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: 811-03416
The Calvert Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
2050 M Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Deidre E. Walsh
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(202) 238-2200
(Registrants telephone number)
September 30
Date of Fiscal Year End
March 31, 2024
Date of Reporting Period
Item 1. Report to Stockholders.
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Class A at NAV | 12/31/2004 | 12/31/2004 | 5.86% | 1.85% | 2.81% | 3.60% |
Class A with 3.25% Maximum Sales Charge | — | — | 2.41 | (1.46) | 2.14 | 3.26 |
Class I at NAV | 01/30/2015 | 12/31/2004 | 5.98 | 2.10 | 3.07 | 3.94 |
Class R6 at NAV | 06/30/2023 | 12/31/2004 | 6.00 | 2.06 | 3.06 | 3.94 |
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Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | — | — | 5.99% | 1.70% | 0.36% | 1.54% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class I | Class R6 |
Gross | 0.84% | 0.59% | 0.56% |
Net | 0.74 | 0.49 | 0.46 |
1 | For purposes of the Fund’s rating restrictions, ratings are based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), or Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“Kroll”) for securitized debt instruments only (such as asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)), as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the highest rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P, Fitch or Kroll (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” (if any) are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above. |
1 | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of domestic investment-grade bonds, including corporate, government and mortgage-backed securities. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class I is linked to Class A and the performance of Class R6 is linked to Class I. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked. Effective February 1, 2021, the Fund revised its name, objective and principal investment strategies and adopted a policy of investing at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities.Calvert Research and Management became the investment adviser to the Fund on December 31, 2016. Performance reflected prior to such date is that of the Fund’s former investment adviser. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 2/1/25. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,058.60 | $3.86 ** | 0.75% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,059.80 | $2.57 ** | 0.50% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,060.00 | $2.37 ** | 0.46% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,021.25 | $3.79 ** | 0.75% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,022.50 | $2.53 ** | 0.50% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,022.70 | $2.33 ** | 0.46% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
** | Absent a waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate(s), expenses would be higher. |
(15) | Represents investment of cash collateral received in connection with securities lending. |
Description | Number
of Contracts |
Position | Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Interest Rate Futures | |||||
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | 723 | Long | 6/28/24 | $147,842,204 | $ (52,707) |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | 745 | Long | 6/28/24 | 79,726,641 | 142,993 |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | 87 | Long | 6/18/24 | 9,639,328 | (108,170) |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | 224 | Long | 6/18/24 | 26,978,000 | 334,411 |
U.S. Ultra 10-Year Treasury Note | (261) | Short | 6/18/24 | (29,913,047) | (217,065) |
U.S. Ultra-Long Treasury Bond | (32) | Short | 6/18/24 | (4,128,000) | (61,172) |
$ 38,290 |
Description | Acquisition Date | Cost |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28 | 12/15/23 | $2,000,000 |
Abbreviations: | |
SOFR | – Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
STACR | – Structured Agency Credit Risk |
TBA | – To Be Announced |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments
in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $1,034,067,626) - including $7,245,631 of securities on loan |
$ 1,034,574,326 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $22,163,509) | 22,175,135 |
Cash | 1,045,079 |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts | 2,609,241 |
Receivable for investments sold | 2,012,556 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 2,804,604 |
Interest receivable | 8,438,740 |
Dividends and interest receivable - affiliated | 105,534 |
Securities lending income receivable | 750 |
Tax reclaims receivable | 1,136 |
Receivable from affiliates | 187,955 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 59,267 |
Prepaid expenses | 3,781 |
Total assets | $1,074,018,104 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts | $ 201,289 |
Payable for investments purchased | 2,812,063 |
Payable for when-issued/forward commitment securities | 162,594,358 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 1,626,598 |
Distributions payable | 3,076,841 |
Deposits for securities loaned | 3,406,755 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 223,033 |
Administrative fee | 90,006 |
Distribution and service fees | 15,879 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 3,273 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 59,267 |
Accrued expenses | 110,744 |
Total liabilities | $ 174,220,106 |
Net Assets | $ 899,797,998 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $ 921,551,259 |
Accumulated loss | (21,753,261) |
Net Assets | $ 899,797,998 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 78,184,024 |
Shares Outstanding | 4,978,795 |
Net
Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.70 |
Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (100 ÷ 96.75 of net asset value per share) |
$ 16.23 |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 745,045,758 |
Shares Outstanding | 47,378,814 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.73 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 76,568,216 |
Shares Outstanding | 4,870,688 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.72 |
On sales of $100,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced. |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | $ 424,137 |
Interest income | 19,625,156 |
Interest income - affiliated issuers | 73,336 |
Securities lending income, net | 6,947 |
Other income | 1,063 |
Total investment income | $20,130,639 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 1,160,848 |
Administrative fee | 464,339 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 83,717 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 20,543 |
Custodian fees | 16,248 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 269,855 |
Accounting fees | 88,549 |
Professional fees | 29,557 |
Registration fees | 78,618 |
Reports to shareholders | 30,708 |
Interest expense and fees | 42,409 |
Miscellaneous | 32,519 |
Total expenses | $ 2,317,910 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (310,382) |
Net expenses | $ 2,007,528 |
Net investment income | $18,123,111 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (3,147,341) |
Futures contracts | (185,282) |
Net realized loss | $ (3,332,623) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 25,603,233 |
Investment securities - affiliated issuers | 6,711 |
Futures contracts | 1,338,003 |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $26,947,947 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $23,615,324 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $41,738,435 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 18,123,111 | $ 15,097,666 |
Net realized loss | (3,332,623) | (16,633,787) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 26,947,947 | (8,719,280) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations | $ 41,738,435 | $ (10,255,401) |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (1,475,689) | $ (1,735,011) |
Class I | (15,999,351) | (13,214,469) |
Class R6 | (415,466) | (553) (1) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (17,890,506) | $ (14,950,033) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ 16,731,804 | $ 17,940,387 |
Class I | 137,130,836 | 477,347,275 |
Class R6 | 76,099,277 | 50,553 (1) |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | $229,961,917 | $495,338,215 |
Net increase in net assets | $253,809,846 | $470,132,781 |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 645,988,152 | $ 175,855,371 |
At end of period | $899,797,998 | $645,988,152 |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, June 30, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
Class A | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.16 | $ 15.59 | $ 19.49 | $ 19.97 | $ 18.45 | $ 16.07 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.35 | $ 0.57 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.51 | $ 0.56 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.53 | (0.44) | (3.03) | 0.06 | 1.53 | 2.39 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.88 | $ 0.13 | $ (2.74) | $ 0.36 | $ 2.04 | $ 2.95 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.34) | $ (0.56) | $ (0.30) | $ (0.30) | $ (0.52) | $ (0.57) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.86) | (0.54) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.34) | $ (0.56) | $ (1.16) | $ (0.84) | $ (0.52) | $ (0.57) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.70 | $ 15.16 | $ 15.59 | $ 19.49 | $ 19.97 | $ 18.45 |
Total Return(2) | 5.86% (3) | 0.76% | (14.78)% | 1.79% | 11.21% | 18.81% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $78,184 | $59,235 | $43,106 | $50,647 | $52,965 | $51,709 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.83% (5)(6) | 0.84% | 0.91% | 0.97% | 1.05% | 1.14% |
Net expenses | 0.75% (5)(6)(7) | 0.74% (7) | 0.74% (7) | 0.80% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
Net investment income | 4.46% (5) | 3.64% | 1.65% | 1.52% | 2.70% | 3.33% |
Portfolio Turnover | 180% (3)(8) | 226% (8) | 175% (8) | 195% (8) | 52% | 43% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class I | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.18 | $ 15.61 | $ 19.51 | $ 20.00 | $ 18.47 | $ 16.08 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.37 | $ 0.63 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.56 | $ 0.60 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.54 | (0.46) | (3.04) | 0.04 | 1.54 | 2.41 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.91 | $ 0.17 | $ (2.69) | $ 0.40 | $ 2.10 | $ 3.01 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.36) | $ (0.60) | $ (0.35) | $ (0.35) | $ (0.57) | $ (0.62) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.86) | (0.54) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.36) | $ (0.60) | $ (1.21) | $ (0.89) | $ (0.57) | $ (0.62) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.73 | $ 15.18 | $ 15.61 | $ 19.51 | $ 20.00 | $ 18.47 |
Total Return(2) | 5.98% (3) | 1.09% | (14.55)% | 1.99% | 11.53% | 19.14% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $745,046 | $586,705 | $132,749 | $42,399 | $54,009 | $33,302 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.58% (5)(6) | 0.59% | 0.66% | 0.72% | 0.80% | 0.87% |
Net expenses | 0.50% (5)(6)(7) | 0.49% (7) | 0.49% (7) | 0.55% | 0.67% | 0.63% |
Net investment income | 4.69% (5) | 4.02% | 2.07% | 1.81% | 2.93% | 3.53% |
Portfolio Turnover | 180% (3)(8) | 226% (8) | 175% (8) | 195% (8) | 52% | 43% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class R6 | ||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Period
Ended September 30, 2023(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.18 | $ 15.79 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.37 | $ 0.17 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.53 | (0.61) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.90 | $ (0.44) |
Less Distributions | ||
From net investment income | $ (0.36) | $ (0.17) |
Total distributions | $ (0.36) | $ (0.17) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.72 | $15.18 |
Total Return(3) | 6.00% (4) | (2.78)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $76,568 | $ 49 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||
Total expenses | 0.57% (6) | 0.56% (6) |
Net expenses | 0.46% (6)(7) | 0.46% (6)(7) |
Net investment income | 4.68% (6) | 4.41% (6) |
Portfolio Turnover | 180% (4)(8) | 226% (8)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, June 30, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the period ended September 30, 2023). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
(9) | For the year ended September 30, 2023. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Asset-Backed Securities | $ — | $ 127,697,885 | $ — | $ 127,697,885 |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 17,839,992 | — | 17,839,992 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 100,025,229 | — | 100,025,229 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 297,820,833 | — | 297,820,833 |
High Social Impact Investments | — | 1,972,580 | — | 1,972,580 |
Sovereign Government Bonds | — | 7,332,587 | — | 7,332,587 |
Taxable Municipal Obligations | — | 1,798,416 | — | 1,798,416 |
U.S. Government Agencies and Instrumentalities | — | 332,452 | — | 332,452 |
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 195,288,995 | — | 195,288,995 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 259,265,025 | — | 259,265,025 |
Short-Term Investments: | ||||
Affiliated Fund | 19,131,958 | — | — | 19,131,958 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 3,406,755 | — | — | 3,406,755 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 24,836,754 | — | 24,836,754 |
Total Investments | $22,538,713 | $1,034,210,748 | $ — | $1,056,749,461 |
Futures Contracts | $ 477,404 | $ — | $ — | $ 477,404 |
Total | $23,016,117 | $1,034,210,748 | $ — | $1,057,226,865 |
Liability Description | ||||
Futures Contracts | $ (439,114) | $ — | $ — | $ (439,114) |
Total | $ (439,114) | $ — | $ — | $ (439,114) |
Aggregate cost | $1,056,601,812 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 7,971,977 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (7,786,038) |
Net unrealized appreciation | $ 185,939 |
Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities | |
Futures contracts | Accumulated loss | $477,404 (1) | $(439,114) (1) |
(1) | Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
Statement of Operations Caption | Interest rate |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities(1) | $ (100,207) |
Futures contracts | (185,282) |
Total | $ (285,489) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities(1) | $ (69,094) |
Futures contracts | 1,338,003 |
Total | $1,268,909 |
(1) | Relates to purchased options. |
Futures Contracts — Long | Futures Contracts — Short |
$203,886,000 | $12,637,000 |
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Transactions | |||||
Overnight
and Continuous |
<30 days | 30 to 90 days | >90 days | Total | |
Corporate Bonds | $ 1,795,635 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ 1,795,635 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | 1,611,120 | — | — | — | 1,611,120 |
Total | $3,406,755 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $3,406,755 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Interest/
Dividend income |
Principal
amount/ Shares, end of period |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2019-BPR, Class A, 7.318%, (1 mo. SOFR + 1.992%), 5/15/36 | $ 1,077,242 | $ — | $ (38,471) | $ — | $ 30,704 | $ 1,070,597 | $ 43,121 | $ 1,077,727 |
High Social Impact Investments | ||||||||
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 1.50%, 12/15/23 | 246,573 | — | (250,000) | — | 3,427 | — | 771 | — |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28(1) | — | 2,000,000 | — | — | (27,420) | 1,972,580 | 29,444 | 2,000,000 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Interest/
Dividend income |
Principal
amount/ Shares, end of period |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | $17,004,514 | $282,661,158 | $(280,533,714) | $ — | $ — | $ 19,131,958 | $ 424,137 | 19,131,958 |
Total | $ — | $ 6,711 | $22,175,135 | $497,473 |
(1) | Restricted security. |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023(1) | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 1,571,568 | $ 24,493,737 | 1,810,561 | $ 28,483,404 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 74,576 | 1,161,519 | 105,364 | 1,656,891 | |
Shares redeemed | (573,777) | (8,923,452) | (775,109) | (12,199,908) | |
Net increase | 1,072,367 | $ 16,731,804 | 1,140,816 | $ 17,940,387 | |
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 20,357,235 | $ 318,141,860 | 35,769,030 | $ 566,118,084 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 844,966 | 13,186,174 | 840,411 | 13,207,704 | |
Shares redeemed | (12,462,893) | (194,197,198) | (6,474,694) | (101,978,513) | |
Net increase | 8,739,308 | $ 137,130,836 | 30,134,747 | $ 477,347,275 | |
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 5,090,637 | $ 79,593,410 | 3,166 | $ 50,000 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 26,472 | 415,466 | 36 | 553 | |
Shares redeemed | (249,623) | (3,909,599) | — | — | |
Net increase | 4,867,486 | $ 76,099,277 | 3,202 | $ 50,553 |
(1) | For Class R6, for the period from the commencement of operations, June 30, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Class A at NAV | 10/12/1982 | 10/12/1982 | 8.45% | 5.39% | 1.95% | 2.51% |
Class A with 3.25% Maximum Sales Charge | — | — | 4.96 | 1.96 | 1.27 | 2.17 |
Class C at NAV | 07/31/2000 | 10/12/1982 | 8.05 | 4.67 | 1.18 | 1.89 |
Class C with 1% Maximum Deferred Sales Charge | — | — | 7.05 | 3.67 | 1.18 | 1.89 |
Class I at NAV | 02/26/1999 | 10/12/1982 | 8.64 | 5.72 | 2.20 | 2.87 |
Class R6 at NAV | 02/01/2023 | 10/12/1982 | 8.67 | 5.77 | 2.22 | 2.87 |
| ||||||
Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index | — | — | 7.71% | 4.15% | 1.39% | 2.49% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class C | Class I | Class R6 |
0.93% | 1.68% | 0.68% | 0.63% |
1 | For purposes of the Fund’s rating restrictions, ratings are based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), or Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“Kroll”) for securitized debt instruments only (such as asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)), as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the highest rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P, Fitch or Kroll (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” (if any) are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above. |
1 | Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index measures the performance of investment-grade U.S. corporate securities and government-related bonds with a maturity of one year or more. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class R6 is linked to Class I. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class's inception, as applicable. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.Effective November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. The average annual total returns listed for Class C reflect conversion to Class A shares after eight years. Prior to November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.Calvert Research and Management became the investment adviser to the Fund on December 31, 2016. Performance reflected prior to such date is that of the Fund’s former investment adviser. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,084.50 | $4.79 | 0.92% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,080.50 | $8.69 | 1.67% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,086.40 | $3.49 | 0.67% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,086.70 | $3.13 | 0.60% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,020.40 | $4.65 | 0.92% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,016.65 | $8.42 | 1.67% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,021.65 | $3.39 | 0.67% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,022.00 | $3.03 | 0.60% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement
Date |
Unrealized
Appreciation |
Unrealized
(Depreciation) | ||
BRL | 25,789,444 | USD | 5,141,539 | Citibank, N.A. | 4/30/24 | $ — | $ (14,009) |
USD | 4,155,355 | CAD | 5,612,896 | State Street Bank and Trust Company | 4/30/24 | 9,863 | — |
USD | 2,210,722 | EUR | 2,050,537 | Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | 4/30/24 | — | (3,891) |
$9,863 | $(17,900) |
Description | Number
of Contracts |
Position | Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Interest Rate Futures | |||||
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | 849 | Long | 6/28/24 | $173,607,235 | $ (73,975) |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | 580 | Long | 6/28/24 | 62,069,063 | 111,796 |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | 86 | Long | 6/18/24 | 9,528,531 | 47,317 |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | 411 | Long | 6/18/24 | 49,499,813 | 959,187 |
U.S. Ultra-Long Treasury Bond | 207 | Long | 6/18/24 | 26,703,000 | 587,970 |
U.S. Ultra 10-Year Treasury Note | (117) | Short | 6/18/24 | (13,409,297) | (127,278) |
$1,505,017 |
Description | Acquisition Date | Cost |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28 | 12/15/23 | $1,000,000 |
Abbreviations: | |
SOFR | – Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
STACR | – Structured Agency Credit Risk |
TBA | – To Be Announced |
Currency Abbreviations: | |
BRL | – Brazilian Real |
CAD | – Canadian Dollar |
EUR | – Euro |
MXN | – Mexican Peso |
USD | – United States Dollar |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments
in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $871,543,100) - including $34,050,786 of securities on loan |
$ 841,169,094 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $79,265,236) | 79,186,830 |
Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 9,863 |
Cash | 931,739 |
Cash denominated in foreign currency, at value (cost $2,650) | 2,655 |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts | 4,732,004 |
Receivable for investments sold | 4,116,551 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 6,273,505 |
Dividends and interest receivable | 8,147,998 |
Dividends and interest receivable - affiliated | 368,951 |
Securities lending income receivable | 3,872 |
Tax reclaims receivable | 39,614 |
Receivable from affiliates | 29,216 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 392,558 |
Total assets | $ 945,404,450 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts | $ 49,139 |
Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 17,900 |
Payable for investments purchased | 14,332,606 |
Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery/forward commitment securities | 78,409,923 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 1,482,671 |
Distributions payable | 3,743,098 |
Deposits for securities loaned | 15,081,483 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 270,883 |
Administrative fee | 83,563 |
Distribution and service fees | 45,407 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 13,040 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 392,558 |
Accrued expenses | 175,678 |
Total liabilities | $ 114,097,949 |
Net Assets | $ 831,306,501 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $1,146,386,805 |
Accumulated loss | (315,080,304) |
Net Assets | $ 831,306,501 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 191,227,721 |
Shares Outstanding | 12,823,423 |
Net
Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 14.91 |
Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (100 ÷ 96.75 of net asset value per share) |
$ 15.41 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class C Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 5,670,128 |
Shares Outstanding | 380,544 |
Net
Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 14.90 |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 487,213,033 |
Shares Outstanding | 32,595,142 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 14.95 |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 147,195,619 |
Shares Outstanding | 9,847,119 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 14.95 |
On sales of $100,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced. | |
* | Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income (net of foreign taxes withheld of $18,653) | $ 351,301 |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | 724,744 |
Interest income | 22,722,259 |
Interest income - affiliated issuers | 428,414 |
Securities lending income, net | 25,067 |
Other income | 17,213 |
Total investment income | $ 24,268,998 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 1,543,650 |
Administrative fee | 463,095 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 236,346 |
Class C | 27,961 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 20,233 |
Custodian fees | 12,142 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 281,435 |
Accounting fees | 88,259 |
Professional fees | 29,357 |
Registration fees | 46,931 |
Reports to shareholders | 36,205 |
Miscellaneous | 50,796 |
Total expenses | $ 2,836,410 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (20,916) |
Net expenses | $ 2,815,494 |
Net investment income | $ 21,453,504 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (15,943,350) |
Futures contracts | 111,094 |
Swap contracts | 16,448 |
Foreign currency transactions | (745) |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 148,069 |
Net realized loss | $(15,668,484) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 51,006,746 |
Investment securities - affiliated issuers | 280,455 |
Futures contracts | 5,276,643 |
Foreign currency | 10,945 |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (89,206) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 56,485,583 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $ 40,817,099 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 62,270,603 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 21,453,504 | $ 34,014,910 |
Net realized loss | (15,668,484) | (50,550,274) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 56,485,583 | 37,490,916 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 62,270,603 | $ 20,955,552 |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (5,079,340) | $ (9,348,591) |
Class C | (129,132) | (234,613) |
Class I | (14,154,309) | (24,641,832) |
Class R6 | (2,064,862) | (1,708) (1) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (21,427,643) | $ (34,226,744) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ (3,679,104) | $ (9,135,875) |
Class C | (33,455) | (114,935) |
Class I | (69,716,505) | 75,802,981 |
Class R6 | 144,705,818 | 51,708 (1) |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | $ 71,276,754 | $ 66,603,879 |
Net increase in net assets | $112,119,714 | $ 53,332,687 |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 719,186,787 | $ 665,854,100 |
At end of period | $831,306,501 | $719,186,787 |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, February 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
Class A | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 14.12 | $ 14.36 | $ 17.98 | $ 17.37 | $ 17.11 | $ 15.91 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.39 | $ 0.70 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.49 | $ 0.55 | $ 0.56 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.79 | (0.24) | (3.61) | 0.61 | 0.26 | 1.22 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.18 | $ 0.46 | $ (3.11) | $ 1.10 | $ 0.81 | $ 1.78 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.39) | $ (0.70) | $ (0.51) | $ (0.49) | $ (0.54) | $ (0.58) |
Tax return of capital | — | — | — | — | (0.01) | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.39) | $ (0.70) | $ (0.51) | $ (0.49) | $ (0.55) | $ (0.58) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 14.91 | $ 14.12 | $ 14.36 | $ 17.98 | $ 17.37 | $ 17.11 |
Total Return(2) | 8.45% (3) | 3.14% | (17.56)% | 6.41% | 4.83% | 11.45% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $191,228 | $184,563 | $196,638 | $272,840 | $277,617 | $279,886 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.92% (5) | 0.93% | 0.91% | 0.92% | 0.94% | 0.97% |
Net expenses | 0.92% (5)(6) | 0.93% (6) | 0.91% (6) | 0.92% | 0.94% | 0.96% |
Net investment income | 5.38% (5) | 4.75% | 3.05% | 2.75% | 3.21% | 3.47% |
Portfolio Turnover | 154% (3)(7) | 153% (7) | 51% (7) | 48% | 74% | 57% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class C | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 14.11 | $ 14.34 | $ 17.96 | $ 17.36 | $ 17.10 | $ 15.91 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.34 | $ 0.59 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.42 | $ 0.44 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.79 | (0.23) | (3.61) | 0.61 | 0.26 | 1.22 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.13 | $ 0.36 | $ (3.23) | $ 0.96 | $ 0.68 | $ 1.66 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.34) | $ (0.59) | $ (0.39) | $ (0.36) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.47) |
Tax return of capital | — | — | — | — | (0.01) | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.34) | $ (0.59) | $ (0.39) | $ (0.36) | $ (0.42) | $ (0.47) |
Net asset value — End of period | $14.90 | $14.11 | $ 14.34 | $17.96 | $17.36 | $ 17.10 |
Total Return(2) | 8.05% (3) | 2.44% | (18.20)% | 5.55% | 4.06% | 10.65% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ 5,670 | $ 5,402 | $ 5,613 | $ 8,218 | $ 9,655 | $11,623 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 1.67% (5) | 1.68% | 1.66% | 1.67% | 1.69% | 1.73% |
Net expenses | 1.67% (5)(6) | 1.68% (6) | 1.66% (6) | 1.67% | 1.69% | 1.72% |
Net investment income | 4.62% (5) | 4.00% | 2.30% | 1.99% | 2.46% | 2.78% |
Portfolio Turnover | 154% (3)(7) | 153% (7) | 51% (7) | 48% | 74% | 57% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class I | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 14.15 | $ 14.39 | $ 18.02 | $ 17.41 | $ 17.16 | $ 15.94 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.41 | $ 0.73 | $ 0.55 | $ 0.53 | $ 0.59 | $ 0.61 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.80 | (0.23) | (3.62) | 0.62 | 0.25 | 1.23 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.21 | $ 0.50 | $ (3.07) | $ 1.15 | $ 0.84 | $ 1.84 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.41) | $ (0.74) | $ (0.56) | $ (0.54) | $ (0.57) | $ (0.62) |
Tax return of capital | — | — | — | — | (0.02) | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.41) | $ (0.74) | $ (0.56) | $ (0.54) | $ (0.59) | $ (0.62) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 14.95 | $ 14.15 | $ 14.39 | $ 18.02 | $ 17.41 | $ 17.16 |
Total Return(2) | 8.64% (3) | 3.40% | (17.36)% | 6.66% | 5.03% | 11.81% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $487,213 | $529,174 | $463,602 | $502,756 | $351,345 | $267,226 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.67% (5) | 0.68% | 0.66% | 0.67% | 0.69% | 0.72% |
Net expenses | 0.67% (5)(6) | 0.68% (6) | 0.66% (6) | 0.67% | 0.69% | 0.68% |
Net investment income | 5.62% (5) | 5.01% | 3.33% | 2.98% | 3.45% | 3.74% |
Portfolio Turnover | 154% (3)(7) | 153% (7) | 51% (7) | 48% | 74% | 57% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class R6 | ||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Period
Ended September 30, 2023(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 14.15 | $ 15.30 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.42 | $ 0.51 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.79 | (1.15) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.21 | $ (0.64) |
Less Distributions | ||
From net investment income | $ (0.41) | $ (0.51) |
Total distributions | $ (0.41) | $ (0.51) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 14.95 | $14.15 |
Total Return(3) | 8.67% (4) | (4.22)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $147,196 | $ 48 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||
Total expenses | 0.60% (6) | 0.63% (6) |
Net expenses | 0.60% (6)(7) | 0.63% (6)(7) |
Net investment income | 5.58% (6) | 5.22% (6) |
Portfolio Turnover | 154% (4)(8) | 153% (8)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, February 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
(9) | For the year ended September 30, 2023. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Asset-Backed Securities | $ — | $ 94,534,701 | $ — | $ 94,534,701 |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 54,291,202 | — | 54,291,202 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 48,774,411 | — | 48,774,411 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 538,886,132 | — | 538,886,132 |
High Social Impact Investments | — | 986,290 | — | 986,290 |
Mutual Funds | 15,062,123 | — | — | 15,062,123 |
Preferred Stocks | 6,345,088 | — | — | 6,345,088 |
Senior Floating-Rate Loans | — | 1,011,793 | — | 1,011,793 |
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 68,006,134 | — | 68,006,134 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 23,679,528 | — | 23,679,528 |
Short-Term Investments: | ||||
Affiliated Fund | 53,697,039 | — | — | 53,697,039 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 15,081,483 | — | — | 15,081,483 |
Total Investments | $90,185,733 | $830,170,191 | $ — | $920,355,924 |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | $ — | $ 9,863 | $ — | $ 9,863 |
Futures Contracts | 1,706,270 | — | — | 1,706,270 |
Total | $91,892,003 | $830,180,054 | $ — | $922,072,057 |
Liability Description | ||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | $ — | $ (17,900) | $ — | $ (17,900) |
Futures Contracts | (201,253) | — | — | (201,253) |
Total | $ (201,253) | $ (17,900) | $ — | $ (219,153) |
Average Daily Net Assets | Annual
Fee Rate |
Up to and including $2 billion | 0.400% |
Over $2 billion up to and including $7.5 billion | 0.375% |
Over $7.5 billion up to and including $10 billion | 0.350% |
Over $10 billion | 0.325% |
Aggregate cost | $950,881,482 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 13,931,984 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (42,960,562) |
Net unrealized depreciation | $ (29,028,578) |
Risk | Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities |
Foreign exchange | Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | Receivable/Payable
for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$ 9,863 | $ (17,900) |
Interest rate | Futures contracts | Accumulated loss | 1,706,270 (1) | (201,253) (1) |
Total | $1,716,133 | $(219,153) | ||
Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements | $1,706,270 | $(201,253) | ||
Total Derivatives subject to master netting agreements | $ 9,863 | $ (17,900) |
(1) | Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
Counterparty | Derivative
Assets Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Assets(b) |
State Street Bank and Trust Company | $9,863 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $9,863 |
Counterparty | Derivative
Liabilities Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Liabilities(c) |
Citibank, N.A. | $ (14,009) | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ (14,009) |
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank | (3,891) | — | — | — | (3,891) |
$(17,900) | $ — | $ — | $ — | $(17,900) |
(a) | In some instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
(b) | Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default. |
(c) | Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default. |
Statement of Operations Caption | Credit | Foreign exchange | Interest rate | Total |
Net realized gain (loss): | ||||
Investment securities(1) | $ — | $ — | $ (112,454) | $ (112,454) |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | — | 148,069 | — | 148,069 |
Futures contracts | — | — | 111,094 | 111,094 |
Swap contracts (centrally cleared) | 16,448 | — | — | 16,448 |
Total | $16,448 | $148,069 | $ (1,360) | $ 163,157 |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | ||||
Investment securities(1) | $ — | $ — | $ (2,095) | $ (2,095) |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | — | (89,206) | — | (89,206) |
Futures contracts | — | — | 5,276,643 | 5,276,643 |
Total | $ — | $ (89,206) | $5,274,548 | $5,185,342 |
(1) | Relates to purchased options. |
Futures Contracts — Long | Futures Contracts — Short | Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts* | Swap Contracts |
$316,250,000 | $13,673,000 | $10,691,000 | $1,014,000 |
* | The average notional amount for forward foreign currency exchange contracts is based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold. |
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Transactions | |||||
Overnight
and Continuous |
<30 days | 30 to 90 days | >90 days | Total | |
Corporate Bonds | $15,081,483 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $15,081,483 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Interest/
Dividend income |
Principal
amount/ Shares, end of period |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust: | ||||||||
Series 2019-BPR, Class B, 8.018%, (1 mo. SOFR + 2.692%), 5/15/36 | $6,288,978 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ 182,840 | $ 6,473,774 | $ 270,168 | $ 6,576,000 |
Series 2019-BPR, Class C, 8.968%, (1 mo. SOFR + 3.642%), 5/15/36 | 2,882,406 | — | — | — | 85,198 | 2,967,604 | 138,899 | 3,045,000 |
High Social Impact Investments | ||||||||
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 1.50%, 12/15/23 | 1,479,435 | — | (1,500,000) | — | 20,565 | — | 4,625 | — |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28(1) | — | 1,000,000 | — | — | (13,710) | 986,290 | 14,722 | 1,000,000 |
Mutual Funds | ||||||||
Calvert Floating-Rate Advantage Fund, Class R6 | — | 15,056,561 | — | — | 5,562 | 15,062,123 | — | 1,673,569 |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | 9,680,308 | 335,564,646 | (291,547,915) | — | — | 53,697,039 | 724,744 | 53,697,039 |
Total | $ — | $280,455 | $79,186,830 | $1,153,158 |
(1) | Restricted security. |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023(1) | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 610,272 | $ 8,945,485 | 830,597 | $ 12,180,126 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 258,202 | 3,768,273 | 569,145 | 8,329,979 | |
Shares redeemed | (1,116,219) | (16,392,862) | (2,026,205) | (29,645,980) | |
Net decrease | (247,745) | $ (3,679,104) | (626,463) | $ (9,135,875) | |
Class C | |||||
Shares sold | 39,316 | $ 577,113 | 74,071 | $ 1,093,099 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 6,942 | 101,259 | 15,054 | 220,166 | |
Shares redeemed | (48,624) | (711,827) | (97,563) | (1,428,200) | |
Net decrease | (2,366) | $ (33,455) | (8,438) | $ (114,935) |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023(1) | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 9,245,563 | $ 134,990,147 | 15,016,030 | $ 220,925,598 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 769,226 | 11,234,061 | 1,587,364 | 23,271,520 | |
Shares redeemed | (14,808,904) | (215,940,713) | (11,432,431) | (168,394,137) | |
Net increase (decrease) | (4,794,115) | $ (69,716,505) | 5,170,963 | $ 75,802,981 | |
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 10,456,457 | $ 153,817,063 | 3,268 | $ 50,000 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 94,346 | 1,410,159 | 116 | 1,708 | |
Shares redeemed | (707,068) | (10,521,404) | — | — | |
Net increase | 9,843,735 | $ 144,705,818 | 3,384 | $ 51,708 |
(1) | For Class R6, for the period from the commencement of operations, February 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Class A at NAV | 07/09/2001 | 07/09/2001 | 7.59% | 8.61% | 2.96% | 2.84% |
Class A with 3.25% Maximum Sales Charge | — | — | 4.08 | 5.08 | 2.28 | 2.50 |
Class C at NAV | 10/31/2011 | 07/09/2001 | 7.16 | 7.75 | 2.19 | 2.18 |
Class C with 1% Maximum Deferred Sales Charge | — | — | 6.16 | 6.75 | 2.19 | 2.18 |
Class I at NAV | 07/09/2001 | 07/09/2001 | 7.71 | 8.89 | 3.21 | 3.14 |
Class R6 at NAV | 02/01/2019 | 07/09/2001 | 7.75 | 8.93 | 3.30 | 3.19 |
| ||||||
ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index | — | — | 8.68% | 11.04% | 4.03% | 4.36% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class C | Class I | Class R6 |
Gross | 1.02% | 1.77% | 0.77% | 0.69% |
Net | 1.02 | 1.77 | 0.77 | 0.68 |
1 | Credit quality ratings on underlying securities of the Fund are provided by S&P Global Ratings ("S&P"), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") and Fitch Ratings ("Fitch"). This breakdown assigns a numeric equivalent to the ratings from the aforementioned agencies and the mean is rounded to the nearest integer and converted to an equivalent S&P major rating category. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P or Fitch (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above. |
1 | ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Index is an unmanaged index of below-investment grade U.S. corporate bonds. ICE® BofA® indices are not for redistribution or other uses; provided “as is”, without warranties, and with no liability. Eaton Vance has prepared this report and ICE Data Indices, LLC does not endorse it, or guarantee, review, or endorse Eaton Vance’s products. BofA® is a licensed registered trademark of Bank of America Corporation in the United States and other countries. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class R6 is linked to Class I. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.Effective November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. The average annual total returns listed for Class C reflect conversion to Class A shares after eight years. Prior to November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.Calvert Research and Management became the investment adviser to the Fund on December 31, 2016. Performance reflected prior to such date is that of the Fund’s former investment adviser. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 2/1/25. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,075.90 | $5.24 ** | 1.01% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,071.60 | $9.12 ** | 1.76% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,077.10 | $3.95 ** | 0.76% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,077.50 | $3.53 ** | 0.68% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,019.95 | $5.10 ** | 1.01% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,016.20 | $8.87 ** | 1.76% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,021.20 | $3.84 ** | 0.76% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,021.60 | $3.44 ** | 0.68% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
** | Absent a waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate(s), expenses would be higher. |
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement
Date |
Unrealized
Appreciation |
Unrealized
(Depreciation) | ||
USD | 10,408,237 | EUR | 9,598,734 | State Street Bank and Trust Company | 4/30/24 | $ 41,452 | $ — |
USD | 78,936 | EUR | 73,180 | State Street Bank and Trust Company | 4/30/24 | — | (99) |
USD | 330,491 | GBP | 260,619 | State Street Bank and Trust Company | 4/30/24 | 1,501 | — |
$42,953 | $ (99) |
Abbreviations: | |
OTC | – Over-the-counter |
PIK | – Payment In Kind |
SOFR | – Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
Currency Abbreviations: | |
EUR | – Euro |
GBP | – British Pound Sterling |
USD | – United States Dollar |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments
in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $454,586,244) - including $17,511,506 of securities on loan |
$ 440,146,815 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $19,867,985) | 19,867,985 |
Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 42,953 |
Cash | 135,948 |
Receivable for investments sold | 328,388 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 271,585 |
Dividends and interest receivable | 6,920,030 |
Dividends receivable - affiliated | 80,367 |
Securities lending income receivable | 5,251 |
Receivable from affiliates | 15,941 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 144,286 |
Total assets | $467,959,549 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ 99 |
Due to custodian - foreign currency, at value (cost $2,103) | 2,084 |
Payable for investments purchased | 9,230,398 |
Payable for when-issued securities | 3,250,429 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 385,424 |
Distributions payable | 1,996,675 |
Deposits for securities loaned | 17,689,128 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 173,352 |
Administrative fee | 43,907 |
Distribution and service fees | 12,938 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 5,321 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 144,286 |
Accrued expenses | 153,920 |
Total liabilities | $ 33,087,961 |
Net Assets | $434,871,588 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $ 494,837,845 |
Accumulated loss | (59,966,257) |
Net Assets | $434,871,588 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 54,903,732 |
Shares Outstanding | 2,243,395 |
Net
Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 24.47 |
Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (100 ÷ 96.75 of net asset value per share) |
$ 25.29 |
Class C Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 1,657,717 |
Shares Outstanding | 66,694 |
Net
Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 24.86 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 302,180,152 |
Shares Outstanding | 12,526,172 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 24.12 |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 76,129,987 |
Shares Outstanding | 3,154,330 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 24.14 |
On sales of $100,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced. | |
* | Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income (net of foreign taxes withheld of $94) | $ 62,195 |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | 366,313 |
Interest income | 12,883,870 |
Securities lending income, net | 49,190 |
Total investment income | $13,361,568 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 1,016,667 |
Administrative fee | 254,167 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 64,568 |
Class C | 9,651 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 10,982 |
Custodian fees | 5,894 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 192,321 |
Accounting fees | 49,079 |
Professional fees | 29,161 |
Registration fees | 33,530 |
Reports to shareholders | 11,848 |
Miscellaneous | 22,577 |
Total expenses | $ 1,700,445 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (36,086) |
Net expenses | $ 1,664,359 |
Net investment income | $11,697,209 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (8,275,058) |
Foreign currency transactions | 1,308 |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 291,869 |
Net realized loss | $ (7,981,881) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 28,105,746 |
Foreign currency | 2,102 |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (408,842) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $27,699,006 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $19,717,125 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $31,414,334 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 11,697,209 | $ 22,948,275 |
Net realized loss | (7,981,881) | (18,604,571) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 27,699,006 | 31,233,611 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 31,414,334 | $ 35,577,315 |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (1,412,855) | $ (2,455,800) |
Class C | (45,546) | (122,960) |
Class I | (8,480,375) | (16,512,044) |
Class R6 | (2,139,700) | (4,258,271) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (12,078,476) | $ (23,349,075) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ 4,348,485 | $ (107,692) |
Class C | (823,389) | (692,976) |
Class I | (13,629,111) | (5,307,961) |
Class R6 | (1,192,811) | (13,687,695) |
Net decrease in net assets from capital share transactions | $ (11,296,826) | $ (19,796,324) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | $ 8,039,032 | $ (7,568,084) |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 426,832,556 | $ 434,400,640 |
At end of period | $434,871,588 | $426,832,556 |
Class A | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 23.37 | $ 22.73 | $ 27.47 | $ 26.56 | $ 27.20 | $ 26.73 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.63 | $ 1.19 | $ 1.03 | $ 1.08 | $ 1.15 | $ 1.24 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.13 | 0.67 | (4.71) | 0.95 | (0.56) | 0.49 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.76 | $ 1.86 | $ (3.68) | $ 2.03 | $ 0.59 | $ 1.73 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.66) | $ (1.22) | $ (1.06) | $ (1.12) | $ (1.23) | $ (1.26) |
Total distributions | $ (0.66) | $ (1.22) | $ (1.06) | $ (1.12) | $ (1.23) | $ (1.26) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 24.47 | $ 23.37 | $ 22.73 | $ 27.47 | $ 26.56 | $ 27.20 |
Total Return(2) | 7.59% (3) | 8.24% | (13.69)% | 7.74% | 2.30% | 6.70% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $54,904 | $48,172 | $46,982 | $55,740 | $49,682 | $51,273 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 1.03% (5) | 1.02% | 1.02% | 1.01% | 1.04% | 1.07% |
Net expenses | 1.01% (5)(6) | 1.02% (6) | 1.02% (6) | 1.01% | 1.02% | 1.04% |
Net investment income | 5.29% (5) | 5.07% | 4.03% | 3.95% | 4.36% | 4.65% |
Portfolio Turnover | 15% (3) | 24% | 28% | 43% | 49% | 39% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01%, less than 0.01% and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively). |
Class C | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 23.74 | $ 23.08 | $ 27.89 | $ 26.98 | $ 27.62 | $ 27.14 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.55 | $ 1.03 | $ 0.84 | $ 0.89 | $ 0.96 | $ 1.05 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.14 | 0.69 | (4.76) | 0.95 | (0.55) | 0.50 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.69 | $ 1.72 | $ (3.92) | $ 1.84 | $ 0.41 | $ 1.55 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.57) | $ (1.06) | $ (0.89) | $ (0.93) | $ (1.05) | $ (1.07) |
Total distributions | $ (0.57) | $ (1.06) | $ (0.89) | $ (0.93) | $ (1.05) | $ (1.07) |
Net asset value — End of period | $24.86 | $23.74 | $ 23.08 | $27.89 | $26.98 | $27.62 |
Total Return(2) | 7.16% (3) | 7.48% | (14.33)% | 6.88% | 1.58% | 5.89% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ 1,658 | $ 2,396 | $ 2,998 | $ 5,199 | $ 5,106 | $ 3,977 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 1.78% (5) | 1.77% | 1.77% | 1.76% | 1.79% | 1.82% |
Net expenses | 1.76% (5)(6) | 1.77% (6) | 1.77% (6) | 1.76% | 1.77% | 1.79% |
Net investment income | 4.55% (5) | 4.30% | 3.24% | 3.21% | 3.58% | 3.91% |
Portfolio Turnover | 15% (3) | 24% | 28% | 43% | 49% | 39% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01%, less than 0.01% and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively). |
Class I | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 23.04 | $ 22.40 | $ 27.07 | $ 26.18 | $ 26.80 | $ 26.35 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.65 | $ 1.23 | $ 1.07 | $ 1.13 | $ 1.18 | $ 1.29 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.11 | 0.67 | (4.63) | 0.93 | (0.52) | 0.47 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.76 | $ 1.90 | $ (3.56) | $ 2.06 | $ 0.66 | $ 1.76 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.68) | $ (1.26) | $ (1.11) | $ (1.17) | $ (1.28) | $ (1.31) |
Total distributions | $ (0.68) | $ (1.26) | $ (1.11) | $ (1.17) | $ (1.28) | $ (1.31) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 24.12 | $ 23.04 | $ 22.40 | $ 27.07 | $ 26.18 | $ 26.80 |
Total Return(2) | 7.71% (3) | 8.55% | (13.47)% | 7.98% | 2.59% | 6.93% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $302,180 | $302,348 | $299,339 | $380,659 | $274,030 | $149,733 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.78% (5) | 0.77% | 0.77% | 0.76% | 0.79% | 0.82% |
Net expenses | 0.76% (5)(6) | 0.77% (6) | 0.77% (6) | 0.76% | 0.77% | 0.76% |
Net investment income | 5.54% (5) | 5.31% | 4.27% | 4.18% | 4.53% | 4.92% |
Portfolio Turnover | 15% (3) | 24% | 28% | 43% | 49% | 39% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01%, less than 0.01% and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively). |
Class R6 | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | Period
Ended September 30, 2019(1) | ||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 23.05 | $ 22.41 | $ 27.08 | $ 26.19 | $ 26.81 | $ 25.96 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.66 | $ 1.25 | $ 1.11 | $ 1.14 | $ 1.17 | $ 0.85 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.12 | 0.67 | (4.65) | 0.95 | (0.49) | 0.86 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 1.78 | $ 1.92 | $ (3.54) | $ 2.09 | $ 0.68 | $ 1.71 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.69) | $ (1.28) | $ (1.13) | $ (1.20) | $ (1.30) | $ (0.86) |
Total distributions | $ (0.69) | $ (1.28) | $ (1.13) | $ (1.20) | $ (1.30) | $ (0.86) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 24.14 | $ 23.05 | $ 22.41 | $ 27.08 | $26.19 | $26.81 |
Total Return(3) | 7.75% (4) | 8.64% | (13.39)% | 8.07% | 2.66% | 6.67% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $76,130 | $73,917 | $85,082 | $51,035 | $ 244 | $ 57 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.69% (6) | 0.69% | 0.69% | 0.69% | 0.73% | 0.74% (6) |
Net expenses | 0.68% (6)(7) | 0.68% (7) | 0.69% (7) | 0.69% | 0.71% | 0.71% (6) |
Net investment income | 5.63% (6) | 5.40% | 4.47% | 4.22% | 4.51% | 4.85% (6) |
Portfolio Turnover | 15% (4) | 24% | 28% | 43% | 49% | 39% (8) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, February 1, 2019, to September 30, 2019. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.01%, less than 0.01% and less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively). |
(8) | For the year ended September 30, 2019. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3(1) | Total |
Common Stocks | $ 1,873,198(2) | $ — | $ — | $ 1,873,198 |
Convertible Bonds | — | 2,737,269 | — | 2,737,269 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 388,093,876 | — | 388,093,876 |
Preferred Stocks | 1,209,471 | — | — | 1,209,471 |
Senior Floating-Rate Loans | — | 28,543,873 | — | 28,543,873 |
Miscellaneous | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Short-Term Investments: | ||||
Affiliated Fund | 19,867,985 | — | — | 19,867,985 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 17,689,128 | — | — | 17,689,128 |
Total Investments | $40,639,782 | $419,375,018 | $ 0 | $460,014,800 |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | $ — | $ 42,953 | $ — | $ 42,953 |
Total | $40,639,782 | $419,417,971 | $ 0 | $460,057,753 |
Liability Description | ||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | $ — | $ (99) | $ — | $ (99) |
Total | $ — | $ (99) | $ — | $ (99) |
(1) | None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Fund. |
(2) | The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Schedule of Investments. |
Aggregate cost | $475,557,439 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 5,761,095 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (21,260,880) |
Net unrealized depreciation | $ (15,499,785) |
Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | Receivable/Payable
for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
$42,953 | $(99) |
Counterparty | Derivative
Assets Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Assets(b) |
State Street Bank and Trust Company | $42,953 | $(99) | $ — | $ — | $42,854 |
Counterparty | Derivative
Liabilities Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Liabilities(c) |
State Street Bank and Trust Company | $(99) | $99 | $ — | $ — | $ — |
(a) | In some instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
(b) | Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default. |
(c) | Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default. |
Statement of Operations Caption | |||
Derivative | Net
realized gain (loss): Forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | |
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ 291,869 | $ (408,842) |
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Transactions | |||||
Overnight
and Continuous |
<30 days | 30 to 90 days | >90 days | Total | |
Corporate Bonds | $17,689,128 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $17,689,128 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Dividend
income |
Shares,
end of period |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | $14,175,350 | $58,861,782 | $(53,169,147) | $ — | $ — | $19,867,985 | $366,313 | 19,867,985 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 430,754 | $ 10,269,402 | 364,246 | $ 8,605,638 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 46,902 | 1,125,109 | 100,625 | 2,374,569 | |
Shares redeemed | (295,215) | (7,046,026) | (471,133) | (11,087,899) | |
Net increase (decrease) | 182,441 | $ 4,348,485 | (6,262) | $ (107,692) | |
Class C | |||||
Shares sold | 5,490 | $ 135,672 | 14,152 | $ 338,161 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,576 | 38,282 | 5,026 | 120,457 | |
Shares redeemed | (41,289) | (997,343) | (48,155) | (1,151,594) | |
Net decrease | (34,223) | $ (823,389) | (28,977) | $ (692,976) | |
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 1,636,235 | $ 38,466,215 | 4,576,002 | $ 106,518,931 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 269,700 | 6,373,350 | 643,301 | 14,965,277 | |
Shares redeemed | (2,502,619) | (58,468,676) | (5,458,633) | (126,792,169) | |
Net decrease | (596,684) | $(13,629,111) | (239,330) | $ (5,307,961) | |
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 231,984 | $ 5,518,095 | 423,300 | $ 9,883,414 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 68,144 | 1,610,520 | 161,783 | 3,764,923 | |
Shares redeemed | (352,489) | (8,321,426) | (1,174,731) | (27,336,032) | |
Net decrease | (52,361) | $ (1,192,811) | (589,648) | $ (13,687,695) |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Class A at NAV | 01/31/2002 | 01/31/2002 | 4.60% | 5.99% | 2.29% | 1.98% |
Class A with 2.25% Maximum Sales Charge | — | — | 2.23 | 3.61 | 1.82 | 1.75 |
Class C at NAV | 10/01/2002 | 01/31/2002 | 4.22 | 5.14 | 1.53 | 1.38 |
Class C with 1% Maximum Deferred Sales Charge | — | — | 3.22 | 4.14 | 1.53 | 1.38 |
Class I at NAV | 04/21/2006 | 01/31/2002 | 4.78 | 6.25 | 2.55 | 2.33 |
Class R6 at NAV | 02/01/2019 | 01/31/2002 | 4.81 | 6.31 | 2.60 | 2.36 |
| ||||||
Bloomberg 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index | — | — | 4.49% | 4.67% | 1.83% | 1.98% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class C | Class I | Class R6 |
Gross | 0.77% | 1.52% | 0.52% | 0.45% |
Net | 0.76 | 1.51 | 0.51 | 0.45 |
1 | For purposes of the Fund’s rating restrictions, ratings are based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), or Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“Kroll”) for securitized debt instruments only (such as asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)), as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the highest rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P, Fitch or Kroll (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” (if any) are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above. |
1 | Bloomberg 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index measures the performance of investment-grade U.S. corporate securities and government-related bonds with a maturity between one and five years. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class R6 is linked to Class I. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.Effective November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. The average annual total returns listed for Class C reflect conversion to Class A shares after eight years. Prior to November 5, 2020, Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.Calvert Research and Management became the investment adviser to the Fund on December 31, 2016. Performance reflected prior to such date is that of the Fund’s former investment adviser. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 2/1/25. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,046.00 | $3.84 ** | 0.75% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,042.20 | $7.66 ** | 1.50% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,047.80 | $2.56 ** | 0.50% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,048.10 | $2.25 ** | 0.44% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,021.25 | $3.79 ** | 0.75% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,017.50 | $7.57 ** | 1.50% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,022.50 | $2.53 ** | 0.50% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,022.80 | $2.23 ** | 0.44% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
** | Absent a waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate(s), expenses would be higher. |
Description | Number
of Contracts |
Position | Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Interest Rate Futures | |||||
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | 2,431 | Long | 6/28/24 | $ 497,101,518 | $ (275,685) |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | (430) | Short | 6/28/24 | (46,016,719) | (1,704) |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | (157) | Short | 6/18/24 | (17,395,109) | (72,808) |
U.S. Ultra 10-Year Treasury Note | (1,002) | Short | 6/18/24 | (114,838,594) | (1,120,194) |
$(1,470,391) |
Description | Acquisition Date | Cost |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28 | 12/15/23 | $3,500,000 |
Abbreviations: | |
SOFR | – Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
STACR | – Structured Agency Credit Risk |
TBA | – To Be Announced |
Currency Abbreviations: | |
USD | – United States Dollar |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments
in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $2,464,283,328) - including $7,503,454 of securities on loan |
$ 2,422,538,113 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $89,163,081) | 89,040,729 |
Cash | 14,270 |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts | 4,193,000 |
Receivable for investments sold | 40,714,407 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 4,234,666 |
Interest receivable | 21,101,180 |
Dividends and interest receivable - affiliated | 405,484 |
Securities lending income receivable | 1,476 |
Tax reclaims receivable | 85,286 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 1,089,611 |
Total assets | $2,583,418,222 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts | $ 446,762 |
Payable for investments purchased | 39,892,970 |
Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery/forward commitment securities | 104,724,641 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 3,454,679 |
Distributions payable | 9,708,906 |
Deposits for securities loaned | 7,059,438 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 548,978 |
Administrative fee | 242,223 |
Distribution and service fees | 69,954 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 20,594 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 1,089,611 |
Other | 8,143 |
Accrued expenses | 322,779 |
Total liabilities | $ 167,589,678 |
Net Assets | $2,415,828,544 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $ 2,555,001,255 |
Accumulated loss | (139,172,711) |
Net Assets | $2,415,828,544 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 320,456,862 |
Shares Outstanding | 20,696,282 |
Net
Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.48 |
Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (100 ÷ 97.75 of net asset value per share) |
$ 15.84 |
Class C Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 11,679,478 |
Shares Outstanding | 757,215 |
Net
Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.42 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 1,828,945,199 |
Shares Outstanding | 117,328,303 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.59 |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 254,747,005 |
Shares Outstanding | 16,342,819 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 15.59 |
On sales of $100,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced. | |
* | Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | $ 1,765,019 |
Interest income | 57,357,547 |
Interest income - affiliated issuers | 483,512 |
Securities lending income, net | 7,982 |
Other income | 59,201 |
Total investment income | $ 59,673,261 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 3,105,403 |
Administrative fee | 1,346,903 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 304,113 |
Class C | 57,770 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 58,441 |
Custodian fees | 21,526 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 648,189 |
Accounting fees | 216,814 |
Professional fees | 42,058 |
Registration fees | 58,947 |
Reports to shareholders | 47,061 |
Miscellaneous | 86,342 |
Total expenses | $ 5,993,567 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (51,695) |
Net expenses | $ 5,941,872 |
Net investment income | $ 53,731,389 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (15,127,137) |
Futures contracts | 223,280 |
Net realized loss | $ (14,903,857) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 66,905,458 |
Investment securities - affiliated issuers | 357,173 |
Futures contracts | (3,853,294) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 63,409,337 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $ 48,505,480 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $102,236,869 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 53,731,389 | $ 85,545,959 |
Net realized loss | (14,903,857) | (59,226,638) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 63,409,337 | 92,512,855 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 102,236,869 | $ 118,832,176 |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (5,550,243) | $ (9,011,417) |
Class C | (219,539) | (392,857) |
Class I | (42,212,069) | (68,240,543) |
Class R6 | (5,752,526) | (8,684,264) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (53,734,377) | $ (86,329,081) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ 82,640,886 | $ (31,763,776) |
Class C | (268,817) | (4,152,735) |
Class I | 120,365,645 | (261,503,616) |
Class R6 | 36,449,300 | (12,111,139) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions | $ 239,187,014 | $ (309,531,266) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | $ 287,689,506 | $ (277,028,171) |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 2,128,139,038 | $ 2,405,167,209 |
At end of period | $2,415,828,544 | $2,128,139,038 |
Class A | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.14 | $ 14.94 | $ 16.47 | $ 16.21 | $ 16.13 | $ 15.83 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.35 | $ 0.55 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.45 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.34 | 0.21 | (1.41) | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.32 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.69 | $ 0.76 | $ (1.13) | $ 0.62 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.77 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.35) | $ (0.56) | $ (0.29) | $ (0.27) | $ (0.36) | $ (0.47) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.11) | (0.09) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.35) | $ (0.56) | $ (0.40) | $ (0.36) | $ (0.36) | $ (0.47) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.48 | $ 15.14 | $ 14.94 | $ 16.47 | $ 16.21 | $ 16.13 |
Total Return(2) | 4.60% (3) | 5.15% | (6.99)% | 3.87% | 2.80% | 4.94% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $320,457 | $232,643 | $260,829 | $301,929 | $266,758 | $251,080 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.76% (5) | 0.77% | 0.76% | 0.76% | 0.77% | 0.81% |
Net expenses | 0.75% (5)(6) | 0.76% (6) | 0.76% (6) | 0.76% | 0.76% | 0.79% |
Net investment income | 4.55% (5) | 3.65% | 1.77% | 1.57% | 2.18% | 2.80% |
Portfolio Turnover | 75% (3)(7) | 121% (7) | 71% (7) | 89% (7) | 91% (7) | 68% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class C | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.08 | $ 14.88 | $ 16.40 | $ 16.15 | $ 16.07 | $ 15.77 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.29 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.33 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.34 | 0.21 | (1.40) | 0.35 | 0.09 | 0.32 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.63 | $ 0.65 | $ (1.24) | $ 0.49 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.65 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.29) | $ (0.45) | $ (0.17) | $ (0.15) | $ (0.24) | $ (0.35) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.11) | (0.09) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.29) | $ (0.45) | $ (0.28) | $ (0.24) | $ (0.24) | $ (0.35) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.42 | $ 15.08 | $ 14.88 | $ 16.40 | $ 16.15 | $ 16.07 |
Total Return(2) | 4.22% (3) | 4.37% | (7.67)% | 3.04% | 2.03% | 4.16% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $11,679 | $11,702 | $15,646 | $22,935 | $32,087 | $48,326 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 1.51% (5) | 1.52% | 1.51% | 1.51% | 1.52% | 1.57% |
Net expenses | 1.50% (5)(6) | 1.51% (6) | 1.51% (6) | 1.51% | 1.51% | 1.55% |
Net investment income | 3.80% (5) | 2.88% | 0.99% | 0.85% | 1.46% | 2.06% |
Portfolio Turnover | 75% (3)(7) | 121% (7) | 71% (7) | 89% (7) | 91% (7) | 68% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class I | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.24 | $ 15.04 | $ 16.58 | $ 16.32 | $ 16.24 | $ 15.93 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.37 | $ 0.59 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.39 | $ 0.49 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | 0.21 | (1.42) | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.33 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.72 | $ 0.80 | $ (1.10) | $ 0.67 | $ 0.49 | $ 0.82 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.37) | $ (0.60) | $ (0.33) | $ (0.32) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.51) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.11) | (0.09) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.37) | $ (0.60) | $ (0.44) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.51) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.59 | $ 15.24 | $ 15.04 | $ 16.58 | $ 16.32 | $ 16.24 |
Total Return(2) | 4.78% (3) | 5.40% | (6.76)% | 4.11% | 3.05% | 5.24% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $1,828,945 | $1,670,416 | $1,906,319 | $1,928,347 | $1,349,828 | $1,298,581 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.51% (5) | 0.52% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.52% | 0.56% |
Net expenses | 0.50% (5)(6) | 0.51% (6) | 0.51% (6) | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
Net investment income | 4.81% (5) | 3.89% | 2.03% | 1.81% | 2.43% | 3.06% |
Portfolio Turnover | 75% (3)(7) | 121% (7) | 71% (7) | 89% (7) | 91% (7) | 68% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(3) | Not annualized. |
(4) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(5) | Annualized. |
(6) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(7) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class R6 | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | Period
Ended September 30, 2019(1) | ||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 15.24 | $ 15.04 | $ 16.58 | $ 16.32 | $ 16.24 | $ 15.90 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.38 | $ 0.60 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.30 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.33 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | 0.21 | (1.44) | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.34 |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.73 | $ 0.81 | $ (1.09) | $ 0.67 | $ 0.49 | $ 0.67 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.38) | $ (0.61) | $ (0.34) | $ (0.32) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.33) |
From net realized gain | — | — | (0.11) | (0.09) | — | — |
Total distributions | $ (0.38) | $ (0.61) | $ (0.45) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.41) | $ (0.33) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 15.59 | $ 15.24 | $ 15.04 | $ 16.58 | $ 16.32 | $ 16.24 |
Total Return(3) | 4.81% (4) | 5.46% | (6.70)% | 4.17% | 3.10% | 4.25% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $254,747 | $213,378 | $222,373 | $116,503 | $40,102 | $24,575 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.45% (6) | 0.45% | 0.44% | 0.45% | 0.46% | 0.49% (6) |
Net expenses | 0.44% (6)(7) | 0.45% (7) | 0.44% (7) | 0.45% | 0.46% | 0.46% (6) |
Net investment income | 4.87% (6) | 3.96% | 2.20% | 1.84% | 2.46% | 3.11% (6) |
Portfolio Turnover | 75% (4)(8) | 121% (8) | 71% (8) | 89% (8) | 91% (8) | 68% (9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, February 1, 2019, to September 30, 2019. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund's investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
(9) | For the year ended September 30, 2019. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Asset-Backed Securities | $ — | $ 527,745,659 | $ — | $ 527,745,659 |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 119,691,465 | — | 119,691,465 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 176,942,268 | — | 176,942,268 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 1,052,031,462 | — | 1,052,031,462 |
High Social Impact Investments | — | 3,452,015 | — | 3,452,015 |
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 90,017,451 | — | 90,017,451 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 368,916,303 | — | 368,916,303 |
Short-Term Investments: | ||||
Affiliated Fund | 74,422,735 | — | — | 74,422,735 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 7,059,438 | — | — | 7,059,438 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 91,300,046 | — | 91,300,046 |
Total Investments | $81,482,173 | $2,430,096,669 | $ — | $2,511,578,842 |
Liability Description | ||||
Futures Contracts | $ (1,470,391) | $ — | $ — | $ (1,470,391) |
Total | $ (1,470,391) | $ — | $ — | $ (1,470,391) |
Average Daily Net Assets | Annual
Fee Rate |
Up to and including $750 million | 0.280% |
Over $750 million | 0.275% |
Aggregate cost | $2,554,808,651 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 18,951,625 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (63,651,825) |
Net unrealized depreciation | $ (44,700,200) |
Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities | |
Futures contracts | Accumulated loss | $ — | $(1,470,391) (1) |
(1) | Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
Statement of Operations Caption | |||
Derivative | Net
realized gain (loss): Futures contracts |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Futures contracts | |
Futures contracts | $ 223,280 | $ (3,853,294) |
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Transactions | |||||
Overnight
and Continuous |
<30 days | 30 to 90 days | >90 days | Total | |
Corporate Bonds | $7,059,438 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $7,059,438 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Interest/
Dividend income |
Principal
amount/ Shares, end of period |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2019-BPR, Class A, 7.318%, (1 mo. SOFR + 1.992%), 5/15/36 | $11,235,281 | $ — | $ (419,620) | $ — | $ 350,318 | $ 11,165,979 | $ 419,651 | $ 11,240,346 |
High Social Impact Investments | ||||||||
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 1.50%, 12/15/23 | 3,945,160 | — | (4,000,000) | — | 54,840 | — | 12,333 | — |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28(1) | — | 3,500,000 | — | — | (47,985) | 3,452,015 | 51,528 | 3,500,000 |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | 53,606,159 | 681,788,065 | (660,971,489) | — | — | 74,422,735 | 1,765,019 | 74,422,735 |
Total | $ — | $357,173 | $89,040,729 | $2,248,531 |
(1) | Restricted security. |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 7,537,731 | $ 116,507,412 | 3,267,884 | $ 49,481,752 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 258,201 | 3,973,879 | 527,200 | 7,994,961 | |
Shares redeemed | (2,464,333) | (37,840,405) | (5,890,995) | (89,240,489) | |
Net increase (decrease) | 5,331,599 | $ 82,640,886 | (2,095,911) | $ (31,763,776) | |
Class C | |||||
Shares sold | 144,715 | $ 2,228,601 | 145,012 | $ 2,183,625 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 10,799 | 165,578 | 24,227 | 366,017 | |
Shares redeemed | (174,107) | (2,662,996) | (444,857) | (6,702,377) | |
Net decrease | (18,593) | $ (268,817) | (275,618) | $ (4,152,735) | |
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 30,532,895 | $ 473,311,369 | 43,973,672 | $ 670,555,762 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,994,954 | 30,919,119 | 3,819,541 | 58,319,856 | |
Shares redeemed | (24,777,493) | (383,864,843) | (64,969,093) | (990,379,234) | |
Net increase (decrease) | 7,750,356 | $ 120,365,645 | (17,175,880) | $(261,503,616) |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 5,775,905 | $ 89,453,408 | 4,739,177 | $ 72,320,103 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 291,708 | 4,522,575 | 554,533 | 8,467,087 | |
Shares redeemed | (3,722,600) | (57,526,683) | (6,082,343) | (92,898,329) | |
Net increase (decrease) | 2,345,013 | $ 36,449,300 | (788,633) | $ (12,111,139) |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Ten Years |
Class A at NAV | 10/31/2006 | 10/31/2006 | 3.24% | 6.17% | 2.03% | 1.64% |
Class I at NAV | 01/31/2014 | 10/31/2006 | 3.37 | 6.44 | 2.28 | 1.92 |
Class R6 at NAV | 10/03/2017 | 10/31/2006 | 3.48 | 6.46 | 2.34 | 1.94 |
| ||||||
Bloomberg 9-12 Months Short Treasury Index | — | — | 2.75% | 4.71% | 1.84% | 1.37% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class I | Class R6 |
Gross | 0.77% | 0.52% | 0.48% |
Net | 0.72 | 0.47 | 0.43 |
1 | For purposes of the Fund’s rating restrictions, ratings are based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”), or Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“Kroll”) for securitized debt instruments only (such as asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)), as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the highest rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of an issuance based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P, Fitch or Kroll (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” (if any) are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above. |
1 | Bloomberg 9-12 Months Short Treasury Index measures the performance of U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds with a maturity between nine and twelve months. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Class A, Class I and Class R6 shares are offered at net asset value (NAV). Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in NAV with all distributions reinvested. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class I is linked to Class A and the performance of Class R6 is linked to Class I. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.Calvert Research and Management became the investment adviser to the Fund on December 31, 2016. Performance reflected prior to such date is that of the Fund’s former investment adviser. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 2/1/25. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower.Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,032.40 | $3.66 ** | 0.72% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,033.70 | $2.39 ** | 0.47% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,034.80 | $2.19 ** | 0.43% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,021.40 | $3.64 ** | 0.72% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,022.65 | $2.38 ** | 0.47% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,022.85 | $2.17 ** | 0.43% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
** | Absent a waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate(s), expenses would be higher. |
Description | Number
of Contracts |
Position | Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Interest Rate Futures | |||||
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | (64) | Short | 6/28/24 | $(6,849,000) | $ (17,075) |
$(17,075) |
Description | Acquisition Date | Cost |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28 | 12/15/23 | $1,000,000 |
Abbreviations: | |
SOFR | – Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
STACR | – Structured Agency Credit Risk |
Currency Abbreviations: | |
USD | – United States Dollar |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments
in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $719,857,232) - including $93,697 of securities on loan |
$ 720,352,526 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $8,718,369) | 8,674,771 |
Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts | 40 |
Cash | 281,691 |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts | 125,000 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 454,222 |
Interest receivable | 5,046,821 |
Dividends and interest receivable - affiliated | 131,475 |
Securities lending income receivable | 1,326 |
Receivable from affiliates | 77,890 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 736,652 |
Total assets | $735,882,414 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 767,320 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 1,395,299 |
Distributions payable | 3,760,262 |
Deposits for securities loaned | 97,995 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 193,092 |
Administrative fee | 90,704 |
Distribution and service fees | 46,542 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 17,577 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 736,652 |
Accrued expenses | 305,786 |
Total liabilities | $ 7,411,229 |
Net Assets | $728,471,185 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $ 750,980,835 |
Accumulated loss | (22,509,650) |
Net Assets | $728,471,185 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 219,348,869 |
Shares Outstanding | 22,249,809 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.86 |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 464,610,244 |
Shares Outstanding | 47,122,441 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.86 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 44,512,072 |
Shares Outstanding | 4,516,135 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.86 |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | $ 756,785 |
Interest income | 26,497,361 |
Interest income - affiliated issuers | 199,607 |
Securities lending income, net | 7,940 |
Total investment income | $27,461,693 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 1,236,277 |
Administrative fee | 570,633 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 278,048 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 24,796 |
Custodian fees | 9,665 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 313,556 |
Accounting fees | 108,847 |
Professional fees | 34,616 |
Registration fees | 78,290 |
Reports to shareholders | 31,391 |
Miscellaneous | 38,071 |
Total expenses | $ 2,724,190 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (281,381) |
Net expenses | $ 2,442,809 |
Net investment income | $25,018,884 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (975,411) |
Futures contracts | 23,354 |
Net realized loss | $ (952,057) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 7,191,594 |
Investment securities - affiliated issuers | 151,500 |
Futures contracts | (74,593) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 7,268,501 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $ 6,316,444 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $31,335,328 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 25,018,884 | $ 39,133,237 |
Net realized loss | (952,057) | (3,589,798) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 7,268,501 | 12,376,856 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 31,335,328 | $ 47,920,295 |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (5,518,906) | $ (10,271,866) |
Class I | (12,116,100) | (21,676,783) |
Class R6 | (6,766,607) | (6,926,869) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (24,401,613) | $ (38,875,518) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ (10,390,979) | $ (56,486,722) |
Class I | (8,943,295) | (21,967,326) |
Class R6 | (184,581,266) | 140,365,504 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions | $(203,915,540) | $ 61,911,456 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | $(196,981,825) | $ 70,956,233 |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 925,453,010 | $ 854,496,777 |
At end of period | $ 728,471,185 | $925,453,010 |
Class A | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.79 | $ 9.68 | $ 9.94 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 | $ 9.99 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.25 | $ 0.40 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.24 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.06 | 0.11 | (0.24) | 0.09 | (0.12) | — (2) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.31 | $ 0.51 | $ (0.15) | $ 0.15 | $ 0.03 | $ 0.24 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.24) | $ (0.40) | $ (0.11) | $ (0.07) | $ (0.15) | $ (0.25) |
Total distributions | $ (0.24) | $ (0.40) | $ (0.11) | $ (0.07) | $ (0.15) | $ (0.25) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.86 | $ 9.79 | $ 9.68 | $ 9.94 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 |
Total Return(3) | 3.24% (4) | 5.39% | (1.56)% | 1.55% | 0.35% | 2.46% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $219,349 | $228,165 | $281,960 | $331,648 | $296,786 | $311,980 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.78% (6) | 0.77% | 0.75% | 0.76% | 0.76% | 0.79% |
Net expenses | 0.72% (6)(7) | 0.72% (7) | 0.72% (7) | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.74% |
Net investment income | 5.10% (6) | 4.12% | 0.93% | 0.58% | 1.48% | 2.44% |
Portfolio Turnover | 52% (4) | 70% | 78% | 92% (8) | 128% (8) | 85% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Amount is less than $0.005. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes
a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class I | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.79 | $ 9.69 | $ 9.94 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 | $ 9.99 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.26 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.27 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.07 | 0.10 | (0.24) | 0.10 | (0.11) | — (2) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.33 | $ 0.53 | $ (0.12) | $ 0.18 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.27 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.26) | $ (0.43) | $ (0.13) | $ (0.10) | $ (0.18) | $ (0.28) |
Total distributions | $ (0.26) | $ (0.43) | $ (0.13) | $ (0.10) | $ (0.18) | $ (0.28) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.86 | $ 9.79 | $ 9.69 | $ 9.94 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 |
Total Return(3) | 3.37% (4) | 5.54% | (1.21)% | 1.80% | 0.60% | 2.75% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $464,610 | $470,263 | $487,115 | $605,831 | $490,798 | $576,065 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.53% (6) | 0.52% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.54% |
Net expenses | 0.47% (6)(7) | 0.47% (7) | 0.47% (7) | 0.47% | 0.47% | 0.48% |
Net investment income | 5.34% (6) | 4.40% | 1.19% | 0.82% | 1.75% | 2.70% |
Portfolio Turnover | 52% (4) | 70% | 78% | 92% (8) | 128% (8) | 85% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Amount is less than $0.005. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes
a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class R6 | ||||||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended September 30, | |||||
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.78 | $ 9.68 | $ 9.93 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 | $ 9.99 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||
Net investment income(1) | $ 0.26 | $ 0.45 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.08 | $ 0.18 | $ 0.27 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.08 | 0.08 | (0.24) | 0.09 | (0.12) | — (2) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.34 | $ 0.53 | $ (0.12) | $ 0.17 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.27 |
Less Distributions | ||||||
From net investment income | $ (0.26) | $ (0.43) | $ (0.13) | $ (0.10) | $ (0.18) | $ (0.28) |
Total distributions | $ (0.26) | $ (0.43) | $ (0.13) | $ (0.10) | $ (0.18) | $ (0.28) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.86 | $ 9.78 | $ 9.68 | $ 9.93 | $ 9.86 | $ 9.98 |
Total Return(3) | 3.48% (4) | 5.59% | (1.17)% | 1.75% | 0.64% | 2.76% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $44,512 | $227,025 | $85,422 | $83,675 | $34,944 | $50,650 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | ||||||
Total expenses | 0.49% (6) | 0.48% | 0.46% | 0.46% | 0.47% | 0.50% |
Net expenses | 0.43% (6)(7) | 0.43% (7) | 0.43% (7) | 0.43% | 0.43% | 0.44% |
Net investment income | 5.31% (6) | 4.66% | 1.22% | 0.82% | 1.85% | 2.72% |
Portfolio Turnover | 52% (4) | 70% | 78% | 92% (8) | 128% (8) | 85% |
(1) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) | Amount is less than $0.005. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Annualized. |
(7) | Includes
a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the years ended September 30, 2023 and 2022). |
(8) | Includes the effect of To Be Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Asset-Backed Securities | $ — | $ 193,109,592 | $ — | $ 193,109,592 |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 25,916,399 | — | 25,916,399 |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 55,989,061 | — | 55,989,061 |
Corporate Bonds | — | 390,591,541 | — | 390,591,541 |
High Social Impact Investments | — | 986,290 | — | 986,290 |
Short-Term Investments: | ||||
Affiliated Fund | 2,854,985 | — | — | 2,854,985 |
Commercial Paper | — | 26,031,539 | — | 26,031,539 |
Securities Lending Collateral | 97,995 | — | — | 97,995 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | — | 33,449,895 | — | 33,449,895 |
Total Investments | $2,952,980 | $726,074,317 | $ — | $729,027,297 |
Liability Description | ||||
Futures Contracts | $ (17,075) | $ — | $ — | $ (17,075) |
Total | $ (17,075) | $ — | $ — | $ (17,075) |
Average Daily Net Assets | Annual
Fee Rate |
Up to and including $1 billion | 0.260% |
Over $1 billion | 0.250% |
Aggregate cost | $728,780,564 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 2,633,766 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (2,404,108) |
Net unrealized appreciation | $ 229,658 |
Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities | |
Futures contracts | Accumulated loss | $ — | $(17,075) (1) |
(1) | Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
Statement of Operations Caption | |||
Derivative | Net
realized gain (loss): Futures contracts |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Futures contracts | |
Futures contracts | $ 23,354 | $ (74,593) |
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Transactions | |||||
Overnight
and Continuous |
<30 days | 30 to 90 days | >90 days | Total | |
Corporate Bonds | $97,995 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $97,995 |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Interest/
Dividend income |
Principal
amount/ Shares, end of period |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2019-BPR, Class A, 7.318%, (1 mo. SOFR + 1.992%), 5/15/36 | $ 4,863,496 | $ — | $ (181,556) | $ — | $ 151,500 | $ 4,833,496 | $ 181,802 | $4,865,688 |
High Social Impact Investments | ||||||||
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 1.50%, 12/15/23 | 986,290 | — | (1,000,000) | — | 13,710 | — | 3,083 | — |
Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., Community Investment Notes, 5.00%, 12/15/28(1) | — | 1,000,000 | — | — | (13,710) | 986,290 | 14,722 | 1,000,000 |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | 30,103,914 | 391,878,780 | (419,127,709) | — | — | 2,854,985 | 756,785 | 2,854,985 |
Total | $ — | $151,500 | $8,674,771 | $956,392 |
(1) | Restricted security. |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 861,104 | $ 8,463,816 | 1,827,261 | $ 17,802,545 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 443,604 | 4,358,723 | 1,003,735 | 9,787,686 | |
Shares redeemed | (2,366,987) | (23,213,518) | (8,633,310) | (84,076,953) | |
Net decrease | (1,062,279) | $ (10,390,979) | (5,802,314) | $ (56,486,722) | |
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 11,830,376 | $ 116,261,055 | 29,254,440 | $ 285,067,922 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 993,067 | 9,759,777 | 2,105,763 | 20,540,873 | |
Shares redeemed | (13,742,842) | (134,964,127) | (33,607,092) | (327,576,121) | |
Net decrease | (919,399) | $ (8,943,295) | (2,246,889) | $ (21,967,326) | |
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 22,355,886 | $ 219,544,261 | 35,494,292 | $ 346,224,495 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 589,007 | 5,787,259 | 697,380 | 6,806,208 | |
Shares redeemed | (41,635,695) | (409,912,786) | (21,809,319) | (212,665,199) | |
Net increase (decrease) | (18,690,802) | $(184,581,266) | 14,382,353 | $ 140,365,504 |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
% Average Annual Total Returns1,2 | Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
Six Months | One Year | Five Years | Since
Inception |
Class A at NAV | 04/29/2022 | 04/29/2022 | 4.86% | 1.80% | —% | 2.65% |
Class A with 3.25% Maximum Sales Charge | — | — | 1.42 | (1.55) | — | 0.89 |
Class C at NAV | 04/29/2022 | 04/29/2022 | 4.57 | 1.04 | — | 1.93 |
Class C with 1% Maximum Deferred Sales Charge | — | — | 3.57 | 0.08 | — | 1.93 |
Class I at NAV | 04/29/2022 | 04/29/2022 | 5.09 | 2.06 | — | 2.95 |
Class R6 at NAV | 04/29/2022 | 04/29/2022 | 5.09 | 2.05 | — | 2.98 |
| ||||||
Bloomberg U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index | — | — | 6.36% | 1.39% | (0.38)% | (0.01)% |
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3 | Class A | Class C | Class I | Class R6 |
Gross | 1.45% | 2.20% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
Net | 1.14 | 1.89 | 0.89 | 0.89 |
Asset Allocation (% of total investments) |
1 | Bloomberg U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index measures agency mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA), and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
2 | Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’s inception, as applicable. |
3 | Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 2/1/25. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. Performance reflects expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if applicable. Without such waivers and/or reimbursements, performance would have been lower. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management. |
Beginning
Account Value (10/1/23) |
Ending
Account Value (3/31/24) |
Expenses
Paid During Period* (10/1/23 – 3/31/24) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio | |
Actual | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,048.60 | $ 6.61** | 1.29% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,045.70 | $10.43 ** | 2.04% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,050.90 | $ 5.33** | 1.04% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,050.90 | $ 5.33** | 1.04% |
Hypothetical | ||||
(5% return per year before expenses) | ||||
Class A | $1,000.00 | $1,018.55 | $ 6.51** | 1.29% |
Class C | $1,000.00 | $1,014.80 | $10.28 ** | 2.04% |
Class I | $1,000.00 | $1,019.80 | $ 5.25** | 1.04% |
Class R6 | $1,000.00 | $1,019.80 | $ 5.25** | 1.04% |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on September 30, 2023. |
** | Absent a waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate(s), expenses would be higher. |
Description | Number
of Contracts |
Position | Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Interest Rate Futures | |||||
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | 466 | Long | 6/28/24 | $49,869,281 | $141,933 |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | (38) | Short | 6/18/24 | (4,576,625) | (67,477) |
U.S. Ultra-Long Treasury Bond | (13) | Short | 6/18/24 | (1,677,000) | (26,333) |
$ 48,123 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Assets | |
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $78,177,682) | $ 78,525,206 |
Investments in securities of affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost $315,778) | 315,778 |
Cash | 2,453 |
Deposits at broker for futures contracts | 556,372 |
Receivable for investments sold | 5,019,319 |
Receivable for TBA sale commitments | 5,012,639 |
Receivable for capital shares sold | 26,218 |
Interest receivable | 317,115 |
Dividends receivable - affiliated | 6,555 |
Receivable from affiliates | 15,940 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 322 |
Total assets | $89,797,917 |
Liabilities | |
Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts | $ 70,177 |
Payable for reverse repurchase agreements, including accrued interest of $115,891 | 6,892,920 |
Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery/forward commitment securities | 20,286,736 |
TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $5,012,639) | 5,022,466 |
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 10,047 |
Distributions payable | 203 |
Payable to affiliates: | |
Investment advisory fee | 13,307 |
Administrative fee | 5,794 |
Distribution and service fees | 214 |
Sub-transfer agency fee | 85 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 670 |
Trustees' deferred compensation plan | 322 |
Accrued expenses | 41,780 |
Total liabilities | $32,344,721 |
Net Assets | $57,453,196 |
Sources of Net Assets | |
Paid-in capital | $ 58,620,287 |
Accumulated loss | (1,167,091) |
Net Assets | $57,453,196 |
Class A Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 840,860 |
Shares Outstanding | 87,381 |
Net
Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.62 |
Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (100 ÷ 96.75 of net asset value per share) |
$ 9.94 |
Class C Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 51,861 |
Shares Outstanding | 5,386 |
Net
Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.63 |
March 31, 2024 | |
Class I Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 56,507,612 |
Shares Outstanding | 5,868,362 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.63 |
Class R6 Shares | |
Net Assets | $ 52,863 |
Shares Outstanding | 5,490 |
Net
Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share (net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ 9.63 |
On sales of $100,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced. | |
* | Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
Six Months Ended | |
March 31, 2024 | |
Investment Income | |
Dividend income - affiliated issuers | $ 29,547 |
Interest income | 1,804,262 |
Total investment income | $ 1,833,809 |
Expenses | |
Investment advisory fee | $ 77,101 |
Administrative fee | 33,043 |
Distribution and service fees: | |
Class A | 563 |
Class C | 255 |
Trustees' fees and expenses | 2,118 |
Custodian fees | 3,704 |
Transfer agency fees and expenses | 1,092 |
Accounting fees | 6,432 |
Professional fees | 24,381 |
Registration fees | 56,061 |
Reports to shareholders | 55 |
Interest expense and fees | 152,250 |
Miscellaneous | 5,946 |
Total expenses | $ 363,001 |
Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates | $ (78,298) |
Net expenses | $ 284,703 |
Net investment income | $ 1,549,106 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |
Net realized gain (loss): | |
Investment securities | $ (218,944) |
Futures contracts | (831,907) |
Net realized loss | $(1,050,851) |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): | |
Investment securities | $ 2,064,184 |
Futures contracts | 149,554 |
TBA sale commitments | (9,827) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 2,203,911 |
Net realized and unrealized gain | $ 1,153,060 |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 2,702,166 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
From operations: | ||
Net investment income | $ 1,549,106 | $ 1,793,622 |
Net realized loss | (1,050,851) | (430,067) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 2,203,911 | (1,021,562) |
Net increase in net assets from operations | $ 2,702,166 | $ 341,993 |
Distributions to shareholders: | ||
Class A | $ (12,462) | $ (4,790) |
Class C | (1,214) | (2,244) |
Class I | (1,569,589) | (1,775,398) |
Class R6 | (1,500) | (2,772) |
Total distributions to shareholders | $ (1,584,765) | $ (1,785,204) |
Capital share transactions: | ||
Class A | $ 701,916 | $ 81,894 |
Class C | 1,214 | 2,241 |
Class I | 3,513,026 | 28,833,498 |
Class R6 | 1,280 | 2,988 |
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions | $ 4,217,436 | $28,920,621 |
Net increase in net assets | $ 5,334,837 | $27,477,410 |
Net Assets | ||
At beginning of period | $ 52,118,359 | $ 24,640,949 |
At end of period | $57,453,196 | $52,118,359 |
Class A | |||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 |
Period
Ended September 30, 2022(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 | $10.00 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | |||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.26 | $ 0.52 | $ 0.09 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.20 | (0.25) | (0.33) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.46 | $ 0.27 | $ (0.24) |
Less Distributions | |||
From net investment income | $ (0.27) | $ (0.51) | $ (0.09) |
Total distributions | $(0.27) | $(0.51) | $ (0.09) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.62 | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 |
Total Return(3) | 4.86% (4) | 2.73% | (2.37)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ 841 | $ 142 | $ 65 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | |||
Total expenses | 1.56% (6)(7) | 1.45% (6) | 1.58% (7) |
Net expenses | 1.29% (6)(7)(8) | 1.14% (6)(8) | 0.66% (7)(8) |
Net investment income | 5.37% (7) | 5.31% | 2.26% (7) |
Portfolio Turnover | 220% (4)(9) | 392% (9) | 155% (4)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, April 29, 2022, to September 30, 2022. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.55% and 0.40% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended September 30, 2023, respectively. |
(7) | Annualized. |
(8) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005%, less than 0.01% and 0.08% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024, the year ended September 30, 2023 and the period ended September 30, 2022, respectively). |
(9) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class C | |||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 |
Period
Ended September 30, 2022(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 | $10.00 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | |||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.22 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.06 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.21 | (0.24) | (0.33) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.43 | $ 0.20 | $ (0.27) |
Less Distributions | |||
From net investment income | $ (0.23) | $ (0.44) | $ (0.06) |
Total distributions | $(0.23) | $(0.44) | $ (0.06) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.63 | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 |
Total Return(3) | 4.57% (4) | 1.96% | (2.70)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ 52 | $ 50 | $ 49 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | |||
Total expenses | 2.31% (6)(7) | 2.20% (6) | 2.33% (7) |
Net expenses | 2.04% (6)(7)(8) | 1.89% (6)(8) | 1.41% (7)(8) |
Net investment income | 4.62% (7) | 4.50% | 1.42% (7) |
Portfolio Turnover | 220% (4)(9) | 392% (9) | 155% (4)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, April 29, 2022, to September 30, 2022. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.55% and 0.40% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended September 30, 2023, respectively. |
(7) | Annualized. |
(8) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005%, less than 0.01% and 0.08% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024, the year ended September 30, 2023 and the period ended September 30, 2022, respectively). |
(9) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class I | |||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year Ended
September 30, 2023 |
Period
Ended September 30, 2022(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 | $ 10.00 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | |||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.27 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.10 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.21 | (0.24) | (0.33) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.48 | $ 0.30 | $ (0.23) |
Less Distributions | |||
From net investment income | $ (0.28) | $ (0.54) | $ (0.10) |
Total distributions | $ (0.28) | $ (0.54) | $ (0.10) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.63 | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 |
Total Return(3) | 5.09% (4) | 2.99% | (2.30)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $56,508 | $51,876 | $24,479 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | |||
Total expenses | 1.31% (6)(7) | 1.20% (6) | 1.34% (7) |
Net expenses | 1.04% (6)(7)(8) | 0.89% (6)(8) | 0.41% (7)(8) |
Net investment income | 5.62% (7) | 5.55% | 2.42% (7) |
Portfolio Turnover | 220% (4)(9) | 392% (9) | 155% (4)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, April 29, 2022, to September 30, 2022. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.55% and 0.40% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended September 30, 2023, respectively. |
(7) | Annualized. |
(8) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005%, less than 0.01% and 0.08% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024, the year ended September 30, 2023 and the period ended September 30, 2022, respectively). |
(9) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Class R6 | |||
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 |
Period
Ended September 30, 2022(1) | |
Net asset value — Beginning of period | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 | $10.00 |
Income (Loss) From Operations | |||
Net investment income(2) | $ 0.27 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.10 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.21 | (0.25) | (0.32) |
Total income (loss) from operations | $ 0.48 | $ 0.29 | $ (0.22) |
Less Distributions | |||
From net investment income | $ (0.28) | $ (0.53) | $ (0.11) |
Total distributions | $(0.28) | $(0.53) | $ (0.11) |
Net asset value — End of period | $ 9.63 | $ 9.43 | $ 9.67 |
Total Return(3) | 5.09% (4) | 2.99% | (2.24)% (4) |
Ratios/Supplemental Data | |||
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | $ 53 | $ 51 | $ 49 |
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) | |||
Total expenses | 1.31% (6)(7) | 1.20% (6) | 1.34% (7) |
Net expenses | 1.04% (6)(7)(8) | 0.89% (6)(8) | 0.41% (7)(8) |
Net investment income | 5.63% (7) | 5.49% | 2.42% (7) |
Portfolio Turnover | 220% (4)(9) | 392% (9) | 155% (4)(9) |
(1) | For the period from the commencement of operations, April 29, 2022, to September 30, 2022. |
(2) | Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(3) | Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) | Not annualized. |
(5) | Total expenses do not reflect amounts reimbursed and/or waived by the adviser and certain of its affiliates, if applicable. Net expenses are net of all reductions and represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. |
(6) | Includes interest expense of 0.55% and 0.40% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended September 30, 2023, respectively. |
(7) | Annualized. |
(8) | Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its advisory fee due to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005%, less than 0.01% and 0.08% of average daily net assets for the six months ended March 31, 2024, the year ended September 30, 2023 and the period ended September 30, 2022, respectively). |
(9) | Includes the effect of To-Be-Announced (TBA) transactions. |
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | $ — | $ 31,660,465 | $ — | $ 31,660,465 |
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 46,864,741 | — | 46,864,741 |
Short-Term Investments | 315,778 | — | — | 315,778 |
Total Investments | $315,778 | $78,525,206 | $ — | $78,840,984 |
Futures Contracts | $ 141,933 | $ — | $ — | $ 141,933 |
Total | $457,711 | $78,525,206 | $ — | $78,982,917 |
Liability Description | ||||
TBA Sales Commitments | $ — | $ (5,022,466) | $ — | $ (5,022,466) |
Futures Contracts | (93,810) | — | — | (93,810) |
Total | $ (93,810) | $ (5,022,466) | $ — | $ (5,116,276) |
Aggregate cost | $66,714,005 |
Gross unrealized appreciation | $ 935,052 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (559,445) |
Net unrealized appreciation | $ 375,607 |
Derivative | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption | Assets | Liabilities | |
Futures contracts | Accumulated loss | $141,933 (1) | $(93,810) (1) |
(1) | Only the current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
Statement of Operations Caption | |||
Derivative | Net
realized gain (loss): Futures contracts |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Futures contracts | |
Futures contracts | $ (831,907) | $ 149,554 |
Counterparty | Trade
Date |
Maturity
Date |
Interest
Rate Paid (Received) |
Principal
Amount |
Value
Including Accrued Interest |
TD Securities (USA), LLC | 12/7/23 | On Demand(1) | 5.53% | $5,266,955 | $5,360,807 |
TD Securities (USA), LLC | 12/11/23 | On Demand(1) | 5.63 | 1,015,326 | 1,033,110 |
TD Securities (USA), LLC | 2/5/24 | On Demand(1) | 5.53 | 494,748 | 499,003 |
Total Investments | $6,777,029 | $6,892,920 |
(1) | Open reverse repurchase agreement with no specific maturity date. Either party may terminate the agreement upon demand. |
Counterparty | Reverse
Repurchase Agreements* |
Assets
Available For Offset |
Securities
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Net
Amount(b) |
TD Securities (USA), LLC | $(6,892,920) | $ — | $6,892,920 | $ — |
* | Including accrued interest |
(a) | In some instances, the total collateral pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
(b) | Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default. |
Name | Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Dividend
income |
Shares,
end of period |
Short-Term Investments | ||||||||
Liquidity Fund | $1,881,424 | $10,975,978 | $(12,541,624) | $ — | $ — | $315,778 | $29,547 | 315,778 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class A | |||||
Shares sold | 72,538 | $ 704,120 | 8,973 | $ 87,174 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,164 | 11,251 | 471 | 4,588 | |
Shares redeemed | (1,402) | (13,455) | (1,034) | (9,868) | |
Net increase | 72,300 | $ 701,916 | 8,410 | $ 81,894 |
Six
Months Ended March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Year
Ended September 30, 2023 | ||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||
Class C | |||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 126 | $ 1,214 | 229 | $ 2,241 | |
Net increase | 126 | $ 1,214 | 229 | $ 2,241 | |
Class I | |||||
Shares sold | 299,507 | $ 2,856,352 | 2,790,545 | $ 27,105,577 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 163,025 | 1,569,589 | 182,231 | 1,775,046 | |
Shares redeemed | (93,999) | (912,915) | (4,806) | (47,125) | |
Net increase | 368,533 | $3,513,026 | 2,967,970 | $28,833,498 | |
Class R6 | |||||
Shares sold | 14 | $ 139 | 23 | $ 217 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | 156 | 1,498 | 283 | 2,771 | |
Shares redeemed | (38) | (357) | — | — | |
Net increase | 132 | $ 1,280 | 306 | $ 2,988 |
Officers |
Hope L.
Brown Chief Compliance Officer |
Deidre E.
Walsh Secretary, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
James F.
Kirchner Treasurer |
Trustees |
Alice
Gresham Bullock Chairperson |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Karen Fang |
Miles D. Harper, III |
Von M. Hughes*(1) |
Joy V. Jones |
Eddie Ramos |
Anthony A.
Williams |
* Interested Trustee and President |
(1) Mr. Hughes began serving as Trustee effective December 11, 2023. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice | March 2024 |
FACTS | WHAT DOES CALVERT DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account information and wire transfer instructions |
How? | All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Calvert chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does
Calvert share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We don’t share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No* |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | Yes | Yes* |
For our affiliates to market to you | Yes | Yes* |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.comPlease note:If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing. |
Questions? | Call toll-free 1-800-368-2745 or email: CRMPrivacy@calvert.com |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | Calvert Research and Management and our investment management affiliates (“Calvert”) (see Affiliates definition below.) |
What we do | |
How
does Calvert protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Calvert collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your
account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer ■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information
about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. (See below for more on your rights under state law.) |
What
happens when I limit sharing for an account I hold jointly with someone else? |
Your choices will apply to everyone on your account. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include registered investment advisers such as Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Boston Management and Research, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Atlanta Capital Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Co.; registered broker-dealers such as Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (together, the “Investment Management Affiliates”); and companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. (the “Morgan Stanley Affiliates”). |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Calvert Research and Management does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Calvert Research and Management does not jointly market. |
U.S. Customer Privacy Notice — continued | March 2024 |
Other important information | |
*PLEASE NOTE: Calvert does not share your creditworthiness information or your transactions and experiences information with the Morgan Stanley Affiliates, nor does Calvert enable the Morgan Stanley Affiliates to market to you. Your opt outs will prevent Calvert from sharing your creditworthiness information with the Investment Management Affiliates and will prevent the Investment Management Affiliates from marketing their products to you.Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not required in this filing.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not required in this filing.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not required in this filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Shareholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No material changes.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The registrants principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the 1940 Act) are effective, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There was no change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants 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) | Registrants Code of Ethics- Not applicable (please see Item 2) | |
(a)(2)(i) | Principal Executive Officers Section 302 certification. | |
(a)(2)(ii) | Principal Financial Officers Section 302 certification. | |
(b) | Combined Section 906 certification. |
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
The Calvert Fund | ||
By: | /s/ Von M. Hughes | |
Von M. Hughes | ||
Principal Executive Officer |
Date: May 22, 2024
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/ Von M. Hughes | |
Von M. Hughes | ||
Principal Executive Officer |
Date: May 22, 2024
By: | /s/ James F. Kirchner | |
James F. Kirchner | ||
Principal Financial Officer |
Date: May 22, 2024