Jpmorgan Funds Audited Annual Report As at 30 June 2008
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.41SVKER*YRHW [[[NJEQGSQ "VEJUFE"OOVBM3FQPSU +VOF $FSUBJO PG UIF TVCGVOET PG UIF 'VOE BSF OPU BVUIPSJTFE GPS PGGFS PS EJTUSJCVUJPO JO PS GSPN )POH,POH "DDPSEJOHMZ OPSFGFSFODFJTNBEFUPUIFTFTVCGVOETJOUIJTBOOVBMSFQPSU5IFBUUFOUJPOPGUIFJOWFTUPSTJT ESBXOUPUIFGBDUUIBUDFSUBJOGJHVSFTJOUIJTBOOVBMSFQPSUBSFFYQSFTTFEPOBDPOTPMJEBUFECBTJTBOE UIVT JODMVEFUIFBTTFUTPGUIPTFTVCGVOETXIJDIBSFOPUSFHJTUFSFEJO)POH,POH This report is an abridged version of the audited annual report established in conformity with the Luxembourg Law of 20 December 2002 on Undertakings for Collective Investment as amended. The complete version is available on request from the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg and from JF Funds Limited. This report does not constitute an offer of shares. Subscriptions are only valid if made on the basis of the current Hong Kong Offering Document which is available free of charge on request, supplemented by the most recent audited annual report of the Company and any subsequent unaudited semi-annual report, from JF Funds Limited. JPMorgan Funds Audited Annual Report As at 30 June 2008 Contents Board of Directors 1 Management and Administration 2 Board of Directors’ Report 3 Investment Managers’ Report 4 Independent Auditor’s Report 5 Financial Statements and Statistical Information Combined Statement of Net Assets 7 Combined Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets 13 Statement of Changes in the Number of Shares 19 Statistical Information 24 Notes to the Financial Statements 29 Schedules of Investment JPMorgan Funds - America Equity Fund 35 JPMorgan Funds - Eastern Europe Equity Fund 38 JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa Equity Fund 40 JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Debt Fund 42 JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Equity Fund 46 JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund 48 JPMorgan Funds - Euroland Equity Fund 50 JPMorgan Funds - Euroland Select Equity Fund 53 JPMorgan Funds - Europe Dynamic Fund 55 JPMorgan Funds - Europe Dynamic Mega Cap Fund 57 JPMorgan Funds - Europe Equity Fund 59 JPMorgan Funds - Europe Small Cap Fund 62 JPMorgan Funds - Europe Technology Fund 65 JPMorgan Funds - Germany Equity Fund 66 JPMorgan Funds - Global Convertibles Fund (EUR) 67 JPMorgan Funds - Global Dynamic Fund 72 JPMorgan Funds - Global Equity Fund (USD) 76 JPMorgan Funds - Global Focus Fund 78 JPMorgan Funds - Global Life Sciences Fund 81 JPMorgan Funds - Global Natural Resources Fund 82 JPMorgan Funds - Global Real Estate Securities Fund (USD) 86 JPMorgan Funds - JF China Fund 88 JPMorgan Funds - JF Greater China Fund 89 JPMorgan Funds - JF Hong Kong Fund 90 JPMorgan Funds - JF India Fund 91 JPMorgan Funds - JF Japan Equity Fund 92 JPMorgan Funds - JF Japan Small Cap Fund 93 JPMorgan Funds - JF Pacific Balanced Fund 94 JPMorgan Funds - JF Pacific Technology Fund 98 JPMorgan Funds - JF Singapore Fund 100 JPMorgan Funds - JF Taiwan Fund 101 JPMorgan Funds - Latin America Equity Fund 102 JPMorgan Funds - Middle East Equity Fund 104 JPMorgan Funds - Russia Fund 106 JPMorgan Funds - US Aggregate Bond Fund 108 JPMorgan Funds - US Dynamic Fund 116 JPMorgan Funds - US Small Cap Growth Fund 119 JPMorgan Funds - US Strategic Growth Fund 121 JPMorgan Funds - US Technology Fund 124 JPMorgan Funds - US Value Fund 125 Appendix: Unaudited Additional Disclosures Fund Total Expense Ratios 127 Summary of Investment Objectives of the Sub-Funds 133 Performance and Volatility 136 Interest Rate Received/(Charged) on Bank Accounts 142 Sub-Fund Share Classes Subject to Taxe d’Abonnement Rate of 0.01% 142 Portfolio Turnover Rate 143 Historical Statements of Changes in the Number of Shares 144 JPMorgan Funds Board of Directors As at 30 June 2008 Chairman Deputy Chairman Iain O.S. Saunders Pierre Jaans Banker Economist Duine, Ardfern 3, rue de Kahler Argyll PA31 8QN L-8356 Garnich United Kingdom Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Directors André Elvinger Andrea L. Hazen Partner Managing Director Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 2, place Winston Churchill 20 Finsbury Street L-2014 Luxembourg London EC2Y 9AQ Grand Duchy of Luxembourg United Kingdom Jean Frijns Robert Van der Meer Professor, Finance and Investments Professor of Finance Antigonelaan 2 9ALange Vijverberg NL-5631 LR Eindhoven NL-2513 AC The Hague The Netherlands The Netherlands Berndt May Managing Director JPMorgan Asset Management (Europe) S.à r.l. Austrian Branch Führichgasse 8 A-1010 Vienna Austria Registered Office European Bank & Business Centre 6, route de Trèves L-2633 Senningerberg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 1 JPMorgan Funds Management and Administration As at 30 June 2008 Management Company, Registrar and Transfer Agent, Global Distributor and Domiciliary Agent JPMorgan Asset Management (Europe) S.à r.l. European Bank & Business Centre 6, route de Trèves L-2633 Senningerberg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Advisory Company JPMorgan Asset Management Advisory Company S.à r.l. European Bank & Business Centre 6, route de Trèves L-2633 Senningerberg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Investment Managers J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. 245 Park Avenue New York, NY 10167 United States of America JPMorgan Asset Management (Japan) Limited Tokyo Building 7 - 3, Marunouchi 2 - Chome Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 - 6432 Japan JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited 20 Finsbury Street London EC2Y 9AQ United Kingdom JF Asset Management Limited 21st Floor, Chater House 8 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong JF Asset Management (Singapore) Limited 168 Robinson Road 17th Floor, Capital Tower Singapore 068912 Highbridge Capital Management LLC 9 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 United States of America Custodian, Corporate, Administrative Agent & Paying Agent J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. European Bank & Business Centre 6, route de Trèves L-2633 Senningerberg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Independent Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers S.à r.l. Réviseur d’entreprises 400, route d’Esch B.P. 1443 L-1014 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Legal Adviser Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen 2, place Winston Churchill L-2014 Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 2 JPMorgan Funds Board of Directors’ Report As at 30 June 2008 The Board of Directors is pleased to present the Audited Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2008. The Fund The Fund is a variable capital investment company, organised as a “Société Anonyme”, under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Fund is organized as an “umbrella” with a number of Sub-Funds, each of which has its own investment policy and restrictions. At present, the Fund has issued shares in 79 Sub-Funds. During the year, the total net assets of the Fund decreased from USD 89.6 billion to USD 57.6 billion at year end. In response to a deterioration of the market conditions pertaining to a number of asset classes/debt instruments over the last year, widening bid-ask spreads on asset-backed and corporate securities and a sharp decline in market liquidity, the regular pricing basis for the Sub-Funds - using the last available price for securities as supplied by independent price providers - had become an unreliable estimate of the realizable value of those instruments. In managing daily priced funds, the Board’s principle is to fairly value the portfolio to give equal treatment to Shareholders and in this context, the Management Company has implemented a special Fair Value Committee to address any valuation concerns arising from current market and liquidity events. The Committee considers on a daily basis current market information on the portfolios held, including last traded prices, taking into account view of the Senior Management on the reliability of such information; indirect exposure through Over The Counter credit derivatives; the estimated timing of asset disposal to meet anticipated investor redemptions. During the year, the following Sub-Funds were launched: • JPMorgan Funds - Euroland Select Equity Fund on 24 July 2007; • JPMorgan Funds - Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund on 24 January 2008; The Fund qualifies as an Undertaking for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities under the amended EC Directive 85/611 of 20 December 1985 and may therefore be offered for sale in European Union Member States, subject to registration in countries other than the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. In addition, applications to register the Fund and its Sub-Funds may be made in other countries. The Fund and the Sub-Funds are currently registered for offer and distribution in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and in the following jurisdictions: Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Macau, The Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Responsibility of the Directors The responsibility of the Directors of the Fund is governed exclusively by Luxembourg law. With respect to the annual accounts of the Fund, the duties of the Directors are governed by general corporate law and the law of 19 December 2002 on, inter alia, the accounting and annual accounts of undertakings and by the law of 20 December 2002 relating to undertakings for collective investments. Annual General Meeting The next Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on 19 November 2008. Board of Directors Luxembourg, 2 October 2008 3 JPMorgan Funds Investment Managers’ Report For the year ended 30 June 2008 Review Global equities, along with all global financial markets, experienced high levels of volatility for most of the review