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)

Abigail J. Murray
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:  October 31

Date of reporting period:  July 31, 2015


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments.

The Schedule of Investments is included herewith.

Clough Global Allocation Fund
 
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
 
July 31, 2015 (Unaudited)
 
         
    
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 113.02%
 
Consumer Discretionary 27.15%
 
Diversified Consumer Services 2.63%
 
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
   
50,800
   
$
1,549,908
 
Starbucks Corp.(a)
   
54,600
     
3,162,978
 
             
4,712,886
 
                 
Hotels 1.60%
 
Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd. - ADR
   
34,600
     
713,798
 
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)
   
78,700
     
1,364,658
 
Skylark Co., Ltd.
   
54,800
     
793,248
 
             
2,871,704
 
                 
Household Durables 7.27%
 
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
   
146,926
     
4,362,233
 
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
   
95,200
     
5,049,408
 
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)
   
37,400
     
774,928
 
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(a)(c)
   
37,800
     
2,855,790
 
             
13,042,359
 
                 
Internet & Catalog Retail 3.89%
 
JD.com, Inc. - ADR(c)
   
27,200
     
898,416
 
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(b)(c)
   
114,072
     
4,731,707
 
NetFlix, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
11,861
     
1,355,831
 
             
6,985,954
 
                 
Media 8.61%
 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. - Class A(a)
   
63,300
     
2,041,425
 
Comcast Corp. - Class A(a)
   
46,500
     
2,902,065
 
IMAX Corp.(a)(c)
   
25,600
     
957,696
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
12,528
     
676,136
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
60,248
     
3,225,075
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
50,112
     
1,894,234
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
48,424
     
1,825,585
 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.(a)
   
49,200
     
1,927,656
 
             
15,449,872
 
                 
Multiline Retailing 0.33%
 
Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.
   
14,000
     
597,571
 
                 
Specialty Retail 1.84%
 
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.(a)(b)
   
27,250
     
3,303,245
 
                 
Textiles 0.98%
 
Carter's, Inc.(a)
   
10,500
     
1,064,805
 

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary (continued)
 
Samsonite International S.A.
   
210,900
   
$
688,282
 
             
1,753,087
 
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
48,716,678
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.25%
 
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd.
   
10,600
     
448,170
 
                 
Energy 5.84%
 
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. - Class H
   
828,000
     
628,025
 
Fairway Energy Partners LLC(c)(d)(e)
   
130,700
     
1,307,000
 
HollyFrontier Corp.(a)(b)
   
37,500
     
1,809,750
 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.(a)
   
31,200
     
1,705,704
 
Phillips 66(a)(b)
   
28,600
     
2,273,700
 
Tesoro Corp.(a)
   
9,600
     
934,464
 
Valero Energy Corp.(a)
   
27,600
     
1,810,560
 
             
10,469,203
 
                 
Financials 30.32%
 
Business Development Corporations 1.63%
 
Ares Capital Corp.(a)
   
118,300
     
1,903,447
 
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(a)
   
63,100
     
1,028,530
 
             
2,931,977
 
                 
Capital Markets 3.43%
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd.(c)(e)
   
183,658
     
1,101,948
 
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
   
102,000
     
793,137
 
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.(a)
   
79,000
     
883,220
 
Morgan Stanley(a)(b)
   
86,787
     
3,370,807
 
             
6,149,112
 
                 
Commercial Banks 3.23%
 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.
   
145,000
     
584,504
 
First Republic Bank(a)(b)
   
23,000
     
1,467,170
 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
   
158,900
     
1,153,911
 
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
   
559,800
     
1,210,073
 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Ltd.
   
30,700
     
1,373,307
 
             
5,788,965
 
                 
Diversified Financials 9.11%
 
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
   
393,991
     
7,044,559
 
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
   
127,130
     
7,432,020
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)
   
27,200
     
1,864,016
 
             
16,340,595
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials (continued)
 
Insurance 2.38%
 
American International Group, Inc.(a)(b)
   
66,700
   
$
4,276,804
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 5.73%
 
Health Care REIT, Inc.(a)
   
21,200
     
1,470,644
 
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A(a)
   
44,300
     
1,113,259
 
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)
   
50,204
     
788,705
 
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)
   
106,414
     
1,889,913
 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)
   
51,500
     
1,120,640
 
Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)
   
382,000
     
3,904,040
 
             
10,287,201
 
                 
Real Estate Management & Development 0.42%
 
LEOPALACE 21 Corp.(c)
   
136,300
     
745,644
 
                 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 4.39%
 
MGIC Investment Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
363,734
     
4,026,535
 
Radian Group, Inc.(a)(b)
   
209,100
     
3,859,986
 
             
7,886,521
 
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
54,406,819
 
                 
Health Care 17.99%
 
3SBio, Inc.(c)(e)
   
3,500
     
4,126
 
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
21,200
     
607,168
 
Akorn, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
47,400
     
2,185,614
 
Allergan, Inc.(a)(c)
   
6,900
     
2,284,935
 
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
5,200
     
1,657,656
 
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)(b)
   
22,687
     
1,489,175
 
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(c)
   
116,400
     
1,055,748
 
Cerner Corp.(a)(c)
   
5,700
     
408,804
 
Cigna Corp.(a)
   
11,200
     
1,613,472
 
Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
7,500
     
438,825
 
Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc.(a)(c)
   
139,800
     
507,474
 
Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
24,400
     
717,604
 
Endo International PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
21,307
     
1,865,215
 
Forward Pharma A/S - ADR(a)(c)
   
23,700
     
769,302
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)
   
5,000
     
589,300
 
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC - ADR(a)(b)(c)
   
12,300
     
1,408,473
 
HCA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
10,377
     
965,165
 
Healthways, Inc.(a)(c)
   
119,049
     
1,507,160
 
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
29,900
     
1,245,634
 
Illumina, Inc.(a)(c)
   
4,400
     
964,920
 
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)(c)
   
19,700
     
573,270
 
Intrexon Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
32,204
     
2,101,311
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
10,277
     
1,975,650
 
Perrigo Co. PLC(a)
   
6,460
     
1,241,612
 
Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)(b)
   
74,400
     
1,073,592
 

    
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care (continued)
 
Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
200,800
   
$
771,879
 
Team Health Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)
   
2,034
     
137,112
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(a)(c)
   
1,800
     
463,554
 
Veracyte, Inc.(a)(c)
   
107,956
     
1,252,290
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)
   
2,900
     
391,500
 
             
32,267,540
 
                 
Industrials 11.61%
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(e)
   
108,641
     
3,170,144
 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
44,400
     
2,597,400
 
China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
764,000
     
981,572
 
Esterline Technologies Corp.(a)(c)
   
16,200
     
1,436,292
 
IHI Corp.
   
124,000
     
493,259
 
Kansas City Southern(a)(b)
   
47,400
     
4,701,606
 
Manitowoc Co., Inc.(a)
   
46,900
     
828,723
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
   
124,000
     
656,544
 
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)(c)
   
8,700
     
1,968,810
 
Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
37,649
     
2,334,238
 
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
116,000
     
1,669,240
 
             
20,837,828
 
                 
Information Technology 12.91%
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(c)
   
11,300
     
885,242
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(a)
   
143,346
     
1,645,612
 
EMC Corp.(a)(b)
   
68,000
     
1,828,520
 
Facebook, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
35,600
     
3,346,756
 
Fujifilm Holdings Corp.
   
23,400
     
928,844
 
Google, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
   
1,770
     
1,163,775
 
Google, Inc. - Class C(a)(c)
   
1,889
     
1,181,777
 
Lam Research Corp.(a)(b)
   
67,100
     
5,157,977
 
LinkedIn Corp. - Class A(a)(c)
   
4,020
     
817,105
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
9,700
     
452,990
 
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
   
5,600
     
985,485
 
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(c)
   
14,500
     
153,990
 
Pandora Media, Inc.(a)(c)
   
98,100
     
1,718,712
 
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
30,300
     
2,220,990
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
669
     
677,490
 
             
23,165,265
 
                 
Materials 2.47%
 
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)
   
33,400
     
1,062,454
 
W.R. Grace & Co.(a)(b)(c)
   
33,400
     
3,371,062
 
             
4,433,516
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
Telecommunication Services 1.77%
 
China Mobile, Ltd.
   
132,000
   
$
1,728,261
 
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
   
19,000
     
730,274
 
Softbank Corp.
   
13,000
     
721,774
 
             
3,180,309
 
                 
Utilities 2.71%
 
Calpine Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
244,700
     
4,478,010
 
CT Environmental Group, Ltd.(c)
   
1,088,000
     
381,740
 
             
4,859,750
 
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Cost $186,557,256)
           
202,785,078
 
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 0.84%
 
PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund(a)(b)(c)
   
16,700
     
424,681
 
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
   
16,800
     
1,077,552
 
             
1,502,233
 
                 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Cost $1,522,099)
           
1,502,233
 
                 
CLOSED-END FUNDS 4.46%
 
AllianzGI NFJ Dividend Interest & Premium Strategy Fund(a)
   
69,400
     
1,006,300
 
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund, Inc.(a)
   
90,200
     
1,027,378
 
Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund(a)
   
56,100
     
1,140,513
 
Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc.(a)
   
98,800
     
607,620
 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Income Fund
   
65,800
     
552,062
 
Guggenheim Enhanced Equity Strategy Fund
   
30,000
     
514,200
 
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund(a)
   
191,000
     
1,096,340
 
Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund(a)
   
96,500
     
1,032,550
 
Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund(a)
   
50,636
     
1,022,341
 
             
7,999,304
 
                 
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS
 
(Cost $8,388,866)
           
7,999,304
 

   
Shares
   
Value
 
 
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.87%
 
Consumer Discretionary 0.57%
 
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/18/2015(c)
   
324,750
   
$
1,012,474
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.30%
 
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 12/09/2015(c)
   
16,390
     
545,911
 
                 
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
 
(Cost $1,139,518)
           
1,558,385
 
                 
WARRANTS 0.00%(c)
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(e)
   
116,958
     
11,696
 
                 
TOTAL WARRANTS
 
(Cost $1,170)
           
11,696
 
                 
Description and
 
Principal
         
Maturity Date
 
Amount
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS 8.54%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
               
12/05/2021, 3.300% 
 
$
1,000,000
     
1,018,480
 
American Express Co.
               
Series C, Perpetual Maturity, 4.900%(a)(f)(g)
   
1,800,000
     
1,763,550
 
Bank of America Corp.
               
Series AA, Perpetual Maturity, 6.100%(f)(g)
   
1,200,000
     
1,196,100
 
Citigroup, Inc.
               
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(f)(g)
   
1,300,000
     
1,309,100
 
Series P, Perpetual Maturity, 5.950%(f)(g)
   
1,400,000
     
1,366,750
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
               
Perpetual Maturity, 5.500% (e)(f)(g)
   
950,000
     
934,657
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
               
Series M, Perpetual Maturity, 5.375%(a)(f)(g)
   
1,950,000
     
1,940,738
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
               
Series Z, Perpetual Maturity, 5.300%(f)(g)
   
1,300,000
     
1,298,570
 


Description and
 
Principal
     
Maturity Date
 
Amount
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)
 
Metlife, Inc.
       
Series C, Perpetual Maturity, 5.250%(f)(g)
 
$
1,200,000
   
$
1,200,000
 
Prudential Financial, Inc.
               
03/15/2044, 5.200% (f)
   
1,000,000
     
979,143
 
Textron Financial Corp.
               
02/15/2067, 6.000% (a)(e)(f)
   
1,910,000
     
1,551,875
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
               
Series S, Perpetual Maturity, 5.900%(f)(g)
   
750,000
     
756,150
 
                 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
         
(Cost $15,565,633)
           
15,315,113
 
                 
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 2.82%
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
               
Series AM8004, 02/01/2027, 2.720%
   
818,309
     
799,429
 
Government National Mortgage Association
               
Series 2014-155, Class VA, 03/16/2037, 3.000%
   
973,150
     
987,187
 
Series 2014-86, Class A, 11/16/2040, 2.650%
   
711,355
     
725,167
 
Series 2015-22, Class A, 08/16/2047, 2.400%
   
939,800
     
944,992
 
Series 2015-2, Class VA, 12/16/2049, 2.500%
   
1,368,715
     
1,343,514
 
Small Business Administration Participation Certificates
               
Series 2008-20L, Class 1, 12/01/2028, 6.220%
   
234,826
     
267,613
 
                 
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
         
(Cost $5,125,329)
           
5,067,902
 
                 
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 2.45%
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
 
08/15/2040, 3.875% (a)
   
2,000,000
     
2,367,500
 
05/15/2042, 3.000% 
   
2,000,000
     
2,038,282
 
                 
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
 
(Cost $4,324,672)
           
4,405,782
 
                 
MUNICIPAL BONDS 1.37%
 
New York 1.37%
               
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue Bonds
               
02/01/2026, 3.000% 
   
2,500,000
     
2,456,825
 
                 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
         
(Cost $2,485,292)
           
2,456,825
 

   
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 9.11%
 
Money Market Fund 9.11%
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Prime Portfolio (0.085% 7-day yield)
   
16,336,658
   
$
16,336,658
 
                 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
         
(Cost $16,336,658)
           
16,336,658
 
                 
Total Investments - 143.48%
         
(Cost $241,446,493)
           
257,438,976
 
                 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (43.48%)(h)
     
(78,017,528
)
                 
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
         
$
179,421,448
 
                 
   
Number of
         
SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN OPTIONS
 
Contracts
   
Value
 
 
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (0.08%)
 
Netflix, Inc., Expires September, 2015, Exercise Price $112.14
   
(74
)
 
$
(49,950
)
Tempur Sealy International, Inc., Expires August, 2015, Exercise Price $70.00
   
(147
)
   
(85,260
)
                 
TOTAL CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN
         
(Premiums received $94,888)
           
(135,210
)
                 
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
         
(Premiums received $94,888)
         
$
(135,210
)
                 
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS (20.73%)
 
Consumer Discretionary (1.71%)
 
Internet & Catalog Retail (0.99%)
 
Expedia, Inc.
   
(14,600
)
 
$
(1,773,024
)
                 
Textiles (0.72%)
 
Coach, Inc.
   
(41,300
)
   
(1,288,560
)
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
(3,061,584
)
                 
Financials (4.28%)
 
Commercial Banks (1.60%)
 
Comerica, Inc.
   
(15,300
)
   
(725,679
)
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
   
(10,100
)
   
(731,745
)
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. - Sponsored Preferred ADR
   
(98,200
)
   
(852,376
)
Seven Bank, Ltd.
   
(118,100
)
   
(563,175
)
             
(2,872,975
)


SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials (continued)
 
Consumer Finance (2.68%)
 
American Express Co.
   
(44,100
)
 
$
(3,354,246
)
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.
   
(60,400
)
   
(1,460,472
)
             
(4,814,718
)
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
(7,687,693
)
                 
Health Care (6.84%)
 
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(106,400
)
   
(906,528
)
Aetna, Inc.
   
(3,800
)
   
(429,286
)
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
(5,100
)
   
(539,325
)
Amgen, Inc.
   
(6,920
)
   
(1,222,003
)
Bruker Corp.
   
(46,400
)
   
(976,720
)
Celgene Corp.
   
(12,100
)
   
(1,588,125
)
Eli Lilly & Co.
   
(4,200
)
   
(354,942
)
Express Scripts Holding Co.
   
(9,000
)
   
(810,630
)
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
(22,200
)
   
(1,308,912
)
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
   
(9,800
)
   
(887,880
)
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(15,800
)
   
(970,752
)
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
(15,700
)
   
(1,905,980
)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
   
(4,400
)
   
(378,708
)
             
(12,279,791
)
                 
Industrials (3.69%)
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
(11,300
)
   
(888,519
)
Cummins, Inc.
   
(7,200
)
   
(932,616
)
Flowserve Corp.
   
(26,900
)
   
(1,264,031
)
Keppel Corp., Ltd.
   
(142,700
)
   
(780,151
)
Komatsu, Ltd.
   
(23,600
)
   
(437,019
)
Kone OYJ, B Shares
   
(22,800
)
   
(955,531
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
   
(4
)
   
(50
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings Preference - C Shares(d)
   
(302
)
   
(1
)
Triumph Group, Inc.
   
(6,900
)
   
(371,565
)
WW Grainger, Inc.
   
(4,300
)
   
(983,453
)
             
(6,612,936
)
                 
Information Technology (1.56%)
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
(17,300
)
   
(2,802,427
)
                 
Materials (2.65%)
 
Anglo American PLC
   
(75,019
)
   
(950,349
)
BHP Billiton, Ltd.
   
(99,037
)
   
(1,914,745
)
Rio Tinto PLC - Sponsored ADR
   
(48,700
)
   
(1,880,794
)
             
(4,745,888
)
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Proceeds $38,393,611)
           
(37,190,319
)
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (28.04%)
 
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(46,300
)
   
(3,546,117
)

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (continued)
 
iShares® MSCI Brazil Capped ETF
   
(53,900
)
 
$
(1,546,391
)
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
   
(222,843
)
   
(8,271,932
)
iShares® MSCI Malaysia ETF
   
(54,700
)
   
(664,605
)
iShares® MSCI South Korea Capped Fund
   
(63,600
)
   
(3,255,048
)
iShares® Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF
   
(7,637
)
   
(2,921,382
)
iShares® Russell 2000® ETF
   
(22,500
)
   
(2,766,600
)
Market Vectors® Oil Service ETF
   
(85,200
)
   
(2,665,056
)
Market Vectors® Russia ETF
   
(182,000
)
   
(3,088,540
)
Market Vectors® Semiconductor ETF
   
(65,200
)
   
(3,400,180
)
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
   
(57,100
)
   
(12,019,550
)
Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(77,500
)
   
(3,299,950
)
United States Oil Fund LP
   
(183,100
)
   
(2,854,529
)
                 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Proceeds $50,686,903)
           
(50,299,880
)
                 
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
         
(Proceeds $89,080,514)
         
$
(87,490,199
)

(a)
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for written options, securities sold short, or borrowings. As of July 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of those securities was $178,121,648 representing 99.28% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
(b)
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of July 31, 2015.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $1,306,999 or 0.73% of total net assets.
(e)
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $8,081,446 or 4.50% of net assets.
(f)
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of July 31, 2015.
(g)
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(h)
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts or futures contracts.
 

FUTURES CONTRACTS
             
     
       
Expiration
 
Underlying Face
   
Unrealized
 
Description
Position
 
Contracts
 
Date
 
Amount at Value
   
Appreciation
 
Foreign Currency Contracts
               
Japanese Yen Currency Future
Short
 
56
 
09/15/2015
 
$
(5,647,250
)
 
$
64,498
 
                
$
(5,647,250
)
 
$
64,498
 
 
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
 
 
 
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Appreciation
 
Credit Suisse
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.
$
849,948
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
 
$
119,681
 
Morgan Stanley
Bharti Infratel, Ltd.
 
672,117
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
392,115
 
Credit Suisse
Coal India, Ltd.
 
1,345,241
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
229,200
 
Morgan Stanley
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
 
(378,353
)
50 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
05/04/2017
   
16,375
 
Morgan Stanley
Housing Development Finance Corp.
 
670,284
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
97,123
 
Credit Suisse
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
 
1,125,139
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
41,218
 
Credit Suisse
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
188,417
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
2,411
 
Morgan Stanley
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
781,871
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
15,640
 
Credit Suisse
Ultratech Cement, Ltd.
 
1,150,043
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
101,254
 
Morgan Stanley
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.
 
177,595
 
55 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
01/05/2017
   
738
 
      
$
6,582,302
 
    
  
    
 
$
1,015,755
 
                       
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Depreciation
 
Morgan Stanley
Hermes Microvision, Inc.
$
(568,343
)
562.5 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
05/04/2017
 
$
(1,065
)
Credit Suisse
ICICI Bank, Ltd.
 
726,927
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
(124,365
)
Credit Suisse
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.
 
890,059
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
07/21/2016
   
(154,605
)
    
$
1,048,643
 
    
   
       
 
$
(280,035
)
    
$
7,630,945
 
          
      
      
 
$
735,720
 
 

Clough Global Equity Fund
 
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
 
July 31, 2015 (Unaudited)
 
         
    
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 123.18%
 
Consumer Discretionary 30.31%
 
Diversified Consumer Services 2.63%
 
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
   
85,000
   
$
2,593,350
 
Starbucks Corp.(a)
   
90,700
     
5,254,251
 
             
7,847,601
 
                 
Hotels 1.70%
 
Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd. - ADR
   
57,700
     
1,190,351
 
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)
   
148,400
     
2,573,256
 
Skylark Co., Ltd.
   
91,300
     
1,321,598
 
             
5,085,205
 
                 
Household Durables 8.22%
 
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
   
246,221
     
7,310,301
 
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
   
159,400
     
8,454,576
 
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)
   
62,600
     
1,297,072
 
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
99,300
     
7,502,115
 
             
24,564,064
 
                 
Internet & Catalog Retail 4.30%
 
JD.com, Inc. - ADR(c)
   
45,200
     
1,492,956
 
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(b)(c)
   
220,703
     
9,154,761
 
NetFlix, Inc.(c)
   
19,259
     
2,201,496
 
             
12,849,213
 
                 
Media 9.22%
 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. - Class A(a)
   
105,500
     
3,402,375
 
Comcast Corp. - Class A(a)
   
77,500
     
4,836,775
 
IMAX Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
66,195
     
2,476,355
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
22,092
     
1,192,305
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
105,466
     
5,645,595
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
88,368
     
3,340,311
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
90,936
     
3,428,287
 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.(a)
   
82,100
     
3,216,678
 
             
27,538,681
 
                 
Multiline Retailing 0.33%
 
Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.
   
23,000
     
981,724
 
                 
Specialty Retail 1.83%
 
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.(a)(b)
   
45,146
     
5,472,598
 
                 
Textiles 2.08%
 
Carter's, Inc.(a)
   
49,900
     
5,060,359
 

    
Shares
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary (continued)
 
Samsonite International S.A.
   
350,100
   
$
1,142,568
 
             
6,202,927
 
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
90,542,013
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.25%
 
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd.
   
17,500
     
739,904
 
                 
Energy 5.92%
 
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. - Class H
   
1,382,000
     
1,048,225
 
Fairway Energy Partners LLC(c)(d)(e)
   
217,600
     
2,176,000
 
HollyFrontier Corp.(a)(b)
   
62,100
     
2,996,946
 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.(a)
   
51,800
     
2,831,906
 
Pacific Coast Oil Trust(e)
   
95,800
     
296,022
 
Phillips 66(a)(b)
   
47,500
     
3,776,250
 
Tesoro Corp.(a)
   
16,000
     
1,557,440
 
Valero Energy Corp.(a)
   
45,900
     
3,011,040
 
             
17,693,829
 
                 
Financials 33.54%
 
Capital Markets 3.74%
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd.(c)(e)
   
306,320
     
1,837,920
 
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
   
169,000
     
1,314,119
 
Goldman Sachs BDC(a)
   
53,000
     
1,248,150
 
Monex Group, Inc.
   
435,700
     
1,181,226
 
Morgan Stanley(a)(b)
   
144,196
     
5,600,572
 
             
11,181,987
 
                 
Commercial Banks 3.22%
 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.
   
241,500
     
973,501
 
First Republic Bank(a)(b)
   
38,200
     
2,436,778
 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
   
264,300
     
1,919,313
 
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
   
930,500
     
2,011,385
 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Ltd.
   
51,000
     
2,281,389
 
             
9,622,366
 
                 
Diversified Financials 9.18%
 
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
   
662,905
     
11,852,741
 
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
   
213,219
     
12,464,783
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)
   
45,200
     
3,097,556
 
             
27,415,080
 
                 
Insurance 2.61%
 
American International Group, Inc.(a)(b)
   
121,600
     
7,796,992
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 6.34%
 
Great Ajax Corp. REIT
   
89,000
     
1,249,560
 
Health Care REIT, Inc.(a)
   
35,400
     
2,455,698
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials (continued)
 
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A(a)
   
73,800
   
$
1,854,594
 
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)(b)
   
118,800
     
1,866,348
 
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)
   
177,788
     
3,157,515
 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)
   
85,100
     
1,851,776
 
Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)
   
638,000
     
6,520,360
 
             
18,955,851
 
                 
Real Estate Management & Development 0.42%
 
LEOPALACE 21 Corp.(c)
   
227,000
     
1,241,828
 
                 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 8.03%
 
Essent Group, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)
   
322,900
     
9,451,283
 
MGIC Investment Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
602,565
     
6,670,395
 
NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A(c)
   
177,200
     
1,417,600
 
Radian Group, Inc.(a)(b)
   
348,800
     
6,438,848
 
             
23,978,126
 
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
100,192,230
 
                 
Health Care 18.94%
 
3SBio, Inc.(c)(e)
   
1,033,000
     
1,217,912
 
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(a)(c)
   
34,600
     
990,944
 
Akorn, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
91,700
     
4,228,287
 
Allergan, Inc.(a)(c)
   
11,500
     
3,808,225
 
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
8,800
     
2,805,264
 
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)
   
37,816
     
2,482,242
 
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(c)
   
193,800
     
1,757,766
 
Cerner Corp.(a)(c)
   
9,500
     
681,340
 
Cigna Corp.(a)
   
18,600
     
2,679,516
 
Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
12,500
     
731,375
 
Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc.(a)(c)
   
233,200
     
846,516
 
Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
40,600
     
1,194,046
 
Endo International PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
35,374
     
3,096,640
 
Forward Pharma A/S - ADR(a)(c)
   
39,400
     
1,278,924
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)
   
8,300
     
978,238
 
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC - ADR(a)(b)(c)
   
20,600
     
2,358,906
 
HCA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
17,215
     
1,601,167
 
Healthways, Inc.(a)(c)
   
198,311
     
2,510,617
 
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
49,700
     
2,070,502
 
Illumina, Inc.(a)(c)
   
7,200
     
1,578,960
 
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)(c)
   
32,700
     
951,570
 
Intrexon Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
53,859
     
3,514,300
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
17,169
     
3,300,569
 
MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.(d)(e)
   
51,100
     
830,375
 
Perrigo Co. PLC(a)
   
10,650
     
2,046,930
 
Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)(b)
   
120,900
     
1,744,587
 
Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
332,400
     
1,277,752
 
Team Health Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)
   
3,362
     
226,633
 
 
    
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care (continued)
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(a)(c)
   
3,000
   
$
772,590
 
Veracyte, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
203,535
     
2,361,006
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)
   
4,900
     
661,500
 
             
56,585,199
 
                 
Industrials 11.80%
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(e)
   
180,377
     
5,263,401
 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)(c)
   
73,500
     
4,299,750
 
China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
1,271,000
     
1,632,955
 
Esterline Technologies Corp.(a)(c)
   
26,800
     
2,376,088
 
IHI Corp.
   
260,044
     
1,034,427
 
Kansas City Southern(a)(b)
   
79,200
     
7,855,848
 
Manitowoc Co., Inc.(a)
   
78,100
     
1,380,027
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
   
205,000
     
1,085,416
 
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)(c)
   
14,400
     
3,258,720
 
Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
69,242
     
4,293,004
 
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
193,200
     
2,780,148
 
             
35,259,784
 
                 
Information Technology 15.22%
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(c)
   
18,800
     
1,472,792
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(a)
   
237,404
     
2,725,398
 
Electronics For Imaging, Inc.(a)(c)
   
55,100
     
2,518,070
 
EMC Corp.(a)(b)
   
112,900
     
3,035,881
 
Facebook, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
   
58,700
     
5,518,387
 
Fujifilm Holdings Corp.
   
38,500
     
1,528,227
 
Google, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
   
2,983
     
1,961,323
 
Google, Inc. - Class C(c)
   
3,115
     
1,948,775
 
Lam Research Corp.(a)(b)
   
124,100
     
9,539,567
 
LinkedIn Corp. - Class A(a)(c)
   
6,670
     
1,355,744
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
16,100
     
751,870
 
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
   
9,100
     
1,601,412
 
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(c)
   
24,200
     
257,004
 
Pandora Media, Inc.(a)(c)
   
368,400
     
6,454,368
 
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)(c)
   
50,200
     
3,679,660
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
1,114
     
1,128,137
 
             
45,476,615
 
                 
Materials 2.72%
 
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.(a)(c)
   
65,000
     
2,067,650
 
W.R. Grace & Co.(a)(b)(c)
   
60,000
     
6,055,800
 
             
8,123,450
 


   
Shares
   
Value
 
Telecommunication Services 1.78%
 
China Mobile, Ltd.
   
220,500
   
$
2,886,982
 
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
   
31,800
     
1,222,248
 
Softbank Corp.
   
21,700
     
1,204,806
 
             
5,314,036
 
                 
Utilities 2.70%
 
Calpine Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
406,800
     
7,444,440
 
CT Environmental Group, Ltd.(c)
   
1,784,000
     
625,941
 
             
8,070,381
 
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Cost $339,048,169)
           
367,997,441
 
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 0.84%
 
PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund(a)(b)(c)
   
27,900
     
709,497
 
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund
   
28,000
     
1,795,920
 
             
2,505,417
 
                 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Cost $2,538,543)
           
2,505,417
 
                 
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.87%
 
Consumer Discretionary 0.56%
 
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/18/2015(c)
   
540,000
     
1,683,560
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.31%
 
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 12/09/2015(c)
   
27,390
     
912,294
 
                 
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
 
(Cost $1,898,389)
           
2,595,854
 
                 
WARRANTS 0.01%(c)
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(e)
   
195,720
     
19,572
 
                 
TOTAL WARRANTS
 
(Cost $1,957)
           
19,572
 

Description and
 
Principal
     
Maturity Date
 
Amount
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS 1.51%
 
Citigroup, Inc.
       
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(f)(g)
 
$
1,900,000
   
$
1,913,300
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
               
Series M, Perpetual Maturity, 5.375%(a)(f)(g)
   
700,000
     
696,675
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
               
Series Z, Perpetual Maturity, 5.300%(f)(g)
   
1,900,000
     
1,897,910
 
                 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
         
(Cost $4,512,183)
           
4,507,885
 
                 
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 0.45%
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
               
Series AM8004, 02/01/2027, 2.720%
   
1,388,646
     
1,356,606
 
                 
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
         
(Cost $1,383,438)
           
1,356,606
 
                 
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 1.59%
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
 
08/15/2040, 3.875% (a)
   
4,000,000
     
4,735,000
 
                 
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
 
(Cost $4,654,648)
           
4,735,000
 
                 
MUNICIPAL BONDS 0.79%
 
New York 0.79%
               
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue Bonds
               
02/01/2026, 3.000% 
   
2,400,000
     
2,358,552
 
                 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
         
(Cost $2,384,511)
           
2,358,552
 
                 
     
Shares
   
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 16.31%
 
Money Market Fund 16.31%
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Prime Portfolio (0.085% 7-day yield)
   
48,732,903
     
48,732,903
 
                 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
         
(Cost $48,732,903)
           
48,732,903
 


       
Value
 
 
Total Investments - 145.55%
   
(Cost $405,154,741)
   
$
434,809,230
 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (45.55%)(h)
     
(136,068,717
)
           
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
   
$
298,740,513
 
           
 
Number of
         
SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN OPTIONS
Contracts
 
Value
 
 
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (0.07%)
 
Netflix, Inc., Expires September, 2015, Exercise Price $112.14
   
(120
)
 
$
(81,000
)
Tempur Sealy International, Inc., Expires August, 2015, Exercise Price $70.00
   
(244
)
   
(141,520
)
                 
TOTAL CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN
         
(Premiums received $156,074)
           
(222,520
)
                 
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
         
(Premiums received $156,074)
         
$
(222,520
)
                 
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
Shares
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS (20.80%)
 
Consumer Discretionary (1.79%)
 
Internet & Catalog Retail (1.07%)
 
Expedia, Inc.
   
(26,400
)
 
$
(3,206,016
)
                 
Textiles (0.72%)
 
Coach, Inc.
   
(68,500
)
   
(2,137,200
)
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
(5,343,216
)
                 
Financials (4.29%)
 
Commercial Banks (1.60%)
 
Comerica, Inc.
   
(25,500
)
   
(1,209,465
)
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
   
(16,900
)
   
(1,224,405
)
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. - Sponsored Preferred ADR
   
(162,500
)
   
(1,410,500
)
Seven Bank, Ltd.
   
(196,900
)
   
(938,943
)
             
(4,783,313
)
Consumer Finance (2.69%)
 
American Express Co.
   
(73,600
)
   
(5,598,016
)
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.
   
(100,700
)
   
(2,434,926
)
             
(8,032,942
)
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
(12,816,255
)

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care (6.84%)
 
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(177,600
)
 
$
(1,513,152
)
Aetna, Inc.
   
(6,300
)
   
(711,711
)
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
(8,600
)
   
(909,450
)
Amgen, Inc.
   
(11,530
)
   
(2,036,083
)
Bruker Corp.
   
(77,400
)
   
(1,629,270
)
Celgene Corp.
   
(20,100
)
   
(2,638,125
)
Eli Lilly & Co.
   
(7,000
)
   
(591,570
)
Express Scripts Holding Co.
   
(14,600
)
   
(1,315,022
)
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
(37,000
)
   
(2,181,520
)
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
   
(16,400
)
   
(1,485,840
)
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(26,400
)
   
(1,622,016
)
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
(26,100
)
   
(3,168,540
)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
   
(7,400
)
   
(636,918
)
             
(20,439,217
)
                 
Industrials (3.68%)
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
(18,800
)
   
(1,478,244
)
Cummins, Inc.
   
(12,000
)
   
(1,554,360
)
Flowserve Corp.
   
(44,800
)
   
(2,105,152
)
Keppel Corp., Ltd.
   
(238,500
)
   
(1,303,896
)
Komatsu, Ltd.
   
(39,200
)
   
(725,896
)
Kone OYJ, B Shares
   
(38,100
)
   
(1,596,742
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
   
(7
)
   
(87
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings Preference - C Shares(d)
   
(508
)
   
(1
)
Triumph Group, Inc.
   
(11,400
)
   
(613,890
)
WW Grainger, Inc.
   
(7,100
)
   
(1,623,841
)
             
(11,002,109
)
                 
Information Technology (1.56%)
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
(28,710
)
   
(4,650,733
)
                 
Materials (2.64%)
 
Anglo American PLC
   
(123,349
)
   
(1,562,599
)
BHP Billiton, Ltd.
   
(165,152
)
   
(3,192,989
)
Rio Tinto PLC - Sponsored ADR
   
(81,300
)
   
(3,139,806
)
             
(7,895,394
)
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Proceeds $64,107,444)
           
(62,146,924
)
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (27.79%)
 
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(76,800
)
   
(5,882,112
)
iShares® MSCI Brazil Capped ETF
   
(89,500
)
   
(2,567,755
)
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
   
(370,551
)
   
(13,754,853
)
iShares® MSCI Malaysia ETF
   
(91,000
)
   
(1,105,650
)
iShares® MSCI South Korea Capped Fund
   
(105,800
)
   
(5,414,844
)
iShares® Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF
   
(12,588
)
   
(4,815,288
)
iShares® Russell 2000® ETF
   
(37,000
)
   
(4,549,520
)
Market Vectors® Oil Service ETF
   
(142,000
)
   
(4,441,760
)


SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (continued)
 
Market Vectors® Russia ETF
   
(301,600
)
 
$
(5,118,152
)
Market Vectors® Semiconductor ETF
   
(108,700
)
   
(5,668,705
)
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
   
(92,250
)
   
(19,418,625
)
Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(129,500
)
   
(5,514,110
)
United States Oil Fund LP
   
(305,300
)
   
(4,759,627
)
                 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Proceeds $83,781,063)
           
(83,011,001
)
                 
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
         
(Proceeds $147,888,507)
         
$
(145,157,925
)

(a)
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for written options, securities sold short, or borrowings. As of July 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of those securities was $296,649,075 representing 99.30% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
(b)
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of July 31, 2015.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $3,006,374 or 1.01% of total net assets.
(e)
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $11,641,202 or 3.90% of net assets.
(f)
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of July 31, 2015.
(g)
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(h)
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts or futures contracts.
 

FUTURES CONTRACTS
             
     
       
Expiration
 
Underlying Face
   
Unrealized
 
Description
Position
 
Contracts
 
Date
 
Amount at Value
   
Appreciation
 
Foreign Currency Contracts
               
Japanese Yen Currency Future
Short
 
94
 
09/15/2015
 
$
(9,479,313
)
 
$
108,265
 
                
$
(9,479,313
)
 
$
108,265
 
 
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
 
 
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Appreciation
 
Credit Suisse
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.
$
1,408,630
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
 
$
198,348
 
Morgan Stanley
Bharti Infratel, Ltd.
 
1,082,239
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
626,761
 
Credit Suisse
Coal India, Ltd.
 
2,212,921
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
377,033
 
Morgan Stanley
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
 
(627,585
)
50 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
27,161
 
Morgan Stanley
Housing Development Finance Corp.
 
1,102,791
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
161,342
 
Credit Suisse
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
 
1,859,616
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
68,015
 
Credit Suisse
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
314,890
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
4,030
 
Morgan Stanley
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
1,291,778
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
25,626
 
Credit Suisse
Ultratech Cement, Ltd.
 
1,913,337
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
168,196
 
Morgan Stanley
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.
 
297,129
 
55 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
01/05/2017
   
1,235
 
    
$
10,855,746
 
 
 
   
 
$
1,657,747
 
                       
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Depreciation
 
Credit Suisse
Adani Ports
$
1,281,089
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
 
$
(25,663
)
Morgan Stanley
Hermes Microvision, Inc.
 
(949,016
)
562.5 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
05/04/2017
   
(1,975
)
Credit Suisse
ICICI Bank, Ltd.
 
1,205,596
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
(206,257
)
Credit Suisse
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.
 
1,477,744
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
(255,829
)
    
$
3,015,413
 
 
 
   
 
$
(489,724
)
    
$
13,871,159
 
  
  
     
 
$
1,168,023
 
 

Clough Global Opportunities Fund
 
STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
 
July 31, 2015 (Unaudited)
 
 
    
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 113.04%
 
Consumer Discretionary 27.62%
 
Diversified Consumer Services 2.65%
 
Service Corp. International(a)(b)
   
211,400
   
$
6,449,814
 
Starbucks Corp.(a)
   
225,600
     
13,069,008
 
             
19,518,822
 
                 
Hotels 1.71%
 
Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd. - ADR
   
142,800
     
2,945,964
 
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.(a)
   
369,400
     
6,405,396
 
Skylark Co., Ltd.
   
226,000
     
3,271,424
 
             
12,622,784
 
                 
Household Durables 7.38%
 
DR Horton, Inc.(a)(b)
   
613,462
     
18,213,687
 
Lennar Corp. - Class A(a)(b)
   
397,700
     
21,094,008
 
PulteGroup, Inc.(a)
   
154,651
     
3,204,368
 
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(a)(c)
   
156,100
     
11,793,355
 
             
54,305,418
 
                 
Internet & Catalog Retail 3.97%
 
JD.com, Inc. - ADR(a)(c)
   
112,200
     
3,705,966
 
Liberty Ventures - Series A(a)(b)(c)
   
481,471
     
19,971,417
 
NetFlix, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
48,583
     
5,553,523
 
             
29,230,906
 
                 
Media 8.74%
 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. - Class A(a)
   
266,600
     
8,597,850
 
Comcast Corp. - Class A(a)
   
193,300
     
12,063,853
 
IMAX Corp.(a)(c)
   
106,800
     
3,995,388
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
52,014
     
2,807,196
 
Liberty Broadband Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
250,367
     
13,402,145
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
208,056
     
7,864,517
 
Liberty Media Corp. - Class C(a)(b)(c)
   
201,912
     
7,612,082
 
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.(a)
   
203,000
     
7,953,540
 
             
64,296,571
 
                 
Multiline Retailing 0.34%
 
Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.
   
58,000
     
2,475,653
 

   
Shares
   
Value
 
Consumer Discretionary (continued)
 
Specialty Retail 1.85%
 
Signet Jewelers, Ltd.(a)(b)
   
112,246
   
$
13,606,460
 
                 
Textiles 0.98%
 
Carter's, Inc.(a)
   
43,200
     
4,380,912
 
Samsonite International S.A.
   
871,200
     
2,843,203
 
             
7,224,115
 
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
203,280,729
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.25%
 
Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd.
   
44,500
     
1,881,470
 
                 
Energy 5.88%
 
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. - Class H
   
3,414,000
     
2,589,466
 
Fairway Energy Partners LLC(c)(d)(e)
   
536,000
     
5,360,000
 
HollyFrontier Corp.(a)(b)
   
155,100
     
7,485,126
 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.(a)
   
128,600
     
7,030,562
 
Phillips 66(a)(b)
   
118,581
     
9,427,190
 
Tesoro Corp.(a)
   
39,974
     
3,891,069
 
Valero Energy Corp.(a)(b)
   
114,200
     
7,491,520
 
             
43,274,933
 
                 
Financials 29.07%
 
Business Development Corporations 0.30%
 
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.(a)
   
133,200
     
2,171,160
 
                 
Capital Markets 2.99%
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd.(c)(e)
   
764,522
     
4,587,132
 
Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.
   
420,000
     
3,265,857
 
Morgan Stanley(a)(b)
   
364,913
     
14,173,221
 
             
22,026,210
 
                 
Commercial Banks 3.26%
 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.
   
601,000
     
2,422,668
 
First Republic Bank(a)(b)
   
94,800
     
6,047,292
 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
   
659,000
     
4,785,573
 
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
   
2,319,300
     
5,013,439
 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Ltd.
   
127,600
     
5,707,947
 
             
23,976,919
 
                 
Diversified Financials 9.23%
 
Bank of America Corp.(a)(b)
   
1,641,710
     
29,353,775
 
Citigroup, Inc.(a)(b)
   
528,525
     
30,897,571
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)
   
112,300
     
7,695,919
 
             
67,947,265
 


    
Shares
   
Value
 
Financials (continued)
 
Insurance 2.64%
 
American International Group, Inc.(a)
   
303,000
   
$
19,428,360
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 5.80%
 
Health Care REIT, Inc.(a)
   
87,800
     
6,090,686
 
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A(a)
   
182,600
     
4,588,738
 
Ladder Capital Corp.(a)
   
208,196
     
3,270,759
 
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust(a)
   
442,791
     
7,863,968
 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.(a)
   
212,500
     
4,624,000
 
Two Harbors Investment Corp.(a)
   
1,593,200
     
16,282,504
 
             
42,720,655
 
                 
Real Estate Management & Development 0.42%
 
LEOPALACE 21 Corp.(c)
   
566,800
     
3,100,742
 
                 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 4.43%
 
MGIC Investment Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
1,503,731
     
16,646,302
 
Radian Group, Inc.(a)(b)
   
863,400
     
15,938,364
 
             
32,584,666
 
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
213,955,977
 
                 
Health Care 18.18%
 
3SBio, Inc.(c)(e)
   
14,500
     
17,095
 
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
85,796
     
2,457,197
 
Akorn, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
199,400
     
9,194,334
 
Allergan, Inc.(a)(c)
   
28,600
     
9,470,890
 
Biogen, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
21,600
     
6,885,648
 
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.(a)
   
93,500
     
6,137,340
 
Cardiome Pharma Corp.(c)
   
489,800
     
4,442,486
 
Cerner Corp.(a)(c)
   
23,700
     
1,699,764
 
Cigna Corp.(a)
   
46,000
     
6,626,760
 
Community Health Systems, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
31,200
     
1,825,512
 
Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc.(a)(c)
   
577,300
     
2,095,599
 
Dynavax Technologies Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
101,099
     
2,973,322
 
Endo International PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
87,927
     
7,697,130
 
Forward Pharma A/S - ADR(a)(b)(c)
   
98,100
     
3,184,326
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)(b)
   
20,800
     
2,451,488
 
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC - ADR(a)(b)(c)
   
50,900
     
5,828,559
 
HCA Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
42,847
     
3,985,199
 
Healthways, Inc.(a)(c)
   
501,033
     
6,343,078
 
Hologic, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
124,100
     
5,170,006
 
Illumina, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
17,900
     
3,925,470
 
Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.(a)(c)
   
81,400
     
2,368,740
 
Intrexon Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
134,023
     
8,745,001
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)(b)(c)
   
42,743
     
8,216,914
 
Perrigo Co. PLC(a)(b)
   
26,714
     
5,134,431
 

    
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care (continued)
 
Select Medical Holdings Corp.(a)(b)
   
302,883
   
$
4,370,602
 
Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
829,200
     
3,187,462
 
Team Health Holdings, Inc.(a)(c)
   
8,547
     
576,153
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(a)(c)
   
7,600
     
1,957,228
 
Veracyte, Inc.(a)(c)
   
449,326
     
5,212,182
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)
   
12,400
     
1,674,000
 
             
133,853,916
 
                 
Industrials 11.74%
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(e)
   
450,010
     
13,131,292
 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
184,200
     
10,775,700
 
China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. - Class H
   
3,147,000
     
4,043,202
 
Esterline Technologies Corp.(a)(c)
   
66,700
     
5,913,622
 
IHI Corp.
   
522,000
     
2,076,459
 
Kansas City Southern(a)(b)
   
195,500
     
19,391,645
 
Manitowoc Co., Inc.(a)
   
193,600
     
3,420,912
 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
   
527,000
     
2,790,313
 
TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)(c)
   
35,800
     
8,101,540
 
Viasat, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
158,435
     
9,822,970
 
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
480,900
     
6,920,151
 
             
86,387,806
 
                 
Information Technology 13.02%
 
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. - Sponsored ADR(a)(c)
   
46,600
     
3,650,644
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(a)
   
593,568
     
6,814,161
 
EMC Corp.(a)(b)
   
281,700
     
7,574,913
 
Facebook, Inc. - Class A(a)(b)(c)
   
146,500
     
13,772,465
 
Fujifilm Holdings Corp.
   
96,400
     
3,826,520
 
Google, Inc. - Class A(a)(c)
   
7,436
     
4,889,170
 
Google, Inc. - Class C(a)(c)
   
7,815
     
4,889,142
 
Lam Research Corp.(a)(b)
   
277,800
     
21,354,486
 
LinkedIn Corp. - Class A(a)(c)
   
16,560
     
3,365,986
 
Microsoft Corp.(a)
   
39,900
     
1,863,330
 
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
   
22,900
     
4,029,927
 
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)(c)
   
59,933
     
636,488
 
Pandora Media, Inc.(a)(c)
   
409,000
     
7,165,680
 
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a)(b)(c)
   
125,500
     
9,199,150
 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
2,743
     
2,777,811
 
             
95,809,873
 
                 
Materials 2.76%
 
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)
   
162,700
     
5,175,487
 


    
Shares
   
Value
 
Materials (continued)
 
W.R. Grace & Co.(a)(b)(c)
   
149,700
   
$
15,109,221
 
             
20,284,708
 
                 
Telecommunication Services 1.80%
 
China Mobile, Ltd.
   
547,000
     
7,161,810
 
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
   
80,200
     
3,082,525
 
Softbank Corp.
   
53,800
     
2,987,032
 
             
13,231,367
 
   
Utilities 2.72%
 
Calpine Corp.(a)(b)(c)
   
1,010,000
     
18,483,000
 
CT Environmental Group, Ltd.(c)
   
4,488,000
     
1,574,676
 
             
20,057,676
 
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Cost $772,917,815)
           
832,018,455
 
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 0.84%
 
PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund(a)(b)(c)
   
69,304
     
1,762,401
 
WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund(a)
   
69,500
     
4,457,730
 
             
6,220,131
 
                 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Cost $6,302,340)
           
6,220,131
 
                 
PARTICIPATION NOTES 0.88%
 
Consumer Discretionary 0.57%
 
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 11/18/2015(c)
   
1,345,050
     
4,193,466
 
                 
Consumer Staples 0.31%
 
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. - Class A (Loan Participation Notes issued by Morgan Stanley Asia Products), expiring 12/09/2015(c)
   
68,310
     
2,275,240
 
                 
TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
 
(Cost $4,730,826)
           
6,468,706
 

     
Shares
   
Value
 
 
WARRANTS 0.01%(c)
 
Atlas Mara, Ltd., Strike price $11.50, Expires 12/17/2017(e)
   
487,322
   
$
48,732
 
                 
TOTAL WARRANTS
 
(Cost $4,873)
           
48,732
 
                 
Description and
 
Principal
         
Maturity Date
 
Amount
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS 8.39%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
               
12/05/2021, 3.300% 
 
$
4,000,000
     
4,073,920
 
American Express Co.
               
Series C, Perpetual Maturity, 4.900%(a)(f)(g)
   
7,200,000
     
7,054,200
 
Bank of America Corp.
               
Series AA, Perpetual Maturity, 6.100%(f)(g)
   
4,800,000
     
4,784,400
 
Citigroup, Inc.
               
Series N, Perpetual Maturity, 5.800%(f)(g)
   
4,800,000
     
4,833,600
 
Series P, Perpetual Maturity, 5.950%(f)(g)
   
5,600,000
     
5,467,000
 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
               
Perpetual Maturity, 5.500% (e)(f)(g)
   
3,825,000
     
3,763,226
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
               
Series M, Perpetual Maturity, 5.375%(a)(f)(g)
   
8,350,000
     
8,310,338
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
               
Series Z, Perpetual Maturity, 5.300%(f)(g)
   
4,800,000
     
4,794,720
 
Metlife, Inc.
               
Series C, Perpetual Maturity, 5.250%(f)(g)
   
4,800,000
     
4,800,000
 
Prudential Financial, Inc.
               
03/15/2044, 5.200% (f)
   
4,000,000
     
3,916,572
 
Textron Financial Corp.
               
02/15/2067, 6.000% (a)(e)(f)
   
8,200,000
     
6,662,500
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
               
Series S, Perpetual Maturity, 5.900%(f)(g)
   
3,250,000
     
3,276,650
 
                 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
         
(Cost $62,789,013)
           
61,737,126
 
                 
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES 3.18%
 
Federal National Mortgage Association
               
Series AM8004, 02/01/2027, 2.720%
   
3,471,614
     
3,391,515
 


Description and
Principal
   
Maturity Date
Amount
 
Value
 
ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)
 
Government National Mortgage Association
   
Series 2014-155, Class VA, 03/16/2037, 3.000%
 
$
3,892,598
   
$
3,948,747
 
Series 2012-19, Class AC, 03/16/2039, 2.274%
   
4,000,000
     
4,024,470
 
Series 2014-86, Class A, 11/16/2040, 2.650%
   
2,849,372
     
2,904,695
 
Series 2015-22, Class A, 08/16/2047, 2.400%
   
3,759,198
     
3,779,970
 
Series 2015-2, Class VA, 12/16/2049, 2.500%
   
5,474,862
     
5,374,056
 
                 
TOTAL ASSET/MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
         
(Cost $23,808,326)
           
23,423,453
 
                 
GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 2.55%
 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
 
08/15/2040, 3.875% (a)
   
9,000,000
     
10,653,750
 
05/15/2042, 3.000% 
   
8,000,000
     
8,153,128
 
                 
TOTAL GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
 
(Cost $18,462,350)
           
18,806,878
 
                 
MUNICIPAL BONDS 1.35%
 
New York 1.35%
               
New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue Bonds
               
02/01/2026, 3.000% 
   
10,100,000
     
9,925,573
 
                 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
         
(Cost $10,040,521)
           
9,925,573
 
                 
   
Shares
 
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 14.26%
 
Money Market Fund 14.26%
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Prime Portfolio (0.085% 7-day yield)
   
104,979,646
     
104,979,646
 
                 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
         
(Cost $104,979,646)
           
104,979,646
 
                 
Total Investments - 144.50%
         
(Cost $1,004,035,710)
           
1,063,628,700
 
                 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (44.50%)(h)
     
(327,564,843
)
                 
NET ASSETS - 100.00%
         
$
736,063,857
 

   
Number of
     
SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN OPTIONS
 
Contracts
   
Value
 
 
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN (0.08%)
 
Netflix, Inc., Expires September, 2015, Exercise Price $112.14
   
(303
)
 
$
(204,525
)
Tempur Sealy International, Inc., Expires August, 2015, Exercise Price $70.00
   
(609
)
   
(353,220
)
                 
TOTAL CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN
         
(Premiums received $391,307)
           
(557,745
)
                 
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
         
(Premiums received $391,307)
         
$
(557,745
)
                 
SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS (20.91%)
 
Consumer Discretionary (1.74%)
 
Internet & Catalog Retail (1.02%)
 
Expedia, Inc.
   
(61,700
)
 
$
(7,492,848
)
                 
Textiles (0.72%)
 
Coach, Inc.
   
(170,500
)
   
(5,319,600
)
                 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
     
(12,812,448
)
                 
Financials (4.32%)
 
Commercial Banks (1.61%)
 
Comerica, Inc.
   
(63,200
)
   
(2,997,576
)
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
   
(41,900
)
   
(3,035,655
)
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. - Sponsored Preferred ADR
   
(405,860
)
   
(3,522,865
)
Seven Bank, Ltd.
   
(486,700
)
   
(2,320,891
)
             
(11,876,987
)
Consumer Finance (2.71%)
 
American Express Co.
   
(182,400
)
   
(13,873,344
)
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.
   
(249,400
)
   
(6,030,492
)
             
(19,903,836
)
                 
TOTAL FINANCIALS
     
(31,780,823
)
                 
Health Care (6.90%)
 
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
   
(439,300
)
   
(3,742,836
)
Aetna, Inc.
   
(15,900
)
   
(1,796,223
)
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
   
(21,300
)
   
(2,252,475
)
Amgen, Inc.
   
(28,550
)
   
(5,041,645
)
Bruker Corp.
   
(191,700
)
   
(4,035,285
)
Celgene Corp.
   
(50,300
)
   
(6,601,875
)
Eli Lilly & Co.
   
(17,400
)
   
(1,470,474
)


SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Health Care (continued)
 
Express Scripts Holding Co.
   
(36,500
)
 
$
(3,287,555
)
Merck & Co., Inc.
   
(91,600
)
   
(5,400,736
)
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
   
(40,700
)
   
(3,687,420
)
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
   
(65,700
)
   
(4,036,608
)
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
   
(64,900
)
   
(7,878,860
)
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
   
(18,200
)
   
(1,566,474
)
             
(50,798,466
)
                 
Industrials (3.72%)
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
   
(47,000
)
   
(3,695,610
)
Cummins, Inc.
   
(29,700
)
   
(3,847,041
)
Flowserve Corp.
   
(111,400
)
   
(5,234,686
)
Keppel Corp., Ltd.
   
(590,500
)
   
(3,228,305
)
Komatsu, Ltd.
   
(97,600
)
   
(1,807,334
)
Kone OYJ, B Shares
   
(94,300
)
   
(3,952,042
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
   
(19
)
   
(235
)
Rolls-Royce Holdings Preference - C Shares(d)
   
(1,258
)
   
(2
)
Triumph Group, Inc.
   
(28,600
)
   
(1,540,110
)
WW Grainger, Inc.
   
(17,900
)
   
(4,093,909
)
             
(27,399,274
)
                 
Information Technology (1.57%)
 
International Business Machines Corp.
   
(71,240
)
   
(11,540,168
)
                 
Materials (2.66%)
 
Anglo American PLC
   
(308,113
)
   
(3,903,210
)
BHP Billiton, Ltd.
   
(408,563
)
   
(7,899,008
)
Rio Tinto PLC - Sponsored ADR
   
(201,100
)
   
(7,766,482
)
             
(19,568,700
)
                 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 
(Proceeds $158,808,251)
           
(153,899,879
)
                 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (28.37%)
 
Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(192,200
)
   
(14,720,598
)
iShares® MSCI Brazil Capped ETF
   
(222,500
)
   
(6,383,525
)
iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
   
(921,765
)
   
(34,215,917
)
iShares® MSCI Malaysia ETF
   
(226,000
)
   
(2,745,900
)
iShares® MSCI South Korea Capped Fund
   
(262,500
)
   
(13,434,750
)
iShares® Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF
   
(31,443
)
   
(12,027,891
)
iShares® Russell 2000® ETF
   
(92,852
)
   
(11,417,082
)
Market Vectors® Oil Service ETF
   
(350,900
)
   
(10,976,152
)
Market Vectors® Russia ETF
   
(752,135
)
   
(12,763,731
)
Market Vectors® Semiconductor ETF
   
(268,095
)
   
(13,981,154
)
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
   
(240,550
)
   
(50,635,775
)
Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund
   
(323,100
)
   
(13,757,598
)

SCHEDULE OF SECURITIES SOLD SHORT (c) (continued)
 
Shares
   
Value
 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (continued)
 
United States Oil Fund LP
   
(755,800
)
 
$
(11,782,922
)
 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
 
(Proceeds $210,167,886)
           
(208,842,995
)
                 
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
         
(Proceeds $368,976,137)
         
$
(362,742,874
)

(a)
Pledged security; a portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for written options, securities sold short, or borrowings. As of July 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of those securities was $737,279,560 representing 100.17% of net assets. (See Note 1 and Note 3)
(b)
Loaned security; a portion or all of the security is on loan as of July 31, 2015.
(c)
Non-income producing security.
(d)
Fair valued security; valued by management in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $5,359,998 or 0.73% of total net assets.
(e)
Security exempt from registration of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under Rule 144A, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of July 31, 2015, these securities had an aggregate market value of $33,569,977 or 4.56% of net assets.
(f)
Floating or variable rate security - rate disclosed as of July 31, 2015.
(g)
This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(h)
Includes cash which is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts or futures contracts.


FUTURES CONTRACTS
               
     
       
Expiration
 
Underlying Face
   
Unrealized
 
Description
Position
 
Contracts
 
Date
 
Amount at Value
   
Appreciation
 
Foreign Currency Contracts
               
Japanese Yen Currency Future
Short
 
233
 
09/15/2015
 
$
(23,496,594
)
 
$
268,358
 
                
$
(23,496,594
)
 
$
268,358
 
 
TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS
 
   
 
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Appreciation
 
Credit Suisse
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.
$
3,515,155
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
 
$
494,968
 
Morgan Stanley
Bharti Infratel, Ltd.
 
2,828,389
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
1,657,292
 
Credit Suisse
Coal India, Ltd.
 
5,563,647
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
947,924
 
Morgan Stanley
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
 
(1,570,465
)
50 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
67,967
 
Morgan Stanley
Housing Development Finance Corp.
 
2,767,835
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
406,924
 
Credit Suisse
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.
 
4,635,496
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
169,614
 
Credit Suisse
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
778,280
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
9,959
 
Morgan Stanley
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.
 
3,220,781
 
30 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
12/27/2016
   
63,839
 
Credit Suisse
Ultratech Cement, Ltd.
 
4,740,540
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
417,050
 
Morgan Stanley
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.
 
734,596
 
55 bps + 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
01/05/2017
   
3,053
 
    
$
27,214,254
 
 
 
   
 
$
4,238,590
 
                       
Reference
Notional
 
Floating Rate
Floating
Termination
 
Net Unrealized
 
Counter Party
Entity/Obligation
Amount
 
Paid by the Fund
Rate Index
 Date
 
Depreciation
 
Morgan Stanley
Hermes Microvision, Inc.
$
(2,382,434
)
562.5 bps - 1D FEDEF
1 D FEDEF
05/04/2017
 
$
(6,594
)
Credit Suisse
ICICI Bank, Ltd.
 
3,007,018
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
(514,449
)
Credit Suisse
Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.
 
3,670,385
 
75 bps + 1M LIBOR
1 M LIBOR
11/30/2015
   
(637,023
)
    
$
4,294,969
 
 
 
   
 
$
(1,158,066
)
      
$
31,509,223
 
   
  
      
 
$
3,080,524
 
 
Abbreviations:
 
1D FEDEF - Federal Funds Effective Rate (Daily)
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
bps - Basis Points
ETF -  Exchange Traded Fund
1 M LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate (Monthly)
Ltd. - Limited
MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital International
OYJ - Osakeyhtio is the Finnish equivalent of a public limited company.
PLC - Public Limited Company
S.A. - Generally designates corporations in various countries, mostly those employing the civil law.
S&P - Standard & Poor's
SPDR - Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt
 
For Fund compliance purposes, each Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes, and/or as defined by each Fund's management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percent of net assets. These industry classifications are unaudited.

See Notes to Quarterly Statement of Investments.

CLOUGH GLOBAL FUNDS
NOTES TO QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
JULY 31, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

1.  ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING AND OPERATING POLICIES

Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund, and Clough Global Opportunities Fund (the “Funds”), are closed-end management investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). The Funds were organized under the laws of the state of Delaware by an Amended Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated April 27, 2004 and January 25, 2005, respectively for Clough Global Allocation Fund and Clough Global Equity Fund, and an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated January 12, 2006, for Clough Global Opportunities Fund. The Funds were previously registered as non-diversified investment companies. As a result of ongoing operations, each of the Funds became a diversified company. The Funds may not resume operating in a non-diversified manner without first obtaining shareholder approval.  Each Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of total return. Each Declaration of Trust provides that the Board of Trustees may authorize separate classes of shares of beneficial interest.  The common shares of Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund, and Clough Global Opportunities Fund are listed on the NYSE MKT and trade under the ticker symbols “GLV”, “GLQ” and “GLO” respectively.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of the Statement of Investments in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the Statement of Investments during the reporting period. Management believes the estimates and security valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the security valuations reflected in the Statement of Investments may differ from the value the Funds ultimately realize upon sale of the securities. Each Fund is considered an investment company for financial reporting purposes under GAAP.  The Statement of Investments have been prepared as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE” or the “Exchange”) on July 31, 2015.

The net asset value per share of each Fund is determined no less frequently than daily, on each day that 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 a Fund is not open for business. As a result, each Fund’s net asset value may change at times when it is not possible to purchase or sell shares of a Fund.

Investment Valuation: Securities held by each 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 Funds price their 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 Board of Trustees, debt securities (including short-term obligations that will mature in 60 days or less) 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. Over-the-counter options are valued at the mean between bid and asked prices provided by dealers. Exchange-traded options are valued at closing settlement prices. Total return swaps are priced based on valuations provided by a Board approved independent third party pricing agent.  If a total return swap price cannot be obtained from an independent third party pricing agent the Fund shall seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent and/or executing broker.

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 a 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.

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 each 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 a 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 July 31, 2015, in valuing each Fund’s investments carried at value.  The Funds recognize transfers between the levels as of the end of the period in which the transfer occurred.  There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the period ending July 31, 2015.
 
Clough Global Allocation Fund
 
                 
Investments in Securities at Value*
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
   
   
   
 
Consumer Discretionary
 
$
48,716,678
   
$
   
$
   
$
48,716,678
 
Consumer Staples
   
448,170
     
     
     
448,170
 
Energy
   
9,162,203
     
1,307,000
     
     
10,469,203
 
Financials
   
54,406,819
     
     
     
54,406,819
 
Health Care
   
32,267,540
     
     
     
32,267,540
 
Industrials
   
20,837,828
     
     
     
20,837,828
 
Information Technology
   
23,165,265
     
     
     
23,165,265
 
Materials
   
4,433,516
     
     
     
4,433,516
 
Telecommunication Services
   
3,180,309
     
     
     
3,180,309
 
Utilities
   
4,859,750
     
     
     
4,859,750
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
1,502,233
     
     
     
1,502,233
 
Closed-End Funds
   
7,999,304
     
     
     
7,999,304
 
Participation Notes
   
     
1,558,385
     
     
1,558,385
 
Warrants
   
11,696
     
     
     
11,696
 
Corporate Bonds
   
     
15,315,113
     
     
15,315,113
 
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
5,067,902
     
     
5,067,902
 
Government & Agency Obligations
   
     
4,405,782
     
     
4,405,782
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
2,456,825
     
     
2,456,825
 
Short-Term Investments
                               
Money Market Fund
   
16,336,658
     
     
     
16,336,658
 
TOTAL
 
$
227,327,969
   
$
30,111,007
   
$
   
$
257,438,976
 
 
Other Financial Instruments
Assets
                               
Futures Contracts**
 
$
64,498
   
$
   
$
   
$
64,498
 
 
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
1,015,755
     
     
1,015,755
 
 
Liabilities
 
Written Options
   
(135,210
)
   
     
     
(135,210
)
Securities Sold Short
                               
Common Stocks
                               
Consumer Discretionary
   
(3,061,584
)
   
     
     
(3,061,584
)
Financials
   
(7,687,693
)
   
     
     
(7,687,693
)
Health Care
   
(12,279,791
)
   
     
     
(12,279,791
)
Industrials
   
(6,612,935
)
   
(1
)
   
     
(6,612,936
)
Information Technology
   
(2,802,427
)
   
     
     
(2,802,427
)


Clough Global Allocation Fund (continued)
 
Other Financial Instruments
Materials
   
(4,745,888
)
   
     
     
(4,745,888
)
Exchange Traded Funds
   
(50,299,880
)
   
     
     
(50,299,880
)
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
(280,035
)
   
     
(280,035
)
TOTAL
 
$
(87,560,910
)
 
$
735,719
   
$
   
$
(86,825,191
)

Clough Global Equity Fund
 
                 
Investments in Securities at Value*
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
   
   
   
 
Consumer Discretionary
 
$
90,542,013
   
$
   
$
   
$
90,542,013
 
Consumer Staples
   
739,904
     
     
     
739,904
 
Energy
   
15,517,829
     
2,176,000
     
     
17,693,829
 
Financials
   
100,192,230
     
     
     
100,192,230
 
Health Care
   
55,754,824
     
830,375
     
     
56,585,199
 
Industrials
   
35,259,784
     
     
     
35,259,784
 
Information Technology
   
45,476,615
     
     
     
45,476,615
 
Materials
   
8,123,450
     
     
     
8,123,450
 
Telecommunication Services
   
5,314,036
     
     
     
5,314,036
 
Utilities
   
8,070,381
     
     
     
8,070,381
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
2,505,417
     
     
     
2,505,417
 
Participation Notes
   
     
2,595,854
     
     
2,595,854
 
Warrants
   
19,572
     
     
     
19,572
 
Corporate Bonds
   
     
4,507,885
     
     
4,507,885
 
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
1,356,606
     
     
1,356,606
 
Government & Agency Obligations
   
     
4,735,000
     
     
4,735,000
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
2,358,552
     
     
2,358,552
 
Short-Term Investments
                               
Money Market Fund
   
48,732,903
     
     
     
48,732,903
 
TOTAL
 
$
416,248,958
   
$
18,560,272
   
$
   
$
434,809,230
 
 
Other Financial Instruments
 
Assets
                               
Futures Contracts**
 
$
108,265
   
$
   
$
   
$
108,265
 
 
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
1,657,747
     
     
1,657,747
 
 
Liabilities
 
Written Options
   
(222,520
)
   
     
     
(222,520
)
Securities Sold Short
                               
Common Stocks
                               
Consumer Discretionary
   
(5,343,216
)
   
     
     
(5,343,216
)
Financials
   
(12,816,255
)
   
     
     
(12,816,255
)
Health Care
   
(20,439,217
)
   
     
     
(20,439,217
)
Industrials
   
(11,002,108
)
   
(1
)
   
     
(11,002,109
)
Information Technology
   
(4,650,733
)
   
     
     
(4,650,733
)
Materials
   
(7,895,394
)
   
     
     
(7,895,394
)
Exchange Traded Funds
   
(83,011,001
)
   
     
     
(83,011,001
)
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
(489,724
)
   
     
(489,724
)
TOTAL
 
$
(145,272,179
)
 
$
1,168,022
   
$
   
$
(144,104,157
)
 

Clough Global Opportunities Fund
 
                 
Investments in Securities at Value*
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
   
   
   
 
Consumer Discretionary
 
$
203,280,729
   
$
   
$
   
$
203,280,729
 
Consumer Staples
   
1,881,470
     
     
     
1,881,470
 
Energy
   
37,914,933
     
5,360,000
     
     
43,274,933
 
Financials
   
213,955,977
     
     
     
213,955,977
 
Health Care
   
133,853,916
     
     
     
133,853,916
 
Industrials
   
86,387,806
     
     
     
86,387,806
 
Information Technology
   
95,809,873
     
     
     
95,809,873
 
Materials
   
20,284,708
     
     
     
20,284,708
 
Telecommunication Services
   
13,231,367
     
     
     
13,231,367
 
Utilities
   
20,057,676
     
     
     
20,057,676
 
Exchange Traded Funds
   
6,220,131
     
     
     
6,220,131
 
Participation Notes
   
     
6,468,706
     
     
6,468,706
 
Warrants
   
48,732
     
     
     
48,732
 
Corporate Bonds
   
     
61,737,126
     
     
61,737,126
 
Asset/Mortgage Backed Securities
   
     
23,423,453
     
     
23,423,453
 
Government & Agency Obligations
   
     
18,806,878
     
     
18,806,878
 
Municipal Bonds
   
     
9,925,573
     
     
9,925,573
 
Short-Term Investments
                               
Money Market Fund
   
104,979,646
     
     
     
104,979,646
 
TOTAL
 
$
937,906,964
   
$
125,721,736
   
$
   
$
1,063,628,700
 
 
Other Financial Instruments
 
Assets
                               
Futures Contracts**
 
$
268,358
   
$
   
$
   
$
268,358
 
 
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
4,238,590
     
     
4,238,590
 
 
Liabilities
 
Written Options
   
(557,745
)
   
     
     
(557,745
)
Securities Sold Short
                               
Common Stocks
                               
Consumer Discretionary
   
(12,812,448
)
   
     
     
(12,812,448
)
Financials
   
(31,780,823
)
   
     
     
(31,780,823
)
Health Care
   
(50,798,466
)
   
     
     
(50,798,466
)
Industrials
   
(27,399,272
)
   
(2
)
   
     
(27,399,274
)
Information Technology
   
(11,540,168
)
   
     
     
(11,540,168
)
Materials
   
(19,568,700
)
   
     
     
(19,568,700
)
Exchange Traded Funds
   
(208,842,995
)
   
     
     
(208,842,995
)
Total Return Swap Contracts**
   
     
(1,158,066
)
   
     
(1,158,066
)
TOTAL
 
$
(363,032,259
)
 
$
3,080,522
   
$
   
$
(359,951,737
)
 
* For detailed industry descriptions, see the accompanying Statement of Investments.
** Swap contracts and futures contracts are reported at their unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date.
 
In the event a Board approved independent pricing service is unable to provide an evaluated price for a security or Clough Capital Partners L.P. (the “Adviser” or “Clough”) believes the price provided is not reliable, securities of each Fund may be valued at fair value as described above. In these instances the Adviser may seek to find an alternative independent source, such as a broker/dealer to provide a price quote, or by using evaluated pricing models similar to the techniques and models used by the independent pricing service. These fair value measurement techniques may utilize unobservable inputs (Level 3).

On a monthly basis, the Fair Value Committee of each Fund meets and discusses securities that have been fair valued during the preceding month in accordance with the Funds’ Fair Value Procedures and reports quarterly to the Board of Trustees on the results of those meetings.


For the period ended July 31, 2015, the Funds did not have significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) used in determining fair value. Therefore, a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value is not applicable.

Foreign Securities: Each Fund may invest a portion of its assets in foreign securities. In the event that a Fund executes a foreign security transaction, the Fund will generally enter into a foreign currency spot 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 each 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.

A foreign currency spot contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date, at a negotiated rate. Each Fund may enter into foreign currency spot contracts to settle specific purchases or sales of securities denominated in a foreign currency and for protection from adverse exchange rate fluctuation. Risks to a 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 a Fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined using prevailing forward foreign currency exchange rates. Unrealized appreciation and depreciation on foreign currency spot contracts are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable or a payable and in the Funds’ Statements of Operations with the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. These spot contracts are used by the broker to settle investments denominated in foreign currencies.

Short Sales: Each Fund may sell a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the fair value of that security. When a 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 a Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the termination of the short sale.

Each Fund's obligation to replace the borrowed security will be secured by collateral deposited with the broker-dealer, usually cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities. Each Fund will also be required to designate on its books and records similar collateral with its custodian to the extent, if any, necessary so that the aggregate collateral value is at all times at least equal to the current market value of the security sold short.
Each Fund may also sell a security short if it owns at least an equal amount of the security sold short or another security convertible or exchangeable for an equal amount of the security sold short without payment of further compensation (a short sale against-the-box). In a short sale against-the-box, the short seller is exposed to the risk of being forced to deliver stock that it holds to close the position if the borrowed stock is called in by the lender, which would cause gain or loss to be recognized on the delivered stock. Each Fund expects normally to close its short sales against-the-box by delivering newly acquired stock.

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

The Funds’ investment objectives not only permit the Funds to purchase investment securities, they also allow the Funds to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including, but not limited to, purchased and written options, swaps, futures and warrants. In doing so, the Funds will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit them 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 Funds to pursue their objectives more quickly and efficiently than if they were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market factors.

Risk of Investing in Derivatives: The Funds’ use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Funds are using derivatives to decrease or hedge exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Funds, 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 Funds to increase their market value exposure relative to their net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Funds’ performance.

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


Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Funds 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 Funds. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.

Each Fund may acquire put and call options and options on stock indices and enter into stock index futures contracts, certain credit derivatives transactions and short sales in connection with its equity investments. In connection with a Fund's investments in debt securities, it may enter into related derivatives transactions such as interest rate futures, swaps and options thereon and certain credit derivatives transactions. Derivatives transactions of the types described above subject a Fund to increased risk of principal loss due to imperfect correlation or unexpected price or interest rate movements. Each Fund also will be subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to the derivatives contracts purchased by a Fund. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under a derivatives contract due to financial difficulties, each Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery under the derivatives contract in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. Each Fund may obtain only a limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances.
 
Market Risk Factors:  In addition, in pursuit of their investment objectives, certain Funds may seek to use derivatives which may increase or decrease 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.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk: Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the value of the foreign currency denominated security will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.
 
Option Writing/Purchasing: Each Fund may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option among others, is that a Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, a 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. Each Fund is obligated to pay interest to the broker for any debit balance of the margin account relating to options. Each Fund pledges cash or liquid assets as collateral to satisfy the current obligations with respect to written options.
 
When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by a 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 a 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 a Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by a Fund. Each 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 period ended July 31, 2015, was as follows:


Clough Global Allocation Fund
 
  
   
 
  
 
Written Call
   
Options
  
  
 
Contracts
   
Premiums
 
Outstanding, October 31, 2014 
   
(282
)
 
$
34,512
 
Positions opened
   
(523
)
   
161,498
 
Closed
   
518
     
(85,415
)
Exercised
   
66
     
(15,707
)
Expired
   
     
 
Outstanding, July 31, 2015 
   
(221
)
 
$
94,888
 
Market Value, July 31, 2015
   
$
(135,210
)
 
               
Clough Global Equity Fund
               
  
 
Written Call
   
Options
 
  
 
Contracts
   
Premiums
 
Outstanding, October 31, 2014 
   
(605
)
 
$
74,170
 
Positions opened
   
(1,040
)
   
282,687
 
Closed
   
996
     
(159,143
)
Exercised
   
285
     
(41,640
)
Expired
   
     
 
Outstanding, July 31, 2015 
   
(364
)
 
$
156,074
 
Market Value, July 31, 2015
   
$
(222,520
)
 
               
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
               
  
 
Written Call
   
Options
 
  
 
Contracts
   
Premiums
 
Outstanding, October 31, 2014 
   
(1,208
)
 
$
148,937
 
Positions opened
   
(2,174
)
   
673,355
 
Closed
   
2,184
     
(362,924
)
Exercised
   
286
     
(68,061
)
Expired
   
     
 
Outstanding, July 31, 2015 
   
(912
)
 
$
391,307
 
Market Value, July 31, 2015
   
$
(557,745
)
 
Futures Contracts: Each Fund may enter into futures contracts.  A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a security or currency (or to deliver a final cash settlement price in the case of a contract relating to an index or otherwise not calling for physical delivery at the end of trading in the contract) for a set price at a future date. If a Fund buys a security futures contract, the Fund enters into a contract to purchase the underlying security and is said to be "long" under the contract. If a Fund sells a security futures contact, the Fund enters into a contract to sell the underlying security and is said to be "short" under the contract. The price at which the contract trades (the "contract price") is determined by relative buying and selling interest on a regulated exchange. Futures contracts are marked to market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (“variation margin”) is recorded by the Fund.  Such payables or receivables are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses by each Fund. Each Fund pledges cash or liquid assets as collateral to satisfy the current obligations with respect to futures contracts.

The Funds enter into such transactions for hedging and other appropriate risk-management purposes or to increase return. While a Fund may enter into futures contracts for hedging purposes, the use of futures contracts might result in a poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not engaged in any such transactions. If, for example, the Fund had insufficient cash, it might have to sell a portion of its underlying portfolio of securities in order to meet daily variation margin requirements on its futures contracts or options on futures contracts at a time when it might be disadvantageous to do so. There may be an imperfect correlation between the Funds’ portfolio holdings and futures contracts entered into by the Fund, which may prevent the Fund from achieving the intended hedge or expose the Fund to risk of loss.

Futures contract transactions may result in losses substantially in excess of the variation margin. There can be no guarantee that there will be a correlation between price movements in the hedging vehicle and in the portfolio securities being hedged. An incorrect correlation could result in a loss on both the hedged securities in a Fund and the hedging vehicle so that the portfolio return might have been greater had hedging not been attempted. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist at a time when the Fund seeks to close out a futures contract. Lack of a liquid market for any reason may prevent a Fund from liquidating an unfavorable position, and the Fund would remain obligated to meet margin requirements until the position is closed. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risk if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts. With exchangetraded futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures contracts are exchangetraded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchangetraded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default.


Swaps: During the period each Fund engaged in total return swaps. A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. Each Fund may utilize swap agreements as a means to gain exposure to certain assets and/or to “hedge” or protect the Fund from adverse movements in securities prices or interest rates. Each Fund is subject to equity risk and interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective through investments in swap contracts. Swap agreements entail the risk that a party will default on its payment obligation to a Fund. If the other party to a swap defaults, a Fund would risk the loss of the net amount of the payments that it contractually is entitled to receive. If each Fund utilizes a swap at the wrong time or judges market conditions incorrectly, the swap may result in a loss to the Fund and reduce the Fund’s total return.

Total return swaps involve an exchange by two parties in which one party makes payments based on a set rate, either fixed or variable, while the other party makes payments based on the return of an underlying asset, which includes both the income it generates and any capital gains over the payment period. A Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or credit risk is the discounted value of the payments to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. The risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between a Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral to a Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. Each Fund pledges cash or liquid assets as collateral to satisfy the current obligations with respect to swap contracts.
 
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) govern OTC financial derivative transactions entered into by a Fund and those counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral and events of default or termination. Events of termination include conditions that may entitle counterparties to elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement. Any election to early terminate could be material to the financial statements.

During the period ended July 31, 2015, the Funds invested in swap agreements consistent with the Funds’ investment strategies to gain exposure to certain markets or indices.

Warrants/Rights:  Each 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 each Fund’s ability to exercise the warrants or rights at such times and in such quantities as each Fund would otherwise wish. Each Fund held no rights at the end of the period.

2.  TAXES

Tax Basis of Investments: Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments based on federal tax cost as of July 31, 2015, were as follows:
 
     
Clough Global Allocation Fund
   
Clough Global Equity Fund
   
Clough Global Opportunities Fund
 
Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)
 
$
21,902,055
   
$
41,919,596
   
$
82,446,061
 
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)
   
(6,983,521
)
   
(13,659,890
)
   
(27,362,014
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
14,918,534
   
$
28,259,706
   
$
55,084,047
 
Cost of investments for income tax purposes
 
$
242,520,442
   
$
406,549,524
   
$
1,008,544,653
 
 
3.  COMMITTED FACILITY AGREEMENT

Each Fund entered into a financing package that includes a Committed Facility Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated January 16, 2009, as amended, between each Fund and BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc. (“BNP”) that allows each Fund to borrow funds from BNP.  Each Fund is currently borrowing the maximum commitment covered by the agreement. Borrowings under the Agreement are secured by assets of each Fund that are held by a Fund’s custodian in a separate account (the “pledged collateral”) valued at $148,112,621, $250,236,307 and $605,796,212 for Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund, respectively. Each Fund may, with 30 days notice, reduce the Maximum Commitment Financing (Initial Limit amount plus the increased borrowing amount in excess of the Initial Limit) to a lesser amount if drawing on the full amount would result in a violation of the applicable asset coverage requirement of Section 18 of the 1940 Act. Interest is charged at the three month LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) plus 0.70% (prior to October 15, 2014, 0.75%) on the amount borrowed and 0.65% on the undrawn balance. Each Fund also pays a one-time arrangement fee of 0.25% on (i) the Initial Limit and (ii) any increased borrowing amount in the excess of the Initial Limit, paid in monthly installments for the six months immediately following the date on which borrowings were drawn by the Fund.


The Agreement was amended on December 31, 2013, to increase the Maximum Commitment Financing to $93,300,000 for the Clough Global Allocation Fund and $156,000,000 for the Clough Global Equity Fund. For the period ended July 31, 2015 the average borrowings outstanding for Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund under the agreement were $93,300,000, $156,000,000 and $388,900,000, respectively, and the average interest rate for the borrowings was 0.98%. As of July 31, 2015, the outstanding borrowings for Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund were $93,300,000, $156,000,000 and $388,900,000, respectively. The interest rate applicable to the borrowings of Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund on July 31, 2015, was 0.93%.

The Lending Agreement is a separate side-agreement between each Fund and BNP pursuant to which BNP may borrow a portion of the pledged collateral (the “Lent Securities”) in an amount not to exceed the outstanding borrowings owed by a Fund to BNP under the Agreement. The Lending Agreement is intended to permit each Fund to significantly reduce the cost of its borrowings under the Agreement.  BNP has the ability to reregister the Lent Securities in its own name or in another name other than the Fund to pledge, re-pledge, sell, lend or otherwise transfer or use the collateral with all attendant rights of ownership. (It is each Fund’s understanding that BNP will perform due diligence to determine the creditworthiness of any party that borrows Lent Securities from BNP.) Each Fund may designate any security within the pledged collateral as ineligible to be a Lent Security, provided there are eligible securities within the pledged collateral in an amount equal to the outstanding borrowing owed by a Fund. During the period in which the Lent Securities are outstanding, BNP must remit payment to each Fund equal to the amount of all dividends, interest or other distributions earned or made by the Lent Securities.

Under the terms of the Lending Agreement, the Lent Securities are marked to market daily, and if the value of the Lent Securities exceeds the value of the then-outstanding borrowings owed by a Fund to BNP under the Agreement (the “Current Borrowings”), BNP must, on that day, either (1) return Lent Securities to each Fund’s custodian in an amount sufficient to cause the value of the outstanding Lent Securities to equal the Current Borrowings; or (2) post cash collateral with each Fund’s custodian equal to the difference between the value of the Lent Securities and the value of the Current Borrowings. If BNP fails to perform either of these actions as required, each Fund will recall securities, as discussed below, in an amount sufficient to cause the value of the outstanding Lent Securities to equal the Current Borrowings.  Each Fund can recall any of the Lent Securities and BNP shall, to the extent commercially possible, return such security or equivalent security to each Fund’s custodian no later than three business days after such request. If a Fund recalls a Lent Security pursuant to the Lending Agreement, and BNP fails to return the Lent Securities or equivalent securities in a timely fashion, BNP shall remain liable for the ultimate delivery to each Fund’s custodian of such Lent Securities, or equivalent securities, and for any buy-in costs that the executing broker for the sales transaction may impose with respect to the failure to deliver. Under the terms of the Lending Agreement, each Fund shall have the right to apply and set-off an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the then current fair market value of such Lent Securities against the Current Borrowings.  As of July 31, 2015, the market value of the Lent Securities for Clough Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Opportunities Fund were $80,612,407, $139,200,059 and $329,361,926, respectively.

The Board of Trustees has approved each Agreement and the Lending Agreement. No violations of the Agreement or the Lending Agreement have occurred during the period ended July 31, 2015.

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) as of a date 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) that occurred during the 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.

(a)  Separate certifications for the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by 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:
September 28, 2015
 

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:
September 28, 2015
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Jeremy O. May
 
   
Jeremy O. May
 
   
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
 
Date:
September 28, 2015