Futures Contracts |
Description | Number of Contracts | Position | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value/Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Equity Futures | | | | | |
NSE IFSC Nifty 50 Index | 143 | Long | 10/31/24 | $7,430,583 | $(52,544) |
| | | | | $(52,544) |
At September 30, 2024, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.
The Portfolio is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. During the fiscal year to date ended September 30, 2024, the Portfolio entered into equity index futures contracts to manage cash flows.
Affiliated Investments
At September 30, 2024, the value of the Portfolio's investment in funds that may be deemed to be affiliated was $15,274,307, which represents 4.7% of the Portfolio's net assets. Transactions in such investments by the Portfolio for the fiscal year to date ended September 30, 2024 were as follows:
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, Institutional Class(1) | $5,091,586 | $66,066,728 | $(55,884,007) | $ — | $ — | $15,274,307 | $350,289 | 15,274,307 |
(1) | Represents investment in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio. |
Fair Value Measurements
Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
• | Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
• | Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
• | Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |