholders immediate access to knowledgeable investor relations representatives; develops and maintains effective communications with investment professionals


 

 

 

 

 

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April 30, 2019

 

 


from a wide variety of firms; creates and maintains investor relations communication materials such as fund manager interviews, films and webcasts, publishes white papers, magazine articles and other relevant materials discussing the Fund’s investment results, portfolio positioning and outlook; develops and maintains effective communications with large institutional shareholders; responds to specific shareholder questions; and reports activities and results to the Board and management detailing insight into general shareholder sentiment.

 

During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund incurred investor relations fees of approximately $27,616. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, ASII bore $10,392 of the investor relations cost allocated to the Fund because the Fund was above 0.05% of the Fund’s average weekly net assets on an annual basis.

 

4. Investment Transactions

 

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, were $29,828,654 and $29,650,159, respectively.

 

5. Capital

 

The authorized capital of the Fund is 300 million shares of $0.001 par value per share of common stock. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund did not repurchase any shares pursuant to its Open Market Repurchase Program, see Note 6 for further information. As of April 30, 2019, there were 8,724,789 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

 

6. Open Market Repurchase Program

 

On March 1, 2001, the Board approved a stock repurchase program. The Board amended the program on December 12, 2007. The stock repurchase program allows the Fund to repurchase up to 10% of its outstanding common stock in the open market during any 12-month period. The Fund reports repurchase activity on the Fund’s website on a monthly basis.

 

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2019 and fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, the Fund did not repurchase shares through this program.

 

7. Credit Facility

 

The Fund may use leverage to the maximum extent permitted by the 1940 Act, which permits leverage to exceed 33 1/3% of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount obtained through leverage) in certain market conditions.

 

The Fund’s revolving credit loan facility with The Bank of Nova Scotia was renewed for a 3-year term on February 28, 2017. For the six-month

period ended April 30, 2019, the balance of the loan outstanding was $28,600,000, and the average interest rate on the loan facility was 3.43%. The average balance for the six-month period was $28,600,000. The interest expense is accrued on a daily basis and is payable to The Bank of Nova Scotia on a monthly basis.

 

The amounts borrowed from the loan facility may be invested to return higher rates than the rates in the Fund’s portfolio. However, the cost of leverage could exceed the income earned by the Fund on the proceeds of such leverage. To the extent that the Fund is unable to invest the proceeds from the use of leverage in assets which pay interest at a rate which exceeds the rate paid on the leverage, the yield on the Fund’s common stock will decrease. In addition, in the event of a general market decline in the value of assets in which the Fund invests, the effect of that decline will be magnified in the Fund because of the additional assets purchased with the proceeds of the leverage. Non-recurring expenses in connection with the implementation of the loan facility will reduce the Fund’s performance.

 

The Fund’s leveraged capital structure creates special risks not associated with unleveraged funds having similar investment objectives and policies. The funds borrowed pursuant to the loan facility may constitute a substantial lien and burden by reason of their prior claim against the income of the Fund and against the net assets of the Fund in liquidation. The Fund is not permitted to declare dividends or other distributions in the event of default under the loan facility. In the event of a default under the loan facility, the lenders have the right to cause a liquidation of the collateral (i.e., sell portfolio securities and other assets of the Fund) and, if any such default is not cured, the lenders may be able to control the liquidation as well. The loan facility has a term of three years and is not a perpetual form of leverage; there can be no assurance that the loan facility will be available for renewal on acceptable terms, if at all. Bank loan fees and expenses included in the Statement of Operations include fees for the renewal of the loan facility as well as commitment fees for any portion of the loan facility not drawn upon at any time during the period. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2019, the Fund incurred fees of approximately $19,211.

 

The credit agreement governing the loan facility includes usual and customary covenants for this type of transaction. These covenants impose on the Fund asset coverage requirements, Fund composition requirements and limits on certain investments, such as illiquid investments, which are more stringent than those imposed on the Fund by the 1940 Act. The covenants or guidelines could impede the Investment Manager, Investment Adviser or Sub-Adviser from fully managing the Fund’s portfolio in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and policies. The covenants also include a requirement that the Fund maintain net assets of no less than


 

 

 

 

 

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April 30, 2019

 

 


$50,000,000. Furthermore, non-compliance with such covenants or the occurrence of other events could lead to the cancellation of the loan facility.

 

The estimated fair value of the loan facility was calculated, for disclosure purposes, by discounting future cash flows by a rate equal to the current U.S. Treasury rate with an equivalent maturity date, the spread between the U.S. insurance and financial debt rate and the U.S. Treasury rate. The following table shows the maturity date, interest rate, notional/carrying amount and estimated fair value outstanding as of April 30, 2019.

 

Maturity Date

 

Interest
Rate

 

Notional/
Carrying Amount

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

February 28, 2020

 

3.49%

 

$28,600,000

 

$28,575,061

 

 

8. Portfolio Investment Risks

 

a. Bank Loan Risk

 

There are a number of risks associated with an investment in bank loans including credit risk, interest rate risk, illiquid securities risk, and prepayment risk. There is also the possibility that the collateral securing a loan, if any, may be difficult to liquidate or be insufficient to cover the amount owed under the loan. These risks could cause the Fund to lose income or principal on a particular investment, which in turn could affect the Fund’s returns. In addition, bank loans may settle on a delayed basis, resulting in the proceeds from the sale of such loans not being readily available to make additional investments or distributions. To the extent the extended settlement process gives rise to short-term liquidity needs, the Fund may hold additional cash, sell investments or temporarily borrow from banks or other lenders.

 

b. Credit and Market Risk

 

A debt instrument’s price depends, in part, on the credit quality of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral and can decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, counterparty, or underlying collateral, or changes in specific or general market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, or other conditions. Funds that invest in high yield and emerging market instruments are subject to certain additional credit and market risks. The yields of high yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit risk. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk of not receiving timely and/or ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility, and less liquid secondary market trading.

c. Emerging Markets Risk

 

The Fund is subject to emerging markets risk. This is a magnification of the risks that apply to foreign investments. These risks are greater for securities of companies in emerging markets countries because the countries may have less stable governments, more volatile currencies and less established markets (see “Risks Associated with Foreign Securities and Currencies” below).

 

d. High-Yield Bonds and Other Lower-Rated Securities Risk

 

The Fund’s investments in high-yield bonds (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject the Fund to substantial risk of loss. Investments in high-yield bonds are speculative and issuers of these securities are generally considered to be less financially secure and less able to repay interest and principal than issuers of investment-grade securities. Prices of high-yield bonds tend to be very volatile. These securities are less liquid than investment-grade debt securities and may be difficult to price or sell, particularly in times of negative sentiment toward high-yield securities.

 

e. Interest Rate Risk

 

The prices of fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual issuers, including governments. Generally, the Fund’s fixed income securities will decrease in value if interest rates rise and vice versa, and the volatility of lower-rated securities is even greater than that of higher-rated securities. Also, longer-term securities are generally more volatile, so the average maturity or duration of these securities affects risk.

 

The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to current interest rate environment and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives.

 

f. Risks Associated with Foreign Securities and Currencies

 

Investments in securities of foreign issuers carry certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of U.S. issuers. These risks include future political and economic developments, and the possible imposition of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws and restrictions. In addition, with respect to certain countries, there is the possibility of expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, and political or social instability or diplomatic developments, which could adversely affect investments in those countries.

 

Certain countries also may impose substantial restrictions on investments in their capital markets by foreign entities, including restrictions on investments in issuers of industries deemed sensitive to relevant national interests. These factors may limit the investment


 

 

 

 

 

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April 30, 2019

 

 


opportunities available and result in a lack of liquidity and high price volatility with respect to securities of issuers from developing countries. Foreign securities may also be harder to price than U.S. securities.

 

The value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. Dollar fluctuates in response to market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical or other conditions. A decline in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. Dollar reduces the value in U.S. Dollars of investments denominated in that foreign currency. This risk may impact the Fund more greatly to the extent the Fund does not hedge its currency risk, or hedging techniques used by the Investment Advisers are unsuccessful.

 

g. Focus Risk

 

The Fund may have elements of risk not typically associated with investments in the United States due to focused investments in a limited number of countries or regions subject to foreign securities or

currencies risks. Such focused investments may subject the Fund to additional risks resulting from political or economic conditions in such countries or regions and the possible imposition of adverse governmental laws or currency exchange restrictions could cause the securities and their markets to be less liquid and their prices to be more volatile than those of comparable U.S. securities.

 

9. Contingencies

 

In the normal course of business, the Fund may provide general indemnifications pursuant to certain contracts and organizational documents. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund, and therefore, cannot be estimated; however, the Fund expects the risk of loss from such claims to be remote.


 

 

10. Tax Information

 

The U.S. federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized depreciation as of April 30, 2019 were as follows:

 

Tax Basis of Investments

 

Appreciation

 

Depreciation

 

Net Unrealized Depreciation

 

$95,835,180

 

$2,313,574

 

$(2,905,696)

 

$(592,122)

 

 

11. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-08, “Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities” (ASU 2017-08). ASU 2017-08 amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium, shortening such period to the earliest call date. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact that adopting ASU 2017-08 will have on the financial statements.

 

12. Subsequent Events

 

Management has evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no disclosures or adjustments were required to the financial statements as of April 30, 2019, other than those listed below.

 

On May 9, 2019 and June 11, 2019, the Fund announced that it will pay on May 31, 2019 and June 28, 2019, a distribution of US $0.07 per share to all shareholders of record as of May 22, 2019 and June 21, 2019, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited)

 

 

Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

 

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The description of the proposals and number of shares voted at the meeting are as follows:

 

1. To elect two Class III Directors to the Board of Directors:

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Withheld

 

Martin J. Gilbert

 

7,874,050

 

151,616

 

120,385

 

Neville J. Miles

 

7,858,498

 

158,098

 

129,455

 

 

Directors whose term of office continued beyond the meeting are as follows: P. Gerald Malone, William J. Potter, Peter D. Sacks and Moritz Sell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Directors

P. Gerald Malone, Chairman

Martin J. Gilbert

Neville J. Miles

William J. Potter

Peter D. Sacks

Moritz Sell

 

Officers

Christian Pittard, President

Joseph Andolina, Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President, Compliance

Megan Kennedy, Vice President and Secretary

Andrea Melia, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer

Kenneth Akintewe, Vice President

Jeffrey Cotton, Vice President – Compliance

Siddharth Dahiya, Vice President

Martin J. Gilbert, Vice President

Alan Goodson, Vice President

Bev Hendry, Vice President

Lin-Jing Leong, Vice President

Paul Lukaszewski, Vice President

Erlend Lochen, Vice President

Adam McCabe, Vice President

Jennifer Nichols, Vice President

Lucia Sitar, Vice President

Sharon Ferrari, Assistant Treasurer

Matthew Keener, Assistant Secretary

 

Investment Manager

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited
(formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited)
21 Church Street
#01-01 Capital Square Two
Singapore 049480

 

Investment Adviser

Aberdeen Standard Investments Australia Limited
(formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Management Limited)
Level 10, 255 George Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

 

Investment Sub-Adviser

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street
London United Kingdom
EC4M 9HH

 

Administrator

Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc.
1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Heritage Drive, 3rd Floor
North Quincy, MA 02171

 

Transfer Agent

Computershare
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

KPMG LLP
1601 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

 

Legal Counsel

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Ave
New York, NY 10019

 

Investor Relations

Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc.
1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
1-800-522-5465

Investor.Relations@aberdeenstandard.com


 

 

 

Aberdeen Standard Investments (Asia) Limited (formerly Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited)

 

The accompanying Financial Statements as of April 30, 2019, were not audited and accordingly, no opinion is expressed therein.

 

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that the Fund may purchase, from time to time, shares of its common stock in the open market.

 

Shares of Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. are traded on the NYSE American (formerly, NYSE Market) equities exchange under the symbol “FCO”. Information about the Fund’s net asset value and market price is available at www.aberdeenfco.com.

 

This report, including the financial information herein, is transmitted to the shareholders of Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. for their general information only. It does not have regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation and the particular needs of any specific person. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FCO SEMI-ANNUAL

 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of close of the reporting period is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

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

 

This item is inapplicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

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

 

(a)  Not applicable to semi-annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

(b)  The Registrant is managed by Aberdeen Standard Investments’ (“ASI”) Asia-Pacific fixed income team. The Asia-Pacific fixed income team works in a truly collaborative fashion; all team members have both portfolio management and research responsibilities. The team is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Registrant.

 

Effective February 28, 2019, Paul Lukaszewski replaced Nick Bishop and effective March 6, 2019, Erlend Lochen replaced Steven Logan as part of the team having the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Registrant’s portfolio which includes Kenneth Akintewe, Lin-Jing Leong and Adam McCabe.

 

(1) The information in the table below is as of July 8, 2019.

 

Individual &
Position

 

Services Rendered

 

Past Business Experience

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Lukaszewski

 

Responsible for Corporate Debt on Asian Fixed Income.

 

Currently, Head of Corporate Debt, Asia and Australia on the Asian Fixed Income team at Aberdeen Standard Investments.

 

 

 

 

 

Erlend Lochen

 

Responsible for North American Fixed Income and Global High Yield

 

Currently, Head of North American Fixed Income and Global High Yield at Aberdeen Standard Investments

 


 

(2) The information in the table below is as of April 30, 2019.

 

Name of
Portfolio Manager

 

Type of Accounts

 

Total
Number
of
Accounts
Managed

 

Total Assets ($M)

 

Number of
Accounts
Managed for
Which
Advisory
Fee is Based
on
Performance

 

Total Assets for
Which
Advisory Fee is
Based on
Performance
($M)

 

Paul Lukaszewski

 

Registered Investment Companies

 

5

 

$

822.62

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

Pooled Investment Vehicles

 

8

 

$

90,711.80

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

Other Accounts

 

2

 

$

66.11

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erlend Lochen

 

Registered Investment Companies

 

2

 

$

367.43

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

Pooled Investment Vehicles

 

5

 

$

844.84

 

0

 

$

0

 

 

 

Other Accounts

 

6

 

$

258.42

 

1

 

$

93.19

 

 

Total assets are as of April 30, 2019 and have been translated to U.S. dollars at a rate of £1.00 = $1.30.

 

The Advisers serve as investment managers for multiple clients, including the Registrant and other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act and private funds (such clients are also referred to below as “accounts”). The portfolio managers’ management of “other accounts” may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in connection with their management of the Registrant’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the other accounts, on the other. The other accounts may have the same investment objective as the Registrant. Therefore, a potential conflict of interest may arise as a result of the identical investment objectives, whereby the portfolio manager could favor one account over another.  However, the Advisers believe that these risks are mitigated by the fact that: (i) accounts with like investment strategies managed by a particular portfolio manager are generally managed in a similar fashion, subject to exceptions to account for particular investment restrictions or policies applicable only to certain accounts, differences in cash flows and account sizes, and similar factors; and (ii) portfolio manager personal trading is monitored to avoid potential conflicts. In addition, the Advisers have adopted trade allocation procedures that require equitable allocation of trade orders for a particular security among participating accounts.

 

We sometimes enter into agreements for performance-based fees with qualified clients. The existence of such a performance-based fee may create conflicts of interest in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities between different strategies. Additionally, collecting performance-based fees may result in instances in which a portfolio manager concurrently manages accounts with different fee structures for the same strategy. This “side-by-side” active management of accounts by the Advisers may raise potential conflicts of interest.  To address such potential conflicts of interest, ASI has adopted procedures and policies designed to:

 

Another potential conflict could include instances in which securities considered as investments for a Registrant also may be appropriate for other investment accounts managed by the Advisers or their affiliates.  Whenever decisions are made to buy or sell securities for a Registrant and one or more of the other accounts simultaneously, the Advisers may aggregate the purchases and sales of the securities and will allocate the securities transactions in a manner that they believe to be equitable under the circumstances. As a result of the allocations, there may be instances where the Registrant will not participate in a transaction that is allocated among other accounts. While these aggregation and allocation policies could have a detrimental effect on the price or amount of the securities available to a Registrant

 


 

from time to time, it is the opinion of the Advisers that the benefits achieved through economies of scale from the Advisers’ organization outweigh any disadvantage that may arise from exposure to simultaneous transactions.  The Registrant has adopted policies that are designed to eliminate or minimize conflicts of interest, although there is no guarantee that procedures adopted under such policies will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

 

With respect to non-discretionary model delivery accounts, the Advisers will deliver model changes subsequent to commencing trading on behalf of discretionary accounts.  Model changes are typically delivered on a security by security basis.  The timing of such delivery is determined by the Advisers and will depend on the anticipated market impact of trading. Market impact includes, but is not limited to, factors such as liquidity and price impact.  When minimal market impact is anticipated, the Advisers typically deliver security level model changes after such time when approximately two-thirds of the full discretionary order has been executed.  Although the Advisers anticipate delivering model changes of such securities after approximately two-thirds of the discretionary order has been executed, the Advisers may deliver model changes prior to or substantially after two-thirds have been executed depending on prevailing market conditions and trader discretion.  With respect to securities for which the Advisers anticipate a more significant market impact, the Advisers intend to withhold model changes until such time when the entire discretionary order has been fully executed.  Anticipated market impact on any given security is determined at the sole discretion of the Advisers based on prior market experience and current market conditions.  Actual market impact may vary significantly from anticipated market impact.  Notwithstanding the aforementioned, the Advisers may provide order instructions simultaneously or prior to completion of trading for other accounts if the trade represents a relatively small proportion of the average daily trading volume of the particular security or other instrument.

 

The Advisers do not trade for non-discretionary model clients. Because model changes may be delivered to non-discretionary model clients prior to the completion of the Advisers’ discretionary account trading, the Advisers may compete against these clients in the market when attempting to execute orders for discretionary accounts.  As a result, discretionary clients may experience negative price and liquidity impact due to multiple market participants attempting to trade in a similar direction on the same security.

 

Timing delays or other operational factors associated with the implementation of trades may result in non-discretionary and model delivery clients receiving materially different prices relative to other client accounts.  This may create performance dispersions within accounts with the same or similar investment mandate.

 

(3)

 

ASI’s remuneration policies are designed to support its business strategy as a leading international asset manager.  The objective is to attract, retain and reward talented individuals for the delivery of sustained, superior returns for ASI’s clients and shareholders.  ASI operates in a highly competitive international employment market, and aims to maintain its strong track record of success in developing and retaining talent.

 

ASI’s policy is to recognize corporate and individual achievements each year through an appropriate annual bonus scheme.  The aggregate value of awards in any year is dependent on the group’s overall performance and profitability.  Consideration is also given to the levels of bonuses paid in the market.  Individual awards, which are payable to all members of staff, are determined by a rigorous assessment of achievement against defined objectives.

 

A long-term incentive plan for key staff and senior employees comprises a mixture of cash and deferred shares in Aberdeen PLC, or after August 2017, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, or select Aberdeen funds (where applicable).  Overall compensation packages are designed to be competitive relative to the investment management industry.

 

Base Salary

 

ASI’s policy is to pay a fair salary commensurate with the individual’s role, responsibilities and experience, and having regard to the market rates being offered for similar roles in the asset management sector and

 


 

other comparable companies. Any increase is generally to reflect inflation and is applied in a manner consistent with other ASI employees; any other increases must be justified by reference to promotion or changes in responsibilities.

 

Annual Bonus

 

The Remuneration Committee of Aberdeen determines the key performance indicators that will be applied in considering the overall size of the bonus pool.  In line with practices amongst other asset management companies, individual bonuses are not subject to an absolute cap.  However, the aggregate size of the bonus pool is dependent on the group’s overall performance and profitability.  Consideration is also given to the levels of bonuses paid in the market.  Individual awards are determined by a rigorous assessment of achievement against defined objectives, and are reviewed and approved by the Remuneration Committee.

 

ASI has a deferral policy which is intended to assist in the retention of talent and to create additional alignment of executives’ interests with ASI’s sustained performance and, in respect of the deferral into funds, managed by ASI, to align the interest of asset managers with our clients.

 

Staff performance is reviewed formally at least once a year. The review process evaluates the various aspects that the individual has contributed to ASI, and specifically, in the case of portfolio managers, to the relevant investment team. Discretionary bonuses are based on client service, asset growth and the performance of the respective portfolio manager. Overall participation in team meetings, generation of original research ideas and contribution to presenting the team externally are also evaluated.

 

In the calculation of a portfolio management team’s bonus, ASI takes into consideration investment matters (which include the performance of funds, adherence to the company investment process, and quality of company meetings) as well as more subjective issues such as team participation and effectiveness at client presentations.  To the extent performance is factored in, such performance is not judged against any specific benchmark and is evaluated over the period of a year - January to December. The pre- or after-tax performance of an individual account is not considered in the determination of a portfolio manager’s discretionary bonus; rather the review process evaluates the overall performance of the team for all of the accounts the team manages.

 

Portfolio manager performance on investment matters is judged over all of the accounts the portfolio manager contributes to and is documented in the appraisal process.  A combination of the team’s and individual’s performance is considered and evaluated.

 

Although performance is not a substantial portion of a portfolio manager’s compensation, ASI also recognizes that fund performance can often be driven by factors outside one’s control, such as (irrational) markets, and as such pays attention to the effort by portfolio managers to ensure integrity of our core process by sticking to disciplines and processes set, regardless of momentum and ‘hot’ themes.  Short-terming is thus discouraged and trading-oriented managers will thus find it difficult to thrive in the ASI environment.  Additionally, if any of the aforementioned undue risks were to be taken by a portfolio manager, such trend would be identified via ASI’s dynamic compliance monitoring system.

 

In rendering investment management services, the Adviser may use the resources of additional investment adviser subsidiaries of Standard Life Aberdeen plc. These affiliates have entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) pursuant to which investment professionals from each affiliate may render portfolio management, research or trading services to Aberdeen clients. Each investment professional who renders portfolio management, research or trading services under a MOU or personnel sharing arrangement (“Participating Affiliate”) must comply with the provisions of the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), the Exchange Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the laws of states or countries in which the Adviser does business or has clients. No remuneration is paid by the Registrant with respect to the MOU/personnel sharing arrangements.

 


 

(4)

 

Individual

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Registrant 
Beneficially Owned by the Portfolio Manager as of 
April 30, 2019

Erlend Lochen

 

None

Paul Lukaszewski

 

None

 

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

 

REGISTRANT PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Period

 

(a) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased

 

(b) Average
Price Paid per
Share

 

(c) Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced Plans
or Programs (1)

 

(d) Maximum Number
of Shares That May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs (1)

 

November 1, 2018 through November 30, 2018

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

January 1, 2019 through January 31, 2019

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

February 1, 2019 through February 28, 2019

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

March 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

April 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

872,479

 

Total

 

0

 

$

0

 

0

 

 

 


(1) The Registrant’s stock repurchase program was announced on March 19, 2001 and further amended by the Registrant’s Board of Directors on December 12, 2007. Under the terms of the current program, the Registrant is permitted to repurchase up to 10% of its outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, on the open market during any 12 month period when the Fund trades at certain discounts to net asset value and management believes such repurchases may enhance shareholder value.

 

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

 

During the period ended April 30, 2019, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Directors.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)         The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by

 


 

Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d15(b)).

 

(b)         There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 -       Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not applicable

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)            Not applicable.

 

(a)(2)            Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(a)(3)            Not applicable.

 

(b)         Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act and section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(c)          A copy of the Registrant’s notices to stockholders, which accompanied distributions paid, pursuant to the Registrant’s Managed Distribution Policy since the Registrant’s last filed N-CSR, are filed herewith as Exhibits 13(c)(1), 13(c)(2), 13(c)(3), 13(c)(4), 13(c)(5), 13(c)(6) and 13(c)(7), as required by the terms of the Registrant’s SEC exemptive order.

 


 

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.

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ Christian Pittard

 

 

Christian Pittard,

 

 

Principal Executive Officer of

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Date: July 8, 2019

 

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/ Christian Pittard

 

 

Christian Pittard,

 

 

Principal Executive Officer of

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Date: July 8, 2019

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrea Melia

 

 

Andrea Melia,

 

 

Principal Financial Officer of

 

 

Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

Date: July 8, 2019

 


 

EXHIBIT LIST

 

13(a)(2) — Rule 30a-2(a) Certifications

 

13(b) — Rule 30a-2(b) Certifications

 

13(c)(1), 13(c)(2), 13(c)(3), 13(c)(4), 13(c)(5), 13(c)(6) and 13(c)(7) — Distribution notice to stockholders