UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-06403

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

John H. Gernon

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-296-0289

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31,

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2016

 

 



 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:

 



 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

First Quarter Report

March 31, 2016 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

Common Stocks (97.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Austria (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Erste Group Bank AG (a) 

 

86,832

 

$

2,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

 

43,751

 

926

 

 

 

 

 

3,367

 

Brazil (6.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Bradesco SA (Preference)

 

328,666

 

2,474

 

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Preference)

 

302,593

 

2,627

 

 

 

 

 

5,101

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference)

 

77,500

 

975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

Raia Drogasil SA

 

120,809

 

1,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

BRF SA

 

189,676

 

2,707

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

MercadoLibre, Inc.

 

15,643

 

1,844

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

 

62,260

 

1,208

 

 

 

 

 

13,589

 

Chile (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

 

 

 

SACI Falabella

 

181,969

 

1,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China (16.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. B Shares

 

224,800

 

421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of China Ltd. H Shares (b) 

 

6,963,000

 

2,890

 

China Construction Bank Corp. H Shares (b) 

 

5,907,810

 

3,770

 

 

 

 

 

6,660

 

Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

China Machinery Engineering Corp. H Shares (b) 

 

603,000

 

421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

 

 

 

 

TAL Education Group ADR (a)(c) 

 

13,357

 

664

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. (b) 

 

868,000

 

1,146

 

 



 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd. (b) 

 

438,000

 

697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group Co., Ltd. H Shares (b) 

 

920,000

 

375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 

 

 

 

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd. H Shares (b) 

 

862,000

 

549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

China Pacific Insurance Group Co., Ltd. H Shares (b) 

 

531,200

 

1,986

 

China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)(b) 

 

297,400

 

653

 

 

 

 

 

2,639

 

Internet & Catalog Retail

 

 

 

 

 

JD.com, Inc. ADR (a) 

 

49,788

 

1,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (a)(c) 

 

19,100

 

1,510

 

NetEase, Inc. ADR

 

3,610

 

518

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (b) 

 

408,000

 

8,331

 

 

 

 

 

10,359

 

Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corp., Ltd. H Shares (a)(b) 

 

968,000

 

538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (b) 

 

790,000

 

715

 

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd. (b) 

 

906,000

 

259

 

 

 

 

 

974

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. (b) 

 

404,000

 

1,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. (b) 

 

210,000

 

1,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd. (b) 

 

416,500

 

675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

China Mobile Ltd. (b) 

 

436,500

 

4,865

 

 

 

 

 

34,723

 

Colombia (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a) 

 

154,928

 

666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA

 

45,700

 

608

 

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA (Preference)

 

48,500

 

633

 

 

 

 

 

1,241

 

 

 

 

 

1,907

 

 



 

Czech Republic (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Komercni Banka AS

 

11,730

 

2,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

 

210,815

 

912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong (2.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

AIA Group Ltd.

 

443,600

 

2,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Samsonite International SA

 

1,080,300

 

3,621

 

 

 

 

 

6,134

 

India (9.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

 

31,469

 

1,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

HDFC Bank Ltd.

 

153,895

 

2,916

 

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

 

156,101

 

2,281

 

 

 

 

 

5,197

 

Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

 

104,027

 

1,911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Shree Cement Ltd.

 

11,775

 

2,209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

 

173,540

 

2,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

Ashok Leyland Ltd.

 

2,011,499

 

3,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

 

11,108

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.

 

125,479

 

1,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Products

 

 

 

 

 

Marico Ltd.

 

392,362

 

1,447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

103,149

 

1,238

 

 

 

 

 

21,343

 

Indonesia (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

 

659,500

 

259

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Link Net Tbk PT (a) 

 

2,657,000

 

823

 

 



 

XL Axiata Tbk PT (a) 

 

3,926,200

 

1,184

 

 

 

 

 

2,007

 

Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

United Tractors Tbk PT

 

614,800

 

709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

 

2,948,300

 

698

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

 

1,509,500

 

2,089

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

 

6,559,200

 

715

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk PT

 

1,260,600

 

175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

 

 

 

 

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

 

933,500

 

489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT (a) 

 

1,817,000

 

740

 

 

 

 

 

7,881

 

Korea, Republic of (12.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

 

23,361

 

1,332

 

LIG Nex1 Co., Ltd.

 

5,817

 

536

 

 

 

 

 

1,868

 

Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

Kia Motors Corp.

 

32,784

 

1,385

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

LG Chem Ltd.

 

5,441

 

1,558

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

 

28,642

 

1,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

Korea Electric Power Corp.

 

29,679

 

1,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

Coway Co., Ltd.

 

22,928

 

1,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

SK Holdings Co., Ltd.

 

9,623

 

1,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.

 

2,901

 

748

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

NAVER Corp.

 

3,053

 

1,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

Innocean Worldwide, Inc.

 

2,298

 

162

 

 



 

Personal Products

 

 

 

 

 

Amorepacific Corp.

 

5,846

 

1,976

 

Cosmax, Inc. (c) 

 

5,149

 

565

 

 

 

 

 

2,541

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

Nexon Co., Ltd.

 

89,000

 

1,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Hotel Shilla Co., Ltd. (c) 

 

13,731

 

798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tech Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

 

 

 

 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

 

4,674

 

5,362

 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference)

 

3,174

 

3,073

 

 

 

 

 

8,435

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

 

722

 

132

 

 

 

 

 

27,370

 

Mexico (7.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

 

595,009

 

3,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV ADR

 

49,315

 

4,749

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

Mexichem SAB de CV

 

511,915

 

1,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Cemex SAB de CV ADR (a) 

 

435,452

 

3,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

Alfa SAB de CV

 

925,634

 

1,863

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-line Retail

 

 

 

 

 

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV

 

77,249

 

913

 

 

 

 

 

15,320

 

Pakistan (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

United Bank Ltd.

 

974,500

 

1,407

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials

 

 

 

 

 

Lucky Cement Ltd.

 

205,900

 

1,056

 

 

 

 

 

2,463

 

Panama (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

Copa Holdings SA, Class A (c) 

 

15,714

 

1,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peru (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Credicorp Ltd.

 

23,899

 

3,131

 

 



 

Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA ADR (a) 

 

69,131

 

509

 

 

 

 

 

3,640

 

Philippines (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

BDO Unibank, Inc.

 

400,470

 

890

 

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

 

1,056,368

 

1,891

 

 

 

 

 

2,781

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Ayala Corp.

 

7,770

 

126

 

Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

 

11,088,900

 

1,414

 

 

 

 

 

1,540

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

DMCI Holdings, Inc.

 

3,731,900

 

1,086

 

LT Group, Inc.

 

2,640,700

 

895

 

SM Investments Corp.

 

102,932

 

2,122

 

 

 

 

 

4,103

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

 

547,880

 

806

 

 

 

 

 

9,230

 

Poland (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Pekao SA

 

33,268

 

1,468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

Eurocash SA

 

75,658

 

1,082

 

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

 

123,581

 

2,022

 

 

 

 

 

3,104

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA

 

63,039

 

1,249

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail

 

 

 

 

 

PKP Cargo SA

 

39,194

 

451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

CCC SA

 

32,803

 

1,404

 

LPP SA

 

552

 

814

 

 

 

 

 

2,218

 

 

 

 

 

8,490

 

Russia (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

X5 Retail Group N.V. GDR (a) 

 

58,330

 

1,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (a) 

 

70,574

 

1,532

 

 



 

Yandex N.V., Class A (a) 

 

89,385

 

1,369

 

 

 

 

 

2,901

 

 

 

 

 

4,137

 

South Africa (6.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

 

435,748

 

1,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. H Shares

 

378,142

 

2,481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

Naspers Ltd., Class N

 

28,549

 

3,985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

Sasol Ltd.

 

51,021

 

1,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

Mondi PLC

 

105,287

 

2,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

MTN Group Ltd. (c) 

 

162,345

 

1,487

 

Vodacom Group Ltd.

 

172,867

 

1,879

 

 

 

 

 

3,366

 

 

 

 

 

14,428

 

Taiwan (10.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

Formosa Plastics Corp.

 

255,000

 

632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd.

 

677,508

 

1,181

 

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

 

952,000

 

1,213

 

 

 

 

 

2,394

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Electronics, Inc.

 

275,758

 

1,217

 

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

 

1,047,550

 

2,760

 

 

 

 

 

3,977

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

 

1,108,070

 

1,945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services

 

 

 

 

 

PChome Online, Inc.

 

58,000

 

639

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

 

1,469,000

 

1,709

 

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. ADR

 

14,876

 

87

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

 

1,207,455

 

6,078

 

 

 

 

 

7,874

 

Tech Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

 

 

 

 

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

 

192,000

 

1,575

 

Pegatron Corp.

 

604,000

 

1,409

 

 

 

 

 

2,984

 

 



 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

 

93,758

 

1,234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd.

 

260,000

 

844

 

 

 

 

 

22,523

 

Thailand (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

Kasikornbank PCL NVDR

 

88,200

 

434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Minor International PCL (Foreign)

 

1,093,620

 

1,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Services

 

 

 

 

 

DKSH Holding AG (a)(c) 

 

22,803

 

1,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

Central Pattana PCL (Foreign)

 

424,300

 

621

 

Land and Houses PCL (Foreign)

 

2,887,700

 

735

 

 

 

 

 

1,356

 

 

 

 

 

4,499

 

Turkey (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS

 

163,393

 

1,212

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

Arcelik AS

 

214,703

 

1,460

 

 

 

 

 

2,672

 

United States (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

18,559

 

1,519

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $190,069)

 

 

 

211,071

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

 

 

 

 

BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (Foreign) (Units) (d) (Cost $987)

 

2,650,146

 

866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class (e)

 

3,557,795

 

3,558

 

 



 

 

 

Face 
Amount 
(000)

 

Value 
(000)

 

Repurchase Agreements (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital, Inc., (0.30%, dated 3/31/16, due 4/1/16; proceeds $260; fully collateralized by a U.S. Government obligation; 4.50% due 8/15/39; valued at $265)

 

$

260

 

260

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (0.30%, dated 3/31/16, due 4/1/16; proceeds $363; fully collateralized by a U.S. Government agency security; 4.00% due 9/20/45; valued at $371)

 

363

 

363

 

 

 

 

 

623

 

Total Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (Cost $4,181)

 

 

 

4,181

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Investment Company (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class (e) (Cost $4,516)

 

4,516,142

 

4,516

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $8,697)

 

 

 

8,697

 

Total Investments (101.9%) (Cost $199,753) Including $6,604 of Securities Loaned (f)(g)

 

 

 

220,634

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-1.9%)

 

 

 

(4,214

)

Net Assets (100.0%)

 

 

 

$

216,420

 

 


(a)

 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

 

Security trades on the Hong Kong exchange.

(c)

 

All or a portion of this security was on loan. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at March 31, 2016 were approximately $6,604,000 and $6,789,000, respectively. The Fund received cash collateral of approximately $5,022,000, of which approximately $4,181,000 was subsequently invested in Repurchase Agreements and Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class as reported in the Portfolio of Investments. At March 31, 2016, there was uninvested cash collateral of approximately $841,000, which is not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The remaining collateral of approximately $1,767,000 was received in the form of U.S. Government obligations, which the Fund cannot sell or re-pledge and accordingly are not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

(d)

 

Consists of one or more classes of securities traded together as a unit; stocks with attached warrants.

(e)

 

The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - (the “Liquidity Funds”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser, both directly and as a portion of the securities held as collateral on loaned securities. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Fund due to its investment in the Liquidity Funds. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, advisory fees paid were reduced by approximately $1,000 relating to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Funds.

(f)

 

Securities are available for collateral in connection with open foreign currency forward exchange contracts.

(g)

 

At March 31, 2016, the aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is approximately $38,499,000 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is approximately $17,618,000 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of approximately $20,881,000.

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt.

GDR

 

Global Depositary Receipt.

NVDR

 

Non-Voting Depositary Receipt.

 



 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts:


The Fund had the following foreign currency forward exchange contracts open at March 31, 2016:

 

Counterparty

 

Contracts
to
Deliver
(000)

 

In
Exchange
For
(000)

 

Delivery
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
(000)

 

UBS AG

 

EUR

4,655

 

$

5,178

 

4/21/16

 

$

(122

)

UBS AG

 

$

305

 

EUR

272

 

4/21/16

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(118

)

 

EUR    –  Euro

 



 

Portfolio Composition*

 

Classification

 

Percentage of
Total Investments

 

Other**

 

70.1

%

Banks

 

16.5

 

Internet Software & Services

 

8.1

 

Tech Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

5.3

 

Total Investments

 

100.0

%***

 


*

 

Percentages indicated are based upon total investments (excluding Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities) as of March 31, 2016.

**

 

Industries and/or investment types representing less than 5% of total investments.

***

 

Does not include open foreign currency forward exchange contracts with net unrealized depreciation of approximately $118,000.

 



 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments · March 31, 2016 (unaudited)

 

Security Valuation: (1) An equity portfolio security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its latest reported sales price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), if there were no sales on a given day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices; (2) all other equity portfolio securities for which over-the-counter (“OTC”) market quotations are readily available are valued at its latest reported sales price. In cases where a security is traded on more than one exchange, the security is valued on the exchange designated as the primary market; (3) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) or Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited (“MSIM Limited”) and Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company (“MSIM Company”) (together, the “Sub-Advisers”) determine that the closing price, last sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices are not reflective of a security’s market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”). Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).  If developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Directors or by the Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Directors; (4) quotations of foreign portfolio securities, other assets and liabilities and forward contracts stated in foreign currency are translated into United States dollar equivalents at the prevailing market rates prior to the close of the NYSE; (5) investments in mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day; and (6) short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase may be valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser determines such valuation does not reflect the securities’ market value, in which case these securities will be valued at their fair market value determined by the Adviser.

 

The Directors have responsibility for determining in good faith the fair value of the investments, and the Directors may appoint others, such as the Fund’s Adviser or a valuation committee, to assist the Directors in determining fair value and to make the actual calculations pursuant to the fair valuation methodologies previously approved by the Directors. Under procedures approved by the Directors, the Fund’s Adviser has formed a Valuation Committee whose members are approved by the Directors. The Valuation Committee provides administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which are reviewed at least annually by the Directors. These procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

The Fund has procedures to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such securities and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable valuation inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Valuation Committee may employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis, and reviews of any related market activity.

 



 

Fair Value Measurement: Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the value that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

· Level 1 — unadjusted 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 the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.  Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each security.

 



 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2016.

 

Investment Type

 

Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

$

1,868

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,868

 

Airlines

 

1,065

 

 

 

1,065

 

Automobiles

 

3,572

 

 

 

3,572

 

Banks

 

32,838

 

2,916

 

 

35,754

 

Beverages

 

4,749

 

 

 

4,749

 

Chemicals

 

3,443

 

 

 

3,443

 

Construction & Engineering

 

3,483

 

 

 

3,483

 

Construction Materials

 

7,101

 

 

 

7,101

 

Consumer Finance

 

2,498

 

 

 

2,498

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

664

 

 

 

664

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

5,175

 

 

 

5,175

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

4,128

 

 

 

4,128

 

Electric Utilities

 

1,562

 

 

 

1,562

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

3,977

 

 

 

3,977

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

6,094

 

 

 

6,094

 

Food Products

 

6,561

 

 

 

6,561

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

1,053

 

 

 

1,053

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

1,894

 

1,150

 

 

3,044

 

Household Durables

 

5,876

 

 

 

5,876

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

549

 

 

 

549

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

7,842

 

 

 

7,842

 

Insurance

 

6,826

 

 

 

6,826

 

Internet & Catalog Retail

 

1,319

 

 

 

1,319

 

Internet Software & Services

 

17,444

 

 

 

17,444

 

Machinery

 

4,546

 

 

 

4,546

 

Media

 

4,910

 

 

 

4,910

 

Metals & Mining

 

509

 

 

 

509

 

Multi-line Retail

 

4,270

 

 

 

4,270

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

5,696

 

 

 

5,696

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

2,017

 

 

 

2,017

 

Personal Products

 

3,988

 

 

 

3,988

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2,927

 

 

 

2,927

 

Professional Services

 

1,559

 

 

 

1,559

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

1,454

 

1,356

 

 

2,810

 

Road & Rail

 

451

 

 

 

451

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

7,874

 

 

 

7,874

 

Software

 

1,518

 

 

 

1,518

 

Specialty Retail

 

798

 

 

 

798

 

Tech Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

11,419

 

 

 

11,419

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

8,215

 

 

 

8,215

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

489

 

 

 

489

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

2,221

 

 

 

2,221

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

9,207

 

 

 

9,207

 

Total Common Stocks

 

205,649

 

5,422

 

 

211,071

 

Investment Company

 

 

866

 

 

866

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

8,074

 

 

 

8,074

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

623

 

 

623

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

8,074

 

623

 

 

8,697

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contract

 

 

4

 

 

4

 

Total Assets

 

213,723

 

6,915

 

 

220,638

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contract

 

 

(122

)

 

(122

)

Total

 

$

213,723

 

$

6,793

 

$

 

$

220,516

 

 



 

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund recognizes transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. As of March 31, 2016, securities with a total value of approximately $169,986,000 transferred from Level 2 to Level 1. Securities that were valued using significant other inputs at December 31, 2015 were valued using unadjusted quoted prices at March 31, 2016. As of March 31, 2016, securities with a total value of approximately $259,000 transferred from Level 3 to Level 1. Securities that were valued using significant unobservable inputs at December 31, 2015 were valued using unadjusted quoted prices at March 31, 2016.

 

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

 

 

Common Stock 
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning Balance

 

$

718

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales

 

(262

)

Amortization of discount

 

 

Transfers in

 

 

Transfers out

 

(259

)

Corporate actions

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(48

)

Realized gains (losses)

 

(149

)

Ending Balance

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as of March 31, 2016

 

$

 (48)

 

 



 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

 

(b)  There were no changes in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3.  Exhibits.

 

(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto.

 



 

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.

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 19, 2016

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 19, 2016

 

 

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

May 19, 2016