UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

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Investment Company Act file number 811-06041

The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end: 10/31

Date of reporting period: 07/31/08

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

THE CENTRAL EUROPE AND RUSSIA FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — JULY 31, 2008 (unaudited)

Shares   Description   Value(a)  
INVESTMENTS IN RUSSIAN
SECURITIES – 53.6%
     
    COMMON STOCKS – 52.7%  
    BEVERAGES – 0.3%  
  93,000     Efes Breweries
International (GDR)
  $ 2,408,700    
    BUILDING PRODUCTS – 0.6%  
  5,900     Gornozavodsktsement     5,251,000    
    COMMERCIAL BANKS – 5.9%  
  17,500,000     Sberbank     52,150,000    
  1,000     Sberbank RF (GDR) Reg S     343,936    
      52,493,936    
    CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS – 1.0%
 
  704,000     LSR Group (GDR) Reg S*     9,152,000    
    DIVERSIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES – 2.6%
 
  800,000     Comstar United Telesystems
(GDR) Reg S
    7,040,000    
  117,100     Rostelecom (ADR)†     8,442,910    
  300,000     Vimpel Communications (ADR)     7,755,000    
      23,237,910    
    DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL
SERVICES – 0.1%
 
  52,000     Vostok Nafta Investment (SDR)*     772,672    
    ELECTRIC UTILITIES – 0.1%  
  216,633     OJSC The Fifth Power
Generation (GDR)*
    1,246,506    
    ENERGY EQUIPMENT
& SERVICES – 2.9%
 
  628,980     Eurasia Drilling Co. Ltd. (GDR)*     12,900,380    
  1,165,824     Integra Group Holdings (GDR)*     10,224,276    
  91,000     TMK (GDR) Reg S     3,003,000    
      26,127,656    
    FOOD PRODUCTS – 0.6%  
  50,000     Wimm Bill Dann Foods (ADR)*†     4,894,500    
    INDEPENDENT POWER
PRODUCERS &
ENERGY TRADERS – 0.0%
 
  106,380     OJSC Territorial Generating
(GDR) Reg S*
    256,057    

 

Shares   Description   Value(a)  
    METALS & MINING – 7.7%  
  150,000     Evraz Group (GDR) Reg S   $ 14,400,000    
  4,650,000     Kuzbassrazrezugol*     3,162,000    
  180,000     Mechel Steel Group OAO (ADR)†     3,783,600    
  1,950,000     MMC Norilsk Nickel (ADR)†     42,510,000    
  580,000     Raspadskaya     4,089,000    
  3,000     VSMPO-Avisma Corp.     420,000    
      68,364,600    
    OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE
FUELS – 27.9%
 
  1,400,000     Gazprom     16,772,000    
  1,500,000     Gazprom (ADR)     73,329,000    
  761,500     LUKOIL (ADR)     63,737,550    
  170,000     NovaTek OAO (GDR) Reg S     13,090,000    
  4,500,000     Rosneft Oil Company
(GDR) Reg S
    47,925,000    
  1,500,000     Surgutneftegaz (ADR)†     13,339,500    
  130,000     Tatneft (GDR) Reg S     15,535,000    
  875,000     Urals Energy Public Co., Ltd.*     1,741,690    
  52,000     Vostok Gas Ltd.*     3,618,683    
      249,088,423    
    REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT
& DEVELOPMENT – 0.7%
 
  400,000     AFI Development PLC
(GDR) Reg S*
    2,460,000    
  628,750     RGI International Ltd.*     3,788,219    
      6,248,219    
    WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES – 2.3%
 
  120,000     Mobile Telesystems (ADR)     8,614,800    
  100,000     Mobile Telesystems (GDR) Reg S     7,179,000    
  175,000     Sistema (GDR) Reg S     4,637,500    
      20,431,300    
        Total Common Stocks
(cost $312,823,150)
    469,973,479    
    PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.9%  
    OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE
FUELS – 0.9%
 
  1,200,000     Surgutneftegaz (ADR)†     4,863,996    
  2,500     Transneft     3,175,000    
        Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $11,722,752)
    8,038,996    
        Total Investments
in Russian Securities
(cost $324,545,302)
    478,012,475    

 


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Shares   Description   Value(a)  
INVESTMENTS IN POLISH
COMMON STOCKS – 22.9%
     
    COMMERCIAL BANKS – 12.9%  
  600,000     Bank Pekao   $ 55,329,481    
  2,353,000     Powszechna Kasa
Oszczednosci Bank Polski
    59,987,617    
      115,317,098    
    CONSTRUCTION &
ENGINEERING – 0.3%
 
  97,175     Pol-Aqua*     2,265,042    
    DIVERSIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES – 3.8%
 
  3,000,000     Telekomunikacja Polska     33,477,395    
    MEDIA – 0.9%  
  955,056     TVN     8,477,844    
    METALS & MINING – 3.2%  
  700,000     KGHM Polska Miedz     28,842,325    
    OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE
FUELS – 1.8%
 
  560,000     Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen     10,007,284    
  149,500     Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen
(GDR) Reg S
    5,622,695    
      15,629,979    
        Total Investments in Polish
Common Stocks
(cost $125,012,292)
    204,009,683    
INVESTMENTS IN TURKISH
COMMON STOCKS – 8.9%
     
    AUTOMOBILES – 1.2%  
  400,000     Ford Otomotiv Sanayi     3,413,793    
  2,100,000     Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi     7,603,448    
      11,017,241    
    BUILDING PRODUCTS – 0.0%  
  83,908     Trakya Cam Sanayii     112,119    
    COMMERCIAL BANKS – 2.3%  
  5,999,998     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi     20,275,855    
    CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS – 0.5%
 
  1,125,000     Akcansa Cimento     4,577,586    

 

Shares   Description   Value(a)  
    FOOD & STAPLES
RETAILING – 2.1%
 
  300,000     Bim Birlesik Magazalar   $ 11,314,655    
  400,000     Migros Turk T.A.S.     7,034,483    
      18,349,138    
    INDUSTRIAL
CONGLOMERATES – 1.0%
 
  799,999     Enka Insaat ve Sanayi     9,379,299    
    INSURANCE – 0.6%  
  2,172,619     Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik     4,944,580    
    MEDIA – 0.0%  
  20,431     Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik*     36,635    
    OIL, GAS &
CONSUMABLE FUELS – 0.6%
 
  200,000     Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri     5,474,138    
    WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES – 0.6%
 
  683,166     Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri     5,241,532    
        Total Investments in Turkish
Common Stocks
(cost $55,088,530)
    79,408,123    
INVESTMENTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC
COMMON STOCKS – 6.0%
     
    ELECTRIC UTILITIES – 5.1%  
  550,000     Ceske Energeticke Zavody     45,111,314    
    MEDIA – 0.9%  
  100,000     Central European Media
Enterprises*†
    8,302,000    
        Total Investments in Czech Republic
Common Stocks
(cost $10,687,283)
    53,413,314    
INVESTMENTS IN HUNGARIAN
COMMON STOCKS – 4.2%
     
    COMMERCIAL BANKS – 1.3%  
  250,000     OTP Bank     11,775,848    
    DIVERSIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES – 1.2%
 
  2,000,000     Magyar Telekom Nyrt.     11,090,251    

 


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Shares   Description   Value(a)  
    OIL, GAS &
CONSUMABLE FUELS – 0.8%
 
  50,000     MOL Hungarian
Oil and Gas Nyrt.
  $ 6,938,112    
    PHARMACEUTICALS – 0.9%  
  30,000     Richter Gedeon Nyrt.     6,898,552    
  4,300     Richter Gedeon Nyrt. (GDR)     975,240    
      7,873,792    
        Total Investments in Hungarian
Common Stocks
(cost $16,617,606)
    37,678,003    
INVESTMENTS IN DUTCH
COMMON STOCKS – 0.6%
     
    METALS & MINING – 0.6%  
  178,440     New World Resources
(cost $4,672,153)
    5,513,325    
CLOSED-END
INVESTMENT COMPANY – 0.8%
     
    RUSSIA – 0.8%  
  2,563,996     RenShares Utilities Limited*
(cost $4,077,882)
    6,743,309    
        Total Investments in
Common and Preferred
Stocks – 97.0%
(cost $540,701,048)
    864,778,232    

 

Shares   Description   Value(a)  
SECURITIES LENDING
COLLATERAL – 3.7%
 
  32,995,035     Daily Assets Institutional
Fund, 2.69%(b)(c)
(cost $32,995,035)
  $ 32,995,035    
    Total Investments – 100.7%
(cost $573,696,083)
    897,773,267    
    Other Assets and Liabilities,
Net – (0.7)%
    (6,222,242 )  
    NET ASSETS–100.0%   $ 891,551,025    

 

*  Non-income producing securities.

†  All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at July 31, 2008 amounted to $32,154,076 which is 3.6% of the net assets.

(a)  Values stated in US dollars.

(b)  Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the fund is net of borrower rebates.

(c)  Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

Key

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

GDR – Global Depositary Receipt

SDR – Swedish Depositary Receipt


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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2008 in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:

Valuation Inputs   Investments in
Securities at Value
 
Level 1 – Quoted Prices   $ 897,773,267    
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs        
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs        
Total   $ 897,773,267    

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ("FAS 157"), effective December 1, 2007, which governs the application of generally accepted accounting principles that require fair value measurements of the Fund's assets and liabilities. Fair value is an estimate of the price the Fund would receive upon selling a security in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the security. FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation tech nique used to measure fair value including such a pricing model and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels as follows:

• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

For Level 1 inputs, the Fund uses unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for assets or liabilities with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information as the most reliable evidence of fair value. The Fund's Level 2 valuation techniques include inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable for an asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active in which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, or price quotations vary substantially over time or among market participants. Inputs that are observable for the asset or liability in Level 2 include such factors as interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risk, and default rates for similar liabilities. For Level 3 valuation techniques, the Fund uses unobservable inputs that reflect assumptions market participants would be expected to use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available and are developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. In developing unobservable inputs, market participant assumptions are used if they are reasonably available without undue cost and effort.

The Fund may record changes to valuations based on the amount that might reasonably be expected to receive for a security upon its current sale consistent with the fair value measurement objective. Each determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to the type of the security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security's disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issue or of comparable companies, quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or pricing services, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company's financial statements, an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold, and with respect to debt securities, the maturity, coupon, creditworthiness, currency denomination, and the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value determined upon sale of those investments.


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ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)         There have been 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 controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Registrant:

The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc.

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

September 16, 2008

 

 

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.

 

Registrant:

The Central Europe & Russia Fund, Inc.

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

September 16, 2008

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:

September 16, 2008