UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-07694

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

John H. Gernon

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-296-0289

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31,

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2018

 

 


 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

The Registrant’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:

 


 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

Third Quarter Report

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

(Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investments)

 

 

 

Face
Amount
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Fixed Income Securities (94.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Angola (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Angolan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

9.38%, 5/8/48 (a)

 

$

2,010

 

$

2,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina (6.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (3.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Province of Santa Fe,

 

 

 

 

 

6.90%, 11/1/27 (a)

 

1,180

 

941

 

Provincia de Buenos Aires,

 

 

 

 

 

BADLAR + 3.75%, 41.14%, 4/12/25 (b)

 

ARS

20,340

 

438

 

BADLAR + 3.83%, 45.78%, 5/31/22 (b)

 

18,762

 

409

 

Provincia de Cordoba,

 

 

 

 

 

7.45%, 9/1/24 (a)

 

$

1,610

 

1,389

 

Provincia de Entre Rios Argentina,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 2/8/25 (a)

 

2,230

 

1,762

 

Provincia de Mendoza Argentina,

 

 

 

 

 

BADLAR + 4.38%, 47.02%, 6/9/21 (b)

 

ARS

16,600

 

353

 

Provincia de Rio Negro,

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 12/7/25 (a)

 

$

580

 

439

 

Provincia del Chaco Argentina,

 

 

 

 

 

9.38%, 8/18/24 (a)

 

1,880

 

1,457

 

 

 

 

 

7,188

 

Sovereign (2.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 1/26/27 — 1/11/48

 

3,870

 

3,150

 

7.13%, 7/6/36 — 12/31/99(c)

 

1,690

 

1,334

 

7.50%, 4/22/26

 

730

 

653

 

Republic of Argentina,

 

 

 

 

 

2.50%, 12/31/38 (d)

 

1,750

 

1,036

 

 

 

 

 

6,173

 

 

 

 

 

13,361

 

Bahrain (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bahrain Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 10/12/28

 

620

 

617

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belarus (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Belarus International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.20%, 2/28/30 (a)(c)

 

900

 

873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil (4.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Minerva Luxembourg SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 1/19/28 (a)

 

1,360

 

1,212

 

8.75%, 12/29/49 (a)(e)

 

1,000

 

1,016

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 1/27/28

 

1,100

 

1,017

 

6.13%, 1/17/22

 

219

 

226

 

 


 

Rumo Luxembourg Sarl,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 1/18/25

 

670

 

623

 

7.38%, 2/9/24

 

400

 

410

 

 

 

 

 

4,504

 

Sovereign (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 1/27/45

 

2,988

 

2,470

 

6.00%, 4/7/26

 

1,960

 

2,016

 

 

 

 

 

4,486

 

 

 

 

 

8,990

 

Chile (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Colbun SA,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 7/10/24 (a)

 

1,372

 

1,386

 

Geopark Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.50%, 9/21/24 (a)(c)

 

850

 

857

 

 

 

 

 

2,243

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Empresa Nacional del Petroleo,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 12/6/21

 

1,102

 

1,129

 

 

 

 

 

3,372

 

China (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Fufeng Group Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 8/28/21

 

1,050

 

1,052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 10/17/23

 

5,340

 

5,423

 

Three Gorges Finance I Cayman Islands Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

2.30%, 6/2/21 (a)

 

2,000

 

1,926

 

3.70%, 6/10/25 (a)

 

780

 

761

 

 

 

 

 

8,110

 

 

 

 

 

9,162

 

Colombia (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 7/12/21

 

1,460

 

1,489

 

5.00%, 6/15/45

 

1,930

 

1,933

 

11.75%, 2/25/20

 

815

 

911

 

 

 

 

 

4,333

 

Costa Rica (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Costa Rica Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.16%, 3/12/45

 

1,400

 

1,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Republic (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Republic International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 7/19/28 (a)

 

560

 

571

 

 


 

6.85%, 1/27/45 (a)

 

432

 

439

 

6.88%, 1/29/26 (a)

 

1,215

 

1,300

 

7.45%, 4/30/44 (a)

 

666

 

713

 

 

 

 

 

3,023

 

Ecuador (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ecuador Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 6/2/23 (a)

 

1,160

 

1,167

 

8.88%, 10/23/27 (a)

 

1,050

 

999

 

8.88%, 10/23/27

 

2,510

 

2,389

 

10.75%, 3/28/22 (a)

 

1,010

 

1,077

 

 

 

 

 

5,632

 

Egypt (2.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 4/16/26

 

EUR

480

 

536

 

5.88%, 6/11/25

 

$

980

 

939

 

6.13%, 1/31/22 (a)

 

1,320

 

1,324

 

7.50%, 1/31/27 (a)

 

840

 

857

 

7.90%, 2/21/48 (a)

 

1,490

 

1,426

 

 

 

 

 

5,082

 

El Salvador (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

El Salvador Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 1/18/27

 

685

 

644

 

8.63%, 2/28/29 (a)

 

760

 

805

 

 

 

 

 

1,449

 

Gabon (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Gabon,

 

 

 

 

 

6.95%, 6/16/25 (a)

 

880

 

848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ghana (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ghana Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 6/16/49 (a)

 

1,480

 

1,487

 

10.75%, 10/14/30

 

1,950

 

2,434

 

 

 

 

 

3,921

 

Guatemala (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala Government Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 5/3/26 (a)

 

690

 

660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 12/16/20

 

400

 

438

 

 


 

Hungary (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hungary Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, 3/29/41 (c)

 

2,490

 

3,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Export-Import Bank of India,

 

 

 

 

 

3.38%, 8/5/26 (a)

 

800

 

732

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia (9.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (9.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 1/15/25

 

2,670

 

2,633

 

4.75%, 1/8/26 (a)

 

1,360

 

1,382

 

4.75%, 7/18/47 (a)(c)

 

780

 

749

 

5.13%, 1/15/45 (a)

 

1,530

 

1,536

 

5.88%, 1/15/24 (a)

 

1,200

 

1,288

 

5.88%, 1/15/24

 

4,360

 

4,682

 

5.95%, 1/8/46 (a)

 

260

 

292

 

7.75%, 1/17/38

 

2,079

 

2,731

 

Pertamina Persero PT,

 

 

 

 

 

4.30%, 5/20/23

 

1,100

 

1,093

 

6.45%, 5/30/44 (a)

 

1,720

 

1,877

 

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT,

 

 

 

 

 

6.15%, 5/21/48 (a)

 

1,250

 

1,302

 

 

 

 

 

19,565

 

Iraq (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Iraq International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 3/9/23 (a)

 

890

 

892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Digicel Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 4/15/21

 

490

 

456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.63%, 7/9/25 (c)

 

380

 

436

 

7.88%, 7/28/45

 

870

 

1,018

 

8.00%, 3/15/39

 

1,010

 

1,167

 

 

 

 

 

2,621

 

 

 

 

 

3,077

 

Jordan (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 10/10/47 (a)

 

730

 

689

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakhstan (3.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (3.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC,

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 12/10/22 (a)

 

278

 

275

 

KazAgro National Management Holding JSC,

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 5/24/23 (a)

 

1,390

 

1,374

 

Kazakhstan Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 7/21/25 (a)(c)

 

1,480

 

1,596

 

KazMunayGas National Co., JSC,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 10/24/48 (a)

 

3,310

 

3,484

 

 

 

 

 

6,729

 

 


 

Kenya (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Kenya Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 2/28/48 (a)

 

560

 

542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico (12.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Mexichem SAB de CV,

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 1/15/48 (a)

 

1,180

 

1,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (12.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC,

 

 

 

 

 

3.80%, 8/11/26 (a)

 

2,250

 

2,202

 

Mexico Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 1/11/28

 

1,410

 

1,346

 

4.15%, 3/28/27

 

2,759

 

2,720

 

4.35%, 1/15/47

 

1,110

 

1,010

 

4.60%, 1/23/46

 

2,080

 

1,945

 

6.05%, 1/11/40

 

898

 

1,000

 

Petroleos Mexicanos,

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 1/24/22

 

523

 

530

 

5.63%, 1/23/46

 

2,000

 

1,703

 

6.35%, 2/12/48 (a)

 

870

 

801

 

6.38%, 1/23/45

 

2,520

 

2,340

 

6.50%, 3/13/27 — 6/2/41

 

4,740

 

4,635

 

6.63%, 6/15/35 — 6/15/38

 

2,030

 

1,993

 

6.75%, 9/21/47

 

950

 

909

 

8.63%, 12/1/23

 

1,990

 

2,260

 

 

 

 

 

25,394

 

 

 

 

 

26,481

 

Mongolia (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Mongolia Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

8.75%, 3/9/24

 

1,350

 

1,481

 

8.75%, 3/9/24 (a)

 

640

 

702

 

 

 

 

 

2,183

 

Nigeria (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 7/12/23

 

530

 

539

 

6.50%, 11/28/27 (a)

 

870

 

840

 

7.14%, 2/23/30 (a)

 

1,020

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

2,379

 

Panama (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 5/18/36 (a)

 

1,530

 

1,587

 

Panama Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.00%, 9/22/24

 

1,434

 

1,457

 

8.88%, 9/30/27

 

263

 

356

 

 

 

 

 

3,400

 

 


 

Paraguay (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Paraguay Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 1/25/23 (a)

 

930

 

941

 

4.70%, 3/27/27 (a)

 

470

 

470

 

6.10%, 8/11/44 (a)

 

1,420

 

1,490

 

 

 

 

 

2,901

 

Peru (2.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Union Andina de Cementos SAA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 10/30/21 (a)

 

960

 

986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo SA,

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 7/15/29 (a)

 

978

 

993

 

Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA,

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 1/31/23 (a)

 

491

 

477

 

Peruvian Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.55%, 3/14/37

 

1,550

 

1,965

 

Petroleos del Peru SA,

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/19/32 (a)

 

1,440

 

1,399

 

 

 

 

 

4,834

 

 

 

 

 

5,820

 

Philippines (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (2.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Philippine Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.95%, 1/20/40

 

2,454

 

2,372

 

9.50%, 2/2/30

 

2,200

 

3,263

 

 

 

 

 

5,635

 

Poland (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Poland Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 3/17/23 (c)

 

1,910

 

1,877

 

4.00%, 1/22/24

 

570

 

582

 

5.00%, 3/23/22

 

470

 

495

 

 

 

 

 

2,954

 

Russia (4.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bond (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sibur Securities DAC,

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 10/5/23 (a)

 

1,035

 

970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (4.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond,

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 4/4/22

 

8,800

 

8,928

 

5.63%, 4/4/42

 

400

 

422

 

 

 

 

 

9,350

 

 

 

 

 

10,320

 

Senegal (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Senegal Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 5/23/33 (a)

 

1,140

 

1,067

 

 


 

South Africa (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (0.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

SASOL Financing USA LLC,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 3/27/24

 

370

 

378

 

6.50%, 9/27/28

 

480

 

487

 

 

 

 

 

865

 

Sovereign (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 8/6/23

 

550

 

530

 

7.13%, 2/11/25

 

3,210

 

3,094

 

8.45%, 8/10/28 (a)

 

840

 

842

 

South Africa Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 9/16/25

 

3,070

 

3,127

 

 

 

 

 

7,593

 

 

 

 

 

8,458

 

Sri Lanka (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 4/18/28

 

2,600

 

2,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey (5.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (5.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Export Credit Bank of Turkey,

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 4/24/19 (a)

 

2,100

 

2,083

 

Turkey Government Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

10.60%, 2/11/26

 

TRY

19,620

 

2,230

 

Turkey Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 3/23/23

 

$

3,100

 

2,704

 

4.88%, 4/16/43

 

1,800

 

1,317

 

5.63%, 3/30/21

 

2,350

 

2,307

 

6.88%, 3/17/36

 

1,000

 

914

 

 

 

 

 

11,555

 

Ukraine (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (4.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 9/25/32 (a)

 

1,260

 

1,099

 

7.75%, 9/1/23 — 9/1/26

 

7,540

 

7,278

 

 

 

 

 

8,377

 

Uruguay (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Uruguay Government International Bond,

 

 

 

 

 

5.10%, 6/18/50

 

1,125

 

1,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sovereign (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Petroleos de Venezuela SA,

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 11/15/26 (f)(g)

 

15,570

 

3,406

 

Total Fixed Income Securities (Cost $209,848)

 

 

 

199,447

 

 


 

 

 

No. of
Warrants

 

 

 

Warrants (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Nigeria (0.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Central Bank of Nigeria Bond, expires 11/15/20 (b)(h)

 

2,250

 

152

 

Venezuela (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela Government International Bond, Oil-Linked Payment Obligation, expires 4/15/20 (b)(h)

 

5,450

 

12

 

Total Warrants (Cost $—)

 

 

 

164

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

Short-Term Investments (5.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (1.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class (i) 

 

2,622,329

 

2,622

 

 

 

 

Face
Amount
(000)

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

HSBC Securities USA, Inc., (2.23%, dated 9/28/18, due 10/1/18; proceeds $345; fully collateralized by U.S. Government obligations; 0.00% - 2.75% due 5/15/25 - 8/15/47; valued at $352)

 

$

345

 

345

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (2.25%, dated 9/28/18, due 10/1/18; proceeds $299; fully collateralized by U.S. Government obligations; 0.75% - 3.00% due 2/15/42 - 11/15/45; valued at $305)

 

299

 

299

 

 

 

 

 

644

 

Total Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities (Cost $3,266)

 

 

 

3,266

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Investment Company (3.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class (i) (Cost $7,933)

 

7,933,078

 

7,933

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $11,199)

 

 

 

11,199

 

Total Investments (100.0%) (Cost $221,047) Including $8,063 of Securities Loaned (j)(k)(l)

 

 

 

210,810

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

 

 

 

(2,946

)

Net Assets

 

 

 

$

207,864

 

 


 

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

 


(a)

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

(b)

Floating or Variable rate securities: The rates disclosed are as of September 30, 2018. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in the description in the Portfolio of Investments. Certain variable rate securities may not be based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description in the Portfolio of Investments.

(c)

All or a portion of this security was on loan. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at September 30, 2018, were approximately $8,063,000 and $8,264,000, respectively. The Fund received cash collateral of approximately $3,498,000, of which approximately $3,266,000 was subsequently invested in a Repurchase Agreement and Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - Institutional Class as reported in the Portfolio of Investments. At September 30, 2018, there was uninvested cash collateral of approximately $232,000, which is not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The remaining collateral of approximately $4,766,000 was received in the form of U.S. Government obligations, which the Fund cannot sell or re-pledge and accordingly are not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund has the right under the securities lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

(d)

Multi-step — Coupon rate changes in predetermined increments to maturity. Rate disclosed is as of September 30, 2018. Maturity date disclosed is the ultimate maturity date.

(e)

Perpetual — One or more securities do not have a predetermined maturity date. Rates for these securities are fixed for a period of time, after which they revert to a floating rate. Interest rates in effect are as of September 30, 2018.

(f)

Issuer in bankruptcy.

(g)

Non-income producing security; bond in default.

(h)

Security has been deemed illiquid at September 30, 2018.

(i)

The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio - (the “Liquidity Funds”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser, both directly and as a portion of the securities held as collateral on loaned securities. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Fund due to its investment in the Liquidity Funds. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, advisory fees paid were reduced by approximately $6,000 relating to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Funds.

(j)

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

(k)

The Fund is permitted to purchase and sell securities (“cross-trade”) from and to other Morgan Stanley Funds as well as other funds and client accounts for which the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser serves as investment adviser, pursuant to procedures approved by the Directors in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the Act (the “Rule”). Each cross-trade is executed at the current market price in compliance with provisions of the Rule. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Fund did not engage in any cross-trade transactions.

(l)

At September 30, 2018, the aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is approximately $4,789,000 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is approximately $15,011,000, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of approximately $10,222,000.

BADLAR

Buenos Aires Deposits of Large Amount Rate.

 


 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts:

 

The Fund had the following foreign currency forward exchange contracts open at September 30, 2018:

 

Counterparty

 

Contracts
to
Deliver
(000)

 

In
Exchange
For
(000)

 

Delivery
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
(000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

CLP

708,400

 

$

1,073

 

10/4/18

 

$

(4

)

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

$

1,062

 

CLP

708,400

 

10/4/18

 

15

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

 

$

1,074

 

CLP

708,400

 

11/15/18

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

15

 

 

ARS

Argentine Peso

CLP

Chilean Peso

EUR

Euro

TRY

Turkish Lira

 


 

Portfolio Composition*

 

Classification

 

Percentage of
Total Investments

 

Sovereign

 

86.8

%

Corporate Bonds

 

9.3

 

Other**

 

3.9

 

Total Investments

 

100.0

%***

 


*

Percentages indicated are based upon total investments (excluding Securities held as Collateral on Loaned Securities) as of September 30, 2018.

**

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

***

Does not include open foreign currency forward exchange contracts with unrealized appreciation of approximately $15,000.

 


 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

 

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments · September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2018:

 

Investment Type

 

Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$

 

$

19,351

 

$

 

$

19,351

 

Sovereign

 

 

180,096

 

 

180,096

 

Total Fixed Income Securities

 

 

199,447

 

 

199,447

 

Warrants

 

 

164

 

 

164

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

10,555

 

 

 

10,555

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

644

 

 

644

 

Total Short-Term Investments

 

10,555

 

644

 

 

11,199

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts

 

 

19

 

 

19

 

Total Assets

 

10,555

 

200,274

 

 

210,829

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contract

 

 

(4

)

 

(4

)

Total

 

$

10,555

 

$

200,270

 

$

 

$

210,825

 

 

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

 


 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

 

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3.  Exhibits.

 

(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto.

 


 

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.

 

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

November 15, 2018

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

November 15, 2018

 

 

 

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

November 15, 2018