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

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811- 22441

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Salvatore Schiavone

Treasurer

601 Congress Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497

Date of fiscal year end: December 31
     
 
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2017


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS




John Hancock

Hedged Equity & Income Fund

Quarterly portfolio holdings 9/30/17

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Fund’s investments  
As of 9-30-17 (unaudited)
        Shares Value
Common stocks 83.3%         $180,415,482
(Cost $172,866,153)          
Consumer discretionary 7.6%     16,421,188
Auto components 1.1%      
Aisan Industry Company, Ltd.     10,800 103,904
Aisin Seiki Company, Ltd.     9,600 506,138
Bridgestone Corp.     1,400 63,565
Exedy Corp.     5,800 176,759
Fuyao Glass Industry Group Company, Ltd., H Shares (A)     74,000 269,426
Keihin Corp.     11,700 200,330
Nissin Kogyo Company, Ltd.     9,400 168,271
NOK Corp.     9,100 203,563
Showa Corp.     12,860 158,080
Sumitomo Riko Company, Ltd.     10,100 101,659
Tokai Rika Company, Ltd.     10,900 215,663
Toyoda Gosei Company, Ltd.     7,800 184,332
Automobiles 0.6%      
Daimler AG     930 74,237
Ford Motor Company     18,134 217,064
Honda Motor Company, Ltd.     15,800 466,740
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.     31,850 252,167
Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.     6,600 65,384
Renault SA     1,263 124,099
Diversified consumer services 0.1%      
Allstar Co-Invest LLC (B)(C)(D)     236,300 0
Benesse Holdings, Inc.     2,700 97,413
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR     531 46,866
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 1.3%      
Carnival Corp.     450 29,057
Darden Restaurants, Inc.     426 33,560
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (E)     39,964 2,564,090
McDonald's Corp.     1,382 216,532
OPAP SA     7,761 82,216
Household durables 1.4%      
Alpine Electronics, Inc.     3,700 67,400
Barratt Developments PLC     19,000 156,525
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC     906 45,152
Coway Company, Ltd.     388 31,894
Electrolux AB, Series B     13,777 468,911
Funai Electric Company, Ltd.     12,363 96,664
Garmin, Ltd.     1,856 100,168
Nikon Corp.     11,000 190,755
Persimmon PLC     41,379 1,432,018
Pioneer Corp. (D)     85,000 157,953
Taylor Wimpey PLC     100,334 262,970
Internet and direct marketing retail 0.0%      
Qliro Group AB (D)     34,220 81,316
Leisure products 0.1%      
Sankyo Company, Ltd.     8,630 275,369
Media 1.5%      
Avex Group Holdings, Inc.     9,500 129,190
Eutelsat Communications SA     1,170 34,635
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        Shares Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)      
Media (continued)      
Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.     5,625 $80,126
Gendai Agency, Inc.     3,600 17,952
Metropole Television SA     1,940 44,871
Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.     5,760 101,184
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE     4,149 141,584
Proto Corp.     2,100 37,812
RTL Group SA     2,797 211,886
SES SA     88,136 1,929,468
Telenet Group Holding NV (D)     2,882 190,769
Television Francaise 1     12,617 184,336
TV Asahi Holdings Corp.     3,660 73,081
Multiline retail 0.3%      
Harvey Norman Holdings, Ltd.     29,244 89,202
Kohl's Corp.     1,371 62,586
Macy's, Inc.     4,398 95,964
Marks & Spencer Group PLC     44,744 211,848
Next PLC     1,456 102,637
Target Corp.     1,251 73,822
Specialty retail 1.0%      
CECONOMY AG     7,411 87,270
Halfords Group PLC     30,786 144,586
Honeys Holdings Company, Ltd.     4,630 53,438
L Brands, Inc. (E)     34,496 1,435,379
Nishimatsuya Chain Company, Ltd.     3,600 40,297
PAL GROUP Holdings Company, Ltd.     3,100 96,138
The Gap, Inc.     1,377 40,663
The Home Depot, Inc.     222 36,310
USS Company, Ltd.     2,800 56,512
Xebio Holdings Company, Ltd.     7,800 152,739
Textiles, apparel and luxury goods 0.2%      
361 Degrees International, Ltd.     193,940 85,336
Daphne International Holdings, Ltd. (D)     350,000 28,888
Geox SpA     25,186 107,650
Pandora A/S     966 95,511
Sanyo Shokai, Ltd.     5,000 76,227
Xtep International Holdings, Ltd.     240,883 83,081
Consumer staples 5.0%     10,760,862
Beverages 0.3%      
PepsiCo, Inc.     1,812 201,911
The Coca-Cola Company     10,395 467,879
Food and staples retailing 0.3%      
Cawachi, Ltd.     2,500 59,835
J Sainsbury PLC     79,642 253,923
METRO AG (D)     9,125 192,887
Sysco Corp.     591 31,884
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     688 53,760
Wesfarmers, Ltd.     4,386 142,385
Food products 0.2%      
Marine Harvest ASA (D)     18,279 361,522
Household products 0.2%      
The Procter & Gamble Company     3,417 310,879
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        Shares Value
Consumer staples (continued)      
Personal products 0.2%      
Unilever PLC     8,706 $503,897
Tobacco 3.8%      
Altria Group, Inc.     4,308 273,213
British American Tobacco PLC     31,503 1,972,205
Imperial Brands PLC     56,841 2,426,018
Japan Tobacco, Inc.     3,600 117,975
Philip Morris International, Inc. (E)     30,544 3,390,689
Energy 7.2%     15,704,610
Energy equipment and services 0.2%      
Core Laboratories NV     286 28,228
Fugro NV (D)     7,674 108,572
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.     634 33,038
Petrofac, Ltd.     11,057 66,797
Saipem SpA (D)     36,054 155,706
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 7.0%      
AltaGas, Ltd.     9,499 218,795
BP PLC     137,012 877,698
Chevron Corp.     3,105 364,838
Coal India, Ltd.     91,882 381,587
Eni SpA     29,456 487,841
Exxon Mobil Corp.     3,984 326,608
Gazprom PJSC, ADR     64,135 268,726
Inpex Corp.     11,700 124,638
Inter Pipeline, Ltd.     1,516 31,407
Japan Petroleum Exploration Company, Ltd.     7,100 153,869
KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC, GDR     10,024 99,238
LUKOIL PJSC, ADR     4,670 247,675
ONEOK, Inc.     12,198 675,891
Painted Pony Energy, Ltd. (D)     17,374 46,507
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR (D)     15,665 157,277
Plains GP Holdings LP, Class A (D)     61,738 1,350,210
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, A Shares     8,091 244,525
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares     118,745 3,655,696
S-Oil Corp.     524 58,521
Statoil ASA     6,155 123,743
Surgutneftegas OJSC, ADR (London Stock Exchange)     37,000 187,590
Targa Resources Corp.     5,541 262,089
The Williams Companies, Inc.     1,240 37,212
TOTAL SA     54,416 2,921,836
TransCanada Corp.     35,057 1,732,691
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS     3,857 131,625
Valero Energy Corp.     1,871 143,936
Financials 16.5%     35,809,963
Banks 9.3%      
ABN AMRO Group NV (A)     3,856 115,465
Allahabad Bank (D)     42,134 42,625
Alpha Bank AE (D)     46,742 92,656
Aozora Bank, Ltd.     1,800 68,532
Banco Santander SA     78,041 545,885
BNP Paribas SA     6,039 487,201
BPER Banca     30,597 183,335
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        Shares Value
Financials (continued)      
Banks (continued)      
CaixaBank SA     56,814 $285,178
Canara Bank     18,950 89,619
Corp Bank (D)     41,448 25,388
Dah Sing Financial Holdings, Ltd.     10,400 70,806
DNB ASA     3,276 66,143
HSBC Holdings PLC     273,122 2,700,037
ING Groep NV     20,275 373,716
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA     102,342 339,127
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (Milan Stock Exchange)     614,170 2,174,351
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     18,326 1,750,316
KB Financial Group, Inc.     4,622 227,398
Krung Thai Bank PCL     60,600 34,205
Lloyds Banking Group PLC     229,465 208,528
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     69,349 450,895
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.     215,900 378,481
Moneta Money Bank AS (A)     200,563 706,209
National Australia Bank, Ltd.     3,720 92,230
Nordea Bank AB     164,509 2,233,573
People's United Financial, Inc.     2,384 43,246
Raiffeisen Bank International AG (D)     1,989 66,666
Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR     147,800 2,109,106
Shinhan Financial Group Company, Ltd.     3,757 166,053
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Series A     2,369 31,255
Societe Generale SA     6,150 360,399
Standard Chartered PLC (D)     28,655 284,919
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.     10,800 415,143
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.     6,560 236,965
The Tochigi Bank, Ltd.     16,600 70,869
UniCredit SpA (D)     18,331 391,178
Wells Fargo & Company (E)     39,206 2,162,211
Westpac Banking Corp.     3,778 95,030
Capital markets 1.7%      
ASX, Ltd.     11,914 491,051
Banca Generali SpA     40,414 1,403,656
CME Group, Inc.     3,440 466,739
GAM Holding AG (D)     11,987 185,822
Ichiyoshi Securities Company, Ltd.     14,500 142,245
IGM Financial, Inc.     5,444 182,986
Julius Baer Group, Ltd. (D)     3,303 196,000
Natixis SA     6,094 48,770
UBS Group AG (D)     27,111 463,787
Uranium Participation Corp. (D)     20,548 58,132
Diversified financial services 0.2%      
AMP, Ltd.     19,248 73,090
FirstRand, Ltd.     115,774 445,193
G-Resources Group, Ltd. (D)     2,823,000 37,243
Insurance 4.4%      
Admiral Group PLC     2,610 63,599
Ageas     6,450 303,367
American Financial Group, Inc.     4,841 500,801
Assicurazioni Generali SpA     116,045 2,164,390
Coface SA     13,669 146,915
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        Shares Value
Financials (continued)      
Insurance (continued)      
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.     13,400 $240,364
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC     24,216 118,055
Legal & General Group PLC     31,946 111,347
Poste Italiane SpA (A)     33,992 250,411
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA     38,520 486,158
RSA Insurance Group PLC     57,365 479,279
Sampo OYJ, A Shares     1,110 58,746
Shin Kong Financial Holding Company, Ltd.     495,000 148,529
Storebrand ASA     21,797 185,467
T&D Holdings, Inc.     20,700 300,303
Tongyang Life Insurance Company, Ltd.     11,436 76,447
Tryg A/S     9,479 219,167
UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA     53,695 125,558
Zurich Insurance Group AG     11,395 3,482,077
Mortgage real estate investment trusts 0.8%      
AGNC Investment Corp.     41,213 893,498
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.     72,299 881,325
Thrifts and mortgage finance 0.1%      
MGIC Investment Corp. (D)     7,930 99,363
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.     8,157 105,144
Health care 7.1%     15,373,240
Biotechnology 0.3%      
AbbVie, Inc.     5,728 508,990
Amgen, Inc.     661 123,243
Gilead Sciences, Inc.     1,277 103,463
Health care equipment and supplies 0.3%      
Abbott Laboratories     3,944 210,452
Hoya Corp.     1,300 70,302
Koninklijke Philips NV     2,810 115,940
Medtronic PLC     2,030 157,873
ResMed, Inc.     770 59,259
Health care providers and services 0.1%      
Cardinal Health, Inc.     603 40,353
Suzuken Company, Ltd.     4,220 150,094
Health care technology 0.1%      
AGFA-Gevaert NV (D)     25,190 120,177
Life sciences tools and services 0.0%      
CMIC Holdings Company, Ltd.     4,300 60,172
Pharmaceuticals 6.3%      
Almirall SA     7,151 72,807
AstraZeneca PLC     45,422 3,020,627
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company     11,319 721,473
Eisai Company, Ltd.     3,000 154,059
Eli Lilly & Company     1,372 117,361
GlaxoSmithKline PLC     5,058 101,113
H Lundbeck A/S     514 29,715
Johnson & Johnson     3,595 467,386
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company, Ltd.     2,600 44,301
Merck & Company, Inc.     5,138 328,986
Novartis AG     41,438 3,554,342
Pfizer, Inc.     17,123 611,291
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        Shares Value
Health care (continued)      
Pharmaceuticals (continued)      
Roche Holding AG     13,136 $3,357,826
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.     19,380 1,071,635
Industrials 8.7%     18,915,575
Aerospace and defense 0.3%      
Lockheed Martin Corp.     444 137,769
The Boeing Company     1,274 323,864
United Technologies Corp.     1,338 155,315
Air freight and logistics 0.2%      
CTT-Correios de Portugal SA     22,902 138,118
PostNL NV     53,416 230,147
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     422 50,678
Yusen Logistics Company, Ltd.     9,000 82,181
Airlines 0.1%      
ANA Holdings, Inc.     1,100 41,667
Deutsche Lufthansa AG     3,098 86,152
SAS AB (D)     48,248 154,719
Building products 0.2%      
Cie de Saint-Gobain     6,975 415,571
Commercial services and supplies 0.3%      
G4S PLC     112,495 419,704
Relia, Inc.     7,600 87,773
Toppan Forms Company, Ltd.     11,000 116,753
Construction and engineering 0.2%      
Chiyoda Corp.     21,000 122,888
JGC Corp.     9,300 150,609
Raubex Group, Ltd.     39,060 57,215
Toyo Engineering Corp.     8,800 107,404
Electrical equipment 1.0%      
ABB, Ltd.     75,260 1,861,028
Emerson Electric Company     1,272 79,932
Ushio, Inc.     11,200 149,481
Zumtobel Group AG     7,467 129,720
Industrial conglomerates 0.3%      
3M Company     924 193,948
DMCI Holdings, Inc.     100,700 30,920
General Electric Company     5,909 142,880
Rheinmetall AG     2,160 243,615
Machinery 3.0%      
Alstom SA     4,917 208,914
Atlas Copco AB, B Shares     13,441 522,127
Caterpillar, Inc.     23,556 2,937,669
Hisaka Works, Ltd.     6,200 52,707
Kone OYJ, Class B     38,763 2,054,799
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.     7,120 281,521
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.     9,900 227,898
Toshiba Machine Company, Ltd.     33,000 180,253
Marine 0.2%      
D/S Norden A/S (D)     6,793 145,181
Kuehne + Nagel International AG     177 32,798
Pacific Basin Shipping, Ltd. (D)     689,000 156,088
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        Shares Value
Industrials (continued)      
Professional services 0.2%      
Adecco Group AG     2,414 $188,061
Hays PLC     79,233 201,250
SThree PLC     7,842 37,011
Road and rail 0.1%      
Go-Ahead Group PLC     7,291 166,380
Kyushu Railway Company     900 26,773
Trading companies and distributors 1.0%      
ITOCHU Corp.     108,800 1,782,663
Kuroda Electric Company, Ltd.     5,000 87,188
Rexel SA     11,888 205,658
SIG PLC     82,137 195,861
Transportation infrastructure 1.6%      
Abertis Infraestructuras SA     24,198 489,210
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG     3,083 97,213
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. (E)     9,326 673,151
Sydney Airport     403,821 2,255,150
Information technology 8.5%     18,355,537
Communications equipment 1.4%      
Cisco Systems, Inc.     12,260 412,304
Harris Corp.     954 125,623
Nokia OYJ     353,773 2,125,646
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, B Shares     40,309 232,385
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 0.3%      
Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.     20,900 144,120
Hirose Electric Company, Ltd.     1,300 183,051
Hosiden Corp.     5,800 94,696
Nichicon Corp.     12,700 156,229
Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.     600 21,341
Simplo Technology Company, Ltd.     16,800 89,323
Yokogawa Electric Corp.     2,000 34,081
Internet software and services 0.5%      
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR (D)     1,623 280,308
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (D)     30 29,212
Autohome, Inc., ADR (D)     813 48,845
Baidu, Inc., ADR (D)     272 67,372
DeNA Company, Ltd.     3,900 87,478
Dropbox, Inc., Class B (B)(C)(D)     6,935 89,184
Facebook, Inc., Class A (D)     454 77,575
Gree, Inc.     15,800 108,077
Mixi, Inc.     500 24,148
Momo, Inc., ADR (D)     709 22,220
NetEase, Inc., ADR     418 110,273
SINA Corp. (D)     460 52,739
Weibo Corp., ADR (D)     877 86,770
IT services 0.9%      
Accenture PLC, Class A     4,538 612,948
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     704 76,961
Fujitsu, Ltd.     51,980 386,863
IBM Corp.     2,292 332,523
Paychex, Inc.     4,894 293,444
Sopra Steria Group     702 130,339
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        Shares Value
Information technology (continued)      
IT services (continued)      
The Western Union Company     7,815 $150,048
TravelSky Technology, Ltd., H Shares     16,000 41,855
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 3.8%      
Broadcom, Ltd.     310 75,187
Disco Corp.     200 40,761
Intel Corp.     88,787 3,381,009
KLA-Tencor Corp.     347 36,782
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.     3,817 182,109
MediaTek, Inc.     20,100 189,139
Microchip Technology, Inc.     370 33,219
Miraial Company, Ltd.     4,500 60,052
QUALCOMM, Inc. (E)     71,325 3,697,488
Rohm Company, Ltd.     900 77,228
Shinko Electric Industries Company, Ltd.     18,700 126,191
SK Hynix, Inc.     846 61,699
Texas Instruments, Inc.     369 33,077
Tokyo Electron, Ltd.     1,100 169,344
Tokyo Seimitsu Company, Ltd.     3,780 134,140
Software 0.4%      
Alpha Systems, Inc.     1,100 22,579
Konami Holdings Corp.     800 38,515
Microsoft Corp.     5,966 444,407
NHN Entertainment Corp. (D)     2,065 123,425
Nintendo Company, Ltd.     200 73,747
Trend Micro, Inc.     2,200 108,385
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 1.2%      
Acer, Inc. (D)     318,000 159,154
Apple, Inc.     2,737 421,826
Brother Industries, Ltd.     1,200 27,979
Canon, Inc.     17,500 598,867
Catcher Technology Company, Ltd.     86,357 807,811
Compal Electronics, Inc.     256,000 182,101
HP, Inc.     1,882 37,565
Melco Holdings, Inc.     2,500 79,533
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.     23 51,755
Seagate Technology PLC     4,597 152,482
Materials 4.7%     10,178,377
Chemicals 1.4%      
Agrium, Inc. (E)     16,480 1,766,821
China BlueChemical, Ltd., H Shares     230,000 75,121
DowDuPont, Inc.     4,419 305,927
EMS-Chemie Holding AG     88 58,564
JSR Corp.     14,100 268,096
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     2,476 245,248
Monsanto Company     435 52,122
Praxair, Inc.     412 57,573
PTT Global Chemical PCL     41,700 96,383
Construction materials 0.2%      
LafargeHolcim, Ltd. (D)     5,671 332,008
Vicat SA     1,833 139,877
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        Shares Value
Materials (continued)      
Containers and packaging 1.0%      
AMVIG Holdings, Ltd.     152,000 $43,194
International Paper Company (E)     35,631 2,024,553
Nampak, Ltd. (D)     107,163 139,457
Metals and mining 2.1%      
Acacia Mining PLC     20,835 54,288
Alumina, Ltd.     57,193 99,115
Anglo American Platinum, Ltd. (D)     4,607 117,672
Anglo American PLC     12,498 224,694
Barrick Gold Corp.     7,786 125,300
Centerra Gold, Inc. (D)     25,041 176,406
Chubu Steel Plate Company, Ltd.     5,800 37,638
Eldorado Gold Corp.     51,281 112,818
Gold Fields, Ltd.     47,181 204,040
Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd. (D)     28,187 64,629
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A (D)     14,864 47,293
Kinross Gold Corp. (D)     26,433 112,076
Kyoei Steel, Ltd.     7,600 118,599
Nakayama Steel Works, Ltd.     11,800 76,339
NetMind Financial Holdings, Ltd. (D)     1,440,000 7,226
Neturen Company, Ltd.     6,100 61,422
Northern Dynasty Minerals, Ltd. (D)     11,046 19,830
Pacific Metals Company, Ltd. (D)     3,900 99,440
Resolute Mining, Ltd.     64,800 52,226
Rio Tinto PLC     45,257 2,106,673
Salzgitter AG     4,018 182,514
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Company, Ltd.     17,300 142,787
Western Areas, Ltd.     83,737 171,568
Yamato Kogyo Company, Ltd.     5,860 158,840
Real estate 5.8%     12,483,785
Equity real estate investment trusts 4.3%      
Colony NorthStar, Inc., Class A     21,501 270,053
Crown Castle International Corp.     5,253 525,195
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.     60,789 2,242,506
Growthpoint Properties, Ltd.     15,947 28,640
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     2,116 39,125
ICADE     25,820 2,303,556
Iron Mountain, Inc.     2,622 101,996
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.     4,676 499,771
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     112,254 3,093,720
Redefine Properties, Ltd.     160,164 126,412
VEREIT, Inc.     13,069 108,342
Real estate management and development 1.5%      
Daito Trust Construction Company, Ltd.     17,260 3,144,469
Telecommunication services 6.6%     14,389,988
Diversified telecommunication services 5.4%      
AT&T, Inc.     11,641 455,978
BCE, Inc.     41,577 1,947,980
Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.     220,736 315,507
BT Group PLC     674,054 2,563,760
CenturyLink, Inc.     15,093 285,258
China Telecom Corp., Ltd., H Shares     134,000 68,941
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        Shares Value
Telecommunication services (continued)      
Diversified telecommunication services (continued)      
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA     16,647 $201,609
KT Corp.     7,757 197,758
Magyar Telekom Telecommunications PLC     80,690 146,916
O2 Czech Republic AS     27,149 333,496
Proximus SADP     1,324 45,643
Spark New Zealand, Ltd.     55,389 146,239
Telenor ASA     113,436 2,403,090
Turk Telekomunikasyon AS (D)     41,470 79,091
Verizon Communications, Inc. (E)     52,693 2,607,777
Wireless telecommunication services 1.2%      
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR     30,284 316,165
NTT DOCOMO, Inc.     68,096 1,556,454
Orange Belgium SA     5,012 116,000
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B     9,627 496,414
Sistema PJSC, GDR     22,065 105,912
Utilities 5.6%     12,022,357
Electric utilities 3.1%      
Contact Energy, Ltd.     13,363 53,139
Duke Energy Corp.     25,461 2,136,687
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA     528,071 1,991,195
Endesa SA     7,675 173,187
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.     5,918 500,426
SSE PLC     90,047 1,684,973
The Southern Company     1,697 83,391
Gas utilities 0.2%      
Gas Natural SDG SA     20,428 452,532
Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV     7,900 44,237
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 0.4%      
Glow Energy PCL     119,700 320,459
Meridian Energy, Ltd.     106,116 218,238
NTPC, Ltd.     54,780 140,443
Vistra Energy Corp.     8,337 155,819
Multi-utilities 1.9%      
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     3,398 99,256
Centrica PLC     100,591 252,117
Dominion Energy, Inc.     20,414 1,570,449
E.ON SE     19,914 225,754
Engie SA     14,683 249,338
Innogy SE (A)     33,807 1,506,076
RWE AG     7,237 164,641
Preferred securities 0.1%         $296,102
(Cost $216,786)          
Financials 0.0%         42,900
Banks 0.0%          
GMAC Capital Trust I (3 month LIBOR + 5.785%), 6.967% (F)   1,625 42,900
Information technology 0.0%         30,750
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 0.0%          
Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.   17 30,750
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        Shares Value
Telecommunication services 0.0%         $108,361
Diversified telecommunication services 0.0%          
Telefonica Brasil SA   6,800 108,361
Utilities 0.1%         114,091
Electric utilities 0.1%          
Cia Paranaense de Energia, B Shares   12,800 114,091
Exchange-traded funds 0.1%         $133,730
(Cost $130,516)          
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF       2,084 133,730
    
  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Foreign government obligations 0.2%         $415,845
(Cost $376,836)          
Argentina 0.2%         415,845
Provincia de Buenos Aires
(A)
5.375 01-20-23 EUR 125,000 152,057
Republic of Argentina
7.500 04-22-26   235,000 263,788
Corporate bonds 13.4%         $28,982,442
(Cost $27,893,735)          
Consumer discretionary 3.0%     6,574,564
Auto components 0.1%      
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC (A) 5.250 03-15-25   180,000 180,000
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC 5.500 04-01-23   90,000 92,025
Consumer services 0.0%      
CRC Escrow Issuer LLC (A) 5.250 10-15-25   120,000 120,000
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 1.0%      
Boyd Gaming Corp. 6.375 04-01-26   85,000 92,756
CEC Entertainment, Inc. 8.000 02-15-22   190,000 197,125
Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA 5.875 05-15-23 EUR 100,000 124,170
Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA (A) 5.875 05-15-23 EUR 115,000 142,809
Codere Finance 2 Luxembourg SA (A) 6.750 11-01-21 EUR 150,000 185,519
Eldorado Resorts, Inc. 6.000 04-01-25   130,000 136,526
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. (A) 7.875 02-01-24   165,000 177,788
New Red Finance, Inc. (A) 5.000 10-15-25   210,000 213,675
New Red Finance, Inc. (A) 5.000 10-15-25   110,000 111,925
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (A) 5.625 01-15-27   186,000 192,975
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. 5.625 05-01-24   115,000 117,588
Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP (A) 6.125 08-15-21   55,000 55,550
Scientific Games International, Inc. 6.625 05-15-21   115,000 117,875
Scientific Games International, Inc. 10.000 12-01-22   40,000 44,300
Station Casinos LLC (A) 5.000 10-01-25   115,000 115,276
Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Prop Mezz LP (A) 5.875 05-15-25   110,000 108,075
Household durables 0.3%      
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (A) 5.875 10-15-27   40,000 40,000
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. 6.750 03-15-25   45,000 47,390
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. 8.750 03-15-22   106,000 117,395
KB Home 7.000 12-15-21   225,000 252,563
M/I Homes, Inc. (A) 5.625 08-01-25   40,000 40,850
M/I Homes, Inc. 6.750 01-15-21   165,000 172,219
Internet and direct marketing retail 0.2%      
Liberty Interactive LLC 8.250 02-01-30   175,000 193,375
Netflix, Inc. 5.875 02-15-25   190,000 207,813
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Consumer discretionary (continued)      
Leisure products 0.1%      
Jack Ohio Finance LLC (A) 6.750 11-15-21   155,000 $162,556
Media 1.1%      
Altice Financing SA (A) 6.500 01-15-22 EUR 100,000 124,000
Altice Financing SA (A) 7.500 05-15-26   210,000 231,000
CCO Holdings LLC 5.125 02-15-23   5,000 5,163
CCO Holdings LLC 5.250 09-30-22   5,000 5,150
CCO Holdings LLC 5.750 09-01-23   35,000 36,313
CCO Holdings LLC (A) 5.750 02-15-26   120,000 126,000
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC (A) 5.125 12-15-21   55,000 55,963
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC (A) 5.125 12-15-21   155,000 157,713
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 7.625 03-15-20   15,000 14,813
CSC Holdings LLC (A) 10.875 10-15-25   200,000 247,250
DISH DBS Corp. 6.750 06-01-21   120,000 132,000
DISH DBS Corp. 7.875 09-01-19   320,000 349,600
Gray Television, Inc. (A) 5.125 10-15-24   130,000 130,650
Gray Television, Inc. (A) 5.875 07-15-26   30,000 30,900
Sinclair Television Group, Inc. (A) 5.875 03-15-26   75,000 76,500
TEGNA, Inc. (A) 4.875 09-15-21   115,000 117,875
TEGNA, Inc. 5.125 10-15-19   295,000 299,425
Tribune Media Company 5.875 07-15-22   150,000 156,000
Specialty retail 0.2%      
Dufry Finance SCA (A) 4.500 08-01-23 EUR 105,000 132,039
New Look Secured Issuer PLC (A) 6.500 07-01-22 GBP 180,000 162,692
Party City Holdings, Inc. (A) 6.125 08-15-23   140,000 145,600
Staples, Inc. (A) 8.500 09-15-25   80,000 77,800
Consumer staples 0.6%     1,304,484
Food products 0.4%      
KazAgro National Management Holding JSC 4.625 05-24-23   200,000 201,201
MARB BondCo PLC (A) 7.000 03-15-24   200,000 197,000
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 5.000 08-15-26   190,000 189,644
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 5.750 03-01-27   50,000 51,500
Post Holdings, Inc. (A) 6.000 12-15-22   40,000 41,900
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 4.875 03-15-22   190,000 196,413
Household products 0.1%      
Diamond BC BV (A) 5.625 08-15-25 EUR 200,000 241,426
Personal products 0.1%      
Revlon Consumer Products Corp. 6.250 08-01-24   240,000 185,400
Energy 1.9%     4,077,132
Energy equipment and services 0.1%      
Ensco PLC 5.750 10-01-44   90,000 64,575
Rowan Companies, Inc. 5.850 01-15-44   50,000 39,750
Transocean, Inc. 6.800 03-15-38   25,000 20,375
Transocean, Inc. 7.500 04-15-31   10,000 9,100
Transocean, Inc. 9.350 12-15-41   25,000 24,000
Weatherford International, Ltd. 5.950 04-15-42   20,000 16,400
Weatherford International, Ltd. 6.500 08-01-36   45,000 38,588
Weatherford International, Ltd. 7.000 03-15-38   15,000 13,350
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 1.8%      
Blue Racer Midstream LLC (A) 6.125 11-15-22   230,000 238,625
Borets Finance DAC 7.625 09-26-18   200,000 207,647
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Energy (continued)      
Oil, gas and consumable fuels (continued)      
California Resources Corp. (A) 8.000 12-15-22   165,000 $107,250
Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC 12.000 11-01-21   60,000 63,000
Continental Resources, Inc. 3.800 06-01-24   40,000 38,600
Continental Resources, Inc. 4.900 06-01-44   115,000 104,363
Continental Resources, Inc. 5.000 09-15-22   35,000 35,569
Denbury Resources, Inc. (A) 9.000 05-15-21   140,000 136,675
Energen Corp. 4.625 09-01-21   105,000 106,575
Foresight Energy LLC (A) 11.500 04-01-23   250,000 218,750
Gazprom Neft OAO (A) 4.375 09-19-22   200,000 203,800
Gazprom OAO 4.950 07-19-22   200,000 209,477
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. 5.625 01-15-22   55,000 55,413
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. 6.250 03-15-23   65,000 66,950
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. 7.375 05-01-22   45,000 46,575
MEG Energy Corp. (A) 6.500 01-15-25   80,000 77,900
MEG Energy Corp. (A) 7.000 03-31-24   105,000 90,038
Noble Holding International, Ltd. 6.200 08-01-40   50,000 34,000
Noble Holding International, Ltd. 7.750 01-15-24   120,000 106,500
PDC Energy, Inc. 6.125 09-15-24   40,000 41,800
Petrobras Global Finance BV 4.375 05-20-23   545,000 538,733
Petrobras Global Finance BV 5.625 05-20-43   80,000 71,300
Petrobras Global Finance BV 7.375 01-17-27   160,000 176,160
Petroleos de Venezuela SA 6.000 11-15-26   330,000 100,650
QEP Resources, Inc. 5.250 05-01-23   105,000 102,081
QEP Resources, Inc. 5.375 10-01-22   15,000 14,738
QEP Resources, Inc. 6.800 03-01-20   25,000 26,063
SM Energy Company 5.000 01-15-24   100,000 94,250
SM Energy Company 6.125 11-15-22   5,000 5,013
SM Energy Company 6.500 11-15-21   10,000 10,100
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic 4.750 03-13-23   200,000 200,092
Targa Resources Partners LP 6.750 03-15-24   50,000 54,250
WPX Energy, Inc. 5.250 09-15-24   135,000 135,338
WPX Energy, Inc. 6.000 01-15-22   85,000 87,869
WPX Energy, Inc. 8.250 08-01-23   40,000 44,850
Financials 2.0%     4,249,844
Banks 0.8%      
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (8.875% to 4-14-21, then 5 Year Euro Swap Rate + 9.177%) (G) 8.875 04-14-21 EUR 200,000 274,503
Banco de Sabadell SA (6.500% to 5-18-22, then 5 Year Euro Swap Rate + 6.414%) (G) 6.500 05-18-22 EUR 200,000 239,943
Barclays PLC (7.875% to 3-15-22, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 6.772%) (G) 7.875 03-15-22   200,000 217,750
Credit Agricole SA (8.125% to 12-23-25, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 6.185%) (A)(G) 8.125 12-23-25   250,000 295,938
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (7.700% to 9-17-25, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 5.462%) (A)(G) 7.700 09-17-25   200,000 208,750
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (8.375% to 10-14-19, then 3 month EURIBOR + 6.871%) (G) 8.375 10-14-19 EUR 50,000 67,080
Sberbank of Russia (A) 5.125 10-29-22   200,000 208,598
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (3 month LIBOR + 2.320%) (F)(G) 3.655 09-30-27   100,000 95,750
UniCredit SpA (5.861% to 6-19-27, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate + 3.703%) (A) 5.861 06-19-32   200,000 209,589
Consumer finance 0.7%      
American Greetings Corp. (A) 7.875 02-15-25   220,000 238,150
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Financials (continued)      
Consumer finance (continued)      
DAE Funding LLC (A) 4.500 08-01-22   35,000 $35,871
DAE Funding LLC (A) 5.000 08-01-24   70,000 71,750
Herc Rentals, Inc. (A) 7.500 06-01-22   81,000 87,581
Herc Rentals, Inc. (A) 7.750 06-01-24   142,000 154,070
Navient Corp. 5.500 01-25-23   71,000 71,888
Navient Corp. 5.625 08-01-33   20,000 17,266
Navient Corp. 5.875 10-25-24   90,000 91,350
Navient Corp. 6.125 03-25-24   155,000 159,805
Navient Corp. 6.500 06-15-22   80,000 84,850
Navient Corp. 7.250 09-25-23   49,000 53,226
OneMain Financial Holdings LLC (A) 6.750 12-15-19   30,000 31,125
Springleaf Finance Corp. 5.250 12-15-19   50,000 52,050
Springleaf Finance Corp. 6.125 05-15-22   10,000 10,591
Springleaf Finance Corp. 8.250 12-15-20   155,000 175,150
Unifin Financiera SAB de CV SOFOM ENR (A) 7.000 01-15-25   200,000 202,500
Diversified financial services 0.1%      
Camelot Finance SA (A) 7.875 10-15-24   95,000 102,363
FBM Finance, Inc. (A) 8.250 08-15-21   65,000 69,550
Hexion, Inc. (A) 13.750 02-01-22   20,000 16,400
Insurance 0.2%      
Genworth Holdings, Inc. 4.800 02-15-24   5,000 4,275
Genworth Holdings, Inc. 4.900 08-15-23   80,000 68,400
Genworth Holdings, Inc. 7.200 02-15-21   30,000 29,250
Genworth Holdings, Inc. 7.625 09-24-21   20,000 19,460
Genworth Holdings, Inc. 7.700 06-15-20   5,000 5,019
USIS Merger Sub, Inc. (A) 6.875 05-01-25   185,000 188,469
Thrifts and mortgage finance 0.2%      
MGIC Investment Corp. 5.750 08-15-23   35,000 38,500
Nationstar Mortgage LLC 6.500 08-01-18   235,000 235,734
Nationstar Mortgage LLC 6.500 07-01-21   40,000 40,800
Radian Group, Inc. 4.500 10-01-24   75,000 76,500
Health care 1.2%     2,688,372
Biotechnology 0.0%      
Sterigenics-Nordion Topco LLC (8.125% Cash or 8.875% PIK). (A) 8.125 11-01-21   30,000 30,600
Health care equipment and supplies 0.1%      
Alere, Inc. 6.500 06-15-20   131,000 133,129
Alere, Inc. 7.250 07-01-18   60,000 60,150
Constantin Investissement 3 SASU (A) 5.375 04-15-25 EUR 100,000 122,269
Health care providers and services 0.5%      
Community Health Systems, Inc. 6.875 02-01-22   20,000 15,700
Envision Healthcare Corp. (A) 5.125 07-01-22   85,000 88,188
Envision Healthcare Corp. 5.625 07-15-22   125,000 130,313
HCA Healthcare, Inc. 6.250 02-15-21   240,000 259,800
HCA, Inc. 6.500 02-15-20   135,000 146,981
HCA, Inc. 7.500 11-15-95   125,000 129,063
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (A) 7.125 06-01-24   35,000 37,625
Tenet Healthcare Corp. 6.750 06-15-23   5,000 4,794
Tenet Healthcare Corp. 8.125 04-01-22   15,000 15,263
West Street Merger Sub, Inc. (A) 6.375 09-01-25   175,000 174,125
Health care technology 0.1%      
Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC (A) 6.500 05-15-23   170,000 176,800
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Health care (continued)      
Pharmaceuticals 0.5%      
Endo Finance LLC (A) 6.000 07-15-23   465,000 $383,625
PRA Holdings, Inc. (A) 9.500 10-01-23   150,000 163,500
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 4.500 05-15-23 EUR 130,000 131,053
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (A) 5.500 03-01-23   30,000 26,325
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (A) 5.875 05-15-23   395,000 349,081
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (A) 6.125 04-15-25   95,000 83,363
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (A) 7.000 03-15-24   25,000 26,625
Industrials 1.4%     3,092,089
Aerospace and defense 0.2%      
Bombardier, Inc. (A) 6.125 01-15-23   220,000 213,290
TA MFG., Ltd. (A) 3.625 04-15-23 EUR 180,000 219,596
Building products 0.1%      
Ply Gem Industries, Inc. 6.500 02-01-22   180,000 187,479
Commercial services and supplies 0.4%      
APX Group, Inc. (A) 7.625 09-01-23   110,000 115,638
APX Group, Inc. 7.875 12-01-22   185,000 201,188
Clean Harbors, Inc. 5.125 06-01-21   75,000 76,195
GW Honos Security Corp. (A) 8.750 05-15-25   240,000 255,900
Multi-Color Corp. (A) 4.875 11-01-25   145,000 146,813
Tervita Escrow Corp. (A) 7.625 12-01-21   39,000 39,488
Construction and engineering 0.1%      
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. (A) 8.500 07-15-25   250,000 270,625
Electrical equipment 0.2%      
BlueLine Rental Finance Corp. (A) 9.250 03-15-24   155,000 166,819
General Cable Corp. 5.750 10-01-22   85,000 85,374
Sensata Technologies BV (A) 5.000 10-01-25   100,000 105,405
Sensata Technologies BV (A) 5.625 11-01-24   80,000 88,100
Machinery 0.1%      
Cloud Crane LLC (A) 10.125 08-01-24   190,000 210,900
TriMas Corp. (A) 4.875 10-15-25   35,000 35,284
Road and rail 0.1%      
The Hertz Corp. (A) 5.500 10-15-24   190,000 171,000
The Hertz Corp. 6.250 10-15-22   50,000 47,500
The Hertz Corp. (A) 7.625 06-01-22   80,000 82,500
Trading companies and distributors 0.2%      
United Rentals North America, Inc. 4.625 10-15-25   50,000 50,625
United Rentals North America, Inc. 4.875 01-15-28   170,000 170,638
United Rentals North America, Inc. 4.875 01-15-28   70,000 70,263
United Rentals North America, Inc. 5.875 09-15-26   75,000 81,469
Information technology 0.6%     1,177,156
Communications equipment 0.0%      
Nokia OYJ 3.375 06-12-22   15,000 15,131
Nokia OYJ 4.375 06-12-27   15,000 15,431
Electronic equipment, instruments and components 0.0%      
CDW LLC 5.000 09-01-23   35,000 36,630
IT services 0.2%      
First Data Corp. (A) 5.375 08-15-23   280,000 292,880
First Data Corp. (A) 7.000 12-01-23   160,000 170,848
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 0.2%      
Entegris, Inc. (A) 6.000 04-01-22   160,000 167,200
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Information technology (continued)      
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment (continued)      
Micron Technology, Inc. 5.500 02-01-25   150,000 $159,938
Software 0.1%      
Infor Software Parent LLC (7.125% Cash or 7.875% PIK) (A) 7.125 05-01-21   75,000 76,335
Infor US, Inc. (A) 5.750 08-15-20   25,000 25,719
Infor US, Inc. 6.500 05-15-22   50,000 51,844
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 0.1%      
Conduent Finance, Inc. (A) 10.500 12-15-24   140,000 165,200
Materials 1.7%     3,609,411
Chemicals 0.2%      
Platform Specialty Products Corp. (A) 6.500 02-01-22   200,000 207,250
The Chemours Company 6.625 05-15-23   200,000 212,750
The Chemours Company 7.000 05-15-25   10,000 11,075
Construction materials 0.1%      
Standard Industries, Inc. (A) 5.375 11-15-24   205,000 217,874
Containers and packaging 0.5%      
ARD Finance SA (6.625% Cash or 7.375% PIK) 6.625 09-15-23 EUR 150,000 188,809
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC (A) 6.750 05-15-24 EUR 250,000 329,431
Berry Global, Inc. 6.000 10-15-22   110,000 116,738
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. (A) 5.875 08-15-23   165,000 182,325
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (A) 5.125 07-15-23   155,000 161,758
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. (A) 7.000 07-15-24   105,000 111,825
Metals and mining 0.8%      
AK Steel Corp. 7.625 10-01-21   80,000 83,200
Anglo American Capital PLC (A) 9.375 04-08-19   100,000 110,527
Constellium NV 7.000 01-15-23 EUR 200,000 250,776
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. (A) 7.000 02-15-21   135,000 138,881
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 5.875 05-15-24   126,000 134,820
Koks OAO (A) 7.500 05-04-22   200,000 214,908
New Gold, Inc. (A) 6.375 05-15-25   95,000 100,463
Novelis Corp. (A) 5.875 09-30-26   55,000 55,825
Novelis Corp. (A) 6.250 08-15-24   95,000 99,057
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (A) 4.125 09-15-25   25,000 25,203
Steel Dynamics, Inc. 5.125 10-01-21   85,000 87,444
United States Steel Corp. (A) 8.375 07-01-21   160,000 176,800
VM Holding SA (A) 5.375 05-04-27   200,000 210,000
Paper and forest products 0.1%      
Flex Acquisition Company, Inc. (A) 6.875 01-15-25   175,000 181,672
Real estate 0.2%     386,419
Equity real estate investment trusts 0.1%      
Equinix, Inc. 5.875 01-15-26   75,000 82,406
FelCor Lodging LP 6.000 06-01-25   120,000 128,700
Real estate management and development 0.1%      
AV Homes, Inc. 6.625 05-15-22   170,000 175,313
Telecommunication services 0.5%     1,168,971
Diversified telecommunication services 0.1%      
Cablevision SA (A) 6.500 06-15-21   151,000 161,153
Zayo Group LLC 6.000 04-01-23   190,000 201,106
Wireless telecommunication services 0.4%      
Sprint Corp. 7.125 06-15-24   185,000 208,125
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  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Telecommunication services (continued)      
Wireless telecommunication services (continued)      
Sprint Corp. 7.250 09-15-21   215,000 $238,919
Sprint Corp. 7.875 09-15-23   115,000 133,400
VimpelCom Holdings BV 5.200 02-13-19   220,000 226,268
Utilities 0.3%     654,000
Gas utilities 0.1%      
Ferrellgas LP 6.500 05-01-21   25,000 24,250
Ferrellgas LP 6.750 01-15-22   70,000 67,900
Ferrellgas LP 6.750 06-15-23   68,000 65,450
Independent power and renewable electricity producers 0.2%      
AES Corp. 5.125 09-01-27   205,000 210,125
Dynegy, Inc. 7.625 11-01-24   20,000 20,725
Dynegy, Inc. (A) 8.000 01-15-25   60,000 62,100
Greenko Dutch BV (A) 5.250 07-24-24   200,000 203,450
Convertible bonds 0.3%         $687,996
(Cost $755,960)          
Consumer discretionary 0.1%     190,475
Household durables 0.0%      
M/I Homes, Inc. 3.000 03-01-18   40,000 40,225
Internet and direct marketing retail 0.1%      
The Priceline Group, Inc. 0.900 09-15-21   70,000 80,325
Media 0.0%      
DISH Network Corp. 3.375 08-15-26   20,000 22,375
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One (A) 1.000 01-30-23   40,000 47,550
Energy 0.0%     43,211
Oil, gas and consumable fuels 0.0%      
Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 2.625 12-01-19   130,000 32,500
PDC Energy, Inc. 1.125 09-15-21   11,000 10,711
Information technology 0.2%     454,310
IT services 0.1%      
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. 1.500 01-15-22   80,000 89,300
Cardtronics, Inc. 1.000 12-01-20   70,000 64,488
Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment 0.0%      
Microchip Technology, Inc. (A) 1.625 02-15-27   56,000 68,005
Microchip Technology, Inc. (A) 2.250 02-15-37   58,000 70,144
Software 0.1%      
ServiceNow, Inc. (A)(H) (1.527) 06-01-22   77,000 82,823
Workday, Inc. (A) 0.250 10-01-22   80,000 79,550
Term loans (I) 0.2%         $391,739
(Cost $409,780)          
Consumer discretionary 0.1% 276,387
Hotels, restaurants and leisure 0.1%
Golden Entertainment, Inc. (J) TBD 08-15-24   190,000 188,813
Internet and direct marketing retail 0.0%
Lands' End, Inc. (1 month LIBOR + 3.250%) 4.485 04-04-21   106,150 87,574
Health care 0.1% 115,352
Life sciences tools and services 0.1%
INC Research LLC 3.485 08-01-24   115,000 115,352
    
18 JOHN HANCOCK Hedged Equity & Income Fund |QUARTERLY REPORT SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS

 

        Shares Value
Rights 0.0%         $7,086
(Cost $32,289)          
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (D)(K)   8,337 7,086
    
  Rate (%) Maturity date   Par value^ Value
Escrow certificates 0.0%         $0
(Cost $194)          
Information technology 0.0%         0
Technology hardware, storage and peripherals 0.0%          
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC (C)(D) 11.500 10-01-20   500,000 0
    
        Par value^ Value
Short-term investments 1.7%         $3,800,000
(Cost $3,800,000)          
Repurchase agreement 1.7%         3,800,000
Goldman Sachs Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement dated 9-29-17 at 1.020% to be repurchased at $3,800,323 on 10-2-17, collateralized by $3,286,023 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.000% – 5.000% due 9-1-27 to 4-1-37 (valued at $3,555,542, including interest) and $287,454 Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.000% – 6.000% due 6-1-23 to 2-1-38 (valued at $320,458, including interest)       3,800,000 3,800,000
    
Total investments (Cost $206,482,249) 99.3%       $215,130,422
Other assets and liabilities, net 0.7%         1,567,256
Total net assets 100.0%         $216,697,678
    
The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of the category as a percentage of the net assets of the fund.
^All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
Currency Abbreviations
EUR Euro
GBP Pound Sterling
Security Abbreviations and Legend
ADR American Depositary Receipt
EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK Pay-in-Kind Security - Represents a payment-in-kind which may pay interest in additional par and/or cash. Rates shown are the current rate and most recent payment rate.
(A) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration.
(B) Direct placement securities are restricted as to resale, and the fund has limited rights to registration under the Securities Act of 1933. For more information on this security refer to the Notes to fund's investments.
(C) Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.
(D) Non-income producing security.
(E) A portion of this security is segregated as collateral for options. Total collateral value at 9-30-17 was $18,334,782.
(F) Variable rate obligation. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(G) Perpetual bonds have no stated maturity date. Date shown as maturity date is next call date.
(H) Zero coupon bonds are issued at a discount from their principal amount in lieu of paying interest periodically. Rate shown is the effective yield at period end.
(I) Term loans are variable rate obligations. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.
(J) This position represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate, which is disclosed as TBD (To Be Determined).
(K) Strike price and/or expiration date not available.
The fund had the following country composition as a percentage of net assets on 9-30-17:
United States 37.2%
United Kingdom 11.6%
SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS QUARTERLY REPORT |JOHN HANCOCK Hedged Equity & Income Fund 19

 

Japan 9.6%
Switzerland 6.3%
Italy 4.0%
France 3.9%
Canada 3.7%
Netherlands 2.8%
Finland 2.0%
Luxembourg 2.0%
Other countries 16.9%
TOTAL 100.0%
20 JOHN HANCOCK Hedged Equity & Income Fund |QUARTERLY REPORT SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS

 

DERIVATIVES
FUTURES
Open contracts Number of
contracts
Position Expiration
date
Notional
basis*
Notional
value*
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures 226 Short Dec 2017 $(9,326,982) $(9,551,835) $(224,852)
FTSE 100 Index Futures 21 Short Dec 2017 (2,071,915) (2,062,520) 9,395
MSCI EAFE Index Futures 144 Short Dec 2017 (14,143,019) (14,244,480) (101,461)
            $(316,918)
* Notional basis refers to the contractual amount agreed upon at inception of open contracts; notional value represents the current value of the open contract.
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS
Contract to buy Contract to sell Counterparty (OTC) Contractual
settlement
date
Unrealized
appreciation
Unrealized
depreciation
CAD 155,000 USD 123,728 BNP Paribas SA 10/5/2017 $499
CAD 155,000 USD 124,391 Morgan Stanley and Company International PLC 11/7/2017 $(137)
EUR 1,860,000 USD 2,206,935 BNP Paribas SA 10/5/2017 (8,361)
EUR 905,000 USD 1,069,403 Citibank N.A. 11/7/2017 2,207
EUR 870,000 USD 1,029,367 Morgan Stanley and Company International PLC 11/7/2017 800
GBP 558,000 USD 722,286 Standard Chartered Bank 10/5/2017 25,482
GBP 30,000 USD 40,293 Citibank N.A. 11/7/2017 (49)
GBP 558,000 USD 746,933 State Street Bank and Trust Company 11/7/2017 1,618
USD 124,360 CAD 155,000 Morgan Stanley and Company International PLC 10/5/2017 134
USD 142,894 EUR 120,000 BNP Paribas SA 10/5/2017 1,051
USD 1,026,165 EUR 870,000 Citibank N.A. 10/5/2017 (2,200)
USD 1,027,592 EUR 870,000 Morgan Stanley and Company International PLC 10/5/2017 (773)
            $31,791 $(11,520)
WRITTEN OPTIONS
Options on index
Counterparty (OTC)/
Exchange-
traded
Name of
issuer
  Exercise
price
Expiration
date
Number
of
contracts
Notional
amount
Premium Value
Calls                
Exchange-traded S&P 500 Index USD 2,525.00 Oct 2017 131 13,100 $143,964 $(150,650)
Exchange-traded S&P 500 Index USD 2,520.00 Oct 2017 131 13,100 175,653 (187,330)
              $319,617 $(337,980)
              $319,617 $(337,980)
    
Derivatives currency abbreviations
CAD Canadian Dollar
EUR Euro
GBP Pound Sterling
USD U.S. Dollar
OTC is an abbreviation for over-the-counter. See Notes to Fund's investments regarding investment transactions and other derivatives information.
SEE NOTES TO FUND'S INVESTMENTS QUARTERLY REPORT |JOHN HANCOCK Hedged Equity & Income Fund 21

Notes to Fund's investments (unaudited)

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the scheduled close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. In case of emergency or other disruption resulting in the NYSE not opening for trading or the NYSE closing at a time other than the regularly scheduled close, the net asset value may be determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the NYSE pursuant to the fund's Valuation Policies and Procedures.

In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Equity securities, including exchange-traded, held by the fund are typically valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange or principal market where the security trades. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing vendor or from broker-dealers. Independent pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which takes into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data, as well as broker supplied prices. Unlisted options are valued using evaluated prices obtained from an independent pricing vendor. Futures contracts are valued at settlement prices, which are the official closing prices published by the exchange on which they trade. Foreign index futures that trade in the electronic trading market subsequent to the close of regular trading and have sufficient liquidity will be valued at the last traded price in the electronic trading market as of 4:00 p.m ET. Foreign securities and currencies, including forward foreign currency contracts, are valued in U.S. dollars based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor.

In certain instances, the Pricing Committee may determine to value equity securities using prices obtained from another exchange or market if trading on the exchange or market on which prices are typically obtained did not open for trading as scheduled, or if trading closed earlier than scheduled, and trading occurred as normal on another exchange or market.

Other portfolio securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the fund's Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed. Trading in foreign securities may be completed before the scheduled daily close of trading on the NYSE. Significant events at the issuer or market level may affect the values of securities between the time when the valuation of the securities is generally determined and the close of the NYSE. If a significant event occurs, these securities may be fair valued, as determined in good faith by the fund's Pricing Committee, following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The fund uses fair value adjustment factors provided by an independent pricing vendor to value certain foreign securities in order to adjust for events that may occur between the close of foreign exchanges or markets and the close of the NYSE.

The fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques and related inputs may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the fund's investments as of September 30, 2017, by major security category or type:

                                   
        Total
value at
9-30-17
    Level 1
quoted
price
    Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
    Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
 
  Common stocks                          
        Consumer discretionary     $16,421,188     $4,952,061     $11,469,127      
        Consumer staples     10,760,862     4,730,215     6,030,647      
        Energy     15,704,610     5,964,281     9,740,329      
        Financials     35,809,963     9,252,867     26,557,096      
        Health care     15,373,240     3,450,130     11,923,110      
        Industrials     18,915,575     4,695,206     14,220,369      
        Information technology     18,355,537     11,274,316     6,992,037     $89,184  
        Materials     10,178,377     5,045,967     5,132,410      
        Real estate     12,483,785     6,880,708     5,603,077      
        Telecommunication services     14,389,988     6,215,484     8,174,504      
        Utilities     12,022,357     4,590,265     7,432,092      
  Preferred securities                          
        Financials     42,900     42,900          
        Information technology     30,750         30,750      
        Telecommunication services     108,361     108,361          
        Utilities     114,091     114,091          

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        Total
value at
9-30-17
    Level 1
quoted
price
    Level 2
significant
observable
inputs
    Level 3
significant
unobservable
inputs
 
  Exchange-traded funds     133,730     133,730          
  Foreign government obligations     415,845         415,845      
  Corporate bonds     28,982,442         28,982,442      
  Convertible bonds     687,996         687,996      
  Term loans     391,739         391,739      
  Rights     7,086         7,086      
  Short-term investments     3,800,000         3,800,000      
  Total investments in securities     $215,130,422     $67,450,582     $147,590,656     $89,184  
  Other financial instruments:                          
  Futures     $(316,918 )   $(316,918 )        
  Forward foreign currency contracts     20,271         $20,271      
  Written options     (337,980 )   (337,980 )        

Repurchase agreements. The fund may enter into repurchase agreements. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, it receives collateral that is held in a segregated account by the fund's custodian, or for tri-party repurchase agreements, collateral is held at a third-party custodian bank in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund. The collateral amount is marked-to-market and monitored on a daily basis to ensure that the collateral held is in an amount not less than the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus any accrued interest. Collateral received by the fund for repurchase agreements is disclosed in the Fund's investments as part of the caption related to the repurchase agreement.

Repurchase agreements are typically governed by the terms and conditions of the Master Repurchase Agreement and/or Global Master Repurchase Agreement (collectively, MRA). Upon an event of default, the non-defaulting party may close out all transactions traded under the MRA and net amounts owed. Absent an event of default, assets and liabilities resulting from repurchase agreements are not offset. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the collateral value may decline or the counterparty may have insufficient assets to pay back claims resulting from close-out of the transactions.

Derivative instruments. The fund may invest in derivatives in order to meet its investment objective. Derivatives include a variety of different instruments that may be traded in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, on a regulated exchange or through a clearing facility. The risks in using derivatives vary depending upon the structure of the instruments, including the use of leverage, optionality, the liquidity or lack of liquidity of the contract, the creditworthiness of the counterparty or clearing organization and the volatility of the position. Some derivatives involve risks that are potentially greater than the risks associated with investing directly in the referenced securities or other referenced underlying instrument. Specifically, the fund is exposed to the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. OTC derivatives transactions typically can only be closed out with the other party to the transaction.

Futures. A futures contract is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a particular currency or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. Risks related to the use of futures contracts include possible illiquidity of the futures markets and contract prices that can be highly volatile and imperfectly correlated to movements in the underlying financial instrument. Use of long futures contracts subjects the fund to the risk of loss up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the fund to unlimited risk of loss.

During the period ended September 30, 2017, the fund used futures contracts to manage against anticipated changes in securities markets.

Forward foreign currency contracts. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell specific currencies at a price that is set on the date of the contract. The forward contract calls for delivery of the currencies on a future date that is specified in the contract. Risks related to the use of forwards include the possible failure of counterparties to meet the terms of the forward agreement, the failure of the counterparties to timely post collateral if applicable, and the risk that currency movements will not favor the fund thereby reducing the fund's total return.

The market value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Realized gains or losses, equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, are recorded upon delivery or receipt of the currency or settlement with the counterparty.

During the period ended September 30, 2017, the fund used forward foreign currency contracts to manage against anticipated changes in currency exchange rates.

Options. There are two types of options, put options and call options. Options are traded either OTC or on an exchange. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy (and the seller the obligation to sell) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. A put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell (and the writer the obligation to buy) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. Writing puts and buying calls may increase the fund's exposure to changes in the value of the underlying instrument. Buying puts and writing calls may decrease the fund's exposure to such changes. Risks related to the use of options include the loss of premiums, possible illiquidity of the options markets, trading restrictions imposed by an exchange and movements in underlying security values. In addition, OTC options are subject to the risks of all OTC derivatives contracts.

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When the fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the fund is included in the portfolio of investments and subsequently "marked-to-market" to reflect current market value. When the fund writes an option, the premium received is included as a liability and subsequently "marked-to-market" to reflect current market value of the option written.

During the period ended September 30, 2017, the fund wrote option contracts to generate income.

Direct placement securities. The fund may hold private placement securities, which are restricted as to resale, and the fund has limited rights to registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The following table summarizes the direct placement securities held at September 30, 2017:

             
Issuer,
description
Acquisition
date
Acquisition
cost
Beginning
share
amount
Ending
share
amount
Value as a
percentage
of fund's
net assets
Value
as of
9-30-17
Allstar Co-Invest LLC 8-1-11 $240,553 236,300 236,300 0.00% $0
Dropbox, Inc., Class B 5-1-12 65,608 7,248 6,935 0.04% 89,184
    $306,161       $89,184

For additional information on the fund's significant accounting policies, please refer to the fund's most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

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  P15Q3 09/17
This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund.   11/17



ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

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

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal accounting officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.


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.

John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund

By:       /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott 
President
 
 
Date: November 17, 2017

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

By:       /s/ Andrew Arnott
Andrew Arnott 
President
  
  
Date: November 17, 2017
 
 
 
By: /s/ Charles A. Rizzo
Charles A. Rizzo
Chief Financial Officer
   
  
Date: November 17, 2017