WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21864

 

 

WisdomTree Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

245 Park Avenue, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10167

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (866) 909-9473

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

Date of reporting period: February 29, 2016

 

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

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The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


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WisdomTree Trust

Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

 

Semi-Annual Report

February 29, 2016

Currency Strategy Funds:

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (BZF)

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (CYB)

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (CCX)

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW)

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (ICN)

Fixed Income Funds:

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (ALD)

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (AUNZ)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (AGZD)

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (JGBB)

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (CRDT)

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

Alternative Funds:

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (PUTW)

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF)

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI)


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Performance Summaries (unaudited)

       1   

Description of Terms and Indexes (unaudited)

       23   

Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited)

       29   
Schedules of Investments (unaudited)     

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

       32   

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

       34   

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

       35   

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

       36   

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

       37   

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

       39   

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund

       40   

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

       42   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

       44   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

       50   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

       53   

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

       56   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

       57   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

       60   

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

       63   

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

       66   

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

       69   

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

       70   

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund

       72   

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

       75   

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

       76   

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

       78   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

       79   

Statements of Operations (unaudited)

       84   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

       89   

Financial Highlights (unaudited)

       97   

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

       108   

Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements (unaudited)

       130   

General Information (unaudited)

       134   

 

“WisdomTree” is a registered mark of WisdomTree Investments, Inc. and is licensed for use by the WisdomTree Trust.


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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    99.5%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.5%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.23%, 5/26/16

    29.6%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.11%, 4/7/16

    26.7%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.13%, 3/10/16

    26.1%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.24%, 3/31/16

    17.1%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total returns, before fees and expenses, that exceed the performance of the Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.50%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       1.56      4.10      7.63

Fund Market Price Returns

       1.55      4.06      7.63

Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index

       1.73      4.49      8.32

Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index

       1.89      4.88      8.83
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (BZF)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    77.2%   

Repurchase Agreement

    22.6%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.2%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.29%, 3/24/16

    64.3%   

Deutsche Bank, tri-party repurchase agreement,
0.31%, 3/1/16††

    22.6%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.20%, 4/28/16

    12.9%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

†† Fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities.

 

The WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates in Brazil available to foreign investors and changes in value of the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar. The Brazilian real is a developing market currency, which can experience periods of significant volatility. Although the Fund invests in very short-term, investment grade instruments, the Fund is not a “money market” fund and it is not the objective of the Fund to maintain a constant share price.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.45%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -2.85      -19.16      -13.12      -9.07      -3.05

Fund Market Price Returns

       -4.56      -20.77      -13.51      -9.22      -3.36

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) Brazil

       -2.44      -18.77      -12.71      -8.50      -2.08

Brazilian real

       -8.47      -28.14      -20.80      -16.06      -10.61
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on May 14, 2008.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (CYB)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    50.0%   

Repurchase Agreement

    29.4%   

Time Deposits

    19.7%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.9%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.17%, 4/7/16

    50.0%   

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement,
0.31%, 3/1/16††

    29.4%   

Standard Chartered Bank,
3.75%, 3/18/16

    5.0%   

Deutsche Bank AG,
5.50%, 3/18/16

    4.9%   

BNP Paribas S.A.,
3.70%, 3/18/16

    4.9%   

Barclays Capital, Inc.,
3.80%, 3/18/16

    4.9%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

†† Fully collateralized by U.S. Government agency securities.

 

The WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates in China available to foreign investors and changes in value of the Chinese yuan relative to the U.S. dollar. The Chinese yuan is a developing market currency, which can experience periods of significant volatility. Although the Fund invests in very short-term, investment grade instruments, the Fund is not a “money market” fund and it is not the objective of the Fund to maintain a constant share price.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.45%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -0.16      -2.15      0.12      0.86      1.14

Fund Market Price Returns

       0.00      -2.03      0.15      0.85      1.00

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) China

       1.03      1.02      0.99      1.73      2.22

Chinese yuan

       -2.15      -6.11      -1.68      0.09      0.86
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on May 14, 2008.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (CCX)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    72.8%   

Repurchase Agreement

    26.2%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    1.0%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.25%, 3/31/16

    72.8%   

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement,
0.31%, 3/1/16††

    26.2%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

†† Fully collateralized by U.S. Government agency securities.

 

The WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of money market rates in selected commodity-producing countries and changes in value of such countries’ currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. The term “commodity currency” generally is used to describe the currency of a country whose economic success is commonly identified with the production and export of commodities (such as precious metals, oil, agricultural products or other raw materials) and whose value is closely linked to the value of such commodities. The Fund intends to invest in commodity-producing countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Russia and South Africa. This list may change based on market developments. Although this Fund invests in very short-term, investment grade instruments, the Fund is not a “money market” fund and it is not the objective of the Fund to maintain a constant share price.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.55%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -2.64      -11.54      -10.89      -6.46      -5.04

Fund Market Price Returns

       -3.40      -11.72      -10.88      -6.52      -5.07

Barclays Commodity Producers Currency Index

       -5.82      -13.15      -12.68      -8.25      -6.62

Equal-Weighted Commodity Currency Composite

       -2.24      -10.89      -10.31      -5.81      -4.37
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on September 24, 2010.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    64.9%   

Repurchase Agreement

    31.9%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    3.2%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.07%, 3/10/16

    34.0%   

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement,
0.31%, 3/1/16††

    31.9%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.22%, 4/7/16

    30.9%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

†† Fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities.

 

The WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates in selected emerging market countries available to foreign investors and changes to the value of these currencies relative to the U.S. dollar. Emerging market currencies can experience periods of significant volatility. Although the Fund invests in short-term, investment grade instruments, the Fund is not a “money market” fund and it is not the objective of the Fund to maintain a constant share price.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.55%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -1.82      -9.29      -7.57      -4.72      -1.19

Fund Market Price Returns

       -2.11      -9.10      -7.52      -4.72      -1.34

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+)

       -1.34      -6.45      -5.83      -3.39      -0.14

Equal-Weighted Emerging Currency Composite

       -1.24      -8.40      -6.79      -3.95      -0.39
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on May 6, 2009.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (ICN)

 

Investment Breakdown

as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of 
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    73.5%   

Repurchase Agreement

    26.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.2%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.25%, 3/31/16

    73.5%   

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement, 0.31%, 3/1/16††

    26.3%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

†† Fully collateralized by U.S. Government and U.S. Government agency securities.

The WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rates in India available to foreign investors and changes in value of the Indian rupee relative to the U.S. dollar. The Indian rupee is a developing market currency, which can experience periods of significant volatility. Although the Fund invests in very short-term, investment grade instruments, the Fund is not a “money market” fund and it is not the objective of the Fund to maintain a constant share price.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.45%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -0.92      -5.07      -1.92      -2.21      -0.28

Fund Market Price Returns

       -0.10      -4.60      -1.28      -2.11      -0.29

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) India

       0.21      -3.94      -0.68      -1.46      0.76

Indian rupee

       -3.48      -10.02      -7.80      -8.03      -5.97
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on May 14, 2008.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (ALD)

 

Country Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

Supranational Bonds

    13.8%   

Singapore

    13.6%   

Australia

    13.3%   

South Korea

    12.2%   

Hong Kong

    6.7%   

Malaysia

    6.7%   

Philippines

    6.5%   

Taiwan

    4.7%   

China

    4.6%   

Thailand

    4.5%   

Indonesia

    4.0%   

New Zealand

    2.2%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    7.2%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

Korea Treasury Bond,
3.50%, 3/10/24,
Series 2403

    6.6%   

Korea Treasury Bond,
5.75%, 9/10/18,
Series 1809

    5.6%   

Singapore Government Bond,
2.25%, 6/1/21

    5.0%   

Singapore Government Bond,
3.00%, 9/1/24

    4.9%   

South Australian Government Financing Authority,
5.00%, 5/20/21,
Series 21

    4.8%   

Western Australian Treasury Corp., 7.00%, 10/15/19,
Series 19

    4.8%   

Export-Import Bank of Korea,
0.70%, 7/1/16, Reg S

    4.7%   

International Finance Corp.,
8.25%, 6/10/21

    4.6%   

Nordic Investment Bank,
3.50%, 1/30/18

    4.5%   

Hong Kong Government Bond
Programme,
2.46%, 8/4/21

    4.0%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund attempts to achieve its objective through investments in fixed income instruments denominated in the currencies of a broad range of Asian countries.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.55%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       1.84      -5.85      -4.38      -0.92

Fund Market Price Returns

       2.37      -5.32      -4.34      -0.92

HSBC Asian Local Bond Index

       2.64      -3.28      -1.51      1.76
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on March 17, 2011.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (AUNZ)

 

Country Breakdown  as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

Australia

    59.0%   

Supranational Bonds

    28.0%   

New Zealand

    11.7%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    1.3%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

Western Australian Treasury Corp., 2.50%, 7/22/20,
Reg S

    3.2%   

Australia Government Bond,
5.50%, 1/21/18,
Series 132, Reg S

    3.1%   

Western Australian Treasury Corp., 7.00%, 7/15/21,
Series 21

    2.7%   

Nordic Investment Bank,
4.75%, 2/28/24

    2.6%   

Treasury Corp. of Victoria, 6.00%, 10/17/22,
Series 1022

    2.4%   

Queensland Treasury Corp.,
6.25%, 2/21/20,
Series 20, Reg S

    2.4%   

Northern Territory Treasury Corp., 4.25%, 9/20/21

    2.4%   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development,
0.50%, 9/1/23

    2.3%   

New Zealand Government Bond, 6.00%, 12/15/17,
Series 1217, Reg S

    2.2%   

New Zealand Government Bond, 6.00%, 5/15/21,
Series 521, Reg S

    2.2%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund attempts to achieve its investment objective through investments in fixed income instruments denominated in Australian or New Zealand dollars.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents

the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is

calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares

outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price

return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate

market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares

as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market

price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in

the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and

market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for

Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio

securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs.

Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively

impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.45%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns2

       3.44      -6.23      -6.59      -1.04      0.37

Fund Market Price Returns2

       3.52      -5.93      -6.61      -1.17      0.21

Citigroup Australian Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index

       3.13      -5.89      -6.21      -0.12      3.58

Spliced Australia & New Zealand Debt Composite

       3.89      -6.14      -5.46      0.32      1.46
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on June 25, 2008.

2 

The information reflects the investment objective and strategy of the WisdomTree Dreyfus New Zealand Dollar Fund through October 24, 2011 and the investment objective of the WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund thereafter.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

 

Investment Breakdown

as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

Corporate Bonds

    40.3%   

U.S. Government Agencies

    25.6%   

U.S. Government Obligations

    17.0%   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    6.8%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    5.5%   

Foreign Government Obligations

    2.2%   

Municipal Bonds

    0.8%   

Supranational Bond

    0.6%   

Foreign Government Agencies

    0.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.9%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.88%, 7/15/18

    4.8%   

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.63%, 8/31/17

    3.0%   

U.S. Treasury Note,
2.13%, 1/31/21

    1.8%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
5.00%, 3/1/46

    1.6%   

U.S. Treasury Note,
2.00%, 2/28/21

    1.4%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
3.50%, 3/1/46

    1.2%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
5.00%, 3/1/46

    1.1%   

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.88%, 6/15/17

    1.1%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
3.00%, 11/15/45

    1.0%   

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.50%, 7/31/17

    0.9%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio

securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s net and gross annual expense ratios were 0.12% and 0.20%, respectively. WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has contractually agreed to limit the management fee to 0.12% through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust for any reason at any time.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Cumulative Total Return  
        6-Month      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       1.70      1.65

Fund Market Price Returns

       1.96      1.88

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index

       1.74      1.75
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on July 9, 2015.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

 

Investment Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    31.9%   

U.S. Government Agencies

    29.3%   

Corporate Bonds

    22.0%   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    4.6%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    2.8%   

Supranational Bond

    1.6%   

Foreign Government Obligations

    1.2%   

Municipal Bond

    1.1%   

Foreign Government Agencies

    1.0%   

U.S. Government Agencies Sold Short

    -0.2%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    4.7%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.63%, 6/30/17

    20.4%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
4.50%, 2/15/36

    3.6%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
4.38%, 5/15/40

    2.9%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
3.63%, 8/15/43

    2.7%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
4.50%, 3/1/46

    2.0%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
0.88%, 5/21/18

    1.8%   

Government National Mortgage Association,
3.50%, 8/20/44

    1.8%   

Government National Mortgage Association,
4.00%, 3/1/46

    1.8%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.38%, 1/13/22

    1.7%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
6.88%, 8/15/25

    1.7%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Negative Five Duration (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.28%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -3.54      -3.93      -5.64

Fund Market Price Returns

       -3.46      -4.23      -5.65

Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Negative Five Duration

       -2.87      -2.19      -4.46
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (AGZD)

 

Investment Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    32.1%   

U.S. Government Agencies

    32.0%   

Corporate Bonds

    22.9%   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    4.6%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    2.7%   

Supranational Bond

    2.3%   

Foreign Government Obligations

    1.3%   

Municipal Bond

    0.9%   

U.S. Government Agencies Sold Short

    -1.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    2.5%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Treasury Note,
0.63%, 6/30/17

    25.1%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.38%, 1/13/22

    3.0%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
3.63%, 8/15/43

    2.8%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
0.88%, 5/21/18

    2.3%   

European Investment Bank,
4.00%, 2/16/21

    2.3%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
5.00%, 3/1/46

    2.1%   

Government National Mortgage Association,
3.50%, 8/20/44

    2.0%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
4.50%, 3/1/46

    1.9%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
2.88%, 5/15/43

    1.7%   

Federal National Mortgage Association,
4.50%, 3/1/46

    1.6%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Zero Duration (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.23%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -1.04      -2.41      -0.85

Fund Market Price Returns

       -0.94      -2.48      -0.87

Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Zero Duration

       -0.36      -1.03      0.17
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    99.9%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    0.1%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note,
0.40%, 4/30/17

    29.7%   

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note,
0.49%, 10/31/17

    29.7%   

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note,
0.40%, 7/31/17

    29.7%   

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note,
0.60%, 1/31/18

    10.8%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

The WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of an index that measures the performance of the market for floating rate public obligations of the U.S. Treasury.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s net and gross annual expense ratios were 0.15% and 0.20%, respectively. WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has contractually agreed to limit the management fee to 0.15% through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust for any reason at any time.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -0.04      0.00      -0.04

Fund Market Price Returns

       -0.20      -0.12      -0.29

Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index

       0.09      0.15      0.11
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on February 4, 2014.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

Corporate Bonds

    87.4%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    6.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    6.3%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

Ally Financial, Inc.,
5.50%, 2/15/17

    3.0%   

Sprint Communications, Inc.,
9.00%, 11/15/18

    2.6%   

International Lease Finance Corp.,
8.75%, 3/15/17

    2.6%   

DISH DBS Corp.,
4.25%, 4/1/18

    2.5%   

CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/17

    2.4%   

Navient Corp., 8.45%, 6/15/18,
Series A

    2.4%   

Pactiv LLC,
8.13%, 6/15/17

    2.3%   

ArcelorMittal,
5.50%, 2/25/17

    2.2%   

Cablevision Systems Corp.,
7.75%, 4/15/18

    1.8%   

Lennar Corp.,
4.75%, 12/15/17

    1.8%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

The WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Negative Seven Duration Index (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.48%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -9.86      -10.84      -9.64

Fund Market Price Returns

       -10.28      -11.20      -9.78

BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Negative Seven Duration Index

       -10.47      -11.84      -9.29
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

Corporate Bonds

    82.0%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    9.7%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    8.3%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

Ally Financial, Inc.,
5.50%, 2/15/17

    3.3%   

International Lease Finance Corp.,
8.75%, 3/15/17

    2.9%   

Sprint Communications,
Inc.,
9.00%, 11/15/18

    2.9%   

Navient Corp.,
8.45%, 6/15/18, Series A

    2.8%   

CIT Group, Inc.,
5.00%, 5/15/17

    2.5%   

ArcelorMittal,
5.50%, 2/25/17

    2.2%   

Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V.,
6.88%, 8/15/18

    2.0%   

Numericable-SFR SA,
4.88%, 5/15/19

    2.0%   

Cablevision Systems Corp., 7.75%, 4/15/18

    1.9%   

Lennar Corp.,
4.75%, 12/15/17

    1.9%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

The WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Zero Duration Index (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.43%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -6.03      -8.36      -3.32

Fund Market Price Returns

       -8.07      -10.38      -4.54

BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Zero Duration Index

       -6.84      -9.43      -3.51
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

 

Country Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

Brazil

    12.3%   

Hong Kong

    11.8%   

China

    10.5%   

Russia

    9.2%   

Mexico

    7.5%   

India

    5.6%   

United Arab Emirates

    4.6%   

Supranational

    3.6%   

Peru

    3.0%   

Kazakhstan

    3.0%   

Morocco

    2.9%   

Indonesia

    2.7%   

Qatar

    2.5%   

Chile

    2.2%   

Colombia

    2.0%   

Argentina

    1.8%   

South Korea

    1.6%   

Macau

    1.4%   

Singapore

    1.4%   

Jamaica

    0.9%   

Philippines

    0.7%   

Venezuela

    0.4%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    8.4%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

MDC-GMTN B.V.,
5.50%, 4/20/21, Reg S

    3.9%   

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.,
5.38%, 1/27/21

    3.9%   

Hutchison Whampoa International 12 II Ltd.,
3.25%, 11/8/22, Reg S

    3.5%   

PCCW-HKT Capital No. 5 Ltd.,
3.75%, 3/8/23, Reg S

    3.4%   

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC,
6.38%, 4/9/21, Reg S

    3.0%   

OCP S.A.,
5.63%, 4/25/24, Reg S

    2.9%   

Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V.,
4.88%, 9/19/22, Reg S

    2.8%   

Bharti Airtel International Netherlands B.V.,
5.35%, 5/20/24

    2.7%   

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd.,
4.75%, 2/16/21, Reg S

    2.5%   

Southern Copper Corp.,
5.25%, 11/8/42

    2.4%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund attempts to achieve its objective through investments in debt securities issued by corporate entities that are domiciled in, or economically tied to, emerging market countries.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.60%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -2.71      -4.52      -1.35      1.46

Fund Market Price Returns

       -2.83      -4.70      -1.79      1.22

JP Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) Broad

       -0.18      0.29      1.20      3.36
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on March 8, 2012.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

 

Country Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

Poland

    10.4%   

Brazil

    10.3%   

Mexico

    9.5%   

Malaysia

    7.4%   

Colombia

    6.2%   

Turkey

    5.9%   

Indonesia

    5.6%   

South Korea

    4.8%   

Supranational Bonds

    4.5%   

South Africa

    4.3%   

Thailand

    3.7%   

Romania

    3.6%   

Peru

    3.3%   

Philippines

    3.2%   

China

    3.2%   

Russia

    3.1%   

Chile

    3.0%   

India

    2.6%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    5.4%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

Malaysia Government Bond,
4.38%, 11/29/19, Series 0902

    2.7%   

Indonesia Treasury Bond,
8.25%, 6/15/32, Series FR58

    2.6%   

Colombian TES,
10.00%, 7/24/24, Series B

    2.4%   

Indonesia Treasury Bond,
8.38%, 9/15/26, Series FR56

    2.3%   

Poland Government Bond,
5.50%, 10/25/19, Series 1019

    2.0%   

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional,
10.00%, 1/1/23, Series F

    1.9%   

Korea Treasury Bond,
3.38%, 9/10/23, Series 2309

    1.9%   

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional,
10.00%, 1/1/21, Series F

    1.9%   

Malaysia Government Bond,
3.42%, 8/15/22, Series 0112

    1.8%   

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional,
10.00%, 1/1/17, Series F

    1.8%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund attempts to achieve its objective through investments in fixed income instruments denominated in the local currencies of emerging market countries.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.55%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -2.17      -12.44      -9.87      -3.65      -2.66

Fund Market Price Returns

       -2.49      -13.07      -10.03      -3.79      -2.86

JP Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Index

       -1.24      -12.50      -9.53      -3.12      -2.08
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on August 9, 2010.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (JGBB) (consolidated)

 

Investment Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    120.1%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    -20.1%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.21%, 3/3/16

    22.1%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.22%, 4/7/16

    22.1%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.28%, 4/21/16

    22.0%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.30%, 5/26/16

    19.8%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.27%, 5/12/16

    17.6%   

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.17%, 3/17/16

    16.5%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

 

The WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Index (the “Index”).

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.50%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -5.67      -5.92      -2.51

Fund Market Price Returns

       -5.30      -5.72      -2.68

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Index

       -4.75      -4.37      -1.45

Bloomberg/EFFAS Bond Indices Japan Government 5-10 year Total Return Index

       3.15      3.26      2.96
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on December 18, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (CRDT)

 

Country Breakdown† as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

United States

    60.1%   

United Kingdom

    12.3%   

France

    3.7%   

Netherlands

    3.6%   

Italy

    3.0%   

Russia

    2.8%   

Germany

    2.4%   

Belgium

    2.2%   

Mexico

    1.4%   

Brazil

    1.2%   

Switzerland

    1.1%   

Colombia

    0.9%   

Luxembourg

    0.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    5.0%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

WestRock RKT Co.,
4.45%, 3/1/19

    3.7%   

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA,
5.25%, 8/4/45

    3.6%   

Bank of America Corp.,
3.30%, 1/11/23

    3.5%   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.13%, 12/15/22

    3.1%   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 5.75%, 1/24/22

    3.0%   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
5.02%, 6/26/24

    3.0%   

Barclays Bank PLC,
7.63%, 11/21/22

    2.8%   

Gazprom OAO via Gaz Capital S.A., 4.95%, 5/23/16,
Reg S

    2.8%   

Numericable-SFR SA,
6.00%, 5/15/22

    2.8%   

General Electric Co.,
6.88%, 1/10/39,
Series A

    2.8%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective through investment in debt securities issued by corporate entities that are organized in or maintain their principal place of business in countries throughout the world, including the U.S. The issuers of such debt will include public, private, and state-owned or sponsored corporations.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s net and gross annual expense ratios were 0.45% and 0.50%, respectively. WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has contractually agreed to limit the management fee to 0.45% through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust for any reason at any time.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -0.56      -2.67      1.92      2.20

Fund Market Price Returns

       -0.91      -2.78      1.66      1.91

Barclays Global Credit Index (Hedged)

       0.71      -1.13      2.60      2.77

Global Corporate Composite (Hedged)

       0.25      -1.74      2.58      2.77
* 

Returns of less than one year are cumulative.

1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on January 31, 2013.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

 

Investment Breakdown

as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

Corporate Bonds

    37.6%   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

    16.0%   

U.S. Government Obligations

    11.6%   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    7.4%   

Foreign Government Obligations

    7.3%   

Bank Loans

    3.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    16.8%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
5.79%, 8/10/45,
Series 2007-GG10, Class AM

    7.4%   

U.S. Treasury Bond,
3.13%, 8/15/44

    5.2%   

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC,
5.38%, 4/15/21

    4.0%   

Ally Financial, Inc.,
8.00%, 3/15/20

    2.9%   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.,
5.38%, 8/15/22

    2.7%   

CCO Safari II LLC,
4.91%, 7/23/25

    2.6%   

HCA, Inc.,
5.00%, 3/15/24

    2.6%   

CIT Group, Inc.,
5.00%, 8/1/23

    2.6%   

Mexican Bonos,

10.00%, 12/5/24, Series M 20

    2.6%   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC,
8.13%, 1/15/20

    2.5%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular company. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’) seeks a high level of total return consisting of both income and capital appreciation.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s net and gross annual expense ratios were 0.55% and 0.60%, respectively. WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has contractually agreed to limit the management fee to 0.55% through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust for any reason at any time.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Cumulative Total Return  
        6-Month      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -2.91      -4.35

Fund Market Price Returns

       -4.04      -5.64

BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index

       0.16      0.22
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NASDAQ on June 11, 2015.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (PUTW)

 

Investment Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    79.5%   

Written Options

    -1.4%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    21.9%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill,
0.30%, 5/19/16

    79.5%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index.

The Fund had less than six months of operating history at the end of the reporting period and therefore no comparative performance information is shown in this shareholder report. Comparative performance information for the most recent month- end is available at www.wisdomtree.com.

 

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Performance Summary (unaudited)

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF) (consolidated)

 

Country Breakdown

as of 2/29/16

 

Country   % of
Net Assets
 

United States

    45.3%   

Mexico

    8.1%   

United Kingdom

    5.8%   

Sweden

    4.1%   

Canada

    4.0%   

Australia

    3.6%   

South Africa

    3.4%   

Brazil

    3.0%   

Turkey

    2.3%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    20.4%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s country breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Ten Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 3.38%, 4/15/32

    12.2%   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.63%, 1/15/24

    7.0%   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.38%, 1/15/25

    6.9%   

WisdomTree High Dividend Fund

    5.1%   

Sweden Inflation Linked Bond,
4.00%, 12/1/20,
Series 3102

    4.1%   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 2.13%, 1/15/19

    3.7%   

Australia Inflation Linked Bond, 4.00%, 8/20/20,
Series 20CI, Reg S

    3.6%   

United Kingdom Inflation Linked Gilt,
1.25%, 11/22/27, Reg S

    3.1%   

America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.,
5.00%, 3/30/20

    2.8%   

United Kingdom Inflation Linked Gilt,
1.25%, 11/22/32, Reg S

    2.7%   
* The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (the “Fund”) seeks total returns (capital appreciation plus income) that exceed the rate of inflation over long-term investment horizons.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.64%. The prospectus expense ratio includes 0.04% of acquired fund fees and expenses (‘‘AFFEs”). The prospectus expense ratio may not correlate to the expense ratio in the Fund’s financial highlights and financial statements because the financial highlights and financial statements reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund and do not include AFFEs, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       -1.61      -6.48      -4.18      -2.91

Fund Market Price Returns

       -2.44      -8.56      -3.34      -3.17

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index

       -1.63      -5.47      -2.77      0.09

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index (Hedged)

       1.47      -0.15      1.23      3.68
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on July 14, 2011.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI) (consolidated)

 

Investment Breakdown as of 2/29/16

 

Investment Type   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government Obligations

    87.2%   

Other Assets less Liabilities

    12.8%   

Total

    100.0%   

 

The Fund’s investment breakdown may change over time. It does not include derivatives (if any).

 

Other assets includes investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

Top Holdings* as of 2/29/16

 

Description   % of Net Assets  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.02%, 3/10/16

    83.9%   

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.13%, 3/17/16

    3.3%   
* The holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will remain invested in any particular security. Excludes derivatives and investment of cash collateral for securities on loan (if any).

The WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’) seeks to provide investors with positive total returns in rising or falling markets.

The following performance table is provided for comparative purposes and represents the period noted. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market price return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market price returns is the mid-point of the highest bid and lowest offer for Fund shares as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other ETFs, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessments of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities, incur expenses or pay any transaction costs. Therefore, index returns do not reflect deductions for fees or expenses and the index is not available for direct investment. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. Fund returns do not reflect brokerage commissions or taxes a shareholder would pay on the sale of Fund shares or on Fund distributions. As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 1, 2016, the Fund’s annual expense ratio was 0.95%.

Performance as of 2/29/16

 

        Average Annual Total Return  
        6-Month*      1 Year      3 Year      5 Year      Since
Inception1
 

Fund NAV Returns

       3.76      -1.50      1.48      -3.30      -2.76

Fund Market Price Returns

       3.84      -1.59      1.46      -3.31      -2.78

Diversified Trends Indicator Index

       4.32      -0.45      2.62      -2.19      -1.64
* Returns of less than one year are cumulative.
1 

Total returns are calculated based on the commencement of Fund trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. on January 5, 2011.

 

Performance is historical and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Investment returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data for the most recent month-end is available at www.wisdomtree.com. WisdomTree shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Fund NAV returns are calculated using the Fund’s daily 4:00 p.m. NAV. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where Fund shares are listed. Market price returns do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. Total returns for a period of less than one year are cumulative.

 

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Description of Terms and Indexes (unaudited)

 

Below are descriptions of certain terms and of each index referenced in this report.

Barclays Commodity Producers Currency Index:

The Barclays Commodity Producers Currency Index (“CPCI-6”) tracks the performance of long positions in the equally weighted six commodity currencies versus the U.S. dollar, expressed through one-month cash settled forward rate agreements. The six commodity currencies included in CPCI-6 are the Australian dollar, Brazilian real, Canadian dollar, Norwegian krone, Russian ruble, and South African rand. These currencies are selected to represent six resource rich economies, diversified in terms of geography, major commodities items exported and across developed and emerging economies.

Barclays Global Credit Index (Hedged):

The Barclays Global Credit Index (Hedged) contains investment-grade and high-yield credit securities from the Barclays Multiverse Index, which is a broad-based measure of the global fixed-income bond market. The Barclays Multiverse Index is the union of the Barclays Global Aggregate Index and the Barclays Global High Yield Index and captures investment grade and high yield securities in all eligible currencies. The Barclays Multiverse Index family includes a wide range of standard and customized subindices by sector, quality, maturity, and country.

Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Negative Five Duration:

The Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Negative Five Duration combines long positions in the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index with short positions in U.S. Treasury Bonds to provide a duration exposure of -5 years. Market values of long and short positions are rebalanced at month-end.

Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Zero Duration:

The Barclays Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Zero Duration combines long positions in the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index with short positions in U.S. Treasury Bonds to provide a duration exposure of 0 years. Market values of long and short positions are rebalanced at month-end.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index:

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index uses a rules-based approach to reallocate across subcomponents in the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index seeking to enhance yield while maintaining a similar risk profile.

Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index:

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index tracks the performance of a basket of 10 leading global currencies versus the U.S. dollar. Each currency in the basket and its weight is determined annually based on its share of international trade and foreign exchange (FX) liquidity.

Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index:

The Bloomberg Dollar Total Return Index is structured to potentially benefit as the U.S. dollar appreciates relative to a basket of global currencies. The index tracks a long position in the U.S. dollar measured against a basket of developed and emerging market currencies which (i) have the highest liquidity in the currency markets and (ii) represent countries that make the largest contribution to trade flows with the United States. The index also incorporates differences in money market rates between the U.S. and the countries (or regions) represented by the foreign currencies.

 

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Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index:

The Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index is a rules-based, market-value weighted index engineered to measure the performance and characteristics of floating rate coupon U.S. Treasuries which have a maturity greater than 12 months. To be included in the index a security must have a minimum par of 1,000MM.

Bloomberg/EFFAS Bond Indices Japan Government 5-10 Year Total Return Index:

The Bloomberg/EFFAS indices are designed as transparent benchmarks for government bond markets. Indices are grouped by country and maturity sectors. Bloomberg computes daily returns and index characteristics for each sector.

BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Negative Seven Duration Index:

The BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Negative Seven Duration Index tracks the performance of the combination of a long position in short maturity U.S. high yield bonds and a short position in on the run U.S. Treasuries where the net interest rate exposure of the index is adjusted to a negative seven year duration. Market values of long and short positions are rebalanced at month-end.

BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Zero Duration Index:

The BofA Merrill Lynch 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Constrained, Zero Duration Index tracks the performance of the combination of a long position in short maturity U.S. high yield bonds and a short position in on the run U.S. Treasuries where the net interest rate exposure of the index is adjusted to a zero year duration. Market values of long and short positions are rebalanced at month-end.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index:

The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index is a broad, market value-weighted, capped total return index designed to measure the performance of inflation-linked sovereign debt that is publicly issued and denominated in the issuer’s own domestic market and currency.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index (Hedged):

The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Diversified Inflation-Linked Index (Hedged) is a broad, market value-weighted, capped total return index designed to measure the performance of inflation-linked sovereign debt that is publicly issued and denominated in the issuer’s own domestic market and currency but hedges the foreign currency exposures using forward currency contracts.

BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index:

The BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index tracks the performance of a synthetic asset paying Libor to a stated maturity. The index is based on the assumed purchase at par of a synthetic instrument having exactly its stated maturity and with a coupon equal to that day’s fixing rate. That issue is assumed to be sold the following business day (priced at a yield equal to the current day fixing rate) and rolled into a new instrument.

 

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Citigroup Australian Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index:

The Citigroup Australian Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to represent the Australian fixed-coupon bond market, including government, semi-government, and investment grade credit markets (including supranational issuers).

Diversified Trends Indicator Index:

The Diversified Trends Indicator (“DTI”) Index is a long/short rules-based index that consists of ten commodity sectors and eight financial sectors. Each month the DTI Index sector exposure is rebalanced back to the fixed weights, 50% physical commodities and 50% financials (when energy is long) and approximately 40% commodities and 60% financials (when energy is flat). Each sector (other than the energy sector) is positioned either long or short depending on the current market environment (the energy sector is positioned as either “long” or “flat” (i.e., no exposure)). The DTI Index individual market components, sectors and related weightings, as well as other aspects of the calculation of the DTI Index, are subject to change at any time.

Equal-Weighted Commodity Currency Composite:

A composite incorporating equal-weighted exposures to the currencies within the Commodity Currency Strategy Fund was constructed as a benchmark for Fund performance. Returns for the individual emerging market currencies are represented by the return of the country subindices of the JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+). Returns for the individual developed market countries are represented by the returns of the BofA Merrill Lynch One-Month Constant Maturity LIBID Index for each country. The JP Morgan indices use a weighted basket of one-month, two-month and three-month currency forwards collateralized with U.S. money market rates to proxy the returns for emerging currency positions. The BofA Merrill Lynch indices track a consistent investment in one-month bank deposits denominated in the specified currency. Within the composite, currency exposures are rebalanced back to equal-weight at the end of the month in which the Fund rebalances its portfolio. Changes to currencies within the Fund are reflected in the composite at the end of the month they are added to, or deleted from, the Fund.

Equal-Weighted Emerging Currency Composite:

A composite incorporating equal-weighted exposure to the currencies within the Emerging Currency Strategy Fund was constructed as an additional gauge of Emerging Currency Strategy Fund performance. Currently, the composite tracks the returns for the currencies of the following countries: Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Poland, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, India, China, Russia and South Korea, using the total returns of the country subindices of the JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+). Each subindex uses a weighted basket of one-month, two-month and three-month currency forwards (deliverable or nondeliverable) collateralized with U.S. money market rates to proxy the total returns of an investment in local-currency money market instruments. Currency exposures are rebalanced back to equal-weighting at the end of the month in which the Emerging Currency Strategy Fund intends to rebalance, and currency changes are reflected in the composite at the end of the month they are reflected in the Fund.

Forward Currency Contracts:

A forward currency contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price set at the time of the contract. A forward contract may either be deliverable or non-deliverable. A deliverable forward currency contract is an agreement by two parties to transact in currencies at a specific rate on a future date upon which each party delivers the promised currency. A non-deliverable forward (“NDF”) currency contract is an agreement by two parties to transact in currencies at a specific rate on a future date and then cash settle the agreement with a simple exchange of the market value difference between the current market rate and the initial agreed-upon rate.

 

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Global Corporate Composite (Hedged):

The Global Corporate Composite (Hedged) consists of a blend of 75% Barclays Global Aggregate Corporate Index — Hedged USD and 25% Barclays Global High Yield Index — Hedged USD. The Barclays Global Aggregate Index provides a broad-based measure the global investment grade fixed-rate debt markets. The Barclays Global High-Yield Index provides a broad-based measure of the global high-yield fixed income markets.

HSBC Asian Local Bond Index:

The HSBC Asian Local Bond Index (“ALBI”) tracks the total return performance of a bond portfolio which consists of local currency denominated, high quality and liquid bonds in Asia ex-Japan. The ALBI includes bonds from the following countries: South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and China.

JP Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) Broad:

The JP Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) Broad is a market capitalization-weighted index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated emerging market corporate bonds. The index serves as a global corporate benchmark representing Asia, Latin America, Europe and Middle East/Africa. U.S. dollar-denominated corporate issues from index-eligible countries are narrowed further by only including issues with more than $300 million current face outstanding and at least five years to maturity (at the time of inclusion into the index).

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+):

The JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) and its underlying country and regional subindices track the total returns for local-currency denominated money market instruments in emerging market countries.

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) Brazil:

The Brazil subindex uses a weighted basket of one-month, two-month and three-month currency forwards collateralized with U.S. money market rates to proxy the total returns of an investment in Brazilian real money market instruments. The returns are reported in U.S. dollar terms.

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) China:

The China subindex uses a weighted basket of one-month, two-month and three-month currency forwards collateralized with U.S. money market rates to proxy the total returns of an investment in Chinese yuan money market instruments. The returns are reported in U.S. dollar terms.

JP Morgan Emerging Local Markets Index Plus (ELMI+) India:

The India subindex uses a weighted basket of one-month, two-month and three-month currency forwards collateralized with U.S. money market rates to proxy the total returns of an investment in Indian rupee money market instruments. The returns are reported in U.S. dollar terms.

JP Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) Global Diversified Index:

The JP Morgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) Global Diversified Index tracks the performance of local currency debt issued by emerging market governments, whose debt is accessible by most of the international investor base. The index incorporates a constrained market capitalization methodology in which individual issuer exposures are capped at 10% (with the excess distributed to smaller issuers) for greater diversification among issuing governments. The returns are reported in U.S.

dollar terms.

 

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LIBID:

London Interbank Bid Rate or the rate at which banks are willing to borrow for a discrete period of time.

Sovereign Debt:

Debt that is the direct obligation of a government issuer.

Spliced Australia & New Zealand Debt Composite:

A spliced index which tracks the BofA Merrill Lynch New Zealand Dollar One-Month LIBID Constant Maturity Index through October 24, 2011. Thereafter, the composite tracks a weighted exposure to the local currency bond markets of Australia and New Zealand. Performance for Australia is proxied by the total returns of the Citigroup Australian Broad Investment-Grade Bond Index. Performance for the New Zealand bond market is proxied by the JP Morgan New Zealand Government Bond Index. Country exposures are rebalanced back to target weighting quarterly. The BofA Merrill Lynch New Zealand Dollar One-Month LIBID Constant Maturity Index tracks a consistent investment in one-month New Zealand dollar-denominated bank deposits. The JP Morgan New Zealand Government Bond Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of locally denominated, fixed rate government debt.

Spot Rate and NDF Rate Returns:

A “spot” rate is the foreign exchange rate on foreign exchange currency contracts settled generally within two business days from the trade date. The NDF rate is the foreign exchange rate on non-deliverable forward currency contracts settled on a future date that is generally greater than two business days from the trade date. The Brazilian real and Indian rupee spot return rate relative to the U.S. dollar calculated by WisdomTree is the rate of return percentage difference between the end of period spot rate and the beginning of period spot rate using WM/Reuters London closing rates and WM/Reuters Singapore closing rates, respectively. The Chinese yuan NDF return rate relative to the U.S. dollar calculated by WisdomTree is the rate of return percentage difference between the end of period NDF rate and the beginning of period NDF rate using WM/Reuters Singapore closing rates.

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Index:

The WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Index is designed to provide long exposure to monthly U.S. Treasury Bill returns plus short exposure to the monthly performance of Japanese government bonds while at the same time offsetting a portion of the exposure to fluctuations of the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar (the amount of currency exposure to be offset is determined periodically with reference to its contribution to the

overall volatility of the index).

Index Description:

Alpha Financial Technologies, LLC (“AFT”) has developed, maintained and owns rights to the methodology that is employed in connection with the Diversified Trends IndicatorTM (“DTI”). DTI® is a registered mark of AFT. The WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by AFT. The DTI was created, compiled, maintained and is owned by AFT without regard to the WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund. The DTI is licensed on an “as is” basis without warranties or guarantees or other terms concerning merchantability, absence of defects, fitness or use for a particular purpose, timeliness, accuracy, completeness, currentness or quality. Neither AFT nor its affiliates make any warranties or guarantees as to the results to be obtained in connection with the use of the DTI or an investment in the WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund, and AFT and its affiliates shall have no liability in connection with any WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund investment.

 

 

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Barclays Capital Inc. and its affiliates (“Barclays”) is not the issuer or producer of the Funds and Barclays has no responsibilities, obligations or duties to investors in the Funds. These Barclays Indexes are a trademark owned by Barclays Bank PLC and licensed for use by WisdomTree with respect to the WisdomTree Trust as the Issuer of the Funds. Barclays’ only relationship to WisdomTree is the licensing of these Barclays Indexes which is determined, composed and calculated by Barclays without regard to WisdomTree or the Funds. While WisdomTree may for itself execute transaction(s) with Barclays in or relating to these Barclays Indexes in connection with the Funds that investors acquire from WisdomTree, investors in the Funds neither acquire any interest in these Barclays Indexes nor enter into any relationship of any kind whatsoever with Barclays upon making an investment in the Funds. The Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Barclays, and Barclays makes no representation or warranty (express or implied) to the owners of the Funds, the Issuer or members of the public regarding the advisability, legality or suitability of the Funds or use of the Barclays Indexes or any data included therein. Barclays shall not be liable in any way to the Issuer, investors, or to other third parties in respect to the use or accuracy of these Barclays Indexes or any data included therein or in connection with the administration, marketing, purchasing or performance of the Funds.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its affiliates (“BofA Merrill Lynch”) indices and related information, the name “BofA Merrill Lynch”, and related trademarks, are intellectual property licensed from BofA Merrill Lynch, and may not be copied, used, or distributed without BofA Merrill Lynch’s prior written approval. The licensee’s products have not been passed on as to their legality or suitability, and are not regulated, issued, endorsed, sold, guaranteed, or promoted by BofA Merrill Lynch. BOFA MERRILL LYNCH MAKES NO WARRANTIES AND BEARS NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INDICES, ANY RELATED INFORMATION, ITS TRADEMARKS, OR THE PRODUCT(S) (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR QUALITY, ACCURACY, SUITABILITY AND/OR COMPLETENESS).

The CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”) and CBOE® and has been licensed for use by WisdomTree. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademarks Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by WisdomTree. CBOE® is a trademark of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, and has been licensed for use by SPDJI and WisdomTree. The WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, their respective affiliates or the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s), nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions or interruptions of the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index.

WisdomTree Investments and WisdomTree Asset Management (together, “WisdomTree”) and the Funds make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of shares of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds particularly or the ability of the underlying Indexes to track the performance of their underlying securities. WisdomTree Investments is the licensor of certain trademarks, service marks and trade names of the Funds. WisdomTree Investments has no obligation to take the needs of the Funds or the owners of shares of the Funds into consideration in determining, composing, or calculating the underlying WisdomTree Indexes of the applicable Funds. WisdomTree Investments is not responsible for, and has not participated in, the determination of the timing of, prices of, or quantities of shares of the Funds to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the shares of the Funds are redeemable. WisdomTree and the Funds do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or performance of the underlying Indexes or the data included therein and shall have no liability in connection with the underlying Indexes or their calculation.

Index returns do not reflect expenses paid by the Funds. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

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Shareholder Expense Examples (unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of a WisdomTree Fund, you incur two types of cost: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of your Fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016.

Actual expenses

The first line under each Fund in the table on the next page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period 9/1/15 to 2/29/16” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The second line under each Fund in the table on the next page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing Fund costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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     Beginning
Account Value
9/1/15
    Ending
Account Value
2/29/16
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Period‡
9/1/15 to
2/29/16
    Expenses Paid
During the
Period†
9/1/15 to
2/29/16
 

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,015.60        0.50   $ 2.51   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.38        0.50   $ 2.51   

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 971.50        0.45   $ 2.21   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.63        0.45   $ 2.26   

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 998.40        0.45   $ 2.24   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.63        0.45   $ 2.26   

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 973.60        0.55   $ 2.70   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.13        0.55   $ 2.77   

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 981.80        0.55   $ 2.71   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.13        0.55   $ 2.77   

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 990.80        0.45   $ 2.23   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.63        0.45   $ 2.26   

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.40        0.55   $ 2.76   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.13        0.55   $ 2.77   

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,034.40        0.35 %2    $ 1.77   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.12        0.35 %2    $ 1.76   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.00        0.12 %*    $ 0.60   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.27        0.12 %*    $ 0.60   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 964.60        0.28   $ 1.37   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.47        0.28   $ 1.41   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 989.60        0.23   $ 1.14   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.72        0.23   $ 1.16   

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 999.60        0.15 %*    $ 0.75   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.12        0.15 %*    $ 0.75   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 901.40        0.48   $ 2.27   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.48        0.48   $ 2.41   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 939.70        0.43   $ 2.07   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.73        0.43   $ 2.16   

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 972.90        0.60   $ 2.94   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.88        0.60   $ 3.02   

 

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     Beginning
Account Value
9/1/15
    Ending
Account Value
2/29/16
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Period‡
9/1/15 to
2/29/16
    Expenses Paid
During the
Period†
9/1/15 to
2/29/16
 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 978.30        0.55   $ 2.71   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.13        0.55   $ 2.77   

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 943.30        0.50   $ 2.42   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.38        0.50   $ 2.51   

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 994.40        0.45 %*    $ 2.23   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.63        0.45 %*    $ 2.26   

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 970.90        0.55 %*    $ 2.70   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.13        0.55 %*    $ 2.77   

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

       

Actual1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 998.80        0.38 %*    $ 0.08   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.97        0.38 %*    $ 1.91   

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 983.90        0.60   $ 2.96   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.88        0.60   $ 3.02   

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

       

Actual

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,037.60        0.95   $ 4.81   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.14        0.95   $ 4.77   
The annualized expense ratio does not include acquired fund fees and expenses, which are fees and expenses incurred indirectly by a Fund through its investments in certain underlying investment companies.

 

Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

* WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has contractually agreed to limit its management fee to 0.12%, 0.15%, 0.45%, 0.55% and 0.38% for WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund, WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund, WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund and WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund, respectively, through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the WisdomTree Trust for any reason.

 

1 Fund commenced operations on February 22, 2016. Actual expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by 8/366 (to reflect the period since commencement of operations).

 

2 Effective November 10, 2015, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. has voluntarily agreed to waive 0.15% of its management fee. This voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 99.5%      
U.S. Treasury Bills – 99.5%      

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.13%, 3/10/16*

   $ 67,115,000       $ 67,112,248   

0.24%, 3/31/16*

     43,800,000         43,791,065   

0.11%, 4/7/16*

     68,450,000         68,433,161   

0.23%, 5/26/16*

     76,150,000         76,092,279   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.5%
(Cost: $255,475,820)
         255,428,753   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.5%

        1,303,054   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 256,731,807   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/3/2016

  AUD     21,909,892        USD        15,485,627      $ (151,836

3/3/2016

  AUD     667,105        USD        471,655        (4,469

3/3/2016

  AUD     483,230        USD        346,410        1,521   

3/3/2016

  AUD     240,000        USD        169,538        (1,754

3/3/2016

  BRL     10,553,151        USD        2,601,381        (25,961

3/3/2016

  BRL     10,983,890        USD        2,722,963        (11,617

3/3/2016

  BRL     532,350        USD        132,307        (228

3/3/2016

  BRL     477,440        USD        119,354        489   

3/3/2016

  BRL     230,000        USD        58,552        1,290   

3/3/2016

  CAD     41,889,399        USD        29,898,191        (1,062,127

3/3/2016

  CAD     338,009        USD        241,240        (8,581

3/3/2016

  CAD     902,779        USD        655,485        (11,756

3/3/2016

  CAD     445,000        USD        319,918        (8,980

3/3/2016

  CHF     11,372,117        USD        11,116,080        (273,560

3/3/2016

  CHF     302,129        USD        296,348        (6,246

3/3/2016

  CHF     246,284        USD        245,428        (1,235

3/3/2016

  CHF     125,000        USD        126,098        905   

3/3/2016

  CNH     51,881,378        USD        7,828,079        (89,444

3/3/2016

  CNH     1,109,768        USD        167,495        (1,865

3/3/2016

  CNH     530,000        USD        80,292        (590

3/3/2016

  EUR     37,408,893        USD        40,551,614        (144,682

3/3/2016

  EUR     38,935,785        USD        42,206,313        (151,055

3/3/2016

  EUR     289,514        USD        315,434        478   

3/3/2016

  EUR     1,608,520        USD        1,788,045        38,172   

3/3/2016

  EUR     820,000        USD        915,044        22,984   

3/3/2016

  GBP     16,696,198        USD        23,790,362        551,728   

3/3/2016

  GBP     734,812        USD        1,055,279        32,529   

3/3/2016

  GBP     367,013        USD        535,844        25,016   

3/3/2016

  GBP     185,000        USD        268,245        10,752   

3/3/2016

  JPY     5,872,171,713        USD        48,531,829        (3,548,164

3/3/2016

  JPY     120,822,849        USD        1,027,016        (44,556

3/3/2016

  JPY     62,345,000        USD        533,309        (19,626

3/3/2016

  MXN     449,113,539        USD        24,725,203        (44,670

3/3/2016

  MXN     20,667,336        USD        1,127,181        (12,681
    
FORWARD CONTRACTS (continued)  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/3/2016

  MXN     10,235,853        USD        560,558      $ (3,978

3/3/2016

  MXN     4,940,000        USD        267,067        (5,388

3/3/2016

  USD     16,630,537        AUD        23,300,227        (768

3/3/2016

  USD     5,670,039        BRL        22,776,831        544   

3/3/2016

  USD     32,218,253        CAD        43,575,187        (11,974

3/3/2016

  USD     12,063,625        CHF        12,045,530        466   

3/3/2016

  USD     8,169,297        CNH        53,521,146        (1,532

3/3/2016

  USD     43,871,124        EUR        40,321,983        (5,742

3/3/2016

  USD     42,144,102        EUR        38,740,729        1,069   

3/3/2016

  USD     25,029,671        GBP        17,983,023        34   

3/3/2016

  USD     311,093        JPY        37,639,449        22,729   

3/3/2016

  USD     27,218,545        JPY        3,069,027,057        500   

3/3/2016

  USD     26,152,311        JPY        2,948,673,056        (679

3/3/2016

  USD     26,748,854        MXN        484,956,728        (2,129

3/4/2016

  KRW     5,225,847,154        USD        4,321,739        96,228   

3/4/2016

  KRW     5,439,147,036        USD        4,532,698        134,717   

3/4/2016

  KRW     93,125,248        USD        77,213        1,914   

3/4/2016

  KRW     232,070,346        USD        192,943        5,296   

3/4/2016

  KRW     114,000,000        USD        95,131        2,953   

3/4/2016

  USD     8,954,992        KRW        11,104,189,784        23,626   

4/5/2016

  AUD     21,940,529        USD        15,636,467        607   

4/5/2016

  BRL     21,520,080        USD        5,311,174          

4/5/2016

  CAD     39,973,168        USD        29,555,219        10,295   

4/5/2016

  CHF     11,202,768        USD        11,237,774        (842

4/5/2016

  CNH     50,626,762        USD        7,703,989        (1,348

4/5/2016

  EUR     36,577,953        USD        39,829,733        (1,635

4/5/2016

  EUR     38,070,929        USD        41,461,907        4,770   

4/5/2016

  GBP     17,545,984        USD        24,424,361        (250

4/5/2016

  JPY     2,753,470,863        USD        24,447,589        (572

4/5/2016

  JPY     2,645,491,614        USD        23,489,674        264   

4/5/2016

  KRW     10,930,978,802        USD        8,806,783        (24,363

4/5/2016

  MXN     461,572,035        USD        25,386,331        (234
                                $ (4,695,241

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

AUD    Australian dollar
BRL    Brazilian real
CAD    Canadian dollar
CHF    Swiss franc
CNH    Offshore Chinese renminbi
EUR    Euro
GBP    British pound
JPY    Japanese yen
KRW    South Korean won
MXN    Mexican peso
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (BZF)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 77.2%      
U.S. Treasury Bills – 77.2%      

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.29%, 3/24/16*

   $ 10,000,000       $ 9,998,540   

0.20%, 4/28/16*

     2,000,000         1,999,144   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $11,997,543)

  

  

     11,997,684   
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 22.6%      
United States – 22.6%      

Deutsche Bank, tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/29/16, 0.31% due 3/1/16; Proceeds at maturity – $3,516,030 (fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.63% due 2/15/44; Market value – $3,586,423)

(Cost: $3,516,000)

     3,516,000         3,516,000   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.8%

(Cost: $15,513,543)

  

  

     15,513,684   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.2%

        23,708   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 15,537,392   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/2/2016

  BRL     18,550,104        USD        4,687,921      $ 26,271   

3/2/2016

  BRL     11,577,212        USD        2,925,016        15,657   

3/2/2016

  USD     4,800,751        BRL        18,550,104        (139,101

3/2/2016

  USD     3,002,078        BRL        11,577,212        (92,719

4/4/2016

  USD     3,289,474        BRL        13,600,000        98,794   

4/4/2016

  USD     4,475,271        BRL        18,550,000        146,227   

6/2/2016

  USD     4,614,022        BRL        18,750,000        (22,991

6/2/2016

  USD     2,927,645        BRL        11,900,000        (13,871
                                $ 18,267   

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

BRL

  

Brazilian real

USD

  

U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (CYB)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 50.0%      
U.S. Treasury Bill – 50.0%      

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.17%, 4/7/16*

(Cost: $27,087,855)

   $ 27,092,000       $ 27,085,335   
TIME DEPOSITS – 19.7%      
China – 19.7%      

Barclays Capital, Inc.
3.80%, 3/18/16

     17,500,000 CNH         2,671,021   

BNP Paribas S.A.
3.70%, 3/18/16

     17,500,000 CNH         2,671,022   

Deutsche Bank AG
5.50%, 3/18/16

     17,500,000 CNH         2,671,022   

Standard Chartered Bank
3.75%, 3/18/16

     17,500,000 CNH         2,671,022   

TOTAL TIME DEPOSITS

(Cost: $10,735,620)

              10,684,087   
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 29.4%      
United States – 29.4%      

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/29/16, 0.31% due 3/1/16; Proceeds at maturity – $15,940,137 (fully collateralized by Fannie Mae, 4.00% – 7.50% due 11/1/26 – 11/1/49; Market value – $16,737,000)

(Cost: $15,940,000)

     15,940,000         15,940,000   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.1%

(Cost: $53,763,475)

  

  

     53,709,422   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.9%

        482,064   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 54,191,486   
 

Principal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
   Contracts
To Deliver
     In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/10/2016

   CNH     15,910,747         USD        2,482,370      $ 54,761   

3/10/2016

   CNH     16,715,000         USD        2,494,590        (55,728

3/10/2016

   USD     2,638,204         CNH        17,311,893        3,187   

3/10/2016

   USD     425,018         CNH        2,735,000        (7,721

3/10/2016

   USD     1,908,113         CNH        12,578,854        11,126   

4/13/2016

   CNH     12,600,000         USD        1,898,219        (18,224

4/13/2016

   CNH     16,585,000         USD        2,516,310        (6,247

4/13/2016

   CNY     16,372,463         USD        2,546,262        56,107   

4/13/2016

   CNY     15,280,000         USD        2,274,148        (49,850

4/13/2016

   USD     17,121,530         CNH        110,100,000        (375,464

4/13/2016

   USD     1,920,742         CNH        12,500,000        (19,509

4/13/2016

   USD     1,826,873         CNH        12,000,000        (1,689

4/13/2016

   USD     5,238,288         CNY        33,724,620        (108,973

4/13/2016

   USD     3,932,541         CNY        25,300,000        (84,560
                                     
FORWARD CONTRACTS (continued)  
Settlement
Date
   Contracts
To Deliver
     In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

4/13/2016

   USD     7,752,457         CNY        50,030,480      $ (143,117

4/29/2016

   CNY     16,260,000         USD        2,465,130        (2,981

4/29/2016

   USD     18,085,813         CNY        116,834,354        (351,484
                                  $ (1,100,366

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

CNH    Offshore Chinese renminbi
CNY    Chinese yuan
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (CCX)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 72.8%      
U.S. Treasury Bill – 72.8%      

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.25%, 3/31/16*

(Cost: $3,299,324)

   $ 3,300,000       $ 3,299,327   
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 26.2%      
United States – 26.2%      

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/29/16, 0.31% due 3/1/16; Proceeds at maturity – $1,185,010 (fully collateralized by Fannie Mae, 3.00% – 5.52% due 8/1/42 – 11/1/43, Freddie Mac, 3.50% due 1/1/46, Ginnie Mae, 3.50% due 2/20/46 and Resolution Funding Corp. Interest Strip, 0.00% due 7/15/26; Market value – $1,243,637)

(Cost: $1,185,000)

     1,185,000         1,185,000   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.0%

(Cost: $4,484,324)

  

  

     4,484,327   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of
Liabilities – 1.0%

        46,123   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 4,530,450   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/2/2016

  AUD     274,324        USD        196,526      $ 590   

3/2/2016

  AUD     806,306        USD        580,567        4,663   

3/2/2016

  BRL     2,232,648        USD        564,941        3,876   

3/2/2016

  CAD     260,442        USD        188,338        (3,927

3/2/2016

  CAD     776,080        USD        570,719        (2,202

3/2/2016

  CLP     139,685,532        USD        195,091        (5,938

3/2/2016

  CLP     417,676,243        USD        603,312        2,210   

3/2/2016

  NOK     1,691,301        USD        193,698        (310

3/2/2016

  NOK     5,042,791        USD        581,938        3,484   

3/2/2016

  NZD     301,452        USD        203,016        4,253   

3/2/2016

  NZD     895,601        USD        599,135        8,620   

3/2/2016

  RUB     12,879,461        USD        178,807        7,180   

3/2/2016

  RUB     39,710,424        USD        519,831        (9,337

3/2/2016

  USD     779,554        AUD        1,080,630        (7,714

3/2/2016

  USD     544,475        BRL        2,232,648        16,590   

3/2/2016

  USD     779,167        CAD        1,036,522        (13,981

3/2/2016

  USD     773,576        CLP        557,361,775        28,556   

3/2/2016

  USD     777,401        NOK        6,734,092        (4,939

3/2/2016

  USD     781,794        NZD        1,197,053        7,483   

3/2/2016

  USD     780,330        RUB        52,589,885        (79,535

3/2/2016

  USD     769,485        ZAR        11,059,121        (68,871

3/2/2016

  ZAR     2,719,867        USD        178,344        6,036   

3/2/2016

  ZAR     8,339,254        USD        534,028        5,722   

6/3/2016

  USD     566,793        AUD        790,460        (4,562

6/3/2016

  USD     570,594        BRL        2,318,609        (3,039
                                   
FORWARD CONTRACTS (continued)  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

6/3/2016

  USD     572,273        CAD        778,085      $ 2,218   

6/3/2016

  USD     568,564        CLP        397,372,286        (2,128

6/3/2016

  USD     565,223        NOK        4,900,304        (3,372

6/3/2016

  USD     569,691        NZD        856,025        (8,252

6/3/2016

  USD     568,371        RUB        44,480,988        10,198   

6/3/2016

  USD     567,449        ZAR        9,019,940        (6,388
                                $ (112,816

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

AUD    Australian dollar
BRL    Brazilian real
CAD    Canadian dollar

CLP

  

Chilean peso

NOK

  

Norwegian krone

NZD    New Zealand dollar
RUB    Russian ruble
USD    U.S. dollar
ZAR    South African rand

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 64.9%      
U.S. Treasury Bills – 64.9%      

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.07%, 3/10/16*

   $ 13,050,000       $ 13,049,465   

0.22%, 4/7/16*

     11,886,000         11,883,076   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $24,933,196)

  

  

     24,932,541   
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 31.9%      
United States – 31.9%      

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/29/16, 0.31% due 3/1/16; Proceeds at maturity – $12,250,105 (fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bonds Coupon Strips, 0.00% due 8/15/17 – 5/15/44; Market value – $12,495,000)

(Cost: $12,250,000)

     12,250,000         12,250,000   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 96.8%

(Cost: $37,183,196)

  

  

     37,182,541   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 3.2%

        1,217,117   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 38,399,658   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

 

FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement Date   Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

5/3/2016

  BRL     899,835        USD        225,882      $ 3,538   

5/3/2016

  BRL     456,364        USD        113,549        784   

5/3/2016

  CLP     156,603,934        USD        222,512        (1,462

5/3/2016

  CLP     78,880,842        USD        110,730        (2,085

5/3/2016

  CNH     1,467,574        USD        219,467        (3,290

5/3/2016

  CNH     734,913        USD        110,264        (1,285

5/3/2016

  COP     736,499,030        USD        219,167        (730

5/3/2016

  COP     368,218,498        USD        109,487        (452

5/3/2016

  IDR     3,101,884,921        USD        222,997        (5,831

5/3/2016

  IDR     1,540,077,220        USD        111,535        (2,077

5/3/2016

  INR     15,032,627        USD        218,434        2,126   

5/3/2016

  INR     7,545,638        USD        109,947        1,371   

5/3/2016

  KRW     263,322,443        USD        218,525        6,373   

5/3/2016

  KRW     130,469,822        USD        108,661        3,546   

5/3/2016

  MXN     4,053,708        USD        221,777        (1,218

5/3/2016

  MXN     2,026,297        USD        109,681        (1,786

5/3/2016

  MYR     949,384        USD        227,943        3,306   

5/3/2016

  MYR     467,766        USD        112,715        2,035   

5/3/2016

  PHP     10,494,538        USD        216,964        (2,580

5/3/2016

  PHP     5,286,797        USD        109,698        (900

5/3/2016

  THB     7,890,767        USD        220,782        114   

5/3/2016

  THB     3,956,352        USD        111,009        368   

5/3/2016

  TRY     668,313        USD        223,904        1,758   

5/3/2016

  TRY     339,202        USD        113,495        746   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,833,596        BRL        11,849,249        94,289   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,835,289        CLP        2,052,947,357        100,828   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,836,471        CNH        18,974,008      $ 43,506   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,818,675        COP        9,645,505,484        61,183   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,835,648        IDR        40,096,068,673        122,256   

5/3/2016

  USD     960,500        INR        66,288,909        (6,654

5/3/2016

  USD     932,047        INR        64,339,235        (6,256

5/3/2016

  USD     931,913        INR        64,339,237        (6,121

5/3/2016

  USD     2,830,039        KRW        3,414,017,964        (79,461

5/3/2016

  USD     2,831,270        MXN        52,634,020        64,134   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,878,680        MYR        12,225,752        14,099   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,817,273        PHP        136,525,054        38,800   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,833,515        THB        102,034,862        19,929   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,847,411        TRY        8,746,442        59,880   

5/3/2016

  USD     2,830,923        ZAR        47,192,328        123,047   

5/3/2016

  ZAR     3,657,066        USD        227,399        (1,512

5/3/2016

  ZAR     1,806,810        USD        111,250        (1,846

5/4/2016

  PLN     891,895        USD        225,371        2,452   

5/4/2016

  PLN     451,492        USD        113,779        934   

5/4/2016

  RUB     17,657,091        USD        225,046        (6,278

5/4/2016

  RUB     8,740,674        USD        110,266        (4,244

5/4/2016

  USD     2,830,122        PLN        11,674,519        87,791   

5/4/2016

  USD     2,851,996        RUB        229,096,310        149,378   
                                $ 872,503   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

BRL

  

Brazilian real

CLP

  

Chilean peso

CNH

  

Offshore Chinese renminbi

COP

  

Colombian peso

IDR

  

Indonesian rupiah

INR

  

Indian rupee

KRW

  

South Korean won

MXN

  

Mexican peso

MYR

  

Malaysian ringgit

PHP

  

Philippine peso

PLN

  

Polish zloty

RUB

  

Russian ruble

THB

  

Thai baht

TRY

  

Turkish New lira

USD

  

U.S. dollar

ZAR

  

South African rand

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (ICN)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 73.5%      
U.S. Treasury Bill – 73.5%      

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.25%, 3/31/16*

(Cost: $7,501,465)

   $ 7,503,000       $ 7,501,469   
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT – 26.3%      
United States – 26.3%      

Citigroup, Inc., tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/29/16, 0.31% due 3/1/16; Proceeds at maturity—$2,678,023 (fully collateralized by Fannie Mae, 1.81% – 7.00% due 4/8/20 – 11/1/40, Freddie Mac, 1.80% due 9/28/20, Ginnie Mae, 3.00% – 5.50% due 11/15/38 – 7/15/45, and U.S. Treasury Bond Coupon Strips, 0.00% due 5/15/28; Market value – $2,798,362)

(Cost: $2,678,000)

     2,678,000         2,678,000   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.8%

(Cost: $10,179,465)

  

  

     10,179,469   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.2%

  

     21,111   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 10,200,580   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

5/3/2016

    USD        3,503,080        INR        241,765,057      $ (24,268

5/3/2016

    USD        3,399,309        INR        234,654,325        (22,816

5/3/2016

    USD        3,398,817        INR        234,654,332        (22,323
                                    $ (69,407

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

INR    Indian rupee
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (ALD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
FOREIGN CORPORATE BOND – 4.7%      
Taiwan – 4.7%      

Export-Import Bank of Korea
0.70%, 7/1/16, Reg S

     47,300,000 TWD       $ 1,416,566   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 13.3%      
Australia – 13.3%      

Queensland Treasury Corp.
6.00%, 7/21/22, Series 22, Reg S

     1,317,000 AUD         1,132,825   

South Australian Government Financing Authority
5.00%, 5/20/21, Series 21

     1,800,000 AUD         1,451,325   

Western Australian Treasury Corp.
7.00%, 10/15/19, Series 19

     1,728,000 AUD         1,441,247   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $4,531,901)

  

  

     4,025,397   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 61.0%      
China – 4.6%      

China Government Bond

     

2.48%, 12/1/20

     2,000,000 CNY         288,514   

2.36%, 8/18/21, Reg S

     2,500,000 CNY         354,168   

3.10%, 6/29/22

     2,500,000 CNY         364,171   

3.48%, 6/29/27, Reg S

     2,500,000 CNY         372,575   
     

 

 

 
Total China               1,379,428   
Hong Kong – 6.7%      

Hong Kong Government Bond
1.51%, 2/24/27

     2,500,000 HKD         326,121   

Hong Kong Government Bond Programme

  

  

2.46%, 8/4/21

     8,700,000 HKD         1,193,371   

1.10%, 1/17/23

     4,000,000 HKD         511,406   
     

 

 

 
Total Hong Kong               2,030,898   
Indonesia – 4.0%      

Indonesia Treasury Bond

     

12.80%, 6/15/21, Series FR34

     7,718,000,000 IDR         688,702   

7.00%, 5/15/22, Series FR61

     7,334,000,000 IDR         512,739   
     

 

 

 
Total Indonesia               1,201,441   
Malaysia – 6.7%      

Malaysia Government Bond

     

4.01%, 9/15/17, Series 0210

     1,050,000 MYR         253,569   

3.26%, 3/1/18, Series 0213

     2,886,000 MYR         686,453   

4.38%, 11/29/19, Series 0902

     4,405,000 MYR         1,080,571   
     

 

 

 
Total Malaysia               2,020,593   
New Zealand – 2.2%      

New Zealand Government Bond
5.00%, 3/15/19, Series 319, Reg S

     941,000 NZD         669,533   
Philippines – 6.5%      

Philippine Government Bond

     

5.00%, 8/18/18, Series 7-51

     17,850,000 PHP         390,930   

3.50%, 3/20/21, Series 7-57

     10,000,000 PHP         209,014   

Philippine Government International Bond

  

  

4.95%, 1/15/21

     27,000,000 PHP         581,411   

3.90%, 11/26/22

     22,000,000 PHP         445,099   

6.25%, 1/14/36

     15,000,000 PHP         342,038   
     

 

 

 
Total Philippines               1,968,492   
Singapore – 13.6%      

Singapore Government Bond

     

2.50%, 6/1/19

     1,105,000 SGD       $ 816,249   

2.25%, 6/1/21

     2,060,000 SGD         1,495,216   

3.00%, 9/1/24

     1,960,000 SGD         1,477,089   

2.88%, 7/1/29

     423,000 SGD         310,510   
     

 

 

 
Total Singapore               4,099,064   
South Korea – 12.2%      

Korea Treasury Bond

     

5.75%, 9/10/18, Series 1809

     1,898,520,000 KRW         1,697,510   

3.50%, 3/10/24, Series 2403

     2,172,390,000 KRW         1,985,521   
     

 

 

 
Total South Korea               3,683,031   
Thailand – 4.5%      

Thailand Government Bond

     

3.25%, 6/16/17

     28,114,000 THB         807,895   

2.80%, 10/10/17

     19,610,000 THB         561,902   
     

 

 

 
Total Thailand               1,369,797   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $21,699,435)

  

  

     18,422,277   
SUPRANATIONAL BONDS – 13.8%      

Asian Development Bank
2.85%, 10/21/20

     4,000,000 CNY         578,223   

European Investment Bank
7.20%, 7/9/19, Reg S

     11,860,000,000 IDR         842,331   

International Finance Corp.
8.25%, 6/10/21

     88,830,000 INR         1,383,150   

Nordic Investment Bank
3.50%, 1/30/18(a)

     2,035,000 NZD         1,361,595   

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost: $4,789,574)

              4,165,299   
      Shares          
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 2.3%   
United States – 2.3%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(b)

(Cost: $683,400)(c)

     683,400                683,400   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 95.1%

(Cost: $33,299,420)

  

  

     28,712,939   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 4.9%

        1,472,861   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 30,185,800   
 

Prinicipal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

(a) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

(b) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

(c) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $669,089 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $683,400.

 

Reg S – Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (ALD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
   Contracts
To Deliver
     In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/16/2016

     USD        363,650         INR        24,630,000      $ (6,168

3/16/2016

     USD        145,201         INR        10,000,000        (60

3/16/2016

     USD        81,377         KRW        96,000,000        (3,932

3/16/2016

     USD        639,375         THB        23,107,000        7,643   

3/16/2016

     USD        411,170         TWD        13,496,662        (6,640

3/16/2016

     USD        150,317         TWD        5,000,000        (454
                                      $ (9,611

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

AUD

  

Australian dollar

CNY

  

Chinese yuan

HKD

  

Hong Kong dollar

IDR

  

Indonesian rupiah

INR

  

Indian rupee

KRW

  

South Korean won

MYR

  

Malaysian ringgit

NZD

  

New Zealand dollar

PHP

  

Philippine peso

SGD

  

Singapore dollar

THB

  

Thai baht

TWD

  

New Taiwan dollar

USD

  

U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (AUNZ)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 38.1%      
Australia – 38.1%      

Australian Capital Territory

     

5.50%, 6/7/18

     610,000 AUD       $ 469,207   

4.25%, 4/11/22

     3,750,000 AUD         2,951,593   

KFW

     

6.25%, 12/4/19

     1,312,000 AUD         1,063,791   

2.75%, 4/16/20, Reg S

     1,000,000 AUD         719,720   

6.25%, 5/19/21

     800,000 AUD         670,426   

4.00%, 2/27/25, Reg S

     2,000,000 AUD         1,550,002   

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

5.50%, 3/29/22

     1,550,000 AUD         1,272,308   

4.25%, 1/24/23, Series 15

     1,400,000 AUD         1,081,215   

4.75%, 4/8/24

     1,540,000 AUD         1,236,860   

New South Wales Treasury Corp.

     

6.00%, 2/1/18, Series 18

     600 AUD         462   

6.00%, 5/1/20, Series 520

     3,340,000 AUD         2,769,864   

4.00%, 4/8/21

     2,525,000 AUD         1,968,006   

5.00%, 8/20/24, Series 24

     1,110,000 AUD         944,216   

Northern Territory Treasury Corp.
4.25%, 9/20/21

     4,500,000 AUD         3,510,393   

Queensland Treasury Corp.

     

6.25%, 2/21/20, Series 20, Reg S

     4,280,000 AUD         3,531,276   

5.50%, 6/21/21, Series 21, Reg S

     3,120,000 AUD         2,577,704   

5.75%, 7/22/24, Series 24, Reg S

     3,455,000 AUD         3,014,882   

4.75%, 7/21/25, Series 25, Reg S(a)

     2,425,000 AUD         1,997,343   

South Australian Government Financing Authority

     

5.75%, 9/20/17, Series 17

     490,000 AUD         369,790   

5.00%, 5/20/21, Series 21

     2,755,000 AUD         2,221,334   

4.25%, 11/20/23, Series 23

     3,595,000 AUD         2,844,979   

Tasmanian Public Finance
5.00%, 9/20/17, Series 17, Reg S

     2,900,000 AUD         2,164,050   

Treasury Corp. of Victoria

     

6.00%, 6/15/20, Series 0620

     1,900,000 AUD         1,576,806   

6.00%, 10/17/22, Series 1022

     4,080,000 AUD         3,560,243   

Western Australian Treasury Corp.

     

7.00%, 10/15/19, Series 19

     750,000 AUD         625,541   

2.50%, 7/22/20, Reg S

     6,650,000 AUD         4,786,754   

7.00%, 7/15/21, Series 21

     4,645,000 AUD         4,078,803   

6.00%, 10/16/23, Series 23

     3,437,800 AUD         2,997,501   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $59,399,076)

  

  

     56,555,069   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 32.6%      
Australia – 20.9%      

Australia Government Bond

     

4.25%, 7/21/17, Series 135, Reg S

     2,630,000 AUD         1,940,777   

5.50%, 1/21/18, Series 132, Reg S

     6,068,000 AUD         4,632,106   

3.25%, 10/21/18, Series 141, Reg S

     4,050,000 AUD         3,005,213   

5.25%, 3/15/19, Series 122, Reg S

     1,011,000 AUD         796,762   

2.75%, 10/21/19, Series 143, Reg S

     4,395,000 AUD         3,247,049   

4.50%, 4/15/20, Series 126, Reg S

     2,450,000 AUD         1,936,628   

1.75%, 11/21/20, Series 146, Reg S

     3,645,000 AUD         2,584,368   

5.75%, 5/15/21, Series 124, Reg S

     2,770,000 AUD         2,348,194   

5.75%, 7/15/22, Series 128, Reg S

     1,845,000 AUD         1,602,794   

5.50%, 4/21/23, Series 133, Reg S

     2,795,000 AUD         2,430,868   

3.25%, 4/21/25, Series 139, Reg S

     1,550,000 AUD         1,189,317   

4.75%, 4/21/27, Series 136, Reg S

     2,645,000 AUD       $ 2,307,940   

4.50%, 4/21/33, Series 140, Reg S

     3,585,000 AUD         3,143,496   
     

 

 

 
Total Australia               31,165,512   
New Zealand – 11.7%      

New Zealand Government Bond

  

  

6.00%, 12/15/17, Series 1217, Reg S

     4,744,000 NZD         3,334,111   

5.00%, 3/15/19, Series 319, Reg S

     4,400,000 NZD         3,130,656   

3.00%, 4/15/20, Series 420, Reg S

     3,255,000 NZD         2,197,197   

6.00%, 5/15/21, Series 521, Reg S

     4,205,000 NZD         3,248,783   

5.50%, 4/15/23, Series 423, Reg S

     3,745,000 NZD         2,927,345   

4.50%, 4/15/27, Series 427, Reg S

     2,490,000 NZD         1,878,932   

3.50%, 4/14/33, Reg S

     955,000 NZD         648,113   
     

 

 

 
Total New Zealand               17,365,137   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $51,468,508)

  

  

     48,530,649   
SUPRANATIONAL BONDS – 28.0%      

African Development Bank

     

5.25%, 3/23/22, Series GDIF

     1,889,000 AUD         1,529,032   

4.75%, 3/6/24, Series GDIF

     650,000 AUD         521,157   

Asian Development Bank

     

5.00%, 3/9/22

     3,050,000 AUD         2,454,979   

3.75%, 3/12/25

     3,350,000 AUD         2,552,084   

Council of Europe Development Bank
6.00%, 10/8/20

     2,945,000 AUD         2,399,155   

EUROFIMA

     

6.25%, 12/28/18, Reg S

     2,450,000 AUD         1,923,808   

5.50%, 6/30/20

     3,060,000 AUD         2,430,251   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
0.50%, 9/1/23

     5,840,000 AUD         3,413,197   

European Investment Bank

     

6.50%, 8/7/19

     795,000 AUD         642,504   

2.50%, 4/30/20

     2,000,000 AUD         1,424,174   

2.84%, 3/10/21(b)

     3,362,000 AUD         2,086,072   

Inter-American Development Bank

     

6.50%, 8/20/19

     1,337,000 AUD         1,085,295   

3.25%, 2/7/20

     2,850,000 AUD         2,094,503   

4.75%, 8/27/24

     1,555,000 AUD         1,262,588   

2.75%, 10/30/25

     1,360,000 AUD         954,956   

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

     

5.75%, 10/21/19, Series GDIF

     3,045,000 AUD         2,430,600   

2.50%, 3/12/20

     2,880,000 AUD         2,062,067   

International Finance Corp.

     

5.75%, 7/28/20

     3,766,000 AUD         3,054,428   

4.00%, 4/3/25, Reg S

     2,410,000 AUD         1,873,029   

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

5.50%, 3/9/20

     670,000 AUD         531,651   

2.70%, 9/5/22, Reg S

     1,450,000 AUD         1,023,268   

Nordic Investment Bank
4.75%, 2/28/24

     4,755,000 AUD         3,841,668   

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost: $43,013,954)

              41,590,466   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 98.7%

(Cost: $153,881,538)

  

  

     146,676,184   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 1.3%

        1,875,926   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 148,552,110   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (AUNZ)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

Principal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

(a) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(b) 

Represents a zero coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the effective yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

Reg S – Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/3/2016

  AUD     8,559,636        USD        6,113,250      $ (471

3/3/2016

  NZD     1,101,327        USD        726,104        (56
                                $ (527

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

AUD    Australian dollar
NZD    New Zealand dollar
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 25.6%      
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 9.4%      

6.75%, 9/15/29, Series GDIF

   $ 100,000       $ 150,330   

6.25%, 7/15/32

     195,000         286,529   

5.00%, 6/1/37

     7,159         7,901   

5.50%, 2/1/40

     26,255         29,464   

4.00%, 11/1/40

     44,454         47,547   

5.50%, 6/1/41

     12,081         13,556   

5.00%, 7/1/41

     23,292         25,652   

3.00%, 2/1/44

     367,042         376,268   

3.50%, 5/1/44

     200,704         210,142   

4.50%, 5/1/44

     43,236         46,969   

3.50%, 7/1/44

     206,362         216,065   

4.50%, 7/1/44

     501,456         544,768   

3.50%, 10/1/44

     70,829         74,160   

3.50%, 1/1/45

     200,843         210,287   

4.00%, 3/1/45

     44,093         47,067   

3.00%, 4/1/45

     48,009         49,181   

3.00%, 5/1/45

     192,977         197,690   

3.50%, 6/1/45

     185,823         194,560   

4.00%, 6/1/45

     187,767         200,471   

3.00%, 7/1/45

     48,821         50,014   

3.00%, 8/1/45

     195,525         200,300   

3.50%, 8/1/45

     597,676         625,780   

4.00%, 9/1/45

     388,468         414,812   

4.00%, 10/1/45

     417,034         445,314   

3.50%, 11/1/45

     198,114         207,430   

3.00%, 12/1/45

     198,977         203,837   

3.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     350,000         358,121   

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     550,000         575,083   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     400,000         426,258   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     175,000         189,738   

5.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     775,000         852,448   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation           7,477,742   
Federal National Mortgage Association – 15.8%      

3.00%, 3/1/28

     145,000         144,230   

6.25%, 5/15/29

     240,000         343,272   

5.63%, 7/15/37

     170,000         238,944   

5.00%, 5/1/38

     38,295         42,403   

5.50%, 11/1/38

     8,018         9,024   

5.50%, 4/1/40

     41,428         46,887   

5.50%, 9/1/41

     179,840         202,549   

4.00%, 12/1/42

        346,990         371,490   

2.50%, 3/1/43

     38,774         38,692   

4.00%, 6/1/43

     330,878         353,853   

3.00%, 7/1/43

     49,447         50,805   

4.00%, 8/1/43

     199,130         212,697   

4.00%, 9/1/43

     505,594         540,040   

4.50%, 9/1/43

     82,357         89,722   

3.50%, 10/1/43

     682,273         716,151   

4.00%, 5/1/44

     44,074         47,076   

4.50%, 5/1/44

     564,754         617,158   

4.00%, 7/1/44

     47,874         51,136   

4.00%, 8/1/44

     255,260         272,651   

4.00%, 11/1/44

     39,827         42,540   

3.00%, 1/1/45

     22,570         23,174   

4.00%, 2/1/45

   207,417       221,549   

3.00%, 4/1/45

     498,996         512,333   

3.00%, 5/1/45

     192,678         197,828   

3.50%, 6/1/45

     193,690         203,236   

3.50%, 7/1/45

     96,738         101,468   

3.50%, 9/1/45

     486,875         510,646   

3.00%, 10/1/45

     196,670         201,927   

3.50%, 10/1/45

     392,937         412,131   

3.00%, 11/1/45

     190,308         195,394   

3.50%, 11/1/45

     197,634         207,381   

3.00%, 12/1/45

     198,704         204,015   

3.50%, 12/1/45

     593,847         622,910   

3.00%, 2/1/46

     424,339         435,681   

2.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     25,000         24,922   

3.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     550,000         564,022   

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     900,000         943,006   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     675,000         720,325   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     525,000         570,270   

5.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     1,150,000         1,273,645   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal National Mortgage Association               12,577,183   
Tennessee Valley Authority – 0.4%      

Tennessee Valley Authority
4.25%, 9/15/65

     280,000         295,437   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $20,263,797)

              20,350,362   
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 17.0%      
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 1.2%      

U.S. Treasury Bond

     

6.00%, 2/15/26

     100,000         138,869   

3.00%, 11/15/45

     750,000         810,293   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds               949,162   
U.S. Treasury Notes – 15.8%      

U.S. Treasury Note

     

0.88%, 6/15/17

     850,000         851,627   

2.50%, 6/30/17

     438,000         448,223   

0.50%, 7/31/17

     739,000         736,359   

0.63%, 8/31/17

     2,400,000         2,395,078   

0.88%, 7/15/18

     3,830,000         3,834,562   

1.38%, 5/31/20

     90,000         90,744   

1.50%, 5/31/20

     90,000         91,209   

1.63%, 6/30/20

     120,000         122,198   

1.88%, 6/30/20

     90,000         92,638   

2.00%, 7/31/20

     90,000         93,080   

2.13%, 8/31/20

     240,000         249,511   

2.00%, 9/30/20

     90,000         93,132   

1.75%, 10/31/20

     90,000         92,108   

2.00%, 11/30/20

     90,000         93,108   

2.38%, 12/31/20

     250,000         263,061   

2.13%, 1/31/21

     1,340,000         1,395,406   

2.00%, 2/28/21

     1,090,000         1,128,512   

2.50%, 8/15/23

     479,000         511,473   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes               12,582,029   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $13,434,882)

              13,531,191   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         
CORPORATE BONDS – 40.3%      
United States – 40.3%      

21st Century Fox America, Inc.
4.75%, 9/15/44

   $ 209,000       $ 196,695   

Abbott Laboratories
2.55%, 3/15/22

     118,000         117,597   

AbbVie, Inc.

     

1.80%, 5/14/18

     350,000         349,201   

4.50%, 5/14/35

     175,000         174,802   

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.
2.88%, 11/3/22

     200,000         203,686   

Actavis Funding SCS
2.35%, 3/12/18

     360,000         362,389   

Aetna, Inc.
2.75%, 11/15/22

     300,000         294,095   

Altria Group, Inc.
5.38%, 1/31/44

     180,000         204,017   

Amazon.com, Inc.

     

3.30%, 12/5/21

     175,000         184,164   

4.80%, 12/5/34

     150,000         162,565   

American International Group, Inc.

     

2.30%, 7/16/19

     145,000         143,926   

3.88%, 1/15/35

     73,000         61,908   

Amgen, Inc.

     

2.13%, 5/1/20

     150,000         149,116   

3.13%, 5/1/25

     145,000         143,613   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
6.45%, 9/15/36

     220,000         183,106   

Anthem, Inc.
6.38%, 6/15/37

     200,000         233,055   

Appalachian Power Co.
7.00%, 4/1/38

     80,000         102,921   

AT&T, Inc.

     

2.38%, 11/27/18

     200,000         202,285   

3.40%, 5/15/25

     325,000         319,876   

4.50%, 5/15/35

     300,000         276,236   

4.75%, 5/15/46

     85,000         77,886   

Bank of America Corp.

     

2.00%, 1/11/18

     425,000         423,702   

5.70%, 1/24/22

     493,000         555,243   

Baxalta, Inc.
2.88%, 6/23/20(b)

     210,000         205,772   

Becton Dickinson and Co.
2.68%, 12/15/19

     150,000         153,276   

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.
4.50%, 2/1/45

     50,000         49,815   

Boston Properties L.P.
3.70%, 11/15/18

        160,000         165,879   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

     

3.65%, 9/1/25

     100,000         104,767   

4.15%, 4/1/45

     45,000         43,695   

Capital One Financial Corp.
3.20%, 2/5/25

     145,000         139,392   

Caterpillar, Inc.
3.80%, 8/15/42

     280,000         256,561   

CCO Safari II LLC
4.91%, 7/23/25(b)

   350,000       359,592   

Celgene Corp.
3.88%, 8/15/25

     300,000         309,832   

Cimarex Energy Co.
5.88%, 5/1/22

     109,000         105,403   

Cisco Systems, Inc.
5.90%, 2/15/39

     120,000         148,805   

Citigroup, Inc.

     

1.80%, 2/5/18

     300,000         298,160   

4.05%, 7/30/22

     72,000         73,255   

3.30%, 4/27/25

     150,000         149,203   

8.13%, 7/15/39

     200,000         286,079   

Comcast Corp.
6.45%, 3/15/37

     160,000         202,687   

Commonwealth Edison Co.
4.35%, 11/15/45

     200,000         212,864   

ConocoPhillips Co.

     

2.40%, 12/15/22

     60,000         52,302   

6.50%, 2/1/39

     200,000         196,442   

Copano Energy LLC
7.13%, 4/1/21

     133,000         131,925   

CSX Corp.
6.22%, 4/30/40

     120,000         142,310   

CVS Health Corp.

     

4.75%, 5/18/20

     25,000         27,317   

3.88%, 7/20/25

     200,000         214,328   

5.13%, 7/20/45

     160,000         180,216   

Deere & Co.
3.90%, 6/9/42

     140,000         136,058   

Devon Energy Corp.
3.25%, 5/15/22

     89,000         68,648   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC
3.95%, 1/15/25

     300,000         305,481   

Discover Financial Services
3.75%, 3/4/25

     200,000         189,103   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
4.25%, 11/15/20

     96,000         102,606   

DTE Energy Co.
3.30%, 6/15/22(b)

     150,000         153,311   

Duke Energy Corp.
4.80%, 12/15/45

     60,000         62,723   

Duke Energy Progress LLC
3.00%, 9/15/21

     200,000         209,058   

Eastman Chemical Co.
2.40%, 6/1/17

     45,000         45,357   

Enable Midstream Partners L.P.
2.40%, 5/15/19

     224,000         172,681   

Energy Transfer Partners L.P.

     

4.65%, 6/1/21

     200,000         173,191   

6.13%, 12/15/45

     85,000         70,110   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
4.90%, 5/15/46

     201,000         177,818   

ERP Operating L.P.
4.63%, 12/15/21

     100,000         110,649   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         

Express Scripts Holding Co.
4.75%, 11/15/21

   $ 300,000       $ 321,611   

Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.50%, 12/1/44

     200,000         204,959   

FedEx Corp.
3.88%, 8/1/42

     100,000         87,135   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
5.00%, 10/15/25

     160,000         166,556   

Ford Motor Co.
4.75%, 1/15/43

     105,000         96,747   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
8.13%, 1/15/20

     200,000         233,011   

Franklin Resources, Inc.
2.85%, 3/30/25

     145,000         141,179   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
5.45%, 3/15/43

     85,000         49,725   

GE Capital International Funding Co.
3.37%, 11/15/25(b)

     300,000         314,213   

General Electric Co.

     

4.38%, 9/16/20

     68,000         75,208   

2.70%, 10/9/22

     145,000         150,079   

3.45%, 5/15/24

     200,000         213,714   

General Motors Co.
3.50%, 10/2/18

     250,000         251,125   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
4.30%, 7/13/25

     295,000         280,025   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
3.65%, 3/1/26

     160,000         167,700   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     

5.25%, 7/27/21

     150,000         166,832   

4.25%, 10/21/25

     300,000         299,056   

4.80%, 7/8/44

     121,000         122,773   

Halliburton Co.
4.85%, 11/15/35

     200,000         175,095   

HCP, Inc.

     

2.63%, 2/1/20

     150,000         146,871   

5.38%, 2/1/21

     220,000         236,190   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     

3.60%, 10/15/20(b)

     200,000         199,331   

6.35%, 10/15/45(b)

     120,000         102,643   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     

4.40%, 4/1/21

     70,000         77,825   

4.25%, 4/1/46

     200,000         209,544   

HP, Inc.
4.38%, 9/15/21

     140,000         141,418   

Intel Corp.
2.70%, 12/15/22

     148,000         150,501   

International Paper Co.
3.80%, 1/15/26

     145,000         141,094   

Jefferies Group LLC

     

8.50%, 7/15/19

     100,000         113,162   

6.88%, 4/15/21

     200,000         224,253   

JM Smucker Co. (The)
3.00%, 3/15/22

     192,000         195,331   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

4.25%, 10/1/27

     95,000         96,888   

4.85%, 2/1/44

     335,000         373,902   

Keysight Technologies, Inc.
3.30%, 10/30/19

   38,000       37,751   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     

6.50%, 9/15/20

     150,000         151,673   

4.30%, 6/1/25

     150,000         135,887   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
2.80%, 7/2/20(b)

     150,000         151,898   

Kroger Co. (The)
3.40%, 4/15/22

     200,000         207,650   

Lockheed Martin Corp.
4.50%, 5/15/36

     115,000         121,522   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.
3.38%, 9/15/25

     160,000         168,145   

LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
5.00%, 4/15/19

     250,000         263,939   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
6.38%, 3/15/37

     60,000         56,779   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.
2.70%, 12/14/18

     300,000         290,725   

McDonald’s Corp.
2.10%, 12/7/18

     280,000         283,731   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
4.00%, 6/15/25

     44,000         44,721   

McKesson Corp.
4.88%, 3/15/44

     100,000         100,088   

Medtronic, Inc.
3.50%, 3/15/25

     277,000         291,179   

Merck & Co., Inc.
2.35%, 2/10/22

     111,000         111,500   

MetLife, Inc.

     

4.88%, 11/13/43

     100,000         102,681   

4.05%, 3/1/45

     150,000         135,872   

Monsanto Co.
2.75%, 7/15/21

     120,000         120,324   

Morgan Stanley
3.95%, 4/23/27

     130,000         125,841   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
2.85%, 1/27/25

     175,000         174,233   

NBCUniversal Media LLC
4.38%, 4/1/21

     300,000         331,288   

Newmont Mining Corp.
3.50%, 3/15/22

     140,000         133,362   

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
2.06%, 9/1/17, Series F

     200,000         200,870   

NiSource Finance Corp.
5.65%, 2/1/45

     60,000         69,649   

Noble Energy, Inc.
5.63%, 5/1/21

     200,000         180,803   

Norfolk Southern Corp.
3.25%, 12/1/21

     200,000         201,458   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC
2.95%, 4/1/25

     269,000         263,442   

Oracle Corp.
2.50%, 5/15/22

     375,000         377,315   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
6.05%, 3/1/34

     200,000         246,123   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         

PepsiCo, Inc.
2.75%, 4/30/25

   $ 145,000       $ 146,671   

Philip Morris International, Inc.
4.25%, 11/10/44

     300,000         307,343   

Phillips 66
4.88%, 11/15/44

     145,000         130,978   

Plains All American Pipeline L.P.
4.65%, 10/15/25

     240,000         202,208   

Praxair, Inc.
3.20%, 1/30/26

     100,000         104,642   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     

5.38%, 6/21/20

     250,000         276,340   

3.50%, 5/15/24

     360,000         353,374   

Public Service Co. of Colorado
3.60%, 9/15/42

     80,000         77,181   

QUALCOMM, Inc.
4.65%, 5/20/35

     80,000         74,469   

Republic Services, Inc.
3.20%, 3/15/25

        145,000              145,036   

Reynolds American, Inc.
4.45%, 6/12/25

     120,000         130,548   

Seagate HDD Cayman
4.75%, 1/1/25

     240,000         184,200   

Sempra Energy
2.85%, 11/15/20

     200,000         200,937   

Simon Property Group L.P.
3.50%, 9/1/25

     200,000         206,338   

Southern California Edison Co.
5.63%, 2/1/36

     200,000         244,561   

Southern Co. (The)
2.45%, 9/1/18

     90,000         91,171   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.45%, 11/17/18

     300,000         303,703   

State Street Corp.
3.55%, 8/18/25

     100,000         105,615   

Synchrony Financial
2.70%, 2/3/20

     200,000         196,187   

Target Corp.
4.00%, 7/1/42

     200,000         204,090   

Textron, Inc.
3.65%, 3/1/21

     150,000         154,234   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
4.50%, 3/1/21

     300,000         321,916   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
5.00%, 2/1/20

     270,000         286,846   

Time Warner, Inc.
4.85%, 7/15/45

     441,000         412,699   

Tucson Electric Power Co.
3.05%, 3/15/25

     176,000         172,385   

Union Pacific Corp.
3.25%, 8/15/25

     150,000         157,159   

United Parcel Service, Inc.
3.63%, 10/1/42

     250,000         247,630   

United Technologies Corp.
3.10%, 6/1/22

     173,000         179,821   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
4.63%, 7/15/35

   145,000       155,959   

US Bancorp
3.00%, 3/15/22

     200,000         207,297   

Valero Energy Corp.
3.65%, 3/15/25

     200,000         181,676   

Ventas Realty L.P.
4.75%, 6/1/21

     300,000         323,259   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     

4.50%, 9/15/20

     320,000         348,333   

3.50%, 11/1/24

     240,000         245,521   

4.27%, 1/15/36

     200,000         185,266   

4.52%, 9/15/48

     168,000         153,930   

Viacom, Inc.
4.85%, 12/15/34

     150,000         118,707   

Virginia Electric & Power Co.
6.35%, 11/30/37

     240,000         313,857   

Visa, Inc.
2.80%, 12/14/22

     280,000         288,547   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.30%, 11/18/21

     175,000         176,609   

Waste Management, Inc.
3.50%, 5/15/24

     120,000         124,665   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

3.50%, 3/8/22

     300,000         315,118   

4.10%, 6/3/26

     150,000         155,110   

Welltower, Inc.
4.00%, 6/1/25

     350,000         344,366   

Wyeth LLC
5.95%, 4/1/37

     140,000         172,424   

Xerox Corp.
3.50%, 8/20/20

     220,000         205,394   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
4.25%, 8/15/35

     175,000         163,107   

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $31,889,371)

              32,112,327   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 5.5%      
Australia – 0.2%      

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.
4.13%, 2/24/42

     200,000         169,555   
Belgium – 0.6%      

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.

     

3.65%, 2/1/26

     100,000         103,348   

4.63%, 2/1/44

     320,000         333,071   
     

 

 

 
Total Belgium               436,419   
Brazil – 0.1%      

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.88%, 11/21/36

     160,000         110,160   
Canada – 1.0%      

Barrick North America Finance LLC
4.40%, 5/30/21

     240,000         235,610   

Canadian National Railway Co.
2.85%, 12/15/21

     175,000         179,576   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Table of Contents

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
3.90%, 2/1/25

   $ 60,000       $ 46,630   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
3.75%, 10/16/23

     320,000         313,091   
     

 

 

 
Total Canada               774,907   
Colombia – 0.1%      

Ecopetrol S.A.
5.88%, 9/18/23

     100,000         88,970   
Ireland — 0.2%      

XLIT Ltd.
5.50%, 3/31/45

     150,000         143,189   
Mexico – 0.6%      

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

5.50%, 1/21/21

     200,000         202,460   

4.50%, 1/23/26(b)

     125,000         111,562   

6.63%, 6/15/35

     160,000         145,360   
     

 

 

 
Total Mexico               459,382   
Netherlands – 0.2%      

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA
5.25%, 5/24/41

     140,000         161,763   
Peru – 0.3%      

Southern Copper Corp.

     

3.88%, 4/23/25

     145,000         129,672   

5.88%, 4/23/45

     145,000         115,343   
     

 

 

 
Total Peru               245,015   
Spain – 0.3%      

Telefonica Emisiones SAU
3.19%, 4/27/18

     240,000         243,853   
Switzerland – 0.3%      

Credit Suisse AG
5.40%, 1/14/20

     240,000         253,420   
United Kingdom – 1.6%      

AstraZeneca PLC
3.38%, 11/16/25

     120,000         122,247   

BP Capital Markets PLC
3.25%, 5/6/22

     320,000         315,745   

GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc.
6.38%, 5/15/38

     80,000         102,949   

HSBC Holdings PLC
4.00%, 3/30/22

     300,000         312,265   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
3.75%, 6/15/25

     160,000         153,113   

Vodafone Group PLC
2.95%, 2/19/23

     280,000         268,859   
     

 

 

 
Total United Kingdom               1,275,178   
TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $4,262,626)
              4,361,811   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 0.3%      
Canada – 0.3%      

Hydro-Quebec
9.50%, 11/15/30, Series HQ

(Cost: $223,199)

     132,000         227,910   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 2.2%      
Colombia – 0.2%      

Colombia Government International Bond

     

7.38%, 3/18/19

   100,000       112,000   

6.13%, 1/18/41

     80,000         76,600   
     

 

 

 
Total Colombia               188,600   
Italy – 0.1%      

Italy Government International Bond
6.88%, 9/27/23

     80,000         100,744   
Mexico — 0.7%      

Mexico Government International Bond

     

4.00%, 10/2/23

     156,000         160,836   

4.75%, 3/8/44

     156,000         147,030   

5.55%, 1/21/45

     200,000         209,250   
     

 

 

 
Total Mexico               517,116   
Peru – 0.1%      

Peruvian Government International Bond
6.55%, 3/14/37

     60,000         72,450   
Philippines – 0.3%      

Philippine Government International Bond
9.50%, 2/2/30

     157,000         259,554   
Poland – 0.2%      

Poland Government International Bond
5.13%, 4/21/21

     120,000         135,018   
Turkey – 0.5%      

Turkey Government International Bond

     

7.00%, 6/5/20

     200,000         223,295   

7.38%, 2/5/25

     145,000         170,613   
     

 

 

 
Total Turkey               393,908   
Uruguay – 0.1%      

Uruguay Government International Bond
8.00%, 11/18/22

     80,000         99,200   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $1,729,247)

              1,766,590   
SUPRANATIONAL BOND – 0.6%      

Deutsche Bank AG
1.88%, 2/13/18

(Cost: $493,985)

     500,000         487,917   
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 6.8%      
United States – 6.8%      

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
5.74%, 9/11/42, Series 2007-T28,

Class A4(c)

     96,204         100,979   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

2.94%, 4/10/48, Series 2015-GC29, Class A3

     65,000         65,216   

5.71%, 12/10/49, Series 2007-C6, Class A4(c)

     125,000         128,738   

3.52%, 9/10/58, Series 2015-GC33, Class AAB

     300,000         313,961   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

3.92%, 8/10/46, Series 2013-CR10, Class A3

     100,000         108,244   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         

3.50%, 8/10/47, Series 2014-CR19, Class ASB

   $ 150,000       $ 157,186   

3.50%, 5/10/48, Series 2015-CR23, Class A4

     50,000         51,679   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

     

1.87%, 11/25/19, Series K712, Class A2

     25,000         25,333   

3.97%, 1/25/21, Series K013, Class A2

     200,000         221,153   

2.87%, 12/25/21, Series K017, Class A2

     50,000         53,007   

2.51%, 11/25/22, Series K026, Class A2

     50,000         51,602   

2.62%, 3/25/23, Series K035, Class A1

     215,929         223,840   

2.67%, 12/25/24, Series K042, Class A2

     50,000         51,124   

3.02%, 1/25/25, Series K045, Class A2

     55,000         57,651   

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

3.33%, 10/25/23, Series 2013-M14, Class A2(c)

     100,000         107,452   

3.48%, 1/25/24, Series 2014-M3, Class A2(c)

     110,000         118,779   

3.10%, 7/25/24, Series 2014-M9, Class A2(c)

     596,000         627,560   

2.72%, 10/25/24, Series 2015-M3, Class A2

     100,000         102,910   

Federal National Mortgage Association Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities

     

2.17%, 9/25/19, Series 2014-M10, Class ASQ2(c)

     25,000         25,589   

2.30%, 9/25/22, Series 2012-M14, Class A2(c)

     50,000         50,780   

2.30%, 10/25/24, Series 2015-M3, Class A1

     46,799         48,007   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp.
2.73%, 5/10/50, Series 2015-GC30, Class A2

     100,000         102,544   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

4.24%, 8/10/46, Series 2013-GC14, Class A5

     85,000         93,737   

3.68%, 4/10/47, Series 2014-GC20, Class A3

     100,000         106,454   

3.86%, 6/10/47, Series 2014-GC22, Class A5

     70,000         74,847   

3.67%, 9/10/47, Series 2014-GC24, Class A4

     300,000         318,584   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
2.61%, 12/15/47, Series 2012-LC9, Class A4

     100,000         100,829   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

3.41%, 1/15/46, Series 2013-C13, Class ASB

     175,000         183,369   

5.79%, 2/12/51, Series 2007-CB20, Class A4(c)

     22,091         23,008   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Trust
3.66%, 7/15/45, Series 2013-C12, Class A5

     100,000         107,024   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

     

3.48%, 11/15/45, Series 2012-C6, Class AS

     100,000         102,901   

3.25%, 2/15/48, Series 2015-C20, Class A4

   $   200,000       $ 203,284   

3.72%, 7/15/50, Series 2015-C23, Class A4

     175,000         183,685   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust
3.77%, 3/15/45, Series 2012-C4, Class AS

     280,000         292,876   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
5.95%, 2/15/51, Series 2007-C33, Class A5(c)

     350,000         367,990   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust
3.70%, 11/15/48, Series 2015-C31, Class A4

     100,000         104,550   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

4.42%, 9/15/46, Series 2013-C16, Class A5

     100,000         110,799   

3.03%, 12/15/46, Series 2013-C18, Class A2

     25,000         25,798   

4.02%, 12/15/46, Series 2013-C17, Class A4

     60,000         64,879   

4.10%, 3/15/47, Series 2014-C19, Class A5

     25,000         27,128   

3.43%, 11/15/47, Series 2014-C25, Class A3

     40,000         41,501   

3.63%, 11/15/47, Series 2014-C25, Class A5

     100,000         104,803   

TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost: $5,380,151)

              5,431,380   
MUNICIPAL BONDS – 0.8%      
United States – 0.8%      

Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
5.71%, 7/1/34

     100,000         123,781   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority
0.00%, 2/15/22, Series B(d)

     300,000         239,070   

New Jersey Turnpike Authority
7.41%, 1/1/40

     40,000         59,152   

State of Illinois

     

4.95%, 6/1/23

     100,000         103,620   

5.10%, 6/1/33

     100,000         93,452   

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost: $613,117)

              619,075   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.1%

(Cost: $78,290,375)

        78,888,563   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of
Liabilities – 0.9%

        689,309   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 79,577,872   
(a)

To-be-announced (“TBA”) security (See Note 2).

 

(b) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(c) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(d) 

Represents a zero coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the effective yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 29.3%      
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 6.9%      

2.38%, 1/13/22

   $ 210,000       $ 219,997   

3.50%, 12/1/33

     136,119         143,713   

4.00%, 6/1/34

     41,715         44,976   

4.00%, 12/1/43

     63,940         68,224   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     140,000         149,190   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     235,000         254,792   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation         880,892   
Federal National Mortgage Association – 15.3%      

0.88%, 5/21/18

     234,000         233,870   

4.00%, 7/1/19

     44,580         46,482   

4.00%, 7/1/26

     28,019         29,906   

3.50%, 12/1/26

     31,778         33,651   

2.50%, 8/1/28

     37,619         38,773   

3.00%, 11/1/28

     36,843         38,539   

3.00%, 7/1/29

     78,360         81,854   

2.50%, 3/1/31(a)

     90,000         92,296   

3.50%, 3/1/31(a)

     120,000         126,816   

4.00%, 8/1/34

     80,168         86,440   

3.50%, 2/1/35

     97,337         102,667   

4.50%, 10/1/41

     69,539         75,749   

3.50%, 6/1/42

     76,584         80,456   

4.00%, 6/1/43

     23,634         25,275   

3.00%, 8/1/43

     86,720         89,100   

4.00%, 11/1/43

     59,411         63,458   

4.50%, 5/1/44

     54,205         59,228   

3.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     145,000         148,697   

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     155,000         162,407   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     75,000         80,036   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     130,000         141,210   

5.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     105,000         116,289   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal National Mortgage Association         1,953,199   
Government National Mortgage Association – 7.1%      

5.00%, 2/20/43

     107,496         119,525   

5.00%, 12/20/43

     185,893         206,184   

3.50%, 8/20/44

     217,998         230,901   

5.00%, 8/20/44

     107,055         116,951   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     210,000         224,269   
     

 

 

 
Total Government National Mortgage Association         897,830   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $3,685,574)

              3,731,921   
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 31.9%      
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 10.9%      

U.S. Treasury Bond

     

6.88%, 8/15/25

     150,000         217,535   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     335,000         460,998   

4.38%, 5/15/40

     267,200         361,456   

3.63%, 8/15/43

     281,100         343,024   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds               1,383,013   
U.S. Treasury Notes – 21.0%      

U.S. Treasury Note

     

0.63%, 6/30/17

     2,602,000         2,598,139   

1.38%, 10/31/20

     75,000         75,520   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes               2,673,659   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $3,927,947)

              4,056,672   
CORPORATE BONDS – 22.0%      
United States – 22.0%      

21st Century Fox America, Inc.
6.65%, 11/15/37

   $ 21,000       $ 23,508   

American International Group, Inc.
4.88%, 6/1/22

     51,000         54,474   

Amgen, Inc.
5.15%, 11/15/41

     38,000         39,209   

Anthem, Inc.
4.65%, 1/15/43

     38,000         35,706   

AT&T, Inc.
4.35%, 6/15/45

     48,000         41,034   

Bank of America Corp.
2.60%, 1/15/19

     143,000         143,808   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
4.70%, 10/1/19

     45,500         49,722   

Citigroup, Inc.
2.65%, 10/26/20

     30,000         29,943   

Comcast Corp.
6.45%, 3/15/37

     40,000         50,672   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC
3.80%, 3/15/22

     59,000         60,701   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
4.25%, 11/15/20

     105,000         112,225   

Duke Energy Florida LLC
6.40%, 6/15/38

     33,500         44,424   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
3.35%, 3/15/23

     135,000         126,801   

Ford Motor Co.
4.75%, 1/15/43

     51,000         46,991   

General Electric Co.
5.50%, 1/8/20

     77,000         87,695   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
4.30%, 7/13/25

     60,000         56,954   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
7.50%, 2/15/19

     90,000         102,497   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)
5.13%, 4/15/22

     62,000         68,739   

International Paper Co.
3.80%, 1/15/26

     45,000         43,788   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.20%, 1/25/23

     128,000         129,800   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
5.50%, 3/1/44

     38,000         31,103   

Morgan Stanley
2.13%, 4/25/18

     109,000         109,025   

Norfolk Southern Corp.
3.00%, 4/1/22

     38,000         38,042   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC
7.00%, 9/1/22

     70,000         85,511   

Oracle Corp.
6.50%, 4/15/38

     79,000         101,574   

PepsiCo, Inc.
4.50%, 1/15/20

     135,000         148,979   

Pfizer, Inc.
7.20%, 3/15/39

     32,000         44,655   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  

Philip Morris International, Inc.
4.88%, 11/15/43

   $ 87,000       $ 97,718   

Plains All American Pipeline LP
3.65%, 6/1/22

     157,500         129,899   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
2.38%, 5/15/23

     61,000         60,719   

Simon Property Group L.P.
3.38%, 10/1/24

     54,000         54,891   

Southern California Edison Co.
4.65%, 10/1/43

     52,000         57,780   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
6.75%, 6/15/39

     29,500         29,822   

Time Warner, Inc.
7.63%, 4/15/31

     20,000         24,336   

United Technologies Corp.

     

6.13%, 2/1/19

     90,500         101,451   

4.50%, 6/1/42

     37,000         38,255   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.55%, 9/15/43

     32,000         39,154   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
6.20%, 4/15/38

     57,000         73,413   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.13%, 8/15/23

     122,000         129,357   

Xerox Corp.
6.35%, 5/15/18

     61,000         64,164   

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $2,832,667)

              2,808,539   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 2.8%      
Belgium – 1.0%      

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
5.38%, 1/15/20

     121,000         134,764   
Canada – 0.6%      

Nexen Energy ULC
6.40%, 5/15/37

     63,000         72,037   
Mexico – 0.4%      

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.00%, 3/5/20

     46,000         47,426   
United Kingdom – 0.8%      

HSBC Holdings PLC
5.10%, 4/5/21

     96,000         105,885   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $367,275)

              360,112   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 1.0%      
Germany – 1.0%      

KFW
2.50%, 11/20/24

(Cost: $126,351)

     126,000         131,545   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 1.2%      
Italy – 0.5%      

Italy Government International Bond
5.38%, 6/15/33

     56,000         64,688   
Mexico – 0.7%     

Mexico Government International Bond
4.00%, 10/2/23

   $ 81,000      $ 83,511   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $148,689)

             148,199   
SUPRANATIONAL BOND – 1.6%     

European Investment Bank
4.00%, 2/16/21

(Cost: $200,326)

     185,000        206,395   
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 4.6%   
United States – 4.6%     

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 1.99%, 4/10/46, Series 2013-GC11, Class A2

     10,000        10,029   

COMM Mortgage Trust

    

1.34%, 7/10/45, Series 2013-CR9, Class A1

     8,360        8,335   

3.60%, 5/10/47, Series 2014-CR17, Class ASB

     35,000        36,610   

3.08%, 2/10/48, Series 2015-DC1, Class A4

     100,000        101,414   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
3.05%, 4/15/47, Series 2014-C19, Class A2

     120,000        124,420   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
2.67%, 1/15/46, Series 2013-C13, Class A2

     30,000        30,628   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

    

3.53%, 12/15/47, Series 2014-C19, Class A4

     25,000        25,984   

3.07%, 2/15/48, Series 2015-C20, Class ASB

     110,000        112,714   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
4.02%, 12/15/46, Series 2013-C17, Class A4

     120,000        129,757   

TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost: $576,686)

  

  

    579,891   
MUNICIPAL BOND – 1.1%     
United States – 1.1%     

State of California
7.55%, 4/1/39

(Cost: $137,954)

     95,000        141,932   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 95.5%

(Cost: $12,003,469)

  

  

    12,165,206   
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SOLD SHORT – (0.2)%   
Government National Mortgage Association – (0.2)%     

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

(Proceeds: $26,434)

     (25,000     (26,400

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 4.7%

  

    596,502   
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%            $ 12,735,308   
(a) 

To-be-announced (“TBA”) security (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FUTURES CONTRACTS  
     Contracts     Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Futures Contracts Short

                               

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    61      $ (8,607,672     Jun-16      $ (21,820

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    17        (2,056,734     Jun-16        4,781   

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Term Bond

    15        (2,597,344     Jun-16        8,383   
                            $ (8,656

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (AGZD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 32.0%      
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 7.8%      

2.38%, 1/13/22

   $ 677,000       $ 709,229   

4.00%, 5/1/34

     246,838         266,135   

4.00%, 12/1/43

     63,940         68,224   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     320,000         341,006   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     425,000         460,793   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation         1,845,387   
Federal National Mortgage Association – 16.7%      

0.88%, 5/21/18

     550,000         549,695   

4.00%, 8/1/18

     26,457         27,586   

4.00%, 7/1/19

     85,653         89,308   

5.50%, 10/1/25

     116,321         130,531   

4.00%, 7/1/26

     28,019         29,906   

3.50%, 12/1/26

     31,778         33,651   

2.50%, 8/1/28

     37,619         38,773   

3.00%, 11/1/28

     36,843         38,539   

3.00%, 7/1/29

     156,720         163,708   

2.50%, 3/1/31(a)

     175,000         179,464   

3.00%, 3/1/31(a)

     25,000         26,071   

3.50%, 3/1/31(a)

     250,000         264,199   

4.00%, 4/1/32

     123,081         132,540   

4.00%, 8/1/34

     180,022         194,106   

4.50%, 9/1/39

     60,942         66,403   

3.50%, 6/1/42

     76,584         80,456   

4.00%, 6/1/43

     23,634         25,275   

3.00%, 8/1/43

     86,720         89,100   

4.00%, 11/1/43

     59,411         63,458   

4.50%, 5/1/44

     54,205         59,228   

3.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     350,000         358,923   

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     220,000         230,513   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     175,000         186,751   

4.50%, 3/1/46(a)

     350,000         380,180   

5.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     450,000         498,383   
     

 

 

 
Total Federal National Mortgage Association         3,936,747   
Government National Mortgage Association – 7.5%      

5.00%, 2/20/43

     107,496         119,525   

5.00%, 4/20/44

     278,752         303,171   

3.50%, 7/20/44

     355,265         376,293   

4.00%, 7/20/44

     178,087         190,477   

5.00%, 7/20/44

     55,308         60,421   

3.50%, 8/20/44

     435,996         461,802   

5.00%, 8/20/44

     50,683         55,368   

4.00%, 3/1/46(a)

     200,000         213,590   
     

 

 

 
Total Government National Mortgage Association         1,780,647   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $7,469,226)

              7,562,781   
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 32.1%      
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 7.0%      

U.S. Treasury Bond

     

4.50%, 2/15/36

     172,000         236,691   

4.38%, 5/15/40

     251,700         340,488   

2.88%, 5/15/43

     382,000         404,249   

3.63%, 8/15/43

     549,700         670,795   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds               1,652,223   
U.S. Treasury Note – 25.1%      

U.S. Treasury Note
0.63%, 6/30/17

   $ 5,954,000       $ 5,945,164   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $7,424,544)

              7,597,387   
CORPORATE BONDS – 22.9%      
United States – 22.9%      

21st Century Fox America, Inc.
6.65%, 11/15/37

     61,000         68,284   

American International Group, Inc.
4.88%, 6/1/22

     82,000         87,585   

Amgen, Inc.
5.15%, 11/15/41

     99,000         102,150   

Anthem, Inc.
4.65%, 1/15/43

     87,000         81,749   

AT&T, Inc.
4.35%, 6/15/45

     65,000         55,567   

Bank of America Corp.
2.60%, 1/15/19

     238,000         239,344   

Boeing Co. (The)
2.50%, 3/1/25

     84,000         82,975   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
4.70%, 10/1/19

     63,500         69,392   

2.45%, 4/24/19

     125,000         125,092   

Citigroup, Inc.
8.13%, 7/15/39

     32,000         45,773   

Comcast Corp.
6.45%, 3/15/37

     67,000         84,875   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC
3.80%, 3/15/22

     65,000         66,874   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)
4.25%, 11/15/20

     157,000         167,803   

Duke Energy Florida LLC
6.40%, 6/15/38

     55,500         73,598   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
3.35%, 3/15/23

     233,000         218,849   

Ford Motor Co.
4.75%, 1/15/43

     126,000         116,096   

General Electric Co.
5.50%, 1/8/20

     176,000         200,446   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
7.50%, 2/15/19

     165,000         187,911   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)
5.13%, 4/15/22

     74,000         82,044   

International Paper Co.
4.75%, 2/15/22

     125,000         132,595   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

3.20%, 1/25/23

     186,000         188,615   

5.50%, 10/15/40

     45,000         52,321   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
5.50%, 3/1/44

     123,000         100,675   

Morgan Stanley
2.13%, 4/25/18

     194,000         194,045   

Norfolk Southern Corp.
3.00%, 4/1/22

     78,000         78,086   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC
7.00%, 9/1/22

   $ 143,000       $ 174,688   

Oracle Corp.
6.50%, 4/15/38

     152,000         195,434   

PepsiCo, Inc.
4.50%, 1/15/20

     188,000         207,467   

Pfizer, Inc.
7.20%, 3/15/39

     119,000         166,062   

Philip Morris International, Inc.
4.88%, 11/15/43

     111,000         124,674   

Plains All American Pipeline LP
3.65%, 6/1/22

     214,500         176,910   

Prudential Financial, Inc.
6.63%, 12/1/37, Series D

     97,000         114,359   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
2.38%, 5/15/23

     156,000         155,281   

Southern California Edison Co.
4.65%, 10/1/43

     99,000         110,005   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
6.75%, 6/15/39

     59,500         60,149   

Time Warner, Inc.
7.63%, 4/15/31

     38,000         46,239   

United Technologies Corp.

     

6.13%, 2/1/19

     125,500         140,687   

4.50%, 6/1/42

     35,000         36,187   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.55%, 9/15/43

     69,000         84,426   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
6.20%, 4/15/38

     262,000         337,442   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.13%, 8/15/23

     177,000         187,673   

Xerox Corp.
6.35%, 5/15/18

     177,000         186,179   
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $5,533,178)
              5,406,606   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 2.7%      
Belgium – 0.9%      

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
5.38%, 1/15/20

     188,000         209,385   
Canada – 0.3%      

Nexen Energy ULC
6.40%, 5/15/37

     52,000         59,459   
Mexico – 0.5%      

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.00%, 3/5/20

     125,000         128,875   
Netherlands – 0.4%      

Shell International Finance B.V.
5.50%, 3/25/40

     99,000         104,527   
United Kingdom – 0.6%      

HSBC Holdings PLC
5.10%, 4/5/21

     127,000         140,077   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $666,963)

              642,323   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 1.3%      
Italy – 0.5%      

Italy Government International Bond
5.38%, 6/15/33

   $ 107,000       $ 123,601   
Mexico – 0.6%      

Mexico Government International Bond
4.00%, 10/2/23

     141,000         145,371   
Turkey – 0.2%      

Turkey Government International Bond
7.38%, 2/5/25

     33,000         38,829   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $313,567)

  

  

     307,801   
SUPRANATIONAL BOND – 2.3%      

European Investment Bank
4.00%, 2/16/21

(Cost: $523,755)

     479,000         534,397   
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 4.6%      
United States – 4.6%      

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust
3.83%, 12/15/47, Series 2011-C2, Class A4

     95,175         102,606   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust
1.99%, 4/10/46, Series 2013-GC11, Class A2

     35,000         35,104   

COMM Mortgage Trust
1.34%, 7/10/45, Series 2013-CR9, Class A1

     12,540         12,502   

3.60%, 5/10/47, Series 2014-CR17, Class ASB

     55,000         57,530   

2.87%, 2/10/48, Series 2015-DC1, Class A2

     80,000         82,325   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
4.08%, 2/15/47, Series 2014-C18, Class A5

     50,000         54,095   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
2.67%, 1/15/46, Series 2013-C13, Class A2

     75,000         76,570   

5.42%, 1/15/49, Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

     99,473         101,457   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust
3.10%, 5/15/46, Series 2013-C9, Class A4

     105,000         107,916   

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
3.00%, 5/10/45, Series 2012-C1, Class AAB

     250,000         257,551   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
4.02%, 12/15/46, Series 2013-C17, Class A4

     100,000         108,131   

2.90%, 3/15/47, Series 2014-C19, Class A2

     100,000         103,003   

TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost: $1,092,716)

  

  

     1,098,790   
MUNICIPAL BOND – 0.9%      
United States – 0.9%      

State of California
7.55%, 4/1/39

(Cost: $220,519)

     150,000         224,103   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 98.8%

(Cost: $23,244,468)

              23,374,188   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (AGZD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
    Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SOLD SHORT – (1.3)%     
Government National Mortgage Association – (1.3)%     

3.50%, 3/1/46(a)

(Proceeds: $317,203)

   $ (300,000   $ (316,805

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of
Liabilities – 2.5%

       586,406   
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%            $ 23,643,789   
(a) 

To-be-announced (“TBA”) security (See Note 2).

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FUTURES CONTRACTS
     Contracts     Notional Value     Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Short  

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    29      $ (3,784,953     Jun-16      $ 3,172   

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    6        (1,311,282     Jun-16        1,969   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    86        (10,404,656     Jun-16        24,187   

U.S. Treasury Long Bond

    5        (822,656     Jun-16        13,281   

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Term Bond

    11        (1,904,719     Jun-16        6,147   
                            $ 48,756   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 99.9%      
U.S. Treasury Notes – 99.9%      

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Note

     

0.40%, 4/30/17*

   $ 371,000       $ 370,920   

0.40%, 7/31/17*

     371,000         370,684   

0.49%, 10/31/17*

     371,000         370,909   

0.60%, 1/31/18*

     135,000         135,128   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.9%
(Cost: $1,247,830)
        1,247,641   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.1%

  

     1,469   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 1,249,110   
* 

Floating rate note. Coupon shown is in effect at February 29, 2016. Date represents the ultimate maturity date.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS – 87.4%      
United States – 87.4%      

ACCO Brands Corp.
6.75%, 4/30/20

   $ 89,000       $ 94,562   

Affinion Group, Inc.
7.88%, 12/15/18(a)

     5,000         2,819   

AK Steel Corp.
8.75%, 12/1/18(a)

     72,000         65,880   

Alcoa, Inc.
6.75%, 7/15/18

     91,000         95,209   

Alere, Inc.
7.25%, 7/1/18

     51,000         53,614   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
9.38%, 6/1/19

     55,000         46,200   

Ally Financial, Inc.
5.50%, 2/15/17

     271,000         276,759   

Alphabet Holding Co., Inc.
7.75%, 11/1/17

     45,000         45,225   

American Airlines Group, Inc.
6.13%, 6/1/18

     66,000         68,957   

AmeriGas Partners L.P.
6.25%, 8/20/19

     31,000         30,845   

Anixter, Inc.
5.63%, 5/1/19

     36,000         37,755   

APX Group, Inc.
6.38%, 12/1/19

     17,000         16,660   

Associated Materials LLC
9.13%, 11/1/17

     113,000         79,665   

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
6.50%, 2/1/20(a)

     50,000         21,250   

Avaya, Inc.
7.00%, 4/1/19(a)(b)

     95,000         58,900   

Avon Products, Inc.
6.35%, 3/15/20(a)

     33,000         23,925   

Basic Energy Services, Inc.
7.75%, 2/15/19(a)

     44,000         8,360   

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
5.75%, 6/15/19

     17,000         13,770   

Beverages & More, Inc.
10.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     13,000         11,619   

Boyd Gaming Corp.
9.00%, 7/1/20

     50,000         53,000   

Cablevision Systems Corp.
7.75%, 4/15/18

     158,000         162,740   

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC
8.00%, 10/1/20

     17,000         16,703   

CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
8.38%, 5/15/18

     59,000         65,047   

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
7.75%, 2/15/19

     128,000         126,400   

CCO Holdings LLC
7.38%, 6/1/20

     55,000         57,365   

CenturyLink, Inc.
5.63%, 4/1/20, Series V

     45,000         45,731   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
8.00%, 12/15/22(b)

     1,220         482   

CIT Group, Inc.
5.00%, 5/15/17

   $ 218,000       $ 223,722   

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
7.75%, 4/1/19(a)

     50,000         25,250   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
7.63%, 3/15/20, Series B

     39,000         34,466   

CommScope, Inc.
4.38%, 6/15/20(b)

     36,000         36,720   

Community Health Systems, Inc.
8.00%, 11/15/19

     55,000         52,250   

Constellation Brands, Inc.
3.88%, 11/15/19

     36,000         37,375   

D.R. Horton, Inc.
3.63%, 2/15/18

     83,000         85,058   

DCP Midstream LLC
5.35%, 3/15/20(b)

     72,000         54,358   

DCP Midstream Operating L.P.
2.50%, 12/1/17

     44,000         40,227   

DISH DBS Corp.
4.25%, 4/1/18

     230,000         232,300   

Dole Food Co., Inc.
7.25%, 5/1/19(b)

     88,000         86,460   

Dollar Tree, Inc.
5.25%, 3/1/20(b)

     75,000         79,125   

Energy Transfer Equity L.P.
7.50%, 10/15/20

     89,000         81,880   

EP Energy LLC
9.38%, 5/1/20(a)

     45,000         13,388   

EV Energy Partners L.P.
8.00%, 4/15/19

     75,000         16,875   

Frontier Communications Corp.
8.88%, 9/15/20(b)

     89,000         92,226   

Gastar Exploration, Inc.
8.63%, 5/15/18

     23,000         11,155   

GenOn Energy, Inc.
7.88%, 6/15/17

     136,000         113,900   

Global Brass & Copper, Inc.
9.50%, 6/1/19

     45,000         47,588   

HCA, Inc.
6.50%, 2/15/20

     84,000         93,257   

Headwaters, Inc.
7.25%, 1/15/19

     106,000         108,915   

Hertz Corp. (The)
6.75%, 4/15/19

     86,000         86,009   

Hexion, Inc.
8.88%, 2/1/18

     54,000         36,045   

6.63%, 4/15/20

     58,000         46,110   

HRG Group, Inc.
7.88%, 7/15/19

     89,000         93,005   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.
6.50%, 6/15/19

     44,000         48,895   

Icahn Enterprises L.P.
4.88%, 3/15/19

     83,000         77,190   

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.88%, 6/15/18

     50,000         28,500   

9.00%, 12/15/19

     101,000         71,584   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  

International Lease Finance Corp.
8.75%, 3/15/17

   $ 223,000       $ 235,822   

Iron Mountain, Inc.
6.00%, 10/1/20(b)

     55,000         58,437   

iStar, Inc.
7.13%, 2/15/18

     156,000         155,025   

4.88%, 7/1/18

     30,000         28,013   

JC Penney Corp., Inc.
8.13%, 10/1/19(a)

     85,000         86,487   

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
7.25%, 10/15/20(b)

     72,000         56,520   

KB Home
4.75%, 5/15/19

     157,000         150,720   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
10.50%, 11/1/18

     107,000         99,242   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
7.00%, 5/15/19

     25,000         18,125   

L Brands, Inc.
6.90%, 7/15/17

     66,000         70,792   

Lennar Corp.
4.75%, 12/15/17

     157,000         161,710   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
7.50%, 6/1/20

     55,000         57,200   

Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.
4.88%, 4/15/20(b)

     55,000         54,725   

Masco Corp.
7.13%, 3/15/20

     89,000         102,795   

Navient Corp.
8.45%, 6/15/18, Series A

     203,000         216,830   

NCL Corp. Ltd.
5.25%, 11/15/19(b)

     17,000         17,085   

NGPL PipeCo LLC
7.12%, 12/15/17(b)

     28,000         26,250   

Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC
6.50%, 4/1/19

     17,000         12,325   

NRG Energy, Inc.
7.63%, 1/15/18

     136,000         141,610   

Nuance Communications, Inc.
5.38%, 8/15/20(b)

     89,000         91,447   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.
7.25%, 2/1/19(a)

     23,000         14,145   

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
8.13%, 3/30/18

     28,000         27,300   

Pactiv LLC
8.13%, 6/15/17(a)

     202,000         207,050   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
6.70%, 3/30/67, Series A(c)

     40,000         30,027   

Radian Group, Inc.
5.50%, 6/1/19

     141,000         139,766   

Realogy Group LLC
4.50%, 4/15/19(a)(b)

     36,000         37,125   

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC
5.63%, 4/15/20(b)

     28,000         25,099   

Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
7.63%, 5/15/20

     62,000         60,605   

Sabine Pass LNG L.P.
7.50%, 11/30/16

   $ 100,000       $ 104,187   

Safway Group Holding LLC
7.00%, 5/15/18(b)

     131,000         133,292   

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC
8.13%, 10/1/20(b)

     53,000         54,723   

Smithfield Foods, Inc.
7.75%, 7/1/17

     71,000         75,792   

Speedy Cash Intermediate Holdings Corp.
10.75%, 5/15/18(b)

     69,000         35,190   

Sprint Capital Corp.
6.90%, 5/1/19

     100,000         85,750   

Sprint Communications, Inc.
9.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     227,000         236,784   

Starz LLC
5.00%, 9/15/19

     104,000         105,560   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.
6.13%, 8/15/19

     64,000         65,760   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.
9.13%, 1/15/19

     85,000         31,238   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
6.46%, 4/28/19

     86,000         88,795   

Targa Resources Partners L.P.
5.00%, 1/15/18

     63,000         60,677   

4.13%, 11/15/19

     31,000         27,513   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
5.00%, 3/1/19

     109,000         104,640   

Tesoro Corp.
4.25%, 10/1/17

     45,000         45,900   

Tesoro Logistics L.P.
5.50%, 10/15/19(b)

     5,000         4,700   

Titan International, Inc.
6.88%, 10/1/20(a)

     36,000         26,460   

Toys R Us, Inc.
10.38%, 8/15/17(a)

     5,000         4,238   

TransDigm, Inc.
5.50%, 10/15/20

     89,000         87,442   

Transocean, Inc.
5.80%, 12/15/16

     18,000         17,888   

6.00%, 3/15/18(a)

     25,000         20,250   

U.S. Foods, Inc.
8.50%, 6/30/19

     57,000         58,317   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.
6.38%, 6/1/18

     101,000         104,661   

USG Corp.
9.75%, 1/15/18

     79,000         88,381   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
6.75%, 8/15/18(a)(b)

     67,000         64,990   

Vanguard Natural Resources LLC
7.00%, 2/15/23(b)

     46,350         15,991   

Vereit Operating Partnership L.P.
2.00%, 2/6/17

     58,000         57,217   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/19

     106,000         53,000   

Windstream Services LLC
7.88%, 11/1/17

     104,000         109,460   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  

WPX Energy, Inc.
5.25%, 1/15/17(a)

   $ 35,000       $ 34,475   

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $8,783,332)

              8,018,823   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 6.3%      
Canada – 1.0%      

Bombardier, Inc.
5.50%, 9/15/18(b)

     43,000         38,915   

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.
8.25%, 5/15/20(b)

     18,000         17,325   

Tervita Corp.
8.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     50,000         31,500   
     

 

 

 
Total Canada               87,740   
Cyprus – 0.3%      

Drill Rigs Holdings, Inc.
6.50%, 10/1/17(a)(b)

     54,000         27,675   
France – 0.8%      

Credit Agricole S.A.
8.38%, 10/13/19(b)(c)(d)

     71,000         77,213   
Germany – 0.5%      

Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II, Inc.
5.63%, 7/31/19(b)

     44,000         47,960   
Luxembourg – 3.2%      

ArcelorMittal
5.50%, 2/25/17

     202,000         204,525   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.
7.25%, 4/1/19

     115,000         89,700   
     

 

 

 
Total Luxembourg               294,225   
United Kingdom – 0.5%      

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
4.70%, 7/3/18

     43,000         43,225   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $664,137)

              578,038   
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 5.4%      
United States – 5.4%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(e)

(Cost: $491,928)(f)

     491,928       $ 491,928   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.1%

(Cost: $9,939,397)

        9,088,789   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.9%

        85,187   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 9,173,976   
(a) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(b) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(c) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(d) 

The security has a perpetual maturity; the date displayed is the next call date.

 

(e) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(f) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $471,333 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $491,928.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FUTURES CONTRACTS
     Contracts     Notional Value     Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Short  

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    42      $ (5,926,594     Jun-16      $ (15,024

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    11        (1,330,828     Jun-16        3,094   

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Term Bond

    8        (1,385,250     Jun-16        4,470   
                            $ (7,460

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS – 82.0%      
United States – 82.0%      

Affinion Group, Inc.
7.88%, 12/15/18(a)

   $ 18,000       $ 10,148   

AK Steel Corp.
8.75%, 12/1/18(a)

     41,000         37,515   

Alcoa, Inc.
6.75%, 7/15/18

     119,000         124,504   

Alere, Inc.
7.25%, 7/1/18

     120,000         126,150   

Ally Financial, Inc.
5.50%, 2/15/17

     411,000         419,734   

Alphabet Holding Co., Inc.
7.75%, 11/1/17

     134,000         134,670   

American Airlines Group, Inc.
6.13%, 6/1/18

     172,000         179,706   

AmeriGas Partners L.P.
6.25%, 8/20/19

     65,000         64,675   

Ashland, Inc.
3.88%, 4/15/18

     83,000         86,009   

Associated Materials LLC
9.13%, 11/1/17

     185,000         130,425   

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
6.50%, 2/1/20(a)

     120,000         51,000   

Avaya, Inc.
7.00%, 4/1/19(a)(b)

     89,000         55,180   

Avon Products, Inc.
6.50%, 3/1/19

     67,000         49,915   

Basic Energy Services, Inc.
7.75%, 2/15/19(a)

     39,000         7,410   

Beverages & More, Inc.
10.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     41,000         36,644   

Boyd Gaming Corp.
9.00%, 7/1/20

     18,000         19,080   

Cablevision Systems Corp.
7.75%, 4/15/18

     238,000         245,140   

CalAtlantic Group, Inc.
8.38%, 5/15/18

     69,000         76,073   

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
7.75%, 2/15/19

     56,000         55,300   

CCO Holdings LLC
7.00%, 1/15/19

     126,000         128,813   

CIT Group, Inc.
5.00%, 5/15/17

     317,000         325,321   

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
7.75%, 4/1/19(a)

     115,000         58,075   

CommScope, Inc.
4.38%, 6/15/20(b)

     30,000         30,600   

Community Health Systems, Inc.
8.00%, 11/15/19

     100,000         95,000   

Constellation Brands, Inc.
3.88%, 11/15/19

     125,000         129,775   

D.R. Horton, Inc.
3.75%, 3/1/19

     138,000         140,760   

DCP Midstream Operating L.P.
2.50%, 12/1/17

     64,000         58,512   

DISH DBS Corp.
4.25%, 4/1/18

   176,000       177,760   

Dole Food Co., Inc.
7.25%, 5/1/19(b)

     52,000         51,090   

EP Energy LLC
9.38%, 5/1/20(a)

     55,000         16,363   

EV Energy Partners L.P.
8.00%, 4/15/19

     150,000         33,750   

Gastar Exploration, Inc.
8.63%, 5/15/18

     60,000         29,100   

GenOn Energy, Inc.
7.88%, 6/15/17

     174,000         145,725   

Halcon Resources Corp.
8.63%, 2/1/20(a)(b)

     51,000         28,369   

Headwaters, Inc.
7.25%, 1/15/19

     152,000         156,180   

Hertz Corp. (The)
6.75%, 4/15/19

     86,000         86,009   

Hexion, Inc.

     

8.88%, 2/1/18

     119,000         79,433   

6.63%, 4/15/20

     92,000         73,140   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.
6.50%, 6/15/19

     64,000         71,120   

Icahn Enterprises L.P.
4.88%, 3/15/19

     100,000         93,000   

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.88%, 6/15/18

     123,000         70,110   

International Lease Finance Corp.
8.75%, 3/15/17

     351,000         371,182   

Iron Mountain, Inc.
6.00%, 10/1/20(b)

     75,000         79,687   

iStar, Inc.

     

7.13%, 2/15/18

     50,000         49,688   

4.88%, 7/1/18

     149,000         139,129   

j2 Global, Inc.
8.00%, 8/1/20

     10,000         10,500   

JC Penney Corp., Inc.
8.13%, 10/1/19(a)

     140,000         142,450   

Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
9.00%, 10/15/17

     120,000         93,000   

KB Home
4.75%, 5/15/19

     53,000         50,880   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

     

10.50%, 11/1/18

     206,000         191,065   

12.50%, 11/1/19

     75,000         58,359   

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
7.00%, 5/15/19

     100,000         72,500   

L Brands, Inc.
7.00%, 5/1/20

     125,000         143,437   

Lennar Corp.
4.75%, 12/15/17

     236,000         243,080   

LSB Industries, Inc.
7.75%, 8/1/19(a)

     83,000         72,003   

Masco Corp.
7.13%, 3/15/20

     125,000         144,375   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  

MGM Resorts International
7.63%, 1/15/17

   $ 202,000       $ 210,837   

Navient Corp.
8.45%, 6/15/18, Series A

     334,000         356,755   

NCL Corp. Ltd.
5.25%, 11/15/19(b)

     64,000         64,320   

Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC
6.50%, 4/1/19

     75,000         54,375   

Novelis, Inc.
8.38%, 12/15/17(a)

     83,000         83,000   

NRG Energy, Inc.
7.63%, 1/15/18

     158,000         164,517   

Nuance Communications, Inc.
5.38%, 8/15/20(b)

     30,000         30,825   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.
7.25%, 2/1/19(a)

     60,000         36,900   

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
8.13%, 3/30/18

     42,000         40,950   

Pactiv LLC
8.13%, 6/15/17

     153,000         156,825   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
6.70%, 3/30/67, Series A(c)

     82,000         61,555   

PulteGroup, Inc.
7.63%, 10/15/17

     50,000         53,500   

Radian Group, Inc.
5.50%, 6/1/19

     222,000         220,057   

Rite Aid Corp.
9.25%, 3/15/20

     120,000         126,750   

Safway Group Holding LLC
7.00%, 5/15/18(b)

     153,000         155,677   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.
5.00%, 4/1/20

     100,000         102,000   

Speedy Cash Intermediate Holdings Corp.
10.75%, 5/15/18(b)

     86,000         43,860   

Sprint Communications, Inc.
9.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     353,000         368,214   

Starz LLC
5.00%, 9/15/19

     149,000         151,235   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.
6.13%, 8/15/19

     65,000         66,788   

SunCoke Energy Partners L.P.
7.38%, 2/1/20(b)

     75,000         47,625   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.
9.13%, 1/15/19

     204,000         74,970   

Synovus Financial Corp.
5.13%, 6/15/17

     49,000         50,225   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
6.46%, 4/28/19

     193,000         199,272   

Targa Resources Partners L.P.
5.00%, 1/15/18

     134,000         129,058   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
5.00%, 3/1/19

     205,000         196,800   

Terex Corp.
6.50%, 4/1/20

     125,000         119,375   

Tesoro Corp.
4.25%, 10/1/17

     97,000         98,940   

Tesoro Logistics L.P.
5.50%, 10/15/19(b)

   103,000       96,820   

Toys R Us, Inc.
10.38%, 8/15/17(a)

     5,000         4,238   

Trilogy International Partners LLC
10.25%, 8/15/16(b)

     75,000         67,125   

U.S. Foods, Inc.
8.50%, 6/30/19

     140,000         143,234   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.
6.38%, 6/1/18

     160,000         165,800   

United States Steel Corp.
7.38%, 4/1/20(a)

     118,000         75,151   

USG Corp.
9.75%, 1/15/18

     185,000         206,969   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
6.75%, 8/15/18(a)(b)

     104,000         100,880   

Vanguard Natural Resources LLC
7.00%, 2/15/23(b)

     76,950         26,548   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.
5.00%, 3/15/19

     166,000         83,000   

Windstream Services LLC
7.88%, 11/1/17

     119,000         125,247   

WPX Energy, Inc.
5.25%, 1/15/17(a)

     60,000         59,100   

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $11,692,476)

              10,467,935   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 9.7%      
Canada – 1.4%      

HudBay Minerals, Inc.
9.50%, 10/1/20

     65,000         37,398   

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.
8.25%, 5/15/20(b)

     31,000         29,838   

Telesat Canada
6.00%, 5/15/17(b)

     102,000         102,382   

Tervita Corp.
8.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     19,000         11,970   
     

 

 

 
Total Canada               181,588   
France – 2.0%      

Numericable-SFR SA
4.88%, 5/15/19(b)

     250,000         251,125   
Germany – 2.0%      

Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V.
6.88%, 8/15/18(b)

     250,000         256,875   
Luxembourg – 3.4%      

ArcelorMittal
5.50%, 2/25/17

     279,000         282,487   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.
7.25%, 4/1/19

     191,000         148,980   
     

 

 

 
Total Luxembourg               431,467   
New Zealand – 0.8%      

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.
5.75%, 10/15/20

     100,000         103,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
United Kingdom – 0.1%      

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
4.70%, 7/3/18

   $ 20,000       $ 20,105   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $1,318,654)

              1,244,160   
      Shares          
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 6.0%   
United States – 6.0%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(d)

(Cost: $770,890)(e)

     770,890         770,890   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 97.7%

(Cost: $13,782,020)

        12,482,985   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 2.3%

  

     290,580   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 12,773,565   

 

(a) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(b) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(c) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(d) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(e) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $740,893 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $770,890.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FUTURES CONTRACTS
     Contracts     Notional Value     Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Futures Contracts Short

                               

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    38      $ (8,304,781     Jun-16      $ 12,468   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    15        (1,814,766     Jun-16        4,219   
                            $ 16,687   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 82.9%      
Argentina – 0.6%      

YPF S.A.
8.75%, 4/4/24(a)(b)

   $ 380,000       $ 375,288   
Brazil – 12.3%      

Braskem Finance Ltd.
5.75%, 4/15/21, Reg S

     1,168,000         1,076,020   

ESAL GmbH
6.25%, 2/5/23, Reg S

     350,000         305,725   

GTL Trade Finance, Inc.
7.25%, 10/20/17(a)

     730,000         720,875   

Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
2.85%, 5/26/18(a)

     720,000         694,800   

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.
4.38%, 4/25/25(a)(b)

     230,000         104,834   

Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd.
6.75%, 10/1/22, Reg S

     732,610         153,848   

Oi Brasil Holdings Cooperatief UA
5.75%, 2/10/22, Reg S(b)

     951,000         237,750   

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

     

5.38%, 1/27/21

     3,037,000         2,277,750   

4.38%, 5/20/23

     260,000         178,436   

5.63%, 5/20/43

     780,000         455,091   

6.85%, 6/5/2115

     160,000         99,490   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

     

4.38%, 1/11/22(b)

     819,000         632,432   

6.88%, 11/21/36

     500,000         344,250   
     

 

 

 
Total Brazil               7,281,301   
Chile – 2.2%      

Cencosud S.A.
4.88%, 1/20/23, Reg S(b)

     1,140,000         1,074,450   

Corpbanca S.A.
3.88%, 9/22/19, Reg S

     200,000         203,900   
     

 

 

 
Total Chile               1,278,350   
China – 10.5%      

Baidu, Inc.
2.75%, 6/9/19

     600,000         600,666   

Bank of China Ltd.
5.00%, 11/13/24, Reg S

     900,000         932,634   

China Overseas Finance Cayman VI Ltd.
4.25%, 5/8/19, Reg S

     550,000         569,657   

CITIC Ltd.
6.38%, 4/10/20, Reg S

     250,000         283,310   

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd.
7.25%, 4/4/21, Reg S

     1,250,000         1,274,972   

CRCC Yuxiang Ltd.
3.50%, 5/16/23, Reg S

     990,000         994,310   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
3.23%, 11/13/19

     1,080,000         1,112,161   

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.
4.50%, 4/25/22, Reg S(b)

     440,000         464,638   
     

 

 

 
Total China               6,232,348   
Colombia – 2.0%      

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia S.A.
4.88%, 4/21/25(a)

   $ 720,000       $ 664,200   

Ecopetrol S.A.
7.63%, 7/23/19(b)

     330,000         346,170   

Pacific Exploration and Production Corp.

     

5.38%, 1/26/19(a)(c)

     630,000         77,726   

5.13%, 3/28/23, Reg S(c)

     590,000         70,800   
     

 

 

 
Total Colombia               1,158,896   
Hong Kong – 11.8%      

AIA Group Ltd.
3.20%, 3/11/25(a)

     470,000         466,943   

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)
4.25%, 11/20/24, Reg S(d)

     870,000         850,703   

Hutchison Whampoa International 11 Ltd.
4.63%, 1/13/22, Reg S

     565,000         618,417   

Hutchison Whampoa International 12 II Ltd.
3.25%, 11/8/22, Reg S

     2,000,000         2,046,430   

PCCW-HKT Capital No. 5 Ltd.
3.75%, 3/8/23, Reg S

     1,950,000         1,997,093   

Prosperous Ray Ltd.
3.00%, 11/12/18, Reg S

     760,000         767,181   

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.
6.63%, 1/14/20, Reg S

     240,000         246,394   
     

 

 

 
Total Hong Kong               6,993,161   
India – 5.6%      

Bharti Airtel International Netherlands B.V.
5.35%, 5/20/24(a)

     1,500,000         1,591,852   

ICICI Bank Ltd.
6.38%, 4/30/22, Reg S(d)

     1,025,000         1,041,247   

ONGC Videsh Ltd.
4.63%, 7/15/24, Reg S

     270,000         273,067   

Vedanta Resources PLC
8.25%, 6/7/21, Reg S(b)

     698,000         378,303   
     

 

 

 
Total India               3,284,469   
Indonesia – 2.7%      

Pertamina Persero PT
5.63%, 5/20/43, Reg S(b)

     660,000         532,481   

Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT
5.13%, 5/16/24, Reg S

     1,060,000         1,062,650   
     

 

 

 
Total Indonesia               1,595,131   
Jamaica – 0.9%      

Digicel Group Ltd.
8.25%, 9/30/20, Reg S(b)

     720,000         561,600   
Kazakhstan – 3.0%      

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC
6.38%, 4/9/21, Reg S

     1,767,000         1,763,466   
Macau – 1.4%      

MCE Finance Ltd.
5.00%, 2/15/21, Reg S

     900,000         839,250   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
Mexico – 7.5%      

BBVA Bancomer S.A.
6.75%, 9/30/22, Reg S(b)

   $ 850,000       $ 901,255   

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.

     

6.50%, 12/10/19(a)

     200,000         198,000   

7.25%, 1/15/21, Reg S

     310,000         311,519   

Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.
4.50%, 1/25/22, Reg S

     1,288,000         1,339,849   

Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V.
4.88%, 9/19/22, Reg S(b)

     1,650,000         1,666,500   
     

 

 

 
Total Mexico               4,417,123   
Morocco – 2.9%      

OCP S.A.
5.63%, 4/25/24, Reg S

     1,700,000         1,738,250   
Peru – 3.0%      

BBVA Banco Continental S.A.
5.25%, 9/22/29(a)(d)

     90,000         85,838   

Southern Copper Corp.
5.25%, 11/8/42

     1,860,000         1,399,650   

Volcan Cia Minera S.A.A.
5.38%, 2/2/22, Reg S(b)

     446,000         303,837   
     

 

 

 
Total Peru               1,789,325   
Philippines – 0.7%      

First Gen Corp.
6.50%, 10/9/23, Reg S

     400,000         425,556   
Qatar – 2.5%      

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd.
4.75%, 2/16/21, Reg S

     1,356,000         1,493,295   
Russia – 9.2%      

EuroChem Mineral & Chemical Co. OJSC via EuroChem GI Ltd.
5.13%, 12/12/17, Reg S

     550,000         554,125   

Evraz Group S.A.
6.75%, 4/27/18, Reg S

     406,000         398,388   

Gazprom OAO via Gaz Capital S.A.
3.85%, 2/6/20, Reg S

     600,000         573,000   

Lukoil International Finance B.V.
6.13%, 11/9/20, Reg S

     373,000         386,055   

Rosneft Oil Co. via Rosneft International Finance Ltd.
4.20%, 3/6/22, Reg S

     900,000         805,500   

Russian Agricultural Bank OJSC via RSHB Capital S.A.
6.00%, 6/3/21, Reg S(d)

     1,000,000         986,250   

Sberbank of Russia via SB Capital S.A.
5.50%, 2/26/24, Reg S(d)

     700,000         619,500   

Severstal OAO via Steel Capital S.A.

     

6.70%, 10/25/17, Reg S

     235,000         245,281   

5.90%, 10/17/22, Reg S

     677,000         671,076   

VimpelCom Holdings B.V.
7.50%, 3/1/22, Reg S

     200,000         205,750   
     

 

 

 
Total Russia               5,444,925   
Singapore – 1.4%      

BOC Aviation Pte Ltd.
3.00%, 3/30/20(a)

   $ 350,000       $ 350,561   

Puma International Financing S.A.
6.75%, 2/1/21, Reg S

     500,000         462,500   
     

 

 

 
Total Singapore               813,061   
South Korea – 1.6%      

KEB Hana Bank
4.25%, 10/14/24, Reg S

     450,000         468,591   

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
3.00%, 9/19/22, Reg S

     460,000         477,255   
     

 

 

 
Total South Korea               945,846   
United Arab Emirates – 0.7%      

DP World Ltd.
6.85%, 7/2/37, Reg S

     400,000         389,000   
Venezuela – 0.4%      

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
6.00%, 5/16/24, Reg S

     710,000         221,449   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $54,723,714)

              49,041,090   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 3.9%      
United Arab Emirates – 3.9%      

MDC-GMTN B.V.
5.50%, 4/20/21, Reg S

(Cost: $2,293,927)

     2,056,000         2,328,420   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 1.2%      
Argentina – 1.2%      

Argentina Bonar Bonds
7.00%, 4/17/17, Series X

     380,000         383,441   

Argentine Republic Government International Bond
8.28%, 12/31/33, Series NY(c)

     252,367         297,667   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $674,095)

              681,108   
SUPRANATIONAL BONDS – 3.6%      

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
3.60%, 11/28/24

     450,000         443,013   

CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd.
3.00%, 5/9/23

     900,000         855,181   

Goodman HK Finance
4.38%, 6/19/24, Reg S

     800,000         822,660   

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost: $2,096,271)

              2,120,854   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Shares      Value  
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 10.3%      
United States – 10.3%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(e)

(Cost: $6,114,078)(f)

     6,114,078       $ 6,114,078   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 101.9%
(Cost: $65,902,085)
        60,285,550   

Liabilities in Excess of Cash and
Other Assets – (1.9)%

        (1,152,068
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 59,133,482   

 

(a) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(b) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(c) 

Security in default on interest payments.

 

(d) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(e) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(f) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $5,889,531 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $6,114,078.

 

Reg S - Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments   

Principal

Amount

     Value  
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – 2.4%      
South Africa – 0.8%      

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

8.25%, 5/23/22, Reg S

     45,000,000 ZAR       $ 2,744,490   

 

 
Turkey – 1.6%      

KFW
14.50%, 1/26/17

     8,329,000 TRY         2,899,165   

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

5.63%, 2/27/18, Reg S

     10,000,000 TRY         3,073,670   
     

 

 

 
Total Turkey               5,972,835   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

(Cost: $9,588,192)

  

  

     8,717,325   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 87.7%      
Brazil – 10.3%      

Brazil Letras do Tesouro Nacional

     

8.75%, 7/1/16(a)

     21,042,000 BRL         5,055,828   

21.92%, 1/1/17(a)

     20,061,000 BRL         4,508,066   

52.27%, 1/1/18(a)

     17,602,000 BRL         3,447,140   

15.26%, 1/1/19(a)

     24,500,000 BRL         4,131,488   

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

     

10.00%, 1/1/17, Series F

     26,592,000 BRL         6,480,637   

10.00%, 1/1/21, Series F

     33,245,000 BRL         6,923,539   

10.00%, 1/1/23, Series F

     36,340,000 BRL         7,096,622   

Brazilian Government International Bond
12.50%, 1/5/22

     929,000 BRL         233,458   
     

 

 

 
Total Brazil               37,876,778   
Chile – 3.0%      

Bonos del Banco Central de Chile en Pesos

     

6.00%, 1/1/17, Series 5YR

     2,275,000,000 CLP         3,329,770   

6.00%, 3/1/23

     1,590,000,000 CLP         2,528,303   

Chile Government International Bond
5.50%, 8/5/20

     3,535,500,000 CLP         5,238,503   
     

 

 

 
Total Chile               11,096,576   
China – 3.2%      

China Government Bond

     

2.56%, 6/29/17, Reg S

     9,000,000 CNY         1,344,608   

3.09%, 11/22/18

     1,500,000 CNH         223,988   

3.09%, 6/29/20, Reg S

     11,500,000 CNY         1,700,541   

2.48%, 12/1/20

     16,500,000 CNY         2,380,240   

2.36%, 8/18/21, Reg S

     17,500,000 CNY         2,479,176   

3.10%, 6/29/22

     5,500,000 CNY         801,176   

3.16%, 6/27/23

     20,000,000 CNY         2,897,921   
     

 

 

 
Total China               11,827,650   
Colombia – 6.2%      

Colombia Government International Bond
7.75%, 4/14/21

     3,670,000,000 COP         1,077,550   

Colombian TES

     

5.00%, 11/21/18, Series B

     12,539,400,000 COP         3,563,532   

7.00%, 5/4/22, Series B

     13,630,700,000 COP         3,818,949   

10.00%, 7/24/24, Series B

     26,960,100,000 COP         8,716,673   

6.00%, 4/28/28, Series B

     24,561,700,000 COP         5,743,687   
     

 

 

 
Total Colombia               22,920,391   
India – 2.6%      

India Government Bond

     

7.83%, 4/11/18

     2,500,000 INR         36,810   

8.27%, 6/9/20

     103,000,000 INR         1,537,511   

8.40%, 7/28/24

     204,000,000 INR         3,056,199   

9.20%, 9/30/30

     304,000,000 INR         4,797,136   
     

 

 

 
Total India               9,427,656   
Indonesia – 5.6%      

Indonesia Treasury Bond

     

11.00%, 11/15/20, Series FR31

     6,370,000,000 IDR         530,365   

8.25%, 7/15/21, Series FR53

     18,265,000,000 IDR         1,386,214   

8.38%, 9/15/26, Series FR56

     110,893,000,000 IDR         8,362,793   

8.25%, 6/15/32, Series FR58

     135,677,000,000 IDR         9,723,501   

8.75%, 2/15/44, Series FR67

     7,880,000,000 IDR         575,419   
     

 

 

 
Total Indonesia               20,578,292   
Malaysia – 7.4%      

Malaysia Government Bond

     

3.81%, 2/15/17, Series 0207

     7,349,000 MYR         1,764,805   

4.01%, 9/15/17, Series 0210

     3,077,000 MYR         743,079   

3.31%, 10/31/17, Series 0512

     10,313,000 MYR         2,463,394   

4.38%, 11/29/19, Series 0902

     40,471,000 MYR         9,927,763   

3.89%, 7/31/20, Series 0613

     688,000 MYR         165,949   

4.16%, 7/15/21, Series 0111

     2,390,000 MYR         582,854   

3.42%, 8/15/22, Series 0112

     27,968,000 MYR         6,511,695   

4.18%, 7/15/24, Series 0114

     600,000 MYR         145,245   

4.39%, 4/15/26, Series 0311

     15,345,000 MYR         3,731,149   

4.50%, 4/15/30, Series 0310

     4,333,000 MYR         1,059,532   
     

 

 

 
Total Malaysia               27,095,465   
Mexico – 9.5%      

Mexican Bonos

     

7.75%, 12/14/17, Series M

     57,674,000 MXN         3,380,857   

8.50%, 12/13/18, Series M 10

     29,235,000 MXN         1,767,538   

5.00%, 12/11/19, Series M

     60,000,000 MXN         3,285,231   

6.50%, 6/10/21, Series M

     27,078,000 MXN         1,562,307   

6.50%, 6/9/22, Series M

     82,219,000 MXN         4,730,736   

10.00%, 12/5/24, Series M 20

     82,682,000 MXN         5,842,125   

7.50%, 6/3/27, Series M 20

     67,250,000 MXN         4,107,917   

8.50%, 5/31/29, Series M 20

     33,000,000 MXN         2,167,865   

7.75%, 5/29/31, Series M

     71,783,000 MXN         4,422,535   

7.75%, 11/23/34, Series M

     5,719,000 MXN         351,879   

10.00%, 11/20/36, Series M 30

     19,178,000 MXN         1,444,861   

8.50%, 11/18/38, Series M 30

     7,865,000 MXN         519,599   

7.75%, 11/13/42, Series M

     23,142,000 MXN         1,421,931   
     

 

 

 
Total Mexico               35,005,381   
Peru – 3.3%      

Peruvian Government International Bond

     

7.84%, 8/12/20, Reg S

     12,772,000 PEN         3,834,439   

5.70%, 8/12/24, Reg S

     3,494,000 PEN         906,718   

8.20%, 8/12/26, Reg S

     4,672,000 PEN         1,398,961   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments   

Principal

Amount

     Value  

6.95%, 8/12/31, Reg S

     15,640,000 PEN         4,163,478   

6.90%, 8/12/37, Reg S

     7,325,000 PEN         1,884,990   
     

 

 

 
Total Peru               12,188,586   
Philippines – 3.2%      

Philippine Government Bond
7.63%, 9/29/36, Series 25-9

     109,950,000 PHP         3,160,867   

Philippine Government International Bond

     

4.95%, 1/15/21

     215,000,000 PHP         4,629,757   

3.90%, 11/26/22

     52,000,000 PHP         1,052,051   

6.25%, 1/14/36

     137,000,000 PHP         3,123,946   
     

 

 

 
Total Philippines               11,966,621   
Poland – 10.4%      

Poland Government Bond

     

3.75%, 4/25/18, Series 0418

     7,500,000 PLN         1,968,591   

2.50%, 7/25/18, Series 0718

     15,839,000 PLN         4,058,773   

5.50%, 10/25/19, Series 1019

     26,410,000 PLN         7,483,274   

5.25%, 10/25/20, Series 1020

     20,250,000 PLN         5,790,706   

5.75%, 10/25/21, Series 1021

     19,758,000 PLN         5,852,593   

5.75%, 9/23/22, Series 0922

     12,059,000 PLN         3,620,173   

4.00%, 10/25/23, Series 1023

     12,486,000 PLN         3,415,165   

3.25%, 7/25/25, Series 0725

     24,210,000 PLN         6,302,761   

5.75%, 4/25/29, Series 0429

     45,000 PLN         14,292   
     

 

 

 
Total Poland               38,506,328   
Romania – 3.6%      

Romania Government Bond

     

5.90%, 7/26/17, Series 5Y

     16,210,000 RON         4,216,805   

5.60%, 11/28/18, Series 5Y

     6,610,000 RON         1,787,823   

5.75%, 4/29/20, Series 7Y

     10,000,000 RON         2,776,706   

5.95%, 6/11/21, Series 10Y

     4,960,000 RON         1,406,629   

5.85%, 4/26/23, Series 10Y

     6,150,000 RON         1,765,894   

4.75%, 2/24/25, Series 10Y

     5,305,000 RON         1,428,654   
     

 

 

 
Total Romania               13,382,511   
Russia – 3.1%      

Russian Federal Bond—OFZ

     

7.50%, 3/15/18, Series 6204

     155,091,000 RUB         1,996,630   

7.50%, 2/27/19, Series 6208

     109,301,000 RUB         1,387,470   

6.80%, 12/11/19, Series 6210

     107,959,000 RUB         1,319,364   

7.60%, 4/14/21, Series 6205

     244,400,000 RUB         3,012,354   

7.60%, 7/20/22, Series 6209

     67,789,000 RUB         824,066   

8.15%, 2/3/27, Series 6207

     73,725,000 RUB         906,738   

7.05%, 1/19/28, Series 6212

     178,667,000 RUB         2,001,706   
     

 

 

 
Total Russia               11,448,328   
South Africa – 3.5%      

South Africa Government Bond

     

6.75%, 3/31/21, Series R208

     13,270,000 ZAR         762,965   

7.75%, 2/28/23, Series 2023

     23,100,000 ZAR         1,352,152   

10.50%, 12/21/26, Series R186

     48,594,000 ZAR         3,305,460   

8.00%, 1/31/30, Series 2030

     25,274,000 ZAR         1,388,883   

7.00%, 2/28/31, Series R213

     56,556,000 ZAR         2,801,931   

6.25%, 3/31/36, Series R209

     37,630,600 ZAR         1,626,935   

6.50%, 2/28/41, Series R214

     4,983,000 ZAR         214,616   

8.75%, 2/28/48, Series 2048

     27,072,000 ZAR         1,492,528   
     

 

 

 
Total South Africa               12,945,470   
South Korea – 4.8%      

Korea Treasury Bond

     

3.38%, 9/10/23, Series 2309

     7,768,080,000 KRW         7,010,424   

3.50%, 3/10/24, Series 2403

     7,089,680,000 KRW         6,479,825   

4.00%, 12/10/31, Series 3112

     3,866,040,000 KRW         4,053,443   
     

 

 

 
Total South Korea               17,543,692   
Thailand – 3.7%      

Thailand Government Bond

     

4.13%, 11/18/16

     17,055,000 THB         487,658   

3.88%, 6/13/19

     91,437,000 THB         2,760,030   

3.65%, 12/17/21

     120,380,000 THB         3,731,817   

3.63%, 6/16/23

     161,518,000 THB         5,050,346   

3.85%, 12/12/25

     47,480,000 THB         1,537,083   

3.58%, 12/17/27

     4,653,000 THB         148,465   
     

 

 

 
Total Thailand               13,715,399   
Turkey – 4.3%      

Turkey Government Bond

     

8.30%, 6/20/18

     15,345,000 TRY         4,967,339   

10.50%, 1/15/20

     1,581,000 TRY         537,737   

9.50%, 1/12/22

     6,968,000 TRY         2,263,279   

8.50%, 9/14/22

     15,618,000 TRY         4,812,572   

7.10%, 3/8/23

     11,211,000 TRY         3,177,614   
     

 

 

 
Total Turkey               15,758,541   

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

(Cost: $448,567,972)

  

  

     323,283,665   
SUPRANATIONAL BONDS – 4.5%      

European Investment Bank

     

7.50%, 1/30/19

     61,700,000 ZAR         3,799,693   

7.20%, 7/9/19, Reg S

     90,990,000,000 IDR         6,462,365   

8.38%, 7/29/22, Reg S

     22,000,000 ZAR         1,343,016   

Inter-American Development Bank
6.00%, 9/5/17

     85,950,000 INR         1,242,806   

International Finance Corp.

     

9.00%, 1/30/17

     3,004,000 TRY         998,866   

7.80%, 6/3/19, Series GDIF

     176,640,000 INR         2,669,217   

 

 

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost: $20,619,761)

              16,515,963   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 94.6%

(Cost: $478,775,925)

  

  

     348,516,953   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other
Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 5.4%

   

     19,962,869   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 368,479,822   
 

Principal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

(a) 

Represents a zero coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the effective yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

Reg S – Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FORWARD CONTRACTS
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/1/2016

  TRY     562,500      USD     189,586      $ (783

3/1/2016

  ZAR     4,220,933      USD     265,425        (1,978

3/16/2016

  INR     8,055,000      USD     117,953        1,042   

3/16/2016

  INR     48,295,000      USD     709,334        8,377   

3/16/2016

  INR     40,245,000      USD     591,099        6,981   

3/16/2016

  INR     8,050,000      USD     117,656        817   

3/16/2016

  KRW     291,000,000      USD     241,704        6,950   

3/16/2016

  KRW     1,462,000,000      USD     1,218,841        39,421   

3/16/2016

  TRY     23,250,000      USD     7,745,131        (89,131

3/16/2016

  USD     1,768,935      INR     119,810,000        (30,005

3/16/2016

  USD     9,356,462      KRW     11,037,818,360        (452,066

3/16/2016

  USD     9,478,705      TRY     28,370,000        80,780   
                            $ (429,595

 

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

BRL    Brazilian real
CLP    Chilean peso
CNH    Offshore Chinese renminbi
CNY    Chinese yuan
COP    Colombian peso
IDR    Indonesian rupiah
INR    Indian rupee
KRW    South Korean won
MXN    Mexican peso
MYR    Malaysian ringgit
PEN    Peruvian Nuevo sol
PHP    Philippine peso
PLN    Polish zloty
RON    Romanian leu
RUB    Russian ruble
THB    Thai baht
TRY    Turkish New lira
USD    U.S. dollar
ZAR    South African rand

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (JGBB) (consolidated)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 120.1%      
U.S. Treasury Bills – 120.1%      

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.21%, 3/3/16*

   $ 1,000,000       $ 999,992   

0.17%, 3/17/16*

     750,000         749,929   

0.22%, 4/7/16*

     1,000,000         999,754   

0.28%, 4/21/16*

     1,000,000         999,602   

0.27%, 5/12/16*(a)

     800,000         799,546   

0.30%, 5/26/16*

     900,000         899,318   

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 120.1%

(Cost: $5,448,256)

  

  

     5,448,141   

Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets – (20.1)%

  

     (911,832
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 4,536,309   
* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is held by the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

FORWARD CONTRACTS
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/4/2016

  JPY     21,492,000      USD     177,622      $ (12,790

3/4/2016

  JPY     64,501,600      USD     533,097        (38,366

3/4/2016

  JPY     52,622,000      USD     434,882        (31,332

3/4/2016

  JPY     33,070,000      USD     273,304        (19,686

3/4/2016

  USD     33,165      JPY     4,013,000        2,389   

3/4/2016

  USD     430,645      JPY     48,609,000        16   

3/4/2016

  USD     190,415      JPY     21,492,000        (3

3/4/2016

  USD     571,519      JPY     64,501,600        (55

3/4/2016

  USD     292,991      JPY     33,070,000        (1

4/6/2016

  JPY     64,501,600      USD     572,178        63   

4/6/2016

  JPY     33,070,000      USD     293,319        (5

4/6/2016

  JPY     21,492,000      USD     190,626        (4

4/6/2016

  JPY     48,609,000      USD     431,141        (10

4/6/2016

  USD     105,837      JPY     11,931,000        (12
                            $ (99,796

 

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

JPY    Japanese yen
USD    U.S. dollar

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

     Contracts     Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Futures Contracts Short

                               

10 Year Japanese Government Bond

    3      $ (4,044,119     Mar-16      $ (91,074

10 Year Mini Japanese Government Bond

    4        (539,287     Mar-16        (12,226
                            $ (103,300

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (CRDT)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments   

Principal

Amount

     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS – 57.8%      
United States – 57.8%      

AbbVie, Inc.
1.75%, 11/6/17

   $ 60,000       $ 59,977   

Actavis Funding SCS
4.55%, 3/15/35

     50,000         50,457   

Alcoa, Inc.
5.13%, 10/1/24

     70,000         63,612   

Amgen, Inc.
3.63%, 5/22/24

     150,000         154,678   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     

6.38%, 9/15/17

     60,000         60,923   

6.95%, 6/15/19

     70,000         70,403   

AT&T, Inc.
5.50%, 2/1/18

     90,000         95,968   

Bank of America Corp.
3.30%, 1/11/23

     250,000         249,747   

California Resources Corp.
6.00%, 11/15/24

     40,000         5,300   

Calpine Corp.
7.88%, 1/15/23(a)

     40,000         42,500   

Caterpillar, Inc.
3.90%, 5/27/21

     180,000         192,462   

CCO Holdings LLC
6.63%, 1/31/22

     30,000         31,575   

Celgene Corp.
5.00%, 8/15/45

     50,000         51,367   

Citigroup, Inc.
4.50%, 1/14/22

     170,000         182,515   

Comcast Corp.
3.13%, 7/15/22

     110,000         114,640   

Devon Energy Corp.

     

5.85%, 12/15/25(b)

     50,000         43,576   

5.00%, 6/15/45

     40,000         26,378   

Dollar Tree, Inc.
5.75%, 3/1/23(a)

     80,000         85,500   

Ensco PLC
5.20%, 3/15/25(b)

     90,000         46,012   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.15%, 3/1/17

     110,000         105,050   

General Electric Co.
6.88%, 1/10/39, Series A

     140,000         196,572   

General Motors Co.
6.25%, 10/2/43

     100,000         98,158   

Genworth Holdings, Inc.
4.80%, 2/15/24(b)

     20,000         11,600   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
4.50%, 2/1/45

     40,000         40,715   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
5.75%, 1/24/22

     190,000         216,131   

Halliburton Co.
5.00%, 11/15/45

     40,000         35,634   

Harris Corp.
3.83%, 4/27/25

     70,000         71,156   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
5.00%, 6/4/42

     20,000         20,813   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

3.10%, 1/15/23

   10,000       10,281   

4.50%, 5/15/36

     60,000         63,403   

McDonald’s Corp.
2.75%, 12/9/20

     70,000         72,105   

Medtronic, Inc.
4.63%, 3/15/45

     100,000         106,702   

Mondelez International, Inc.
4.00%, 2/1/24

     40,000         41,789   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
6.05%, 3/1/34

     120,000         147,674   

Packaging Corp. of America
4.50%, 11/1/23

     40,000         41,471   

PepsiCo, Inc.
5.00%, 6/1/18

     60,000         64,948   

Quicken Loans, Inc.
5.75%, 5/1/25(a)

     40,000         37,600   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     

6.88%, 5/1/20

     100,000         117,000   

5.85%, 8/15/45

     30,000         35,340   

Sprint Corp.
7.25%, 9/15/21

     30,000         22,725   

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
5.25%, 4/15/21(a)

     30,000         28,050   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
5.00%, 2/1/20

     100,000         106,239   

United Rentals North America, Inc.
7.63%, 4/15/22

     50,000         53,406   

United Technologies Corp.
3.10%, 6/1/22

     180,000         187,097   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
5.38%, 3/15/20(a)

     70,000         63,700   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     

1.10%, 11/1/17

     80,000         79,273   

4.15%, 3/15/24

     100,000         106,657   

6.55%, 9/15/43

     23,000         28,142   

5.01%, 8/21/54

     21,000         19,583   

WestRock RKT Co.
4.45%, 3/1/19

     250,000         261,310   

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $4,182,187)

              4,117,914   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 34.9%      
Belgium – 2.2%      

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
5.38%, 1/15/20

     140,000         155,925   
Brazil – 1.2%      

Vale Overseas Ltd.
4.38%, 1/11/22(b)

     110,000         85,250   
Colombia – 0.9%      

Ecopetrol S.A.
7.63%, 7/23/19(b)

     60,000         63,000   
France – 3.7%      

Electricite de France SA
4.63%, 9/11/24

     50,000  EUR       67,448   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (CRDT)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments   

Principal

Amount

     Value  

Numericable-SFR SA
6.00%, 5/15/22(a)

   $ 200,000       $ 199,000   
     

 

 

 
Total France               266,448   
Germany – 2.4%      

E.ON International Finance B.V.
5.50%, 10/2/17

     50,000  EUR       58,959   

Volkswagen Leasing GmbH
3.25%, 5/10/18

     100,000  EUR       114,079   
     

 

 

 
Total Germany               173,038   
Italy – 3.0%      

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
5.02%, 6/26/24(a)

   $ 230,000         211,681   
Luxembourg – 0.3%      

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.
7.25%, 10/15/20

     30,000         20,850   
Mexico – 1.4%      

Petroleos Mexicanos
5.50%, 1/21/21

     100,000         101,230   
Netherlands – 3.6%      

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA
5.25%, 8/4/45

     250,000         256,211   
Russia – 2.8%      

Gazprom OAO via Gaz Capital S.A.
4.95%, 5/23/16, Reg S

     200,000         201,096   
Switzerland – 1.1%      

Glencore Funding LLC
3.13%, 4/29/19(a)

     90,000         79,200   
United Kingdom – 12.3%      

Barclays Bank PLC
7.63%, 11/21/22

     200,000         202,625   

BP Capital Markets PLC
2.24%, 5/10/19

     150,000         148,772   

HSBC Bank PLC
3.88%, 10/24/18, Reg S

     160,000  EUR       191,199   

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC
4.13%, 8/21/42(b)

     30,000         25,084   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
6.13%, 12/15/22

   210,000       220,665   

Tesco PLC
6.13%, 2/24/22, Series 68

     60,000  GBP       86,871   
     

 

 

 
Total United Kingdom               875,216   

TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost: $2,668,482)

              2,489,145   
      Shares          
PREFERRED STOCK – 2.3%      
United States – 2.3%      

GMAC Capital Trust I
6.40%, 2/15/40, Series 2(c)

(Cost: $180,839)

     6,934         168,219   
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 3.3%   
United States – 3.3%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(d)

     
(Cost: $235,305)(e)      235,305         235,305   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 98.3%

(Cost: $7,266,813)

        7,010,583   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 1.7%

        118,543   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 7,129,126   
(a) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(b) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(c) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(d) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(e) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $228,666 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $235,305.

 

Reg S – Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

5/13/2016

  EUR     386,891      USD     434,018      $ 12,709   

5/13/2016

  EUR     26,620      USD     30,131        1,142   

5/13/2016

  GBP     70,870      USD     102,460        3,671   
                            $ 17,522   

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

EUR    Euro
GBP    British pound
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 11.6%      
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 7.9%      

U.S. Treasury Bond

     

3.13%, 8/15/44

   $ 220,000       $ 243,878   

3.00%, 5/15/45

     80,000         86,347   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond
0.75%, 2/15/45

     20,091         18,733   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note
0.38%, 7/15/25

     19,950         20,109   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds               369,067   
U.S. Treasury Notes – 3.7%      

U.S. Treasury Note

     

0.75%, 2/28/18

     100,000         99,918   

1.38%, 8/31/20

     40,000         40,321   

1.88%, 10/31/22

     30,000         30,715   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes               170,954   
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $506,590)
              540,021   
CORPORATE BONDS – 37.6%      
United States – 37.6%      

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.
4.35%, 11/3/45

     10,000         10,512   

AES Corp.
5.50%, 3/15/24

     120,000         111,000   

Ally Financial, Inc.
8.00%, 3/15/20

     120,000         133,800   

Altria Group, Inc.
10.20%, 2/6/39

     30,000         50,636   

Bank of America Corp.
4.00%, 1/22/25

     65,000         63,260   

CCO Safari II LLC
4.91%, 7/23/25(a)

     120,000         123,289   

Celgene Corp.
5.00%, 8/15/45

     10,000         10,273   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     

6.13%, 2/15/21

     30,000         6,450   

5.75%, 3/15/23(b)

     90,000         19,350   

CIT Group, Inc.
5.00%, 8/1/23

     120,000         120,300   

Citigroup, Inc.
4.30%, 11/20/26

     65,000         63,170   

Comcast Corp.
3.38%, 2/15/25

     25,000         26,065   

FirstEnergy Corp.
7.38%, 11/15/31, Series C

     50,000         62,280   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC
8.13%, 1/15/20

     100,000         116,506   

General Electric Co.

     

5.88%, 1/14/38

     10,000         12,602   

6.88%, 1/10/39, Series A

     40,000         56,164   

General Motors Co.
6.25%, 10/2/43

     35,000         34,355   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
3.70%, 4/1/24

     30,000         31,664   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
6.75%, 10/1/37

   $ 50,000       $ 57,318   

HCA, Inc.
5.00%, 3/15/24

     120,000         122,700   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
5.38%, 8/15/22

     120,000         123,750   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
6.05%, 3/1/34

     50,000         61,531   

Pride International, Inc.
6.88%, 8/15/20(b)

     10,000         5,863   

Sprint Corp.
7.88%, 9/15/23

     120,000         89,400   

United Rentals North America, Inc.
5.50%, 7/15/25

     120,000         114,300   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.55%, 9/15/43

     50,000         61,178   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.10%, 6/3/26

     60,000         62,044   
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $1,869,461)
              1,749,760   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 16.0%      
Brazil – 2.4%      

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

     

5.38%, 1/27/21

     100,000         75,250   

6.85%, 6/5/2115

     60,000         37,575   
     

 

 

 
Total Brazil               112,825   
Colombia – 1.8%      

Ecopetrol S.A.
7.63%, 7/23/19(b)

     80,000         84,000   
Indonesia – 2.4%      

Majapahit Holding B.V.
7.75%, 1/20/20, Reg S

     100,000         114,038   
Mexico – 2.0%      

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.63%, 6/15/35

     100,000         90,850   
Peru – 1.6%      

Southern Copper Corp.
5.25%, 11/8/42

     100,000         75,186   
Switzerland – 0.4%      

Glencore Funding LLC
2.88%, 4/16/20(a)

     20,000         16,665   
United Kingdom – 5.4%      

BP Capital Markets PLC
3.51%, 3/17/25

     65,000         63,299   

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC
5.38%, 4/15/21(a)

     180,000         187,200   
     

 

 

 
Total United Kingdom               250,499   
TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $785,607)
              744,063   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
         
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 7.3%   
Brazil – 0.8%      

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional
10.00%, 1/1/23, Series F

     200,000  BRL     $ 39,057   
Mexico – 2.6%      

Mexican Bonos
10.00%, 12/5/24, Series M 20

     1,700,000  MXN       120,118   
Poland – 1.9%      

Poland Government International Bond
4.00%, 1/22/24

   $ 80,000         86,150   
Russia – 2.0%      

Russian Foreign Bond – Eurobond
7.50%, 3/31/30, Reg S

     77,350         94,575   
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $368,772)
              339,900   
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 7.4%   
United States – 7.4%      

GS Mortgage Securities Trust
5.79%, 8/10/45, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM(c)

(Cost: $366,468)

     360,000         344,965   
BANK LOANS – 3.3%      
Canada – 0.9%      

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co. (Burger King/Tim Hortons) 3.75% (LIBOR + 2.75%; LIBOR base rate 1.00%), 12/10/21, Term Loan B2(c)

     39,668         39,516   
United States – 2.4%      

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC 3.50% (LIBOR + 2.50%; LIBOR base rate 1.00%), 10/26/20, USD Term Loan B2(c)

     35,957         35,895   

PetSmart, Inc. 4.25% (LIBOR + 3.25%; LIBOR base rate 1.00%), 3/11/22, Term Loan B(c)

   $ 39,700       $ 38,565   

Univision Communications, Inc. 4.00% (LIBOR + 3.00%; LIBOR base rate 1.00%), 3/1/20, Term Loan C4(c)

     39,685         38,648   
     

 

 

 
Total United States               113,108   
TOTAL BANK LOANS
(Cost: $155,215)
              152,624   
      Shares          
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 2.4%   
United States – 2.4%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(d)

(Cost: $114,025)(e)

     114,025         114,025   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 85.6%
(Cost: $4,166,138)
         3,985,358   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 14.4%

        670,710   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 4,656,068   

 

 

Principal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

(a) 

This security is exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

(b) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(c) 

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of February 29, 2016 on securities with variable or step rates.

 

(d) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(e) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $109,213 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $114,025.

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

 

Reg S - Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

4/12/2016

  CNY     470,000      USD     70,328      $ (1,324

4/12/2016

  EUR     70,000      USD     76,265        114   

4/12/2016

  JPY     6,270,000      USD     54,669        (954

4/12/2016

  USD     93,314      INR     6,323,389        (1,648

4/12/2016

  USD     53,470      JPY     6,270,000        2,152   

4/12/2016

  USD     34,059      NOK     300,000        345   
                            $ (1,315

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

BRL    Brazilian real
CNY    Chinese yuan
EUR    Euro
INR    Indian rupee
JPY    Japanese yen
MXN    Mexican peso
NOK    Norwegian krone
USD    U.S. dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS  
     Contracts     Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Short  

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    5      $ (652,578     Jun-16      $ (586

U.S. Treasury Long Bond

    1        (164,531     Jun-16        320   

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Term Bond

    4        (692,625     Jun-16        (1,220
      $ (1,486

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (PUTW)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
    Value  
         
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 79.5%     
U.S. Treasury Bill – 79.5%     

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.30%, 5/19/16*

(Cost: $1,998,718)

   $ 2,000,000      $ 1,998,720   

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 79.5%
(Cost: $1,998,718)
             1,998,720   
      Contracts         
WRITTEN OPTIONS – (1.4)%     

S&P 500 Index, Put
Strike Price $1,910, Expires 3/18/16**

(Premiums received: $30,647)

     (13     (33,800

 

 

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 21.9%

       550,214   
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%            $ 2,515,134   

 

* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

** 

Non-income producing security.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF) (consolidated)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 34.4%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds – 23.7%      

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond

     

2.38%, 1/15/25

   $ 225,889       $ 266,148   

3.38%, 4/15/32

     333,173         471,179   

0.63%, 2/15/43

     102,889         93,181   

0.75%, 2/15/45

     90,410         84,301   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds               914,809   
U.S. Treasury Notes – 10.7%      

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note

     

2.13%, 1/15/19

     132,215         141,734   

0.63%, 1/15/24

     263,591         271,039   
     

 

 

 
Total U.S. Treasury Notes               412,773   
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $1,305,903)
              1,327,582   
CORPORATE BONDS – 3.3%      
United States – 3.3%      

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
4.00%, 11/14/21

     20,000         13,700   

HCA, Inc.

     

5.38%, 2/1/25

     30,000         30,600   

5.88%, 2/15/26

     10,000         10,325   

Samson Investment Co.
9.75%, 2/15/20(a)

     100,000         275   

Sprint Corp.
7.88%, 9/15/23

     100,000         74,500   
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $260,944)
              129,400   
FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS – 4.8%   
Brazil – 2.0%      

Vale Overseas Ltd.
4.38%, 1/11/22(b)

     100,000         77,500   
Mexico – 2.8%      

America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.
5.00%, 3/30/20

     100,000         109,673   
TOTAL FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost: $202,486)
              187,173   
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 29.5%   
Australia – 3.6%      

Australia Inflation Linked Bond
4.00%, 8/20/20, Series 20CI, Reg S

     102,000  AUD       138,947   
Brazil – 1.0%      

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Inflation Linked Bond

     

6.00%, 8/15/22, Series B

     31,000  BRL       21,025   

6.00%, 8/15/50, Series B

     30,000  BRL       18,002   
     

 

 

 
Total Brazil               39,027   
Canada – 4.0%      

Canadian Government Real Return Bond

     

4.25%, 12/1/26

     79,232  CAD       85,313   

3.00%, 12/1/36

     61,423  CAD       67,626   
     

 

 

 
Total Canada               152,939   
Mexico – 5.3%      

Mexican Udibonos Inflation Linked Bond

     

4.00%, 6/13/19, Series S

     1,412,846  MXN       82,340   

2.50%, 12/10/20, Series S

     706,423  MXN       38,748   

4.50%, 12/4/25, Series S

     1,358,506  MXN       83,786   
     

 

 

 
Total Mexico               204,874   
South Africa – 3.4%      

South Africa Inflation Linked Bond

     

2.50%, 1/31/17, Series R211

     1,002,360 ZAR       $ 64,541   

5.50%, 12/7/23, Series R197

     862,231 ZAR         69,072   
     

 

 

 
Total South Africa               133,613   
Sweden – 4.1%      

Sweden Inflation Linked Bond 4.00%, 12/1/20, Series 3102

     840,000 SEK         157,413   
Turkey – 2.3%      

Turkey Government Inflation Linked Bond 4.00%, 4/1/20

     246,191 TRY         88,526   
United Kingdom – 5.8%      

United Kingdom Inflation Linked Gilt

     

1.25%, 11/22/27, Reg S

     67,135 GBP         118,478   

1.25%, 11/22/32, Reg S

     54,003 GBP         104,093   
     

 

 

 
Total United Kingdom               222,571   
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost: $1,592,313)
              1,137,910   
      Shares          
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS – 7.6%   
United States – 7.6%      

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund(c)

     500         15,495   

WisdomTree Global Natural Resources Fund(c)

     7,500         79,424   

WisdomTree High Dividend Fund(b)(c)

     3,345         197,656   
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(Cost: $389,724)
         292,575   
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 6.5%      
United States – 6.5%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, 0.49%(d)

(Cost: $252,678)(e)

     252,678         252,678   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 86.1%
(Cost: $4,004,048)
         3,327,318   

Cash, Foreign Currency and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 13.9%

        535,903   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 3,863,221   

 

 

Principal amount is reported in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

 

(a)

Security in default on interest payments.

 

(b) 

Security, or portion thereof, was on loan at February 29, 2016 (See Note 2).

 

(c)

Affiliated company (See Note 7).

 

(d) 

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of February 29, 2016.

 

(e) 

At February 29, 2016, the total market value of the Fund’s securities on loan was $247,611 and the total market value of the collateral held by the Fund was $252,678.

 

Reg S – Regulation S provides an exclusion from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF) (consolidated)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

4/12/2016

  AUD     206,190      USD     142,766      $ (4,231

4/12/2016

  BRL     160,000      USD     39,142        (630

4/12/2016

  CAD     223,000      USD     155,031        (9,597

4/12/2016

  EUR     4,555      USD     4,963        8   

4/12/2016

  GBP     142,700      USD     205,778        6,882   

4/12/2016

  MXN     3,190,000      USD     177,570        1,794   

4/12/2016

  MXN     654,423      USD     34,173        (1,887

4/12/2016

  SEK     1,490,000      USD     175,309        1,557   

4/12/2016

  TRY     367,493      USD     118,186        (4,691

4/12/2016

  USD     13,919      CAD     20,000        846   

4/12/2016

  USD     140,162      ZAR     2,155,000        (4,717

4/12/2016

  ZAR     2,155,000      USD     128,143        (7,302

4/12/2016

  ZAR     2,155,000      USD     140,971        5,526   
                            $ (16,442

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

AUD    Australian dollar
BRL    Brazilian real
CAD    Canadian dollar
EUR    Euro
GBP    British pound
MXN    Mexican peso
SEK    Swedish krona
TRY    Turkish New lira
USD    U.S. dollar
ZAR    South African rand

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS  
     Contracts     Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Long  

Copper

    1      $ 53,425        Jul-16      $ 187   

Gasoline RBOB

    2        113,963        Jun-16        1,462   

Platinum

    1        46,715        Apr-16        2,745   
      $ 4,394   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI) (consolidated)

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

Investments    Principal
Amount
     Value  
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 87.2%      
U.S. Treasury Bills – 87.2%      

U.S. Treasury Bills

     

0.02%, 3/10/16*

   $ 168,440,000       $ 168,433,094   

0.13%, 3/17/16*(a)

     6,665,000         6,664,367   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 87.2%
(Cost: $175,104,356)
         175,097,461   

Cash and Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 12.8%

        25,708,186   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS – 100.0%             $ 200,805,647   

 

* 

Interest rate shown reflects the discount rate at time of purchase.

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is held by the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 
FORWARD CONTRACTS  
Settlement
Date
  Contracts
To Deliver
    In
Exchange For
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

3/16/2016

  JPY     3,452,856,000      USD     28,121,498      $ (2,480,708

3/16/2016

  JPY     10,469,000      USD     85,296        (7,489

3/16/2016

  JPY     48,621,000      USD     396,823        (34,099

3/16/2016

  JPY     52,785,000      USD     449,499        (18,328

3/16/2016

  JPY     37,407,000      USD     316,024        (15,510

3/16/2016

  JPY     29,820,000      USD     246,473        (17,818

3/16/2016

  JPY     103,096,000      USD     913,648        (78

3/16/2016

  JPY     3,239,737,000      USD     28,710,891        (2,469

3/16/2016

  USD     28,868,042      JPY     3,465,146,500        1,843,094   

3/16/2016

  USD     28,866,791      JPY     3,465,146,500        1,844,344   

3/16/2016

  USD     109,441      JPY     13,156,000        7,159   

3/16/2016

  USD     259,239      JPY     31,342,000        18,541   

6/15/2016

  USD     28,803,833      JPY     3,239,737,000        (6,732
                            $ 1,129,907   

CURRENCY LEGEND

 

 

JPY   

Japanese yen

USD    U.S. dollar

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS  
     Contracts     Notional Value     Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Short  

British Pound

    135      $ (11,746,688     Jun-16      $ (43,275

Cocoa

    81        (2,391,930     Jul-16        (146,970

Coffee “C”

    80        (3,510,000     Jul-16        90,431   

Copper

    221        (11,782,063     May-16        (335,500

Corn

    517        (9,351,237     Jul-16        477,575   

Cotton No. 2

    82        (2,306,660     Jul-16        209,860   

Euro

    222        (30,296,063     Jun-16        1,275   

Natural Gas

    511        (9,688,560     Jun-16        2,046,181   

Soybean

    273        (11,841,375     Jul-16        284,200   

Sugar No. 11

    150        (2,412,480     May-16        (215,040

Wheat

    247        (5,684,087     Jul-16        350,438   
      $ 2,719,175   

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS (continued)  
     Contracts     Notional
Value
    Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Futures Contracts Long  

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    135      $ 17,619,609        Jun-16      $ 185,871   

Australian Dollar

    66        4,687,980        Jun-16        (1,240

Canadian Dollar

    32        2,368,960        Jun-16        (80

Gold 100 Ounce

    69        8,522,190        Jun-16        770   

Lean Hogs

    149        4,812,700        Jun-16        (1,760

Live Cattle

    137        6,914,390        Jun-16        (2,830

Silver

    53        3,961,220        Jul-16        172,445   

Swiss Franc

    37        4,655,988        Jun-16        (950

U.S. Treasury Long Bond

    107        17,604,844        Jun-16        512,023   
      $ 864,249   
Total      $ 3,583,424   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree

Bloomberg

U.S. Dollar

Bullish Fund

    

WisdomTree

Brazilian Real

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Chinese Yuan

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Commodity

Currency

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Emerging

Currency

Strategy Fund

 

ASSETS:

              

Investments, at cost

   $ 255,475,820       $ 15,513,543       $ 53,763,475       $ 4,484,324       $ 37,183,196   

Foreign currency, at cost

                     478,569                   

Investments in securities, at value1 (Note 2)

     255,428,753         15,513,684         53,709,422         4,484,327         37,182,541   

Cash

     1,419,192         10,983         300,863         60,922         401,752   

Cash collateral for forward foreign currency contracts

     680,000                 810,000                   

Foreign currency, at value

                     477,930                   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     991,876         286,949         125,181         111,679         1,008,571   

Receivables:

              

Investment securities sold

     12,197,953                         99,981           

Interest

             30         13,808         10         105   

Total Assets

     270,717,774         15,811,646         55,437,204         4,756,919         38,592,969   

LIABILITIES:

              

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     5,687,117         268,682         1,225,547         224,495         136,068   

Payables:

              

Capital shares redeemed

     8,193,880                                   

Collateral for forward foreign currency contracts

                                     40,000   

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     104,053         5,518         19,976         1,959         17,106   

Service fees (Note 2)

     917         54         195         15         137   

Total Liabilities

     13,985,967         274,254         1,245,718         226,469         193,311   

NET ASSETS

   $ 256,731,807       $ 15,537,392       $ 54,191,486       $ 4,530,450       $ 38,399,658   

NET ASSETS:

              

Paid-in capital

   $ 254,906,847       $ 120,473,723       $ 56,726,380       $ 13,366,441       $ 90,325,309   

Accumulated net investment loss

     (601,987      (75,299      (558,961      (38,955      (371,417

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     7,169,255         (104,879,440      (820,836      (8,684,223      (52,426,082

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     (4,742,308      18,408         (1,155,097      (112,813      871,848   

NET ASSETS

   $ 256,731,807       $ 15,537,392       $ 54,191,486       $ 4,530,450       $ 38,399,658   

Outstanding beneficial interest shares of $0.001 par value (unlimited number of shares authorized)

     9,400,000         1,200,000         2,200,000         300,000         2,300,000   

Net asset value per share

   $ 27.31       $ 12.95       $ 24.63       $ 15.10       $ 16.70   

1 Includes repurchase agreements of:

           $ 3,516,000       $ 15,940,000       $ 1,185,000       $ 12,250,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

    

WisdomTree

Indian Rupee

Strategy Fund

   

WisdomTree

Asia Local

Debt Fund

   

WisdomTree

Australia &

New Zealand

Debt Fund

   

WisdomTree

Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Enhanced

Yield Fund

   

WisdomTree

Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Negative

Duration Fund

 

ASSETS:

         

Investments, at cost

  $ 10,179,465      $ 33,299,420      $ 153,881,538      $ 78,290,375      $ 12,003,469   

Foreign currency, at cost

           77,009        159,204                 

Investments in securities, at value1,2 (Note 2)

    10,179,469        28,712,939        146,676,184        78,888,563        12,165,206   

Cash

    94,185        1,767,751        32,376        9,891,133        1,708,258   

Deposits at broker for futures contracts

                                382,001   

Foreign currency, at value

           77,225        159,794                 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

           7,643                        

Receivables:

         

Investment securities sold

                  6,841,730        6,810,592        107,534   

Interest

    23        334,335        1,711,864        529,448        62,209   

Total Assets

    10,273,677        30,899,893        155,421,948        96,119,736        14,425,208   

LIABILITIES:

         

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    69,407        17,254        527                 

Securities sold short, at value3

                                26,400   

Payables:

         

Investment of cash collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

           683,400                        

Investment securities purchased

                         16,534,048        1,635,824   

Capital shares redeemed

                  6,829,948                 

Advisory fees (Note 3)

    3,654        13,170        38,794        7,539        2,832   

Service fees (Note 2)

    36        105        569        277        44   

Net variation margin on futures contracts

                                24,749   

Foreign capital gains tax

           164                        

Interest on securities sold short

                                51   

Total Liabilities

    73,097        714,093        6,869,838        16,541,864        1,689,900   

NET ASSETS

  $ 10,200,580      $ 30,185,800      $ 148,552,110      $ 79,577,872      $ 12,735,308   

NET ASSETS:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 13,064,461      $ 69,313,133      $ 160,894,964      $ 79,009,347      $ 15,714,851   

Accumulated net investment loss

    (58,072                            

Distributions in excess of net investment income

           (23,221,684     (1,208,768     (62,502     (12,836

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, securities sold short, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (2,736,406     (11,308,587     (3,932,252     32,839        (3,119,822

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, securities sold short, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (69,403     (4,597,062     (7,201,834     598,188        153,115   

NET ASSETS

  $ 10,200,580      $ 30,185,800      $ 148,552,110      $ 79,577,872      $ 12,735,308   

Outstanding beneficial interest shares of $0.001 par value (unlimited number of shares authorized)

    500,000        700,000        8,700,000        1,600,000        300,000   

Net asset value per share

  $ 20.40      $ 43.12      $ 17.07      $ 49.74      $ 42.45   

1 Includes repurchase agreements of:

  $ 2,678,000                               
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2 Includes market value of securities out on loan of:

         $ 669,089                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

3 Proceeds received on securities sold short were as follows:

                              $ 26,434   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

    

WisdomTree
Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Zero

Duration Fund

   

WisdomTree

Bloomberg

Floating Rate

Treasury Fund

   

WisdomTree

BofA Merrill

Lynch High

Yield Bond

Negative

Duration Fund

   

WisdomTree

BofA Merrill

Lynch High

Yield Bond

Zero

Duration Fund

   

WisdomTree

Emerging

Markets

Corporate

Bond Fund

 

ASSETS:

         

Investments, at cost

  $ 23,244,468      $ 1,247,830      $ 9,939,397      $ 13,782,020      $ 65,902,085   

Investments in securities, at value1 (Note 2)

    23,374,188        1,247,641        9,088,789        12,482,985        60,285,550   

Cash

    3,157,457        1,158        263,490        765,782        4,197,796   

Deposits at broker for futures contracts

    219,399               164,000        70,400          

Receivables:

         

Investment securities sold

    513,406                             199,438   

Interest

    125,404        463        169,463        232,443        891,762   

Total Assets

    27,389,854        1,249,262        9,685,742        13,551,610        65,574,546   

LIABILITIES:

         

Securities sold short, at value2

    316,805                               

Payables:

         

Investment of cash collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

                  491,928        770,890        6,114,078   

Investment securities purchased

    3,405,493                             298,802   

Advisory fees (Note 3)

    4,304        148        3,453        4,302        27,979   

Service fees (Note 2)

    82        4        32        44        205   

Net variation margin on futures contracts

    18,768               16,353        2,809          

Interest on securities sold short

    613                               

Total Liabilities

    3,746,065        152        511,766        778,045        6,441,064   

NET ASSETS

  $ 23,643,789      $ 1,249,110      $ 9,173,976      $ 12,773,565      $ 59,133,482   

NET ASSETS:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 26,597,143      $ 1,249,653      $ 12,185,046      $ 15,355,798      $ 74,452,259   

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

    (18,728     87        2,794        7,563        19,887   

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts and securities sold short

    (3,113,500     (441     (2,155,796     (1,307,448     (9,722,129

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts and securities sold short

    178,874        (189     (858,068     (1,282,348     (5,616,535

NET ASSETS

  $ 23,643,789      $ 1,249,110      $ 9,173,976      $ 12,773,565      $ 59,133,482   

Outstanding beneficial interest shares of $0.001 par value (unlimited number of shares authorized)

    500,000        50,000        500,000        600,000        900,000   

Net asset value per share

  $ 47.29      $ 24.98      $ 18.35      $ 21.29      $ 65.70   

1 Includes market value of securities out on loan of:

                $ 471,333      $ 740,893      $ 5,889,531   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2 Proceeds received on securities sold short were as follows:

  $ 317,203                               
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

    

WisdomTree

Emerging

Markets Local

Debt Fund

   

WisdomTree

Japan Interest

Rate Strategy

Fund
(consolidated)

   

WisdomTree

Strategic

Corporate

Bond Fund

   

WisdomTree

Western Asset

Unconstrained

Bond Fund

   

WisdomTree

CBOE S&P

500 PutWrite

Strategy
Fund

 

ASSETS:

         

Investments, at cost

  $ 478,775,925      $ 5,448,256      $ 7,266,813      $ 4,166,138      $ 1,998,718   

Foreign currency, at cost

    2,580,355               44,784        16,293          

Investments in securities, at value1 (Note 2)

    348,516,953        5,448,141        7,010,583        3,985,358        1,998,720   

Cash

    11,635,328        89,370        214,446        689,683        350,373   

Deposits at broker for futures contracts

           2,925               35,052          

Cash collateral for written options

                                200,000   

Foreign currency, at value

    2,601,616               43,722        14,410          

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    144,368        2,468        17,522        2,611          

Interest receivable

    6,323,522               80,710        51,705          

Total Assets

    369,221,787        5,542,904        7,366,983        4,778,819        2,549,093   

LIABILITIES:

         

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    573,963        102,264               3,926          

Written options, at value2

                                33,800   

Payables:

         

Investment of cash collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

                  235,305        114,025          

Investment securities purchased

           899,370                        

Advisory fees (Note 3)

    166,668        1,818        2,527        2,009        157   

Service fees (Note 2)

    1,334        37        25        16        2   

Net variation margin on futures contracts

           3,106               2,775          

Total Liabilities

    741,965        1,006,595        237,857        122,751        33,959   

NET ASSETS

  $ 368,479,822      $ 4,536,309      $ 7,129,126      $ 4,656,068      $ 2,515,134   

NET ASSETS:

         

Paid-in capital

  $ 613,624,746      $ 4,834,078      $ 7,523,305      $ 5,000,003      $ 2,518,330   

Accumulated net investment loss

           (10,327                   (45

Distributions in excess of net investment income

    (40,086,304            (110     (507       

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (74,176,103     (82,536     (154,217     (157,961       

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, written options, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (130,882,517     (204,906     (239,852     (185,467     (3,151

NET ASSETS

  $ 368,479,822      $ 4,536,309      $ 7,129,126      $ 4,656,068      $ 2,515,134   

Outstanding beneficial interest shares of $0.001 par value (unlimited number of shares authorized)

    10,800,000        100,000        100,000        100,000        100,004   

Net asset value per share

  $ 34.12      $ 45.36      $ 71.29      $ 46.56      $ 25.15   

1 Includes market value of securities out on loan of:

                $ 228,666      $ 109,213          
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2 Premiums received on written options were as follows:

                              $ 30,647   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

    

WisdomTree

Global Real

Return Fund

(consolidated)

   

WisdomTree

Managed

Futures

Strategy Fund

(consolidated)

 

ASSETS:

   

Investments, at cost

  $ 3,614,324      $ 175,104,356   

Investment in affiliates, at cost (Note 7)

    389,724          

Foreign currency, at cost

    24,203          

Investments in securities, at value1 (Note 2)

    3,034,743        175,097,461   

Investment in affiliates, at value (Note 7)

    292,575          

Cash

    729,696        24,511,921   

Deposits at broker for futures contracts

    29,532        15,009   

Foreign currency, at value

    24,474          

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    16,613        3,713,138   

Receivables:

   

Interest

    19,621          

Net variation margin on futures contracts

    3,526        202,224   

Total Assets

    4,150,780        203,539,753   

LIABILITIES:

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    33,055        2,583,231   

Payables:

   

Investment of cash collateral for securities loaned (Note 2)

    252,678          

Advisory fees (Note 3)

    1,813        150,180   

Service fees (Note 2)

    13        695   

Total Liabilities

    287,559        2,734,106   

NET ASSETS

  $ 3,863,221      $ 200,805,647   

NET ASSETS:

   

Paid-in capital

  $ 4,553,748      $ 196,201,716   

Accumulated net investment loss

           (3,775,755

Distributions in excess of net investment income

    (54,855       

Accumulated net realized gain on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    52,870        3,673,250   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (688,542     4,706,436   

NET ASSETS

  $ 3,863,221      $ 200,805,647   

Outstanding beneficial interest shares of $0.001 par value (unlimited number of shares authorized)

    100,000        4,700,000   

Net asset value per share

  $ 38.63      $ 42.72   

1 Included market value of securities out on loan of:

  $ 247,611          
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

For the Six Months Ended February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree

Bloomberg

U.S. Dollar

Bullish Fund

    

WisdomTree

Brazilian Real

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Chinese Yuan

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Commodity

Currency

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Emerging

Currency

Strategy Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

              

Interest

   $ 92,340       $ 9,414       $ 334,648       $ 1,898       $ 17,262   

Total investment income

     92,340         9,414         334,648         1,898         17,262   

EXPENSES:

              

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     688,270         34,372         146,377         15,048         130,960   

Service fees (Note 2)

     6,057         336         1,431         121         1,048   

Total expenses

     694,327         34,708         147,808         15,169         132,008   

Net investment income (loss)

     (601,987      (25,294      186,840         (13,271      (114,746

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

              

Net realized gain (loss) from:

              

Investment transactions

     10,553                 (301,171      (337      (2,420

Forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     5,408,685         (2,241,850      (2,594,041      (682,761      (4,316,814

Payments by affiliates (Note 3)

     80,068                                   

Net realized gain (loss)

     5,499,306         (2,241,850      (2,895,212      (683,098      (4,319,234

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from:

              

Investment transactions

     (65,452      (276      (39,911      (58      (793

Forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     (3,025,242      1,810,222         2,699,579         538,203         3,638,933   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (3,090,694      1,809,946         2,659,668         538,145         3,638,140   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     2,408,612         (431,904      (235,544      (144,953      (681,094

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 1,806,625       $ (457,198    $ (48,704    $ (158,224    $ (795,840

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

For the Six Months Ended February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree

Indian Rupee

Strategy Fund

    

WisdomTree

Asia Local

Debt Fund

    

WisdomTree

Australia &

New Zealand

Debt Fund

    

WisdomTree

Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Enhanced

Yield Fund

    

WisdomTree

Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Negative

Duration Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

              

Interest1

   $ 4,305       $ 489,461       $ 2,104,722       $ 250,983       $ 148,172   

Securities lending income (Note 2)

             885         722                 120   

Total investment income

     4,305         490,346         2,105,444         250,983         148,292   

EXPENSES:

              

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     23,823         93,042         345,431         18,976         21,771   

Service fees (Note 2)

     233         744         3,377         417         342   

Total expenses

     24,056         93,786         348,808         19,393         22,113   

Expense waivers (Note 3)

                     (83,704      (7,590        

Net expenses

     24,056         93,786         265,104         11,803         22,113   

Net investment income (loss)

     (19,751      396,560         1,840,340         239,180         126,179   

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

              

Net realized gain (loss) from:

              

Investment transactions

     (300      (2,105,003      410,332         35,346         (66,175

In-kind redemptions

             (557,393      (1,130,657                

Futures contracts

                                     (584,945

Securities sold short

                                     (613

Forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     (404,896      (77,656      (36,212                

Net realized gain (loss)

     (405,196      (2,740,052      (756,537      35,346         (651,733

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from:

              

Investment transactions2

     (103      2,956,989         5,572,814         646,793         185,172   

Futures contracts

                                     (116,235

Securities sold short

                                     34   

Forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     328,617         123,645         93,876                   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     328,514         3,080,634         5,666,690         646,793         68,971   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (76,682      340,582         4,910,153         682,139         (582,762

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (96,433    $ 737,142       $ 6,750,493       $ 921,319       $ (456,583

1 Net of foreign withholding tax of:

           $ 18,532                           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

2 Net of foreign capital gain taxes of:

           $ 164                           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

For the Six Months Ended February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree
Barclays U.S.

Aggregate

Bond Zero

Duration Fund

    

WisdomTree

Bloomberg

Floating Rate

Treasury Fund

    

WisdomTree

BofA Merrill

Lynch High

Yield Bond

Negative

Duration Fund

    

WisdomTree

BofA Merrill

Lynch High

Yield Bond

Zero

Duration Fund

    

WisdomTree

Emerging

Markets

Corporate

Bond Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

              

Interest

   $ 250,572       $ 1,606       $ 288,497       $ 359,596       $ 1,790,444   

Securities lending income (Note 2)

     141                 2,057         3,379         33,141   

Total investment income

     250,713         1,606         290,554         362,975         1,823,585   

EXPENSES:

              

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     30,852         1,241         27,123         30,355         208,668   

Service fees (Note 2)

     589         28         249         311         1,530   

Total expenses

     31,441         1,269         27,372         30,666         210,198   

Expense waivers (Note 3)

             (311                        

Net expenses

     31,441         958         27,372         30,666         210,198   

Net investment income

     219,272         648         263,182         332,309         1,613,387   

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

              

Net realized loss from:

              

Investment transactions

     (99,774      (178      (267,545      (360,036      (3,351,578

In-kind redemptions

                     (238,240      (144,750      (1,675,436

Futures contracts

     (547,721              (440,229      (76,053        

Securities sold short

     (7,498                                

Net realized loss

     (654,993      (178      (946,014      (580,839      (5,027,014

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from:

              

Investment transactions

     228,988         (995      (422,875      (613,977      1,421,656   

Futures contracts

     (43,589              (74,976      (10,263        

Securities sold short

     (1,229                                

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     184,170         (995      (497,851      (624,240      1,421,656   

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (470,823      (1,173      (1,443,865      (1,205,079      (3,605,358

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (251,551    $ (525    $ (1,180,683    $ (872,770    $ (1,991,971

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (continued)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

For the Six Months or Period Ended February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree

Emerging

Markets Local

Debt Fund

    

WisdomTree

Japan Interest

Rate Strategy

Fund
(consolidated)

    

WisdomTree

Strategic

Corporate

Bond Fund

    

WisdomTree

Western Asset

Unconstrained

Bond Fund

    

WisdomTree

CBOE S&P

500 PutWrite

Strategy
Fund1

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

              

Dividends

   $       $       $ 7,042       $       $   

Interest2

     13,900,782         1,701         134,937         102,399         114   

Securities lending income (Note 2)

                     1,941         319           

Total investment income

     13,900,782         1,701         143,920         102,718         114   

EXPENSES:

              

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     1,208,792         11,923         17,969         14,219         182   

Service fees (Note 2)

     9,670         105         158         105         2   

Total expenses

     1,218,462         12,028         18,127         14,324         184   

Expense waivers (Note 3)

                     (1,797      (1,185      (25

Net expenses

     1,218,462         12,028         16,330         13,139         159   

Net investment income (loss)

     12,682,320         (10,327      127,590         89,579         (45

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

              

Net realized loss from:

              

Investment transactions3

     (22,545,411      (25      (50,103      (3,710        

In-kind redemptions

     (31,226,240                                

Futures contracts

             (84,362              (54,093        

Written options

                             1,419           

Forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     (2,972,015      (31,294      (5,364      (1,649        

Net realized gain (loss)

     (56,743,666      (115,681      (55,467      (58,033        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from:

              

Investment transactions4

     32,204,904         (240      (141,294      (138,674      2   

Futures contracts

             (64,516              (33,549        

Written options

                             (63      (3,153

Forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     930,890         (82,566      29,331         258           

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     33,135,794         (147,322      (111,963      (172,028      (3,151

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments

     (23,607,872      (263,003      (167,430      (230,061      (3,151

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (10,925,552    $ (273,330    $ (39,840    $ (140,482    $ (3,196

1 For the period February 22, 2016 (commencement of operations) through February 29, 2016.

  

2 Net of foreign withholding tax of:

   $ 265,260                                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

3 Net of foreign capital gains tax withheld of:

   $ 97,284                                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

4 Net of foreign capital gain tax credit of:

   $ 26,795                                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (unaudited) (concluded)

WisdomTree Currency Strategy, Fixed Income and Alternative Funds

For the Six Months Ended February 29, 2016

 

  

 

 

     

WisdomTree

Global Real

Return Fund

(consolidated)

    

WisdomTree

Managed

Futures

Strategy Fund

(consolidated)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

     

Dividends from affiliates (Note 7)

   $ 6,210       $   

Interest

     29,601         11,874   

Securities lending income (Note 2)

     3,031           

Total investment income

     38,842         11,874   

EXPENSES:

     

Advisory fees (Note 3)

     11,834         956,925   

Service fees (Note 2)

     87         4,432   

Total expenses

     11,921         961,357   

Net investment income (loss)

     26,921         (949,483

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

     

Net realized gain (loss) from:

     

Investment transactions

     (13,846      (1,692

Futures contracts

     (31,800      6,710,704   

Forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     116,801         (1,215,012

Net realized gain

     71,155         5,494,000   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from:

     

Investment transactions

     (91,624      (8,563

Futures contracts

     (7,496      996,003   

Forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     (66,999      1,867,162   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (166,119      2,854,602   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (94,964      8,348,602   

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (68,043    $ 7,399,119   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund
    WisdomTree
Brazilian Real Strategy Fund
    WisdomTree
Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (601,987   $ (1,443,348   $ (25,294   $ (86,729   $ 186,840      $ 296,058   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts, foreign currency related transactions and payments by affiliates

    5,499,306        35,875,695        (2,241,850     (6,228,738     (2,895,212     2,335,890   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (3,090,694     (2,018,814     1,809,946        (2,015,497     2,659,668        (5,190,903

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    1,806,625        32,413,533        (457,198     (8,330,964     (48,704     (2,558,955

DISTRIBUTIONS:

           

Capital gains

    (15,774,360     (4,182,934                          (526,878

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    56,329,475        626,706,192               6,602,046               10,211,249   

Cost of shares redeemed

    (126,313,509     (369,498,195            (13,439,386     (34,587,151     (70,417,059

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (69,984,034     257,207,997               (6,837,340     (34,587,151     (60,205,810

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (83,951,769     285,438,596        (457,198     (15,168,304     (34,635,855     (63,291,643

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 340,683,576      $ 55,244,980      $ 15,994,590      $ 31,162,894      $ 88,827,341      $ 152,118,984   

End of period

  $ 256,731,807      $ 340,683,576      $ 15,537,392      $ 15,994,590      $ 54,191,486      $ 88,827,341   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

  $ (601,987   $      $ (75,299   $ (50,005   $ (558,961   $ (745,801

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

           

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    11,900,000        2,200,000        1,200,000        1,600,000        3,600,000        6,000,000   

Shares created

    2,000,000        23,000,000               400,000               400,000   

Shares redeemed

    (4,500,000     (13,300,000            (800,000     (1,400,000     (2,800,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

    9,400,000        11,900,000        1,200,000        1,200,000        2,200,000        3,600,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Commodity Currency Strategy Fund
    WisdomTree
Emerging Currency Strategy Fund
    WisdomTree
Indian Rupee Strategy Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29,
2016 (unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment loss

  $ (13,271   $ (43,986   $ (114,746   $ (407,288   $ (19,751   $ (69,996

Net realized loss on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (683,098     (1,586,150     (4,319,234     (11,796,306     (405,196     (290,543

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and forward foreign currency contracts

    538,145        (673,627     3,638,140        (2,268,386     328,514        (259,240

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (158,224     (2,303,763     (795,840     (14,471,980     (96,433     (619,779

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Net proceeds from sale of shares

                  11,868,595        9,323,267        2,096,836        2,140,988   

Cost of shares redeemed

    (1,515,548     (3,551,210     (25,391,705     (44,280,729     (4,154,598     (14,829,288

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (1,515,548     (3,551,210     (13,523,110     (34,957,462     (2,057,762     (12,688,300

Net Decrease in Net Assets

    (1,673,772     (5,854,973     (14,318,950     (49,429,442     (2,154,195     (13,308,079

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 6,204,222      $ 12,059,195      $ 52,718,608      $ 102,148,050      $ 12,354,775      $ 25,662,854   

End of period

  $ 4,530,450      $ 6,204,222      $ 38,399,658      $ 52,718,608      $ 10,200,580      $ 12,354,775   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

  $ (38,955   $ (25,684   $ (371,417   $ (256,671   $ (58,072   $ (38,321

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

           

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    400,000        600,000        3,100,000        5,000,000        600,000        1,200,000   

Shares created

                  700,000        500,000        100,000        100,000   

Shares redeemed

    (100,000     (200,000     (1,500,000     (2,400,000     (200,000     (700,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

    300,000        400,000        2,300,000        3,100,000        500,000        600,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Asia Local Debt Fund
    WisdomTree
Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund
    WisdomTree
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond
Enhanced Yield Fund
 
    

For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016

(unaudited)

    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
   

For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016

(unaudited)

    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
   

For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016

(unaudited)

    For the Period
July 9, 2015*
through
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income

  $ 396,560      $ 4,417,331      $ 1,840,340      $ 1,558,005      $ 239,180      $ 16,315   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (2,740,052     (32,627,391     (756,537     (3,271,381     35,346        (2,504

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    3,080,634        6,848,567        5,666,690        (11,169,475     646,793        (48,605

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    737,142        (21,361,493     6,750,493        (12,882,851     921,319        (34,794

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

           

Net investment income

    (412,500     (3,483,000     (1,531,500     (1,532,617     (306,000     (12,000

Return of capital

                         (70,883              

Total dividends and distributions

    (412,500     (3,483,000     (1,531,500     (1,603,500     (306,000     (12,000

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Net proceeds from sale of shares

                  92,614,246        93,012,726        73,998,663        5,010,684   

Cost of shares redeemed

    (8,712,527     (276,134,781     (52,653,126     (9,152,085     (100       

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (8,712,527     (276,134,781     39,961,120        83,860,641        73,998,563        5,010,684   

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (8,387,885     (300,979,274     45,180,113        69,374,290        74,613,882        4,963,890   

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 38,573,685      $ 339,552,959      $ 103,371,997      $ 33,997,707      $ 4,963,990      $ 100   

End of period

  $ 30,185,800      $ 38,573,685      $ 148,552,110      $ 103,371,997      $ 79,577,872      $ 4,963,990   

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

  $ (23,221,684   $ (23,205,744   $ (1,208,768   $ (1,517,608   $ (62,502   $ 4,318   

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

           

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    900,000        6,800,000        6,200,000        1,600,000        100,002        2   

Shares created

                  5,600,000        5,100,000        1,500,000        100,000   

Shares redeemed

    (200,000     (5,900,000     (3,100,000     (500,000     (2       

Shares outstanding, end of period

    700,000        900,000        8,700,000        6,200,000        1,600,000        100,002   
* Commencement of operations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Negative Duration Fund
    WisdomTree
Barclays U.S. Aggregate
Bond Zero Duration Fund
    WisdomTree
Bloomberg Floating
Rate Treasury Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 126,179      $ 391,921      $ 219,272      $ 840,902      $ 648      $ (1,096

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and futures contracts

    (651,733     (1,796,866     (654,993     (1,984,358     (178     124   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts and securities sold short

    68,971        (8,885     184,170        (113,607     (995     113   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (456,583     (1,413,830     (251,551     (1,257,063     (525     (859

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

  

         

Net investment income

    (151,500     (425,856     (238,000     (949,953              

Return of capital

                         (5,036              

Total dividends and distributions

    (151,500     (425,856     (238,000     (954,989              

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

  

         

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    4,463,963        46,189,550               69,474,586                 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (8,887,513     (31,247,716     (4,790,073     (43,316,891            (1,248,883

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (4,423,550     14,941,834        (4,790,073     26,157,695               (1,248,883

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (5,031,633     13,102,148        (5,279,624     23,945,643        (525     (1,249,742

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 17,766,941      $ 4,664,793      $ 28,923,413      $ 4,977,770      $ 1,249,635      $ 2,499,377   

End of period

  $ 12,735,308      $ 17,766,941      $ 23,643,789      $ 28,923,413      $ 1,249,110      $ 1,249,635   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

  $      $      $      $      $      $ (561

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

  $ (12,836   $ 12,485      $ (18,728   $      $ 87      $   

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

  

         

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    400,000        100,000        600,000        100,000        50,000        100,000   

Shares created

    100,000        1,000,000               1,400,000                 

Shares redeemed

    (200,000     (700,000     (100,000     (900,000            (50,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

    300,000        400,000        500,000        600,000        50,000        50,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield
Bond Negative Duration Fund
    WisdomTree
BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield
Bond Zero Duration Fund
    WisdomTree
Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31,
2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income

  $ 263,182      $ 343,636      $ 332,309      $ 664,315      $ 1,613,387      $ 4,824,865   

Net realized loss on investments and futures contracts

    (946,014     (906,103     (580,839     (871,938     (5,027,014     (3,296,808

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and futures contracts

    (497,851     (361,845     (624,240     (625,107     1,421,656        (9,234,149

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,180,683     (924,312     (872,770     (832,730     (1,991,971     (7,706,092

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

  

         

Net investment income

    (262,000     (344,268     (328,500     (663,390     (1,593,500     (4,872,978

Return of capital

                                       (41,522

Total dividends and distributions

    (262,000     (344,268     (328,500     (663,390     (1,593,500     (4,914,500

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    2,067,862        13,496,874               19,441,636                 

Cost of shares redeemed

    (3,949,815     (4,326,952     (6,883,821     (12,002,629     (20,236,935     (21,160,956

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (1,881,953     9,169,922        (6,883,821     7,439,007        (20,236,935     (21,160,956

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (3,324,636     7,901,342        (8,085,091     5,942,887        (23,822,406     (33,781,548

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 12,498,612      $ 4,597,270      $ 20,858,656      $ 14,915,769      $ 82,955,888      $ 116,737,436   

End of period

  $ 9,173,976      $ 12,498,612      $ 12,773,565      $ 20,858,656      $ 59,133,482      $ 82,955,888   

Undistributed net investment income included in net assets at end of period

  $ 2,794      $ 1,612      $ 7,563      $ 3,754      $ 19,887      $   

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

  

         

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    600,000        200,000        900,000        600,000        1,200,000        1,500,000   

Shares created

    100,000        600,000               800,000                 

Shares redeemed

    (200,000     (200,000     (300,000     (500,000     (300,000     (300,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

    500,000        600,000        600,000        900,000        900,000        1,200,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund
   

WisdomTree
Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund

(consolidated)

    WisdomTree
Strategic Corporate Bond Fund
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31,
2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 12,682,320      $ 32,293,203      $ (10,327   $ (24,241   $ 127,590      $ 257,669   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (56,743,666     (79,118,646     (115,681     171,150        (55,467     65,309   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    33,135,794        (96,117,946     (147,322     (34,441     (111,963     (335,327

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (10,925,552     (142,943,389     (273,330     112,468        (39,840     (12,349

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

           

Net investment income

    (11,104,000     (29,050,502                   (125,000     (303,416

Capital gains

                  (96,374     (100,511              

Return of capital

           (1,723,498                            

Total distributions

    (11,104,000     (30,774,000     (96,374     (100,511     (125,000     (303,416

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

           

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    67,370,283        52,615,866                               

Cost of shares redeemed

    (156,127,438     (238,491,203                            

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (88,757,155     (185,875,337                            

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (110,786,707     (359,592,726     (369,704     11,957        (164,840     (315,765

NET ASSETS:

           

Beginning of period

  $ 479,266,529      $ 838,859,255      $ 4,906,013      $ 4,894,056      $ 7,293,966      $ 7,609,731   

End of period

  $ 368,479,822      $ 479,266,529      $ 4,536,309      $ 4,906,013      $ 7,129,126      $ 7,293,966   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

  $      $      $ (10,327   $      $      $   

Distributions in excess of net investment income included in net assets at end of period

  $ (40,086,304   $ (41,664,624   $      $      $ (110   $ (2,700

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

  

         

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    13,400,000        17,800,000        100,000        100,000        100,000        100,000   

Shares created

    1,900,000        1,300,000                               

Shares redeemed

    (4,500,000     (5,700,000                            

Shares outstanding, end of period

    10,800,000        13,400,000        100,000        100,000        100,000        100,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     WisdomTree
Western Asset Unconstrained
Bond Fund
    WisdomTree
CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite
Strategy Fund
    WisdomTree
Global Real Return Fund
(consolidated)
 
     For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the Period
June 11, 2015*
through
August 31, 2015
    For the Period
February 22, 2016*
through
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

         

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 89,579      $ 40,740      $ (45   $ 26,921      $ 94,637   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, written options, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

    (58,033     (100,252            71,155        (3,673

Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (172,028     (13,439     (3,151     (166,119     (561,058

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (140,482     (72,951     (3,196     (68,043     (470,094

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS:

         

Net investment income

    (96,001     (34,501            (177,301     (71,384

Capital gains

                                (43,117

Total dividends and distributions

    (96,001     (34,501            (177,301     (114,501

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

         

Net proceeds from sale of shares

           5,000,000        2,518,230               4,210,677   

Cost of shares redeemed

    (97                          (4,223,567

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

    (97     5,000,000        2,518,230               (12,890

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

    (236,580     4,892,548        2,515,034        (245,344     (597,485

NET ASSETS:

         

Beginning of period

  $ 4,892,648      $ 100      $ 100      $ 4,108,565      $ 4,706,050   

End of period

  $ 4,656,068      $ 4,892,648      $ 2,515,134      $ 3,863,221      $ 4,108,565   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

  $      $      $ (45   $      $   

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

  $ (507   $ 5,915      $      $ (54,855   $ 95,525   

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

         

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    100,002        2        4        100,000        100,000   

Shares created

           100,000        100,000               100,000   

Shares redeemed

    (2                          (100,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

    100,000        100,002        100,004        100,000        100,000   
* Commencement of operations.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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      WisdomTree
Managed Futures Strategy Fund
(consolidated)
 
      For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31,
2015
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

  

Net investment loss

   $ (949,483   $ (1,949,337

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions

     5,494,000        (5,317,409

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts

     2,854,602        304,559   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     7,399,119        (6,962,187

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     4,221,375        56,483,948   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (24,897,458     (12,482,357

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

     (20,676,083     44,001,591   

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (13,276,964     37,039,404   

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

   $ 214,082,611      $ 177,043,207   

End of period

   $ 200,805,647      $ 214,082,611   

Accumulated net investment loss included in net assets at end of period

   $ (3,775,755   $ (2,826,272

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

    

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     5,200,000        4,200,000   

Shares created

     100,000        1,300,000   

Shares redeemed

     (600,000     (300,000

Shares outstanding, end of period

     4,700,000        5,200,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 28.63       $ 25.11       $ 25.12   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment loss1

     (0.06      (0.13      (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.51         4.08         0.07   

Total from investment operations

     0.45         3.95         (0.01

Distributions to shareholders:

        

Capital gains

     (1.77      (0.43        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 27.31       $ 28.63       $ 25.11   

TOTAL RETURN2

     1.56 %3       15.83      (0.04 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 256,732       $ 340,684       $ 55,245   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.50 %4       0.50      0.51 %4,5 

Net investment loss

     (0.44 )%4       (0.48 )%       (0.48 )%4 

Portfolio turnover rate6

     0      0      0

 

             
WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 13.33      $ 19.48      $ 16.83      $ 18.81      $ 28.99      $ 27.65   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

    (0.02     (0.07     (0.07     (0.07     (0.09     (0.10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.36     (6.08     2.72        (1.91     (4.36     4.68   

Total from investment operations

    (0.38     (6.15     2.65        (1.98     (4.45     4.58   

Distributions to shareholders:

           

Capital gains

                                (5.73     (3.24

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 12.95      $ 13.33      $ 19.48      $ 16.83      $ 18.81      $ 28.99   

TOTAL RETURN2

    (2.85 )%      (31.57 )%      15.75     (10.53 )%      (16.14 )%      17.98

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 15,537      $ 15,995      $ 31,163      $ 40,397      $ 63,942      $ 481,253   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.45 %4      0.45     0.46 %7      0.45     0.45     0.45

Net investment loss

    (0.33 )%4      (0.40 )%      (0.40 )%      (0.39 )%      (0.38 )%      (0.36 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate6

    0     0     0     0     0     0
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

3 

Includes a voluntary reimbursement from the sub-adviser for investment losses on certain foreign exchange transactions during the period. Excluding this voluntary reimbursement, total return would have been 0.04% lower.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.50%.

 

6 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

7 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.45%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.67      $ 25.35      $ 26.22      $ 25.22      $ 25.81      $ 24.84   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)1

    0.07        0.06        (0.03     0.002        (0.06     (0.09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.11     (0.64     0.20        1.20        0.02        1.21   

Total from investment operations

    (0.04     (0.58     0.17        1.20        (0.04     1.12   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

                  (0.21                     

Capital gains

           (0.10     (0.83     (0.20     (0.55     (0.15

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

           (0.10     (1.04     (0.20     (0.55     (0.15

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 24.63      $ 24.67      $ 25.35      $ 26.22      $ 25.22      $ 25.81   

TOTAL RETURN3

    (0.16 )%      (2.30 )%      0.63     4.78     (0.15 )%      4.50

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 54,191      $ 88,827      $ 152,119      $ 215,015      $ 267,383      $ 567,883   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.45 %4      0.45     0.46 %5      0.45     0.45     0.45

Net investment income (loss)

    0.57 %4      0.24     (0.11 )%      0.02     (0.22 )%      (0.34 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate6

    0     0     0     0     0     0

 

             
WisdomTree Commodity Currency
Strategy Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the Period
September 24, 2010*
through
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 15.51      $ 20.10      $ 19.68      $ 20.93      $ 27.78      $ 25.10   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

    (0.04     (0.09     (0.11     (0.10     (0.11     (0.13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.37     (4.50     0.53        (1.15     (1.68     2.90   

Total from investment operations

    (0.41     (4.59     0.42        (1.25     (1.79     2.77   

Distributions to shareholders:

           

Capital gains

                                (5.06     (0.09

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 15.10      $ 15.51      $ 20.10      $ 19.68      $ 20.93      $ 27.78   

TOTAL RETURN3

    (2.64 )%      (22.84 )%      2.13     (5.97 )%      (5.75 )%      11.06

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 4,530      $ 6,204      $ 12,059      $ 15,747      $ 25,116      $ 80,560   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.55 %4      0.55     0.56 %5      0.55     0.55     0.55 %4 

Net investment loss

    (0.49 )%4      (0.52 )%      (0.53 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.46 )%4 

Portfolio turnover rate6

    0     0     0     0     0     0
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

3 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.45% for the WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund and 0.55% for the WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund.

 

6 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

WisdomTree Emerging Currency
Strategy Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 17.01      $ 20.43      $ 19.66      $ 20.33      $ 22.87      $ 21.89   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

    (0.04     (0.10     (0.11     (0.10     (0.10     (0.10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.27     (3.32     0.88        (0.57     (1.38     1.92   

Total from investment operations

    (0.31     (3.42     0.77        (0.67     (1.48     1.82   

Distributions to shareholders:

           

Capital gains

                                (1.06     (0.84

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 16.70      $ 17.01      $ 20.43      $ 19.66      $ 20.33      $ 22.87   

TOTAL RETURN2

    (1.82 )%      (16.74 )%      3.92     (3.30 )%      (6.36 )%      8.44

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 38,400      $ 52,719      $ 102,148      $ 192,628      $ 274,521      $ 585,411   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.55 %3      0.55     0.56 %4      0.55     0.55     0.55

Net investment loss

    (0.48 )%3      (0.52 )%      (0.53 )%      (0.48 )%      (0.47 )%      (0.46 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate5

    0     0     0     0     0     0

 

             
WisdomTree Indian Rupee
Strategy Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 20.59      $ 21.39      $ 17.91      $ 20.30      $ 26.78      $ 25.10   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

    (0.04     (0.09     (0.09     (0.08     (0.08     (0.09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.15     (0.71     3.57        (2.31     (3.12     2.06   

Total from investment operations

    (0.19     (0.80     3.48        (2.39     (3.20     1.97   

Distributions to shareholders:

           

Capital gains

                                (3.28     (0.29

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 20.40      $ 20.59      $ 21.39      $ 17.91      $ 20.30      $ 26.78   

TOTAL RETURN2

    (0.92 )%      (3.74 )%      19.43     (11.77 )%      (11.93 )%      7.86

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 10,201      $ 12,355      $ 25,663      $ 32,230      $ 18,273      $ 24,104   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.45 %3      0.45     0.46 %4      0.45     0.45     0.45

Net investment loss

    (0.37 )%3      (0.42 )%      (0.43 )%      (0.39 )%      (0.37 )%      (0.34 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate5

    0     0     0     0     0     0
1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.55% for the WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund and 0.45% for the WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund.

 

5 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

 

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the Period
March 17, 2011*
through
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 42.86      $ 49.93      $ 47.41      $ 51.57      $ 53.23      $ 49.85   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income1

    0.50        1.29        1.15        1.20        1.29        0.60   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.29        (7.28     2.00        (3.74     (2.37     3.21   

Total from investment operations

    0.79        (5.99     3.15        (2.54     (1.08     3.81   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

    (0.53     (1.08     (0.47     (1.34     (0.58     (0.43

Capital gains

                         (0.28              

Return of capital

                  (0.16                     

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

    (0.53     (1.08     (0.63     (1.62     (0.58     (0.43

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 43.12      $ 42.86      $ 49.93      $ 47.41      $ 51.57      $ 53.23   

TOTAL RETURN2

    1.84     (12.15 )%      6.69     (5.14 )%      (2.00 )%      7.66

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 30,186      $ 38,574      $ 339,553      $ 493,089      $ 422,871      $ 660,086   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.55 %3      0.55     0.56 %4      0.55     0.55     0.55 %3 

Net investment income

    2.34 %3      2.68     2.36     2.34     2.51     2.52 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

    11     10     62     52     62     0

 

             
WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand
Debt Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 20126
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 16.67      $ 21.25      $ 19.44      $ 22.54      $ 26.31      $ 22.24   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)1

    0.20        0.46        0.64        0.72        0.67        (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.37        (4.51     1.46        (3.22     (0.70     5.40   

Total from investment operations

    0.57        (4.05     2.10        (2.50     (0.03     5.32   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

    (0.17     (0.51     (0.24     (0.47     (0.69       

Capital gains

                                (3.05     (1.25

Return of capital

           (0.02     (0.05     (0.13              

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

    (0.17     (0.53     (0.29     (0.60     (3.74     (1.25

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 17.07      $ 16.67      $ 21.25      $ 19.44      $ 22.54      $ 26.31   

TOTAL RETURN2

    3.44     (19.32 )%      10.91     (11.42 )%      0.76     24.85

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 148,552      $ 103,372      $ 33,998      $ 40,831      $ 45,079      $ 52,614   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of expense waivers

    0.35 %3      0.45     0.46 %7      0.45     0.45     0.45

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

    0.45 %3      0.45     0.46 %7      0.45     0.45     0.45

Net investment income (loss)

    2.40 %3      2.54     3.13     3.29     2.99     (0.35 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate5

    33     9     27     42     9     0
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. The total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived by the investment adviser for WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (Note 2 and 3).

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.55%.

 

5 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

6 

The information reflects the investment objective and strategy of the WisdomTree Dreyfus New Zealand Dollar Fund through October 24, 2011 and the investment objective of the WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund thereafter.

 

7 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio (net of expense waivers) would have been 0.45% and the expense ratio (prior to expense waivers) would have been 0.45%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the Period
July 9, 2015*
through
August 31, 2015
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 49.64       $ 49.78   

Investment operations:

     

Net investment income1

     0.61         0.16   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.23         (0.18

Total from investment operations

     0.84         (0.02

Dividends to shareholders:

     

Net investment income

     (0.74      (0.12

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 49.74       $ 49.64   

TOTAL RETURN2

     1.70      (0.04 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

     

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 79,578       $ 4,964   

Ratios to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of expense waivers

     0.12 %3       0.12 %3 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

     0.20 %3       0.20 %3 

Net investment income

     2.52 %3       2.21 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate4,5

     125      51

 

       
WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration
Fund
   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 44.42       $ 46.65       $ 50.05   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment income1

     0.36         0.62         0.51   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (1.92      (2.18      (3.30

Total from investment operations

     (1.56      (1.56      (2.79

Dividends to shareholders:

        

Net investment income

     (0.41      (0.67      (0.61

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 42.45       $ 44.42       $ 46.65   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (3.54 )%       (3.36 )%       (5.61 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 12,735       $ 17,767       $ 4,665   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.28 %3       0.28      0.29 %3,7 

Net investment income

     1.62 %3       1.38      1.48 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate4,6

     125      424      257
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. The total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived by the investment adviser for WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (Note 2 and 3).

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

5 

The portfolio turnover rates excluding TBA roll transactions for the periods ended February 29, 2016 and August 31, 2015 were 33% and 6%, respectively.

 

6 

The portfolio turnover rates excluding TBA roll transactions for the periods ended February 29, 2016, August 31, 2015 and August 31, 2014 were 30%, 163% and 96%, respectively.

 

7 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.28%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration
Fund
   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 48.21       $ 49.78       $ 49.98   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment income1

     0.39         0.68         0.54   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (0.89      (1.50      (0.11

Total from investment operations

     (0.50      (0.82      0.43   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

        

Net investment income

     (0.42      (0.75      (0.63

Capital gains

                       

Return of capital

             (0.00 )2         

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (0.42      (0.75      (0.63

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 47.29       $ 48.21       $ 49.78   

TOTAL RETURN3

     (1.04 )%       (1.66 )%       0.85

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 23,644       $ 28,923       $ 4,978   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.23 %4       0.23      0.24 %4,5 

Net investment income

     1.63 %4       1.39      1.52 %4 

Portfolio turnover rate6,7

     105      359      243

 

       
WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
February 4, 2014*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 24.99       $ 24.99       $ 25.00   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)1

     0.01         (0.01      (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.02      0.01         0.002   

Total from investment operations

     (0.01      (0.00 )2       (0.01

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 24.98       $ 24.99       $ 24.99   

TOTAL RETURN3

     (0.04 )%       0.00      (0.04 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,249       $ 1,250       $ 2,499   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses, net of expense waivers

     0.15 %4       0.15      0.15 %4 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

     0.20 %4       0.20      0.20 %4 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.10 %4       (0.06 )%       (0.06 )%4 

Portfolio turnover rate6

     78      118      65
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

3 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. The total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived by the investment adviser for WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (Note 2 and 3).

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.23%.

 

6 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

7 

The portfolio turnover rates excluding TBA roll transactions for the periods ended February 29, 2016, August 31, 2015 and August 31, 2014 were 5%, 95% and 87%, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative
Duration Fund
  

For the
Six Months Ended

February 29, 2016
(unaudited)

     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 20.83       $ 22.99       $ 25.02   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment income1

     0.46         0.83         0.56   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (2.49      (2.17      (1.96

Total from investment operations

     (2.03      (1.34      (1.40

Dividends to shareholders:

        

Net investment income

     (0.45      (0.82      (0.63

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.35       $ 20.83       $ 22.99   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (9.86 )%       (5.91 )%       (5.69 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 9,174       $ 12,499       $ 4,597   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.48 %3       0.48      0.49 %3,4 

Net investment income

     4.66 %3       3.82      3.28 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

     17      34      182

 

       
WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration
Fund
   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 23.18       $ 24.86       $ 24.99   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment income1

     0.52         0.90         0.58   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (1.90      (1.67      (0.08

Total from investment operations

     (1.38      (0.77      0.50   

Dividends to shareholders:

        

Net investment income

     (0.51      (0.91      (0.63

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 21.29       $ 23.18       $ 24.86   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (6.03 )%       (3.15 )%       1.99

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 12,774       $ 20,859       $ 14,916   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.43 %3       0.43      0.44 %3,4 

Net investment income

     4.71 %3       3.75      3.30 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

     15      55      131
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.48% for the WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund and 0.43% for the WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund.

 

5 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets
Corporate Bond Fund
   For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
     For the Period
March 8, 2012*
through
August 31, 2012
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 69.13       $ 77.82       $ 72.97       $ 77.63       $ 75.03   

Investment operations:

              

Net investment income1

     1.55         3.51         3.47         3.29         1.63   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (3.41      (8.61      5.56         (4.69      2.54   

Total from investment operations

     (1.86      (5.10      9.03         (1.40      4.17   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

              

Net investment income

     (1.57      (3.56      (3.45      (3.26      (1.57

Capital gains

                     (0.73                

Return of capital

             (0.03                        

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (1.57      (3.59      (4.18      (3.26      (1.57

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 65.70       $ 69.13       $ 77.82       $ 72.97       $ 77.63   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (2.71 )%       (6.69 )%       12.71      (2.00 )%       5.64

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

              

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 59,133       $ 82,956       $ 116,737       $ 116,746       $ 62,103   

Ratios to average net assets of:

              

Expenses

     0.60 %3       0.60      0.61 %4       0.60      0.60 %3 

Net investment income

     4.64 %3       4.79      4.59      4.22      4.47 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

     8      25      40      37      0

 

             
WisdomTree Emerging Markets
Local Debt Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 35.77      $ 47.13      $ 45.93      $ 51.16      $ 53.83      $ 50.08   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income1

    1.00        2.17        2.26        2.22        2.41        2.40   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.77     (11.46     0.64        (5.29     (3.26     3.79   

Total from investment operations

    (0.77     (9.29     2.90        (3.07     (0.85     6.19   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

    (0.88     (1.95     (1.02     (2.01     (1.77     (2.44

Capital gains

                  (0.14     (0.15     (0.05       

Return of capital

           (0.12     (0.54                     

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

    (0.88     (2.07     (1.70     (2.16     (1.82     (2.44

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 34.12      $ 35.77      $ 47.13      $ 45.93      $ 51.16      $ 53.83   

TOTAL RETURN2

    (2.17 )%      (20.19 )%      6.43     (6.41 )%      (1.45 )%      12.64

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 368,480      $ 479,267      $ 838,859      $ 1,442,209      $ 1,197,084      $ 1,415,705   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.55 %3      0.55     0.56 %4      0.55     0.55     0.55

Net investment income

    5.77 %3      5.22     4.84     4.31     4.76     4.65

Portfolio turnover rate5

    18     22     78     57     43     30
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.60% for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund and 0.55% for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund.

 

5 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

 

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the Period
December 18, 2013*
through
August 31, 2014
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 49.06       $ 48.94       $ 49.94   

Investment operations:

        

Net investment loss1

     (0.10      (0.24      (0.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (2.64      1.37         (0.84

Total from investment operations

     (2.74      1.13         (1.00

Distributions to shareholders:

        

Capital gains

     (0.96      (1.01        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 45.36       $ 49.06       $ 48.94   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (5.67 )%       2.29      (2.00 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

        

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 4,536       $ 4,906       $ 4,894   

Ratios to average net assets of:

        

Expenses

     0.50 %3       0.50      0.51 %3,4 

Net investment loss

     (0.43 )%3       (0.49 )%       (0.47 )%3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

     0      0      0

 

         
WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
     For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
     For the Period
January 31, 2013*
through
August 31, 2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 72.94       $ 76.10       $ 72.78       $ 74.76   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income1

     1.28         2.58         2.49         1.37   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (1.68      (2.71      3.81         (2.08

Total from investment operations

     (0.40      (0.13      6.30         (0.71

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

     (1.25      (3.03      (2.64      (1.27

Capital gains

                     (0.34        

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

     (1.25      (3.03      (2.98      (1.27

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 71.29       $ 72.94       $ 76.10       $ 72.78   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (0.56 )%       (0.19 )%       8.81      (0.98 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 7,129       $ 7,294       $ 7,610       $ 14,555   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of expense waivers

     0.45 %3       0.45      0.46 %6       0.45 %3 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

     0.50 %3       0.50      0.51 %6       0.50 %3 

Net investment income

     3.55 %3       3.43      3.34      3.18 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate5

     14      15      36      5
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. The total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived by the investment adviser for WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (Note 2 and 3).

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses (which are not annualized). Without these proxy expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.50%.

 

5 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

6 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio (net of expense waivers) would have been 0.45% and the expense ratio (prior to expense waivers) would have been 0.50%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

 

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund    For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
     For the Period
June 11, 2015*
through
August 31, 2015
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 48.93       $ 50.02   

Investment operations:

     

Net investment income1

     0.90         0.41   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (2.31      (1.15

Total from investment operations

     (1.41      (0.74

Dividends to shareholders:

     

Net investment income

     (0.96      (0.35

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 46.56       $ 48.93   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (2.91 )%       (1.49 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

     

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 4,656       $ 4,893   

Ratios to average net assets of:

     

Expenses, net of expense waivers

     0.55 %3       0.55 %3 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

     0.60 %3       0.60 %3 

Net investment income

     3.78 %3       3.65 %3 

Portfolio turnover rate4

     18      3

 

   
WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund    For the Period
February 22, 2016*
through
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 25.18   

Investment operations:

  

Net investment loss1

     (0.00 )5 

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (0.03

Total from investment operations

     (0.03

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 25.15   

TOTAL RETURN2

     (0.12 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

  

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 2,515   

Ratios to average net assets of:

  

Expenses, net of expense waivers

     0.38 %3 

Expenses, prior to expense waivers

     0.44 %3 

Net investment loss

     (0.11 )%3 

Portfolio turnover rate4

     0
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. For the periods in which the investment advisor waived advisory fees, the total return would have been lower if certain expenses had not been waived (Notes 2 and 3).

 

3 

Annualized.

 

4 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

5 

Amount represents less than $0.005.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the period is presented below:

 

 

 

WisdomTree Global Real Return
Fund
(consolidated)
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the Period
July 14, 2011*
through
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 41.09      $ 47.06      $ 45.39      $ 48.68      $ 50.66      $ 49.99   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment income1

    0.27        0.91        1.29        0.73        0.79        0.05   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.96     (5.74     1.26        (3.25     (2.10     0.62   

Total from investment operations

    (0.69     (4.83     2.55        (2.52     (1.31     0.67   

Dividends and distributions to shareholders:

           

Net investment income

    (1.77     (0.71     (0.80     (0.77     (0.62       

Capital gains

           (0.43     (0.08            (0.05       

Total dividends and distributions to shareholders

    (1.77     (1.14     (0.88     (0.77     (0.67       

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 38.63      $ 41.09      $ 47.06      $ 45.39      $ 48.68      $ 50.66   

TOTAL RETURN2

    (1.61 )%      (10.38 )%      5.67     (5.25 )%      (2.54 )%      1.34

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 3,863      $ 4,109      $ 4,706      $ 4,539      $ 4,868      $ 5,066   

Ratios to average net assets3 of:

           

Expenses

    0.60 %4      0.60     0.61 %5      0.60     0.60     0.60 %4 

Net investment income

    1.36 %4      2.10     2.80     1.53     1.65     0.68 %4 

Portfolio turnover rate6

    1     8     33     1     3     0 %7 

 

             
WisdomTree Managed Futures
Strategy Fund
(consolidated)
  For the
Six Months Ended
February 29, 2016
(unaudited)
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2015
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2014
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2013
    For the
Year Ended
August 31, 2012
    For the Period
January 5, 2011*
through
August 31, 2011
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 41.17      $ 42.15      $ 41.92      $ 41.47      $ 49.90      $ 50.18   

Investment operations:

           

Net investment loss1

    (0.20     (0.40     (0.39     (0.37     (0.40     (0.27

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.75        (0.58     0.62        0.82        (7.25     (0.01

Total from investment operations

    1.55        (0.98     0.23        0.45        (7.65     (0.28

Distributions to shareholders:

           

Capital gains

                                (0.78       

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 42.72      $ 41.17      $ 42.15      $ 41.92      $ 41.47      $ 49.90   

TOTAL RETURN2

    3.76     (2.33 )%      0.55     1.09     (15.47 )%      (0.56 )% 

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 200,806      $ 214,083      $ 177,043      $ 142,531      $ 149,288      $ 229,553   

Ratios to average net assets of:

           

Expenses

    0.95 %4      0.95     0.96 %5      0.95     0.95     0.95 %4 

Net investment loss

    (0.94 )%4      (0.93 )%      (0.94 )%      (0.90 )%      (0.91 )%      (0.91 )%4 

Portfolio turnover rate6

    0     0     0     0     0     0
* 

Commencement of operations.

 

1 

Based on average shares outstanding.

 

2 

Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

3 

The ratios to average net assets do not include net investment income (loss) or expenses of other funds in which the Fund invests.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Included in the expense ratio are proxy expenses. Without these proxy expenses, the expense ratio would have been 0.60% for the WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund and 0.95% for the WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund.

 

6 

Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized and excludes the value of the portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind creations or redemptions of the Fund’s capital shares. Short-term securities with maturities less than or equal to 365 days are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation as well.

 

7 

Amount represents less than 1%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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1. ORGANIZATION

WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust on December 15, 2005. As of February 29, 2016, the Trust offered 91 investment funds (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”). In accordance with Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2013-08, Financial Services-Investment Companies, each Fund listed below qualifies as an investment company and is applying the accounting and reporting guidance for investment companies. These notes relate only to the Funds listed in the table below:

 

Fund    Commencement
of Operations
 

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (“U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund”)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (“Brazilian Real Strategy Fund”)

     May 14, 2008   

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (“Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund”)

     May 14, 2008   

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (“Commodity Currency Strategy Fund”)

     September 24, 2010   

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (“Emerging Currency Strategy Fund”)

     May 6, 2009   

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (“Indian Rupee Strategy Fund”)

     May 14, 2008   

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (“Asia Local Debt Fund”)

     March 17, 2011   

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (“Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund”)

     June 25, 2008   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (“U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund”)

     July 9, 2015   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (“U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund”)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (“U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund”)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (“Floating Rate Treasury Fund”)

     February 4, 2014   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (“High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund”)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (“High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund”)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (“Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund”)

     March 8, 2012   

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (“Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund”)

     August 9, 2010   

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (“Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund”) (consolidated)

     December 18, 2013   

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (“Strategic Corporate Bond Fund”)

     January 31, 2013   

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (“Unconstrained Bond Fund”)

     June 11, 2015   

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (“CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund”)

     February 22, 2016   

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (“Global Real Return Fund”) (consolidated)

     July 14, 2011   

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (“Managed Futures Strategy Fund”) (consolidated)

     January 5, 2011   

In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts.

Consolidation of Subsidiaries

The financial statements of the Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Global Real Return Fund (each an “Alternative Fund”) and Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund, include the accounts of a wholly-owned and controlled Cayman Islands subsidiary (each, a “Subsidiary”). For each Alternative Fund and Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund, the accompanying financial statements reflect the financial position and results of operations on a consolidated basis with its respective Subsidiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Each Alternative Fund seeks to gain exposure to commodity markets, in whole or in part, through investments in its Subsidiary. The Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund seeks to gain short exposure to Japanese government bonds, in whole or in part, through investments in its Subsidiary. Each Alternative Fund’s and Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund’s investment in its Subsidiary may not exceed 25% of each respective Alternative Fund’s and Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund’s total assets at the end of each fiscal quarter in order to meet the requirements for qualification as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.

 

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The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds:

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in the net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation — The net asset value (“NAV”) of each Fund’s shares is calculated each day a Fund is open for business as of the regularly scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (the “NAV Calculation Time”). NAV per share is calculated by dividing a Fund’s net assets by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Each Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of shares known as creation units, which only certain institutions or large investors may purchase or redeem. Shares of each Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade at market prices. Most investors will buy and sell shares in the secondary market through brokers. Because Fund shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV or less than NAV. In calculating each Fund’s NAV, investments are valued under policies approved by the Board of Trustees. Fixed income securities (including short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less and TBA securities) generally are valued at current market quotations or mean prices obtained from broker-dealers or independent pricing service providers. Broker-dealers or independent pricing service providers, in determining the value of securities may consider such factors as recent transactions, indications from broker-dealers yields and quoted prices on similar securities, and market sentiment for the type of security. U.S. fixed income assets may be valued as of the announced closing time for such securities on any day that the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association announces an early closing time. Except for U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund, forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily using WM/Reuters closing spot and forward rates as of 4:00 p.m. London time. U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund uses WM/Reuters closing spot and forward rates as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time to value forward foreign currency contracts. For the Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund, Emerging Currency Strategy Fund, Indian Rupee Strategy Fund, Asia Local Debt Fund, Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund, and the Strategic Corporate Bond Fund, WM/Reuters closing spot and forward rates as of 2:00 p.m. Singapore time are used to value forward foreign currency contracts in the following Asian currencies: Chinese renminbi, Chinese yuan, Hong Kong dollar, Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah, Malaysian ringgit, Philippine peso, Singapore dollar, South Korean won, Taiwan dollar, and the Thai baht. Futures and option contracts generally are valued at the settlement price on the primary exchange on which they trade. Swap contracts are generally marked to market daily based upon values from independent pricing service providers or quotations from broker-dealers to the extent available. Equity securities (including preferred stock) traded on any recognized U.S. or non-U.S. exchange are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or system on which they are principally traded. Unlisted equity securities (including preferred stock) are valued at the last quoted sale price or, if no sale price is available, at the mean between the highest bid and lowest ask price. Each Fund may invest in money market funds which are valued at their NAV per share and affiliated ETFs which are valued at their last sale or official closing price on the exchange on which they are principally traded or at their NAV per share in instances where the affiliated ETF has not traded on its principal exchange.

In certain instances, such as when reliable market valuations are not readily available or are not deemed to reflect current market values, a Fund’s investments and derivatives will be fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s pricing policy. The Board of Trustees of the Trust has established a pricing committee (the “Pricing Committee”) which is comprised of senior representatives of WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (‘‘WTAM’’) and which reports to the Board of Trustees on a quarterly basis. In the event that a financial instrument cannot be valued based upon a price from a national securities exchange, independent pricing service provider or broker-dealer quotation, or such prices are deemed to not reflect current market value, the Pricing Committee may value the financial instrument in good faith under the policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees based on current facts and circumstances. Securities that may be valued using “fair value” pricing may include, but are not limited to, securities for which there are no current market quotations, securities whose issuer is in default or bankruptcy, securities subject to corporate actions (such as mergers or reorganizations), securities subject to non-U.S. investment limits or currency controls, and securities affected by “significant events.” An example of a significant event is an event occurring after the close of the market in which a security trades but before a Fund’s next NAV Calculation Time that may materially affect the value of a Fund’s investment (e.g., government action, natural disaster, or significant market fluctuation). When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities.

Fair Value Measurement — In accordance with Codification Topic 820 (“ASC 820”), Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, fair value is defined as the price that each Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to be used when determining 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 — for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the

 

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asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates,

prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s assumptions in determining the fair value of

investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuation are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments that use Level 2 or Level 3 inputs may include, but are not limited to: (i) an unlisted security related to corporate actions; (ii) a restricted security (e.g., one that may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended); (iii) a security whose trading has been suspended or which has been de-listed from its primary trading exchange; (iv) a security that is thinly traded; (v) a security in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation or market activity; (vi) a security affected by currency controls or restrictions; and (vii) a security affected by a significant event (e.g., an event that occurs after the close of the markets on which the security is traded but before the time as of which a Fund’s NAV is computed and that may materially affect the value of the Fund’s investments).

The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair market value measurements for Level 2 and Level 3 positions are as follows:

Financial instruments are generally valued by independent pricing service providers that use broker-dealer quotations, reported trades or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. Depending on the type of financial instrument, the independent pricing service providers’ internal pricing models may use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar assets. Financial instruments that use similar valuation techniques and observable inputs as described above and have an appropriate level of market activity are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise a Level 3 fair value classification is appropriate. Over-the-counter financial derivative instruments derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates, and other inputs or a combination of these factors. These instruments are normally valued on the basis of broker-dealer quotations or independent pricing service providers. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the value of the financial derivative instruments can be estimated by an independent pricing service provider using a series of techniques including simulation pricing models. The pricing models use inputs that are observed from actively quoted markets such as issuer details, indices, credit risks/spreads, interest rates, yield curves, default and exchange rates. Derivative contracts that use valuation techniques and observable inputs as described above and have an appropriate level of market activity are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise a Level 3 fair value classification is appropriate.

Determination of a fair value by the Pricing Committee may include significant unobservable inputs and therefore would be reflected as a Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Pricing Committee may employ a market-based valuation approach which may use, among other potential considerations, related or comparable securities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information to determine fair value. The Pricing Committee may also use an income-based valuation approach in which anticipated future cash flows of the financial instrument are discounted to calculate fair value. The Pricing Committee meets at least on a monthly basis to review and discuss the appropriateness of such fair values using more current information such as, recent security news, recent market transactions, updated corporate action information and/or other macro or security specific events. Also, when observable inputs become available, the Pricing Committee conducts back testing of the methodologies used to value Level 3 financial instruments to substantiate the unobservable inputs used to value those investments. Such back testing includes comparing Level 3 investment values to observable inputs such as exchange-traded prices, transaction prices, and/or vendor prices.

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of February 29, 2016 in valuing each Fund’s assets:

 

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 255,428,753       $   

Total

   $       $ 255,428,753       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             991,876           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (5,687,117        

Total - Net

   $       $ 250,733,512       $   

 

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Brazilian Real Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 11,997,684       $   

Repurchase Agreement

             3,516,000           

Total

   $       $ 15,513,684       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             286,949           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (268,682        

Total - Net

   $       $ 15,531,951       $   

 

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 27,085,335       $   

Time Deposits

             10,684,087           

Repurchase Agreement

             15,940,000           

Total

   $       $ 53,709,422       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             125,181           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (1,225,547        

Total - Net

   $       $ 52,609,056       $   

 

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 3,299,327       $   

Repurchase Agreement

             1,185,000           

Total

   $       $ 4,484,327       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             111,679           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (224,495        

Total - Net

   $       $ 4,371,511       $   

 

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 24,932,541       $   

Repurchase Agreement

             12,250,000           

Total

   $       $ 37,182,541       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             1,008,571           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (136,068        

Total - Net

   $       $ 38,055,044       $   

 

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 7,501,469       $   

Repurchase Agreement

             2,678,000           

Total

   $       $ 10,179,469       $   

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (69,407        

Total - Net

   $       $ 10,110,062       $   

 

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Asia Local Debt Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Foreign Corporate Bond

   $       $ 1,416,566       $   

Foreign Government Agencies

             4,025,397           

Foreign Government Obligations

             18,422,277           

Supranational Bonds

             4,165,299           

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             683,400           

Total

   $       $ 28,712,939       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             7,643           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (17,254        

Total - Net

   $       $ 28,703,328       $   

 

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Foreign Government Agencies

   $       $ 56,555,069       $   

Foreign Government Obligations

             48,530,649           

Supranational Bonds

             41,590,466           

Total

   $       $ 146,676,184       $   

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (527        

Total - Net

   $       $ 146,675,657       $   

 

U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Agencies

   $       $ 20,350,362       $   

U.S. Government Obligations

             13,531,191           

Corporate Bonds

             32,112,327           

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             4,361,811           

Foreign Government Agencies

             227,910           

Foreign Government Obligations

             1,766,590           

Supranational Bond

             487,917           

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             5,431,380           

Municipal Bonds

             619,075           

Total

   $       $ 78,888,563       $   

 

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Agencies

   $       $ 3,731,921       $   

U.S. Government Obligations

             4,056,672           

Corporate Bonds

             2,808,539           

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             360,112           

Foreign Government Agencies

             131,545           

Foreign Government Obligations

             148,199           

Supranational Bond

             206,395           

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             579,891           

Municipal Bond

             141,932           

Total

   $       $ 12,165,206       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     13,164                   

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

     (21,820                

U.S. Government Agencies Sold Short

             (26,400        

Total - Net

   $ (8,656    $ 12,138,806       $   

 

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U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Agencies

   $       $ 7,562,781       $   

U.S. Government Obligations

             7,597,387           

Corporate Bonds

             5,406,606           

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             642,323           

Foreign Government Obligations

             307,801           

Supranational Bond

             534,397           

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             1,098,790           

Municipal Bond

             224,103           

Total

   $       $ 23,374,188       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     48,756                   

U.S. Government Agencies Sold Short

             (316,805        

Total - Net

   $ 48,756       $ 23,057,383       $   

 

Floating Rate Treasury Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 1,247,641       $   

 

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Corporate Bonds

   $       $ 8,018,823       $   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             578,038           

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             491,928           

Total

   $       $ 9,088,789       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     7,564                   

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

     (15,024                

Total - Net

   $ (7,460    $ 9,088,789       $   

 

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Corporate Bonds

   $       $ 10,467,935       $   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             1,244,160           

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             770,890           

Total

   $       $ 12,482,985       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     16,687                   

Total - Net

   $ 16,687       $ 12,482,985       $   

 

Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Foreign Corporate Bonds

   $       $ 49,041,090       $   

Foreign Government Agencies

             2,328,420           

Foreign Government Obligations

             681,108           

Supranational Bonds

             2,120,854           

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             6,114,078           

Total

   $       $ 60,285,550       $   

 

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Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Foreign Government Agencies

   $       $ 8,717,325       $   

Foreign Government Obligations

             323,283,665           

Supranational Bonds

             16,515,963           

Total

   $       $ 348,516,953       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             144,368           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (573,963        

Total - Net

   $       $ 348,087,358       $   

 

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 5,448,141       $   

Total

   $       $ 5,448,141       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             2,468           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (102,264        

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

     (103,300                

Total - Net

   $ (103,300    $ 5,348,345       $   

 

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Corporate Bonds

   $       $ 4,117,914       $   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             2,489,145           

Preferred Stock

     168,219                   

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             235,305           

Total

   $ 168,219       $ 6,842,364       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             17,522           

Total - Net

   $ 168,219       $ 6,859,886       $   

 

Unconstrained Bond Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 540,021       $   

Corporate Bonds

             1,749,760           

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             744,063           

Foreign Government Obligations

             339,900           

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

             344,965           

Bank Loans

             152,624           

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             114,025           

Total

   $       $ 3,985,358       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             2,611           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (3,926        

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     320                   

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

     (1,806                

Total - Net

   $ (1,486    $ 3,984,043       $   

 

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 1,998,720       $   

Total

   $       $ 1,998,720       $   

Written Options

     (33,800                

Total - Net

   $ (33,800    $ 1,998,720       $   

 

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Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 1,327,582       $   

Corporate Bonds

             129,400           

Foreign Corporate Bonds

             187,173           

Foreign Government Obligations

             1,137,910           

Exchange-Traded Funds

     292,575                   

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned

             252,678           

Total

   $ 292,575       $ 3,034,743       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             16,613           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (33,055        

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     4,394                   

Total - Net

   $ 296,969       $ 3,018,301       $   

 

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

U.S. Government Obligations

   $       $ 175,097,461       $   

Total

   $       $ 175,097,461       $   

Unrealized Appreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             3,713,138           

Unrealized Depreciation on Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (2,583,231        

Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts

     4,331,069                   

Unrealized Depreciation on Futures Contracts

     (747,645                

Total - Net

   $ 3,583,424       $ 176,227,368       $   

There were no Level 3 securities at or during the six months or period ended February 29, 2016.

The Funds have elected to use the beginning of period method for transfers between fair value measurement levels.

There were no transfers into or out of any fair value measurement levels during the six months or period ended February 29, 2016.

Derivatives and Hedging Disclosure — Codification Topic 815 (“ASC 815”), Derivatives and Hedging, requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The Funds have invested in derivatives, specifically forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts and options contracts during the period ended February 29, 2016 which are detailed in each Fund’s schedule of investments. All of the derivative instruments disclosed and described herein are subject to credit risk. Credit risk is where the financial condition of an issuer of a security or instrument may cause it to default or become unable to pay interest or principal due on the security or where the counterparty to a derivative contract might default on its obligations. The Funds’ derivative agreements contain credit-risk related contingent features which include, but are not limited to, a percentage decline in the Funds’ NAV over a specified time period. If an event occurred at February 29, 2016 that triggered a contingent feature, the counterparty to the agreement may require the Funds to post additional collateral or terminate the derivative positions and demand payment. Any collateral posted with respect to the derivative positions would be used to offset or reduce the payment. The maximum exposure to derivatives agreements with credit-risk related contingent features would be the total value of derivatives in net liability positions for each Fund. At February 29, 2016, no event occurred that triggered a credit-risk-related contingent feature.

 

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As of February 29, 2016, collateral for derivative instruments was as follows:

 

      Value of Collateral Posted      Value of Collateral Received  
Fund    Cash      Securities      Total      Cash      Securities      Total  

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

   $ 680,000       $       $ 680,000       $       $       $   

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

     810,000                 810,000                           

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

                             40,000                 40,000   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

     382,001                 382,001                           

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

     219,399                 219,399                           

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

     164,000                 164,000                           

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

     70,400                 70,400                           

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

     2,925         46,973         49,898                           

Unconstrained Bond Fund

     35,052                 35,052                           

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

     200,000                 200,000                           

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

     29,532                 29,532                           

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

     15,009         6,649,368         6,664,377                           

As of February 29, 2016, the effects of such derivative instruments on each Fund’s financial position as reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are presented in the summary below:

 

      Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  
Fund    Balance Sheet Location    Value      Balance Sheet Location    Value  

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
   $ 991,876       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
   $ 5,687,117   

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     286,949       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     268,682   

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     125,181       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     1,225,547   

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     111,679       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     224,495   

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     1,008,571       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     136,068   

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
           Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     69,407   

Asia Local Debt Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     7,643       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     17,254   

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
           Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     527   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

           

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     13,164       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     21,820   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

           

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     48,756       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
       

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

           

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     7,564       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     15,024   

 

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      Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  
Fund    Balance Sheet Location    Value      Balance Sheet Location    Value  

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

           

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
   $ 16,687       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
   $   

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     144,368       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     573,963   

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     2,468       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     102,264   

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
           Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     103,300   

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     17,522       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
       

Unconstrained Bond Fund

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     2,611       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     3,926   

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     320       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     1,806   

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

           

Equity contracts

                 Written options, at value      33,800   

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     16,613       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     33,055   

Commodity contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     4,394       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
       

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

           

Foreign exchange contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     3,713,138       Unrealized depreciation on
forward foreign currency contracts
     2,583,231   
     Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     1,275       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     45,545   

Commodity contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     3,631,900       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
     702,100   

Interest rate contracts

   Unrealized appreciation on
futures contracts*
     697,894       Unrealized depreciation on
futures contracts*
       
  * 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in each Fund’s schedule of investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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For the six months or period ended February 29, 2016, the effect of derivative instruments on each Fund’s financial performance as reflected in the Statements of Operations are presented in the summary below:

 

Fund    Amount of Realized Gain
or (Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized1
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized2
 

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 5,408,685       $ (3,025,242

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (2,241,850      1,810,222   

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (2,768,700      2,700,323   

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (682,761      538,203   

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (4,316,814      3,638,933   

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (404,896      328,617   

Asia Local Debt Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (39,140      92,613   

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     700,957         (527

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

     

Interest rate contracts

     (584,945      (116,235

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

     

Interest rate contracts

     (547,721      (43,589

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

     

Interest rate contracts

     (440,229      (74,976

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

     

Interest rate contracts

     (76,053      (10,263

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

     

Foreign exchange contracts

     (1,028,257      619,895   

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

Foreign exchange contracts

     (31,294      (66,651

Interest rate contracts

     (84,362      (64,516

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

     (5,119      30,080   

Unconstrained Bond Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

     (689      1,117   

Interest rate contracts

     (54,999      (33,378

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund3

  

Equity contracts

             (3,153

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

  

Foreign exchange contracts

     118,763         (67,191

Commodity contracts

     (31,800      (7,496

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

Foreign exchange contracts

     (578,514      1,785,247   

Commodity contracts

     7,264,086         382,337   

Interest rate contracts

     (1,189,880      695,581   
  1 

Realized gains (losses) on derivatives are located on the Statement of Operations as follows:

 

Equity contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) from written options

Foreign exchange contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) from forward foreign currency contracts, foreign currency related transactions and futures contracts

Commodity contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts

Interest rate contracts

   Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions*, futures contracts and written options
  * Includes the net realized gain (loss) on purchased options.

 

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  2 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is located on the Statement of Operations as follows:

 

Equity contracts

   Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from written options

Foreign exchange contracts

   Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

Commodity contracts

   Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from futures contracts

Interest rate contracts

   Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment transactions**, futures contracts and written options
  ** Includes the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on purchased options.

 

  3 

For the period February 22, 2016 (commencement of operations) through February 29, 2016.

During the six months or period ended February 29, 2016, the volume of derivative activity (based on the average of month-end balances) for the Funds was as follows:

 

     Average Notional           Average Market Value  
Fund   Forward foreign
currency
contracts
(to deliver)
    Forward foreign
currency
contracts
(to receive)
          Futures
contracts
(long)
    Futures
contracts
(short)
          Purchased
options
    Written
options
 

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ 310,291,978      $ 589,689,696           $      $           $      $   

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    21,759,379        5,714,785                                         

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    66,851,407        12,220,818                                         

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    9,036,344        3,392,071                                         

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    79,887,439        29,831,088                                         

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    17,345,262        5,925,892                                         

Asia Local Debt Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    2,492,106        357,260                                         

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund2

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    15,458,331        8,585,782                                         

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

  

Interest rate contracts

                              17,608,299                      

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

  

Interest rate contracts

                              23,790,574                      

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

  

Interest rate contracts

                              11,394,094                      

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

  

Interest rate contracts

                              12,574,654                      

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    21,759,329        8,146,638                                         

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    1,539,798        2,957,631                                         

Interest rate contracts

                              4,745,318                      

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

           561,099                                         

Unconstrained Bond Fund

  

Foreign exchange contracts

    182,803        183,842                                         

Interest rate contracts

                              1,448,712             181        194   

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund1

  

Equity contracts

                                                 33,800   

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

  

Commodity contracts

                       212,443                             

Foreign exchange contracts

    114,708        1,346,178                                         

 

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     Average Notional           Average Market Value  
Fund   Forward foreign
currency
contracts
(to deliver)
    Forward foreign
currency
contracts
(to receive)
          Futures
contracts
(long)
    Futures
contracts
(short)
          Purchased
options
    Written
options
 

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

Commodity contracts

  $      $           $ 9,650,619      $ 74,875,586           $      $   

Foreign exchange contracts

    51,286,752        30,333,378             21,388,045        33,075,118                      

Interest rate contracts

                       25,660,516        10,022,643                      
  1 

For the period February 22, 2016 (commencement of operations) through February 29, 2016.

 

  2 

For the six months ended February 29, 2016, the volume of derivative activity for the period is based on intra-month balances.

Investment Transactions and Investment Income — Investment transactions are recorded as of the date that the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses on sales of portfolio securities are calculated using the identified-cost method. Interest income including amortization of premiums, net of any foreign taxes withheld and discounts is accrued daily. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date.

Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions that are deemed appropriate by WTAM. Realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses on investments are included as a component of net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment transactions, respectively, on the Statement of Operations. Net realized and unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses arising from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses of forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses recognized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends/interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid are included in net realized gain (loss) from forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency related transactions and/or net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from forward foreign currency contracts and translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies in the Statement of Operations. Certain foreign exchange gains and losses included in realized and unrealized gains or losses are included in, or are a reduction of, ordinary income in accordance with U.S. Federal income tax regulations.

Expenses/Reimbursements — Under the investment advisory agreement for each Fund, except U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund, High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund, High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund, Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund, Floating Rate Treasury Fund, CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund and Unconstrained Bond Fund, WTAM has agreed to pay all expenses of the Trust, except for: (i) brokerage expenses and other expenses (such as stamp taxes) connected with the execution of portfolio transactions or in connection with creation and redemption transactions; (ii) legal fees or expenses in connection with any arbitration, litigation or pending or threatened arbitration or litigation, including any settlements in connection therewith; (iii) compensation and expenses of trustees who are not interested persons of the Funds (“Independent Trustees”); (iv) compensation and expenses of counsel to the Independent Trustees; (v) compensation and expenses of the Trust’s WTAM; (vi) extraordinary expenses; (vii) distribution fees and expenses paid by the Trust under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act; and (viii) the advisory fee payable to WTAM.

Under the investment advisory agreement for U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund, High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund, High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund, Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund, Floating Rate Treasury Fund, CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund and Unconstrained Bond Fund, WTAM has agreed to pay all expenses of the Trust, except for: (i) brokerage expenses and other fees, charges, taxes, levies or expenses (such as stamp taxes) incurred in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions or in connection with creation and redemption transactions (including without limitation any fees, charges, taxes, levies or expenses related to the purchase or sale of an amount of any currency, or the partition or repatriation of any security or other asset, related to the execution of portfolio transactions or any creation or redemption transactions); (ii) legal fees or expenses in connection with any arbitration, litigation or pending or threatened arbitration or litigation, including any settlements in connection therewith; (iii) compensation and expenses of each Independent Trustee; (iv) compensation and expenses of counsel to the Independent Trustees; (v) compensation and expenses of the Trust’s CCO; (vi) extraordinary expenses (in each case as determined by a majority of the Independent Trustees); (vii) distribution fees and expenses paid by the Trust under any distribution plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act; (viii) interest and taxes of any kind or nature (including, but not limited to, income, excise, transfer and withholding taxes); (ix) fees and expenses related to the provision of securities lending services; and (x) the advisory fee payable to WTAM.

The internal expenses of pooled investment vehicles in which the Funds may invest (acquired fund fees and expenses) are not expenses of the Funds and are not paid by WTAM.

 

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Pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement, WTAM arranges for the provision of CCO services with respect to each Fund, and is liable and responsible for, and administers, payments to the CCO, the Independent Trustees and counsel to the Independent Trustees. WTAM receives a fee, as shown on the Statements of Operations under “Service fees”, of up to 0.0044% of each Fund’s average daily net assets for providing such services and paying such expenses. WTAM provides CCO services to the Trust.

Repurchase Agreements — Each Fund’s custodian or a third party custodian under tri-party repurchase agreements may take possession of the collateral pledged for investments in repurchase agreements. The underlying collateral is valued on a daily basis at fair value to ensure that the value, including accrued interest, is at least equal to the repurchase price. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, a Fund has the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligations. Under certain circumstances, in the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — A forward foreign currency contract (“Forward Contract”) involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. These contracts are principally traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly between currency traders (usually large, commercial banks) and their customers. A Forward Contract generally does not require an initial margin deposit and no commissions are charged at any stage for trades. However, if a Fund is in an unrealized loss position on a Forward Contract, it may be required to pledge collateral (or additional collateral) to the counterparty. If a Fund is in an unrealized gain position on a Forward Contract, it may receive collateral from the counterparty.

Risks may arise upon entering into Forward Contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar or each other.

Fluctuations in the value of open Forward Contracts are recorded for book purposes as unrealized gains or losses on Forward Contracts by the Funds. Realized gains and losses on Forward Contracts include net gains or losses recognized by the Funds on contracts which have matured or were sold. Each Fund may enter into Forward Contracts to manage its foreign currency exposure or to facilitate settlement of foreign currency denominated portfolio transactions. A Fund may invest in both Forward Contracts and U.S. dollar denominated money market securities in an attempt to create a “synthetic” investment in a foreign currency denominated instrument.

Futures Contracts — Each Fund may transact in currency futures contracts and interest rate futures contracts. The Managed Futures Strategy Fund and Global Real Return Fund may transact in commodity, currency and interest rate futures contracts. When a Fund purchases a listed futures contract, it agrees to purchase a specified reference asset (e.g., commodity, currency or Treasury security) at a specified future date. When a Fund sells a listed futures contract, it agrees to sell a specified reference asset (e.g., commodity, currency or Treasury security) at a specified future date. The price at which the purchase and sale will take place is fixed when the Fund enters into the contract. The exchange clearing corporation is the ultimate counterparty for all exchange-listed contracts, so credit risk is limited to the creditworthiness of the exchange’s clearing corporation. Margin deposits are posted as performance bonds with the clearing broker and, in turn, with the exchange clearing corporation.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deliver to a broker an amount of cash and/or government securities equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This amount is known as the “initial margin”. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin”, generally are made or received by the Fund each day or at other agreed-upon time periods depending on the fluctuations in the value of the underlying futures contracts, except that in the case of certain futures contracts payments may be made or received at settlement. Such variation margin is recorded for financial statement purposes on a daily basis as an unrealized gain or loss on futures until the financial futures contract is closed, at which time the net gain or loss is reclassified to realized gain or loss on futures. When a Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, the Fund is required to “cover” its position in order to limit the risk associated with the use of leverage and other related risks. To cover its position, a Fund will segregate assets consisting of, or take other measures with respect to, cash or liquid securities that, when added to any amounts deposited with a futures commission merchant as margin, will “cover” its position in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act or the rules and SEC interpretations thereunder. This will function as a practical limit on the amount of leverage which a Fund may undertake and on the potential increase in the speculative character of a Fund’s outstanding portfolio securities.

Options Contracts — The Unconstrained Bond Fund and CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (the “Funds”) may purchase or write put or call options. A put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer of the option the obligation to buy, the underlying security or financial instrument. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of the option the obligation to sell, the underlying security or financial instrument. A premium is paid to the writer of an option as consideration for undertaking the obligation in the contract. The Funds may purchase and write options on an exchange or over the counter (“OTC”). OTC options differ from exchange-traded options in several respects. They are transacted directly with dealers and not with a clearing corporation, and therefore entail the risk of non-performance by the dealer. OTC options are available for a greater variety of securities and for a wider range of expiration dates and exercise prices than are available for exchange-traded options. Because OTC options are not traded on an exchange, pricing is done normally by reference to information from a market maker.

 

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When the Funds purchase an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Funds is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. If the purchased option expires, the Funds realize a loss equal to the amount of premium paid. When a security or financial instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the related premium paid is added to the basis of the security or financial instrument acquired or deducted from the proceeds of the security or financial instrument sold.

When the Funds write an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Funds is recorded as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Funds’ basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Funds from the exercise of the written put option to form the Funds’ basis in the underlying security purchased.

The purchaser or writer of an option may close the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. In the case of a written option, the cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Funds. With respect to a purchased option, the original premium paid is deducted from the proceeds received from a closing transaction resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Funds.

Written options may constitute a fair value guarantee on a financial asset under the provisions of FASB Codification Topic 460 — Guarantees. The maximum payout for written put options is limited to the number of contracts written and the associated strike prices. At February 29, 2016, the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund’s maximum payout for written put options was $2,483,000. At February 29, 2016, the Unconstrained Bond Fund did not have any open written put options. The maximum payout for written call options is potentially unlimited to the extent that the written call option is uncovered. At February 29, 2016, the Funds did not have any open written call options.

The Funds’ risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premiums paid. The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Funds may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Funds are exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. The risk in writing a put option is that the Funds may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there is the risk that the Funds may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

Other significant risks associated with the Funds’ use of options contracts, including the following: (1) the success of a strategy may depend on the Fund adviser’s ability to predict movements in the prices of individual commodities, currencies or securities, fluctuations in markets and movements in interest rates; (2) there may be an imperfect or no correlation between the changes in market value of the commodities, currencies or securities and the price of options; (3) although the Funds intend to enter into options contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, there is no assurance that an active market will exist for the contracts at any particular time; (4) trading restrictions or limitations may be imposed by an exchange; and (5) government regulations may restrict trading in options contracts.

For the six months or period ended February 29, 2016, transactions for written options were as follows:

 

      Unconstrained Bond Fund      CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund  
      Amount of
Premiums
     Contracts      Amount of
Premiums
     Contracts  

Balance at August 31, 20151

   $ 797         3       $           

Options written

     1,453         3         30,647         13   

Options closed

     (2,156      (4                

Options expired

     (94      (2                

Options exercised

                               

Balance at February 29, 2016

   $               $ 30,647         13   
  1 

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund commenced operations on February 22, 2016.

Bank Loans — The Unconstrained Bond Fund (the “Fund”) may invest in bank loans (including senior loans). Bank loans are typically arranged through private negotiations in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings. Bank loans between a company or a non-U.S. government and one or more financial institutions (lenders) may include institutionally traded floating and fixed rate debt obligations. Bank loans are generally acquired as a participation interest in, or assignment of, loans originated by U.S. or foreign commercial banks, insurance companies, finance companies or other financial institutions that have

 

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made loans or are members of a lending syndicate or from other holders of loan interests. Bank loans are subject to the credit risk of the underlying borrower and the risk of default in the payment of interest or principal on a loan. These loans typically involve borrowers with low credit ratings whose financial conditions are troubled or uncertain, including companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. Such loans may be vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. Bank loans generally (but not always) hold the most senior position in the capital structure of a borrower and are often secured with collateral. If, however, bank loans are uncollateralized and/or subordinate to more senior creditors then the bank loans will be subject to a greater risk of nonpayment.

The Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the bank loan interest. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the bank loan interest.

In addition, loans are generally subject to liquidity risk. The Fund may have difficulty disposing of bank loans because, in certain cases, the market for such instruments is not highly liquid. The lack of a highly liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on the value of such instruments and on the Fund’s ability to dispose of the bank loan in response to a specific economic event, such as deterioration in the creditworthiness of the borrower. Other risks associated with investing in bank loans include prepayment risk, extension risk, restrictions on resale, and the lack of publicly available information.

Securities Lending — Each Fund may lend portfolio securities to certain creditworthy borrowers, including the Funds’ securities lending agent. It is the Funds’ policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral in the form of cash and/or high-grade debt obligations, equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities, is maintained at all times. The cash collateral can be invested in certain money market mutual funds which also have exposure to the fluctuations of the market. The value of the investment of cash collateral for securities on loan along with the obligation to return such collateral are included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The value of securities received as collateral for securities on loan are not included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities because the receiving Fund does not have the right to sell or repledge the securities received as collateral. Each Fund receives compensation for lending its securities from interest or dividends earned on the cash or U.S. government securities held as collateral, net of fee rebates paid to the borrower plus reasonable administrative and custody fees, all of which are included in the securities lending income earned by the Funds and disclosed on the Statement of Operations. The dividend and interest income earned on the securities loaned is accounted for in the same manner as other dividend and interest income. The borrower pays to the Funds an amount equal to any dividends or interest received on loaned securities. Dividends received while a security is out on loan are not considered Qualified Dividend Income (“QDI”) under the specific criteria issued by the Internal Revenue Service and are subject to taxation at the shareholder’s ordinary income tax rate instead of the lower long-term capital gains tax rate. Lending portfolio securities could result in a loss or delay in recovering each Fund’s securities if the borrower defaults.

Master Netting Arrangements — ASU No. 2011-11 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2011-11”) is generally intended to (i) help investors and other financial statement users to better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting arrangements on a company’s financial position, (ii) improve transparency in the reporting of how companies mitigate credit risk, and (iii) facilitate comparisons between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of international financial reporting standards. ASU 2011-11 requires entities to disclose (i) gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the financial statements, and (ii) instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. ASU 2011-11 is limited in scope to the following financial instruments, to the extent they are offset in the financial statements or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement: (i) recognized derivative instruments accounted for under ASC 815 (Derivatives and Hedging); (ii) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements; and (iii) securities borrowing and securities lending transactions.

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help a Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, a Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter derivatives (“OTC”), including Forward Contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms, netting and rights of set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and receivables to create a single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of a default (close-out netting) or similar event, including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty.

Collateral requirements generally differ by type of derivative. Collateral terms are contract-specific for OTC derivatives (e.g. foreign exchange contracts, options and certain swaps). Generally, for transactions traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are calculated by netting the marked to market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing

 

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that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by a Fund and the counterparty. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required to be made. To the extent amounts due to a Fund from its derivatives counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

Repurchase agreements are subject to the terms and conditions of a Master Repurchase Agreement (“Master Repurchase Agreement”) between a Fund and a counterparty. In the event of a default or failure by a party to perform an obligation with respect to a repurchase transaction, the Master Repurchase Agreement gives the non-defaulting party the right to set-off claims and to apply property held by it in connection with a repurchase transaction against obligations owed to the non-defaulting party.

A Fund’s security lending activities are governed by a Securities Lending Authorization Agreement (“Lending Agreement”) between the Fund and the lending agent. The Lending Agreement authorizes the lending agent to lend qualifying U.S. and foreign securities held by a Fund to approved borrowers (each a “Borrower”). To mitigate borrower risk, a Fund typically receives from a Borrower, collateral in the form of U.S. dollar cash and/or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies in excess of the market value of the securities loaned. Under the provisions of the Lending Agreement, a Fund shall have, as to the collateral, all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under applicable law. A Fund is exposed to risk of loss if a Borrower defaults on its obligation to return borrowed securities and the value of the collateral a Fund received is insufficient to cover the market value of the securities loaned. Also, the lending agent is permitted to invest the cash collateral it receives from a Borrower into a money market fund which is subject to market fluctuation. Therefore, a Fund is exposed to risk of loss if the value of invested cash collateral is insufficient to satisfy the Fund’s obligation to return the full amount owed to such Borrower.

The Funds’ futures contracts are all exchange traded and are not subject to master netting arrangements. Therefore all futures contracts are excluded from the master netting table below.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds elect to not offset assets and liabilities subject to an ISDA Master Agreement, Master Repurchase Agreement or Lending Agreement, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Therefore, all qualifying transactions are presented on a gross basis in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. As of February 29, 2016, the impact of netting of assets and liabilities and the offsetting of collateral pledged or received based on contractual netting/set-off provisions in the ISDA Master Agreement, Master Repurchase Agreement and the Lending Agreement are detailed in the following table:

 

    Assets     Liabilities  
    

Gross Amounts
in Statement of

Assets and
Liabilities

    Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
          

Gross Amounts
in Statement of

Assets and
Liabilities

    Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund     Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Received
    Net Amount       Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Pledged
    Net Amount  

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

               

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $ 991,876      $ (428,535   $      $ 563,341      $ 5,687,117      $ (428,535   $ (48,217 )1    $ 5,210,365   

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

               

Repurchase Agreements

    3,516,000               (3,516,000 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    286,949        (41,928            245,021        268,682        (41,928    

  
    226,754   

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

               

Repurchase Agreements

    15,940,000               (15,940,000 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    125,181        (14,313            110,868        1,225,547        (14,313     (756,837 )1      454,397   

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

  

             

Repurchase Agreements

    1,185,000               (1,185,000 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    111,679        (42,265            69,414        224,495        (42,265            182,230   

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

  

             

Repurchase Agreements

    12,250,000               (12,250,000 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    1,008,571        (64,975     (40,000     903,596        136,068        (64,975            71,093   

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

               

Repurchase Agreements

    2,678,000               (2,678,000 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

                                69,407                      69,407   

 

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    Assets     Liabilities  
    

Gross Amounts
in Statement of

Assets and
Liabilities

    Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
          

Gross Amounts
in Statement of

Assets and
Liabilities

    Gross Amounts Not Offset
in Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
        
Fund     Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Received
    Net Amount       Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Pledged
    Net Amount  

Asia Local Debt Fund

               

Securities Lending

  $ 669,089      $      $ (669,089 )1    $      $      $      $      $   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    7,643                      7,643        17,254                      17,254   

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

  

             

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

                                527                      527   

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

  

                                               

Securities Lending

    471,333               (471,333 )1                                    

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

  

                                               

Securities Lending

    740,893               (740,893 )1                                    

Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

  

                                               

Securities Lending

    5,889,531               (5,889,531 )1                                    

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

  

                                               

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    144,368                      144,368        573,963                      573,963   

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

           

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    2,468                      2,468        102,264                      102,264   

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

                                                               

Securities Lending

    228,666               (228,666 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    17,522                      17,522                               

Unconstrained Bond Fund

                                                               

Securities Lending

    109,213               (109,213 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    2,611        (2,611                   3,926        (2,611            1,315   

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

  

                                               

Securities Lending

    247,611               (247,611 )1                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    16,613        (16,613                   33,055        (16,613            16,442   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

  

                                               

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    3,713,138        (1,914,802            1,798,336        2,583,231        (1,914,802            668,429   
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The amount of collateral presented has been limited such that the net amount by counterparty cannot be less than zero.

Short-Term Investments — Each Fund may invest a portion of its assets in high-quality money market instruments on an ongoing basis to provide liquidity or for other reasons. The instruments include short-term obligations issued by the U.S. government, its agencies, non-U.S. government agencies, negotiable certificates of deposit (“CDs”), fixed time deposits and bankers’ acceptances of U.S. and foreign banks and similar institutions, commercial papers, repurchase agreements and money market funds. CDs are short-term negotiable obligations of commercial banks. Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in banking institutions for specified periods of time at stated interest rates. Banker’s acceptances are time drafts drawn on commercial banks by borrowers, usually in connection with international transactions.

To-be-announced Transactions — U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund and U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund invest in U.S. agency mortgage-backed pass-through securities which are securities issued by entities such as Government National Mortgage Association and Federal National Mortgage Association that are backed by pools of mortgages. Most transactions in mortgage-backed pass-through securities occur for future delivery in which the exact mortgage pools to be delivered are not specified until a few days prior to settlement, referred to as a “to-be-announced transaction” or “TBA Transaction.” In a TBA Transaction, the buyer and seller agree upon general trade parameters such as agency, settlement date, par amount and price. The actual pools delivered generally are determined a few days prior to the settlement date; however, it is not anticipated that the U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund and U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund will take delivery of pools, but instead will participate in rolling TBA Transactions whereby instead of

 

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receiving pools on the purchase settlement date, the position is offset by a current sale of the TBA security with a simultaneous forward purchase of a substantially similar TBA security (i.e. same type, coupon, maturity) to settle on a specified future date.

Short Sale Transactions — Each Fund may enter into “short sale” transactions in which a Fund sells a security that it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market price of that security. When a Fund enters into a short sale transaction, the Fund will borrow the security and deliver it to the counterparty to which the Fund sold the security short. An amount equal to the proceeds received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the securities sold short. Any interest or dividends that accrue on the securities borrowed are shown as an interest expense or dividend expense in the Statement of Operations of the Fund. A realized gain, limited to the proceeds received at which the Fund sold the security short, or a realized loss, unlimited as to the dollar amount, will be recognized upon the termination of a short sale if the cost to close out the short sale transaction is either less than (in the case of a gain) or greater than (in the case of a loss) the proceeds received. The risk of loss on a short sale transaction is potentially unlimited unlike the risk of loss on a long position, which is limited to the amount paid for the investment plus transaction costs. Funds entering into short sale transactions are exposed to the risk that they may be unable to close out a short sale position at any particular time or at an acceptable price.

Tax Information and Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with all requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Each Fund intends to qualify for and to elect treatment as a separate Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code. In order to qualify for the special tax treatment accorded RICs and their shareholders, each Fund must, among other things, distribute with respect to each taxable year an amount equal to or greater than the sum of 90% of its investment company taxable income and 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income. There can be no guarantee that a Fund will pay dividends. Taxable net realized gains from investment transactions, reduced by capital loss carryforwards, if any, are declared and distributed to shareholders at least annually. The capital loss carryforward amount, if any, is available to offset future net capital gains. The Funds may occasionally be required to make supplemental distributions at some other time during the year. The Trust reserves the right to declare special distributions if, in its reasonable discretion, such action is necessary or advisable to preserve the status of each Fund as a RIC or to avoid imposition of income or excise taxes on undistributed income. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations. These book/tax differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their Federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions that exceed earnings and profit for tax purposes are reported for tax purposes as a return of capital.

3. ADVISORY FEES AND TRANSACTIONS

WTAM has overall responsibility for the general management and administration of the Trust. WTAM provides an investment program for each Fund. WTAM has arranged for Mellon Capital Management Corporation (‘‘MCM’’) to provide sub-advisory services to the Funds, except for Brazilian Real Strategy Fund, Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, Strategic Corporate Bond Fund, Unconstrained Bond Fund, Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund and Global Real Return Fund which are sub-advised by Western Asset Management Company and certain affiliates (‘‘WAMCO’’). MCM and WAMCO are compensated by WTAM at no additional cost to the Funds. WTAM also arranges for transfer agency, custody, fund accounting, fund administration, securities lending and all other non-distribution related services necessary for the Funds to operate, which are generally under separate agreements entered into between the Trust on behalf of the Funds and the applicable service provider. Under the investment advisory agreement for each Fund, WTAM agrees to pay all expenses of the Funds, except for certain expenses described in Note 2.

Pursuant to a separate contractual arrangement, as also described in Note 2, WTAM arranges for the provision of CCO services with respect to each Fund, and is liable and responsible for, and administers, payments to the CCO, the Independent Trustees and

 

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counsel to the Independent Trustees in exchange for a fee of up to 0.0044% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. WTAM expects to receive advisory fees from each Fund, based on a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets, as shown in the following table:

 

Fund   

Advisory

Fee Rate

 

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

     0.50

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

     0.45

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

     0.45

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

     0.55

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

     0.55

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

     0.45

Asia Local Debt Fund

     0.55

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

     0.45 % 

U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

     0.20 %* 

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

     0.28

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

     0.23

Floating Rate Treasury Fund

     0.20 %* 

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

     0.48

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

     0.43

Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

     0.60

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

     0.55

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

     0.50

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

     0.50 %* 

Unconstrained Bond Fund

     0.60 %* 

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

     0.44 %* 

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

     0.60

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

     0.95
  Effective November 10, 2015, WTAM has voluntarily agreed to waive 0.15% of its advisory fee. This voluntary waiver may be reduced or discontinued at any time without notice.
  * WTAM has contractually agreed to limit the advisory fee to 0.12%, 0.15%, 0.45%, 0.55% and 0.38% for U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, Floating Rate Treasury Fund, Strategic Corporate Bond Fund, Unconstrained Bond Fund and CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund, respectively, through December 31, 2016, unless earlier terminated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust for any reason.

Each Fund may purchase shares of affiliated exchanged-traded funds (“ETF”) in secondary market transactions. See Note 7 for transactions in affiliated ETFs.

During the period ended February 29, 2016, the U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund received a voluntary reimbursement of $80,068 from MCM for investment losses on certain foreign exchange transactions.

4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

As of February 29, 2016, there were an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest authorized by the Trust. Shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in creation units or multiples thereof. Except when aggregated in creation units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. Generally, Funds issue and redeem shares on a cash basis, however, shares may also be issued or redeemed in kind. Investors purchasing and redeeming creation units may be charged a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of creation units.

5. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding purchases and sales resulting from in-kind capital share transactions and short-term investments) and the cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales resulting from in-kind capital share transactions (excluding short-term investments) for the six months or period ended February 29, 2016 are shown in the table below. Realized gains and losses

 

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on sales resulting from in-kind capital share redemptions, as shown on the Statement of Operations, are not recognized by the Funds for tax purposes.

 

      Non-U.S. Government Securities      U.S. Government Securities      In-kind Capital Share Transactions  
Fund    Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

   $       $       $       $       $       $   

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

                                               

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

                                               

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

                                               

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

                                               

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

                                               

Asia Local Debt Fund

     3,507,030         8,737,513                                 2,681,222   

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

     87,650,697         48,804,638                                 3,027,380   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

     19,065,300         4,353,265         50,735,365         28,137,511         36,001,443           

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

     1,273,255         3,370,052         17,399,155         19,989,997                   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

     655,739         2,314,704         26,405,628         29,351,987                   

Floating Rate Treasury Fund

                     977,816         977,841                   

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

     3,509,359         1,815,256                                 3,743,419   

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

     2,018,986         2,226,431                                 6,477,039   

Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

     8,740,678         5,419,732                                 20,424,383   

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

     72,782,705         111,048,711                         33,173,195         68,989,383   

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

                                               

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

     953,755         829,411         39,869         98,996                   

Unconstrained Bond Fund

     315,588         426,391         421,149         769,426                   

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund1

                                               

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

     58,875         29,240                                   

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

                                               
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For the period February 22, 2016 (commencement of operations) through February 29, 2016.

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

At February 29, 2016, the cost of investments (including securities on loan) for Federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Fund    Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

   $ 255,475,820       $       $ (47,067    $ (47,067

Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

     15,513,543         361         (220      141   

Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

     53,763,475                 (54,053      (54,053

Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

     4,484,324         3                 3   

Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

     37,183,196                 (655      (655

Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

     10,179,465         4                 4   

Asia Local Debt Fund

     33,382,419         72,674         (4,742,154      (4,669,480

Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

     153,906,805         1,229,435         (8,460,056      (7,230,621

U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

     78,290,375         815,625         (217,437      598,188   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

     12,024,781         237,534         (97,075      140,459   

U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

     23,247,775         346,072         (219,261      126,811   

Floating Rate Treasury Fund

     1,247,838         21         (218      (197

High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

     9,939,686         19,017         (869,914      (850,897

High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

     13,782,845         24,741         (1,324,601      (1,299,860

Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

     65,912,122         595,125         (6,221,697      (5,626,572

Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

     479,609,093         125,768         (131,217,908      (131,092,140

 

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Fund    Tax Cost      Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (consolidated)

   $ 5,698,257       $ 4       $ (250,120    $ (250,116

Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

     7,267,322         103,015         (359,754      (256,739

Unconstrained Bond Fund

     4,165,904         63,322         (243,868      (180,546

CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

     1,998,718         2                 2   

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

     4,866,482         26,738         (1,565,902      (1,539,164

Managed Futures Strategy Fund (consolidated)

     233,676,576                 (58,579,115      (58,579,115

7. OTHER AFFILIATED PARTIES AND TRANSACTIONS

Affiliated holdings are funds which are managed by, or an affiliate of, WTAM. Transactions with affiliated funds during the six months ended February 29, 2016 are as follows:

 

Fund    Value at
8/31/2015
     Purchases/
Additions
     Sales/
Reductions
     Value at
2/29/2016
     Dividend
Income
 

Global Real Return Fund (consolidated)

                                            

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

   $ 18,225       $       $       $ 15,495       $ 643   

WisdomTree Global Natural Resources Fund

     100,050                         79,424         2,043   

WisdomTree High Dividend Fund

     188,794                         197,656         3,524   

Total

   $ 307,069       $       $       $ 292,575       $ 6,210   

8. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-07 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or its Equivalent). This is an update to Fair Value Measurement Topic 820. The amendments in this ASU remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. The amendments also remove the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. ASU 2015-07 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. WTAM has evaluated ASU 2015-07 and determined that there is no impact on the Trust’s financial statement disclosures.

 

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Investment Advisory Agreements with respect to all Funds (except the WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund, WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund and WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund)

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of the WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”) held on September 21-22, 2015 (the “Meeting”), the Trustees, including those Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreements between WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WTAM”) and the Trust, on behalf of its series included in this report (each, a “Fund,” and, collectively, the “Funds”), pursuant to which WTAM provides the Funds with investment advisory services (the “Advisory Agreements”), the Sub-Advisory Agreement (the “MCM Sub-Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which Mellon Capital Management Corporation (“MCM”) coordinates the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Funds, except WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund, WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund, WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund and WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund, and the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (together with the MCM Sub-Advisory Agreement, the “Sub-Advisory Agreements,” and, collectively with the Advisory Agreements and the MCM Sub-Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”), pursuant to which Western Asset Management Company, Western Asset Management Company Ltd., and Western Asset Management Company Pte., Ltd. (collectively with MCM, the “Sub-Advisers”) coordinate the investment and reinvestment of the assets of WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund, WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund, WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund and WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund.

The Independent Trustees requested, and WTAM provided, such information as the Independent Trustees, with advice from independent legal counsel, deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Agreements. On June 10, 2015, a committee of Independent Trustees (the “Contracts Review Committee”) met with independent legal counsel to discuss the types of information the Independent Trustees required and the manner in which Fund management would organize and present such information. On July 15, 2015, members of the Contracts Review Committee met with representatives from WTAM for a preliminary discussion of matters relating to the Board’s consideration of the continuance of the Agreements. At a meeting of the Contracts Review Committee held on August 6, 2015, representatives from WTAM presented preliminary information to the Trustees relating to the continuance of the Agreements, and the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and discussed such information. Further information was presented at the Board’s request at the Meeting.

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from WTAM representatives and the Sub-Advisers. In considering the renewal of the Agreements, the Board considered all factors that it believed to be relevant, including those discussed below. The Board did not identify any one factor as dispositive, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the factors considered.

Analysis of Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided to the Funds. The Board considered information provided to them at the Meeting and in previous presentations throughout the year from WTAM representatives regarding the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the Funds, recognizing WTAM’s and the Sub-Advisers’ operational capabilities and resources. The Board also discussed the role of WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (“WTI”), the parent of WTAM, as index provider to certain Funds, which comprise the substantial majority of assets in the WisdomTree fund complex. The Board noted that the strategies represented by those Funds tracking affiliated WTI indexes are unique, based on WTI’s intellectual property and are only available for use by applicable Funds through WTAM. The Board noted WTAM’s belief that shareholders have invested in such Funds on the strength of WTI’s intellectual property and WTAM’s industry standing and reputation and with the expectation that WTAM will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Funds based on the WTI indexes. The Board also noted the extensive responsibilities that WTAM has as investment adviser to the Funds, including: the selection of, and supervisory responsibilities and activities over, the Sub-Advisers, including oversight of the Sub-Advisers’ adherence to each Fund’s investment strategy and restrictions, monitoring of the Sub-Advisers’ buying and selling of securities and derivatives transactions, review of Sub-Adviser performance, review of proxies voted by the Sub-Advisers and oversight of, and the provision of consultation to, the Sub-Advisers with respect to the creation of custom creation or redemption baskets for authorized participants; oversight of the daily valuation of the Funds’ portfolio holdings; oversight of general Fund compliance with federal and state laws; and implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Funds. The Board also considered research support available to, and management capabilities of, the Funds’ management personnel and that WTAM provides oversight of day-to-day Fund operations, including fund accounting, tax matters, administration and legal assistance in meeting disclosure and regulatory requirements. Based on management’s representations, the Board expected that there would be no reduction in the scope of services required by or provided by WTAM and the Sub-Advisers under the relevant Agreements. The Board noted that WTAM has continued to commit significant resources toward the fund complex and has made substantial investments to improve the services offered by WTAM, which benefit Fund shareholders.

Based on review of this information and the other factors considered at the Meeting, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by WTAM and the Sub-Advisers under the Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements, respectively, are adequate and appropriate and supported the Board’s approval of the renewal of the Agreements.

 

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Comparative Analysis of the Funds’ Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board reviewed reports prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an independent provider of investment company data, which included information (1) measuring each index Fund’s performance by how well it tracked the relevant WisdomTree benchmark index, (2) comparing, with respect to the actively-managed Funds, each Fund’s performance with the performance of a group of comparable funds (the “Performance Group”) for various periods ended June 30, 2015, and (3) comparing each Fund’s actual management fees and total expenses with those of a group of comparable funds (the “Expense Group”) and, with respect to total expenses, with a broader group of funds (the “Expense Universe”), the information for which was derived in part from fund financial statements available to Lipper as of the date of its analysis. The Contracts Review Committee and the Independent Trustees previously had reviewed and discussed the methodology Lipper used to select the Performance Groups, Expense Groups and Expense Universes. The Board noted that the Performance Groups, Expense Groups and Expense Universes included only pure-index exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) as comparison funds, except that the Performance Groups, Expense Groups and Expense Universes for certain of the actively-managed Funds included a mix of pure-index and actively-managed ETFs. The Board also noted that due to the special characteristics of certain Funds, there are limitations in providing comparable funds in the Performance Groups, Expense Groups and Expense Universes, and the information in the Lipper reports may or may not provide meaningful direct comparisons to the Funds.

The Board discussed the index Funds’ performance, noting also the index Funds that seek to track their own WisdomTree benchmark index. During the prior year, the Board received periodic reports on the Funds’ performance in comparison to their relevant benchmark indexes. The Board also discussed the performance of the actively-managed Funds and noted that total return performance of the Funds was variously above, at and below the relevant Performance Group medians for the time periods measured, with certain Funds generally ranking above the relevant Performance Group medians for the various periods and other Funds generally ranking below the relevant Performance Group medians for the various periods. In response to questions from the Independent Trustees, WTAM representatives discussed the relative performance of the Funds and the factors affecting such performance. On that basis, the Board determined to monitor carefully in the coming year disparities in performance — both positive and negative — but did not believe that the disparities in the past reflected any characteristics requiring immediate action by WTAM or a Sub-Adviser.

The Board also reviewed the range of actual management fees and total expenses of the Expense Group funds and, with respect to total expenses, Expense Universe funds, as well as the advisory fees and total expenses of certain funds not included in the Lipper reports that WTAM considers to be significant competitors of the Funds, and discussed the results of the comparisons. With respect to comparisons of actual management fees, the Board noted the Funds’ unitary fee structure and that the Expense Groups and Expense Universes included both ETFs with and without a unitary fee structure. The Board also noted that certain comparison funds in certain Expense Groups and Expense Universes benefited from waivers of their entire management fee and reimbursement of certain operating expenses. The Board noted that the Funds’ actual management fees and total expenses generally were within 10 basis points of the actual management fees and total expenses of the funds in their respective Expense Groups and Expense Universes. In those specific instances where a Fund’s actual management fees or total expenses departed more significantly from comparative funds, the Independent Trustees sought explanations from WTAM, which generally attributed the disparities to the limitations within peer data (including actively-managed Funds with a peer group that included index-based funds), the unique attributes of a Fund or certain comparison funds and temporary fee waivers in place for marketing or other reasons.

The Board considered the fees to the Sub-Advisers in relation to the fees paid to WTAM by the Funds and the respective services provided by the Sub-Advisers and WTAM. The Board also noted that the Sub-Advisers’ fees are paid by WTAM (out of its fee paid by the relevant Funds) and not the Funds. The Board considered the meaningful differences in the services that WTAM provides to the Funds as compared to the Sub-Advisers, including that the role of a Sub-Adviser in making investment recommendations with respect to a Fund tracking an index is a rules-based function, with oversight by WTAM in seeking to ensure compliance with such rules. The Board also considered the entrepreneurial and expense risk borne by WTAM that is associated with Funds’ unitary fee structure, which frequently includes minimum fees (such as those to a Sub-Adviser), regardless of whether the asset size of a Fund has grown to a sufficient size.

Based on this review and the other factors considered at the Meeting, the Board concluded that, with respect to each Fund, the Fund’s performance, the fees paid to WTAM and the relevant Sub-Adviser and the Fund’s total expenses supported the Board’s approval of the renewal of the relevant Agreements.

Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale. WTAM representatives reviewed the expenses allocated and profit received by WTAM and the resulting profitability percentage for managing each Fund and the aggregate profitability percentage to WTAM for managing the WisdomTree fund complex, and the method used to determine the expenses and profit.

The Board considered the profitability analysis (1) as part of its evaluation of whether the fees under the Agreements bear a reasonable relationship to the mix of services provided by WTAM and the Sub-Advisers, including the nature, extent and quality of such services, and (2) in light of the relevant circumstances for each Fund and the extent to which economies of scale would be realized if the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders. WTAM

 

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representatives noted that a discussion of economies of scale is predicated on a Fund having achieved a substantial size and that, if a Fund’s assets had been decreasing, the possibility that WTAM may have realized any economies of scale would be less. WTAM representatives also noted that, as a result of shared and allocated costs among the WisdomTree funds, the extent of economies of scale could depend substantially on the level of assets in the fund complex as a whole. The Board noted that certain Funds had grown rapidly over a relatively short period of time after longer periods of slow or no growth, during which there were years of losses for WTAM in managing such Funds that had only recently turned profitable and years of substantial cumulative losses to WTAM in managing the fund complex as a whole. WTAM representatives stated that there has been significant volatility in the assets of individual Funds and in the fund complex as a whole over time (including volatility in profitability), although the current trend is positive. WTAM representatives also noted that economies of scale currently are shared with the Funds by way of the unitary fee structure of the Trust, as well as through additional investment in the WisdomTree business. The Board noted that the Contracts Review Committee had focused on the issue of economies of scale during its meetings. The Board also noted that it would continue to monitor the sharing of economies of scale, focusing in particular on Funds that have experienced significant asset growth, to determine the appropriateness of adding breakpoints in the future. The Board also considered potential benefits to WTAM and the Sub-Advisers from acting as investment adviser and sub-advisers, respectively, and noted that there were no soft dollar arrangements in effect for trading the Funds’ investments. Based on this review, the Board concluded that the profitability results were consistent with the services rendered and service levels provided by WTAM and the entrepreneurial risk WTAM has undertaken over time.

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At the conclusion of these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an informed business decision with respect to the renewal of the Agreements. In evaluating the Agreements, the Board considered the conclusions and determinations discussed above and also relied on its previous knowledge, gained through meetings and other interactions with WTAM and the Sub-Advisers, of the Funds and the services provided to the Funds by WTAM and the Sub-Advisers. The Board also relied on information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year relating to the operations of the Funds and the investment advisory and other services provided under the Agreements. In light of the foregoing, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the renewal of the Agreements.

 

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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Investment Advisory Agreements with respect to the WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the WisdomTree Trust (the “Trust”) held on March 23-24, 2015, the Trustees (the “Trustees”), including those Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), considered the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. (“WTAM”) will provide the WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) with investment advisory services, and the Sub-Advisory Agreement (together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”), pursuant to which Mellon Capital Management Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”) will coordinate the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund.

In considering whether to approve the Agreements, the Trustees considered and discussed information and analysis provided by WTAM. The Trustees, a majority of whom are Independent Trustees, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of WTAM and the Sub-Adviser. In considering the approval of the Agreements, the Board considered all factors that it believed to be relevant, including those discussed below. The Board did not identify any one factor as dispositive, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the factors considered.

Analysis of Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services to be Provided to the Fund. The Board considered information provided to them at the meeting and in previous presentations throughout the year from WTAM representatives regarding the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the WisdomTree funds, recognizing WTAM’s and the Sub-Adviser’s operational capabilities and resources. The Board also noted the extensive responsibilities that WTAM will have as investment adviser to the Fund, including the selection of, and supervisory responsibilities and activities over, the Sub-Adviser, including oversight of the Sub-Adviser’s compliance with Fund policies and objectives, oversight of general Fund compliance with federal and state laws and the implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Fund. The Board also considered research support available to, and management capabilities of, the Fund’s management personnel and that WTAM will provide oversight of day-to-day Fund operations, including fund accounting, administration and legal assistance in meeting disclosure and regulatory requirements.

Based on review of this information and the other factors considered at the meeting, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by WTAM and the Sub-Adviser under the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, respectively, are adequate and appropriate.

Comparative Analysis of the Fund’s Performance, Advisory Fees and Fund Expenses. As the Fund has not yet commenced operations, the Board was not able to review the Fund’s performance. The Board discussed with representatives of WTAM and the Sub-Adviser the portfolio management team and the investment strategies to be employed in the management of the Fund’s assets. The Board noted the reputation and experience of WTAM and the Sub-Adviser.

The Board considered the fees to be paid to WTAM by the Fund. The Board examined the fee to be paid by the Fund in light of fees paid to other investment advisers by comparable funds and the method of computing the Fund’s fee. The Board also considered the fee to be paid to the Sub-Adviser in relation to the fee to be paid to WTAM by the Fund and the respective services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser and WTAM. The Board also noted the Sub-Adviser’s fees will be paid by WTAM (out of its fees from the Fund) and not the Fund. Based on this review, the Board concluded that the fees to be paid to WTAM and the Sub-Adviser were reasonable in light of the considerations described above.

Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale. As the Fund has not yet commenced operations, WTAM representatives were not able to review the dollar amount of expenses allocated and profit received by WTAM, or any economies of scale. The Board considered potential benefits to WTAM and the Sub-Adviser from acting as investment adviser and sub-adviser, respectively. The Board also considered the uncertainty of the estimated asset levels and the renewal requirements for advisory agreements and their ability to review the advisory fees annually after the initial term of the Agreements. The Board determined that because the Fund had not yet commenced operations, economies of scale were not a factor, but, to the extent in the future it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the Fund, the Board would seek to have those economies of scale shared with the Fund in connection with future renewals.

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In evaluating the Agreements, the Board considered the conclusions and determinations discussed above and also relied on its knowledge, gained through meetings and other interactions with WTAM and the Sub-Adviser, of other funds advised by WTAM and the Sub-Adviser. In light of the foregoing, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the Agreements.

 

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General Information (unaudited)

 

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Record

A complete copy of the Proxy Voting Policy may be obtained by calling 1-866-909-WISE (9473) or writing to: WisdomTree Trust, c/o Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Three Canal Plaza Suite 100, Portland, ME, 04101.

The Trust is required to disclose annually the Funds’ complete proxy voting record on Form N-PX covering the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 and to file Form N-PX with the SEC no later than August 31 of each year. The current Form N-PX for the Funds is available at no charge upon request by calling 1-866-909-WISE (9473) or through the Trust’s website at www.wisdomtree.com. The Funds’ Form N-PX is also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Shareholder Reports and Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure

The Funds are required to file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for their first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Copies of the filings are available, without charge, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are also available by calling the Trust at 1-866-909-WISE (9473). You can also obtain copies of Form N-Q by (i) visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330); (ii) sending your request and a duplicating fee to the SEC’s Public Reference Room, Washington, DC 20549-0102; or (iii) sending your request electronically to publicinfo@sec.gov.

Information about each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available daily, without charge, at www.wisdomtree.com.

The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) has additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and Officers and is available without charge upon request. Contact your financial representative for a free prospectus or SAI.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts & Premiums

Information about differences between the per share net asset value of each Fund and the market trading price of shares of each Fund are available, without charge, at www.wisdomtree.com

 

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The WisdomTree Family of Funds

The following is a list of WisdomTree Funds being offered, along with their respective ticker symbols, as of February 29, 2016:

 

WisdomTree Domestic Earnings and Dividend Funds

 

WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund (DTN)

 

WisdomTree Earnings 500 Fund (EPS)

 

WisdomTree High Dividend Fund (DHS)

 

WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN)

 

WisdomTree LargeCap Value Fund (EZY)

 

WisdomTree MidCap Dividend Fund (DON)

 

WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Fund (EZM)

 

WisdomTree SmallCap Dividend Fund (DES)

 

WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings Fund (EES)

 

WisdomTree Total Dividend Fund (DTD)

 

WisdomTree Total Earnings Fund (EXT)

 

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW)

 

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS)

 

WisdomTree Developed World ex-U.S. and Currency Hedged Equity Funds

 

WisdomTree Australia Dividend Fund (AUSE)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Europe Equity Fund (DDEZ)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International Equity Fund (DDWM)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged International SmallCap Equity Fund (DDLS)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Currency Hedged Japan Equity Fund (DDJP)

 

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ)

 

WisdomTree Europe Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (EUSC)

 

WisdomTree Europe Local Recovery Fund (EZR)

 

WisdomTree Europe Quality Dividend Growth Fund (EUDG)

 

WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFE)

 

WisdomTree Germany Hedged Equity Fund (DXGE)

 

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Hedged Dividend Fund (DXUS)

 

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Hedged Real Estate Fund (HDRW)

 

WisdomTree Global Hedged SmallCap Dividend Fund (HGSD)

 

WisdomTree International Dividend ex-Financials Fund (DOO)

 

WisdomTree International Equity Fund (DWM)

 

WisdomTree International Hedged Equity Fund (HDWM)

 

WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG)

 

WisdomTree International Hedged SmallCap Dividend Fund (HDLS)

 

WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund (DTH)

 

WisdomTree International LargeCap Dividend Fund (DOL)

 

WisdomTree International MidCap Dividend Fund (DIM)

 

WisdomTree International SmallCap Dividend Fund (DLS)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Capital Goods Fund (DXJC)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Financials Fund (DXJF)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Health Care Fund (DXJH)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (JHDG)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Real Estate Fund (DXJR)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (DXJS)

 

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Tech, Media and Telecom Fund (DXJT)

 

WisdomTree Japan Quality Dividend Growth Fund (JDG)

 

WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ)

 

WisdomTree Korea Hedged Equity Fund (DXKW)

 

WisdomTree United Kingdom Hedged Equity Fund (DXPS)

  

WisdomTree Global/Global ex-U.S. and Emerging/Frontier Markets

 

WisdomTree Asia Pacific ex-Japan Fund (AXJL)

 

WisdomTree China ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund (CXSE)

 

WisdomTree Commodity Country Equity Fund (CCXE)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Consumer Growth Fund (EMCG)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund (XSOE)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (DEM)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRE)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (DGS)

 

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DNL)

 

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Fund (DRW)

 

WisdomTree Global ex-U.S. Utilities Fund (DBU)

 

WisdomTree Global High Dividend Fund (DEW)

 

WisdomTree Global Natural Resources Fund (GNAT)

 

WisdomTree Global SmallCap Dividend Fund (GSD)

 

WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI)

 

WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF)

 

WisdomTree Dollar Sensitive Equity Funds

 

WisdomTree Strong Dollar Emerging Markets Equity Fund (EMSD)

 

WisdomTree Strong Dollar U.S. Equity Fund (USSD)

 

WisdomTree Weak Dollar U.S. Equity Fund (USWD)

 

WisdomTree Currency Strategy Funds

 

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU)

 

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund (BZF)

 

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund (CYB)

 

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund (CCX)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund (CEW)

 

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (ICN)

 

WisdomTree Fixed Income Funds

 

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund (ALD)

 

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund (AUNZ)

 

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund (AGGY)

 

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund (AGND)

 

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund (AGZD)

 

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)

 

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund (HYND)

 

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund (HYZD)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund (EMCB)

 

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund (ELD)

 

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund (JGBB)

 

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund (CRDT)

 

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBND)

 

WisdomTree Alternative Funds

 

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund (PUTW)

 

WisdomTree Coal Fund (TONS)

 

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund (GCC)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Bearish U.S. Equity Fund (DYB)

 

WisdomTree Dynamic Long/Short U.S. Equity Fund (DYLS)

 

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF)

 

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI)


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The WisdomTree Funds are exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as separate series (“Funds”) of WisdomTree Trust (“Trust”). WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WisdomTree Investments, Inc., serves as the investment adviser to the Trust. None of the WisdomTree entities are affiliated with Foreside Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ distributor. WisdomTree Investments, its affiliates and their independent providers are not liable for any informational errors, incompleteness, delays, or for any actions taken in reliance on information contained herein.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Funds carefully before investing. A prospectus, containing this and other information, is available at www.wisdomtree.com, or by calling 1-866-909-WISE (9473). Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. There are risks associated with investing, including possible loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Indexes are unmanaged and you cannot invest directly in an index.

There are risks associated with investing including possible loss of principal. Foreign investing involves special risks, such as risk of loss from currency fluctuation or political or economic uncertainty. Investments in real estate involve additional special risks, such as credit risk, interest rate fluctuations and the effect of varied economic conditions. Funds that focus their investments in one country or region may be significantly impacted by events and developments associated with the region which can adversely affect performance. Funds focusing on a single sector and/or smaller companies generally experience greater price volatility. Investments in emerging, offshore or frontier markets are generally less liquid and less efficient than investments in developed markets and are subject to additional risks, such as risks of adverse governmental regulation and intervention or political developments. Inflation protected securities do not eliminate risks associated with inflation or deflation. Investments in currency involve additional special risks, such as credit risk and interest rate fluctuations. Derivative investments can be volatile and these investments may be less liquid than other securities, and more sensitive to the effect of varied economic conditions. As these Funds can have a high concentration in some issuers the Funds can be adversely impacted by changes affecting such issuers.

Fixed income investments are subject to interest rate risk; their value will normally decline as interest rates rise. In addition when interest rates fall income may decline. Fixed income investments are also subject to credit risk, the risk that the issuer of a bond will fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of that bond to decline. One of the risks associated with the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI) and the Global Real Return Fund (RRF) is the complexity of the different factors which contribute to each Fund’s performance, as well as their correlation (or non-correlation) to other asset classes. These factors include use of long and short positions in commodity futures contracts, currency forward contracts, swaps and other derivatives. An investment in WDTI is speculative and involves a substantial degree of risk. WDTI should not be used as a proxy for taking long only (or short only) positions in commodities or currencies. In markets without sustained price trends or markets that quickly reverse or “whipsaw” WDTI may suffer significant losses. Unlike typical exchange-traded funds, there are no indexes that the actively managed Currency Strategy Funds, actively managed Fixed Income Funds, WDTI or RRF attempt to track or replicate. Thus, the ability of these Funds to achieve their objectives will depend on the effectiveness of the portfolio manager. Due to the investment strategy of certain Funds they may make higher capital gain distributions than other ETFs. Please read the Fund’s prospectus for specific details regarding the Fund’s risk profile.

Transactions in Fund shares will result in brokerage commissions and will generate tax consequences. Shares may be sold through brokerage accounts, but may be redeemed from the Funds only in large amounts of 50,000 shares or more.


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WisdomTree Trust

245 Park Avenue, 35th Floor

New York, NY 10167

 

LOGO

 

LOGO

 

Currency Strategy Funds

WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund

WisdomTree Brazilian Real Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Commodity Currency Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund

Fixed Income Funds

WisdomTree Asia Local Debt Fund

WisdomTree Australia & New Zealand Debt Fund

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Enhanced Yield Fund

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Negative Duration Fund

WisdomTree Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Zero Duration Fund

WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Negative Duration Fund

WisdomTree BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Zero Duration Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund

WisdomTree Japan Interest Rate Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Strategic Corporate Bond Fund

WisdomTree Western Asset Unconstrained Bond Fund

Alternative Funds

WisdomTree CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund

WisdomTree Fund shares are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.


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Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)   Not applicable.
(a)(2)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
(a)(3)   Not applicable.
(b)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


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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.

 

(Registrant)   

WisdomTree Trust

  
By (Signature and Title)  

/s/ Jonathan L. Steinberg

  
  Jonathan L. Steinberg, President   
  (principal executive officer)   
Date: May 6, 2016   

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 (Signature and Title)  

/s/ Jonathan L. Steinberg

  
  Jonathan L. Steinberg, President   
  (principal executive officer)   
Date: May 6, 2016   
By (Signature and Title)  

/s/ David Castano

  
  David Castano, Treasurer   
  (principal financial officer)   
Date: May 6, 2016