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Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

First Quarter Report

March 31, 2020 (unaudited)

(Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investments)

 

 

 

Face
Amount
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Fixed Income Securities (91.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Angola (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Angolan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 11/26/29 (a)

 

$

2,230

 

$

931

 

9.38%, 5/8/48 (a)

 

1,010

 

403

 

 

 

 

 

1,334

 

Argentina (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Province of Santa Fe,

 

 

 

 

 

6.90%, 11/1/27 (a)

 

1,180

 

625

 

Provincia de Cordoba,

 

 

 

 

 

7.45%, 9/1/24 (a)

 

750

 

364

 

Provincia de Entre Rios Argentina,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 2/8/25 (a)

 

1,730

 

705

 

 

 

 

 

1,694

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 4/22/26

 

2,590

 

745

 

 

 

 

 

2,439

 

Azerbaijan (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Azerbaijan International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 9/1/32

 

3,278

 

2,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bahrain (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bahrain Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 9/20/47

 

2,090

 

1,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belarus (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Belarus International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.20%, 2/28/30 (a)

 

850

 

778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil (4.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 1/31/30 (a)

 

1,150

 

899

 

CSN Islands XI Corp.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 1/28/28 (a)

 

1,260

 

813

 

Minerva Luxembourg SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 1/19/28 (a)(b)

 

1,000

 

888

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV,

 

 

 

 

 

5.09%, 1/15/30 (a)

 

846

 

771

 

Rumo Luxembourg Sarl,

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 2/9/24

 

512

 

515

 

 

 

 

 

3,886

 

 


 

Sovereign (2.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 5/30/29

 

470

 

484

 

5.00%, 1/27/45

 

2,588

 

2,478

 

6.00%, 4/7/26

 

1,610

 

1,835

 

 

 

 

 

4,797

 

 

 

 

 

8,683

 

Chile (2.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Colbun SA,

 

 

 

 

 

3.15%, 3/6/30 (a)(b)

 

1,110

 

974

 

Geopark Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.50%, 9/21/24 (a)

 

850

 

490

 

 

 

 

 

1,464

 

Sovereign (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Chile Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 1/25/50

 

1,570

 

1,633

 

3.86%, 6/21/47

 

250

 

274

 

Empresa Nacional del Petroleo,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 12/6/21

 

1,102

 

1,096

 

 

 

 

 

3,003

 

 

 

 

 

4,467

 

China (6.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Fufeng Group Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 8/28/21

 

1,050

 

1,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (5.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012 Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 5/17/42

 

1,810

 

2,273

 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 10/17/23

 

3,040

 

3,228

 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2018 Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

2.95%, 11/12/29 (a)(b)

 

1,770

 

1,852

 

Three Gorges Finance I Cayman Islands Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

2.30%, 6/2/21 (a)

 

2,000

 

2,018

 

3.70%, 6/10/25 (a)

 

780

 

845

 

 

 

 

 

10,216

 

 

 

 

 

11,318

 

Colombia (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Millicom International Cellular SA,

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, 10/15/26 (a)

 

420

 

401

 

Termocandelaria Power Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 1/30/29 (a)

 

660

 

542

 

 

 

 

 

943

 

Sovereign (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 1/30/30

 

1,531

 

1,404

 

5.00%, 6/15/45

 

2,230

 

2,308

 

 

 

 

 

3,712

 

 

 

 

 

4,655

 

Costa Rica (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Costa Rica Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.13%, 2/19/31 (a)(b)

 

1,290

 

1,096

 

7.16%, 3/12/45

 

780

 

632

 

 

 

 

 

1,728

 

 


 

Croatia (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Croatia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 1/26/24

 

680

 

738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Republic (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Republic International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 1/30/60 (a)

 

360

 

307

 

6.00%, 7/19/28 (a)

 

560

 

531

 

6.85%, 1/27/45 (a)

 

1,252

 

1,161

 

6.88%, 1/29/26 (a)(b)

 

1,605

 

1,611

 

7.45%, 4/30/44 (a)(b)

 

666

 

653

 

9.75%, 6/5/26 (a)

 

DOP

48,050

 

806

 

 

 

 

 

5,069

 

Ecuador (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ecuador Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 1/23/28

 

$

620

 

176

 

8.88%, 10/23/27

 

2,010

 

550

 

9.63%, 6/2/27

 

940

 

265

 

9.65%, 12/13/26

 

1,400

 

391

 

10.75%, 1/31/29 (a)

 

500

 

144

 

10.75%, 1/31/29

 

2,010

 

578

 

 

 

 

 

2,104

 

Egypt (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 4/16/26

 

EUR

480

 

456

 

6.13%, 1/31/22 (a)

 

$

390

 

377

 

6.38%, 4/11/31 (a)

 

EUR

1,610

 

1,415

 

6.59%, 2/21/28

 

$

600

 

514

 

7.50%, 1/31/27 (a)

 

840

 

767

 

7.90%, 2/21/48 (a)

 

490

 

400

 

8.15%, 11/20/59 (a)

 

2,200

 

1,804

 

 

 

 

 

5,733

 

El Salvador (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

El Salvador Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 1/18/27

 

1,785

 

1,577

 

7.12%, 1/20/50 (a)

 

410

 

319

 

8.63%, 2/28/29 (a)

 

760

 

744

 

 

 

 

 

2,640

 

Gabon (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gabon Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, 2/6/31 (a)

 

360

 

223

 

Republic of Gabon,

 

 

 

 

 

6.95%, 6/16/25 (a)

 

740

 

498

 

 

 

 

 

721

 

Ghana (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ghana Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 6/16/49 (a)

 

1,900

 

1,345

 

8.95%, 3/26/51 (a)

 

1,340

 

952

 

 

 

 

 

2,297

 

 


 

Guatemala (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala Government Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 2/13/28

 

1,810

 

1,771

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 12/16/20

 

400

 

399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 3/25/24

 

1,250

 

1,380

 

7.63%, 3/29/41

 

690

 

1,080

 

 

 

 

 

2,460

 

India (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Export-Import Bank of India,

 

 

 

 

 

3.38%, 8/5/26 (a)

 

800

 

765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia (6.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (6.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.85%, 7/18/27

 

450

 

456

 

4.13%, 1/15/25

 

2,670

 

2,755

 

4.75%, 1/8/26 (a)

 

1,360

 

1,442

 

5.13%, 1/15/45 (a)

 

1,014

 

1,136

 

5.35%, 2/11/49 (b)

 

1,020

 

1,166

 

5.88%, 1/15/24

 

1,360

 

1,483

 

Pertamina Persero PT,

 

 

 

 

 

4.30%, 5/20/23

 

1,100

 

1,100

 

6.45%, 5/30/44 (a)

 

310

 

341

 

6.50%, 11/7/48 (a)

 

1,070

 

1,187

 

 

 

 

 

11,066

 

Iraq (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Iraq International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 3/9/23 (a)

 

1,140

 

929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 7/28/45

 

740

 

800

 

8.00%, 3/15/39

 

1,010

 

1,111

 

 

 

 

 

1,911

 

Jordan (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 10/10/47 (a)

 

950

 

801

 

 


 

Kazakhstan (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakhstan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 7/21/25 (a)

 

520

 

562

 

5.13%, 7/21/25

 

1,100

 

1,189

 

6.50%, 7/21/45

 

430

 

565

 

KazMunayGas National Co., JSC,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 10/24/48 (a)

 

1,070

 

1,064

 

 

 

 

 

3,380

 

Kenya (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Kenya Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 5/22/32 (a)

 

1,440

 

1,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.85%, 3/23/27 — 5/25/29 (c)(d)

 

3,490

 

670

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lithuania (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Lithuania Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, 2/1/22

 

760

 

823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Petronas Capital Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 3/18/25

 

810

 

825

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico (7.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Orbia Advance Corp SAB de CV,

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 1/15/48 (a)

 

1,180

 

1,035

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (6.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC,

 

 

 

 

 

3.80%, 8/11/26 (a)

 

410

 

374

 

Mexican Bonos, Series M

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 6/3/27

 

MXN

20,315

 

871

 

Mexico Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 1/11/28

 

$

1,410

 

1,409

 

4.15%, 3/28/27

 

2,756

 

2,808

 

4.50%, 4/22/29

 

470

 

484

 

4.60%, 1/23/46

 

530

 

530

 

Petroleos Mexicanos,

 

 

 

 

 

6.35%, 2/12/48

 

679

 

432

 

6.84%, 1/23/30 (a)

 

2,213

 

1,613

 

6.95%, 1/28/60 (a)

 

718

 

489

 

7.69%, 1/23/50

 

500

 

350

 

7.69%, 1/23/50 (a)

 

3,750

 

2,626

 

 

 

 

 

11,986

 

 

 

 

 

13,021

 

Nigeria (2.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

IHS Netherlands Holdco BV,

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 9/18/27 (a)

 

1,100

 

913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 7/12/23

 

530

 

443

 

6.50%, 11/28/27 (a)

 

870

 

609

 

7.14%, 2/23/30 (a)

 

1,020

 

716

 

9.25%, 1/21/49 (a)

 

1,830

 

1,303

 

 

 

 

 

3,071

 

 

 

 

 

3,984

 

 


 

Oman (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Oman Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 8/1/29 (a)

 

2,950

 

2,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panama (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 5/18/36 (a)

 

1,150

 

1,179

 

Panama Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.87%, 7/23/60

 

550

 

556

 

4.00%, 9/22/24

 

2,684

 

2,794

 

4.50%, 4/1/56 (e)

 

810

 

885

 

8.88%, 9/30/27

 

278

 

378

 

 

 

 

 

5,792

 

Paraguay (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Paraguay Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 1/25/23 (a)

 

930

 

944

 

4.70%, 3/27/27 (a)

 

640

 

653

 

5.40%, 3/30/50 (a)

 

660

 

673

 

6.10%, 8/11/44 (a)(b)

 

878

 

935

 

 

 

 

 

3,205

 

Peru (3.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA,

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 1/31/23 (a)

 

491

 

467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 7/15/29 (a)

 

978

 

944

 

Peruvian Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 11/18/50

 

850

 

1,275

 

6.55%, 3/14/37

 

1,550

 

2,268

 

Petroleos del Peru SA,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/19/32 (a)

 

1,440

 

1,323

 

 

 

 

 

5,810

 

 

 

 

 

6,277

 

Philippines (2.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Philippine Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.95%, 1/20/40

 

700

 

770

 

9.50%, 2/2/30

 

2,200

 

3,327

 

 

 

 

 

4,097

 

Poland (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Poland Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 3/17/23

 

1,701

 

1,774

 

4.00%, 1/22/24

 

1,620

 

1,769

 

 

 

 

 

3,543

 

 


 

Qatar (3.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Qatar Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.00%, 3/14/29

 

1,930

 

2,072

 

4.82%, 3/14/49 (a)

 

3,150

 

3,725

 

4.82%, 3/14/49

 

490

 

580

 

 

 

 

 

6,377

 

Romania (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Romanian Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 8/22/23

 

680

 

705

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 4/4/22

 

2,800

 

2,902

 

5.63%, 4/4/42

 

3,800

 

4,643

 

 

 

 

 

7,545

 

Saudi Arabia (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 4/16/29

 

1,538

 

1,659

 

5.25%, 1/16/50 (a)(b)

 

1,580

 

1,776

 

 

 

 

 

3,435

 

Senegal (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Senegal Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 5/23/33 (a)

 

1,140

 

1,031

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Africa (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 8/6/23

 

550

 

413

 

7.13%, 2/11/25

 

1,210

 

872

 

8.45%, 8/10/28 (a)

 

840

 

583

 

 

 

 

 

1,868

 

Sri Lanka (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.20%, 5/11/27

 

2,250

 

1,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 4/16/43

 

1,300

 

910

 

5.63%, 3/30/21

 

1,350

 

1,344

 

6.88%, 3/17/36

 

1,000

 

886

 

7.25%, 12/23/23

 

1,580

 

1,550

 

 

 

 

 

4,690

 

Ukraine (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 6/20/26 (a)

 

EUR

400

 

394

 

7.75%, 9/1/23 – 9/1/26

 

$

5,430

 

5,057

 

9.75%, 11/1/28 (a)

 

740

 

722

 

9.75%, 11/1/28

 

1,090

 

1,064

 

 

 

 

 

7,237

 

 


 

United Arab Emirates (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

2.50%, 9/30/29 (a)

 

1,950

 

1,902

 

3.13%, 5/3/26

 

1,031

 

1,055

 

 

 

 

 

2,957

 

Uruguay (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Uruguay Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 10/27/27

 

1,260

 

1,370

 

5.10%, 6/18/50

 

1,385

 

1,581

 

 

 

 

 

2,951

 

Venezuela (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Petroleos de Venezuela SA,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 11/15/26 (c)(d)

 

15,570

 

1,090

 

Total Fixed Income Securities (Cost $200,680)

 

 

 

169,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of
Warrants

 

 

 

Warrants (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Central Bank of Nigeria Bond, expires 11/15/20

 

2,250

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela Government International Bond, Oil-Linked Payment Obligation, expires 4/15/20

 

5,450

 

12

 

Total Warrants (Cost $—)

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments (8.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (0.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class (f) (Cost $1,466)

 

1,465,569

 

1,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face
Amount
(000)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital, Inc., (0.01%, dated 3/31/20, due 4/1/20; proceeds $139; fully collateralized by U.S. Government obligations; 0.05% -1.25% due 7/15/20 - 1/31/22; valued at $142)

 

$

139

 

139

 

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., (0.01%, dated 3/31/20, due 4/1/20; proceeds $61; fully collateralized by U.S. Government obligations; 0.00% - 2.88% due 5/14/20 - 8/15/46; valued at $62)

 

61

 

61

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (0.01%, dated 3/31/20, due 4/1/20; proceeds $48; fully collateralized by a U.S. Government obligation; 2.00% due 1/15/21; valued at $49)

 

48

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

248

 

Total Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (Cost $1,714)

 

 

 

1,714

 

 


 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Investment Company (7.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class (f) (Cost $13,437)

 

13,436,587

 

13,437

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $15,151)

 

 

 

15,151

 

Total Investments (100.0%) (Cost $215,831) Including $6,773 of Securities Loaned (g)(h)(i)

 

184,913

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

 

 

(2,559

)

Net Assets

 

 

 

$

182,354

 

 

Country assignments and aggregations are based generally on third party vendor classifications and information, and may be different from the assignments and aggregations under the policies set forth in the Fund’s prospectus and/or statement of additional information relating to geographic classifications.

 


(a)

 

144A security — Certain conditions for public sale may exist. Unless otherwise noted, these securities are deemed to be liquid.

(b)

 

All or a portion of this security was on loan. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at March 31, 2020, were approximately $6,773,000 and $6,814,000, respectively. The Fund received cash collateral of approximately $1,725,000 of which approximately $1,714,000 was subsequently invested in a Repurchase Agreement and Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class as reported in the Portfolio of Investments. At March 31, 2020, there was uninvested cash collateral of approximately $11,000, which is not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The remaining collateral of approximately $5,089,000 was received in the form of U.S. Government obligations, which the Fund cannot sell or re-pledge and accordingly are not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund has the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

(c)

 

Issuer in bankruptcy.

(d)

 

Non-income producing security; bond in default.

(e)

 

When-issued security.

(f)

 

The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - (the “Liquidity Funds”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser, both directly and as a portion of the securities held as collateral on loaned securities. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Fund due to its investment in the Liquidity Funds. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, advisory fees paid were reduced by approximately $4,000 relating to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Funds.

(g)

 

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

(h)

 

The Fund is permitted to purchase and sell securities (“cross-trade”) from and to other Morgan Stanley Funds as well as other funds and client accounts for which the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser serves as investment adviser, pursuant to procedures approved by the Directors in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the Act (the “Rule”). Each cross-trade is executed at the current market price in compliance with provisions of the Rule. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Fund did not engage in any cross-trade transactions.

(i)

 

At March 31, 2020, the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is approximately $4,762,000 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is approximately $35,654,000, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of approximately $30,892,000.

 


 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contract:

 

The Fund had the following foreign currency forward exchange contract open at March 31, 2020:

 

Counterparty

 

Contracts
to
Deliver
(000)

 

In
Exchange
For
(000)

 

Delivery
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(000)

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

EUR

2,700

 

$

3,012

 

6/10/20

 

$

26

 

 

DOP

Dominican Peso

EUR

Euro

MXN

Mexican Peso

 


 

Portfolio Composition*

 

Classification

 

Percentage of
Total Investments

 

Sovereign

 

86.3

%

Short-Term Investments

 

7.3

 

Corporate Bonds

 

6.3

 

Other**

 

0.1

 

Total Investments

 

100.0

%***

 


*

Percentages indicated are based upon total investments (excluding Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities) as of March 31, 2020.

**

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

***

Does not include an open foreign currency forward exchange contract with unrealized appreciation of approximately $26,000.

 


 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

 

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments · March 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Disclosures Framework - Changes to Disclosure Requirements of Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”) which introduces new fair value disclosure requirements as well as eliminates and modifies certain existing fair value disclosure requirements. ASU 2018-13 would be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years; however, management has elected to early adopt ASU 2018-13 as permitted by the standard. The impact of the Fund’s adoption was limited to changes in the Fund’s financial statement disclosures regarding fair value, primarily those disclosures related to transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements, when applicable.

 

Security Valuation: (1) Bonds and other fixed income securities may be valued according to the broadest and most representative market. In addition, bonds and other fixed income securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service/vendor. The pricing service/vendor may employ a pricing model that takes into account, among other things, bids, yield spreads and/or other market data and specific security characteristics. Alternatively, if a valuation is not available from an outside pricing service/vendor, and the security trades on an exchange, the security may be valued at its latest reported sale price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), prior to the time when assets are valued. If there are no sales on a given day and if there is no official exchange closing price for that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices if such bid and asked prices are available in the relevant exchanges; (2) an equity portfolio security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its latest reported sales price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), and if there were no sales on a given day and if there is no official exchange closing price for that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices if such bid and asked prices are available on the relevant exchanges. If only bid prices are available then the latest bid price may be used. Listed equity securities not traded on the valuation date with no reported bid and asked prices available on the exchange are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices obtained from one or more reputable brokers or dealers. In cases where a security is traded on more than one exchange, the security is valued on the exchange designated as the primary market; (3) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) determines that the closing price, last sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices are not reflective of a security’s market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”). Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). If developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Directors or by the Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Directors; (4) quotations of foreign portfolio securities, other assets and liabilities and forward contracts stated in foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollar equivalents at the prevailing market rates prior to the close of the NYSE; and (5) investments in mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day.

 

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

 


 

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

 

· Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

· Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

· Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments.  Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances.

 

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

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020:

 

Investment Type

 

Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$

 

$

11,504

 

$

 

$

11,504

 

Sovereign

 

 

158,191

 

 

158,191

 

Total Fixed Income Securities

 

 

169,695

 

 

169,695

 

Warrants

 

 

67

 

 

67

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

14,903

 

 

 

14,903

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

248

 

 

248

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

14,903

 

248

 

 

15,151

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contract

 

 

26

 

 

26

 

Total Assets

 

$

14,903

 

$

170,036

 

$

 

$

184,939

 

 

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes.