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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21465
ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
201 King of Prussia Road, Radnor, PA 19087
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)
T. Ritson Ferguson, President and Chief Executive Officer

ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund
201 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-711-4272
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2008
     Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
     A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
 
 

 


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Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
Item 3. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
     Attached hereto.

 


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ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments / March 31, 2008
(unaudited)
                 
            U.S. $  
Shares         Value  
 
       
Long-Term Investments — 146.2%
       
       
Common Stock — 125.7%
       
       
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REIT”) — 125.7%
       
       
Australia — 11.5%
       
  29,967,000    
Dexus Property Group
  $ 46,093,818  
  11,059,530    
Goodman Group
    43,512,442  
  14,384,178    
Macquarie CountryWide Trust
    15,362,802  
  4,422,427    
Westfield Group
    71,858,837  
 
       
 
    176,827,899  
 
       
Brazil — 0.7%
       
  1,132,100    
BR Malls Participacoes SA (a)
    10,100,520  
 
       
Canada — 11.9%
       
  1,761,900    
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust
    65,252,376  
  200,100    
Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust
    3,937,449  
  264,600    
Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust (b)
    5,206,641  
  500,000    
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (b)
    5,335,997  
  884,800    
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust
    16,850,048  
  2,282,900    
InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust
    22,249,403  
  440,000    
InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust (b)
    4,288,290  
  700,000    
Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust (b)
    11,352,273  
  2,447,000    
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
    49,366,892  
 
       
 
    183,839,369  
 
       
Finland — 2.3%
       
  2,528,457    
Citycon Oyj
    15,545,090  
  1,470,267    
Sponda Oyj
    19,266,715  
 
       
 
    34,811,805  
 
       
France — 10.6%
       
  403,500    
Societe de la Tour Eiffel
    60,253,845  
  398,078    
Unibail-Rodamco
    102,822,551  
 
       
 
    163,076,396  
 
       
Hong Kong — 7.7%
       
  20,000,000    
Agile Property Holdings Ltd.
    21,097,670  
  14,611,500    
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.
    26,959,422  
  8,133,000    
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.
    28,789,473  
  3,062,900    
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.
    12,649,777  
  1,750,000    
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.
    27,297,198  
  1,153,000    
The Link REIT
    2,557,004  
 
       
 
    119,350,544  
 
       
Japan — 4.7%
       
  2,388    
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.
    15,090,692  
  1,105,000    
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
    26,865,927  
  968,000    
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
    19,246,215  
  934    
Nippon Building Fund, Inc.
    11,823,379  
 
       
 
    73,026,213  
 
       
Netherlands — 14.5%
       
  116,780    
Corio NV
    10,269,928  
  357,401    
Eurocommercial Properties NV
    20,042,056  
  1,136,730    
Nieuwe Steen Investments NV
    32,673,868  
  417,161    
VastNed Retail NV
    44,525,800  
  934,400    
Wereldhave NV
    115,694,359  
 
       
 
    223,206,011  
 
       
New Zealand — 0.6%
       
  9,050,000    
Goodman Property Trust
    9,463,096  
 
       
Singapore — 0.2%
       
  500,000    
Capitaland Ltd.
    2,303,813  
 
       
United Kingdom — 10.8%
       
  1,367,200    
British Land Co. Plc
    24,931,302  
  945,400    
Great Portland Estates Plc
    9,949,206  
  1,209,242    
Hammerson Plc
    26,773,506  
  1,902,400    
Land Securities Group Plc
    57,055,553  
  603,400    
Liberty International Plc
    11,698,749  
  3,621,876    
Segro Plc
    36,568,246  
 
       
 
    166,976,562  
 
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2007.

 


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            U.S. $  
Shares         Value  
 
       
United States — 50.2%
       
  115,300    
Acadia Realty Trust
    2,784,495  
  197,300    
AMB Property Corp.
    10,737,066  
  898,200    
American Campus Communities, Inc.
    24,574,752  
  11,422    
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A
    409,022  
  285,800    
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.
    6,827,762  
  393,200    
Boston Properties, Inc.
    36,201,924  
  1,215,230    
Brandywine Realty Trust
    20,610,301  
  848,300    
Camden Property Trust
    42,584,660  
  1,231,800    
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
    14,387,424  
  219,900    
Douglas Emmet, Inc.
    4,850,994  
  1,208,500    
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
    19,565,615  
  294,000    
Federal Realty Investment Trust
    22,917,300  
  1,211,100    
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
    37,410,879  
  1,655,400    
GMH Communities Trust
    14,368,872  
  407,700    
General Growth Properties, Inc.
    15,561,909  
  675,000    
Gramercy Capital Corp.
    14,127,750  
  941,484    
HRPT Properties Trust
    6,336,187  
  856,200    
Health Care REIT, Inc.
    38,640,306  
  371,000    
Hersha Hospitality Trust
    3,350,130  
  475,000    
Highwoods Properties, Inc.
    14,758,250  
  755,400    
iStar Financial, Inc.
    10,598,262  
  1,260,990    
Liberty Property Trust
    39,229,399  
  637,700    
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
    31,782,968  
  570,700    
National Retail Properties, Inc.
    12,583,935  
  2,784,400    
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.
    93,973,500  
  1,994,070    
OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc.
    34,617,055  
  994,000    
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
    24,243,660  
  200,000    
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
    4,222,000  
  498,800    
Regency Centers Corp.
    32,302,288  
  530,735    
SL Green Realty Corp.
    43,238,980  
  171,100    
Sovran Self Storage, Inc.
    7,307,681  
  770,000    
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
    10,110,100  
  751,900    
The Macerich Co.
    52,836,013  
  200,000    
U-Store-It Trust
    2,266,000  
  712,120    
Verde Realty (a)(c)
    23,499,960  
 
       
 
    773,817,399  
 
       
Total Common Stock
       
       
(cost $1,549,204,058)
    1,936,799,627  
 
       
Preferred Stock — 17.8%
       
       
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REIT”) — 17.8%
       
       
United States — 17.8%
       
  450,000    
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Series C
    11,466,000  
  126,800    
AP AIMCAP Corp., Series A
    1,331,400  
  80,500    
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series U
    1,821,715  
  400,000    
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series V
    8,980,000  
  400,000    
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Series Y
    8,876,000  
  174,000    
Associated Estates Realty Corp.
    4,202,100  
  400,000    
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc., Series A
    8,880,000  
  207,700    
Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.
    4,802,024  
  125,000    
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series B
    2,687,500  
  200,800    
Duke Realty Corp., Series M
    4,511,976  
  400,000    
Entertainment Properties Trust, Series D
    8,112,000  
  430,700    
Glimcher Realty Trust, Series G
    7,334,821  
  520,000    
Health Care REIT, Inc., Series F
    12,474,800  
  905,600    
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series E
    22,775,840  
  210,000    
Innkeepers USA Trust, Series C
    2,552,823  
  1,015,000    
iStar Financial, Inc., Series I
    13,601,000  
  200,000    
LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series D
    4,304,000  
  523,200    
LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series E
    11,559,476  
  520,000    
LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series G
    10,140,000  
  1,000,000    
LTC Properties, Inc., Series F
    24,180,000  
  200,000    
Mid-America Apartment Communties, Inc., Series H
    4,850,000  
  237,100    
National Retail Properties, Inc., Series C
    5,109,505  
  189,600    
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., Series B
    2,512,200  
  120,000    
OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc., Series D
    3,000,000  
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2007.

 


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            U.S. $  
Shares         Value  
 
  320,000    
PS Business Parks, Inc., Series O
    7,128,000  
  320,000    
Public Storage, Series K
    7,580,800  
  360,000    
Public Storage, Series M
    7,491,600  
  192,500    
SL Green Realty Corp., Series C
    4,363,975  
  200,000    
SL Green Realty Corp., Series D
    4,586,000  
  275,000    
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (b)
    6,935,170  
  400,000    
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series B
    7,696,000  
  363,600    
Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Series C
    6,908,400  
  368,000    
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., Series A
    6,900,000  
  342,600    
Taubman Centers, Inc., Series G
    7,958,598  
  573,500    
Taubman Centers, Inc., Series H
    13,150,355  
  337,500    
W2007 Grace Acquisition I, Inc., Series C
    3,543,750  
 
       
Total Preferred Stock
       
       
(cost $327,934,123)
    274,307,828  
 
       
Investment Companies — 2.3%
       
       
United Kingdom — 2.3%
       
  146,255    
Eurocastle Investment Ltd.
    1,761,288  
  15,495,600    
ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd. +
    21,250,264  
  2,195,278    
Invista Foundation Property Trust Ltd.
    2,803,299  
  547,200    
ProLogis European Properties
    8,705,340  
 
       
Total Investment Companies
       
       
(cost $45,299,438)
    34,520,191  
 
       
Purchased Options (a) — 0.4%
       
       
Brazil — 0.2%
       
  438,400    
Brascan Residential Properties SA
       
       
expiring 10/22/08 @ $0
    2,206,417  
 
       
India — 0.2%
       
  518,800    
Unitech Ltd.
       
       
expiring 6/19/08 @ $0
    3,571,599  
 
       
Total Purchased Options
       
       
(cost $6,482,721)
    5,778,016  
 
       
Warrants (a) — 0.0%
       
       
Hong Kong — 0.0%
       
  1,217,625    
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.
       
       
expiring 8/27/08 @ $0
       
       
(cost $0)
    453,705  
 
       
Total Long-Term Investments — 146.2%
       
       
(cost $1,928,920,340)
    2,251,859,367  
 
 
       
Short-Term Investments — 10.1%
       
       
Money Market Fund — 10.1%
       
  155,817,592    
The Bank of New York Cash Reserve Fund
       
       
(cost $155,817,592)
    155,817,592  
 
       
Total Investments — 156.3%
       
       
(cost $2,084,737,932)
    2,407,676,959  
       
Other Assets less Liabililties — 2.8%
    42,645,637  
       
Preferred shares, at redemption value — (59.1%)
    (910,000,000 )
 
       
 
       
       
Net Assets Applicable to
       
       
Common Shares — 100% (d)
  $ 1,540,322,596  
 
 
(a)   Non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2008, these securities amounted to $33,118,371 or 2.2% of net assets.
 
(c)   Fair valued pursuant to guidelines approved by the board.
 
(d)   Portfolio percentages are calculated based on Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares.
 
+   Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Trust (such companies are defined as “Affiliated Companies” in Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) were as follows:
                         
Affiliate   Gross Additions   Gross Reductions   Dividend Income
 
ING UK Real Estate Income Trust Ltd.
  $     $     $ 475,219  
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2007.

 


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Interest Rates Swaps
                                                 
                    Notional     Fixed              
    FAS 157     Termination     Amount     Rate     Floating Rate     Unrealized  
Counterparty   Level*     Date     (000)     Paid     Received     Depreciation  
 
Royal Bank of Canada
    L2       7/01/2009     $ 200,000       4.32 %   1 Month LIBOR   $ (5,579,710 )
 
                                             
 
*   FAS 157 level is not a part of regular reporting requirements for each security listed.

 


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Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
Level 1 —  quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 —  other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit
risk, etc.)
Level 3 —  significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2008 in valuing the Portfolio’s assets carried at fair value:
                 
    Investments     Other Financial  
Valuation inputs   in Securities     Instruments*  
Level 1 - Quoted Prices
  $ 2,241,233,346     $  
Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs
    142,943,653       (5,579,710 )
Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs
    23,499,960        
 
           
Total
  $ 2,407,676,959     $ (5,579,710 )
 
           
 
*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Portolio of Investments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:
         
    Investments  
    in Securities  
Balance as of 12/31/07
  $ 23,499,960  
Realized gain (loss)
     
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
     
Net purchases (sales)
     
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
     
 
     
Balance as of 3/31/08
  $ 23,499,960  
 
     
See previously submitted notes to financial statements for the annual period ended December 31, 2007.

 


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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
  (a)   The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.
 
  (b)   The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Trust’s most recent quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
Certification of chief executive officer and chief financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund
         
By:
  /s/ T. Ritson Ferguson
 
T. Ritson Ferguson
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: May 29, 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.
         
By:
  /s/ T. Ritson Ferguson
 
T. Ritson Ferguson
President and Chief Executive Officer
   
Date: May 29, 2008
       
By:
  /s/ Jonathan A. Blome
 
   
 
  Jonathan A. Blome
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date: May 29, 2008