Clough Global Allocation Funds N-Q

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: 811-21583

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Erin Douglas

Clough Global Allocation Fund

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 623-2577

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2011


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.


Clough Global Allocation Fund

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2011 (Unaudited)

 

     Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS 121.72%

  

Consumer Discretionary 15.84%

  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    3,600        $623,160   

Arezzo Industria e Comercio S.A.

    27,052        336,473   

Bosideng International Holdings, Ltd.

    4,494,000        1,272,989   

CBS Corp. - Class B(b)

    47,590        1,291,593   

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(b)

    30,500        563,945   

DIRECTV - Class A(a) (b)(c)

    17,700        756,852   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. - Class H

    496,175        850,958   

Focus Media Holding, Ltd. - ADR(a) (b)(c)

    52,399        1,021,257   

GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings, Ltd.

    1,956,000        453,326   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a) (b)(c)

    354,471        5,022,854   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.

    223,381        326,158   

H&R Block, Inc.(b)(c)

    116,563        1,903,474   

Lamar Advertising Co. - Class A(a) (b)(c)

    29,269        804,897   

Liberty Interactive Corp. - Class A(a) (b)(c)

    78,912        1,279,558   

Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Capital(a) (b)(c)

    15,770        1,230,849   

Man Wah Holdings, Ltd.

    1,498,600        899,168   

MGM Resorts International(a) (b)(c)

    50,712        528,926   

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.(b)

    9,200        356,868   

News Corp.- Class A(b)

    71,700        1,279,128   

NIKE, Inc. - Class B(b)(c)

    10,900        1,050,433   

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd.(a) (b)

    51,900        387,693   

Parkson Retail Asia, Ltd.(a)(d)

    419,000        403,801   

Time Warner, Inc.(b)(c)

    14,073        508,598   

Valassis Communications, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    25,871        497,499   

Viacom, Inc. - Class B(b)(c)

    24,100        1,094,381   
   

 

 

 
      24,744,838   
   

 

 

 

Consumer Staples 1.97%

  

Brazil Pharma S.A.(a)(d)

    66,772        304,282   

China Agri-Industries Holdings, Ltd.

    728,900        554,657   

China Resources Enterprise, Ltd.

    92,800        318,430   

Cia de Bebidas das Americas - ADR(b)(c)

    25,700        927,513   

Julio Simoes Logistica S.A.

    75,641        378,763   

Raia Drogasil S.A.

    25,588        177,926   

Vinda International Holdings, Ltd.

    323,301        415,022   
   

 

 

 
      3,076,593   
   

 

 

 


     Shares     Value  

Energy 21.98%

   

Natural Gas Leveraged Exploration & Production 1.22%

   

Forest Oil Corp.(a) (b)

    65,624        $889,205   

Quicksilver Resources, Inc.(a)(b)(c)

    151,290        1,015,156   
   

 

 

 
      1,904,361   
   

 

 

 

Non-North American Producers 2.75%

   

BP PLC - Sponsored ADR(b)

    18,200        777,868   

InterOil Corp.(a) (b)(c)

    31,159        1,593,160   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC - ADR(b)

    26,350        1,925,921   
   

 

 

 
      4,296,949   
   

 

 

 

Oil Leveraged Exploration & Production 5.09%

   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.(b)

    31,303        2,389,358   

Energy XXI Bermuda, Ltd.(a) (b)

    11,649        371,370   

EOG Resources, Inc.(b)(c)

    7,900        778,229   

Exxon Mobil Corp.(b)(c)

    6,800        576,368   

Hess Corp.(b)

    23,000        1,306,400   

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.(a) (b)(c)

    48,746        463,087   

Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd.

    28,324        40,335   

Nexen, Inc.(b)(c)

    32,560        518,030   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.(b)(c)

    3,470        325,139   

Petrobank Energy & Resources, Ltd.(a)

    16,523        171,596   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(b)(c)

    11,300        1,011,124   
   

 

 

 
      7,951,036   
   

 

 

 

Oil Services & Drillers 9.82%

   

Cameron International Corp.(a) (b)

    32,600        1,603,594   

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    22,080        1,102,013   

Ensco PLC - Sponsored ADR(b)(c)

    34,572        1,622,118   

Halliburton Co.(b)(c)

    55,922        1,929,868   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.(b)

    10,600        618,616   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    19,100        592,482   

Nabors Industries, Ltd.(a) (b)

    35,500        615,570   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.(b)(c)

    41,983        2,854,424   

Oil States International, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    14,889        1,137,073   

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.(b)

    31,100        621,378   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    47,576        1,353,062   

Tenaris S.A. - ADR(b)

    34,450        1,280,851   
   

 

 

 
      15,331,049   
   

 

 

 


     Shares     Value  

Energy (continued)

   

Refiners 0.81%

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.(b)

    38,004        $1,265,153   
   

 

 

 

Tankers 2.29%

   

Golar LNG Partners LP(b)

    14,043        430,418   

Golar LNG, Ltd.(b)(c)

    70,836        3,148,660   
   

 

 

 
      3,579,078   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

      34,327,626   
   

 

 

 

Financials 24.75%

   

Capital Markets 8.23%

   

Ares Capital Corp.(b)(c)

    260,953        4,031,724   

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.(a)

    216,000        355,430   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(b)

    7,174        648,745   

Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(b)(c)

    53,100        823,050   

Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings, Ltd.(a)(d)(e)

    15,596        57,393   

Medley Capital Corp.(b)(c)

    34,088        354,515   

Morgan Stanley(b)(c)

    67,564        1,022,243   

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital, Ltd.(b)(c)

    21,800        224,540   

PennantPark Investment Corp.(b)

    177,530        1,791,278   

Solar Capital, Ltd.(b)(c)

    132,378        2,924,230   

Solar Senior Capital, Ltd.(b)(c)

    39,147        616,565   
   

 

 

 
      12,849,713   
   

 

 

 

Commercial Banks 3.72%

   

Banco do Brasil S.A.

    15,971        202,929   

Banco Santander Brasil S.A. - ADR(b)

    54,100        440,374   

China Construction Bank Corp. - Class H

    3,988,757        2,783,594   

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. - Class H

    182,000        367,909   

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank - Class H(a)

    746,000        386,130   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China - Class H

    1,682,500        998,677   

Valley National Bancorp(b)(c)

    51,680        639,282   
   

 

 

 
      5,818,895   
   

 

 

 

Consumer Finance 0.70%

   

American Express Co.(b)

    23,269        1,097,599   
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financials 2.77%

   

Bank of America Corp.(b)(c)

    181,677        1,010,124   

Citigroup, Inc.(b)(c)

    76,164        2,003,875   

M&T Bank Corp.(b)

    17,140        1,308,467   
   

 

 

 
      4,322,466   
   

 

 

 


     Shares     Value  

Financials (continued)

   

Real Estate Investment Trusts 7.05%

   

AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT

    103,927        $75,719   

American Capital Agency Corp.(b)(c)

    106,409        2,987,965   

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

    838,000        1,182,329   

Ascott Residence Trust

    416,874        318,188   

CapitaCommercial Trust

    903,039        734,518   

Capstead Mortgage Corp.(b)(c)

    193,203        2,403,445   

CYS Investments, Inc.(b)(c)

    46,281        608,132   

Dynex Capital, Inc.(b)(c)

    94,894        866,382   

Hatteras Financial Corp.(b)

    69,782        1,840,151   
   

 

 

 
      11,016,829   
   

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development 1.50%

   

Aliansce Shopping Centers S.A.

    36,734        280,638   

BHG S.A. - Brazil Hospitality Group(a)

    26,103        216,913   

BR Malls Participacoes S.A.

    57,626        559,809   

CapitaMalls Asia, Ltd.

    116,821        101,775   

Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A.

    16,077        298,742   

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios S.A.

    18,300        375,468   

Sonae Sierra Brasil S.A.

    40,000        514,676   
   

 

 

 
      2,348,021   
   

 

 

 

Thrift & Mortgage Finance 0.78%

   

People’s United Financial, Inc.(b)(c)

    94,443        1,213,592   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

      38,667,115   
   

 

 

 

Health Care 1.43%

   

Sanofi - ADR(b)(c)

    61,247        2,237,965   
   

 

 

 

Industrials 8.63%

   

Air China, Ltd.

    506,900        374,631   

Brenntag AG

    12,500        1,164,014   

Copa Holdings S.A.(b)

    13,330        782,071   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    207,926        1,682,121   

GZI Transport, Ltd.

    765,700        335,202   

Jardine Strategic Holdings, Ltd.(b)

    21,295        589,233   

Santos Brasil Participacoes S.A.

    37,264        492,858   

Sensata Technologies Holding NV(a) (b)(c)

    30,512        801,855   

TE Connectivity, Ltd.(b)

    23,600        727,116   

Towers Watson & Co.(b)

    6,100        365,573   

TransDigm Group, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

    23,006        2,201,214   


      Shares      Value  

Industrials (continued)

     

United Continental Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

     70,682         $1,333,769   

Verisk Analytics, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     17,921         719,170   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     5,471         237,441   

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)

     46,800         654,732   

Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. - Class H

     1,579,500         1,024,989   
     

 

 

 
        13,485,989   
     

 

 

 

Information Technology 20.65%

     

Apple, Inc.(a) (b)

     15,212         6,160,860   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

     68,600         2,566,326   

Avnet, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

     61,000         1,896,490   

Dell, Inc.(a) (b)

     30,300         443,289   

Dena Co., Ltd.

     11,400         341,985   

eBay, Inc.(a) (b)

     32,290         979,356   

EMC Corp.(a) (b)

     25,100         540,654   

Google, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)

     2,275         1,469,422   

Ingram Micro, Inc. - Class A(a) (b)(c)

     41,800         760,342   

International Business Machines Corp.

     4,094         752,805   

Lenovo Group, Ltd.

     3,398,000         2,266,325   

Mastercard, Inc.(b)

     5,240         1,953,577   

Micron Technology, Inc.(a) (b)

     125,400         788,766   

Microsoft Corp.(b)(c)

     206,301         5,355,574   

priceline.com, Inc.(a)

     500         233,855   

SanDisk Corp.(a) (b)

     29,700         1,461,537   

Seagate Technology(b)

     43,500         713,400   

Visa, Inc.(b)(c)

     18,123         1,840,028   

Xerox Corp.(b)(c)

     153,137         1,218,971   

ZTE Corp.

     162,800         510,414   
     

 

 

 
        32,253,976   
     

 

 

 

Materials 1.69%

     

Crown Holdings, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

     13,076         439,092   

Owens-Illinois, Inc.(a) (b)(c)

     98,312         1,905,287   

WR Grace & Co.(a) (b)

     6,400         293,888   
     

 

 

 
        2,638,267   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services 2.71%

     

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. - ADR(b)(c)

     34,835         1,159,309   

DiGi.Com Bhd

     338,000         413,703   

Maxis Bhd

     771,900         1,334,388   

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.

     12,415         719,620   

StarHub, Ltd.

     105,438         236,556   

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

     240,900         376,929   
     

 

 

 
        4,240,505   
     

 

 

 


      Shares      Value  

Utilities 22.07%

     

AES Corp.(a) (b)

     50,316         $595,741   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.(b)(c)

     58,600         2,420,766   

Babcock & Wilcox Co.(a) (b)

     8,025         193,724   

Calpine Corp.(a) (b)

     65,234         1,065,271   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.(b)(c)

     73,900         1,484,651   

CMS Energy Corp.(b)(c)

     90,900         2,007,072   

Dominion Resources, Inc.(b)(c)

     46,900         2,489,452   

DTE Energy Co.(b)(c)

     28,800         1,568,160   

Edison International(b)(c)

     42,800         1,771,920   

FirstEnergy Corp.(b)

     37,300         1,652,390   

National Grid PLC - Sponsored ADR(b)(c)

     142,400         6,903,552   

NiSource, Inc.(b)(c)

     91,357         2,175,210   

Northeast Utilities(b)(c)

     60,676         2,188,583   

OGE Energy Corp.(b)(c)

     24,549         1,392,174   

PG&E Corp.(b)

     11,400         469,908   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.(b)

     20,162         971,405   

Power Assets Holdings, Ltd.

     211,000         1,560,780   

PPL Corp.(b)(c)

     84,007         2,471,486   

The Williams Cos, Inc.(b)

     10,907         360,149   

Xcel Energy, Inc.(b)

     26,234         725,108   
     

 

 

 
        34,467,502   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $183,392,280)

        190,140,376   
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 0.50%

     

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 5.875%(b)

     15,900         773,535   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $795,994)

        773,535   
     

 

 

 
Description and Maturity Date   

Principal

Amount

     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS 5.41%

     

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

     

03/01/2017, 7.875% (b)(c)

     $900,000         895,500   

ArvinMeritor, Inc.

     

03/15/2018, 10.625% (b)

     425,000         401,625   

Constellation Brands, Inc.

     

09/01/2016, 7.250% (b)

     210,000         231,787   

Crown Americas LLC / Crown Americas Capital Corp. III

     

Series WI, 02/01/2021, 6.250%(b)

     595,000         624,750   


Description and Maturity Date   

Principal

Amount

     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS (continued)

     

Dana Holding Corp.
02/15/2021, 6.750% 
(b)

     $505,000         $520,150   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
02/01/2021, 5.750% 
(b)

     890,000         929,394   

Forest Oil Corp.
06/15/2019, 7.250% 
(b)

     600,000         615,000   

Gol Finance
07/20/2020, 9.250% 
(b)(d)

     545,000         508,213   

Hanesbrands, Inc.
12/15/2020, 6.375% 
(b)

     535,000         545,700   

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
12/01/2021, 5.629% 
(b)(f)

     885,000         833,502   

Newfield Exploration Co.
05/15/2018, 7.125% 
(b)

     250,000         268,125   

TAM Capital 2, Inc.
01/29/2020, 9.500% 
(b)(g)

     520,000         560,300   

Tenneco, Inc.
08/15/2018, 7.750% 
(b)

     300,000         319,500   

Terex Corp.
11/15/2017, 8.000% 
(b)

     300,000         295,500   

Visteon Corp.
04/15/2019, 6.750% 
(b)(d)

     895,000         897,237   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $8,285,220)

        8,446,283   
     

 

 

 

ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 0.39%

     

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

     

Series 2007-37, Class SA,
03/20/2037, 21.125%
(b)(f)

     71,731         81,322   

Series 2007-37, Class SB,
03/20/2037, 21.125%
(b)(f)

     23,838         30,079   

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates

     

Series 2008-20L, Class 1,
12/01/2028, 6.220%
(b)

     437,572         500,807   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost $526,562)

        612,208   
     

 

 

 

GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 21.10%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

11/15/2020, 2.625% (b)

     5,075,000         5,462,760   

02/15/2021, 3.625% (b)

     9,210,000         10,690,793   

02/15/2027, 6.625% (b)

     3,920,000         6,028,839   

08/15/2040, 3.875% (b)

     2,105,000         2,518,106   

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

06/30/2018, 2.375% (b)

     7,700,000         8,252,837   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

(Cost $32,024,168)

        32,953,335   
     

 

 

 


     Number of
Contracts
    Value  

CALL OPTIONS PURCHASED 0.06%

   

HOLDRs Oil Services, Expires January, 2013, Exercise Price $160.00(e)

    208        $91,520   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS PURCHASED

(Cost $416,421)

      91,520   
   

 

 

 
     Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.02%

   

Money Market Fund

   

Dreyfus Treasury Prime Money Market Fund (0.000% 7-day yield)(h)

    2,317,457        2,317,457   
   

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund (0.010% 7-day yield)

    203,954        203,954   
   

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bills

   

U.S. Treasury Bill Discount Notes
08/23/2012, 0.072%
(b)(i)

    2,200,000        2,199,039   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost $4,720,384)

      4,720,450   
   

 

 

 

Total Investments - 152.20%

(Cost $230,161,029)

      237,737,707   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (52.20%)

      (81,532,231)   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS - 100.00%

      $156,205,476   
   

 

 

 
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (a)   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCK

   

Alfa Laval AB

    (16,117)        $(305,382)   

Apollo Group, Inc. - Class A

    (15,044)        (810,420)   

Barclays PLC - ADR

    (33,900)        (372,561)   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B

    (3,314)        (252,858)   

BHP Billiton, Ltd. - ADR

    (33,087)        (2,336,935)   

Caterpillar, Inc.

    (7,408)        (671,165)   

Cummins, Inc.

    (3,900)        (343,278)   

Deutsche Bank AG

    (36,178)        (1,369,699)   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

    (4,543)        (251,046)   

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.

    (11,438)        (225,111)   

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    (161,486)        (705,266)   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

    (14,092)        (518,445)   

HDFC Bank, Ltd. - ADR

    (12,804)        (336,489)   


SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (a) (continued)    Shares      Value  

ICICI Bank, Ltd. - ADR

     (12,590)         $(332,754)   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Ltd.

     (5,423)         (56,858)   

ITT Educational Services, Inc.

     (3,900)         (221,871)   

Joy Global, Inc.

     (8,246)         (618,203)   

Kohl’s Corp.

     (5,000)         (246,750)   

Komatsu, Ltd.

     (40,400)         (944,259)   

Li & Fung, Ltd.

     (156,627)         (289,998)   

The Mosaic Co.

     (7,201)         (363,146)   

PACCAR, Inc.

     (9,300)         (348,471)   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     (10,525)         (434,472)   

Rio Tinto PLC

     (38,514)         (1,884,105)   

Rio Tinto, Ltd. - ADR

     (6,010)         (370,665)   

Salesforce.com, Inc.

     (10,341)         (1,049,198)   

Sandvik AB

     (35,003)         (429,524)   

Schneider Electric S.A.

     (18,100)         (952,964)   

Siemens AG - ADR

     (5,612)         (536,563)   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     (35,614)         (1,026,752)   

TAL International Group, Inc.

     (2,309)         (66,476)   

United States Oil Fund LP

     (58,280)         (2,221,051)   

Vale SA - ADR

     (73,910)         (1,585,369)   

Volvo AB

     (34,576)         (378,313)   
     

 

 

 
        (22,856,417)   
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS

     

iShares® Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index Fund

     (5,002)         (284,064)   

iShares® MSCI Australia Index Fund

     (32,298)         (692,469)   

iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund

     (50,972)         (1,933,878)   

iShares® MSCI Germany Index Fund

     (12,525)         (240,730)   

iShares® Russell 2000® Index Fund

     (31,022)         (2,286,011)   

Market Vectors Oil Service ETF

     (10,900)         (1,251,865)   

Market Vectors Russia ETF

     (43,400)         (1,156,610)   

United States Natural Gas Fund LP

     (71,500)         (461,890)   

Vanguard REIT ETF

     (52,610)         (3,051,380)   
     

 

 

 
        (11,358,897)   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT

(Proceeds $35,340,365)

        $(34,215,314)   
     

 

 

 

Abbreviations:

AB - Aktiebolag is the Swedish equivalent of the term corporation

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

AG - Aktiengesellschaft is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i.e., owned by shareholders

Bhd - Berhad (in Malaysia, a form of a public company)

ETF - Exchange Traded Fund

HOLDRs - Holding Company Depository Receipt

LLC - Limited Liability Corporation


LP - Limited Partnership

Ltd. - Limited

MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital International

NV - Naamloze Vennootschap (Dutch: Limited Liability Company)

PLC - Public Limited Liability

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

S.A. - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Pledged security;a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for securities sold short or borrowings as of December 31, 2011. (See Note 1)
(c) Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan at December 31, 2011.
(d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31, 2011, these securities had a total value of $2,170,926 or 1.39% of net assets.
(e) Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2011, these securities had a total value of $148,913 or 0.10% of total net assets.
(f) Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of December 31, 2011.
(g) Securities were purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2011, the aggregate market value of those securities was $560,300, representing 0.36% of net assets.
(h) Less than 0.0005%.
(i) Rate shown represents the bond equivalent yield to maturity at date of purchase.

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.

 

Income Tax Information:       

Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments based on federal tax costs were as follows:

  
     As of December 31, 2011   

Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)

   $ 13,103,549   

Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)

     (10,343,277

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 2,760,272   
  

 

 

 

Cost of investments for income tax purposes

   $ 234,977,435   
  

 

 

 


CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

NOTES TO QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2011 (UNAUDITED)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING AND OPERATING POLICIES

 

Clough Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is a closed-end management investment company that was organized under the laws of the state of Delaware by an Amended Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated April 27, 2004. The Fund is a non-diversified series with an investment objective to provide a high level of total return. Each Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees may authorize separate classes of shares of beneficial interest.

The net asset value per share of the Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time). Trading may take place in foreign issues held by the Fund at times when the Fund is not open for business. As a result, the Fund’s net asset value may change at times when it is not possible to purchase or sell shares of the Fund.

Investment Valuation: Securities held by the Fund for which exchange quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price or if traded on the over-the-counter market, at the mean of the bid and asked prices on such day. Most securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange on which the security is primarily traded. In certain countries market maker prices are used since they are the most representative of the daily trading activity. Market maker prices are usually the mean between the bid and ask prices. Certain markets are not closed at the time that the Fund prices its portfolio securities. In these situations, snapshot prices are provided by the individual pricing services or other alternate sources at the close of the NYSE as appropriate. Securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and the asked quotes, or the last sale price when appropriate; otherwise fair value will be determined by the board-appointed fair valuation committee. Debt securities for which the over-the-counter market is the primary market are normally valued on the basis of prices furnished by one or more pricing services or dealers at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices. As authorized by the Trustees, debt securities (other than short-term obligations) may be valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service which determines valuations based upon market transactions for normal, institutional-size trading units of securities or a matrix method which considers yield or price of comparable bonds provided by a pricing service. Short-term obligations maturing within 60 days are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value, unless the Trustees determine that under particular circumstances such method does not result in fair value. Over-the-counter options are valued at the mean between bid and asked prices provided by dealers. Financial futures contracts listed on commodity exchanges and exchange-traded options are valued at closing settlement prices.

If the price of a security is unavailable in accordance with the aforementioned pricing procedures, or the price of a security is unreliable, e.g., due to the occurrence of a significant event, the security may be valued at its fair value determined by management pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. For this purpose, fair value is the price that the Fund reasonably expects to receive on a current sale of the security. Due to the number of variables affecting the price of a security, however; it is possible that the fair value of a security may not accurately reflect the price that a Fund could actually receive on a sale of the security. As of December 31, 2011, securities which have been fair valued represented 0.10% of net assets of the Fund.

A three-tier hierarchy has been established to classify fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1 –   Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 –   Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.


The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2011 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value. The Fund recognizes transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the annual period in which the transfer occurred. There were no significant transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the period ended December 31, 2011:

Clough Global Allocation Fund

 

Investments in Securities at Value*    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets

          

Common Stocks

          

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 24,744,838      $       $       $ 24,744,838   

Consumer Staples

     3,076,593                        3,076,593   

Energy

     34,327,626                        34,327,626   

Financials

     38,609,722                57,393         38,667,115   

Health Care

     2,237,965                        2,237,965   

Industrials

     13,485,989                        13,485,989   

Information Technology

     32,253,976                        32,253,976   

Materials

     2,638,267                        2,638,267   

Telecommunication Services

     4,240,505                        4,240,505   

Utilities

     34,467,502                        34,467,502   

Preferred Stocks

     773,535                        773,535   

Corporate Bonds

            8,446,283                 8,446,283   

Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities

            612,208                 612,208   

Government & Agency Obligations

     32,953,335                        32,953,335   

Call Options Purchased

                    91,520         91,520   

Short-Term Investments

     4,720,450                        4,720,450   

TOTAL

   $     228,530,303      $ 9,058,491       $ 148,913       $   237,737,707   
Other Financial Instruments*                               

Liabilities

          

Securities Sold Short

   $ (34,215,314   $       $       $ (34,215,314

TOTAL

   $ (34,215,314   $       $       $ (34,215,314

*For detailed Industry descriptions, see the accompanying Statement of Investments.

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

Clough Global Allocation Fund

 

Investments in Securities  

Balance

as of

March 31, 2011

   

Realized

gain/(loss)

   

Change in

unrealized

appreciation/

(depreciation)

   

Net purchases/

(sales)

   

Transfers in

and/or (out)

of Level 3

   

Balance as of

December 31,

2011

   

Net Change in unrealized

appreciation/(depreciation)

included in the statement of
operations attributable to

level 3 investments still held

at December 31, 2011

 
Common Stocks     $57,389        $–        $4        $–        $–        $57,393        $4   
Call Options Purchased                   (324,901)        416,421               91,520        (324,901)   

TOTAL

    $57,389        $–        $(324,897)        $416,421        $–        $148,913        $(324,897)   

Foreign Securities: The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. In the event that the Fund executes a foreign security transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a forward foreign currency contract to settle the foreign security transaction. Foreign securities may carry more risk than U.S. securities, such as political, market and currency risks.

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Prices of securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing rates of exchange at period end. Amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and investment income are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is reported with all other foreign currency realized and unrealized gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

A foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into foreign currency contracts to settle specific purchases or sales of securities denominated in a foreign currency and for protection from adverse exchange rate fluctuation. Risks to the Fund include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.


The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by the Fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined using prevailing forward foreign currency exchange rates. Unrealized appreciation and depreciation on foreign currency contracts are reported in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable or a payable and in the Fund’s Statement of Operations with the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. There were no outstanding foreign currency contracts for the Fund as of December 31, 2011.

The Fund may realize a gain or loss upon the closing or settlement of the foreign transaction. Such realized gains and losses are reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Statement of Operations.

Short Sales: The Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When the Fund sells a security short, it must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the broker-dealer through which it made the short sale. A gain, limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale.

Derivatives Instruments and Hedging Activities: The following discloses the Fund’s use of derivative instruments and hedging activities.

The Fund’s investment objectives not only permit the Fund to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including, but not limited to, purchased and written options and warrants. In doing so, the Fund will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit it to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent to derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity securities; they require little or no initial cash investment, they can focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Fund to pursue its objective more quickly and efficiently than if it was to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of effecting a similar response to market factors.

Market Risk Factors: In pursuit of its investment objective, the Fund may seek to use derivatives to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market risk factors:

Equity Risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

Risk of Investing in Derivatives: The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease or hedge exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected, resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Fund’s performance.

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Fund. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Fund is attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per its investment objective, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives.

Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Fund will not be able to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.

Option Writing/Purchasing: The Fund may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option among others, is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. The cost of securities acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by premiums paid. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premiums paid. The Fund is obligated to pay interest to the broker for any debit balance of the margin account relating to options.

When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is recorded as a realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.


Written option activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2011 was as follows:

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND:

 

     Written Call Options  
      Contracts     Premiums  

Outstanding, March 31, 2011

          $   

Positions opened

     1,408        327,042   

Exercised

     (202     (44,980

Expired

     (598     (48,363

Closed

     (608     (233,699

Outstanding, December 31, 2011

          $   

Market Value, December 31, 2011

          $   

CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND:

 

     Written Put Options  
      Contracts     Premiums  

Outstanding, March 31, 2011

          $   

Positions opened

     312        453,511   

Exercised

              

Expired

     (48     (24,383

Closed

     (264     (429,128

Outstanding, December 31, 2011

          $   

Market Value, December 31, 2011

          $   

Warrants: The Fund may purchase or otherwise receive warrants or rights. Warrants and rights generally give the holder the right to receive, upon exercise, a security of the issuer at a set price. Funds typically use warrants and rights in a manner similar to their use of purchased options on securities, as described in options above. Risks associated with the use of warrants and rights are generally similar to risks associated with the use of purchased options. However, warrants and rights often do not have standardized terms, and may have longer maturities and may be less liquid than exchange-traded options. In addition, the terms of warrants or rights may limit the Fund’s ability to exercise the warrants or rights at such times and in such quantities as the Fund would otherwise wish. The Fund held no rights or warrants at the end of the period.


Item 2 - Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date.

 

  (b) There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits.

Separate certifications for the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as Ex99.CERT.


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.

 

    CLOUGH GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

 

By:   /s/ Edmund J. Burke
  Edmund J. Burke
  President (principal executive officer)
Date:   February 28, 2012

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/ Edmund J. Burke
  Edmund J. Burke
  President (principal executive officer)
Date:   February 28, 2012
By:   /s/ Jeremy O. May
  Jeremy O. May
  Treasurer (principal financial officer)
Date:   February 28, 2012