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Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds Form N-Q Filed 2017-02-23 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FORM N-Q Quarterly schedule of portfolio holdings of registered management investment company filed on Form N-Q Filing Date: 2017-02-23 | Period of Report: 2016-12-31 SEC Accession No. 0001193125-17-054001 (HTML Version on secdatabase.com) FILER Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds Mailing Address Business Address 345 PARK AVENUE 345 PARK AVENUE CIK:1557794| IRS No.: 300748288 | State of Incorp.:MA | Fiscal Year End: 0331 28TH FLOOR 28TH FLOOR Type: N-Q | Act: 40 | File No.: 811-22743 | Film No.: 17632547 NEW YORK NY 10154 NEW YORK NY 10154 212-583-5000 Copyright © 2017 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 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: 811-22743 Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 345 Park Avenue 28th Floor New York, NY 10154 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 583-5000 Peter Koffler, Esq. c/o Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC 345 Park Avenue 28th Floor New York, NY 10154 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) With a Copy to: James E. Thomas, Esq. Ropes & Gray LLP Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199-3600 Date of fiscal year end: March 31 Date of reporting period: December 31, 2016 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Item 1. The Consolidated Schedule of Investments. The Consolidated Schedule of Investments is attached herewith. Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries Consolidated Schedule of Investments December 31, 2016 (Unaudited) Security Description Shares Value INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES 102.9% COMMON STOCK 29.6% Argentina 0.1% Consumer Products 0.0% Adecoagro SA (a) 28,100 $291,678 Retail Discretionary 0.1% MercadoLibre, Inc. 7,700 1,202,278 Total Argentina 1,493,956 Australia 0.0% Media 0.0% Zhaopin Ltd. ADR (a),(b) 2,940 44,423 Software 0.0% Atlassian Corp. PLC Class A (a) 6,300 151,704 Total Australia 196,127 Bermuda 0.0% Banking 0.0% Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. 100 3,144 Industrial Services 0.0% Triton International Ltd. 1,000 15,800 Media 0.0% Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. A Shares (a) 5,200 13,260 Semiconductors 0.0% Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 8,400 116,508 Transportation & Logistics 0.0% Teekay Corp. 2,800 22,484 Total Bermuda 171,196 Brazil 0.2% Aerospace & Defense 0.0% Embraer SA ADR 4,000 77,000 Banking 0.0% Banco Bradesco SA ADR 76,830 669,189 Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR 50,660 520,785 1,189,974 Chemicals 0.1% Braskem SA ADR (c) 61,052 1,294,913 Iron & Steel 0.1% Gerdau SA ADR 108,800 341,632 Vale SA ADR 423,900 3,230,118 3,571,750 Oil, Gas & Coal 0.0% Cosan Ltd. A Shares 27,900 209,529 Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (a) 17,600 177,936 387,465 Retail Consumer Staples 0.0% Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao ADR 4,000 66,200 See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments. 1 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries Consolidated Schedule of Investments (Continued) December 31, 2016 (Unaudited) Security Description Shares Value Utilities 0.0% Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo ADR 13,000 $112,840 Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ADR (b) 39,100 89,148 Cia Paranaense de Energia ADR 2,700 22,896 224,884 Total Brazil 6,812,186 Canada 0.2% Automotive 0.0% Magna International, Inc. 6,600 286,440 Banking 0.0% Bank of Montreal 1,300 93,496 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1,900 155,040 Royal Bank of Canada 4,400 297,924 546,460 Consumer Products 0.0% Cott Corp. 22,500 254,925 DavidsTea, Inc. (a) 400 2,740 257,665 Design Manufacturing & Distribution 0.0% Celestica, Inc. (a) 9,800 116,130 Forest & Paper Products 0.0% Mercer International, Inc. (b) 10,100 107,565 Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants 0.0% Restaurant Brands International 21 1,001 Hardware 0.0% Sierra Wireless, Inc. (a) 2,800 43,960 Insurance 0.0% Sun Life Financial, Inc. 10,800 414,828 Media 0.0% Points International Ltd. (a),(b) 100 764 Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (a),(d),(g) 1,061,559 474,386 475,150 Medical Equipment & Devices 0.0% Novadaq Technologies, Inc. (a) 200 1,418 Metals & Mining 0.1% B2Gold Corp. (a) 3,300 7,821 Cameco Corp. 12,300 128,781 Dominion Diamond Corp. (b) 11,600 112,288 Eldorado Gold Corp. (a) 30,300 97,566 Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc. (a) 100 565 Goldcorp, Inc. 900 12,240 Great Panther Silver Ltd. (a) 900 1,494 HudBay Minerals, Inc. 600 3,420 IAMGOLD Corp. (a) 500 1,925 Kinross Gold Corp. (a) 28,500 88,635 Nevsun Resources Ltd. (b) 8,200 25,338 New Gold, Inc. (a) 100,800 352,800 Primero Mining Corp. (a) 700 551 Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (a) 600 2,340 Teck Resources Ltd. B Shares 174,100 3,487,223 Yamana Gold, Inc. 1,300 3,653 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 4,326,640 See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments. 2 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries Consolidated Schedule of Investments (Continued) December 31, 2016 (Unaudited) Security Description Shares Value Oil, Gas & Coal 0.1% Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (a),(b) 4,400 $29,700 Baytex Energy Corp. (a) 7,100 34,648 Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (a) 500 473 Enbridge, Inc. 2,800 117,936 Encana Corp. 22,500 264,150 Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (a),(b) 26,300 79,426 Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (a) 6,200 10,974 Precision Drilling Corp. 10,700 58,315 TransGlobe Energy Corp. (b) 800 1,352 596,974 Passenger Transportation 0.0% Student Transportation, Inc. (b) 4,300 24,037 Renewable Energy 0.0% Canadian Solar, Inc. (a) 4,000 48,720 Telecommunications 0.0% BCE, Inc. 5,700 246,468 Utilities 0.0% Just Energy Group, Inc. 1,600 8,736 Total Canada 7,502,192 Cayman Islands 0.0% Utilities 0.0% Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. 1,600 17,360 Total Cayman Islands 17,360 Chile 0.0% Chemicals 0.0% Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR 13,300 381,045 Utilities 0.0% Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA ADR 5,100 99,144 Enersis SA ADR 200 1,642 100,786 Total Chile 481,831 China 1.1% Asset Management 0.0% Noah Holdings Ltd. ADR (a) 100 2,193 Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals 0.0% Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (a) 700 4,130 Chemicals 0.0% Origin Agritech Ltd. (a) 100 236 Consumer Services 0.0% New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (a) 28,400 1,195,640 TAL Education Group ADR (a) 200 14,030 Tarena International, Inc. ADR 800 11,992 1,221,662 Financial Services 0.5% Mandatory Exchangeable Trust (b),(d) 200,000 21,850,000 Gaming, Lodging & Restaurants 0.0% China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (a) 13,600 705,024 Insurance 0.0% China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. ADR 6,200 79,794 Fanhua, Inc. (a),(b) 4,400 36,432 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document 116,226 See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments. 3 Copyright © 2013 www.secdatabase.com. All Rights Reserved. Please Consider the Environment Before Printing This Document Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries Consolidated Schedule of Investments (Continued) December 31, 2016 (Unaudited) Security Description Shares Value Machinery 0.0% Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (b) 6,600 $120,912 Media 0.2% Leju Holdings Ltd. ADR (a) 800 3,840 Phoenix New Media Ltd. ADR (a) 800 2,512 SINA Corp. (a) 58,300 3,544,057 Sohu.com, Inc. (a),(b) 7,100 240,619 Weibo Corp. ADR (a) 66,330 2,692,998 Xunlei Ltd. ADR (a) 7,900 30,494 6,514,520 Oil, Gas & Coal 0.0% China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ADR 200 14,204 Passenger Transportation 0.0% China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. ADR (b) 1,600 41,136 Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. ADR (b) 200 6,044 47,180 Real Estate 0.0% Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. ADR (b) 37,800 187,488 Renewable Energy 0.0% JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (a) 800 3,808 Retail Discretionary 0.2% Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (a) 102,338 8,986,300 Jumei International Holding Ltd. ADR (a) 4,400 22,044 9,008,344 Software 0.1% Changyou.com Ltd. ADR (a),(b) 7,800 165,516 Momo, Inc. ADR (a) 33,600 617,568 NetEase, Inc. ADR 9,700 2,088,798 2,871,882 Technology Services 0.0% Baozun, Inc. (a) 700 8,449 Telecommunications 0.1% China Mobile Ltd. (b) 554,500 5,877,864 Aspire Holdings LLC Class A (a),(g),(k) 1,502,082 Total China 48,554,122 Colombia 0.0% Passenger Transportation 0.0% Avianca Holdings SA ADR 2,200 21,208 Total Colombia 21,208 Denmark 0.1% Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals 0.1% Novo Nordisk A/S ADR 136,200 4,884,132 Total Denmark 4,884,132 Greece 0.0% Transportation & Logistics 0.0% Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc.
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