N-CSR 1 tm2039554d1_ncsr.htm N-CSR

 

 

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

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number     811-22865     

 

Forethought Variable Insurance Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

10 West Market Street, Suite 2300
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 317-223-2703

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2020

 

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

 

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)Include a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1).

 

 

 

 

Annual Report

December 31, 2020

Global Atlantic Portfolios

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Class II shares

Each a separate series of the Forethought Variable Insurance Trust

Distributed by Global Atlantic Distributors, LLC
Member FINRA



Dear Shareholders/Contract Owners:

The year 2020 was unlike any year in memory, as the global COVID-19 pandemic (the "Pandemic") wreaked havoc on everyday life. Add to that, the uncertainty caused by the U.S. elections. From a financial markets perspective, the impact of the Pandemic resulted in one of the most volatile periods in history. Not only was the size of the market decline noteworthy, down 30-40% across most global equity indices, but the pace of the decline, and subsequent recovery, was unique. Taking just 23 trading days, the first quarter 2020 ("Q1 2020") market correction was matched only by the Great Crash of 1929 in terms of speed and was still the 8th worst quarter on record for the S&P 500 despite rising 15% in the last week of March. By comparison, the S&P 500's more recent declines during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and 2001 Technology Bubble occurred over 18 months and 2 years, respectively.

Asset classes beyond equities were not spared either. Fixed income spreads widened significantly across investment grade, high yield, and structured securities, while commodities (as measured by the S&P GSCI) also fell precipitously, particularly oil, which dropped 50% to $25 per barrel, a level not seen in 20 years. Even gold, typically a safe-haven asset in periods of market decline, was down -6%. One asset class that performed well in Q1 2020 was U.S. Treasuries, as the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to 0% and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit an all-time low of 0.39%. For Q1 2020, the 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasuries posted returns of 8.07% and 15.54%, respectively.

While the market declines were noteworthy, the recovery was truly distinct historically in terms of degree and pace. Whereas past declines of this magnitude generally took 18 months to 2 years to recover – the Great Crash of 1929 took 25 years (1954) to fully recover – the S&P 500 fully recovered from a 34% correction in just 5 months, or 106 trading days. This historic recovery was largely driven by government and central bank intervention (i.e., stimulus packages, corporate bond purchases, etc.) as they attempted to alleviate the substantial impact of the Pandemic. Other global equity markets, bond spreads, and gold benefited from this intervention, having largely or fully recovered from the Q1 2020 correction.

Despite the Pandemic, global markets generally posted positive returns in 2020 largely as a result of government and central bank intervention. Domestic small caps, as measured by the Russell 2000, returned 19.96%, surpassing the S&P 500, which rose 18.40%. Notably, international large caps, as measured by the MSCI EAFE, meaningfully lagged domestic equities, up 7.82%, largely owing to significant underperformance of the United Kingdom's ("U.K.") FTSE 100, which closed the year down -11.62% not only due to COVID-19 concerns, but those related to Brexit (the U.K.'s exit from the European Union) as well.

Given all of the hardships endured in 2020, we hope this shareholder letter finds you healthy and wish you all the best in 2021.

Thank you for investing in the Global Atlantic Portfolios.

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Eric D. Todd, CFA

 

Cameron Jeffreys, CFA

 

President

 

Senior Vice President

 

Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC

 

Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC

 


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Portfolio

 

Benchmark

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative

 

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Conservative

 

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative

 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index – Moderate

 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Conservative

 

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Aggressive

 

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative

 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate

 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate

 

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index – Moderate Conservative

 

The indices shown are for informational purposes only and are not reflective of any investment. As it is not possible to invest directly in the indices, the data shown does not reflect or compare features of an actual investment, such as its objectives, costs and expenses, liquidity, safety, guarantees or insurance, fluctuation of principal or return, or tax features. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

This report contains the current opinions of Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC and/or sub-advisers at the time of its publication and should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, a Portfolio's portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but not guaranteed.

Index Definitions:

Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index ("Bbg Barc US Agg"). An index weighted according to market capitalization and includes, among other categories, Treasury securities, mortgage backed securities, government agency bonds and corporate bonds. To be included in the index, bonds must be rated investment grade by Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

FTSE 100 Index ("FTSE 100"). An index that is comprised of the 100 most highly capitalized blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

MSCI EAFE Total Return Index ("MSCI EAFE"). An index created by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) that serves as a benchmark of the performance in major developed international equity markets as represented by 21 major MSCI indexes from Europe, Australasia and the Far East.

Russell 2000® Total Return Index ("Russell 2000"). An index measuring the performance of approximately 2,000 small-cap companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which is made up of 3,000 of the biggest U.S. stocks. The Russell 2000 serves as a benchmark for small-cap stocks in the United States.

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index – Moderate. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 30% to the underlying bond index.

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index – Moderate Conservative. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.


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S&P 500® Total Return Index ("S&P 500"). A market capitalization weighted price index composed of 500 widely held U.S. common stocks. Frequently used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance.

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Conservative. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 50% to the underlying bond index.

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 30% to the underlying bond index.

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Aggressive. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 20% to the underlying bond index.

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.

S&P GSCI® Total Return Index ("S&P GSCI"). A broad based, production weighted index meant to be representative of the global commodity market beta. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) consists of 24 commodity futures on physical commodities across five sectors: energy, agriculture, livestock, industrial metals, and precious metals.

S&P MidCap 400® Total Return Index ("S&P MidCap 400"). A capitalization-weighted index which measures the performance of the mid-range sector of the U.S. stock market.


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Table of Contents

       

Page

 

 

Global Atlantic Portfolio Review and Portfolio of Investments

         
   

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

   

5 – 8

   
   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

9 – 11

   
   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

12 – 15

   
   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

16 – 30

   
   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

31 – 33

   
   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

34 – 37

   
   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

38 – 40

   
   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

41 – 47

   
   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

48 – 51

   
   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

52 – 67

   

 

Financial Statements:

 
   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   

68 – 70

   
   

Statements of Operations

   

71 – 73

   
   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

74 – 78

   
   

Financial Highlights

   

79 – 88

   

 

Notes to Financial Statements

   

89 – 111

   

 

Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm

   

112

   

 

Expense Examples

   

113 – 114

   

 

Supplemental Information

   

116 – 118

   

 

Trustee Table

   

119 – 122

   

 

Privacy Notice

   

123 – 124

   

 

Proxy Voting Policy

   

Back Cover

   

 

Portfolio Holdings

   

Back Cover

   


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Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by Wilshire Associates Incorporated ("Wilshire"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 10.49% compared to a benchmark return of 7.11%, a difference of 338 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The Portfolio was impacted by both dynamic asset allocation tilts as well as manager selection during 2020. An overweight to U.S. value equities generally weighed on relative performance, though absolute returns from U.S. value equities were positive. The case for value equities was driven by a combination of highly attractive relative valuations, lower beta, and potential mean reversion. Other tilts within equities were emerging markets relative to developed markets and U.S. relative to foreign equities. The fixed income portion of the Portfolio benefited both from asset allocation and positive manager selection.

Given the market volatility that was present in 2020, the Portfolio made several allocation changes that were reversed later in the year. In the first quarter of 2020, the Portfolio increased its allocation to the American Funds Insurance Series® High-Income Bond Fund while reducing exposure to the American Funds Insurance Series® US Govt/AAA-Rated Securities Fund in order to reduce fixed income credit risk. Investment grade and corporate high yield credit spreads had narrowed to levels similar to year-end 2017, prompting the decision to reduce credit risk. In the second quarter, the Portfolio reversed this allocation change in order to increase credit risk and take advantage of domestic credit spreads that had widened out late in the first quarter to levels last experienced during the financial crisis of 2007-2008, moving the Portfolio to a credit overweight with the belief that most of the deleveraging pressure had subsided and that an attractive risk-adjusted return opportunity existed in credit relative to government bonds. Also during the second quarter, the Portfolio also added exposure to the American Funds Insurance Series® International Growth and Income Fund and eliminated the allocation to American Funds Insurance Series® International Fund in order to reduce the bias to foreign growth equities and reduce the effective exposure to emerging markets equities. The U.S. had already provided substantially more fiscal and monetary stimulus relative to foreign developed nations and had demonstrated effective collaboration across political party lines. The structural headwinds that Europe faced with a unified monetary policy applied to differentiated economies was expected to prove more challenging in recovering from this downturn.

During the second quarter, the Portfolio reduced its allocation in American Funds Insurance Series® New World Fund and added exposure to American Funds Insurance Series® Global Growth and Income Fund in order to eliminate the overweight to emerging markets equities due to the portfolio management's view that risk had increased in this area. At that time, the risk that COVID-19 presented to emerging markets, particularly with respect to the more limited ability of many emerging economies to deal with the humanitarian crisis of this pandemic, increased the uncertainty in the outlook for emerging vs. developed equities. In the fourth quarter, the Portfolio reversed this allocation change, as the portfolio management team determined that emerging economies were forecasted to deliver stronger economic growth in 2021 and had historically outperformed coming out of recessions.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery


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Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

Wilshire believes that the Portfolio remains well positioned to meaningfully participate in a continued rally in risk assets, but also diversified to outperform broad market equities during a selloff. More specifically, within equities at the end of the period, the Portfolio was modestly tilted to favor value over growth equities, and within foreign equities, emerging markets over developed economies. The case for value equities is driven by a combination of highly attractive relative valuations, lower beta, and potential mean reversion. With vaccine development and distribution increasing the prospects of economic recovery, Wilshire believes that value equities exhibit the potential for higher upside in a cyclical recovery and more margin for safety in an unforeseen downturn. Earnings remain strong for many value sectors, while price-to-earnings expansion in recent years has not kept pace with growth equities. Although earnings growth and manufacturing purchasing managers' indices (PMI) within Europe have tailed off recently, Wilshire believes that the potential for outperformance exists and that trade tensions provide the opportunity for improved global trade activity and positive economic growth in developed and emerging markets. Returns could also benefit from the U.S. dollar weakening, providing a tailwind to foreign equity results, especially within emerging markets.

Within fixed income at the end of the period, the Portfolio was tilted to favor credit relative to government securities, and foreign fixed income over domestic fixed income. Despite a significant narrowing of credit spreads over the past six months, valuations of government bonds are high, with more reasonable risk-adjusted return opportunities apparent in credit relative to government bonds.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

October 31, 2013

   

10.49

%

   

7.09

%

   

8.19

%

   

6.60

%

   

1.67

%

   

1.27

%

 
S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate
Conservative^
   

7.11

%

 

6.20

%

 

7.49

%

 

5.85

%

     

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser's asset allocation decisions.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate Conservative. An index that is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.


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Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Variable Insurance Trusts

   

95.2

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

4.8

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

0.00

%†

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

†  Represents less than 0.05%.


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Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTS - 95.2%

 

ASSET ALLOCATION FUND - 1.9%

 
American Funds Insurance Series -
New World Fund, Class 1
   

141,209

   

$

4,460,798

   

TOTAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND

       

4,460,798

   

DEBT FUNDS - 33.2%

 
American Funds Insurance Series -
Bond Fund, Class 1
   

4,615,520

     

54,878,534

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
Capital World Bond Fund, Class 1
   

510,423

     

6,604,876

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
High-Income Bond Fund, Class 1
   

672,911

     

6,594,531

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
U.S. Government/AAA-Rated Securities
Fund, Class 1
   

672,744

     

8,772,586

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

       

76,850,527

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 60.1%

 
American Funds Insurance Series -
Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund, Class 1
   

2,930,178

     

42,048,050

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
Global Growth and Income Fund, Class 1
   

1,454,827

     

24,251,966

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
Global Small Capitalization Fund, Class 1
   

202,213

     

6,600,226

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
Growth Fund, Class 1
   

202,576

     

24,351,602

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 60.1% (Continued)

 
American Funds Insurance Series -
Growth-Income Fund, Class 1
   

598,433

   

$

33,141,214

   
American Funds Insurance Series -
International Growth and Income
Fund, Class 1
   

468,498

     

8,906,143

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

       

139,299,201

   
TOTAL VARIABLE INSURANCE
TRUSTS (Cost - $177,295,757)
       

220,610,526

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 4.8%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.01% (a)
   

11,209,080

     

11,209,080

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
   

20,065

     

20,065

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS (Cost - $11,229,145)
       

11,229,145

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(Cost - $188,524,902)
     

$

231,839,671

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.0)%
        (86,534)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

231,753,137

   

†  Represents less than 0.05%.

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 8.78% compared to a benchmark return of 6.93%, a difference of 185 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The COVID-19 pandemic defined 2020, and the Portfolio positioning and resulting performance were intertwined with the initial broad market drawdown and the strong subsequent risk asset recovery. The Portfolio maintained an overweight to equities relative to fixed income throughout the year. This positioning was a detractor to performance during the first quarter drawdown, but it contributed positively to active return for the year. The Portfolio also shifted from government bonds to credit during the market recovery, which contributed to performance. Much of the positive risk asset performance this year reflected the strong market recovery from the March lows on the backs of extraordinary, global fiscal and monetary policy support, as well as an improved sentiment as investors looked beyond the immediate impact of virus-induced lockdowns. Later in the year, clarity in the U.S. elections and COVID-19 vaccine breakthroughs drove equity markets to new highs.

Within equities, the Portfolio maintained an overweight to the U.S. relative to international markets, which also proved beneficial to Portfolio performance. U.S. equities outperformed international developed equities, led by strong returns from the technology sector. The Portfolio benefited from additions of technology stocks and ESG-aware (Environmental, Social, and Governance) underlying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the year. The Portfolio's minimum volatility factor exposure at the start of the year helped dampen losses during the first quarter. However, the position lagged the market during the recovery as equities bounced off the March lows. Within fixed income, the Portfolio benefited from its allocation to U.S. Treasuries during the market drawdown. During the recovery, the Portfolio increased its holdings to credit relative to treasuries, which contributed to performance.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

Within equities, the Portfolio continued to have exposure to ESG-aware underlying ETFs, technology, value, and minimum-volatility. Within fixed income, the Portfolio maintained a preference for credit over treasuries. The BFM investment team continues to see a supportive backdrop for risk assets, with aggressively supportive monetary policy, low yields, and resurgent economic prospects supporting continued preference for equities over bonds. Over 2021, the BFM team expects vaccinations will drive steep and sustained declines in COVID-19 infections, driving a surge in consumer confidence and demand globally. A stable political environment adds further fuel to the longer-term reflation trade. BFM believes that the election outcome


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Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

in favor of the Democrats may increase the prospect for larger fiscal stimulus and associated spending programs, but more polarizing agenda items could be more difficult to pass.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

October 31, 2013

   

8.78

%

   

5.47

%

   

6.32

%

   

5.36

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.99

%

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Conservative^

       

6.93

%

   

5.98

%

   

7.02

%

   

5.57

%

         

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser's asset allocation decisions.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Conservative is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 50% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

95.3

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

4.7

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

0.00

%†

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

†  Represents less than 0.05%.


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Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 95.3%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 43.6%

 

BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF

   

31,272

   

$

1,568,916

   
iShares 0-5 Year High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF
   

47,509

     

2,158,809

   
iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

111,844

     

8,166,849

   

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

9,077

     

784,071

   

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

6,230

     

982,658

   

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

47,196

     

6,276,124

   
iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

17,803

     

1,100,047

   

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

4,908

     

588,715

   

iShares MBS ETF

   

7,123

     

784,456

   
iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment
Grade Corporate Bond ETF
   

134,482

     

7,419,372

   

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

   

229,402

     

6,248,910

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

       

36,078,927

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 51.7%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

   

54,292

     

3,751,034

   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

   

12,997

     

806,334

   

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

47,635

     

17,881,703

   

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

   

13,594

     

3,124,309

   

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

   

25,545

     

2,347,586

   

iShares Global Tech ETF

   

2,642

     

792,732

   

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

   

15,762

     

1,590,544

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 51.7% (Continued)

 

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

   

17,523

   

$

1,189,461

   

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

   

27,418

     

2,382,898

   
iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware
MSCI USA ETF
   

87,907

     

7,562,639

   
iShares, Inc. iShares ESG Aware
MSCI EM ETF
   

32,746

     

1,374,677

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

       

42,803,917

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED
FUNDS (Cost - $63,338,645)
       

78,882,844

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.7%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 4.7%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (a)
   

3,926,820

     

3,926,820

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
   

3,817

     

3,817

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS (Cost - $3,930,637)
       

3,930,637

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%
(Cost - $67,269,282)
     

$

82,813,481

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.0)%
        (39,136)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

82,774,345

   

†  Represents less than 0.05%.

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC ("BIM" or "BlackRock"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 10.82% compared to a benchmark return of 7.11%, a difference of 371 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

Risk assets experienced one of their most volatile years on record in 2020, as COVID-19 caused a global pandemic after the first reported cases reached Northern Italy from China in late January and then ultimately spread across the world. Unprecedented fiscal and monetary responses in both the U.S. and Europe finally calmed markets at the beginning of the second quarter, as investors weighed the prospects of possible vaccines and, eventually, a return to more normal travel and living conditions. Although markets experienced another round of volatility in the third quarter, in anticipation of a highly contested U.S. election and a subsequent wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, risk assets rallied sharply into year-end on the news from several major pharmaceutical companies that breakthrough vaccines developed to treat COVID-19 had been successfully produced.

BlackRock believes the sharp market rally which closed the year also reflected strong economic data, particularly in the U.S., with reported earnings generally exceeding consensus forecasts, a recovering labor market, solid housing market, and a resilient U.S. consumer. It is important to note that the U.S. consumer came into 2020's economic downturn in much stronger financial shape than was the case at the beginning of the financial crisis of 2007-2008, with much more manageable levels of household debt and record low debt servicing costs, due to the low interest rate environment. Looking ahead, BlackRock expects 2021 U.S. growth to be above consensus, supported by a deleveraged consumer, record wealth levels, additional stimulus, positive impact of the commencement of widespread vaccine distribution, and a continuation of super-accommodative monetary policy. Equity exposure is balanced between secular growth companies positioned to benefit from a sustained economic recovery in the near-term. While BlackRock still believes that U.S. duration is an effective partial hedge against equity risk, the team reduced exposure throughout 2020 given the diminished efficacy as a hedge in the sustained low rate environment.

From a broad perspective, positioning within equities and fixed income contributed over the period but was partially offset by an exposure to cash and cash equivalents. Within equities, an overweight allocation to information technology and an underweight allocation to energy positively contributed to performance. Security selection within financials, technology, energy and consumer staples was additive. The use of index related securities, notably to manage some of the Portfolio's regional exposures negatively impacted returns, as did an overweight to healthcare over the period. Within fixed income, an underweight to and portfolio positioning within credit and an exposure to securitized assets contributed. While an overweight to government bonds was additive this was partially offset by positioning within the asset class.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a


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Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

At year end, relative to its reference benchmark, the Portfolio was overweight equities and meaningfully underweight fixed income. Within equities, the Portfolio was overweight the U.S. and emerging markets, notably Asia, and underweight Canada and Japan. With the commencement of widescale vaccine distribution, coupled with ultra-accommodative monetary policy and a recently passed supplemental fiscal stimulus, BlackRock believes the macroeconomic backdrop remains quite supportive of risk-assets. Importantly, household balance sheets have remained strong in the aggregate, while inventories remain near historic lows, and U.S. unemployment data has generally been better than consensus expectations. Although continuing concerns remain in regard to evolving – and possibly more contagious – COVID-19 strains, and as the Northern Hemisphere enters into winter with vaccine distribution still nascent, the team expects that investors will look past periodic spikes in COVID-19 related hospitalizations in anticipation of a resumption of greater mobility and accelerating economic activity over the course of 2021 once vaccines are more widely distributed.

From a sector perspective, the Portfolio was overweight information technology, consumer discretionary and communications services and underweight financials, consumer staples and energy. While the team's emphasis over the past several quarters has been tilted toward those companies whom have been able to deliver strong and consistent cash flow growth with exposure to secular growth trends, BlackRock incrementally added to the equity market's more cyclical areas, such as Industrials throughout the second half of 2020. Importantly, the team continues to deemphasize deep value areas, such as brick-and-mortar retailers and large swaths of commercial real estate, where it is believed that secular headwinds will likely remain considerable, even after vaccines become made widely available.

Within fixed income, the Portfolio ended the year overweight sovereign bonds (majority in U.S. Treasuries) and high yield credit and underweight securitized assets and investment grade credit. The sharp decline in spreads, particularly within high quality segments of the U.S. bond market, has caused the team to reduce exposure to these asset classes over the past several months. Meanwhile, the low absolute level of yields across the U.S. Treasury curve has caused BlackRock to question the efficacy of duration as an effective hedge to equity volatility. Consequently, the Portfolio remained underweight duration at the end of the period, as the team believes that the possibility of additional (but modest) yield curve steepening limits the desirability of holding longer-dated U.S. Treasuries for hedging purposes. Given the dearth of income as a result of the sustained low rate environment, the Portfolio maintained exposure to credit and to select emerging market sovereign debt as additional sources of yield that should continue to benefit from aging demographics, increasing demand for income, and an improving global economy in BlackRock's view.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

October 31, 2013

   

10.82

%

   

5.60

%

   

5.80

%

   

3.92

%

   

1.35

%

   

1.35

%

 
S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate
Conservative^
   

7.11

%

 

6.20

%

 

7.49

%

 

5.85

%

     

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to May 1, 2019, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed pursuant to a different investment strategy by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser and the prior investment strategy.


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Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate Conservative is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

73.3

%

 

Variable Insurance Trusts

   

20.9

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

5.9

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

(0.1

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.


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Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 73.3%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 23.8%

 

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

119,492

   

$

10,321,719

   

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

21,864

     

3,448,609

   

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

103,554

     

13,770,611

   

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

47,862

     

5,741,047

   
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

41,595

     

5,745,517

   
iShares iBoxx High Yield
Corporate Bond ETF
   

52,633

     

4,594,861

   
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging
Markets Bond ETF
   

49,639

     

5,753,656

   

iShares MBS ETF

   

20,839

     

2,294,999

   

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

   

51,890

     

5,735,402

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

       

57,406,421

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 49.5%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

   

398,216

     

27,512,744

   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

   

94,782

     

5,880,275

   

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

   

478,506

     

42,438,697

   

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

   

316,556

     

19,692,949

   

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

   

71,612

     

6,939,919

   

iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

   

35,615

     

5,744,343

   

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

   

79,567

     

9,246,481

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 49.5% (Continued)

 

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

   

26,724

   

$

2,322,583

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

       

119,777,991

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED
FUNDS (Cost - $147,756,058)
       

177,184,412

   

VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTS - 20.9%

 

ASSET ALLOCATION FUND - 20.9%

 
BlackRock Global Allocation VI Fund,
Class I (Cost - $38,668,096)
   

2,588,611

     

50,452,021

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.9%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 5.9%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (a)
   

11,748,137

     

11,748,137

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
   

2,632,714

     

2,632,714

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS (Cost - $14,380,851)
       

14,380,851

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.1%
(Cost - $200,805,005)
     

$

242,017,284

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.1)%
        (182,132)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

241,835,152

   

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc. ("Franklin Advisers"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P 500 Managed Risk Index — Moderate. The Portfolio posted a return of 7.50% compared to a benchmark return of 6.83% a difference of 67 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

Franklin Advisers employs a bottom-up stock selection process for the equity sleeve of the Portfolio's capital appreciation and income component, whereby the portfolio managers invest in securities without regard to benchmark comparisons. As a result, the Portfolio frequently contains sector and security allocations that may be significantly different from those of the S&P 500® Index. With respect to the equity sleeve's performance versus the S&P 500® Index, the equity sleeve of the Portfolio's capital appreciation and income component underperformed the S&P 500® Index (net of fees), posting a return of 16.28% compared to an S&P 500® Index return of 18.40%, a difference of -212 basis points.

Relative to the Portfolio's benchmark, stock selection and an underweight in information technology, along with an overweight in industrials and stock selection in energy, curbed relative performance. Medical products supplier Becton, Dickinson and Company hindered relative performance. Franklin Advisers portfolio managers expect that Becton, Dickinson and Company will see better demand for medical supplies as routine health care services bounce back, and the company could benefit from its COVID-19 test and demand for related medical products. Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, hampered relative performance as the global pandemic reduced economic activity and pressured crude oil prices in 2020. EOG Resources, Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company, detracted from relative performance amid the steep drop in crude oil prices, as well as weaker demand, due to global economic weakness. EOG Resources, Inc. is cutting back on its capital spending to preserve cash flows during this period of low oil prices.

An underweight in financials, stock selection, an overweight in materials, and a lack of exposure to utilities contributed to relative performance. West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. supported relative performance as its business saw strong demand for its products in recent quarters as demand from companies working to create therapeutics to combat COVID-19 was strong. The company boasts a resilient business model and has strong long-term growth prospects even after the positive short-term impact from COVID-19 passes. Lithium producer Albemarle Corporation contributed to relative returns on optimism that rising demand for lithium from electric vehicle producers will increase over the medium term as battery costs continue to decline, which should help reduce oversupply. Enterprise software firm Microsoft Corporation helped relative performance following a strong earnings report and optimism that its cloud-based services could benefit as more people work from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The company has seen strength in its commercial cloud services and in sales of Windows as customers migrated away from Windows 7 in recent quarters. The Franklin Advisers portfolio managers believe that the trends of helping business customers move to the cloud and providing workers with productivity tools should support attractive growth over the medium to longer term.

During 2020, the fixed income sleeve of the Portfolio's capital appreciation and income component outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (net of fees), posting a return of 8.57% compared to a Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index return of 7.51%, a difference of 106 basis points. In terms of drivers of return, an overweight allocation to, and security selection within, investment-grade (IG) corporate bonds were the primary drivers of outperformance. The Portfolio's overweight allocations to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), non-US dollar denominated emerging market


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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

debt, and tax-exempt municipal bonds, also benefitted performance. Security selection in sovereign emerging-market and sovereign developed market debt contributed to returns, as did the Portfolio's exposure to agency mortgage-backed securities and non-U.S. yield curves.

Conversely, the Portfolio's exposure to senior secured floating-rate bank loans, high-yield (HY) corporate bonds, non-US dollar denominated developed market debt and U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities detracted from results, as did the Portfolio's underweight duration-positioning. From a foreign currency perspective, gains primarily in short Singapore dollar and long Indonesian rupiah and Mexican peso positions were offset by losses in short Australian dollar and long Norwegian krone, Japanese yen, Uruguayan peso, euro, Dominican peso, Turkish lira and South African rand positions.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

At year-end, the Portfolio's largest equity sector concentration was industrials, followed by information technology and health care. The Portfolio added positions in UnitedHealth Group Incorporated and Nasdaq, Inc. During the period, the Portfolio eliminated positions in Tiffany & Co., mining company Nucor Corporation, insurer Chubb Limited, food products company Bunge Limited, aerospace firm Boeing Company, and energy companies Schlumberger Limited and Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

At period-end, the fixed income sleeve remained overweight across corporate credit sectors, including CLOs, IG and HY corporate bonds and bank loans, with the largest increase over the period being in IG. While the Franklin Advisers portfolio management team is comfortable with IG fundamentals and market technical, the opportunity has become less compelling in their view given tighter valuations and continued near-term macro and policy uncertainty, particularly as new COVID-19 cases surge. Given this backdrop, the focus is on select intermediate and longer-duration bonds, including BBB-rated issuers, and taking advantage of new issues or any market dislocations to add exposure to the asset class.

The Portfolio also increased allocation to HY corporate bonds during the year despite nominal yields near historic lows, as the portfolio management team believes HY investors are being more than compensated for expected default losses, that there is potential for additional spread tightening over the course of the next year, and that HY's lower duration (to a potential rise in rates), will make US HY an attractive asset class in the continued low global rate environment. Within the securitized sectors, the Portfolio remained overweight in the residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) sector at the end of the period, but reduced allocation over the period, on the expectation of continued fundamental strength of the U.S. housing sector, bolstered, by favorable supply/demand forces and historically low interest rates that the portfolio management team believes should remain supportive for the sector. The Portfolio remained underweight in commercial mortgage-backed securities at the end of the period. In U.S. dollar duration, the Portfolio was short versus the benchmark. In terms of currency exposure, on the long side, the largest currency position was the Japanese yen with other long positions that included the Mexican peso and Indonesian rupiah. At the end of the period, the Portfolio remained short the Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and Singapore dollar, among other currencies.


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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

       

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

April 30, 2014

   

7.50

%

   

6.82

%

   

9.00

%

   

6.38

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.16

%

 

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index - Moderate^

       

6.83

%

   

7.64

%

   

9.19

%

   

7.88

%

         

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Fixed Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P 500 Managed Risk Index - Moderate is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 30% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment


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Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

71.7

%

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   

9.9

%

 

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

5.5

%

 

Agency Mortgage Backed Securities

   

4.4

%

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

3.9

%

 

Sovereign Debts

   

1.0

%

 

Municipal Bonds

   

0.8

%

 

Term Loans

   

0.7

%

 

Preferred Stocks

   

0.0

%^

 

Short-Term Investments

   

5.4

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

(3.3

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

Derivative exposure is included in "Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net".

^  Represents less than 0.05%.


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Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

COMMON STOCKS - 71.7%

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 2.4%

 

General Dynamics Corp.

   

14,270

   

$

2,123,661

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

62,855

     

4,494,761

   
         

6,618,422

   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 1.4%

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

   

22,700

     

3,822,680

   

BEVERAGES - 1.3%

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

23,100

     

3,425,730

   

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.6%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

16,160

     

1,731,544

   

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 1.0%

 

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

60,775

     

2,831,507

   

CAPITAL MARKETS - 0.8%

 

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

15,090

     

2,003,047

   

State Street Corp.

   

4,300

     

312,954

   
         

2,316,001

   

CHEMICALS - 7.9%

 

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

   

22,900

     

6,256,738

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

32,545

     

4,801,038

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

15,700

     

3,396,852

   

Linde PLC

   

27,350

     

7,206,999

   
         

21,661,627

   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 1.3%

 

Cintas Corp.

   

10,300

     

3,640,638

   

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SERVICES - 0.0%†

 

24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.*

   

671

     

1,454

   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 0.4%

 

nVent Electric PLC

   

42,870

     

998,442

   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.0%†

 

Weatherford International PLC*

   

1,897

     

11,382

   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 1.2%

 

Walmart, Inc.

   

22,000

     

3,171,300

   

FOOD PRODUCTS - 1.1%

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

32,220

     

3,080,232

   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 10.4%

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

38,900

     

4,259,161

   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

   

20,600

     

5,154,532

   

Medtronic PLC

   

48,300

     

5,657,862

   

Stryker Corp.

   

31,500

     

7,718,760

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

20,900

     

5,921,179

   
         

28,711,494

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.8%

 

CVS Health Corp.

   

18,490

   

$

1,262,867

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

10,500

     

3,682,140

   
         

4,945,007

   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 1.3%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

16,370

     

3,512,675

   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 2.2%

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

30,966

     

2,647,903

   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

   

25,200

     

3,506,328

   
         

6,154,231

   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 6.2%

 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

9,780

     

1,527,440

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

26,660

     

5,670,582

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

22,640

     

9,759,878

   
         

16,957,900

   

INSURANCE - 1.1%

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

24,900

     

1,107,303

   

Erie Indemnity Co., Class A

   

8,000

     

1,964,800

   
         

3,072,103

   

IT SERVICES - 4.6%

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

   

30,700

     

8,019,147

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

21,770

     

4,761,752

   
         

12,780,899

   

MACHINERY - 2.3%

 

Donaldson Co., Inc.

   

23,429

     

1,309,213

   

Dover Corp.

   

23,800

     

3,004,750

   

Pentair PLC

   

37,870

     

2,010,518

   
         

6,324,481

   

MULTILINE RETAIL - 1.8%

 

Target Corp.

   

27,500

     

4,854,575

   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 1.1%

 

Chevron Corp.

   

13,700

     

1,156,965

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

23,900

     

1,191,893

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

18,500

     

762,570

   
         

3,111,428

   

PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.2%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

24,300

     

3,824,334

   

Perrigo Co. PLC

   

12,800

     

572,416

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

42,100

     

1,549,701

   
         

5,946,451

   

ROAD & RAIL - 1.0%

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

11,400

     

2,708,754

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 4.8%

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

44,171

   

$

6,525,382

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

41,300

     

6,778,569

   
         

13,303,951

   

SOFTWARE - 6.0%

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

74,110

     

16,483,546

   

SPECIALTY RETAIL - 2.9%

 

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

23,900

     

3,836,189

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

33,600

     

4,126,416

   
         

7,962,605

   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 1.9%

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

   

36,640

     

5,183,461

   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 0.7%

 

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

4,800

     

1,960,032

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $98,329,224)
 

   

197,284,552

   

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES - 9.9%

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.2%

 

Lockheed Martin Corp., 4.70%, 5/15/46

 

$

300,000

     

422,513

   

Northrop Grumman Corp., 5.25%, 5/1/50

   

100,000

     

148,654

   
         

571,167

   

AGRICULTURE - 0.2%

 

Altria Group, Inc., 3.40%, 5/6/30

   

250,000

     

280,499

   

Reynolds American, Inc., 5.70%, 8/15/35

   

300,000

     

379,155

   
         

659,654

   

AIRLINES - 0.1%

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2.90%, 10/28/24

   

100,000

     

98,663

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd.,
4.50%, 10/20/25 (a)
   

200,000

     

213,772

   
         

312,435

   

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT - 0.1%

 

Adient US LLC, 7.00%, 5/15/26 (a)

   

100,000

     

108,772

   

Aptiv Corp., 4.15%, 3/15/24

   

200,000

     

220,073

   
         

328,845

   

BANKS - 1.5%

 

Banco Santander SA, 2.75%, 12/3/30

   

200,000

     

206,146

   

Bank of America Corp.

 

3.50%, 4/19/26

   

500,000

     

566,664

   

2.59%, (SOFR + 2.15%), 4/29/31 (b)

   

100,000

     

107,176

   

BDO Unibank, Inc., 2.95%, 3/6/23

   

150,000

     

155,710

   
BNP Paribas SA, 2.22%,
(SOFR + 2.07%), 6/9/26 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

209,326

   
Citigroup, Inc., 2.57%,
(SOFR + 2.11%), 6/3/31 (b)
   

100,000

     

106,586

   
Comerica, Inc., 5.63%,
(US 5 Year CMT T-Note + 5.29%), 10/1/69 (b)
   

50,000

     

55,375

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

BANKS - 1.5% (Continued)

 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),
3.75%, 2/25/26
 

$

500,000

   

$

567,974

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

 

2.01%, (SOFR + 1.73%), 9/22/28 (b)

   

200,000

     

204,745

   

2.85%, (SOFR + 2.39%), 6/4/31 (b)

   

200,000

     

214,568

   

2.36%, (SOFR + 1.95%), 8/18/31 (b)

   

200,000

     

206,564

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.49%,
(SOFR + 3.79%), 3/24/31 (b)
   

400,000

     

492,051

   
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 3.87%,
(US 1 Year CMT T-Note + 3.50%), 7/9/25 (b)
   

200,000

     

220,497

   

Morgan Stanley

 

3.88%, 1/27/26

   

500,000

     

573,537

   

2.19%, (SOFR + 1.99%), 4/28/26 (b)

   

100,000

     

105,624

   

SVB Financial Group, 3.13%, 6/5/30

   

50,000

     

56,297

   
         

4,048,840

   

BEVERAGES - 0.1%

 
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
4.70%, 2/1/36
   

100,000

     

127,029

   

3.50%, 6/1/30

   

200,000

     

231,672

   
         

358,701

   

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.1%

 

Amgen, Inc., 2.20%, 2/21/27

   

100,000

     

107,201

   
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
1.75%, 9/15/30
   

50,000

     

49,237

   

Royalty Pharma PLC, 1.75%, 9/2/27 (a)

   

100,000

     

102,897

   
         

259,335

   

CHEMICALS - 0.1%

 
Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
4.50%, 1/31/30 (a)
   

200,000

     

205,250

   

Westlake Chemical Corp., 3.38%, 6/15/30

   

50,000

     

54,999

   

Yara International ASA, 3.15%, 6/4/30 (a)

   

100,000

     

108,278

   
         

368,527

   

COMPUTERS - 0.1%

 

Presidio Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 2/1/28 (a)

   

100,000

     

110,250

   

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE - 0.1%

 

Avon Products, Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/23

   

135,000

     

145,962

   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.2%

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

3.20%, 2/5/25

   

100,000

     

109,115

   

3.75%, 3/9/27

   

100,000

     

114,122

   

3.65%, 5/11/27

   

200,000

     

229,293

   

OneMain Finance Corp., 5.38%, 11/15/29

   

100,000

     

112,500

   
         

565,030

   

ELECTRIC - 1.3%

 

Calpine Corp., 5.13%, 3/15/28 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,197

   

Colbun SA, 3.15%, 3/6/30 (a)

   

200,000

     

215,750

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ELECTRIC - 1.3% (Continued)

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

 

3.90%, 10/1/25

 

$

200,000

   

$

227,235

   

3.38%, 4/1/30

   

100,000

     

113,909

   

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 6.10%, 6/1/37

   

100,000

     

148,078

   

Duke Energy Corp., 3.75%, 9/1/46

   

100,000

     

116,255

   

EDP Finance BV

 

3.63%, 7/15/24 (a)

   

200,000

     

218,274

   

1.71%, 1/24/28 (a)

   

200,000

     

199,856

   
Electricite de France SA, 5.25%,
7/29/69 (a),(b)
   

400,000

     

423,808

   
Enel Finance International NV,
3.50%, 4/6/28 (a)
   

200,000

     

227,780

   

Exelon Corp., 4.05%, 4/15/30

   

200,000

     

236,657

   

InterGen NV, 7.00%, 6/30/23 (a)

   

200,000

     

194,000

   

Israel Electric Corp. Ltd., 4.25%, 8/14/28 (a)

   

200,000

     

230,500

   

PacifiCorp, 6.10%, 8/1/36

   

100,000

     

144,256

   

Southern Co. (The), 3.25%, 7/1/26

   

300,000

     

336,535

   

Talen Energy Supply LLC, 7.25%, 5/15/27 (a)

   

100,000

     

106,500

   
TNB Global Ventures Capital BHD,
3.24%, 10/19/26
   

200,000

     

216,560

   
         

3,461,150

   

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT - 0.0%†

 

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 7.13%, 6/15/25 (a)

   

100,000

     

109,983

   

ELECTRONICS - 0.1%

 

Flex Ltd., 4.88%, 5/12/30

   

200,000

     

240,470

   

FLIR Systems, Inc., 2.50%, 8/1/30

   

50,000

     

52,481

   
         

292,951

   

ENTERTAINMENT - 0.1%

 
Caesars Resort Collection LLC /
CRC Finco, Inc., 5.25%, 10/15/25 (a)
   

100,000

     

101,059

   
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,
3.75%, 1/15/28 (a)
   

100,000

     

101,040

   
         

202,099

   

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL - 0.0%†

 

Harsco Corp., 5.75%, 7/31/27 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,750

   

FOOD - 0.3%

 

B&G Foods, Inc., 5.25%, 9/15/27

   

150,000

     

159,480

   

Cencosud SA, 4.38%, 7/17/27 (a)

   

200,000

     

224,186

   
JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. /
JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.50%, 1/15/30 (a)
   

100,000

     

114,876

   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.88%, 5/15/27 (a)

   

100,000

     

107,736

   

Post Holdings, Inc., 4.63%, 4/15/30 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,196

   
         

711,474

   

HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 0.4%

 

Anthem, Inc.

 

4.10%, 3/1/28

   

100,000

     

118,218

   

2.25%, 5/15/30

   

55,000

     

58,422

   

4.65%, 1/15/43

   

100,000

     

131,055

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 0.4% (Continued)

 

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27

 

$

100,000

   

$

106,000

   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.,
5.63%, 3/15/27 (a)
   

100,000

     

107,525

   

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.27%, 11/1/49

   

140,000

     

160,369

   
Orlando Health Obligated Group,
3.78%, 10/1/28
   

35,000

     

39,577

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 2.80%, 6/30/31

   

355,000

     

389,252

   
         

1,110,418

   

HOME BUILDERS - 0.0%†

 
Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods
Finance Co., 6.75%, 8/1/25 (a)
   

100,000

     

104,000

   

INSURANCE - 0.6%

 

Aflac, Inc., 3.60%, 4/1/30

   

100,000

     

117,702

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd., 3.64%, 6/30/50

   

200,000

     

232,754

   

Athene Holding Ltd., 3.50%, 1/15/31

   

200,000

     

211,362

   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.57%, 2/1/29 (a)

   

300,000

     

368,621

   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 4.38%, 3/15/29

   

100,000

     

121,753

   
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I,
2.95%, 4/9/30 (a)
   

300,000

     

337,796

   

Prudential PLC, 3.13%, 4/14/30

   

200,000

     

226,747

   

Willis North America, Inc., 2.95%, 9/15/29

   

50,000

     

54,706

   
         

1,671,441

   

INTERNET - 0.3%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 4.40%, 12/6/57

   

200,000

     

267,337

   

Netflix, Inc.

 

5.38%, 11/15/29 (a)

   

100,000

     

117,875

   

4.88%, 6/15/30 (a)

   

100,000

     

115,000

   

Tencent Holdings Ltd., 2.39%, 6/3/30 (a)

   

200,000

     

205,512

   
         

705,724

   

LEISURE TIME - 0.0%†

 

NCL Corp Ltd., 5.88%, 3/15/26 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,182

   

LODGING - 0.0%†

 

Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.63%, 8/26/28 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,250

   

MACHINERY-CONSTRUCTION & MINING - 0.1%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

2.60%, 4/9/30

   

200,000

     

220,470

   

3.25%, 4/9/50

   

100,000

     

118,107

   
         

338,577

   

MACHINERY-DIVERSIFIED - 0.0%†

 
Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corp., 3.20%, 6/15/25
   

50,000

     

53,943

   

MEDIA - 0.4%

 
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings
Capital Corp., 5.13%, 5/1/27 (a)
   

100,000

     

106,119

   
Charter Communications
Operating LLC / Charter Communications
Operating Capital, 2.80%, 4/1/31
   

200,000

     

211,536

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MEDIA - 0.4% (Continued)

 

Comcast Corp., 3.15%, 2/15/28

 

$

200,000

   

$

225,722

   
Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond
Sports Finance Co., 5.38%, 8/15/26 (a)
   

100,000

     

81,250

   

DISH DBS Corp., 5.88%, 11/15/24

   

100,000

     

104,853

   

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 5.63%, 7/15/27 (a)

   

100,000

     

107,125

   
Univision Communications, Inc.,
5.13%, 2/15/25 (a)
   

100,000

     

100,750

   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 

2.20%, 1/13/28

   

100,000

     

107,037

   

2.00%, 9/1/29

   

100,000

     

104,516

   
         

1,148,908

   

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING - 0.0%†

 

Bombardier, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/25 (a)

   

100,000

     

92,750

   

MULTI-NATIONAL - 0.1%

 
Banque Ouest Africaine de
Developpement, 5.00%, 7/27/27 (a)
   

200,000

     

222,372

   

OFFICE/BUSINESS EQUIPMENT - 0.0%†

 
CDW LLC / CDW Finance Corp.,
3.25%, 2/15/29
   

100,000

     

101,970

   

OIL & GAS - 0.5%

 

Aker BP ASA, 4.00%, 1/15/31 (a)

   

200,000

     

216,649

   
BP Capital Markets America, Inc.,
3.94%, 9/21/28
   

100,000

     

117,399

   
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.,
3.85%, 6/1/27
   

300,000

     

336,614

   

EOG Resources, Inc., 4.38%, 4/15/30

   

50,000

     

60,768

   

Exxon Mobil Corp., 2.61%, 10/15/30

   

100,000

     

109,228

   

Harvest Operations Corp., 4.20%, 6/1/23 (a)

   

100,000

     

108,292

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.13%, 1/1/31

   

100,000

     

107,020

   
Sunoco LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.,
4.50%, 5/15/29 (a)
   

100,000

     

104,000

   
Total Capital International SA,
3.46%, 2/19/29
   

100,000

     

115,779

   
         

1,275,749

   

OIL & GAS SERVICES - 0.0%†

 
Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC / Baker
Hughes Co.-Obligor, Inc., 4.49%, 5/1/30
   

50,000

     

60,083

   

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS - 0.2%

 

Bemis Co., Inc., 2.63%, 6/19/30

   

50,000

     

54,147

   

CCL Industries, Inc., 3.05%, 6/1/30 (a)

   

100,000

     

109,054

   
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.,
7.25%, 4/15/25 (a)
   

100,000

     

101,000

   

Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/25 (a)

   

100,000

     

103,000

   
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. / Reynolds
Group Issuer LLC / Reynolds Group
Issuer Lu, 4.00%, 10/15/27 (a)
   

100,000

     

102,500

   

WRKCo, Inc., 3.00%, 6/15/33

   

50,000

     

54,934

   
         

524,635

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.5%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

 

2.95%, 11/21/26

 

$

100,000

   

$

110,585

   

4.25%, 11/14/28

   

100,000

     

119,891

   

3.20%, 11/21/29

   

100,000

     

112,069

   

4.55%, 3/15/35

   

100,000

     

126,431

   

AstraZeneca PLC, 3.38%, 11/16/25

   

100,000

     

112,253

   
Bausch Health Americas, Inc.,
9.25%, 4/1/26 (a)
   

100,000

     

111,500

   

Bayer US Finance II LLC, 4.38%, 12/15/28 (a)

   

100,000

     

117,622

   

Cigna Corp.

 

4.13%, 11/15/25

   

100,000

     

115,202

   

4.38%, 10/15/28

   

200,000

     

241,738

   

CVS Health Corp.

 

4.30%, 3/25/28

   

57,000

     

67,828

   

4.78%, 3/25/38

   

100,000

     

126,698

   
         

1,361,817

   

PIPELINES - 0.6%

 

Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/28 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,000

   
Enable Midstream Partners LP,
4.95%, 5/15/28
   

100,000

     

103,380

   
Energy Transfer Operating LP,
4.75%, 1/15/26
   

100,000

     

113,149

   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 

3.13%, 7/31/29

   

100,000

     

110,850

   

4.45%, 2/15/43

   

100,000

     

121,207

   

MPLX LP, 4.88%, 6/1/25

   

100,000

     

115,507

   

Rattler Midstream LP, 5.63%, 7/15/25 (a)

   

100,000

     

105,625

   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.00%, 3/15/27

   

400,000

     

471,626

   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

 

4.25%, 5/15/28

   

100,000

     

118,115

   

4.88%, 5/15/48

   

200,000

     

258,622

   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The), 3.50%, 11/15/30

   

50,000

     

56,630

   
         

1,679,711

   

REITS - 0.2%

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 2.45%, 1/15/31

   

100,000

     

107,550

   
National Retail Properties, Inc.,
4.30%, 10/15/28
   

300,000

     

347,774

   
         

455,324

   

RETAIL - 0.2%

 
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.,
4.88%, 11/1/25 (a)
   

100,000

     

102,375

   

Dollar Tree, Inc., 4.20%, 5/15/28

   

200,000

     

238,034

   

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 4.75%, 9/15/29

   

100,000

     

106,375

   

Walmart, Inc., 3.55%, 6/26/25

   

100,000

     

113,235

   
         

560,019

   

SEMICONDUCTORS - 0.1%

 

Intel Corp., 3.90%, 3/25/30

   

100,000

     

120,002

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SOFTWARE - 0.2%

 

Fiserv, Inc.

 

3.85%, 6/1/25

 

$

200,000

   

$

225,441

   

2.65%, 6/1/30

   

100,000

     

108,192

   

Microsoft Corp., 3.30%, 2/6/27

   

100,000

     

114,106

   
         

447,739

   

TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 0.4%

 

Altice France SA, 5.50%, 1/15/28 (a)

   

200,000

     

209,102

   

AT&T, Inc.

 

2.30%, 6/1/27

   

50,000

     

53,327

   

4.30%, 2/15/30

   

50,000

     

59,727

   
CommScope Technologies LLC,
5.00%, 3/15/27 (a)
   

100,000

     

98,500

   

Sprint Corp., 7.13%, 6/15/24

   

100,000

     

117,000

   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

 

3.88%, 4/15/30 (a)

   

300,000

     

347,460

   

3.30%, 2/15/51 (a)

   

100,000

     

102,883

   
Verizon Communications, Inc.,
4.02%, 12/3/29
   

100,000

     

118,909

   
         

1,106,908

   

TEXTILES - 0.1%

 

Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.63%, 5/15/30

   

200,000

     

223,632

   

TRANSPORTATION - 0.4%

 
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC,
4.15%, 4/1/45
   

200,000

     

261,217

   

CSX Corp., 4.10%, 3/15/44

   

100,000

     

124,830

   

FedEx Corp., 4.05%, 2/15/48

   

200,000

     

241,749

   
Russian Railways Via RZD Capital PLC,
5.70%, 4/5/22
   

200,000

     

211,259

   

United Parcel Service, Inc., 5.30%, 4/1/50

   

200,000

     

301,389

   
         

1,140,444

   
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
AND NOTES (Cost - $25,076,657)
       

27,328,751

   

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 5.5%

 
Adagio CLO VIII DAC, 1.65%,
(3 Month EUR Libor + 1.65%),
4/15/32 (a),(b)
 

EUR

250,000

     

305,965

   
Alinea CLO 2018-1 Ltd., 1.87%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.65%),
7/20/31 (a),(b)
   

300,000

     

298,446

   
AMMC CLO 21 Ltd., 2.31%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.10%),
11/2/30 (a),(b)
   

300,000

     

293,623

   
AMMC CLO XI Ltd., 2.11%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.90%),
4/30/31 (a),(b)
   

400,000

     

390,245

   
Antares CLO 2018-1 Ltd., 1.87%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.65%),
4/20/31 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

239,152

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 5.5% (Continued)

 
Atrium XIV LLC, 1.68%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.45%),
8/23/30 (a),(b)
 

$

300,000

   

$

300,002

   
Bellemeade Re 2018-1 Ltd., 1.75%,
(1 Month US Libor + 1.60%),
4/25/28 (a),(b)
   

56,005

     

55,220

   
BlueMountain Fuji Eur CLO V DAC, 1.55%,
(3 Month EUR Libor + 1.55%),
1/15/33 (a),(b)
 

EUR

250,000

     

305,092

   
BRAVO Residential Funding Trust 2019-1,
3.50%, 3/25/58 (a)
   

88,489

     

90,460

   
BRAVO Residential Funding Trust
2019-NQM2, 3.50%, 10/25/44 (a),(c)
   

126,834

     

132,468

   
Carlyle GMS Finance MM CLO 2015-1
LLC, 2.44%, (3 Month US Libor + 2.20%),
10/15/31 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

244,042

   
CARLYLE US CLO 2017-4 Ltd., 3.04%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.80%),
1/15/30 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

189,887

   
Cent CLO 21 Ltd., 3.42%,
(3 Month US Libor + 3.20%),
7/27/30 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

243,246

   

CF Hippolyta LLC, 1.69%, 7/15/60 (a)

   

95,438

     

97,132

   
CIM Trust 2018-INV1, 4.00%,
8/25/48 (a),(c)
   

87,777

     

89,075

   

CIM Trust 2019-INV1, 4.00%, 2/1/49 (a),(c)

   

91,873

     

91,835

   
DBCG 2017-BBG Mortgage Trust,
0.86%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.70%),
6/15/34 (a),(b)
   

160,000

     

159,725

   
Eleven Madison Trust 2015-11MD
Mortgage Trust, 3.55%, 9/1/35 (a),(c)
   

250,000

     

275,075

   
Ellington CLO III Ltd., 1.87%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.65%),
7/20/30 (a),(b)
   

244,187

     

242,681

   

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

 
5.40%, (1 Month US Libor + 5.25%),
10/25/23 (b)
   

119,138

     

121,885

   
4.55%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.40%),
1/25/24 (b)
   

174,276

     

175,732

   
2.75%, (1 Month US Libor + 2.60%),
5/25/24 (b)
   

191,869

     

189,387

   
2.75%, (1 Month US Libor + 2.60%),
5/25/24 (b)
   

193,718

     

188,702

   
3.05%, (1 Month US Libor + 2.90%),
7/25/24 (b)
   

153,432

     

152,795

   
3.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.00%),
7/25/24 (b)
   

283,933

     

275,633

   
5.05%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.90%),
11/25/24 (b)
   

206,201

     

211,493

   
4.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.00%),
5/25/25 (b)
   

79,555

     

80,906

   
4.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.00%),
5/25/25 (b)
   

59,684

     

60,575

   
5.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 5.00%),
7/25/25 (b)
   

112,790

     

115,899

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 5.5% (Continued)

 
5.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 5.00%),
7/25/25 (b)
 

$

57,281

   

$

58,577

   
6.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 6.00%),
9/25/28 (b)
   

118,923

     

126,054

   
4.40%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.25%),
1/25/29 (b)
   

187,286

     

194,825

   
4.60%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.45%),
1/25/29 (b)
   

93,823

     

97,666

   
3.70%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.55%),
7/25/29 (b)
   

175,005

     

180,046

   
3.80%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.65%),
9/25/29 (b)
   

187,705

     

192,059

   
Firstkey Homes 2020-SFR2 Trust,
1.27%, 10/19/37 (a)
   

150,000

     

150,772

   
Freddie Mac Structured Agency
Credit Risk Debt Notes
 
4.15%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.00%),
8/25/24 (b)
   

226,260

     

230,831

   
4.30%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.15%),
1/25/25 (b)
   

42,916

     

43,292

   
3.95%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.80%),
3/25/25 (b)
   

14,107

     

14,129

   
3.40%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.25%),
5/25/25 (b)
   

334,726

     

338,280

   
4.05%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.90%),
12/25/27 (b)
   

175,174

     

177,871

   
4.85%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.70%),
4/25/28 (b)
   

233,226

     

242,676

   
5.70%, (1 Month US Libor + 5.55%),
7/25/28 (b)
   

516,939

     

539,088

   
4.80%, (1 Month US Libor + 4.65%),
10/25/28 (b)
   

348,579

     

362,531

   
5.30%, (1 Month US Libor + 5.15%),
11/25/28 (b)
   

214,892

     

225,379

   
3.70%, (1 Month US Libor + 3.55%),
8/25/29 (b)
   

212,946

     

218,382

   
2.50%, (1 Month US Libor + 2.35%),
4/25/30 (b)
   

182,386

     

184,963

   
Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding
2018-1 Ltd., 2.02%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.80%),
7/21/31 (a),(b)
   

170,000

     

167,556

   
Hayfin Kingsland IX Ltd., 2.02%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.80%),
4/28/31 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

198,888

   
Holland Park CLO DAC, 0.92%,
(3 Month EUR Libor + 0.92%),
11/14/32 (a),(b)
 

EUR

500,000

     

612,666

   
Invitation Homes 2017-SFR2 Trust, 1.00%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.85%),
12/17/36 (a),(b)
   

143,930

     

143,366

   
LCM XXV Ltd., 2.52%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.30%),
7/20/30 (a),(b)
   

440,000

     

429,378

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 5.5% (Continued)

 
Madison Park Euro Funding VIII DAC
0.95%, (3 Month EUR Libor + 0.95%),
4/15/32 (a),(b)
 

EUR

600,000

   

$

734,363

   
1.70%, (3 Month EUR Libor + 1.70%),
4/15/32 (a),(b)
 

EUR

250,000

   

306,174

   
Madison Park Funding XXII Ltd., 2.24%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.00%),
1/15/33 (a),(b)
 

$

250,000

   

243,488

   
Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-1,
2.50%, 4/25/57 (a),(c)
   

78,304

     

78,651

   
Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-4,
3.50%, 4/25/66 (a),(c)
   

185,057

     

197,048

   
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers
CLO 27 Ltd., 1.34%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.10%),
1/15/30 (a),(b)
   

649,000

     

641,050

   
NZCG Funding Ltd., 1.78%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.55%),
2/26/31 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

198,798

   

Octagon Investment Partners 33 Ltd.

 
1.72%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.50%),
1/20/31 (a),(b)
   

300,000

     

298,703

   
2.97%, (3 Month US Libor + 2.75%),
1/20/31 (a),(b)
   

100,000

     

95,920

   
Octagon Investment Partners 35 Ltd.,
1.32%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.10%),
1/20/31 (a),(b)
   

500,000

     

493,293

   
Provident Funding Mortgage Trust 2019-1,
3.00%, 11/1/49 (a),(c)
   

71,961

     

72,504

   
Provident Funding Mortgage Trust 2020-1,
3.00%, 2/25/50 (a),(c)
   

90,376

     

91,264

   
Race Point X CLO Ltd., 1.86%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.65%),
7/25/31 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

247,576

   
Radnor Re 2018-1 Ltd., 1.55%,
(1 Month US Libor + 1.40%),
3/25/28 (a),(b)
   

5,888

     

5,886

   
Strata CLO I Ltd., 2.44%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.20%),
1/15/31 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

198,112

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2015-2,
2.75%, 11/1/60 (a),(c)
   

45,653

     

45,734

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-1,
2.75%, 10/25/56 (a),(c)
   

88,488

     

89,926

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-2,
2.75%, 4/25/57 (a),(c)
   

120,730

     

122,902

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-3,
2.75%, 7/25/57 (a),(c)
   

85,307

     

87,876

   
Voya CLO 2014-1 Ltd., 3.02%,
(3 Month US Libor + 2.80%),
4/18/31 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

186,204

   
TOTAL ASSET BACKED AND
COMMERCIAL BACKED
SECURITIES (Cost - $15,241,951)
       

15,181,125

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

AGENCY MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 4.4%

 

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 3.7%

 

Fannie Mae Pool, 3.00%, 11/1/48

 

$

978,209

   

$

1,036,183

   

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

1.50%, 1/1/36 (d)

   

628,000

     

646,153

   

2.00%, 1/1/36 (d)

   

1,851,000

     

1,935,163

   

2.00%, 1/1/51 (d)

   

2,084,000

     

2,164,755

   

2.50%, 1/1/51 (d)

   

4,081,000

     

4,301,629

   
         

10,083,883

   

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 0.7%

 

Ginnie Mae II Pool

 

2.00%, 10/20/50

   

982,226

     

1,027,677

   

2.50%, 10/20/50

   

972,424

     

1,030,409

   
         

2,058,086

   
TOTAL AGENCY MORTGAGE
BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $11,989,487)
       

12,141,969

   

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 3.9%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

 

0.13%, 11/30/22

   

700,000

     

700,082

   

1.13%, 2/28/25

   

750,000

     

776,455

   

0.25%, 6/30/25

   

900,000

     

897,715

   

0.25%, 7/31/25

   

1,100,000

     

1,096,777

   

0.25%, 8/31/25

   

500,000

     

498,379

   

0.25%, 9/30/25

   

495,000

     

493,125

   

0.38%, 11/30/25

   

1,140,000

     

1,141,603

   

0.63%, 8/15/30

   

200,000

     

195,000

   

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

1.13%, 5/15/40

   

255,000

     

242,091

   

1.13%, 8/15/40

   

390,000

     

369,220

   

3.13%, 11/15/41

   

265,000

     

346,581

   

2.50%, 5/15/46††

   

915,000

     

1,093,103

   

2.25%, 8/15/46

   

485,000

     

553,620

   

2.75%, 8/15/47

   

150,000

     

188,057

   

2.75%, 11/15/47

   

265,000

     

332,554

   

3.13%, 5/15/48

   

100,000

     

134,234

   

3.00%, 8/15/48

   

190,000

     

249,947

   

2.25%, 8/15/49

   

100,000

     

114,441

   

1.25%, 5/15/50

   

220,000

     

199,581

   
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.38%, 7/15/27
   

53,224

     

59,876

   
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond,
3.63%, 4/15/28
   

724,464

     

995,968

   
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY
SECURITIES (Cost - $10,067,688)
       

10,678,409

   

SOVEREIGN DEBTS - 1.0%

 
Colombia Government International Bond,
5.00%, 6/15/45
   

200,000

     

244,000

   
Dominican Republic International Bond,
8.90%, 2/15/23 (a)
 

DOP

8,000,000

   

141,577

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SOVEREIGN DEBTS - 1.0% (Continued)

 
Gabon Government International Bond,
6.63%, 2/6/31 (a)
 

$

200,000

   

$

206,012

   
Indonesia Government International Bond,
4.35%, 1/8/27 (a)
   

200,000

     

232,597

   

Iraq International Bond, 5.80%, 1/15/28 (a)

   

234,375

     

219,164

   
Kazakhstan Government International
Bond, 4.88%, 10/14/44 (a)
   

200,000

     

270,928

   
Mexico Government International Bond,
4.15%, 3/28/27
   

300,000

     

346,128

   
Peruvian Government International Bond,
2.78%, 1/23/31
   

200,000

     

219,302

   
Republic of Belarus International Bond,
7.63%, 6/29/27 (a)
   

200,000

     

220,000

   
Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond,
4.88%, 9/16/23 (a)
   

200,000

     

219,708

   
Ukraine Government International Bond,
7.38%, 9/25/32 (a)
   

200,000

     

219,750

   
Uruguay Government International Bond,
3.70%, 6/26/37
 

UYU

5,680,874

   

150,264

   
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBTS
(Cost - $2,538,377)
       

2,689,430

   

MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.8%

 
California Health Facilities Financing
Authority
 

2.93%, 6/1/32

   

45,000

     

48,463

   

2.98%, 6/1/33

   

40,000

     

42,863

   

3.03%, 6/1/34

   

30,000

     

32,023

   
City of Austin TX Electric Utility
Revenue, 6.26%, 11/15/32
   

160,000

     

208,398

   
City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities
Commission Water Revenue,
3.47%, 11/1/43
   

165,000

     

176,322

   
County of Broward FL Airport System
Revenue, 3.48%, 10/1/43
   

50,000

     

52,151

   
Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor
Agency, 4.09%, 1/15/49
   

135,000

     

144,970

   
Gilroy Unified School District,
3.36%, 8/1/47
   

100,000

     

105,266

   
Greenville City School District,
3.54%, 1/1/51
   

110,000

     

112,454

   
Massachusetts School Building Authority,
3.40%, 10/15/40
   

85,000

     

91,438

   
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District,
3.16%, 4/1/41
   

70,000

     

74,722

   
Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District,
3.26%, 5/1/45
   

105,000

     

113,075

   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
4.00%, 11/15/45
   

95,000

     

105,280

   
New York State Dormitory Authority,
3.14%, 7/1/43
   

45,000

     

47,401

   

Salt Lake City Corp., 3.10%, 4/1/38

   

40,000

     

42,738

   
San Jose Redevelopment Agency
Successor Agency, 3.23%, 8/1/27
   

90,000

     

101,375

   

State of Illinois, 5.10%, 6/1/33

   

120,000

     

129,145

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
26



Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.8% (Continued)

 

State of New Jersey, 3.00%, 6/1/32

 

$

110,000

   

$

124,469

   
State of Oregon Department of
Transportation, 3.17%, 11/15/38
   

60,000

     

65,506

   

State of Texas, 3.21%, 4/1/44

   

85,000

     

92,868

   

Texas State University System

 

2.94%, 3/15/33

   

35,000

     

37,527

   

3.29%, 3/15/40

   

30,000

     

31,970

   
University of Pittsburgh-of the
Commonwealth System of Higher
Education, 3.01%, 9/15/41
   

80,000

     

86,230

   

Utah Transit Authority, 3.44%, 12/15/42

   

60,000

     

63,888

   
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost - $2,011,445)
       

2,130,542

   

TERM LOANS - 0.7%

 
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.,
3.50%, 12/29/25 (e)
   

30,127

     

25,307

   
Adient U.S LLC, 4.41%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.25%), 5/6/24 (b)
   

59,100

     

59,001

   

ADMI Corp., 4.75%, 12/23/27 (e)

   

4,096

     

4,095

   
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC, 3.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.40%), 5/9/25 (b)
   

38,611

     

37,967

   
Altra Industrial Motion Corp., 2.15%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.00%), 10/1/25 (b)
   

14,458

     

14,422

   
Amentum Government Services
Holdings LLC, 5.50%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.75%), 1/29/27 (b)
   

10,000

     

10,050

   
Arches Buyer, Inc., 4.50%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 12/6/27 (b)
   

6,487

     

6,490

   
AssuredPartners, Inc., 3.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 2/12/27 (b)
   

29,750

     

29,276

   
Astoria Energy LLC, 4.50%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 12/10/27 (b)
   

1,256

     

1,246

   
Asurion LLC
3.15%, (1 Months US Libor + 3.00%),
11/3/23 (b)
   

16,617

     

16,444

   

0.00%, 12/18/26 (e)

   

9,185

     

9,081

   
AthenaHealth, Inc., 4.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.50%), 2/11/26 (b)
   

19,848

     

19,794

   
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 2.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.25%), 8/6/27 (b)
   

85,508

     

82,382

   
B&G Foods, Inc., 2.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.50%), 10/10/26 (b)
   

22,476

     

22,412

   
Banijay Entertainment SAS, 3.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 3/3/25 (b)
   

18,918

     

18,635

   
Barracuda Networks, Inc., 4.50%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 2/12/25 (b)
   

6,498

     

6,479

   
Bass Pro Group LLC,
5.75%, (3 Months US Libor + 5.00%),
9/25/24 (b)
   

24,732

     

24,776

   
Bausch Health Companies, Inc. 3.14%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.00%), 6/2/25 (b)
   

35,486

     

35,331

   
2.89%, (1 Months US Libor + 2.75%),
11/27/25 (b)
   

15,000

     

14,845

   
Blackboard, Inc., 7.00%,
(3 Months US Libor + 6.00%), 6/30/24 (b)
   

23,889

     

23,734

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

TERM LOANS - 0.7% (Continued)

 
Buckeye Partners LP, 2.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.75%), 11/1/26 (b)
 

$

20,599

   

$

20,557

   
Caesars Resort Collection LLC, 2.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.75%), 12/23/24 (b)
   

29,240

     

28,652

   
Cardtronics USA, Inc., 5.00%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 6/29/27 (b)
   

11,459

     

11,440

   

CCI Buyer, Inc., 4.75%, 12/10/27 (e)

   

1,305

     

1,303

   

Cengage Learning, Inc., 0.00%, 6/7/23 (e)

   

9,974

     

9,544

   
Clarios Global LP, 3.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 4/30/26 (b)
   

19,441

     

19,340

   
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
3.71%, (3 Months US Libor + 3.50%),
8/21/26 (b)
   

9,950

     

9,559

   
CNT Holdings I Corp., 4.50%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 11/8/27 (b)
   

1,797

     

1,794

   
Commscope, Inc., 3.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.25%), 4/6/26 (b)
   

29,699

     

29,439

   
Coty, Inc., 2.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.25%), 4/7/25 (b)
   

6,215

     

5,842

   
CSC Holdings LLC, 2.41%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.25%), 7/17/25 (b)
   

36,655

     

36,053

   
Cyanco Intermediate 2 Corp., 3.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 3/16/25 (b)
   

12,950

     

12,847

   
DaVita, Inc., 1.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 1.75%), 8/12/26 (b)
   

24,316

     

24,083

   
DCert Buyer, Inc., 4.15%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 10/16/26 (b)
   

19,850

     

19,804

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc., 4.75%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 10/20/27 (b)
   

5,518

     

5,713

   
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The),
0.00%, 2/8/26 (e)
   

968

     

967

   
Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc.
3.72%, (3 Months US Libor + 3.50%),
4/6/26 (b)
   

17,910

     

17,014

   
3.72%, (3 Months US Libor + 3.50%),
4/6/26 (b)
   

9,629

     

9,147

   
Epicor Software Corp., 5.25%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.25%), 7/30/27 (b)
   

7,154

     

7,189

   
First Brands Group LLC, 8.50%,
(3 Months US Libor + 7.50%), 2/2/24 (b)
   

19,747

     

19,648

   
First Eagle Holdings, Inc., 2.72%,
(3 Months US Libor + 2.50%), 2/1/27 (b)
   

19,900

     

19,678

   
Global Tel Link Corp., 4.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.25%), 11/29/25 (b)
   

39,298

     

36,358

   
Go Daddy Operating Company LLC,
1.90%, (1 Months US Libor + 1.75%),
2/15/24 (b)
   

72,994

     

72,903

   
Gray Television, Inc., 2.65%,
(3 Months US Libor + 2.50%), 1/2/26 (b)
   

35,504

     

35,223

   
Greeneden US Holdings II LLC, 4.75%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 12/1/27 (b)
   

9,678

     

9,687

   
Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc.,
2.10%, (1 Months US Libor + 2.00%),
11/15/27 (b)
   

19,800

     

19,615

   
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., 4.00%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.25%), 10/19/27 (b)
   

12,801

     

12,779

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
27



Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

TERM LOANS - 0.7% (Continued)

 
Highline AfterMarket Acquisition LLC,
5.25%, (1 Months US Libor + 4.50%),
11/9/27 (b)
 

$

6,922

   

$

6,957

   
Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc., 2.19%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.00%), 5/22/26 (b)
   

46,835

     

46,566

   
Hyland Software, Inc., 4.25%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 7/1/24 (b)
   

7,443

     

7,451

   
IRB Holding Corp., 4.25%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.25%), 12/15/27 (b)
   

6,622

     

6,624

   
Ivanti Software, Inc., 5.75%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.75%), 11/22/27 (b)
   

10,000

     

9,966

   
JBS USA LUX SA, 2.15%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.00%), 5/1/26 (b)
   

36,841

     

36,519

   
Jefferies Finance LLC, 4.50%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 9/30/27 (b)
   

7,995

     

7,975

   
Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (The),
4.00%, (1 Months US Libor + 3.00%),
7/29/22 (b)
   

16,031

     

15,849

   
Kenan Canada GP, 4.00%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.00%), 7/29/22 (b)
   

3,812

     

3,769

   
Knowlton Development Corp., Inc.,
3.90%, (1 Months US Libor + 3.75%),
12/22/25 (b)
   

9,057

     

8,977

   
Legalzoom.com, Inc., 4.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.50%), 11/21/24 (b)
   

17,473

     

17,473

   
Logmein, Inc., 4.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.75%), 8/31/27 (b)
   

32,866

     

32,723

   
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co.,
3.48%, (3 Months US Libor + 3.25%),
4/3/24 (b)
   

29,794

     

28,714

   
MH Sub I, LLCMH Sub I, LLC, 4.75%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 9/13/24 (b)
   

4,404

     

4,386

   
Milano Acquisition Corp., 4.75%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 10/1/27 (b)
   

28,758

     

28,710

   
Mitchell International, Inc., 4.75%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.25%), 11/29/24 (b)
   

19,950

     

19,940

   

National Mentor Holdings, Inc.

 

0.00%, 3/8/26 (e)

   

3,789

     

3,780

   

0.00%, 3/8/26 (e)

   

146

     

146

   
Navicure, Inc., 4.15%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 10/22/26 (b)
   

19,850

     

19,788

   
Navistar, Inc., 3.66%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 11/6/24 (b)
   

59,239

     

59,105

   
Numericable U.S. LLC, 4.24%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 8/14/26 (b)
   

9,894

     

9,836

   

Pathway Vet Alliance LLC

 
4.11%, (1 Months US Libor + 4.00%),
3/31/27 (b)
   

1,198

     

1,197

   
4.15%, (1 Months US Libor + 4.00%),
3/31/27 (b)
   

14,671

     

14,649

   
Perforce Software, Inc., 3.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 7/1/26 (b)
   

5,378

     

5,264

   
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., 0.00%,
1/26/23 (e)
   

10,000

     

9,551

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

TERM LOANS - 0.7% (Continued)

 
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc., 3.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.25%), 3/5/26 (b)
 

$

22,568

   

$

22,408

   
Pitney Bowes, Inc., 5.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 5.50%), 1/7/25 (b)
   

28,875

     

28,592

   
Playtika Holding Corp., 7.00%,
(3 Months US Libor + 6.00%), 12/10/24 (b)
   

9,500

     

9,547

   

Pluto Acquisition I, Inc., 0.00%, 6/22/26 (e)

   

1,966

     

1,966

   
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC
(aka Protection 1 Security Solutions),
3.95%, (3 Months US Libor + 3.25%),
9/23/26 (b)
   

17,961

     

18,005

   
Quest Software US Holdings, Inc.,
4.46%, (3 Months US Libor + 4.25%),
5/16/25 (b)
   

19,949

     

19,575

   
Radiate Holdco LLC, 4.50%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 9/25/26 (b)
   

3,378

     

3,379

   
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 2.40%,
(1 Months US Libor + 2.25%), 1/3/24 (b)
   

82,685

     

81,578

   
Staples, Inc., 5.21%,
(3 Months US Libor + 5.00%), 4/16/26 (b)
   

19,658

     

19,003

   
Surf Holdings SARL, 3.73%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.50%), 3/5/27 (b)
   

31,279

     

30,966

   
Thor Industries, Inc., 5.81%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 2/2/26 (b)
   

56,011

     

55,871

   
TIBCO Software, Inc., 3.90%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 6/30/26 (b)
   

19,900

     

19,483

   
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The),
4.75%, (3 Months US Libor + 4.00%),
5/4/26 (b)
   

5,240

     

5,264

   
Univision Communications, Inc., 4.75%,
(3 Months US Libor + 3.75%), 3/15/26 (b)
   

14,864

     

14,857

   
Ventia Finco Pty Ltd., 5.00%,
(3 Months US Libor + 4.00%), 5/21/26 (b)
   

42,572

     

42,253

   
Veritas US, Inc., 6.50%,
(3 Months US Libor + 5.50%), 9/1/25 (b)
   

19,950

     

19,875

   
Verscend Holding Corp., 4.65%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.50%), 8/27/25 (b)
   

9,899

     

9,879

   
Vertical Midco Gmbh, 4.57%,
(1 Months US Libor + 4.25%), 7/30/27 (b)
   

15,788

     

15,841

   
Virgin Media Bristol LLC, 0.00%,
1/31/29 (e)
   

3,042

     

3,037

   

Woof Holdings, Inc., 0.00%, 12/21/27 (e)

   

2,368

     

2,363

   
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 3.15%,
(1 Months US Libor + 3.00%), 3/9/27 (b)
   

26,791

     

26,590

   
TOTAL TERM LOANS
(Cost - $1,806,579)
       

1,814,192

   

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.0%†

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY SERVICES - 0.0%†

 
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc., 0.00%
(Cost - $2,145)
   

1,589

     

3,575

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.4%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 5.4%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (f)
   

10,456,641

   

$

10,456,641

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (f)
   

4,467,073

     

4,467,073

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS (Cost - $14,923,714)
       

14,923,714

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 103.3%
(Cost - $181,987,267)
     

$

284,176,259

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (3.3)%
        (8,960,310)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

275,215,949

   

*  Non-income producing security.

†  Represents less than 0.05%.

††  A portion of this investment is held as collateral for derivative investments.

(a)  144A - Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule, except to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31, 2020, these securities amounted to $20,282,930 or 7.4% of net assets.

(b)  Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

(c)  Adjustable rate security with an interest rate that is not based on a published reference index and spread. The rate is based on the structure of the agreement and current market conditions. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(d)  When-issued, or delayed delivery. All or a portion may be subject to dollar-roll transactions.

(e)  The loan will settle after December 31, 2020. The interest rate, based on the LIBOR and the agreed upon spread on trade date, will be determined at the time of settlement.

(f)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

CLO - Collateralized Loan Obligation

CMT - Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

DOP - Dominican Peso

EUR - EURO

Libor - London Interbank Offer Rate

PLC - Public Limited Company

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

UYU - Uruguayan Peso

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

  Number of
Contracts
 

Expiration Date

 

Notional Value

  Fair Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Australian 3 Year Bond Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

16

   

3/15/2021

 

$

1,449,938

   

$

1,194

   

Canadian 10 Year Bond Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

15

   

3/22/2021

   

1,755,494

     

4,827

   

U.S. 2 Year Note Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

22

   

3/31/2021

   

4,861,484

     

4,000

   

U.S. 5 Year Note Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

49

   

3/31/2021

   

6,182,039

     

11,333

   

U.S. Long Bond Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

4

   

3/22/2021

   

692,750

     

(3,375

)

 

U.S. Ultra Bond Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

8

   

3/22/2021

   

1,708,500

     

(8,000

)

 
     

9,979

   

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

U.S. 10 Year Ultra Future

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC

   

17

   

3/22/2021

   

2,658,109

     

6,795

   

TOTAL NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FUTURES CONTRACTS

                 

$

16,774

   

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPTIONS PURCHASED

 

Counterparty

 

Description

  Floating
Rate Index
 

Exercise Rate

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Citibank NA   Put - IRS
SWAPTION
  Receives
3 Month US Libor
 
Pays 1.24%
 
05/10/21
 

$

3,400,000

   

$

19,280

   

$

29,920

   

$

(10,640

)

 
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID, AND NET UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION ON PURCHASED INTEREST RATE SWAPTIONS
                     

$

19,280

   

$

29,920

   

$

(10,640

)

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

Counterparty

  Payment
Frequency
  Fund
Receives
 

Fund Pays

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank NA

 

At Maturity

 

US-CPI

   

1.91

%

 

01/14/29

 

$

500,000

   

$

6,646

   

$

-

   

$

6,646

   
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID (RECEIVED), AND NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION ON INTEREST RATE SWAPS
                     

$

6,646

   

$

-

   

$

6,646

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

CURRENCY SWAPS

 

Counterparty

  Payment
Frequency
  Fund
Receives
 

Fund Pays

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank NA

 

Quarterly

 

3 Month US Libor +2.87%

   

2.5

%

 

05/04/21

 

$

232,400

   

$

(15,170

)

 

$

-

   

$

(15,170

)

 

Citibank NA

 

Quarterly

 

3 Month US Libor +1.25%

 

3 Month Euribor +1.10%

 

10/30/21

   

555,000

     

(55,360

)

   

-

     

(55,360

)

 

Citibank NA

 

Quarterly

 

3 Month US Libor +1.17%

 

3 Month Euribor +1.05%

 

11/22/21

   

552,500

     

(57,896

)

   

-

     

(57,896

)

 

Citibank NA

 

Quarterly

 

3 Month US Libor +1.17%

 

3 Month Euribor +1.05%

 

12/20/21

   

943,500

     

(95,271

)

   

-

     

(95,271

)

 
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID (RECEIVED), AND NET UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION ON CURRENCY SWAPS
                     

$

(223,697

)

 

$

-

   

$

(223,697

)

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Counterparty

  Reference
Obligation/
Index
  Payment
Frequency
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  Fixed
Rate
Received
  Fixed
Rate Paid
  Credit
Rating*
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank NA

 

Nabors Industries, Inc.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

-

     

1.00

%

 

CCC-

 

12/20/21

 

$

170,000

**

 

$

19,451

   

$

2,387

   

$

17,064

   

Citibank NA

  American Airlines
Group, Inc.
 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

5.00

%

   

-

   

CCC

 

12/20/21

   

100,000

     

(6,456

)

   

(6,486

)

   

30

   

Citibank NA

 

Avon Products, Inc.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

-

     

5.00

%

 

BB-

 

03/20/23

   

135,000

**

   

(10,549

)

   

(8,701

)

   

(1,848

)

 

Citibank NA

 

Nabors Industries, Inc.

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

   

CCC-

 

12/20/23

   

170,000

     

(67,333

)

   

(15,085

)

   

(52,248

)

 

Citibank NA

 

CDX.NA.IG.31 V1

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

     

-

   

12/20/23

   

1,050,000

     

1,412

     

6,314

     

(4,902

)

 

JP Morgan

 

Ally Financials, Inc.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

-

     

5.00

%

 

BBB-

 

12/20/24

   

350,000

**

   

(59,463

)

   

(51,905

)

   

(7,558

)

 

JP Morgan

 

Goldman Sachs Group

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

   

BBB+

 

12/20/24

   

350,000

     

7,208

     

4,784

     

2,424

   

JP Morgan

 

Morgan Stanley

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

   

BBB+

 

12/20/24

   

350,000

     

7,951

     

5,250

     

2,701

   

Citibank NA

  Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd.
 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

5.00

%

   

-

   

B+

 

12/20/25

   

100,000

     

(6,848

)

   

(2,956

)

   

(3,892

)

 

Citibank NA

 

Carnival Corp.

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

     

B

   

12/20/25

   

100,000

     

(16,624

)

   

(15,519

)

   

(1,105

)

 

JP Morgan

  Macy's Retail Holdings
LLC
 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

1.00

%

   

-

     

B

   

12/20/25

   

100,000

     

(18,887

)

   

(18,505

)

   

(382

)

 

JP Morgan

 

Air France-KLM

 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

5.00

%

   

-

   

NR

 

12/20/25

   

80,000

     

(1,519

)

   

(526

)

   

(993

)

 

JP Morgan

  United Airlines
Holdings, Inc.
 

Quarterly

 

Buy

   

5.00

%

   

-

     

B

   

12/20/25

   

100,000

     

(3,107

)

   

123

     

(3,230

)

 
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID (RECEIVED), AND NET UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION ON CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS
                                 

$

(154,764

)

 

$

(100,825

)

 

$

(53,939

)

 

*  Using S&P's rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index.

**  The maximum potential amount the Portfolio may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 

Settlement Date

 

Counterparty

  Currency Units to
Receive
 

In Exchange For

  Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

01/13/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

87,600,000

JPY

   

821,466

USD

 

$

27,142

   

01/13/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

172,542

USD

   

18,366,564

JPY

   

(5,381

)

 

01/14/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

127,124

EUR

   

148,128

USD

   

7,470

   

01/14/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

44,204

USD

   

60,000

CAD

   

(2,895

)

 

01/14/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

145,995

USD

   

127,124

EUR

   

(9,603

)

 

01/28/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

100,080

USD

   

140,000

AUD

   

(7,984

)

 

02/04/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

68,458,800

JPY

   

890,000

SGD

   

(10,066

)

 

02/04/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

890,000

SGD

   

68,808,570

JPY

   

6,677

   

03/09/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

132,000

CAD

   

103,265

USD

   

365

   

03/09/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

335,476

USD

   

441,000

CAD

   

(10,742

)

 

03/09/21

 

Citibank NA

   

167,366

USD

   

220,000

CAD

   

(5,351

)

 

03/09/21

 

Deutsche Bank

   

30,414

USD

   

40,000

CAD

   

(989

)

 

03/10/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

144,374

USD

   

171,000,000

KRW

   

(13,094

)

 

04/06/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

965,000

TRY

   

117,154

USD

   

7,726

   

05/20/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

641,489

USD

   

860,000

SGD

   

(9,381

)

 

06/02/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

1,062,000,000

IDR

   

73,791

USD

   

674

   

06/02/21

 

Deutsche Bank

   

2,000,000,000

IDR

   

138,987

USD

   

1,248

   

06/17/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

400,041

USD

   

530,000

AUD

   

(9,407

)

 

06/22/21

 

JP Morgan Chase Bank

   

662,000

EUR

   

814,041

USD

   

(906

)

 

TOTAL NET UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION ON FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

             

$

(34,497

)

 

AUD - Australian Dollar

CAD - Canadian Dollar

EUR - Euro

IDR - Indonesian Rupiah

JPY - Japanese Yen

KRW - South Korean Won

SGD - Singapore Dollar

TRY - Turkish Lira

USD - United States Dollar

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
30



Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The Portfolio is sub-advised by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. ("GSAM").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 10.12% compared to a benchmark return of 6.93%, a difference of 319 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

Using a momentum-based methodology to dynamically allocate across global asset classes, the Portfolio seeks to manage risk and enhance long-term returns in changing market environments. Momentum investing seeks growth of capital by gaining exposure to asset classes that have exhibited trends in price performance over selected time periods.

During 2020, the Portfolio's trend-based strategy contributed to performance, particularly the first quarter of 2020, when the Portfolio moved aggressively into fixed income at the expense of equities in advance of the broad market correction in March. The Portfolio's de-risking strategy – where the Portfolio de-risks a portion of individual equity sleeves to cash during periods of heightened volatility in those markets – also proved effective during the first quarter of 2020. That said, the Portfolio remained materially de-risked when equity markets began their historic "V-shaped" recovery during a period of elevated volatility, which meant the Portfolio did not fully participate in the equity market recovery. As a result, the de-risking strategy detracted from returns for the year.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

As of December 31, 2020, the Portfolio had approximately 55% (including notional value of futures contracts) of its assets tactically allocated to equities. Regionally, the Portfolio had a tactical allocation of 41.5% to U.S. equity due to modest momentum. U.S. large-cap equities represented 23.1% of the Portfolio, while U.S. mid-cap equities represented 9.4%. The Portfolio had a 9.0% allocation to U.S. small-cap equities. Within international equity, the Portfolio held a tactical allocation of 12.5% to Japanese equities and 0.6% to U.K. equities given equity market momentum. The Portfolio had no allocation European equities outside of the U.K. At period end, the Portfolio holds a 45% duration adjusted allocation in U.S. Treasury securities. This position is driven by risk-adjusted trends in fixed income relative to equity. The Portfolio holds 0.4% in cash as of the end of the period. This position is driven by individual equity sleeve de-risking.

In general, the Portfolio seeks to maintain between 40-60% of its assets in developed equity investments and 40-60% of its assets in U.S. fixed income investments. The Portfolio may make allocations at the higher-end of asset allocation ranges to those asset classes with strong momentum, and at the lower-end to those asset classes with weak momentum.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

       

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

 

Class II

 

April 30, 2015

   

10.12

%

   

5.84

%

   

5.93

%

   

4.23

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.22

%

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Conservative^

       

6.93

%

   

5.98

%

   

7.02

%

   

5.31

%

         


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Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Risk Index - Conservative is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 50% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

42.9

%

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

36.0

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

17.0

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

4.1

%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

Derivative exposure is included in "Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net".


32



Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 42.9%

 
U.S. Treasury Note, 1.63%, 8/15/29
(Cost - $14,773,577)
 

$

14,120,000

   

$

15,105,090

   

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 36.0%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 9.4%

 

BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF

   

32,757

     

1,643,419

   
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month
T-Bill ETF
   

18,250

     

1,670,240

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

           

3,313,659

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 26.6%

 

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

8,936

     

3,354,485

   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

   

7,063

     

2,640,714

   

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

   

9,721

     

3,341,011

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

           

9,336,210

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost - $9,118,847)
           

12,649,869

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 17.0%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 17.0%

 
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
(Cost - $5,971,192)
   

5,971,192

   

$

5,971,192

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 95.9%
(Cost - $29,863,616)
         

$

33,726,151

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET 4.1%
           

1,427,908

   

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

         

$

35,154,059

   

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

  Number of
Contracts
 

Expiration Date

 

Notional Value

  Fair Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

E-Mini Russell 2000 Future

 

Credit Suisse

   

34

   

3/19/2021

 

$

3,357,160

   

$

89,454

   

FTSE 100 Index Future

 

Credit Suisse

   

3

   

3/19/2021

   

263,274

     

(1,743

)

 

Nikkei 225 (OSE) Future

 

Credit Suisse

   

17

   

3/11/2021

   

4,518,185

     

166,982

   

S&P MID 400 E-Mini Future

 

Credit Suisse

   

10

   

3/19/2021

   

2,303,500

     

67,375

   

TOTAL NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FUTURES CONTRACTS

                 

$

322,068

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
33



Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio modestly underperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Aggressive. The Portfolio posted a return of 7.00% compared to a benchmark return of 7.14%, a difference of -14 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The COVID-19 pandemic defined 2020, and the Portfolio positioning and resulting performance were intertwined with the initial broad market drawdown and the strong subsequent risk asset recovery. The Portfolio maintained an overweight to equities relative to fixed income throughout the year. This positioning was a detractor to performance during the first quarter drawdown, but it contributed positively to active return for the year. The Portfolio also shifted from government bonds to credit during the market recovery, which was also additive to performance. Much of the positive risk asset performance this year reflected the strong market recovery from the March lows on the backs of extraordinary, global fiscal and monetary policy support, as well as an improved sentiment as investors looked beyond the immediate impact of virus-induced lockdowns. Later in the year, clarity in the U.S. elections and COVID-19 vaccine breakthroughs drove equity markets to new highs.

Within equities, the Portfolio maintained an overweight to the U.S. relative to international markets, which also proved beneficial to Portfolio performance. U.S. equities outperformed international developed equities, led by strong returns from the technology sector. The Portfolio benefited from additions of technology stocks and ESG-aware underlying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the year. The Portfolio's minimum volatility factor exposure at the start of the year helped dampen losses during the first quarter. However, the position lagged the market during the recovery as equities bounced off the March lows. Within fixed income, the Portfolio benefited from its allocation to U.S. Treasuries during the market drawdown. During the recovery, the Portfolio increased its holdings to credit relative to treasuries, which contributed to performance.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

Within equities, the Portfolio continued to own ESG-aware underlying ETFs, technology, value, and minimum-volatility exposures. Within fixed income, the Portfolio maintained a preference for credit over treasuries. The BFM investment team continues to see a supportive backdrop for risk assets, with aggressively supportive monetary policy, low yields, and resurgent economic prospects supporting continued preference for equities over bonds. Over 2021, the BFM team expects vaccinations will drive steep and sustained declines in COVID-19 infections, driving a surge in consumer confidence and demand globally.


34



Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

A stable political environment adds further fuel to the longer-term reflation trade. BFM believes that election outcome in favor of the Democrats may increase the prospect for larger fiscal stimulus and associated spending programs, but more polarizing agenda items could be more difficult to pass.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

       

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

April 30, 2014

   

7.00

%

   

5.11

%

   

6.90

%

   

5.04

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.96

%

 
S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate
Aggressive^
 

 

7.14

%

 

6.48

%

 

8.35

%

 

6.07

%

     

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser's asset allocation decisions.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate Aggressive is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 20% to the underlying bond index.


35



Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

95.5

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

4.7

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

(0.2

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.


36



Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 95.5%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 14.2%

 

BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF

   

89,439

   

$

4,487,155

   
iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

160,475

     

11,717,884

   

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

30,990

     

4,888,053

   

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

29,344

     

3,902,165

   
iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

37,952

     

2,345,054

   

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

30,923

     

3,709,214

   

iShares MBS ETF

   

35,431

     

3,902,016

   
iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment
Grade Corporate Bond ETF
   

162,805

     

8,981,952

   

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

   

534,867

     

14,569,777

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

           

58,503,270

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 81.3%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

   

361,016

     

24,942,596

   

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

369,619

     

138,751,276

   

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

   

111,565

     

25,640,984

   

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

   

224,476

     

20,629,344

   

iShares Global Tech ETF

   

26,282

     

7,885,914

   

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

   

156,797

     

15,822,385

   

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

   

174,320

     

11,832,842

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 81.3% (Continued)

 

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

   

170,474

   

$

14,815,895

   
iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware
MSCI USA ETF
   

693,648

     

59,674,538

   
iShares, Inc. iShares ESG Aware
MSCI EM ETF
   

359,294

     

15,083,162

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

           

335,078,936

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost - $279,617,367)
           

393,582,206

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.7%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 4.7%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash Management,
0.03% (a)
   

19,373,521

     

19,373,521

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Fund -
Government Portfolio, Institutional Class,
0.01% (a)
   

3,833

     

3,833

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $19,377,354)
           

19,377,354

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.2%
(Cost - $298,994,721)
         

$

412,959,560

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.2)%
        (833,795)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

412,125,765

   

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
37



Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 8.08% compared to a benchmark return of 7.11%, a difference of 97 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The COVID-19 pandemic defined 2020, and the Portfolio positioning and resulting performance were intertwined with the initial broad market drawdown and the strong subsequent risk asset recovery. The Portfolio maintained an overweight to equities relative to fixed income throughout the year. This positioning was a detractor to performance during the first quarter drawdown, but it contributed positively to active return for the year. The Portfolio also shifted from government bonds to credit during the market recovery, which was also additive to performance. Much of the positive risk asset performance this year reflected the strong market recovery from the March lows on the backs of extraordinary, global fiscal and monetary policy support, as well as an improved sentiment as investors looked beyond the immediate impact of virus-induced lockdowns. Later in the year, clarity in the U.S. elections and COVID-19 vaccine breakthroughs drove equity markets to new highs.

Within equities, the Portfolio maintained an overweight to the U.S. relative to international markets, which also proved beneficial to Portfolio performance. U.S. equities outperformed international developed equities, led by strong returns from the technology sector. The Portfolio benefited from additions of technology stocks and ESG-aware underlying exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the year. The Portfolio's minimum volatility factor exposure at the start of the year helped dampen losses during Q1. However, the position lagged the market during the recovery as equities bounced off the March lows. Within fixed income, the Portfolio benefited from its allocation to U.S. Treasuries during the market drawdown. During the recovery, the Portfolio increased its holdings to credit relative to treasuries, which contributed to performance.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

Within equities, the Portfolio continued to own ESG-aware underlying ETFs, technology, value, and minimum-volatility exposures. Within fixed income, the Portfolio maintained a preference for credit over treasuries. The BFM investment team continues to see a supportive backdrop for risk assets, with aggressively supportive monetary policy, low yields, and resurgent economic prospects supporting continued preference for equities over bonds. Over 2021, the BFM team expects vaccinations will drive steep and sustained declines in COVID-19 infections, driving a surge in consumer confidence and demand globally. A stable political environment adds further fuel to the longer-term reflation trade. BFM believes that the election outcome in favor of the Democrats may increase the prospect for larger fiscal stimulus and associated spending programs, but more polarizing agenda items could be more difficult to pass.


38



Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

April 30, 2014

   

8.08

%

   

5.42

%

   

6.89

%

   

5.48

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.99

%

 
S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate
Conservative^
   

7.11

%

 

6.20

%

 

7.49

%

 

5.68

%

     

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser's asset allocation decisions.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate Conservative is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

95.3

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

4.8

%

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net

   

(0.1

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.


39



Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 95.3%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 29.3%

 

BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF

   

34,614

   

$

1,736,584

   
iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate
Bond ETF
   

36,774

     

1,671,011

   
iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

124,529

     

9,093,108

   

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

4,668

     

736,284

   

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

45,710

     

6,078,516

   
iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

21,655

     

1,338,062

   

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

   

16,158

     

1,938,152

   
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade
Corporate Bond ETF
   

9,690

     

1,338,480

   

iShares MBS ETF

   

12,130

     

1,335,877

   
iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year
Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
   

121,168

     

6,684,838

   

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

   

346,696

     

9,443,999

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

           

41,394,911

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 66.0%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

   

93,426

     

6,454,802

   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

   

8,853

     

549,240

   

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

105,090

     

39,449,735

   

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

   

30,093

     

6,916,274

   

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

   

66,701

     

6,129,822

   

iShares Global Tech ETF

   

7,873

     

2,362,294

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 66.0% (Continued)

 

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

   

40,260

   

$

4,062,636

   

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

   

39,786

     

2,700,674

   

iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

   

46,690

     

4,057,828

   
iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware
MSCI USA ETF
   

192,800

     

16,586,584

   
iShares, Inc. iShares ESG Aware
MSCI EM ETF
   

91,845

     

3,855,653

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

           

93,125,542

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost - $101,655,931)
 

 

   

134,520,453

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 4.8%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (a)
   

6,751,599

     

6,751,599

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
   

6,904

     

6,904

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS (Cost - $6,758,503)
           

6,758,503

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.1%
(Cost - $108,414,434)
         

$

141,278,956

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.1)%
            (92,726)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

         

$

141,186,230

   

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
40



Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The Portfolio is sub-advised by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC ("PIMCO").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate. The Portfolio posted a return of 8.57% compared to a benchmark return of 7.11%, a difference of 146 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The beginning of 2020 introduced fresh economic risks, particularly heightened by virus-related fears, which sparked a severe sell-off across global markets. Risk assets broadly gained after the first quarter, however, as financial markets began a rapid recovery – supported by an easing in lockdown measures, fiscal and monetary policy support, and policymaker's commitment to supportive policy stances. Further positive vaccine developments and the U.S. election outcomes bolstered market optimism with the S&P 500® Index hitting record highs and credit spreads tightening.

Dynamic equity exposure contributed in the first quarter as the Portfolio de-risked quickly during the sharp market drawdown. While the market rallied after the first quarter drawdown, volatility remained high and the Portfolio remained underweight equity exposure throughout the year, ultimately detracting from performance.

The Portfolio's fixed income allocation contributed to absolute and relative performance. The Portfolio was neutral duration most of the year. Tactically short exposure to duration in the U.K. detracted from performance, though a preference to U.S. duration throughout the year contributed as rates fell. Within spread sectors, an allocation to emerging markets external debt contributed to performance, but was offset by selection within non-agency mortgage-backed securities which detracted from performance.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

The Portfolio ended the year underweight equity exposure as market volatility remained high. Within fixed income, the Portfolio had an underweight to duration overall including underweights to U.S. duration and other developed regions, including the U.K. PIMCO finds attractive opportunities in specific credits that benefit from U.S. growth and a resurgent housing sector, though the Portfolio overall remained underweight investment grade credit at the end of the period.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

Class II

 

April 30, 2015

   

8.57

%

   

6.29

%

   

7.43

%

   

5.62

%

   

1.31

%

   

1.21

%

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate^

       

7.11

%

   

6.33

%

   

7.90

%

   

5.65

%

         


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Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 30% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

30.0

%

 

U.S. Treasury Securities Long-Term

   

26.8

%

 

Agency Mortgage Backed Securities

   

21.3

%

 

U.S. Treasury Securities Short-Term

   

17.5

%

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   

11.4

%

 

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

4.2

%

 

Sovereign Debts

   

2.0

%

 

Municipal Bonds

   

0.4

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

0.1

%

 

Other Assets less Liabilities - Net

   

(13.7

)%

 

   

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

Derivative exposure is included in "Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net".


42



Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 30.0%

 

EQUITY FUNDS - 30.0%

 

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

   

59,479

   

$

4,339,588

   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

   

11,726

     

4,384,117

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
(Cost - $6,039,484)
           

8,723,705

   

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 26.8%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

 

1.13%, 8/31/21

 

$

700,000

     

704,758

   

2.00%, 12/31/21

   

100,000

     

101,867

   

1.88%, 3/31/22

   

1,400,000

     

1,430,625

   

1.88%, 4/30/22

   

500,000

     

511,640

   

2.00%, 6/30/24

   

300,000

     

318,762

   

0.38%, 4/30/25

   

100,000

     

100,363

   

2.13%, 5/15/25

   

110,000

     

118,722

   

1.88%, 7/31/26

   

100,000

     

107,961

   

2.00%, 11/15/26

   

200,000

     

217,680

   

1.75%, 12/31/26

   

100,000

     

107,465

   

1.50%, 2/15/30

   

700,000

     

740,551

   

0.88%, 11/15/30

   

200,000

     

199,344

   

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

6.25%, 5/15/30

   

320,000

     

476,950

   

1.38%, 11/15/40

   

300,000

     

296,625

   

4.38%, 5/15/41

   

100,000

     

153,297

   

3.13%, 11/15/41

   

80,000

     

104,628

   

2.88%, 11/15/46

   

100,000

     

127,762

   

2.75%, 11/15/47

   

25,000

     

31,373

   

3.13%, 5/15/48

   

140,000

     

187,928

   

2.00%, 2/15/50

   

880,000

     

955,763

   

1.38%, 8/15/50

   

370,000

     

346,528

   
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed
Note, 0.50%, 1/15/28
   

105,563

     

119,688

   
U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed
Bond, 2.38%, 1/15/27
   

129,119

     

160,514

   
U.S. Treasury STRIP Principal,
0.00%, 5/15/50 (a)
   

300,000

     

182,271

   
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES
(Cost - $7,549,839)
       

7,803,065

   

AGENCY MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 21.3%

 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION - 2.1%

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
0.25%, 8/24/23
   

600,000

     

601,183

   

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 15.2%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

0.38%, 8/25/25

   

300,000

     

299,934

   

0.75%, 10/8/27

   

40,000

     

40,155

   

0.88%, 8/5/30

   

200,000

     

196,278

   

1.50%, 1/1/36 (b)

   

100,000

     

102,890

   

2.00%, 1/1/51 (b)

   

900,000

     

934,875

   

4.00%, 1/1/51 (b)

   

1,200,000

     

1,281,375

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 15.2% (Continued)

 

3.00%, 2/1/51 (b)

 

$

600,000

   

$

629,203

   

4.00%, 2/1/51 (b)

   

700,000

     

748,508

   

2.00%, 3/1/51 (b)

   

200,000

     

207,219

   
             

4,440,437

   

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 4.0%

 
Government National Mortgage
Association, 3.50%, 2/20/51 (b)
   

1,100,000

     

1,164,969

   
TOTAL AGENCY MORTGAGE
BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $6,188,793)
 

   

6,206,589

   

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES - 11.4%

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.2%

 

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 3.95%, 6/15/23

   

50,000

     

49,000

   

AIRLINES - 0.5%

 
American Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass
Through Trust, 4.00%, 7/15/25
   

21,790

     

18,556

   
American Airlines 2019-1 Class A Pass
Through Trust, 3.50%, 2/15/32
   

9,652

     

8,313

   
JetBlue 2020-1 Class A Pass-Through
Trust, 4.00%, 11/15/32
   

10,000

     

10,794

   
Spirit Airlines Pass-Through
Trust 2015-1A, 4.10%, 4/1/28
   

35,405

     

33,655

   
United Airlines 2016-1 Class AA
Pass-Through Trust, 3.10%, 7/7/28
   

84,170

     

84,688

   
             

156,006

   

AUTO MANUFACTURERS - 0.1%

 
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.,
2.80%, 1/13/22 (c)
   

30,000

     

30,508

   

BANKS - 1.7%

 

Banco La Hipotecaria SA, 4.75%, 11/15/22 (c)

   

100,000

     

103,240

   
Bank of America Corp., 3.42%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.04%), 12/20/28 (d)
   

11,000

     

12,425

   
Citigroup, Inc., 3.67%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.39%), 7/24/28 (d)
   

100,000

     

113,370

   
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.,
3.41%, 3/7/24
   

100,000

     

108,671

   
Natwest Group PLC, 2.88%,
(1 Year ICE GBP Swap + 1.49%), 9/19/26 (d)
   

100,000

     

148,376

   
             

486,082

   

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

 

Royalty Pharma PLC, 0.75%, 9/2/23 (c)

   

50,000

     

50,239

   

CHEMICALS - 0.1%

 

Syngenta Finance NV, 3.13%, 3/28/22

   

30,000

     

30,526

   

COMPUTERS - 0.4%

 
Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.,
5.30%, 10/1/29 (c)
   

100,000

     

122,595

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.3%

 
Aviation Capital Group LLC,
4.13%, 8/1/25 (c)
 

$

30,000

   

$

31,451

   
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd.,
4.38%, 5/1/26 (c)
   

40,000

     

43,332

   

Stifel Financial Corp., 4.00%, 5/15/30

   

20,000

     

22,855

   
             

97,638

   

ELECTRIC - 1.1%

 

Alabama Power Co., 1.45%, 9/15/30

   

30,000

     

30,181

   

Entergy Corp., 2.80%, 6/15/30

   

20,000

     

21,600

   

FirstEnergy Corp., 2.25%, 9/1/30

   

50,000

     

48,365

   

NRG Energy, Inc., 2.45%, 12/2/27 (c)

   

10,000

     

10,528

   

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 4.25%, 3/15/46

   

50,000

     

53,677

   
Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.,
1.85%, 12/1/30 (c)
   

40,000

     

39,966

   

San Diego Gas & Electric Co., 1.70%, 10/1/30

   

40,000

     

40,457

   

Southern California Edison Co.

 

4.65%, 10/1/43

   

20,000

     

24,783

   

4.00%, 4/1/47

   

50,000

     

58,730

   
             

328,287

   

ELECTRONICS - 0.1%

 

Flex Ltd., 4.88%, 6/15/29

   

30,000

     

35,436

   

FOOD - 0.1%

 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.95%, 7/15/25

   

26,000

     

28,633

   

GAS - 0.1%

 

Washington Gas Light Co., 3.80%, 9/15/46

   

30,000

     

35,777

   

HEALTHCARE-PRODUCTS - 0.1%

 

Boston Scientific Corp., 2.65%, 6/1/30

   

30,000

     

32,133

   

HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 0.2%

 
Adventist Health System/West,
2.43%, 9/1/24
   

40,000

     

41,469

   
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, 2.96%, 1/1/50
   

20,000

     

21,281

   
             

62,750

   

INSURANCE - 0.6%

 
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.,
4.63%, 4/29/30
   

50,000

     

55,945

   
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.,
3.40%, 6/15/30
   

50,000

     

54,909

   
First American Financial Corp.,
4.00%, 5/15/30
   

50,000

     

57,313

   
New York Life Global Funding,
1.20%, 8/7/30 (c)
   

10,000

     

9,698

   
             

177,865

   

INTERNET - 0.0%†

 

Alphabet, Inc., 2.25%, 8/15/60

   

10,000

     

9,670

   

LODGING - 0.1%

 
Hyatt Hotels Corp., 3.23%,
(3 Month US Libor + 3.00%), 9/1/22 (d)
   

30,000

     

30,340

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MACHINERY-DIVERSIFIED - 0.2%

 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
Corp., 4.40%, 3/15/24
 

$

40,000

   

$

43,775

   

MEDIA - 0.4%

 
Charter Communications Operating LLC /
Charter Communications Operating Capital
 

3.75%, 2/15/28

   

100,000

     

112,123

   

2.30%, 2/1/32

   

10,000

     

10,012

   
             

122,135

   

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING - 0.2%

 

General Electric Co., 4.25%, 5/1/40

   

40,000

     

47,288

   

Textron, Inc., 2.45%, 3/15/31

   

20,000

     

20,591

   
             

67,879

   

OIL & GAS - 0.4%

 

Concho Resources, Inc., 2.40%, 2/15/31

   

30,000

     

31,399

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 2.88%, 12/1/24

   

30,000

     

31,534

   

Equinor ASA, 3.13%, 4/6/30

   

40,000

     

45,345

   
             

108,278

   

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.4%

 

AbbVie, Inc., 2.60%, 11/21/24

   

10,000

     

10,718

   

Bayer US Finance II LLC, 2.75%, 7/15/21 (c)

   

100,000

     

101,235

   
             

111,953

   

PIPELINES - 1.3%

 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC,
3.20%, 2/15/52
   

50,000

     

50,837

   

MPLX LP, 1.75%, 3/1/26

   

30,000

     

31,047

   

NGPL PipeCo LLC, 4.88%, 8/15/27 (c)

   

30,000

     

33,989

   

ONEOK Inc., 4.35%, 3/15/29

   

100,000

     

113,410

   
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC,
4.80%, 5/15/30 (c)
   

40,000

     

40,727

   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC,
5.75%, 5/15/24
   

100,000

     

114,329

   
             

384,339

   

REITS - 1.4%

 
American Campus Communities
Operating Partnership LP, 2.85%, 2/1/30
   

40,000

     

41,879

   

American Tower Corp., 2.25%, 1/15/22

   

100,000

     

101,920

   

CubeSmart LP, 3.00%, 2/15/30

   

40,000

     

43,740

   
GLP Capital LP / GLP
Financing II Inc., 5.38%, 4/15/26
   

40,000

     

45,907

   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP, 4.00%, 6/15/25

   

10,000

     

10,748

   

Hudson Pacific Properties LP, 4.65%, 4/1/29

   

100,000

     

116,814

   

Weyerhaeuser Co., 4.00%, 4/15/30

   

40,000

     

47,369

   
             

408,377

   

SEMICONDUCTORS - 0.5%

 

Broadcom, Inc., 4.30%, 11/15/32

   

50,000

     

59,275

   
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.,
4.20%, 6/22/23
   

20,000

     

21,643

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SEMICONDUCTORS - 0.5% (Continued)

 
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC / NXP
USA, Inc., 3.88%, 6/18/26 (c)
 

$

50,000

   

$

57,256

   
             

138,174

   

SOFTWARE - 0.2%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 2.50%, 9/15/50

   

10,000

     

9,774

   

Fair Isaac Corp., 4.00%, 6/15/28 (c)

   

30,000

     

31,575

   
             

41,349

   

TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 0.5%

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

2.55%, 12/1/33 (c)

   

35,000

     

35,880

   

3.65%, 6/1/51

   

20,000

     

20,942

   

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.88%, 11/15/29 (c)

   

30,000

     

33,316

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc., 2.30%, 11/15/30

   

10,000

     

10,193

   

Sprint Corp., 7.25%, 9/15/21

   

30,000

     

31,215

   
             

131,546

   
TOTAL CORPORATE
BONDS AND NOTES
(Cost - $3,120,459)
       

3,321,290

   

SOVEREIGN DEBTS - 2.0%

 
Development Bank of Japan, Inc.,
1.63%, 9/1/21 (c)
   

200,000

     

201,528

   
Japan Finance Organization for
Municipalities, 2.13%, 10/25/23 (c)
   

200,000

     

209,014

   
Peruvian Government International
Bond, 8.20%, 8/12/26 (c)
 

PEN

100,000

   

37,527

   
Romanian Government International
Bond, 2.63%, 12/2/40 (c)
 

EUR

10,000

   

13,016

   

Serbia International Bond, 1.50%, 6/26/29

 

EUR

100,000

   

126,432

   
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBTS
(Cost - $560,087)
 

   

587,517

   

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.2%

 
Aames Mortgage Investment Trust
2006-1, 0.63%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.48%), 4/25/36 (d)
   

182,657

     

158,758

   
ACE Securities Corp Home Equity Loan
Trust Series 2002-HE2, 1.42%,
(1 Month US Libor + 1.28%), 8/25/32 (d)
   

7,537

     

7,052

   
ACE Securities Corp Home Equity Loan
Trust Series 2006-OP1, 0.30%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.15%), 4/25/36 (d)
   

1,988

     

1,975

   

Alternative Loan Trust 2005-14, 0.57%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.42%), 5/25/35 (d)

   

46,252

     

40,938

   
Alternative Loan Trust 2005-J12, 0.69%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.54%), 8/25/35 (d)
   

21,396

     

11,921

   
Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA9, 0.36%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.21%), 7/20/46 (d)
   

13,116

     

7,548

   
American Home Mortgage Assets Trust 2006-2, 0.53%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.38%), 9/25/46 (d)
   

21,216

     

15,205

   
Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 2005-7,
3.15%, 9/25/35 (e)
   

17,365

     

12,077

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.2% (Continued)

 
Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 2005-8,
2.95%, 10/25/35 (e)
 

$

7,813

   

$

6,782

   

ChaseFlex Trust Series 2007-2, 0.43%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.28%), 5/25/37 (d)

   

21,259

     

17,931

   
Chevy Chase Funding LLC
Mortgage-Backed Certificates Series
2004-3, 0.40%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.25%), 8/25/35 (c),(d)
   

9,329

     

8,649

   
Chevy Chase Funding LLC
Mortgage-Backed Certificates Series
2004-4, 0.38%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.23%), 10/25/35 (c),(d)
   

10,747

     

9,233

   
CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust
2006-6, 6.00%, 4/25/36
   

91,563

     

66,502

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2019-SMRT, 4.15%, 1/10/36 (c)
   

100,000

     

108,561

   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
2007-AMC1, 0.31%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.16%), 12/25/36 (c),(d)
   

25,070

     

17,215

   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates

 
0.52%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.37%),
4/25/36 (d)
   

105,755

     

100,896

   
0.41%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.26%),
12/25/36 (d)
   

13,513

     

11,785

   
0.30%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.15%),
5/25/37 (d)
   

20,167

     

19,542

   
0.29%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.14%),
6/25/47 (d)
   

19,185

     

16,327

   
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage
Securities Corp., 4.50%, 7/25/20
   

5,039

     

5,461

   
CWABS Asset-Backed Certificates Trust
2006-17, 0.30%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.15%), 3/25/47 (d)
   

7,642

     

7,140

   
Encore Credit Receivables Trust
2005-1, 0.81%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.66%), 7/25/35 (d)
   

15,314

     

14,615

   
FBR Securitization Trust, 0.83%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.68%),
10/25/35 (d)
   

16,133

     

15,201

   
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured
Pass Through Certificates, 0.85%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.70%), 9/25/22 (d)
   

2,497

     

2,494

   

Government National Mortgage Association

 
0.74%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.60%),
5/20/65 (d)
   

64,470

     

64,267

   
0.76%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.62%),
8/20/65 (d)
   

71,526

     

71,335

   
0.84%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.70%),
10/20/65 (d)
   

684

     

688

   
1.14%, (1 Month US Libor + 1.00%),
12/20/65 (d)
   

66,545

     

67,271

   
Great Hall Mortgages No 1 PLC,
0.37%, (3 Month US Libor + 0.13%),
6/18/39 (c),(d)
   

22,467

     

21,419

   
GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust
2006-AR2, 2.61%, (1 Year CMT + 2.00%),
3/25/36 (d)
   

20,874

     

19,284

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
45



Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.2% (Continued)

 
GSAMP Trust 2006-HE4, 0.29%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.14%), 6/25/36 (d)
 

$

15,095

   

$

13,791

   
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AR6,
3.20%, 9/25/35 (e)
   

6,454

     

6,273

   

Impac CMB Trust Series 2005-8, 0.85%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.70%), 2/25/36 (d)

   

8,071

     

6,923

   
IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust
2006-AR4, 0.57%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.42%), 5/25/46 (d)
   

13,513

     

11,819

   
JP Morgan Mortgage Trust 2006-S2,
5.88%, 6/25/21
   

913

     

883

   
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust
2004-2, 1.77%, (1 Month US Libor +
1.62%), 6/25/34 (d)
   

5,984

     

5,756

   
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-3,
0.67%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.52%),
8/25/45 (d)
   

22,491

     

19,286

   
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-7,
0.30%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.16%),
8/25/36 (d)
   

26,187

     

15,883

   
MortgageIT Trust 2005-4, 0.71%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.56%),
10/25/35 (d)
   

6,233

     

5,969

   
New Residential Mortgage Loan
Trust 2019-RPL3, 2.75%, 7/25/59 (c),(e)
   

85,283

     

89,651

   
RASC Series 2004-KS10 Trust, 1.87%,
(1 Month US Libor + 1.73%), 11/25/34 (d)
   

18,722

     

15,881

   
Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust
2006-R1, 0.49%, (1 Month US Libor +
0.34%), 1/25/36 (c),(d)
   

8,295

     

7,582

   

SLC Student Loan Trust 2006-2, 0.32%, (3 Month US Libor + 0.10%), 9/15/26 (d)

   

5,354

     

5,346

   
Soundview Home Loan Trust
2007-WMC1, 0.26%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.11%), 2/25/37 (d)
   

16,282

     

4,767

   
Structured Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan Trust
 

3.08%, 2/25/34 (e)

   

4,538

     

3,989

   

2.78%, 9/25/34 (e)

   

4,277

     

3,922

   
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan Trust Series 2005-19XS, 0.45%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.30%), 10/25/35 (d)
   

6,125

     

5,810

   
Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust
2004-7, 1.20%, (1 Month US Libor +
1.05%), 8/25/34 (d)
   

4,295

     

3,993

   
Structured Asset Securities Corp
Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-BC2, 0.30%,
(1 Month US Libor + 0.15%), 9/25/36 (d)
   

13,770

     

11,368

   
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates Series 2006-AR9 Trust,
2.00%, (COFI + 1.50%), 8/25/46 (d)
   

36,642

     

31,575

   
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates Series 2007-HY4 Trust,
3.21%, 4/25/37 (e)
   

12,314

     

10,178

   
TOTAL ASSET BACKED AND
COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $1,247,057)
       

1,208,717

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.4%

 
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund
Authority, 2.55%, 6/15/23
 

$

30,000

   

$

31,157

   
New York State Urban Development
Corp., 1.83%, 3/15/29
   

40,000

     

41,099

   

State of Wisconsin, 2.10%, 5/1/26

   

20,000

     

21,330

   

University of California, 1.61%, 5/15/30

   

20,000

     

20,210

   
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost - $110,000)
       

113,796

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 17.6%

 

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 17.5%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

 

0.08%, 1/7/21 (a)

   

200,000

     

199,999

   

0.08%, 1/14/21 (a)

   

1,900,000

     

1,899,976

   

0.08%, 1/19/21 (a)

   

200,000

     

199,997

   

0.08%, 1/26/21 (a)

   

600,000

     

599,983

   

0.08%, 2/4/21 (a)

   

300,000

     

299,986

   

0.08%, 2/9/21 (a)

   

300,000

     

299,986

   

0.09%, 2/11/21 (a)

   

800,000

     

799,949

   

0.09%, 3/4/21 (a)

   

100,000

     

99,989

   

0.09%, 3/9/21 (a)

   

200,000

     

199,970

   

0.09%, 5/27/21 (a)

   

500,000

     

499,846

   
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES
(Cost - $5,099,530)
       

5,099,681

   

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.1%

 
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (f)
(Cost - $31,127)
   

31,127

     

31,127

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $5,130,657)
       

5,130,808

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 113.7%
(Cost - $29,946,376)
     

$

33,095,487

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (13.7)%
        (3,981,128)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

29,114,359

   

†  Represents less than 0.05%.

(a)  Rate shown represents discount rate at the time of purchase.

(b)  When-issued, or delayed delivery. All or a portion may be subject to dollar-roll transactions.

(c)  144A - Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule, except to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31, 2020, these securities amounted to $1,498,930 or 5.1% of net assets.

(d)  Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

(e)  Adjustable rate security with an interest rate that is not based on a published reference index and spread. The rate is based on the structure of the agreement and current market conditions. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(f)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

CMT - Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

COFI - 11th District Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index

EUR - EURO

ICE GBP Swap - Ice Swap Rate

Libor - London Interbank Offer Rate

PLC - Public Limited Company

REMIC - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

STRIP - Separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
46



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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

  Number of
Contracts
 

Expiration Date

 

Notional Value

  Fair Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Euro-BTP Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

3

   

3/8/2021

 

$

557,975

   

$

2,190

   

S&P 500 E-Mini Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

13

   

3/19/2021

   

2,436,720

     

61,633

   

U.S. 5 Year Note Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

11

   

3/31/2021

   

1,387,805

     

1,214

   
     

65,037

   

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Euro-Bund Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

3

   

3/8/2021

   

652,054

     

(220

)

 

Euro-OAT Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

1

   

3/8/2021

   

205,385

     

(1,089

)

 

Long Gilt Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

2

   

3/29/2021

   

370,553

     

(3,773

)

 

U.S. 10 Year Note Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

4

   

3/22/2021

   

552,313

     

(1,094

)

 

U.S. Ultra Bond Future

 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

   

5

   

3/22/2021

   

1,067,813

     

9,439

   
     

3,263

   

TOTAL NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FUTURES CONTRACTS

                 

$

68,300

   

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

Counterparty

  Payment
Frequency
  Fund
Receives
 

Fund Pays

  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Goldman Sachs & Co.

 

Semi-Annually

   

-0.25

%

  6 Month Euribor  

06/16/31

   

100,000

EUR

 

$

(254

)

 

$

(224

)

 

$

(30

)

 
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID (RECEIVED) AND NET UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION ON INTEREST RATE SWAPS
                     

$

(254

)

 

$

(224

)

 

$

(30

)

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Counterparty

  Reference
Obligation/
Index
  Payment
Frequency
  Buy/Sell
Protection
  Fixed
Rate
Received
  Credit
Rating*
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount**
  Fair
Value
  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Goldman
Sachs & Co.
 

CDX.NA.IG.33 5 yr.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

1.00

%

 

BAA

 

12/20/24

 

$

500,000

   

$

8,381

   

$

7,122

   

$

1,259

   
Goldman
Sachs & Co.
 

CDX.NA.IG.34 5 yr.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

1.00

%

 

BAA

 

06/20/25

   

200,000

     

3,332

     

(3,101

)

   

6,433

   
Goldman
Sachs & Co.
 

CDX.NA.IG.35 5 yr.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

1.00

%

 

BAA+

 

12/20/25

   

900,000

     

22,326

     

20,239

     

2,087

   
Goldman
Sachs & Co.
 

CDX.NA.HY.35 5 yr.

 

Quarterly

 

Sell

   

5.00

%

 

B+

 

12/20/25

   

200,000

     

18,957

     

7,473

     

11,484

   
TOTAL FAIR VALUE, PREMIUMS PAID (RECEIVED) AND NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION ON CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS
                             

$

52,996

   

$

31,733

   

$

21,263

   

*  Credit ratings for the underlying securities in the index are assigned based on the higher ratings of either Moody's or S&P. If both are unrated, then Fitch is used. If all three agencies are unrated, a credit rating is assigned using an internal credit analyst rating.

**  The maximum potential amount the Portfolio may pay should a negative credit event take place as defined under the terms of the agreement.

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

 

Settlement Date

 

Counterparty

 

Currency Units to Receive

 

In Exchange For

  Unrealized Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

01/08/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

112,000

EUR

   

136,270

USD

 

$

797

   

01/08/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

93,453

USD

   

78,000

EUR

   

(2,004

)

 

01/08/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

136,198

USD

   

102,000

GBP

   

(3,242

)

 

01/21/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

888,000

MXN

   

41,339

USD

   

3,117

   

02/16/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

2,592,427

RUB

   

35,102

USD

   

(224

)

 

02/19/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

17,000,000

JPY

   

162,168

USD

   

2,581

   

02/19/21

 

Barclays Bank PLC

   

35,272

USD

   

126,985

PEN

   

158

   

TOTAL NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS

             

$

1,183

   

EUR - Euro

GBP - Pound Sterling

JPY - Japanese Yen

MXN - Mexican Peso

PEN - Peruvian Nuevo Sol

RUB - Russian Ruble

USD - United States Dollar

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by Wilshire Associates Incorporated ("Wilshire"), while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio underperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index – Moderate. The Portfolio posted a return of 6.61% compared to a benchmark return of 7.11%, a difference of -50 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The Portfolio was impacted by both dynamic asset allocation tilts as well as manager selection during 2020. Sub-asset class equity (e.g. international equities, large cap value overweight, etc.) allocations detracted due to an overweight to domestic value equities (relative to growth) and an early 2020 overweight to foreign equities relative to domestic equities. The Portfolio's allocation to fixed income contributed to performance in 2020, driven primarily by the timing of allocations into high yield.

The fixed income portion of the Portfolio entered the month of February underweight credit risk on concerns of excessively tight credit spreads (rich valuations), a view which materialized very quickly. With credit spreads widening out to levels last experienced during the financial crisis of 2007-2008, the Portfolio moved to a credit overweight with the belief that most of the deleveraging pressure had subsided and that there was an attractive risk-adjusted return opportunity present in credit relative to government bonds. In the second quarter of 2020, the Portfolio increased its allocation to iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bond ETF and MFS® VIT Total Return Bond Series, while reducing exposure to iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in order to increase credit risk to take advantage of wide domestic credit spreads and address the portfolio management team's preference for active management within fixed income.

Also during the second quarter, within equities, the Portfolio reduced exposure to MFS® VIT II International Intrinsic Value Portfolio, Invesco VI International Growth Fund, and iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and increased exposure to MFS® VIT Growth Series, American Century VP Value Fund, and Putnam VT Equity Income Fund in order to remove the overweight to foreign developed and emerging markets equities due to the portfolio management team's reduced conviction in foreign equities. The U.S. had already provided substantially more fiscal and monetary stimulus relative to foreign developed nations and had demonstrated effective collaboration across political party lines. The structural headwinds that Europe faced with a unified monetary policy applied to differentiated economies was expected to prove more challenging in recovering from this downturn. Lastly, the Portfolio reduced allocation to American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF and increased allocation to American Century VP Value Fund in order to remove the overweight to small and mid-cap equities due to Wilshire's eroding conviction in small cap equities. Given the rapid deterioration of the economy and uncertainty regarding the timing of its recovery, the portfolio management team believed there was significant risk in small companies. While small caps had already underperformed large caps by a large margin, smaller companies with weaker balance sheets were more likely face greater challenges in an uncertain environment.

In the second half of 2020, exposures to American Century VP Value Fund and MFS® VIT II International Intrinsic Value Portfolio were modestly reduced while the allocations to Invesco VI International Growth Fund and iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF were eliminated in favor of MFS® VIT Growth Series and iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF. This was done to moderate the overweight to domestic value, modestly diversify in favor of ETFs, and realize a portion of the gains.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred


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Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

Wilshire believes that the Portfolio remains well positioned to meaningfully participate in a continued rally in risk assets, but also diversified to outperform broad market equities during a selloff. More specifically, within equities at the end of the period, the Portfolio was modestly tilted to favor value over growth equities, and within foreign equities, emerging markets over developed economies. The case for value equities is driven by a combination of highly attractive relative valuations, lower beta, and potential mean reversion. With vaccine development and distribution increasing the prospects of economic recovery, Wilshire believes that value equities exhibit the potential for higher upside in a cyclical recovery and more margin for safety in an unforeseen downturn. Earnings remain strong for many value sectors, while price-to-earnings expansion in recent years has not kept pace with growth equities. Although earnings growth and manufacturing purchasing managers' indices (PMI) within Europe have tailed off recently, Wilshire believes that the potential for outperformance exists, and that reduced trade tensions provide the opportunity for improved global trade activity and positive economic growth in developed and emerging markets. Returns could also benefit from the U.S. dollar weakening, providing a tailwind to foreign equity results, especially within emerging markets.

Within fixed income at the end of the period, the Portfolio was tilted to favor credit relative to government securities, and foreign fixed income over domestic fixed income. Despite a significant narrowing of credit spreads over the past six months, valuations of government bonds are high, with more reasonable risk-adjusted return opportunities apparent in credit relative to government bonds.

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

October 31, 2013

   

6.61

%

   

6.33

%

   

7.75

%

   

6.30

%

   

1.89

%

   

1.26

%

 

S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate^

       

7.11

%

   

6.33

%

   

7.90

%

   

6.07

%

         

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Prior to October 1, 2016, the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio was managed by the Adviser without the use of a sub-adviser. The performance prior to that date is attributable to the Adviser's asset allocation decisions.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P Global Managed Risk LargeMidCap Index - Moderate is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 30% to the underlying bond index.


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Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Variable Insurance Trusts

   

78.2

%

 

Exchange Traded Funds

   

17.1

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

4.8

%

 

Other Assets less Liabilities - Net

   

(0.1

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.


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Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUSTS - 78.2%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 19.0%

 

MFS High Yield Portfolio

   

361,937

   

$

2,055,803

   

MFS Total Return Bond Series, Class I

   

1,307,140

     

18,456,814

   

Total Debt Funds

           

20,512,617

   

EQUITY FUNDS - 59.2%

 
American Century VP Mid Cap
Value, Class I
   

200,378

     

4,115,773

   
American Century VP Value Fund,
Class I
   

917,008

     

10,242,978

   

MFS Growth Series

   

223,865

     

16,523,444

   
MFS VIT II - International Intrinsic
Value Portfolio, Class I
   

206,999

     

7,255,308

   
MFS VIT II Blended Research Core
Equity Portfolio, Class I
   

72,292

     

4,140,892

   

MFS VIT Mid Cap Growth Series

   

242,621

     

3,066,726

   

Putnam VT Equity Income

   

561,795

     

14,488,681

   

Putnam VT Growth Opportunities

   

277,344

     

4,135,201

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

           

63,969,003

   
TOTAL VARIABLE INSURANCE
TRUSTS (Cost - $64,478,232)
           

84,481,620

   

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 17.1%

 

DEBT FUNDS - 4.7%

 

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

   

37,570

     

2,050,571

   
iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year Investment
Grade Corporate Bond ETF
   

55,680

     

3,071,865

   

TOTAL DEBT FUNDS

           

5,122,436

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

EQUITY FUNDS - 12.4%

 

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

   

119,256

   

$

8,239,397

   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

   

33,902

     

2,103,280

   

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

   

33,316

     

3,061,741

   

TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS

           

13,404,418

   
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED
FUNDS (Cost - $17,517,860)
           

18,526,854

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 4.8%

 
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (a)
   

5,100,431

     

5,100,431

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (a)
   

72,508

     

72,508

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $5,172,939)
       

5,172,939

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.1%
(Cost - $87,169,031)
     

$

108,181,413

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (0.1)%
        (69,307)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

108,112,106

   

(a)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide capital appreciation and income while seeking to manage volatility.

Management Review

The capital appreciation and income component is sub-advised by Wellington Management Company LLP ("Wellington Management") while the managed risk component is sub-advised by Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman").

How did the Portfolio perform during the period?

During 2020, the Portfolio outperformed its reference benchmark, the S&P 500 Managed Risk Index – Moderate Conservative. The Portfolio posted a return of 11.16% compared to a benchmark return of 7.07%, a difference of 409 basis points. The following discussion of relative performance pertains to this benchmark unless otherwise noted.

What factors and allocation decisions influenced the Portfolio's performance?

The equity portion of the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio outperformed the S&P 500® Index, net of fees, during the year, returning 22.74%, versus the S&P 500® Index's return of 18.40%, a difference of 434 basis points. Relative equity outperformance was driven by strong security selection within the communication services and information technology sectors, partially offset by weaker security selection within the consumer discretionary and utilities sectors.

Top relative contributors of the equity portion of the Portfolio during the period included an overweight to Etsy, an out of benchmark position in Snap, Inc., and an underweight to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Etsy, an e-commerce company focusing on handmade and craft supplies, was the largest contributor to relative performance. Shares rose over the period as the e-commerce platform's sharp spike in customer acquisitions increased brand awareness and opportunities for customer retention. Shares climbed after strong second-quarter results that beat expectations and indicated growth in gross merchandise sales may be sustainable beyond COVID-19-related demand tailwinds. Additionally, shares rose on news of adoption into the S&P 500® Index. Shares of Snap, Inc., a social media company, trended up over the period but surged in October after the company reported third quarter results that materially exceeded consensus estimates for revenue and user growth. Quarterly revenue rose 52% as many advertisers resumed or increased their marketing budgets during the quarter. The Portfolio's positioning in JPMorgan Chase & Co., an investment bank and financial services company, contributed to relative returns. Shares were volatile but ended the period lower as interest rates fell earlier in the year amid concerns about the coronavirus and its impact on the global economy. The Portfolio's position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. has grown throughout the year and is now the largest active position in the financials sector.

Top relative detractors of the equity portion of the Portfolio during the period included an overweight to Under Armour, Inc., not holding a position in benchmark constituent NVIDIA Corporation, and an overweight to Bank of America Corporation. Under Armour, Inc., the United States (US)-based athletic apparel retailer, was the top detractor during the period. Shares declined after the company reported fourth quarter 2019 and first quarter 2020 results below expectations and disappointing forward guidance amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to lower demand, the company saw pressure on gross margins as they entered a promotional environment to unload excess inventory. The position was eliminated during the period. Not owning NVIDIA Corporation, a graphics-chip maker, detracted from relative results. Shares rose over the period following several quarters of strong earnings as the company benefited from much of the world working and learning from home. Increased sales of laptops and game consoles using NVIDIA Corporation chips lifted earnings for the company. Bank of America Corporation, an investment bank and financial services company, detracted from relative performance during the period. Similar to JPMorgan Chase & Co., shares of Bank of America Corporation were weighed down by coronavirus concerns and its impact on the economy, spurring fears of a global recession and liquidity crisis. Shares later rebounded in November after positive vaccine developments indicated a possible return to normalcy. The Portfolio has eliminated its position in Bank of America Corporation in favor of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The fixed income portion of the Capital Appreciation and Income Component of the Portfolio outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index, net of fees, during the year, returning 8.15% versus the benchmark return of 7.51%, a difference of 64 basis points. Security selection contributed positively to the fixed income portion of the Portfolio while


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Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

sector allocation detracted from relative returns. Security selection within investment grade corporates contributed the most to relative returns, with industrials, financials and utilities all helping results. In particular, a positive impact from security selection within industrials more than offset a negative impact from an underweight to the sector. Within non-corporate investment grade credit, an underweight to and security selection within local agency and sovereigns contributed, and an overweight to taxable municipals contributed positively, as well. Agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) contributed positively due primarily to positioning within conventional pass-throughs, while an out-of-benchmark allocation to collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) marginally detracted. Within the securitized sectors, out-of-benchmark allocations to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and non-agency residential mortgage backed securities (NA RMBS) as well as an overweight to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) contributed to relative returns. An underweight to the short-end of the yield curve resulted in a negative impact from duration/yield curve positioning as yields declined over the period.

During the market correction and spike in volatility in the first quarter, the managed risk component was a meaningful contributor to performance as it quickly and significantly reduced the Portfolio's equity exposure as major equity markets globally fell 30-40%. The market's recovery in the second quarter was historic in both its degree and pace, and occurred while volatility remained elevated, a rarity. While the Portfolio increased its equity exposure considerably during this recovery period, it was underweight equity given the environment of heightened volatility, which resulted in the managed risk component detracting from performance in the second quarter. The final two quarters of 2020 would be characterized by a persistent level of elevated volatility and some brief spikes that would keep the Portfolio below its maximum equity position despite the equity markets generally pushing higher. The managed risk component detracted from performance during this period and as a result, during 2020 overall.

How was the Portfolio positioned at period end?

The equity portion of the Portfolio is managed in an industry-neutral structure by Wellington Management's US Research Equity Team, and is designed to add value through fundamental, bottom-up stock selection. The equity portion of the Portfolio consists of multiple sub-portfolios, with each sub-portfolio actively managed by one or more of Wellington Management's Global Industry Analysts (GIAs). The allocation of assets to each sub-portfolio corresponds to the relative weight of the analysts' coverage universe within the S&P 500® Index. However, within in an industry, an analyst's stock selection may result in an overweight or underweight to certain sub-industries in his or her area of coverage. Wellington's GIAs remain focused on fundamental, bottom-up stock selection with an eye on how the macro-economic outlook will affect the companies in which they invest.

Wellington's GIAs saw a pull forward of demand for many next generation businesses (e-commerce, electronic payments, alternative energy) throughout the year. As the pandemic enters its second year, the GIAs remain focused on COVID-19's ongoing impact and continue to assess potential short-term dislocations and long-term structural changes within their investment universe.

At the end of the period, the fixed income portion of the Portfolio was overweight investment grade credit from a market value perspective, but underweight from a spread duration perspective reflecting our more cautious view as valuations are less compelling given near term uncertainty. Also, the Portfolio had a moderate underweight duration stance as the team expects the Federal Reserve (Fed) to hold short rates low while long rates could rise as economic activity recovers post vaccine rollout. The Portfolio was most underweight investment grade corporates and US governments while being most overweight asset backed securities and non-corporate investment grade credit. On an industry basis at the end of the period, the Portfolio was positioned overweight the less cyclical sectors like communications and utilities while remaining cautious on more cyclical sectors such as energy. The Portfolio retained an overweight to taxable municipals at the end of the period given the diversification benefit and still strong underlying credit quality coupled with relatively attractive valuations. The team believes Agency MBS is well supported by Fed buying despite concerns around prepayment speeds. At the end of the period, the Portfolio held an allocation to CMOs (collateralized mortgage obligations) and a modest allocation to delegated underwriting and servicing (DUS) for their stable cash flows. The Portfolio also held out-of-benchmark allocations to collateral loan obligations (CLOs) and non-agency residential mortgages (NA RMBS) as well as an overweight to commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS).


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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

The Portfolio's performance figures for the periods ended December 31, 2020 as compared to its benchmark:

           

Annualized

  Operating
Expense*
 
    Inception
Date
  One
Year
  Three
Years
  Five
Years
  Since
Inception
  Gross
Ratio
  Net
Ratio
 

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Class II

 

October 31, 2013

   

11.16

%

   

7.98

%

   

8.48

%

   

7.73

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.21

%

 

S&P 500 Managed Risk Index - Moderate Conservative^

       

7.07

%

   

7.46

%

   

8.69

%

   

7.80

%

         

The performance data quoted is historical. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. The principal value and investment return of an investment will fluctuate so that your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser. Performance figures for periods greater than one year are annualized. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account.

*  The estimated operating expense ratios for Class II shares, as disclosed in the most recent prospectus dated April 30, 2020. Ratios include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses indirectly incurred by the Portfolio. Gross operating expense ratio reflects the ratio of expenses absent waivers and/or reimbursements by the Adviser. The operating expense ratios presented here may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in the Financial Highlights table in this report.

^  The S&P 500 Managed Risk Index - Moderate Conservative is designed to simulate a dynamic protective portfolio that allocates between the underlying equity index and cash, based on realized volatilities of the underlying equity and bond indices, while maintaining a fixed allocation of 40% to the underlying bond index.

Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment


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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio Review (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Holdings by Asset Class

 

% of Net Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

64.3

%

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   

11.3

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

9.1

%

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

7.4

%

 

Agency Mortgage Backed Securities

   

7.3

%

 

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

4.3

%

 

Municipal Bonds

   

0.9

%

 

Sovereign Debts

   

0.1

%

 

Other Assets less Liabilities - Net

   

(4.7

)%

 
     

100.0

%

 

Please refer to the Portfolio of Investments in this annual report for more information regarding the Portfolio's holdings as of December 31, 2020.

Derivative exposure is included in "Other Assets Less Liabilities - Net".


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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

COMMON STOCKS - 64.3%

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 1.4%

 

Boeing Co. (The)

   

7,145

   

$

1,529,459

   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   

6,142

     

714,622

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

6,398

     

2,271,162

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

27,473

     

1,964,594

   
             

6,479,837

   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 0.4%

 

FedEx Corp.

   

7,144

     

1,854,725

   

AIRLINES - 0.1%

 

JetBlue Airways Corp.*

   

31,267

     

454,622

   

AUTOMOBILES - 0.9%

 

Tesla, Inc.*

   

5,724

     

4,039,255

   

BANKS - 1.5%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

55,301

     

7,027,098

   

BEVERAGES - 0.7%

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

   

10,243

     

2,243,729

   

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

   

13,500

     

610,065

   

Monster Beverage Corp.*

   

1,000

     

92,480

   
             

2,946,274

   

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 1.4%

 

4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

2,500

     

103,625

   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

1,144

     

148,686

   

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

2,808

     

160,618

   

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

1,714

     

131,687

   

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR*

   

781

     

130,255

   

Avidity Biosciences, Inc.*

   

1,626

     

41,496

   

BioAtla, Inc.*

   

3,600

     

122,436

   

Biogen, Inc.*

   

800

     

195,888

   

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

2,730

     

87,496

   

Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

3,230

     

93,024

   

Exact Sciences Corp.*

   

5,145

     

681,661

   

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

3,568

     

60,692

   

Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.*

   

1,379

     

48,127

   

Gamida Cell Ltd.*

   

10,909

     

91,526

   

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

2,253

     

97,577

   

Incyte Corp.*

   

2,275

     

197,879

   

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.*

   

1,187

     

174,382

   

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

790

     

87,824

   

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

5,987

     

159,314

   

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

608

     

133,541

   

Myovant Sciences Ltd.*

   

34,446

     

951,399

   

Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

3,328

     

160,010

   

Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.*

   

3,830

     

72,081

   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

1,990

     

121,450

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

347

     

167,639

   

Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

1,932

     

105,951

   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

1,635

     

141,444

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

685

     

116,786

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 1.4% (Continued)

 

Seagen, Inc.*

   

956

   

$

167,434

   

Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

3,207

     

154,032

   

TCR2 Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

5,226

     

161,640

   

TG Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

1,000

     

52,020

   

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

1,097

     

133,669

   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

3,609

     

852,951

   
             

6,306,240

   

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 0.4%

 

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

10,584

     

493,109

   

Trane Technologies PLC

   

7,827

     

1,136,167

   
             

1,629,276

   

CAPITAL MARKETS - 2.8%

 

Ares Management Corp., Class A

   

38,468

     

1,809,919

   

Blackstone Group, Inc. (The), Class A

   

20,982

     

1,359,843

   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

   

70,946

     

3,762,976

   

Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A

   

13,109

     

1,023,158

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

19,398

     

2,021,660

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

5,782

     

1,900,717

   

StepStone Group, Inc., Class A*

   

24,293

     

966,861

   
             

12,845,134

   

CHEMICALS - 1.6%

 

Cabot Corp.

   

16,776

     

752,907

   

Celanese Corp.

   

8,773

     

1,139,964

   

FMC Corp.

   

9,963

     

1,145,047

   

Ingevity Corp.*

   

6,213

     

470,510

   

Linde PLC

   

8,123

     

2,140,492

   

Livent Corp.*

   

9,201

     

173,347

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

10,776

     

1,554,115

   
             

7,376,382

   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 0.2%

 

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

   

8,967

     

677,188

   

CONSUMER FINANCE - 0.4%

 

American Express Co.

   

7,997

     

966,917

   

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

   

12,933

     

622,854

   
             

1,589,771

   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING - 0.1%

 

Ball Corp.

   

5,987

     

557,869

   

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.0%†

 

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.*

   

42,024

     

139,940

   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.5%

 

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

   

41,173

     

1,053,617

   

Reinvent Technology Partners*

   

21,870

     

267,908

   

Therapeutics Acquisition Corp., Class A*

   

10,500

     

146,475

   

Voya Financial, Inc.

   

13,252

     

779,350

   
             

2,247,350

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 1.9%

 

Duke Energy Corp.

   

28,584

   

$

2,617,151

   

Edison International

   

28,695

     

1,802,620

   

Exelon Corp.

   

46,140

     

1,948,031

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

67,464

     

2,065,073

   

Southern Co. (The)

   

6,363

     

390,879

   
             

8,823,754

   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 0.1%

 

nVent Electric PLC

   

23,013

     

535,973

   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.1%

 

Schlumberger NV

   

26,450

     

577,403

   

ENTERTAINMENT - 1.4%

 

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

12,916

     

1,854,737

   

Netflix, Inc.*

   

6,782

     

3,667,231

   

Walt Disney Co. (The)*

   

3,778

     

684,498

   
             

6,206,466

   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT - 1.5%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

   

8,538

     

1,521,642

   

American Tower Corp.

   

5,512

     

1,237,224

   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

   

25,809

     

753,107

   

Equinix, Inc.

   

2,605

     

1,860,439

   

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

   

29,045

     

878,030

   

Sun Communities, Inc.

   

3,932

     

597,467

   
             

6,847,909

   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 1.2%

 

Performance Food Group Co.*

   

54,101

     

2,575,749

   

Sysco Corp.

   

27,388

     

2,033,833

   

US Foods Holding Corp.*

   

27,378

     

911,961

   
             

5,521,543

   

FOOD PRODUCTS - 0.7%

 

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

   

13,740

     

1,081,888

   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

35,194

     

2,057,793

   
             

3,139,681

   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 2.1%

 

Baxter International, Inc.

   

24,163

     

1,938,839

   

Boston Scientific Corp.*

   

63,399

     

2,279,194

   

Danaher Corp.

   

11,319

     

2,514,403

   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

   

14,241

     

1,299,206

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

   

2,072

     

1,695,103

   
             

9,726,745

   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.8%

 

Anthem, Inc.

   

5,168

     

1,659,393

   

Centene Corp.*

   

10,030

     

602,101

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

4,856

     

798,618

   

Humana, Inc.

   

1,468

     

602,276

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

   

2,887

     

587,649

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.8% (Continued)

 

McKesson Corp.

   

2,729

   

$

474,627

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

4,258

     

507,426

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

8,819

     

3,092,647

   
             

8,324,737

   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 1.2%

 

Airbnb, Inc., Class A*

   

2,100

     

308,280

   

Carnival Corp.

   

19,601

     

424,558

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

   

540

     

748,823

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

6,284

     

748,550

   

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A

   

21,065

     

1,564,076

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

   

26,568

     

1,583,453

   
             

5,377,740

   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES - 0.4%

 

DR Horton, Inc.

   

13,154

     

906,574

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

14,152

     

1,078,807

   
             

1,985,381

   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 1.2%

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

   

40,092

     

5,578,401

   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 0.8%

 

3M Co.

   

1,485

     

259,563

   

General Electric Co.

   

72,928

     

787,623

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

11,150

     

2,371,605

   
             

3,418,791

   

INSURANCE - 2.2%

 

American International Group, Inc.

   

35,092

     

1,328,583

   

Assurant, Inc.

   

9,195

     

1,252,543

   

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

   

26,766

     

842,861

   

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A*

   

21,638

     

933,463

   

Chubb Ltd.

   

11,591

     

1,784,087

   
Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc. (The)
   

14,591

     

714,667

   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

   

7,478

     

874,926

   

Progressive Corp. (The)

   

5,553

     

549,081

   

Trupanion, Inc.*

   

12,503

     

1,496,734

   
             

9,776,945

   

INTERACTIVE MEDIA & SERVICES - 5.0%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

   

6,817

     

11,947,747

   

Facebook, Inc., Class A*

   

24,535

     

6,701,981

   

Match Group, Inc.*

   

9,486

     

1,434,188

   

Snap, Inc., Class A*

   

33,989

     

1,701,829

   

Twitter, Inc.*

   

21,040

     

1,139,316

   
             

22,925,061

   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL - 3.3%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.*

   

4,585

     

14,933,024

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

IT SERVICES - 3.6%

 

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

   

5,693

   

$

1,553,221

   

Genpact Ltd.

   

22,429

     

927,664

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

20,934

     

4,509,602

   

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A*

   

16,876

     

1,399,864

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc.*

   

11,041

     

2,585,802

   

Science Applications International Corp.

   

7,278

     

688,790

   

Shopify, Inc., Class A*

   

1,135

     

1,284,763

   

Snowflake, Inc., Class A*

   

322

     

90,611

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

11,931

     

2,609,668

   

WEX, Inc.*

   

3,745

     

762,220

   
             

16,412,205

   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 0.9%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

13,509

     

1,600,681

   

Illumina, Inc.*

   

2,573

     

952,010

   

PPD, Inc.*

   

18,777

     

642,549

   

Syneos Health, Inc.*

   

10,927

     

744,457

   
             

3,939,697

   

MACHINERY - 1.3%

 

Fortive Corp.

   

23,975

     

1,697,910

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.*

   

37,542

     

1,710,414

   

Kennametal, Inc.

   

15,697

     

568,859

   

Meritor, Inc.*

   

9,241

     

257,916

   

Rexnord Corp.

   

19,672

     

776,847

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

978

     

174,632

   

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

   

12,015

     

879,498

   
             

6,066,076

   

MEDIA - 1.8%

 

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*

   

7,388

     

4,887,531

   

New York Times Co. (The), Class A

   

10,415

     

539,185

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

40,914

     

2,551,806

   
             

7,978,522

   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 1.5%

 
BP PLC, ADR    

19,940

     

409,169

   

Chevron Corp.

   

10,733

     

906,402

   

Concho Resources, Inc.

   

5,381

     

313,981

   

ConocoPhillips

   

14,990

     

599,450

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

4,512

     

218,381

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

14,076

     

701,970

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

20,998

     

865,538

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

20,627

     

853,133

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

2,495

     

284,155

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR

   

27,486

     

965,858

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, ADR

   

14,829

     

498,403

   
             

6,616,440

   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.5%

 

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc. (The), Class A

   

8,900

     

2,369,091

   

PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.8%

 

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR

   

48,932

     

2,446,111

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.8% (Continued)

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

33,444

   

$

2,074,531

   

Eli Lilly and Co.

   

17,284

     

2,918,230

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

11,622

     

950,680

   

Novartis AG, ADR

   

7,499

     

708,131

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

91,856

     

3,381,219

   

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A*

   

674

     

83,320

   

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A

   

2,650

     

132,632

   
             

12,694,854

   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.9%

 

Equifax, Inc.

   

1,360

     

262,263

   

IHS Markit Ltd.

   

29,040

     

2,608,663

   

TransUnion

   

2,054

     

203,798

   

TriNet Group, Inc.*

   

13,834

     

1,115,020

   
             

4,189,744

   

ROAD & RAIL - 0.3%

 

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

2,769

     

378,384

   

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.

   

8,261

     

345,475

   

Uber Technologies, Inc.*

   

14,732

     

751,332

   
             

1,475,191

   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 3.3%

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

   

28,830

     

2,643,999

   

KLA Corp.

   

4,379

     

1,133,767

   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.*

   

38,573

     

1,767,415

   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

   

45,457

     

2,161,026

   

Micron Technology, Inc.*

   

34,995

     

2,630,924

   
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co. Ltd, ADR
   

12,711

     

1,386,008

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

11,026

     

1,321,907

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

13,278

     

2,179,318

   
             

15,224,364

   

SOFTWARE - 4.9%

 

Adobe, Inc.*

   

2,584

     

1,292,310

   

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

   

3,896

     

501,532

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

64,914

     

14,438,172

   

Q2 Holdings, Inc.*

   

7,034

     

890,012

   

salesforce.com, Inc.*

   

10,799

     

2,403,101

   

ServiceNow, Inc.*

   

2,127

     

1,170,765

   

Splunk, Inc.*

   

2,756

     

468,217

   

Workday, Inc., Class A*

   

4,332

     

1,037,990

   
             

22,202,099

   

SPECIALTY RETAIL - 1.4%

 

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

14,833

     

2,380,845

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

10,261

     

1,260,153

   

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

   

43,079

     

2,941,865

   
             

6,582,863

   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS - 3.2%

 

Apple, Inc.

   

110,031

     

14,600,013

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 0.3%

 

PVH Corp.

   

7,999

   

$

751,026

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

14,980

     

465,578

   
             

1,216,604

   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 0.1%

 

Triton International Ltd./Bermuda

   

9,203

     

446,438

   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%

 

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

   

7,665

     

1,033,625

   
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $185,010,201)
       

292,918,341

   

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES - 11.3%

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.2%

 
BAE Systems Holdings, Inc.,
3.85%, 12/15/25 (a)
 

$

100,000

     

113,402

   

Boeing Co. (The)

 

3.25%, 3/1/28

   

214,000

     

226,470

   

3.45%, 11/1/28

   

85,000

     

91,161

   

Lockheed Martin Corp., 4.85%, 9/15/41

   

50,000

     

66,894

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

 

3.95%, 8/16/25

   

150,000

     

172,037

   

4.13%, 11/16/28

   

350,000

     

417,257

   
             

1,087,221

   

AGRICULTURE - 0.4%

 

Altria Group, Inc., 5.80%, 2/14/39

   

100,000

     

131,757

   

BAT Capital Corp., 3.56%, 8/15/27

   

895,000

     

996,564

   
Imperial Brands Finance PLC,
3.75%, 7/21/22 (a)
   

475,000

     

495,227

   
             

1,623,548

   

AIRLINES - 0.0%†

 
United Airlines 2018-1 Class B Pass
Through Trust, 4.60%, 3/1/26
   

28,822

     

27,973

   

AUTO MANUFACTURERS - 0.2%

 
General Motors Financial Co., Inc.,
3.70%, 5/9/23
   

600,000

     

635,949

   
Volkswagen Group of America Finance
LLC, 3.35%, 5/13/25 (a)
   

225,000

     

247,355

   
             

883,304

   

BANKS - 3.1%

 

Banco Santander SA

 

3.13%, 2/23/23

   

200,000

     

210,579

   

2.75%, 12/3/30

   

200,000

     

206,145

   

Bank of America Corp.

 

4.20%, 8/26/24

   

160,000

     

179,117

   
3.59%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.37%),
7/21/28 (b)
   

345,000

     

391,927

   
3.97%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.21%),
2/7/30 (b)
   

225,000

     

265,012

   
3.19%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.18%),
7/23/30 (b)
   

180,000

     

201,724

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

BANKS - 3.1% (Continued)

 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The),
1.26%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.05%),
10/30/23 (b)
 

$

380,000

   

$

386,437

   

Barclays PLC

 
3.93%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.61%),
5/7/25 (b)
   

355,000

     

388,368

   

4.34%, 1/10/28

   

305,000

     

350,380

   

BNP Paribas SA

 

3.38%, 1/9/25 (a)

   

200,000

     

218,869

   
2.82%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.11%),
11/19/25 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

213,185

   
BPCE SA  

5.70%, 10/22/23 (a)

   

275,000

     

311,256

   

5.15%, 7/21/24 (a)

   

600,000

     

683,242

   

3.50%, 10/23/27 (a)

   

305,000

     

340,026

   

Citigroup, Inc.

 

4.05%, 7/30/22

   

50,000

     

52,875

   

3.50%, 5/15/23

   

300,000

     

321,425

   

3.30%, 4/27/25

   

70,000

     

77,627

   

5.50%, 9/13/25

   

55,000

     

66,090

   

Credit Agricole SA, 4.38%, 3/17/25 (a)

   

200,000

     

224,473

   

Credit Agricole SA/London

 

3.75%, 4/24/23 (a)

   

250,000

     

268,370

   

3.25%, 10/4/24 (a)

   

250,000

     

271,194

   

Credit Suisse Group AG

 

3.57%, 1/9/23 (a)

   

285,000

     

293,638

   
1.46%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.24%),
6/12/24 (a),(b)
   

260,000

     

263,685

   
Credit Suisse Group Funding
Guernsey Ltd., 3.80%, 9/15/22
   

395,000

     

417,195

   

Danske Bank A/S

 

5.00%, 1/12/22 (a)

   

200,000

     

208,791

   

3.88%, 9/12/23 (a)

   

200,000

     

215,505

   

5.38%, 1/12/24 (a)

   

200,000

     

225,632

   
1.62%, (US 1 Year CMT T-Note + 1.35%),
9/11/26 (a),(b)
   

435,000

     

436,964

   
Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY, 4.25%,
10/14/21
   

100,000

     

102,543

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

 

3.50%, 1/23/25

   

200,000

     

220,732

   
3.27%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.20%),
9/29/25 (b)
   

460,000

     

503,896

   

6.75%, 10/1/37

   

50,000

     

76,508

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

 

3.60%, 5/25/23

   

200,000

     

215,123

   

1.59%, (SOFR + 1.29%), 5/24/27 (b)

   

495,000

     

503,374

   
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 3.15%,
3/14/21
   

156,000

     

156,481

   

ING Groep NV, 3.95%, 3/29/27

   

200,000

     

231,357

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

2.95%, 10/1/26

   

400,000

     

443,777

   
4.45%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.33%),
12/5/29 (b)
   

305,000

     

372,132

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

BANKS - 3.1% (Continued)

 
Macquarie Group Ltd., 4.15%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.33%),
3/27/24 (a),(b)
 

$

300,000

   

$

322,352

   

Morgan Stanley

 

3.88%, 4/29/24

   

110,000

     

121,860

   

4.35%, 9/8/26

   

455,000

     

536,440

   

3.63%, 1/20/27

   

225,000

     

257,673

   
National Australia Bank Ltd.,
2.33%, 8/21/30 (a)
   

330,000

     

335,487

   

NBK SPC Ltd., 2.75%, 5/30/22 (a)

   

900,000

     

923,319

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc. (The), 3.90%, 4/29/24
   

50,000

     

55,401

   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.

 

3.70%, 3/28/22

   

465,000

     

480,191

   

3.40%, 1/18/23

   

75,000

     

78,779

   

Synchrony Bank, 3.65%, 5/24/21

   

250,000

     

252,479

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

3.00%, 2/19/25

   

150,000

     

163,072

   

4.75%, 12/7/46

   

95,000

     

124,330

   
             

14,167,037

   

BEVERAGES - 0.2%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.

 

4.00%, 4/13/28

   

315,000

     

371,372

   

4.38%, 4/15/38

   

60,000

     

74,292

   

3.75%, 7/15/42

   

55,000

     

62,571

   

4.60%, 4/15/48

   

220,000

     

278,388

   

4.50%, 6/1/50

   

45,000

     

56,802

   
Pernod Ricard International
Finance LLC, 1.63%, 4/1/31 (a)
   

320,000

     

314,721

   
             

1,158,146

   

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

 

Amgen, Inc., 2.77%, 9/1/53 (a)

   

310,000

     

311,452

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.80%, 10/1/50

   

310,000

     

307,652

   

Royalty Pharma PLC

 

3.30%, 9/2/40 (a)

   

105,000

     

110,403

   

3.55%, 9/2/50 (a)

   

245,000

     

261,036

   
             

990,543

   

CHEMICALS - 0.0%†

 

Syngenta Finance NV, 5.18%, 4/24/28 (a)

   

200,000

     

214,434

   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES - 0.2%

 

ERAC USA Finance LLC

 

3.30%, 10/15/22 (a)

   

500,000

     

525,112

   

3.30%, 12/1/26 (a)

   

235,000

     

261,688

   

4.50%, 2/15/45 (a)

   

25,000

     

31,821

   
             

818,621

   

COMPUTERS - 0.1%

 

Apple, Inc.

 

3.00%, 2/9/24

   

120,000

     

129,091

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

COMPUTERS - 0.1% (Continued)

 

3.25%, 2/23/26

 

$

105,000

   

$

117,833

   
International Business Machines
Corp., 1.95%, 5/15/30
   

295,000

     

304,062

   
             

550,986

   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.3%

 
Capital One Financial Corp.,
4.20%, 10/29/25
   

105,000

     

119,880

   
Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 4.00%,
(US10 Year CMT T-Note + 3.08%),
3/1/69 (b)
   

565,000

     

594,662

   
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.,
1.85%, 9/15/32
   

465,000

     

468,570

   
Synchrony Financial, 3.75%,
8/15/21
   

205,000

     

207,934

   
             

1,391,046

   

ELECTRIC - 1.3%

 
Appalachian Power Co., 3.40%,
6/1/25
   

200,000

     

222,145

   
Cleco Corp.orate Holdings LLC,
3.38%, 9/15/29
   

140,000

     

143,786

   

Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC

 

3.74%, 5/1/26

   

565,000

     

625,283

   

4.97%, 5/1/46

   

105,000

     

122,876

   
Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc., 6.63%, 2/1/32
   

80,000

     

115,597

   
Dominion Energy, Inc., 2.72%,
8/15/21 (c)
   

65,000

     

65,802

   

Duke Energy Corp.

 

3.75%, 4/15/24

   

225,000

     

247,718

   

2.65%, 9/1/26

   

70,000

     

76,272

   

Evergy Metro, Inc., 2.25%, 6/1/30

   

90,000

     

95,352

   

Fortis, Inc./Canada, 3.06%, 10/4/26

   

265,000

     

291,680

   

Georgia Power Co.

 

4.75%, 9/1/40

   

65,000

     

85,376

   

4.30%, 3/15/42

   

48,000

     

60,954

   

3.70%, 1/30/50

   

90,000

     

107,704

   
Infraestructura Energetica Nova
SAB de CV, 4.88%, 1/14/48 (a)
   

200,000

     

222,750

   

ITC Holdings Corp., 2.95%, 5/14/30 (a)

   

355,000

     

388,025

   
Metropolitan Edison Co.,
4.30%, 1/15/29 (a)
   

470,000

     

531,928

   
Mid-Atlantic Interstate
Transmission LLC, 4.10%, 5/15/28 (a)
   

340,000

     

380,179

   
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.,
1.96%, 6/27/30 (a)
   

335,000

     

345,269

   

Oglethorpe Power Corp.

 

6.19%, 1/1/31 (a)

   

100,000

     

124,056

   

3.75%, 8/1/50 (a)

   

120,000

     

128,954

   

5.25%, 9/1/50

   

155,000

     

191,689

   
PPL Capital Funding, Inc.,
3.50%, 12/1/22
   

50,000

     

52,431

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ELECTRIC - 1.3% (Continued)

 

San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

 

1.70%, 10/1/30

 

$

645,000

   

$

652,373

   

4.10%, 6/15/49

   

84,000

     

104,758

   
Southern California Edison Co.,
3.70%, 8/1/25
   

45,000

     

50,484

   

Southern Co. (The), 2.95%, 7/1/23

   

290,000

     

307,099

   
             

5,740,540

   

FOOD - 0.3%

 

Conagra Brands, Inc.

 

4.60%, 11/1/25

   

100,000

     

117,793

   

1.38%, 11/1/27

   

210,000

     

211,938

   

Danone SA, 2.95%, 11/2/26 (a)

   

200,000

     

219,720

   

Kroger Co. (The)

 

2.95%, 11/1/21

   

375,000

     

382,288

   

4.45%, 2/1/47

   

110,000

     

138,432

   

5.40%, 1/15/49

   

95,000

     

137,705

   
Sigma Alimentos SA de CV,
4.13%, 5/2/26 (a)
   

240,000

     

264,634

   
             

1,472,510

   

GAS - 0.1%

 

Boston Gas Co., 3.15%, 8/1/27 (a)

   

60,000

     

66,614

   
Eastern Energy Gas Holdings LLC,
3.60%, 12/15/24
   

125,000

     

138,214

   
KeySpan Gas East Corp.,
2.74%, 8/15/26 (a)
   

275,000

     

302,018

   
             

506,846

   

HEALTHCARE-PRODUCTS - 0.2%

 

Alcon Finance Corp., 3.00%, 9/23/29 (a)

   

500,000

     

545,696

   

Boston Scientific Corp., 3.38%, 5/15/22

   

163,000

     

169,770

   
             

715,466

   

HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 0.6%

 

Aetna, Inc., 2.80%, 6/15/23

   

210,000

     

220,952

   

Anthem, Inc.

 

3.50%, 8/15/24

   

75,000

     

82,292

   

4.65%, 8/15/44

   

51,000

     

67,081

   
Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc.,
2.10%, 6/1/31
   

135,000

     

138,650

   

Children's Hospital/DC, 2.93%, 7/15/50

   

140,000

     

140,207

   

CommonSpirit Health

 

2.95%, 11/1/22

   

191,000

     

199,490

   

4.20%, 8/1/23

   

105,000

     

113,469

   

1.55%, 10/1/25

   

75,000

     

77,039

   

2.78%, 10/1/30

   

75,000

     

79,405

   

4.35%, 11/1/42

   

95,000

     

111,312

   

4.19%, 10/1/49

   

45,000

     

52,381

   
Cottage Health Obligated Group,
3.30%, 11/1/49
   

65,000

     

73,232

   

Dignity Health

 

3.81%, 11/1/24

   

92,000

     

100,187

   

4.50%, 11/1/42

   

270,000

     

302,941

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

HEALTHCARE-SERVICES - 0.6% (Continued)

 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, 2.96%, 1/1/50
 

$

100,000

   

$

106,408

   

Mercy Health, 3.56%, 8/1/27

   

270,000

     

298,546

   
PeaceHealth Obligated Group,
1.38%, 11/15/25
   

100,000

     

102,068

   

Sutter Health

 

1.32%, 8/15/25

   

60,000

     

61,011

   

2.29%, 8/15/30

   

140,000

     

145,569

   

Toledo Hospital (The)

 

5.33%, 11/15/28

   

190,000

     

224,005

   

5.75%, 11/15/38

   

75,000

     

89,910

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.75%, 7/15/25

   

75,000

     

85,450

   
             

2,871,605

   

INSURANCE - 0.5%

 

AIA Group Ltd., 3.38%, 4/7/30 (a)

   

200,000

     

224,163

   

American International Group, Inc.

 

4.88%, 6/1/22

   

50,000

     

53,048

   

4.25%, 3/15/29

   

160,000

     

192,021

   
Equitable Financial Life Global Funding,
1.40%, 8/27/27 (a)
   

275,000

     

276,697

   
Jackson National Life Global Funding,
3.25%, 1/30/24 (a)
   

275,000

     

295,667

   
Metropolitan Life Global Funding I,
3.00%, 9/19/27 (a)
   

250,000

     

279,259

   
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.,
4.35%, 4/30/50 (a)
   

410,000

     

481,636

   
Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Co. (The), 3.63%, 9/30/59 (a)
   

30,000

     

34,857

   
Principal Financial Group, Inc.,
3.40%, 5/15/25
   

150,000

     

166,038

   

Prudential PLC, 3.13%, 4/14/30

   

215,000

     

243,753

   
             

2,247,139

   

INTERNET - 0.1%

 

Amazon.com, Inc., 4.80%, 12/5/34

   

100,000

     

137,212

   

Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.60%, 1/19/28 (a)

   

215,000

     

237,345

   
             

374,557

   

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.1%

 

JAB Holdings BV, 2.20%, 11/23/30 (a)

   

250,000

     

251,343

   

MEDIA - 0.4%

 
Charter Communications
Operating LLC / Charter
Communications Operating Capital
 

4.46%, 7/23/22

   

175,000

     

184,493

   

5.38%, 5/1/47

   

60,000

     

74,886

   

5.13%, 7/1/49

   

52,000

     

63,467

   

4.80%, 3/1/50

   

70,000

     

83,608

   

3.70%, 4/1/51

   

20,000

     

20,769

   

Comcast Corp., 4.60%, 10/15/38

   

130,000

     

171,317

   

Cox Communications, Inc.

 

4.80%, 2/1/35 (a)

   

275,000

     

347,781

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MEDIA - 0.4% (Continued)

 

6.45%, 12/1/36 (a)

 

$

15,000

   

$

20,911

   
Discovery Communications LLC,
4.65%, 5/15/50
   

190,000

     

237,642

   

Fox Corp., 4.03%, 1/25/24

   

80,000

     

88,107

   

Sky Ltd., 3.75%, 9/16/24 (a)

   

250,000

     

278,323

   

Walt Disney Co. (The), 3.70%, 9/15/24

   

50,000

     

55,500

   
             

1,626,804

   

MINING - 0.1%

 
Glencore Finance Canada Ltd.,
4.25%, 10/25/22 (a)
   

275,000

     

292,922

   

OIL & GAS - 0.4%

 

Aker BP ASA, 4.00%, 1/15/31 (a)

   

360,000

     

389,969

   
BG Energy Capital PLC,
4.00%, 10/15/21 (a)
   

200,000

     

205,333

   

Equinor ASA, 3.00%, 4/6/27

   

610,000

     

679,144

   

Hess Corp., 7.30%, 8/15/31

   

555,000

     

726,140

   
             

2,000,586

   

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.3%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

 

5.00%, 12/15/21

   

100,000

     

103,236

   

3.45%, 3/15/22

   

20,000

     

20,626

   

3.85%, 6/15/24

   

50,000

     

55,067

   

3.80%, 3/15/25

   

550,000

     

613,348

   

4.05%, 11/21/39

   

105,000

     

127,074

   

4.45%, 5/14/46

   

185,000

     

235,355

   

EMD Finance LLC, 2.95%, 3/19/22 (a)

   

95,000

     

97,538

   
             

1,252,244

   

PIPELINES - 0.3%

 
Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.,
4.50%, 6/1/25
   

175,000

     

201,256

   

Energy Transfer Operating LP

 

7.60%, 2/1/24

   

90,000

     

103,989

   

4.95%, 6/15/28

   

20,000

     

23,052

   

Gray Oak Pipeline LLC

 

2.60%, 10/15/25 (a)

   

144,000

     

148,416

   

3.45%, 10/15/27 (a)

   

25,000

     

26,113

   

MPLX LP, 4.13%, 3/1/27

   

290,000

     

334,467

   
Sunoco Logistics Partners
Operations LP, 5.35%, 5/15/45
   

200,000

     

220,322

   
Western Midstream Operating LP,
4.00%, 7/1/22
   

200,000

     

205,596

   
             

1,263,211

   

REITS - 0.4%

 

American Tower Corp., 5.00%, 2/15/24

   

31,000

     

35,086

   
Brandywine Operating Partnership LP,
3.95%, 11/15/27
   

385,000

     

411,477

   

Healthpeak Properties, Inc., 3.88%, 8/15/24

   

75,000

     

82,972

   

SBA Tower Trust

 

3.45%, 3/15/23 (a)

   

155,000

     

164,372

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

REITS - 0.4% (Continued)

 

2.84%, 1/15/25 (a)

 

$

100,000

   

$

105,998

   

1.88%, 1/15/26 (a)

   

95,000

     

97,157

   
Scentre Group Trust 1 / Scentre Group
Trust 2, 3.63%, 1/28/26 (a)
   

273,000

     

302,343

   

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP

 

3.40%, 1/15/28

   

185,000

     

204,230

   

2.20%, 6/15/28

   

85,000

     

86,915

   

3.10%, 12/15/29

   

270,000

     

291,302

   

2.85%, 12/15/32

   

40,000

     

41,826

   
             

1,823,678

   

RETAIL - 0.0%†

 

McDonald's Corp., 3.63%, 9/1/49

   

70,000

     

82,146

   

SAVINGS & LOANS - 0.0%†

 
Nationwide Building Society, 3.62%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.18%),
4/26/23 (a),(b)
   

200,000

     

207,743

   

SEMICONDUCTORS - 0.3%

 

Broadcom, Inc., 4.70%, 4/15/25

   

600,000

     

687,581

   
Microchip Technology, Inc.,
0.97%, 2/15/24 (a)
   

530,000

     

531,297

   
             

1,218,878

   

SOFTWARE - 0.2%

 

Microsoft Corp., 2.40%, 8/8/26

   

235,000

     

256,382

   

Oracle Corp.

 

3.25%, 11/15/27

   

230,000

     

262,451

   

3.60%, 4/1/50

   

195,000

     

227,191

   

3.85%, 4/1/60

   

70,000

     

86,080

   
             

832,104

   

TELECOMMUNICATIONS - 0.6%

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

2.55%, 12/1/33 (a)

   

231,000

     

236,807

   

3.10%, 2/1/43

   

380,000

     

385,688

   

3.50%, 9/15/53 (a)

   

240,000

     

240,352

   
British Telecommunications PLC,
3.25%, 11/8/29 (a)
   

200,000

     

220,613

   
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 3.22%,
5/15/22 (a)
   

150,000

     

151,546

   
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC / Sprint
Spectrum Co. II LLC / Sprint
Spectrum Co. III LLC, 4.74%, 3/20/25 (a)
   

410,000

     

444,067

   

Telefonica Emisiones SA, 5.21%, 3/8/47

   

265,000

     

339,680

   

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2.05%, 2/15/28 (a)

   

355,000

     

369,257

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

4.52%, 9/15/48

   

314,000

     

409,482

   

4.67%, 3/15/55

   

53,000

     

71,220

   
             

2,868,712

   

TRANSPORTATION - 0.0%†

 

Union Pacific Corp., 3.75%, 2/5/70

   

90,000

     

108,863

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

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  Fair
Value
 

TRUCKING & LEASING - 0.2%

 
Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP /
PTL Finance Corp.
 

3.38%, 2/1/22 (a)

 

$

200,000

   

$

205,302

   

4.88%, 7/11/22 (a)

   

50,000

     

53,305

   

2.70%, 11/1/24 (a)

   

110,000

     

117,846

   

3.95%, 3/10/25 (a)

   

345,000

     

386,423

   
             

762,876

   
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS AND
NOTES (Cost - $47,718,232)
       

51,433,632

   

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 7.4%

 

U.S. Treasury Note

 

0.13%, 6/30/22

   

450,000

     

450,070

   

0.13%, 11/30/22

   

1,415,000

     

1,415,166

   

0.13%, 8/15/23

   

1,000,000

     

999,453

   

0.13%, 10/15/23

   

480,000

     

479,663

   

1.50%, 10/31/24

   

375,000

     

393,032

   

0.25%, 5/31/25

   

1,250,000

     

1,247,607

   

0.25%, 7/31/25

   

1,360,000

     

1,356,016

   

0.25%, 8/31/25

   

2,420,000

     

2,412,154

   

0.25%, 9/30/25

   

2,005,000

     

1,997,403

   

0.38%, 11/30/25

   

375,000

     

375,527

   

1.63%, 10/31/26††

   

2,530,000

     

2,698,206

   

2.88%, 8/15/28

   

260,000

     

302,016

   

1.50%, 2/15/30

   

130,000

     

137,531

   

0.63%, 5/15/30

   

2,985,000

     

2,918,304

   

0.63%, 8/15/30

   

826,000

     

805,350

   

0.88%, 11/15/30

   

815,000

     

812,326

   

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

1.13%, 8/15/40

   

320,000

     

302,950

   

3.38%, 5/15/44

   

1,320,000

     

1,805,152

   

3.00%, 11/15/44

   

610,000

     

789,473

   

2.50%, 2/15/45

   

3,815,000

     

4,549,537

   

2.88%, 8/15/45

   

545,000

     

693,406

   

2.50%, 5/15/46

   

805,000

     

961,692

   

3.00%, 5/15/47

   

595,000

     

779,194

   

2.75%, 8/15/47

   

610,000

     

764,764

   

2.75%, 11/15/47

   

907,000

     

1,138,214

   

2.00%, 2/15/50

   

400,000

     

434,437

   

1.25%, 5/15/50

   

22,500

     

20,412

   

1.38%, 8/15/50

   

550,000

     

515,109

   
United States Treasury Bond,
1.63%, 11/15/50
   

925,000

     

921,531

   
United States Treasury Note,
0.38%, 12/31/25
   

1,435,000

     

1,436,121

   
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES
(Cost - $31,194,727)
       

33,911,816

   

AGENCY MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 7.3%

 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION - 0.3%

 

Freddie Mac Gold Pool

 

3.00%, 9/1/28

   

5,536

     

5,829

   

2.50%, 10/1/28

   

10,174

     

10,627

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE
CORPORATION - 0.3% (Continued)
 

2.50%, 12/1/31

 

$

56,003

   

$

58,801

   

3.50%, 11/1/34

   

57,570

     

61,862

   

3.00%, 2/1/43

   

28,460

     

30,660

   

3.50%, 10/1/43

   

17,891

     

19,463

   

4.00%, 8/1/44

   

11,707

     

12,862

   

3.00%, 11/1/46

   

906,456

     

974,216

   

3.00%, 12/1/46

   

246,318

     

264,690

   
             

1,439,010

   

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 5.1%

 

Fannie Mae Pool

 

3.07%, 2/1/25

   

70,000

     

76,000

   

2.47%, 5/1/25

   

141,379

     

151,916

   

2.68%, 5/1/25

   

306,739

     

331,606

   

2.81%, 7/1/25

   

397,100

     

431,353

   

2.99%, 10/1/25

   

104,626

     

114,667

   

3.09%, 10/1/25

   

50,229

     

55,150

   

2.78%, 6/1/26

   

150,000

     

164,543

   

2.50%, 4/1/28

   

14,754

     

15,413

   

3.00%, 10/1/28

   

9,086

     

9,562

   

2.50%, 2/1/30

   

30,624

     

32,082

   

2.50%, 6/1/30

   

61,300

     

64,215

   

2.50%, 10/1/31

   

152,584

     

160,199

   

2.50%, 12/1/31

   

80,487

     

84,488

   

3.00%, 7/1/43

   

51,827

     

55,353

   

4.00%, 11/1/43

   

23,169

     

25,115

   

3.00%, 1/1/46

   

1,183,259

     

1,246,905

   

4.00%, 1/1/46

   

341,996

     

367,715

   

4.00%, 2/1/46

   

360,763

     

393,961

   

3.00%, 10/1/46

   

1,195,562

     

1,284,612

   

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

1.50%, 1/1/36 (d)

   

4,275,000

     

4,398,574

   

2.00%, 1/1/36 (d)

   

5,750,000

     

6,011,446

   

2.00%, 1/1/51 (d)

   

2,075,000

     

2,155,406

   

2.50%, 1/1/51 (d)

   

2,400,000

     

2,529,750

   

4.50%, 1/1/51 (d)

   

450,000

     

487,687

   

2.00%, 2/1/51 (d)

   

2,075,000

     

2,152,812

   

4.50%, 2/1/51 (d)

   

400,000

     

434,094

   
             

23,234,624

   

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 1.9%

 

Ginnie Mae

 

2.50%, 1/20/51 (d)

   

1,600,000

     

1,693,250

   

4.00%, 1/20/51 (d)

   

1,610,000

     

1,716,159

   

4.50%, 1/20/51 (d)

   

350,000

     

374,719

   

Ginnie Mae II Pool

 

3.00%, 12/20/42

   

25,352

     

27,004

   

3.50%, 7/20/43

   

27,612

     

29,928

   

4.00%, 12/20/44

   

9,619

     

10,594

   

4.00%, 8/20/48

   

38,579

     

41,194

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

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Principal
  Fair
Value
 

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - 1.9% (Continued)

 

4.00%, 9/20/48

 

$

85,740

   

$

92,279

   

4.00%, 10/20/48

   

37,733

     

40,503

   

3.00%, 7/20/50

   

4,112,246

     

4,311,564

   
             

8,337,194

   
TOTAL AGENCY MORTGAGE
BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $32,536,196)
       

33,010,828

   

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3%

 
AASET 2018-2 US Ltd.,
4.45%, 11/18/38 (a)
   

242,029

     

227,312

   
Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2017-B,
3.16%, 9/25/56 (a),(e)
   

314,437

     

321,871

   
Angel Oak Mortgage Trust 2019-6,
2.62%, 11/25/59 (a),(e)
   

84,266

     

85,294

   
Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC 2019-2,
3.63%, 3/25/49 (a),(e)
   

79,749

     

81,308

   
ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2018-A,
2.55%, 10/15/26 (a)
   

2,509

     

2,511

   
ARI Fleet Lease Trust 2018-B,
3.22%, 8/16/27 (a)
   

49,854

     

50,301

   
Avery Point IV CLO Ltd., 1.81%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.60%),
4/25/26 (a),(b)
   

320,000

     

320,052

   
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage
Securities Trust 2018-PARK,
4.09%, 8/10/38 (a),(e)
   

185,000

     

214,417

   
Banc of America Commercial
Mortgage Trust 2015-UBS7,
3.71%, 9/15/48
   

155,000

     

172,568

   
Bayview Koitere Fund Trust 2017-RT4,
3.50%, 7/28/57 (a),(e)
   

132,205

     

135,503

   
Bayview Koitere Fund Trust 2017-SPL3,
4.00%, 11/28/53 (a),(e)
   

66,049

     

67,821

   
Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa
Trust 2017-SPL1, 4.00%, 10/28/64 (a),(e)
   

90,885

     

93,160

   
Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa
Trust 2017-SPL5, 3.50%, 6/28/57 (a),(e)
   

89,654

     

91,399

   
Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb
Trust 2017-SPL4, 3.50%, 1/28/55 (a),(e)
   

64,101

     

65,190

   
BFLD Trust 2020-OBRK, 2.21%,
(1 Month US Libor + 2.05%),
11/15/28 (a),(b)
   

60,000

     

60,000

   
BlueMountain CLO 2012-2 Ltd.,
1.67%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.45%),
11/20/28 (a),(b)
   

275,000

     

271,072

   
Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables
Trust 2018-2, 3.27%, 12/19/22 (a)
   

15,349

     

15,530

   
Castlelake Aircraft Structured
Trust 2019-1, 3.97%, 4/15/39 (a)
   

204,970

     

194,925

   

CF Hippolyta LLC, 1.69%, 7/15/60 (a)

   

264,363

     

269,055

   

Chesapeake Funding II LLC

 
0.61%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.45%),
5/15/29 (a),(b)
   

8,715

     

8,717

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3% (Continued)

 

1.91%, 8/15/29 (a)

 

$

19,701

   

$

19,716

   

3.23%, 8/15/30 (a)

   

114,073

     

115,876

   

0.87%, 8/16/32 (a)

   

146,265

     

146,900

   
COLT 2019-2 Mortgage Loan Trust,
3.34%, 5/25/49 (a),(e)
   

35,360

     

35,571

   
COMM 2013-CCRE8 Mortgage Trust,
3.33%, 6/10/46
   

70,601

     

74,531

   
Credit Acceptance Auto Loan
Trust 2020-3, 1.24%, 10/15/29 (a)
   

420,000

     

423,645

   
CSMC Trust 2017-LSTK,
2.76%, 4/5/33 (a)
   

405,000

     

404,352

   

DB Master Finance LLC

 

3.79%, 5/20/49 (a)

   

69,125

     

70,821

   

4.02%, 5/20/49 (a)

   

64,188

     

67,504

   
Deephave Residential Mortgage
Trust 2019-2, 3.56%, 4/25/59 (a),(e)
   

38,746

     

39,013

   
Deephaven Residential Mortgage
Trust 2017-1, 2.73%, 12/26/46 (a),(e)
   

5,706

     

5,703

   
Deephaven Residential Mortgage
Trust 2017-2, 2.45%, 6/25/47 (a),(e)
   

21,086

     

21,055

   
Deephaven Residential Mortgage
Trust 2017-3, 2.58%, 10/25/47 (a),(e)
   

12,887

     

12,880

   
Deephaven Residential Mortgage
Trust 2018-1, 2.98%, 12/25/57 (a),(e)
   

32,982

     

33,097

   
Enterprise Fleet Financing 2019-1
LLC, 2.98%, 10/20/24 (a)
   

100,679

     

102,064

   
Fannie Mae Multifamily Remic
Trust 2015-M12, 2.80%, 5/25/25 (e)
   

465,000

     

495,936

   

Fannie Mae REMICS

 

3.50%, 6/25/44

   

172,325

     

182,478

   

3.00%, 1/25/45

   

381,220

     

408,518

   

3.00%, 10/25/45

   

1,217,350

     

1,292,977

   

3.00%, 12/25/45

   

345,924

     

370,779

   

3.50%, 1/25/47

   

524,115

     

536,545

   

3.50%, 12/25/47

   

187,721

     

193,606

   

3.50%, 2/25/48

   

343,991

     

362,393

   

2.50%, 3/25/53

   

279,451

     

289,325

   

3.00%, 12/25/54

   

788,953

     

817,050

   

3.50%, 11/25/57

   

607,304

     

649,755

   

3.50%, 12/25/58

   

84,905

     

95,080

   

3.50%, 6/25/59

   

435,095

     

471,080

   

Fannie Mae-Aces

 
0.63%, (3 Month US Libor + 0.49%),
4/25/24 (b)
   

3,554

     

3,573

   
0.54%, (1 Month US Libor + 0.40%),
10/25/24 (b)
   

50,838

     

51,147

   
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured
Pass Through Certificates
 

2.28%, 7/25/26

   

120,000

     

129,305

   

2.16%, 5/25/29

   

201,458

     

213,465

   

Freddie Mac REMICS

 

2.00%, 7/15/31

   

40,710

     

41,582

   

1.75%, 3/15/41

   

84,464

     

86,034

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3% (Continued)

 

1.75%, 9/15/42

 

$

432,459

   

$

444,477

   

1.50%, 10/15/42

   

38,824

     

39,212

   

3.00%, 6/15/45

   

590,980

     

624,011

   

3.00%, 7/15/47

   

344,981

     

365,287

   
FREMF 2013-K24 Mortgage Trust,
3.51%, 11/25/45 (a),(e)
   

35,000

     

36,659

   
FREMF 2015-K44 Mortgage Trust,
3.68%, 1/25/48 (a),(e)
   

65,000

     

69,465

   
FREMF 2015-K46 Mortgage Trust,
3.69%, 4/25/48 (a),(e)
   

35,000

     

38,017

   
FREMF 2015-K50 Mortgage Trust,
3.78%, 10/25/48 (a),(e)
   

45,000

     

48,352

   
FREMF 2016-K55 Mortgage Trust,
4.16%, 4/25/49 (a),(e)
   

55,000

     

60,707

   
FREMF 2017-K725 Mortgage Trust,
3.88%, 2/25/50 (a),(e)
   

35,000

     

37,222

   
FREMF 2018-K733 Mortgage Trust,
4.08%, 9/25/25 (a),(e)
   

230,000

     

252,384

   
FREMF 2019-K99 Mortgage Trust,
3.65%, 10/25/52 (a),(e)
   

175,000

     

190,395

   
FREMF 2020-K104 Mortgage Trust,
3.54%, 2/25/52 (a),(e)
   

180,000

     

195,167

   
GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables
Funding LLC Series 2018-1, 2.83%, 6/17/24 (a)
   

95,726

     

96,811

   
Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP,
2.70%, 1/10/33 (a)
   

202,533

     

204,971

   
Horizon Aircraft Finance III Ltd.,
3.43%, 11/15/39 (a)
   

241,443

     

233,297

   
KKR Clo 16 Ltd., 1.47%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.25%),
1/20/29 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

250,001

   
Madison Park Funding XI Ltd.,
1.37%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.16%),
7/23/29 (a),(b)
   

300,000

     

299,932

   
Madison Park Funding XV Ltd.,
1.72%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.50%),
1/27/26 (a),(b)
   

250,000

     

250,040

   
Madison Park Funding XVIII Ltd.,
1.40%, (3 Month US Libor + 1.19%),
10/21/30 (a),(b)
   

565,000

     

564,639

   
Magnetite VII Ltd., 1.04%,
(3 Month US Libor + 0.80%),
1/15/28 (a),(b)
   

535,000

     

531,636

   
Magnetite XVIII Ltd., 1.72%,
(3 Month US Libor + 1.50%),
11/15/28 (a),(b)
   

360,000

     

357,976

   
METLIFE SECURITIZATION
TRUST, 3.00%, 4/25/55 (a),(e)
   

95,696

     

99,055

   
Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2016-1,
2.50%, 4/25/57 (a),(e)
   

19,576

     

19,663

   
Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2017-3,
2.75%, 1/25/61 (a),(e)
   

96,762

     

99,310

   
MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2016-A,
2.21%, 12/15/32 (a)
   

140,000

     

143,657

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

ASSET BACKED AND COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3% (Continued)

 
MMAF Equipment Finance LLC 2017-B,
2.21%, 10/17/22 (a)
 

$

30,738

   

$

30,862

   
New Residential Mortgage Loan
Trust 2017-3, 4.00%, 4/25/57 (a),(e)
   

118,642

     

127,030

   
OneMain Direct Auto Receivables
Trust 2018-1, 3.43%, 12/16/24 (a)
   

226,110

     

228,682

   
OneMain Financial Issuance
Trust 2017-1, 2.37%, 9/14/32 (a)
   

18,785

     

18,872

   
Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer
Trust Series 2019-3, 3.50%, 10/25/58
   

193,405

     

208,504

   
SFAVE Commercial Mortgage Securities
Trust 2015-5AVE, 4.14%, 1/5/43 (a),(e)
   

100,000

     

93,881

   
Shackleton 2015-VIII CLO Ltd., 1.14%,
(3 Month US Libor + 0.92%),
10/20/27 (a),(b)
   

292,918

     

292,048

   
SoFi Consumer Loan Program 2018-4
Trust, 3.54%, 11/26/27 (a)
   

27,536

     

27,667

   
SOUND POINT CLO III-R Ltd., 1.23%,
(3 Month US Libor + 0.95%),
4/15/29 (a),(b)
   

500,000

     

497,144

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2016-3,
2.25%, 4/25/56 (a),(e)
   

44,344

     

44,574

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-1,
2.75%, 10/25/56 (a),(e)
   

106,186

     

107,911

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-2,
2.75%, 4/25/57 (a),(e)
   

37,148

     

37,816

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-4,
2.75%, 6/25/57 (a),(e)
   

124,905

     

129,225

   
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-1,
3.00%, 1/25/58 (a),(e)
   

54,708

     

56,999

   
Vantage Data Centers Issuer LLC,
3.19%, 7/15/44 (a)
   

78,933

     

82,607

   
Vantage Data Centers LLC, 1.65%,
9/15/45 (a)
   

265,000

     

264,029

   
Verus Securitization Trust 2019-2,
3.21%, 5/25/59 (a),(e)
   

94,705

     

95,436

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2015-NXS1, 3.15%, 5/15/48
   

250,000

     

272,802

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2017-C38, 3.45%, 7/15/50
   

400,000

     

453,416

   
TOTAL ASSET BACKED AND
COMMERCIAL BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $19,066,539)
       

19,633,210

   

MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.9%

 
California State University,
2.90%, 11/1/51
   

130,000

     

132,163

   
Chicago O'Hare International
Airport, 6.40%, 1/1/40
   

30,000

     

45,190

   
Chicago Transit Authority Sales &
Transfer Tax Receipts Revenue
 

6.30%, 12/1/21

   

35,000

     

36,717

   

6.30%, 12/1/21

   

20,000

     

20,981

   

6.90%, 12/1/40

   

120,000

     

173,515

   

6.90%, 12/1/40

   

80,000

     

115,677

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.9% (Continued)

 
Chicago Transit Authority Sales Tax
Receipts Fund, 1.84%, 12/1/23
 

$

100,000

   

$

102,560

   
County of Broward FL Airport System
Revenue, 3.48%, 10/1/43
   

40,000

     

41,721

   
County of Sacramento CA,
5.73%, 8/15/23
   

315,000

     

345,473

   
Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport, 3.09%, 11/1/40
   

30,000

     

31,469

   
Foothill-Eastern Transportation
Corridor Agency
 

4.09%, 1/15/49

   

15,000

     

16,108

   

3.92%, 1/15/53

   

155,000

     

165,458

   
Illinois Municipal Electric Agency,
6.83%, 2/1/35
   

195,000

     

266,725

   
Kansas Development Finance
Authority, 5.37%, 5/1/26
   

110,000

     

124,767

   
Long Island Power Authority,
3.88%, 9/1/24
   

120,000

     

133,829

   
Massachusetts School Building
Authority, 3.40%, 10/15/40
   

65,000

     

69,923

   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

 

6.20%, 11/15/26

   

10,000

     

11,282

   

6.67%, 11/15/39

   

80,000

     

104,414

   

5.18%, 11/15/49

   

180,000

     

210,919

   

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

 

6.64%, 4/1/57

   

217,000

     

330,003

   

6.66%, 4/1/57

   

34,000

     

52,552

   
New York State Urban Development
Corp., 2.10%, 3/15/22
   

270,000

     

273,000

   
Pennsylvania State University (The),
2.84%, 9/1/50
   

35,000

     

36,181

   
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial
Development, 6.55%, 10/15/28
   

270,000

     

347,776

   
Sales Tax Securitization Corp.,
4.79%, 1/1/48
   

280,000

     

350,291

   
State Board of Administration Finance
Corp., 1.71%, 7/1/27
   

240,000

     

249,118

   

State of Connecticut, 2.50%, 7/1/22

   

100,000

     

103,172

   

State of Illinois, 5.10%, 6/1/33

   

230,000

     

247,528

   

University of California

 

1.32%, 5/15/27

   

55,000

     

55,879

   

1.61%, 5/15/30

   

90,000

     

90,947

   
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost - $3,873,806)
       

4,285,338

   

SOVEREIGN DEBTS - 0.1%

 
Qatar Government International
Bond, 3.38%, 3/14/24 (a)
   

200,000

     

216,500

   
Saudi Government International
Bond, 2.88%, 3/4/23 (a)
   

330,000

     

345,444

   
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBTS
(Cost - $536,364)
       

561,944

   
    Shares/
Principal
  Fair
Value
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 9.1%

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 9.1%

 
Fidelity Investments Money Market
Fund - Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class, 0.01% (f)
 

$

23,639,838

   

$

23,639,839

   
Dreyfus Government Cash
Management, 0.03% (f)
   

17,952,888

     

17,952,888

   
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $41,592,727)
       

41,592,727

   
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 104.7%
(Cost - $361,528,792)
     

$

477,347,836

   
OTHER ASSETS LESS
LIABILITIES - NET (4.7)%
        (21,505,596)    

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

     

$

455,842,240

   

SECURITIES SOLD - (0.5)%

 

AGENCY MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - (0.5)%

 

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION - (0.5)%

 
Ginnie Mae, 3.00%, 1/20/51
(Proceeds - $(2,086,545)) (d)
   

(2,000,000

)

 

$

(2,090,938

)

 
TOTAL SECURITIES SOLD
(Proceeds - $(2,086,545))
     

$

(2,090,938

)

 

*  Non-income producing security.

†  Represents less than 0.05%.

††  A portion of this investment is held as collateral for derivative investments.

(a)  144A - Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule, except to qualified institutional buyers. As of December 31, 2020, these securities amounted to $30,734,901 or 6.7% of net assets.

(b)  Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

(c)  Step coupon.

(d)  When-issued, or delayed delivery. All or a portion may be subject to dollar-roll transactions.

(e)  Adjustable rate security with an interest rate that is not based on a published reference index and spread. The rate is based on the structure of the agreement and current market conditions. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(f)  The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

CLO - Collateralized Loan Obligation

CMT - Treasury Constant Maturity Rate

Libor - London Interbank Offer Rate

PLC - Public Limited Company

REMIC - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2020

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

  Number of
Contracts
 

Expiration Date

 

Notional Value

  Fair Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

U.S. 10 Year Note Future

 

Credit Suisse

   

22

   

3/22/2021

 

$

3,037,719

   

$

(3,563

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
67



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2020

Assets:

  Global Atlantic
American Funds®
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Balanced
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
BlackRock
Selects
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Franklin Dividend
and Income
Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

Investments in securities, at cost

 

$

188,524,902

   

$

67,269,282

   

$

200,805,005

   

$

181,987,267

   

Investments in securities, at fair value

 

$

231,839,671

   

$

82,813,481

   

$

242,017,284

   

$

284,176,259

   
Swaptions purchased (premiums paid $-, $-, $- and
$29,920, respectively)
   

-

     

-

     

-

     

19,280

   

Cash

   

1

     

-

     

1

     

11,778

   

Foreign cash (cost $-, $-, $- and $122,462, respectively)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

122,519

   

Deposit with broker

   

30,486

     

30,550

     

29,581

     

231,533

   

Segregated cash for derivatives

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

400,307

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

51,302

   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

16,774

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

55,258

   

Receivable for portfolio shares sold

   

53,264

     

-

     

-

     

-

   

Interest and dividends receivable

   

163

     

56

     

172

     

542,294

   

Prepaid expenses

   

9,567

     

3,495

     

10,182

     

11,820

   

Total Assets

   

231,933,152

     

82,847,582

     

242,057,220

     

285,639,124

   

Liabilities:

 

Premiums received on open swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

100,825

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

85,799

   

Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

270,990

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

9,142,578

   

Payable for portfolio shares redeemed

   

-

     

5,076

     

23,487

     

529,026

   

Accrued distribution (12b-1) fees

   

48,545

     

17,438

     

50,728

     

57,929

   

Accrued investment advisory fees

   

97,091

     

38,365

     

111,601

     

190,799

   

Administrative service fees payable

   

4,970

     

1,288

     

5,111

     

5,637

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

29,409

     

11,070

     

31,141

     

39,592

   

Total Liabilities

   

180,015

     

73,237

     

222,068

     

10,423,175

   

Net Assets

 

$

231,753,137

   

$

82,774,345

   

$

241,835,152

   

$

275,215,949

   

Composition of Net Assets:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

193,761,510

   

$

64,404,054

   

$

217,820,019

   

$

187,795,481

   

Total distributable earnings

   

37,991,627

     

18,370,291

     

24,015,133

     

87,420,468

   

Net Assets

 

$

231,753,137

   

$

82,774,345

   

$

241,835,152

   

$

275,215,949

   

Class II Shares:

 

Net assets

 

$

231,753,137

   

$

82,774,345

   

$

241,835,152

   

$

275,215,949

   
Total shares outstanding at end of period
($0 par value, unlimited shares authorized)
   

18,366,321

     

6,319,348

     

21,135,962

     

19,306,940

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption
price per share
(Net assets ÷ Total shares of beneficial
interest outstanding)
 

$

12.62

   

$

13.10

   

$

11.44

   

$

14.25

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Continued)

December 31, 2020

Assets:

  Global Atlantic
Goldman Sachs
Dynamic Trends
Allocation
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Growth
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Moderate Growth
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
PIMCO Tactical
Allocation
Portfolio
 

Investments in securities, at cost

 

$

29,863,616

   

$

298,994,721

   

$

108,414,434

   

$

29,946,376

   

Investments in securities, at fair value

 

$

33,726,151

   

$

412,959,560

   

$

141,278,956

   

$

33,095,487

   

Premiums paid on open swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

31,509

   

Cash

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

174,706

   

Foreign cash (cost $725,348, $-, $- and $18,445, respectively)

   

729,701

     

-

     

-

     

18,509

   

Deposit with broker

   

316,491

     

33,923

     

31,548

     

462,554

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

6,653

   

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts

   

322,068

     

-

     

-

     

68,300

   

Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

21,233

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

3,906,762

   

Receivable for portfolio shares sold

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

117,801

   

Interest and dividends receivable

   

97,718

     

270

     

92

     

92,326

   

Prepaid expenses

   

1,477

     

17,382

     

5,971

     

1,206

   

Total Assets

   

35,193,606

     

413,011,135

     

141,316,567

     

37,997,046

   

Liabilities:

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

5,470

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

8,840,688

   

Payable for portfolio shares redeemed

   

2,015

     

546,010

     

16,011

     

-

   

Accrued distribution (12b-1) fees

   

7,371

     

86,744

     

29,690

     

6,126

   

Accrued investment advisory fees

   

24,449

     

187,425

     

65,318

     

22,305

   

Administrative service fees payable

   

806

     

11,175

     

727

     

691

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

4,906

     

54,016

     

18,591

     

7,407

   

Total Liabilities

   

39,547

     

885,370

     

130,337

     

8,882,687

   

Net Assets

 

$

35,154,059

   

$

412,125,765

   

$

141,186,230

   

$

29,114,359

   

Composition of Net Assets:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

29,532,223

   

$

314,068,778

   

$

107,088,645

   

$

24,057,782

   

Total distributable earnings

   

5,621,836

     

98,056,987

     

34,097,585

     

5,056,577

   

Net Assets

 

$

35,154,059

   

$

412,125,765

   

$

141,186,230

   

$

29,114,359

   

Class II Shares:

 

Net assets

 

$

35,154,059

   

$

412,125,765

   

$

141,186,230

   

$

29,114,359

   
Total shares outstanding at end of period
($0 par value, unlimited shares authorized)
   

3,067,297

     

31,760,500

     

10,710,925

     

2,429,335

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption
price per share
(Net assets ÷ Total shares of beneficial
interest outstanding)
 

$

11.46

   

$

12.98

   

$

13.18

   

$

11.98

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Continued)

December 31, 2020

Assets:

  Global Atlantic
Select Advisor
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Wellington
Research
Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

Investments in securities, at cost

 

$

87,169,031

   

$

361,528,792

   

Investments in securities, at fair value

 

$

108,181,413

   

$

477,347,836

   

Deposit with broker

   

29,080

     

33,330

   

Receivable for securities sold

   

-

     

6,851,551

   

Receivable for portfolio shares sold

   

-

     

473,350

   

Interest and dividends receivable

   

72

     

819,346

   

Prepaid expenses

   

4,534

     

19,249

   

Total Assets

   

108,215,099

     

485,544,662

   

Liabilities:

 

Investments in securities sold short, proceeds

   

-

     

2,086,545

   

Investments in securities sold short, at fair value

   

-

     

2,090,938

   

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts

   

-

     

3,563

   

Payable for securities purchased

   

-

     

27,106,958

   

Payable for portfolio shares redeemed

   

35,216

     

-

   

Accrued distribution (12b-1) fees

   

22,768

     

95,775

   

Accrued investment advisory fees

   

28,190

     

332,220

   

Administrative service fees payable

   

2,185

     

10,051

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

14,634

     

62,917

   

Total Liabilities

   

102,993

     

29,702,422

   

Net Assets

 

$

108,112,106

   

$

455,842,240

   

Composition of Net Assets:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

83,327,932

   

$

322,846,228

   

Total distributable earnings

   

24,784,174

     

132,996,012

   

Net Assets

 

$

108,112,106

   

$

455,842,240

   

Class II Shares:

 

Net assets

 

$

108,112,106

   

$

455,842,240

   
Total shares outstanding at end of period
($0 par value, unlimited shares authorized)
   

8,078,259

     

29,930,017

   
Net asset value, offering and redemption
price per share
(Net assets ÷ Total shares of beneficial
interest outstanding)
 

$

13.38

   

$

15.23

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
70



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

    Global Atlantic
American Funds®
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Balanced
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
BlackRock
Selects
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Franklin Dividend
and Income
Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividend income*

 

$

4,442,653

   

$

1,565,980

   

$

5,303,381

   

$

3,517,268

   

Interest income**

   

39,365

     

14,205

     

40,490

     

2,064,544

   

Total Investment Income

   

4,482,018

     

1,580,185

     

5,343,871

     

5,581,812

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

1,977,595

     

440,297

     

1,278,169

     

2,295,987

   

Distribution fees (12b-1) - Class II Shares

   

549,332

     

200,135

     

580,986

     

675,290

   

Administrative service fees

   

69,813

     

25,421

     

73,810

     

85,803

   

Legal fees

   

57,237

     

20,902

     

60,580

     

70,549

   

Trustees fees

   

19,309

     

7,059

     

20,499

     

23,898

   

Custody fees

   

3,058

     

4,189

     

4,513

     

28,521

   

Miscellaneous expenses

   

88,743

     

34,836

     

101,175

     

119,050

   

Total Expenses

   

2,765,087

     

732,839

     

2,119,732

     

3,299,098

   

Expenses (waived)/recaptured

   

(870,449

)

   

173

     

(7,435

)

   

(165,751

)

 

Net Expenses

   

1,894,638

     

733,012

     

2,112,297

     

3,133,347

   

Net Investment Income

   

2,587,380

     

847,173

     

3,231,574

     

2,448,465

   
Net Realized and Change in
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

   

4,058,123

     

5,218,588

     

3,507,272

     

6,804,418

   

Futures contracts

   

(9,916,457

)

   

(2,949,975

)

   

(9,313,539

)

   

(13,178,556

)

 

Swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(279,483

)

 

Swaptions

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(81,895

)

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(365,010

)

 

Foreign currency translations

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

9,371

   

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds

   

3,109,710

     

9,742

     

750,106

     

-

   
     

(2,748,624

)

   

2,278,355

     

(5,056,161

)

   

(7,091,155

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

22,115,981

     

3,639,210

     

25,566,951

     

23,660,976

   

Futures contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

145,354

   

Swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(246,196

)

 

Swaptions

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(10,640

)

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

7,858

   

Foreign currency translations

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

10,161

   
     

22,115,981

     

3,639,210

     

25,566,951

     

23,567,513

   

Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain

   

19,367,357

     

5,917,565

     

20,510,790

     

16,476,358

   
Net Increase in Net Assets
Resulting from Operations
 

$

21,954,737

   

$

6,764,738

   

$

23,742,364

   

$

18,924,823

   
Foreign taxes withheld  

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

18,869

   
** Foreign taxes withheld  

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

2,900

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
71



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Operations (Continued)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

    Global Atlantic
Goldman Sachs
Dynamic Trends
Allocation
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Growth
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Moderate Growth
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
PIMCO Tactical
Allocation
Portfolio
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividend income

 

$

184,138

   

$

6,761,737

   

$

2,495,562

   

$

168,833

   

Interest income

   

197,962

     

75,329

     

24,774

     

342,203

   

Total Investment Income

   

382,100

     

6,837,066

     

2,520,336

     

511,036

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

285,052

     

2,206,577

     

750,605

     

228,997

   

Distribution fees (12b-1) - Class II Shares

   

83,839

     

1,002,990

     

341,184

     

67,352

   

Administrative service fees

   

10,652

     

127,443

     

43,348

     

8,564

   

Legal fees

   

8,725

     

104,613

     

35,573

     

7,006

   

Trustees fees

   

2,964

     

35,500

     

12,022

     

2,348

   

Custody fees

   

6,010

     

5,529

     

4,651

     

44,651

   

Miscellaneous expenses

   

14,114

     

176,290

     

59,338

     

11,363

   

Total Expenses

   

411,356

     

3,658,942

     

1,246,721

     

370,281

   

Expenses (waived)/recaptured

   

(18,990

)

   

(128,419

)

   

(6,620

)

   

(60,461

)

 

Net Expenses

   

392,366

     

3,530,523

     

1,240,101

     

309,820

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

(10,266

)

   

3,306,543

     

1,280,235

     

201,216

   
Net Realized and Change in
Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

   

1,366,207

     

22,508,410

     

8,621,261

     

1,936,436

   

Options written

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

5,371

   

Futures contracts

   

147,376

     

(29,864,713

)

   

(7,811,040

)

   

96,217

   

Swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(61,798

)

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(5,518

)

 

Foreign currency translations

   

(6,210

)

   

-

     

-

     

(5,267

)

 

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds

   

-

     

22,649

     

14,677

     

-

   
     

1,507,373

     

(7,333,654

)

   

824,898

     

1,965,441

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

1,514,446

     

30,202,535

     

8,505,598

     

392,107

   

Futures contracts

   

292,796

     

-

     

-

     

(215,570

)

 

Swap contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(1,142

)

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(1,191

)

 

Foreign currency translations

   

(5,930

)

   

-

     

-

     

373

   
     

1,801,312

     

30,202,535

     

8,505,598

     

174,577

   

Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain

   

3,308,685

     

22,868,881

     

9,330,496

     

2,140,018

   
Net Increase in Net Assets
Resulting from Operations
 

$

3,298,419

   

$

26,175,424

   

$

10,610,731

   

$

2,341,234

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
72



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Operations (Continued)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

    Global Atlantic
Select Advisor
Managed Risk
Portfolio
  Global Atlantic
Wellington
Research
Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

Investment Income:

 

Dividend income*

 

$

1,956,755

   

$

3,894,006

   

Interest income**

   

19,743

     

3,718,983

   

Total Investment Income

   

1,976,498

     

7,612,989

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee

   

947,315

     

3,690,072

   

Distribution fees (12b-1) - Class II Shares

   

263,143

     

1,085,316

   

Administrative service fees

   

33,433

     

137,929

   

Legal fees

   

27,467

     

113,026

   

Trustees fees

   

9,317

     

38,033

   

Custody fees

   

3,019

     

47,122

   

Miscellaneous expenses

   

46,559

     

186,888

   

Total Expenses

   

1,330,253

     

5,298,386

   

Expenses (waived)/recaptured

   

(656,605

)

   

(45,460

)

 

Net Expenses

   

673,648

     

5,252,926

   

Net Investment Income

   

1,302,850

     

2,360,063

   

Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

   

6,944,207

     

37,731,853

   

Futures contracts

   

(6,182,962

)

   

(21,880,823

)

 

Swap contracts

   

-

     

(60,382

)

 

Foreign currency translations

   

-

     

(124

)

 

Capital gain distributions from underlying funds

   

2,690,890

     

-

   
     

3,452,135

     

15,790,524

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

1,779,597

     

28,035,893

   

Short Sales

   

-

     

(4,393

)

 

Futures contracts

   

-

     

7,702

   

Foreign currency translations

   

-

     

(25

)

 
     

1,779,597

     

28,039,177

   

Net Realized and Change in Unrealized Gain

   

5,231,732

     

43,829,701

   

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

6,534,582

   

$

46,189,764

   
Foreign taxes withheld  

$

-

   

$

23,132

   
** Foreign taxes withheld  

$

-

   

$

102

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
73



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    Global Atlantic American Funds®
Managed Risk Portfolio
  Global Atlantic Balanced
Managed Risk Portfolio
 
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

2,587,380

   

$

3,164,682

   

$

847,173

   

$

1,299,539

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(2,748,624

)

   

8,296,084

     

2,278,355

     

2,291,576

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

22,115,981

     

23,253,960

     

3,639,210

     

7,632,679

   
Net increase in net assets resulting from
operations
   

21,954,737

     

34,714,726

     

6,764,738

     

11,223,794

   

From Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Total distributions paid

   

(10,946,578

)

   

(12,587,121

)

   

(2,932,502

)

   

(2,374,674

)

 

From Shares of Beneficial Interest:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

1,178,916

     

2,058,524

     

1,600,003

     

2,627,522

   

Reinvestment of distributions

   

10,946,578

     

12,587,121

     

2,932,502

     

2,374,674

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(22,296,853

)

   

(22,759,006

)

   

(9,001,607

)

   

(12,187,819

)

 
Net decrease in net assets from share
transactions of beneficial interest
   

(10,171,359

)

   

(8,113,361

)

   

(4,469,102

)

   

(7,185,623

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

836,800

     

14,014,244

     

(636,866

)

   

1,663,497

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

230,916,337

     

216,902,093

     

83,411,211

     

81,747,714

   

End of year

 

$

231,753,137

   

$

230,916,337

   

$

82,774,345

   

$

83,411,211

   

Share Activity:

 

Class II

 

Shares sold

   

100,731

     

176,242

     

130,327

     

218,761

   

Shares reinvested

   

956,033

     

1,095,485

     

240,764

     

194,965

   

Shares redeemed

   

(1,866,833

)

   

(1,941,635

)

   

(718,892

)

   

(1,007,569

)

 
Net decrease in shares of beneficial
interest outstanding
   

(810,069

)

   

(669,908

)

   

(347,801

)

   

(593,843

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
74



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

    Global Atlantic BlackRock
Selects Managed Risk Portfolio
  Global Atlantic Franklin
Dividend and Income
Managed Risk Portfolio
 
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

3,231,574

   

$

3,601,833

   

$

2,448,465

   

$

3,481,344

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(5,056,161

)

   

(5,360,714

)

   

(7,091,155

)

   

3,375,356

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

25,566,951

     

36,358,864

     

23,567,513

     

44,994,594

   
Net increase in net assets resulting from
operations
   

23,742,364

     

34,599,983

     

18,924,823

     

51,851,294

   

From Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Total distributions paid

   

(3,599,871

)

   

(1,190,659

)

   

(3,749,479

)

   

(3,469,959

)

 

From Shares of Beneficial Interest:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

79,796

     

1,178,519

     

447,708

     

7,007,097

   

Reinvestment of distributions

   

3,599,871

     

1,190,658

     

3,749,479

     

3,469,959

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(25,839,874

)

   

(33,726,968

)

   

(36,396,533

)

   

(30,901,938

)

 
Net decrease in net assets from share
transactions of beneficial interest
   

(22,160,207

)

   

(31,357,791

)

   

(32,199,346

)

   

(20,424,882

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(2,017,714

)

   

2,051,533

     

(17,024,002

)

   

27,956,453

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

243,852,866

     

241,801,333

     

292,239,951

     

264,283,498

   

End of year

 

$

241,835,152

   

$

243,852,866

   

$

275,215,949

   

$

292,239,951

   

Share Activity:

 

Class II

 

Shares sold

   

7,563

     

120,144

     

33,720

     

553,225

   

Shares reinvested

   

342,845

     

117,654

     

286,657

     

269,197

   

Shares redeemed

   

(2,455,342

)

   

(3,415,816

)

   

(2,742,834

)

   

(2,453,893

)

 
Net decrease in shares of beneficial
interest outstanding
   

(2,104,934

)

   

(3,178,018

)

   

(2,422,457

)

   

(1,631,471

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
75



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

    Global Atlantic Goldman
Sachs Dynamic Trends
Allocation Portfolio
  Global Atlantic Growth
Managed Risk Portfolio
 
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(10,266

)

 

$

307,584

   

$

3,306,543

   

$

5,914,104

   

Net realized gain (loss)

   

1,507,373

     

2,554,550

     

(7,333,654

)

   

20,761,877

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

1,801,312

     

1,356,413

     

30,202,535

     

41,380,712

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   

3,298,419

     

4,218,547

     

26,175,424

     

68,056,693

   

From Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Total distributions paid

   

(1,288,218

)

   

(299,239

)

   

(5,912,075

)

   

(5,900,880

)

 

From Shares of Beneficial Interest:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

4,921,482

     

1,128,661

     

2,080,533

     

2,050,159

   

Reinvestment of distributions

   

1,288,218

     

299,239

     

5,912,075

     

5,900,880

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(5,641,811

)

   

(3,511,557

)

   

(47,687,648

)

   

(62,184,439

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share
transactions of beneficial interest
   

567,889

     

(2,083,657

)

   

(39,695,040

)

   

(54,233,400

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

2,578,090

     

1,835,651

     

(19,431,691

)

   

7,922,413

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

32,575,969

     

30,740,318

     

431,557,456

     

423,635,043

   

End of year

 

$

35,154,059

   

$

32,575,969

   

$

412,125,765

   

$

431,557,456

   

Share Activity:

 

Class II

 

Shares sold

   

454,234

     

108,623

     

181,435

     

174,949

   

Shares reinvested

   

121,073

     

28,283

     

498,488

     

498,807

   

Shares redeemed

   

(516,751

)

   

(339,093

)

   

(3,941,439

)

   

(5,341,292

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in shares of beneficial
interest outstanding
   

58,556

     

(202,187

)

   

(3,261,516

)

   

(4,667,536

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
76



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

    Global Atlantic Moderate Growth
Managed Risk Portfolio
  Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical
Allocation Portfolio
 
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

1,280,235

   

$

2,052,602

   

$

201,216

   

$

370,354

   

Net realized gain

   

824,898

     

3,937,598

     

1,965,441

     

1,355,380

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

8,505,598

     

14,816,070

     

174,577

     

2,641,724

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   

10,610,731

     

20,806,270

     

2,341,234

     

4,367,458

   

From Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Total distributions paid

   

(3,975,331

)

   

(2,016,802

)

   

(1,348,480

)

   

(266,882

)

 

From Shares of Beneficial Interest:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

497,766

     

1,038,647

     

4,182,455

     

1,322,912

   

Reinvestment of distributions

   

3,975,331

     

2,016,802

     

1,348,480

     

266,882

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(13,143,344

)

   

(14,568,694

)

   

(4,297,950

)

   

(3,140,638

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share
transactions of beneficial interest
   

(8,670,247

)

   

(11,513,245

)

   

1,232,985

     

(1,550,844

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(2,034,847

)

   

7,276,223

     

2,225,739

     

2,549,732

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

143,221,077

     

135,944,854

     

26,888,620

     

24,338,888

   

End of year

 

$

141,186,230

   

$

143,221,077

   

$

29,114,359

   

$

26,888,620

   

Share Activity:

 

Class II

 

Shares sold

   

41,262

     

88,015

     

364,039

     

123,677

   

Shares reinvested

   

327,188

     

165,855

     

118,809

     

24,087

   

Shares redeemed

   

(1,051,269

)

   

(1,220,660

)

   

(369,603

)

   

(288,931

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in shares of beneficial
interest outstanding
   

(682,819

)

   

(966,790

)

   

113,245

     

(141,167

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
77



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

    Global Atlantic Select Advisor
Managed Risk Portfolio
  Global Atlantic Wellington
Research Managed Risk Portfolio
 
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets:

 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

1,302,850

   

$

1,883,317

   

$

2,360,063

   

$

4,061,714

   

Net realized gain

   

3,452,135

     

4,327,199

     

15,790,524

     

9,071,871

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

1,779,597

     

14,132,798

     

28,039,177

     

64,017,255

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   

6,534,582

     

20,343,314

     

46,189,764

     

77,150,840

   

From Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Total distributions paid

   

(5,170,996

)

   

(4,750,990

)

   

(9,160,697

)

   

(22,747,730

)

 

From Shares of Beneficial Interest:

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

166,966

     

628,496

     

4,163,564

     

3,555,936

   

Reinvestment of distributions

   

5,170,996

     

4,750,990

     

9,160,697

     

22,747,730

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(12,959,944

)

   

(14,474,991

)

   

(43,065,096

)

   

(46,883,300

)

 
Net decrease in net assets from share
transactions of beneficial interest
   

(7,621,982

)

   

(9,095,505

)

   

(29,740,835

)

   

(20,579,634

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(6,258,396

)

   

6,496,819

     

7,288,232

     

33,823,476

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

114,370,502

     

107,873,683

     

448,554,008

     

414,730,532

   

End of year

 

$

108,112,106

   

$

114,370,502

   

$

455,842,240

   

$

448,554,008

   

Share Activity:

 

Class II

 

Shares sold

   

12,842

     

50,365

     

288,437

     

265,518

   

Shares reinvested

   

423,505

     

375,572

     

647,857

     

1,698,860

   

Shares redeemed

   

(1,002,340

)

   

(1,138,107

)

   

(3,039,406

)

   

(3,443,607

)

 
Net decrease in shares of beneficial
interest outstanding
   

(565,993

)

   

(712,170

)

   

(2,103,112

)

   

(1,479,229

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

12.04

   

$

10.93

   

$

11.98

   

$

10.64

   

$

10.57

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.14

     

0.17

     

0.20

     

0.15

     

0.15

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

1.06

     

1.62

     

(0.76

)

   

1.35

     

0.45

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

1.20

     

1.79

     

(0.56

)

   

1.50

     

0.60

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.14

)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.44

)

   

(0.47

)

   

(0.34

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.39

)

 
Total distributions from net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.62

)

   

(0.68

)

   

(0.49

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.53

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

12.62

   

$

12.04

   

$

10.93

   

$

11.98

   

$

10.64

   

Total return (d)

   

10.49

%

   

16.72

%

   

(4.75

)%

   

14.16

%

   

5.72

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

231,753

   

$

230,916

   

$

216,902

   

$

240,415

   

$

217,525

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

   

0.86

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e,f)
   

1.26

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.27

%

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

1.18

%

   

1.41

%

   

1.66

%

   

1.29

%

   

1.37

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

35

%

   

30

%

   

34

%

   

43

%

   

35

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

12.51

   

$

11.26

   

$

12.09

   

$

10.95

   

$

10.66

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.13

     

0.19

     

0.17

     

0.13

     

0.13

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.93

     

1.42

     

(0.85

)

   

1.16

     

0.25

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

1.06

     

1.61

     

(0.68

)

   

1.29

     

0.38

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.26

)

   

(0.16

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.47

)

   

(0.36

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

13.10

   

$

12.51

   

$

11.26

   

$

12.09

   

$

10.95

   

Total return (d)

   

8.78

%

   

14.34

%

   

(5.66

)%

   

11.80

%

   

3.55

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

82,774

   

$

83,411

   

$

81,748

   

$

95,893

   

$

101,046

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.92

% (f)

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

% (f)

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.92

%

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.92

% (g)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

1.06

%

   

1.54

%

   

1.42

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.23

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

119

%

   

107

%

   

75

%

   

49

%

   

51

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets inclusive of the Adviser's recapture of waived/reimbursed fees from prior periods.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

10.49

   

$

9.15

   

$

10.11

   

$

9.04

   

$

9.35

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.15

     

0.15

     

0.04

     

0.16

     

0.06

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.97

     

1.24

     

(0.82

)

   

0.97

     

(0.06

)

 
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

1.12

     

1.39

     

(0.78

)

   

1.13

     

0.00

(d)

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.12

)

 

Net realized gains

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

-

     

(0.19

)

 
Total distributions from net
investment income
and net realized gains
   

(0.17

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.31

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

11.44

   

$

10.49

   

$

9.15

   

$

10.11

   

$

9.04

   

Total return (e)

   

10.82

%

   

15.22

%

   

(7.78

)%

   

12.54

%

   

0.02

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

241,835

   

$

243,853

   

$

241,801

   

$

285,869

   

$

274,284

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (f)
   

0.91

%

   

0.80

%

   

0.57

%

   

0.57

%

   

0.57

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (f,g)
   

0.91

%

   

1.02

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.27

%

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,f)
   

1.39

%

   

1.47

%

   

3.87

%

   

1.66

%

   

0.64

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

110

%

   

154

%

   

7

%

   

1

%

   

7

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Less than $0.005 per share.

(e)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(f)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
81



Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

13.45

   

$

11.31

   

$

12.13

   

$

10.64

   

$

9.78

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.12

     

0.16

     

0.15

     

0.12

     

0.13

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.87

     

2.14

     

(0.85

)

   

1.48

     

0.81

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

0.99

     

2.30

     

(0.70

)

   

1.60

     

0.94

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.08

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

14.25

   

$

13.45

   

$

11.31

   

$

12.13

   

$

10.64

   

Total return (d)

   

7.50

%

   

20.40

%

   

(5.82

)%

   

15.14

%

   

9.60

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

275,216

   

$

292,240

   

$

264,283

   

$

302,607

   

$

236,401

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

1.16

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.15

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.08

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e,f)
   

1.22

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.22

%

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

0.91

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.04

%

   

1.22

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

24

% (g)

   

20

% (g)

   

24

% (g)

   

43

% (g)

   

3

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies or fees on swaps in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

(g)  The portfolio turnover rate excludes mortgage dollar roll transactions for the years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. If these were included in the calculation, the turnover percentage would be 77%, 55%, 48% and 55%, respectively.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

10.83

   

$

9.57

   

$

10.63

   

$

9.87

   

$

9.48

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

(0.00

) (d)

   

0.10

     

0.10

     

0.04

     

0.04

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

1.06

     

1.26

     

(0.71

)

   

0.75

     

0.35

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

1.06

     

1.36

     

(0.61

)

   

0.79

     

0.39

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.03

)

   

0.00

(d)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.33

)

   

-

     

(0.40

)

   

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.43

)

   

(0.10

)

   

(0.45

)

   

(0.03

)

   

0.00

(d)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

11.46

   

$

10.83

   

$

9.57

   

$

10.63

   

$

9.87

   

Total return (e)

   

10.12

%

   

14.21

%

   

(5.74

)%

   

8.04

%

   

4.12

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

35,154

   

$

32,576

   

$

30,740

   

$

34,626

   

$

30,792

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (f)
   

1.17

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.16

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (f,g)
   

1.23

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.21

%

 
Ratio of net investment
income (loss) to
average net assets (b,f)
   

(0.03

)%

   

0.96

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.37

%

   

0.43

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

172

%

   

220

%

   

142

%

   

241

%

   

101

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Less than $0.005 per share.

(e)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(f)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

12.32

   

$

10.67

   

$

11.64

   

$

10.03

   

$

9.91

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.10

     

0.16

     

0.14

     

0.11

     

0.13

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.74

     

1.66

     

(0.99

)

   

1.65

     

0.09

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

0.84

     

1.82

     

(0.85

)

   

1.76

     

0.22

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.10

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

12.98

   

$

12.32

   

$

10.67

   

$

11.64

   

$

10.03

   

Total return (d)

   

7.00

%

   

17.11

%

   

(7.33

)%

   

17.61

%

   

2.23

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

412,126

   

$

431,557

   

$

423,635

   

$

489,447

   

$

467,767

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.88

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.91

% (f)

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.89

%

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.92

% (g)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

0.82

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.04

%

   

1.32

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

102

%

   

69

%

   

53

%

   

51

%

   

59

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets inclusive of the Adviser's recapture of waived/reimbursed fees from prior periods.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

12.57

   

$

11.00

   

$

11.90

   

$

10.52

   

$

10.20

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.12

     

0.17

     

0.16

     

0.12

     

0.13

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.86

     

1.58

     

(0.93

)

   

1.40

     

0.28

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

0.98

     

1.75

     

(0.77

)

   

1.52

     

0.41

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.18

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.37

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

13.18

   

$

12.57

   

$

11.00

   

$

11.90

   

$

10.52

   

Total return (d)

   

8.08

%

   

15.94

%

   

(6.50

)%

   

14.47

%

   

4.05

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

141,186

   

$

143,221

   

$

135,945

   

$

153,178

   

$

142,389

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.91

%

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

% (f)

   

0.91

%

   

0.91

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.89

%

   

0.91

% (g)

   

0.92

% (g)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

0.94

%

   

1.46

%

   

1.35

%

   

1.09

%

   

1.26

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

110

%

   

91

%

   

65

%

   

52

%

   

59

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets inclusive of the Adviser's recapture of waived/reimbursed fees from prior periods.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

11.61

   

$

9.90

   

$

11.12

   

$

9.73

   

$

9.45

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.09

     

0.16

     

0.14

     

0.09

     

0.11

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.87

     

1.67

     

(0.87

)

   

1.34

     

0.26

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

0.96

     

1.83

     

(0.73

)

   

1.43

     

0.37

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.38

)

   

-

     

(0.38

)

   

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.59

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.49

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

11.98

   

$

11.61

   

$

9.90

   

$

11.12

   

$

9.73

   

Total return (d)

   

8.57

%

   

18.37

%

   

(6.65

)%

   

14.66

%

   

3.91

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

29,114

   

$

26,889

   

$

24,339

   

$

25,496

   

$

20,356

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

1.15

%

   

1.15

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.14

%

   

1.14

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e,f)
   

1.37

%

   

1.25

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.21

%

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

0.75

%

   

1.43

%

   

1.29

%

   

0.83

%

   

1.15

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

441

% (g)

   

782

% (g)

   

207

% (g)

   

403

% (g)

   

66

% (g)

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies or fees on swaps in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

(g)  The portfolio turnover rates excludes mortgage dollar roll transactions for the years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016. If these were included in the calculation, the turnover percentage would be 632%, 891%, 376%, 455%, and 304%, respectively.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

13.23

   

$

11.53

   

$

12.55

   

$

11.04

   

$

10.62

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.16

     

0.21

     

0.13

     

0.11

     

0.14

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

0.65

     

2.05

     

(0.87

)

   

1.55

     

0.40

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

0.81

     

2.26

     

(0.74

)

   

1.66

     

0.54

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.24

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.12

)

 

Net realized gains

   

(0.42

)

   

(0.41

)

   

(0.16

)

   

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.66

)

   

(0.56

)

   

(0.28

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.12

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

13.38

   

$

13.23

   

$

11.53

   

$

12.55

   

$

11.04

   

Total return (d)

   

6.61

%

   

19.96

%

   

(5.99

)%

   

15.06

%

   

5.10

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

108,112

   

$

114,371

   

$

107,874

   

$

119,955

   

$

110,443

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

0.64

%

   

0.64

%

   

0.63

%

   

0.63

%

   

0.63

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e,f)
   

1.26

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.27

%

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

1.24

%

   

1.68

%

   

1.07

%

   

0.95

%

   

1.26

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

54

%

   

22

%

   

32

%

   

36

%

   

45

%

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Global Atlantic Portfolios

Financial Highlights

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Selected data for a Class II share outstanding throughout each year

    For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2018
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2017
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2016
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

14.00

   

$

12.38

   

$

13.40

   

$

11.82

   

$

11.32

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a,b)

   

0.08

     

0.13

     

0.12

     

0.09

     

0.08

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

   

1.46

     

2.23

     

(0.79

)

   

1.56

     

0.42

   
Total income (loss) from
investment operations
   

1.54

     

2.36

     

(0.67

)

   

1.65

     

0.50

   

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.09

)

   

(0.07

)

   

-

   

Net realized gains

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.61

)

   

(0.26

)

   

-

     

-

   
Total distributions from
net investment
income and net realized gains
   

(0.31

)

   

(0.74

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.07

)

   

-

   

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

15.23

   

$

14.00

   

$

12.38

   

$

13.40

   

$

11.82

   

Total return (d)

   

11.16

%

   

19.32

%

   

(5.07

)%

   

13.99

%

   

4.68

%

 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (in 000's)

 

$

455,842

   

$

448,554

   

$

414,731

   

$

478,812

   

$

415,607

   
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

1.21

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.20

% (f)

   

1.20

%

   

1.20

%

 
Ratio of gross expenses to
average net assets (e)
   

1.22

% (g)

   

1.21

% (g)

   

1.19

%

   

1.21

% (g)

   

1.21

% (g)

 
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets (b,e)
   

0.54

%

   

0.93

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.65

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

85

% (h)

   

53

% (h)

   

66

% (h)

   

67

% (h)

   

71

% (h)

 

(a)  Net investment income has been calculated using the average shares method, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.

(b)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(c)  Realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with aggregate gains and losses in the statement of operations due to timing of share transactions.

(d)  Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Portfolio distributions or on the redemption of Portfolio shares, as well as other charges and expenses of the insurance contract or separate account. Total returns would have been lower absent fee waivers by the Adviser.

(e)  Does not include the expenses of the investment companies in which the Portfolio invests.

(f)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets inclusive of the Adviser's recapture of waived/reimbursed fees from prior periods.

(g)  Represents the ratio of expenses to average net assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Adviser.

(h)  The portfolio turnover rates excludes mortgage dollar roll transactions for the years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. If these were included in the calculation the turnover percentage would be 116%, 70%, 92%, 106% and 120%, respectively.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2020

1.  ORGANIZATION

The Global Atlantic Portfolios (each, a "Portfolio" and collectively, the "Portfolios") are comprised of twenty-three different actively managed portfolios, ten of which are discussed in this report. Each Portfolio is a series of shares of beneficial interest of Forethought Variable Insurance Trust (the "Trust"), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company.

Portfolio

 

Commencement Date

 

Investment Objective

 
Global Atlantic American Funds®
Managed Risk Portfolio
 

October 31, 2013

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

October 31, 2013

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

October 31, 2013

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and
Income Managed Risk Portfolio
 

April 30, 2014

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic
Trends Allocation Portfolio
 

April 30, 2015

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

April 30, 2014

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 
Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk
Portfolio
 

April 30, 2014

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

April 30, 2015

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

 

October 31, 2013

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

October 31, 2013

  Capital appreciation and income while
seeking to manage volatility.
 

Each Portfolio included in this report is diversified. Certain of the Portfolios operate as "fund of funds." A "fund of funds" typically invests in multiple underlying funds and the level of its interest in any particular underlying fund may fluctuate. The Portfolios are intended to be funding vehicles for variable annuity contracts offered by the separate accounts of Forethought Life Insurance Company. The assets of each Portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the Portfolio in which shares are held. Each Portfolio pays its own expenses.

The Portfolios currently offer Class II shares at net asset value.

References herein to a Portfolio's investment in a particular instrument include direct investments and indirect investments through investment companies such as open-end funds (mutual funds), exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, as applicable.

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Portfolios in preparation of their financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP"). The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Portfolio is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 "Financial Services–Investment Companies".


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December 31, 2020

Securities Valuation – Securities listed on an exchange are valued at the last reported sale price at the close of the regular trading session of the primary exchange on the business day the value is being determined, or in the case of securities listed on NASDAQ at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. In the absence of a sale such securities shall be valued at the mean between the current bid and ask prices on the day of valuation. Futures and future options are valued at the final settle price or, in the absence of a settle price, at the last sale price on the day of valuation. Debt securities are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by an independent pricing service which take into account appropriate factors such as trading activity, readily available market quotations (including broker quotes), yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristic, call features, credit ratings and other data. Short-term debt obligations having 60 days or less remaining until maturity, at time of purchase, may be valued at amortized cost to the extent it is determined that amortized cost approximates fair value.

Valuation of Investment Companies – The Portfolios may invest in one or more portfolios of open-end investment companies (the "Underlying Fund" or "Underlying Funds"). Each Underlying Fund is valued at its respective net asset value as reported by such investment company (except exchange-traded funds ("ETFs")). ETFs are valued daily at the last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which the investment is traded. Each Underlying Fund values securities in its portfolio for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value based on the methods established by each Underlying Fund's board(s) of trustees.

Illiquid Investments – Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, a Portfolio may not acquire any "illiquid investment" if, immediately after the acquisition, the Portfolio would have invested more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments that are assets. An "illiquid investment" is any investment that a Portfolio reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. The Trust has implemented a liquidity risk management program and related procedures to identify illiquid investments pursuant to Rule 22e-4, and the Board of Trustees ("Board") has approved the designation of the Adviser to administer the Trust's liquidity risk management program and related procedures. Illiquid investments include securities subject to contractual or legal restrictions on resale (e.g., because they have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933) and securities that are otherwise not readily marketable (e.g., because trading in the security is suspended or because market makers do not exist or will not entertain bids or offers).

These investments will be valued at their fair market value as determined using the valuation procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated execution of these procedures to a Fair Value Committee composed of one or more of the following: (i) Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust, (ii) Principal Financial Officer, and (iii) representative of the Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") and/or Sub-Adviser. The Fair Value Committee at its discretion may also include a representative from The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Administrator") and third party consultants or advisers (such as an accounting firm or fair value pricing specialist) on an as-needed basis to assist in determining a security-specific fair value or valuation method. The Board reviews and approves the execution of this process and the resultant fair value prices at least quarterly to assure the process produces reliable results.

Fair Value Committee and Valuation Process – The Fair Value Committee is composed of one or more of the following: (i) Chief Compliance Officer of the Trust, (ii) Principal Financial Officer, and (iii) representative of the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser. The Fair Value Committee at its discretion may also include a representative from the Administrator and third party consultants or advisers (such as an accounting firm or fair value pricing specialist) on an as-needed basis to assist in determining a security-specific fair value or valuation method. The applicable investments are valued collectively via inputs from each of these groups. For example, fair value determinations are required for the following securities: (i) securities for which market quotations are not readily available on a particular business day (including without limitation securities for which there is a short and temporary lapse in the provision of a price by the regular pricing source); (ii) securities for which, in the opinion of the Adviser or relevant Sub-Adviser, the prices or values available do not represent the fair value of the instrument (factors which may cause the Adviser or Sub-Adviser to make such a judgment include, but are not limited to, the following: the availability of only a bid price or an ask price; the spread between bid and ask prices; the frequency of sales; the thinness of the market; the size of reported trades; and actions of the securities markets or regulators, such as the suspension or limitation of trading); (iii) securities determined to be illiquid; (iv) securities with respect to which an event that will affect the value thereof has occurred (a "significant event") subsequent to the determination of the closing price reported on the


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December 31, 2020

principal exchange on which the securities are traded, but prior to the relevant Portfolio's calculation of its net asset value ("NAV"); and (v) mutual funds that do not provide timely NAV information. Specifically, interests in commodity pools or managed futures pools are valued on a daily basis by reference to the closing market prices of each futures contract or other asset held by a pool, as adjusted for pool expenses. Restricted or illiquid securities, such as private placements or non-traded securities are valued via inputs from the Adviser or Sub-Adviser valuation based upon the current bid for the security from two or more independent dealers or other parties reasonably familiar with the facts and circumstances of the security (who should take into consideration all relevant factors as may be appropriate under the circumstances). If the Adviser or Sub-Adviser is unable to obtain a current bid from such independent dealers or other independent parties, the fair value team shall determine the fair value of restricted or illiquid securities using certain factors, such as, but not limited to: (i) the type of security; (ii) the cost at date of purchase;(iii) the size and nature of the Portfolio's holdings; (iv) the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase and subsequent thereto; (v) information as to any transactions or offers with respect to the security; (vi) the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security and the existence of any registration rights, as well as any estimation of the cost of registration or otherwise qualifying the security for public sale, including commissions;(vii) how the yield of the security compares to similar securities of companies of similar or equal creditworthiness; (viii) the level of recent trades of similar or comparable securities; (ix) the liquidity characteristics of the security; (x) current market conditions; (xi) the market value of any securities into which the security is convertible or exchangeable; (xii) the security's embedded option values; and (xiii) information about the financial condition of the issuer and its prospects.

Each Portfolio utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of all of its investments on a recurring basis. US GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of input are:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the Portfolio has the ability to access.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument in an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Portfolio's own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following tables summarize the inputs used as of December 31, 2020 for each Portfolio's investments measured at fair value:

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Variable Insurance Trusts

 

$

220,610,526

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

220,610,526

   

Short-Term Investments

   

11,229,145

     

-

     

-

     

11,229,145

   

Total

 

$

231,839,671

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

231,839,671

   


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Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

78,882,844

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

78,882,844

   

Short-Term Investments

   

3,930,637

     

-

     

-

     

3,930,637

   

Total

 

$

82,813,481

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

82,813,481

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

177,184,412

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

177,184,412

   

Variable Insurance Trusts

   

50,452,021

     

-

     

-

     

50,452,021

   

Short-Term Investments

   

14,380,851

     

-

     

-

     

14,380,851

   

Total

 

$

242,017,284

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

242,017,284

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Common Stocks

 

$

197,284,552

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

197,284,552

   

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   

-

     

27,328,751

     

-

     

27,328,751

   

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

-

     

15,181,125

     

-

     

15,181,125

   

Agency Mortgage Backed Securities

   

-

     

12,141,969

     

-

     

12,141,969

   

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

-

     

10,678,409

     

-

     

10,678,409

   

Sovereign Debts

   

-

     

2,689,430

     

-

     

2,689,430

   

Municipal Bonds

   

-

     

2,130,542

     

-

     

2,130,542

   

Term Loans

   

-

     

1,814,192

     

-

     

1,814,192

   

Preferred Stocks

   

-

     

3,575

     

-

     

3,575

   

Short-Term Investments

   

14,923,714

     

-

     

-

     

14,923,714

   

Futures Contracts*

   

28,149

     

-

     

-

     

28,149

   

Swap Contracts*

   

-

     

28,865

     

-

     

28,865

   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts*

   

-

     

51,302

     

-

     

51,302

   

Total

 

$

212,236,415

   

$

72,048,160

   

$

-

   

$

284,284,575

   

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Futures Contracts*

 

$

11,375

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

11,375

   

Swap Contracts*

   

-

     

299,855

     

-

     

299,855

   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts*

   

-

     

85,799

     

-

     

85,799

   

Swaptions Purchased*

   

-

     

10,640

     

-

     

10,640

   

Total

 

$

11,375

   

$

396,294

   

$

-

   

$

407,669

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

U.S. Treasury Securities

 

$

-

   

$

15,105,090

   

$

-

   

$

15,105,090

   

Exchange Traded Funds

   

12,649,869

     

-

     

-

     

12,649,869

   

Short-Term Investments

   

5,971,192

     

-

     

-

     

5,971,192

   

Futures Contracts*

   

323,811

     

-

     

-

     

323,811

   

Total

 

$

18,944,872

   

$

15,105,090

   

$

-

   

$

34,049,962

   

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Futures Contracts*

 

$

1,743

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

1,743

   

Total

 

$

1,743

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

1,743

   


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Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

393,582,206

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

393,582,206

   

Short-Term Investments

   

19,377,354

     

-

     

-

     

19,377,354

   

Total

 

$

412,959,560

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

412,959,560

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

134,520,453

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

134,520,453

   

Short-Term Investments

   

6,758,503

     

-

     

-

     

6,758,503

   

Total

 

$

141,278,956

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

141,278,956

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Exchange Traded Funds

 

$

8,723,705

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

8,723,705

   

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

-

     

7,803,065

     

-

     

7,803,065

   

Agency Mortgage Backed Securities

   

-

     

6,206,589

     

-

     

6,206,589

   

Corporate Bonds and Notes

   

-

     

3,321,290

     

-

     

3,321,290

   

Sovereign Debts

   

-

     

587,517

     

-

     

587,517

   

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

-

     

1,208,717

     

-

     

1,208,717

   

Municipal Bonds

   

-

     

113,796

     

-

     

113,796

   

Short-Term Investments

   

31,127

     

5,099,681

     

-

     

5,130,808

   

Futures Contracts*

   

74,476

     

-

     

-

     

74,476

   

Swap Contracts*

   

-

     

21,263

     

-

     

21,263

   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts*

   

-

     

6,652

     

-

     

6,652

   

Total

 

$

8,829,308

   

$

24,368,570

   

$

-

   

$

33,197,878

   

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Futures Contracts*

 

$

6,176

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

6,176

   

Swap Contracts*

   

-

     

30

     

-

     

30

   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts*

   

-

     

5,470

     

-

     

5,470

   

Total

 

$

6,176

   

$

5,500

   

$

-

   

$

11,676

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Variable Insurance Trusts

 

$

84,481,620

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

84,481,620

   

Exchange Traded Funds

   

18,526,854

     

-

     

-

     

18,526,854

   

Short-Term Investments

   

5,172,939

     

-

     

-

     

5,172,939

   

Total

 

$

108,181,413

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

108,181,413

   


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Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

Assets

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Common Stocks

 

$

292,918,341

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

292,918,341

   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   

-

     

51,433,632

     

-

     

51,433,632

   

U.S. Treasury Securities

   

-

     

33,911,816

     

-

     

33,911,816

   

Agency and Mortgage Backed Securities

   

-

     

33,010,828

     

-

     

33,010,828

   

Asset Backed and Commercial Backed Securities

   

-

     

19,633,210

     

-

     

19,633,210

   

Municipal Bonds

   

-

     

4,285,338

     

-

     

4,285,338

   

Sovereign Debts

   

-

     

561,944

     

-

     

561,944

   

Short-Term Investments

   

41,592,727

     

-

     

-

     

41,592,727

   

Total

 

$

334,511,068

   

$

142,836,768

   

$

-

   

$

477,347,836

   

Liabilities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 
Agency Mortgage Backed Securities
(Securities Sold Short)
 

$

-

   

$

2,090,938

   

$

-

   

$

2,090,938

   

Futures Contracts*

   

3,563

     

-

     

-

     

3,563

   

Total

 

$

3,563

   

$

2,090,938

   

$

-

   

$

2,094,501

   

*  Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) as presented in the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolios did not hold any Level 3 securities during the year.

Security Transactions and Related Income – Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized on securities purchased over the lives of the respective securities. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains or losses from sales of securities are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders – Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-date and are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. These "book/tax" differences are considered either temporary (e.g., deferred losses, capital loss carryforwards) or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their Federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets, results from operations or net asset values per share of the Portfolios.

Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents include cash and overnight investments in interest-bearing demand deposits with a financial institution with original maturities of three months or less. The Portfolios maintain deposits with a financial institution which are generally an amount that is in excess of federally insured limits. The Portfolios have not experienced any losses on their accounts.

Federal Income Tax – It is each Portfolio's policy to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of their taxable income and net realized gains to shareholders. Therefore, no Federal income tax provision is required.

Each Portfolio will recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is "more likely than not" to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed each Portfolio's tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken in each Portfolio's 2018 and 2019 tax returns, or is expected to be taken in each Portfolio's December 31, 2020 tax return. Each Portfolio identified its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and foreign jurisdictions where the Portfolios make significant investments; however, the Portfolios are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.


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Foreign Currency Translation – The accounting records of the Portfolios are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the investment adviser. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses from currency realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between income accrued versus income received. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts – As foreign securities are purchased, a Portfolio may enter into forward currency contracts in order to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks. A forward involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. The market value of the contract fluctuates with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by a Portfolio as an unrealized gain or loss. As foreign securities are sold, a portion of the contract is generally closed and a Portfolio records a realized gain or loss 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. Realized gains and losses from contract transactions are included as a component of net realized gains/(losses) from forward foreign currency contracts in the Statements of Operations.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, realized gains/(losses) and the change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts subject to currency risk, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, is as follows:

   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

(365,010

)

 

$

7,858

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

(5,518

)

   

(1,191

)

 

Options Transactions – Certain Portfolios are subject to equity price risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives and may purchase or sell options to help hedge against this risk.

A Portfolio may purchase and write (i.e., sell) put and call options. Such options may relate to particular securities or securities indices, including ETFs, and may or may not be listed on a domestic or foreign securities exchange and may or may not be issued by the Options Clearing Corporation. Options trading is a highly specialized activity that entails greater than ordinary investment risk. Options may be more volatile than the underlying instruments, and therefore, on a percentage basis, an investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. A call option for a particular security gives the purchaser of the option, in return for a premium, the right, but not the obligation, to buy, and the writer (seller) the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration of the option for American options or only at expiration for European options, regardless of the market price of the security. The premium paid to the writer is in consideration for undertaking the obligation under the option contract. A put option for a particular security gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to sell the security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option for American options or only at expiration for European options, regardless of the market price of the security.

Securities index options are put options and call options on various securities indices. In most respects, they are identical to listed options on common stocks. The primary difference between stock options and index options occurs when index options are exercised. In the case of stock options, the underlying security, common stock, is delivered. However, upon the exercise of an index option, settlement does not occur by delivery of the securities comprising the index. The option holder who exercises the index option receives an amount of cash if the closing level of the securities index upon which the option is based is greater than, in the case of a call, or less than, in the case of a put, the exercise price of the option. This amount of cash is equal to the difference between the closing price of the securities index and the exercise price of the option expressed in dollars times a specified multiple. A securities index fluctuates with changes in the market value of the stocks included in the index.


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The Portfolios may purchase and sell options on the same types of futures in which it may invest. Options on futures are similar to options on underlying instruments except that options on futures give the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put), rather than to purchase or sell the futures contract, at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Upon exercise of the option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by the delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer's futures margin account which represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract, at exercise, exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. Purchasers of options who fail to exercise their options prior to the exercise date suffer a loss of the premium paid. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio had realized gains of $5,371 from option contracts written.

Futures Contracts – The Portfolios are subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Portfolios may sell futures contracts to hedge against market risk, foreign currency exchange rate risks, and to reduce return volatility. Futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts that provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific financial instrument (e.g., units of a securities index) for a specified price, date, time and place designated at the time the contract is made. Brokerage fees are incurred when a futures contract is bought or sold and initial and variation margin deposits must be maintained. Entering into a contract to buy is commonly referred to as buying or purchasing a contract or holding a long position. Entering into a contract to sell is commonly referred to as selling a contract or holding a short position. The Portfolios may also buy or sell hedge instruments based on one or more market indices in an attempt to maintain the Portfolios' volatility at a targeted level. Initial margin deposits required upon entering into futures contracts are satisfied by the segregation of specific securities or cash as collateral for the account of the broker (the Portfolio's agent in acquiring the futures position). During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the value of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by "marking to market" on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contracts at the end of each day's trading. Variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When the contracts are closed, a Portfolio recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from, or cost of, the closing transaction and the Portfolio's basis in the contract. If a Portfolio were unable to liquidate a futures contract and/or enter into an offsetting closing transaction, the Portfolio would continue to be subject to market risk with respect to the value of the contracts and continue to be required to maintain the margin deposits on the futures contracts. Each Portfolio segregates liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount of the current obligation under any open futures contract. These amounts are disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Deposits with Brokers when applicable. Risks may exceed amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to a Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange's clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, realized gains/(losses) and the change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, is as follows:

   

Risk Type

 

Realized Gain/(Loss)

  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

 

$

(9,916,457

)

 

$

-

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(2,949,975

)

   

-

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(9,313,539

)

   

-

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(13,924,649

)

   

-

   

 

Interest Rate

   

746,093

     

145,354

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

 

Equity

   

147,376

     

292,796

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(29,864,713

)

   

-

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(7,811,040

)

   

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

Equity

   

96,217

     

(184,574

)

 
   

Interest Rate

   

-

     

(30,996

)

 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(6,182,962

)

   

-

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Equity

   

(21,880,823

)

   

-

   
   

Interest Rate

   

-

     

7,702

   


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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2020

Swap Agreements – Certain Portfolios are subject to equity price risk and/or interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. These Portfolios may enter into various swap transactions for investment purposes or to manage interest rate, equity, foreign exchange (currency), or credit risk. These are two-party contracts entered into primarily to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on particular pre-determined investments or instruments. In a standard over-the-counter ("OTC") swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns, differentials in rates of return or some other amount earned or realized on the "notional amount" (i.e., the return or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a "basket" of securities, representing a particular index or industry sectors) of predetermined investments or instruments.

Certain Portfolios may enter into credit default swaps ("CDS"). CDS are two-party contracts that transfer credit exposure between the parties. One party (the "buyer") receives credit protection and the other party (the "seller") takes on credit risk. The buyer typically makes predetermined periodic payments to the seller in exchange for the seller's commitment to purchase the underlying reference obligation if a defined credit event occurs, such as a default, bankruptcy or failure to pay interest or principal on a reference debt instrument, with respect to a specified issuer or one of the reference issuers in a CDS portfolio. If the defined credit event occurs, the seller must pay the agreed-upon value of a reference obligation to the counterparty or perform pursuant to the agreement. The buyer must then surrender the reference obligation to the seller. As a seller of credit protection in a CDS, a Portfolio would be liable for the notional amount of the swap.

The swaps in which a Portfolio may invest may be centrally-cleared or bi-laterally traded. The gross returns to be exchanged or "swapped" between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount. Changes in the value of swap agreements are recognized as unrealized gains or losses in the Statements of Operations by "marking to market" on a daily basis to reflect the value of the swap agreement at the end of each trading day. Payments received or paid at the beginning of a swap agreement are reflected as such on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and may be referred to as upfront payments. A Portfolio amortizes upfront payments and/or accrues for the fixed payment stream on swap agreements on a daily basis with the net amount recorded as a component of unrealized gain or loss on the Statements of Operations. Realized gains and losses from the decrease in notional value of the swap are recognized on trade date. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap agreement is recorded as a realized gain or loss on the Statements of Operations. A Portfolio segregates cash or liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount of its current obligation under any swap transaction. Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, lack of liquidity and elements of credit, market and counterparty risk in excess of amounts recognized on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Each Portfolio's maximum risk of loss from the counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flow to be received from the counterparty over the contract's remaining life, to be the extent that amount is positive.

Swaps may involve greater risks than direct investments in securities because swaps may be leveraged and, when traded in the OTC markets, are subject to counterparty risk, credit risk and pricing risk, each of which individually and collectively, may have a considerable impact on the performance of a Portfolio. CDS in particular may involve greater risks than investing in a referenced instrument directly. Swaps, especially those that are not exchange-traded, may also be considered illiquid. It may not be possible for a Portfolio to liquidate a swap position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses. Although central clearing and exchange-trading of swaps may decrease counterparty risk and increase market liquidity, exchange-trading and clearing does not make the contracts risk free, but rather, the primary credit risk on such contracts is the creditworthiness of the clearing broker or the clearinghouse.

The Portfolios use cash and certain securities as collateral to swap agreements as indicated on the Portfolio of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such collateral is held for the benefit of the counterparty in a segregated account to prevent non-payment by the Portfolios. If the counterparty defaults, a Portfolio may seek return of this collateral and incur certain costs exercising their rights to the collateral.


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For the year ended December 31, 2020, realized gains/(losses) and the change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on swap agreements, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, is as follows:

   

Risk Type

 

Realized Gain/(Loss)

  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Credit

 

$

(219,499

)

 

$

(59,636

)

 
   

Interest Rate

   

(93,517

)

   

12,318

   
   

Currency

   

29,839

     

(198,878

)

 
   

Equity

   

3,694

     

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

Interest Rate

   

(57,661

)

   

(292

)

 
   

Credit

   

(6,611

)

   

(850

)

 
   

Currency

   

2,474

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Credit

   

(60,382

)

   

-

   

For the year ended December 31, 2020, realized gains/(losses) and the change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on swaptions, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, is as follows:

 

Risk Type

 

Realized Gain/(Loss)

  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

Interest Rate

 

$

(81,895

)

 

$

(10,640

)

 

Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements – Repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements involve the purchase or sale of securities held by the Portfolio with an agreement to resell or repurchase the securities at an agreed-upon price, date and interest payment. Repurchase transactions are subject to credit risk and counterparty risk. They also carry the risk that the market value of the securities may increase above the resell value or decline below the repurchase price. The Portfolio could also lose money if it is unable to recover the securities and the value of the collateral held by the Portfolio is less than the value of securities. Reverse repurchase agreements are a type of borrowing that may increase the possibility of fluctuation in the Portfolio's net asset value.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the average amount of reverse agreements outstanding and the daily average interest rate for the Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio was $897,756 and 0.17%, respectively.

Offsetting of Financial Assets/Liabilities and Derivative Assets/Liabilities – The following tables present certain of the Portfolios' asset/liability derivatives available for offset under a master netting arrangement net of collateral pledged as of December 31, 2020.

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

    Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net Amount
of Assets
Presented
in the
Statements of
Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Received (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Assets
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net
Amount of
Liabilities
Presented
in the
Statements
of Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Pledged (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Liabilities
 

Citibank NA

 

$

23,710

   

$

(23,710

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

298,686

   

$

(23,710

)

 

$

274,976

   

$

(274,976

)

 

$

-

   

Deutsche Bank

   

1,248

     

(989

)

   

259

     

-

     

259

     

989

     

(989

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

JP Morgan

   

5,155

     

(5,155

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

17,160

     

(5,155

)

   

12,005

     

(12,005

)

   

-

   
JP Morgan
Chase Bank
   

50,054

     

(50,054

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

     

79,459

     

(50,054

)

   

29,405

     

(29,405

)

   

-

   
JP Morgan
Securities LLC
   

28,149

     

(11,375

)

   

16,774

     

-

     

16,774

     

11,375

     

(11,375

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Total

 

$

108,316

   

$

(91,283

)

 

$

17,033

   

$

-

   

$

17,033

   

$

407,669

   

$

(91,283

)

 

$

316,386

   

$

(316,386

)

 

$

-

   


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Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

    Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net Amount
of Assets
Presented
in the
Statements of
Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Received (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Assets
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net
Amount of
Liabilities
Presented
in the
Statements
of Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Pledged (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Liabilities
 

Credit Suisse

 

$

323,811

   

$

(1,743

)

 

$

322,068

   

$

-

   

$

322,068

   

$

1,743

   

$

(1,743

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

Total

 

$

323,811

   

$

(1,743

)

 

$

322,068

   

$

-

   

$

322,068

   

$

1,743

   

$

(1,743

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

    Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net Amount
of Assets
Presented
in the
Statements of
Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Received (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Assets
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net
Amount of
Liabilities
Presented
in the
Statements
of Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Pledged (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Liabilities
 
Barclays Bank
PLC
 

$

6,652

   

$

(5,470

)

 

$

1,182

   

$

-

   

$

1,182

   

$

5,470

   

$

(5,470

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   
Goldman Sach &
Co.
   

95,739

     

(6,206

)

   

89,533

     

-

     

89,533

     

6,206

     

(6,206

)

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Total

 

$

102,391

   

$

(11,676

)

 

$

90,715

   

$

-

   

$

90,715

   

$

11,676

   

$

(11,676

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

    Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net Amount
of Assets
Presented
in the
Statements of
Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Received (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Assets
  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities (1)
  Financial
Instruments
and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Net
Amount of
Liabilities
Presented
in the
Statements
of Assets &
Liabilities
  Collateral
Pledged (2)
  Net
Amount of
Recognized
Liabilities
 
Goldman Sachs &
Co.
 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

Total

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

(1)  Gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) as presented in the Portfolio of Investments.

(2)  The amount is limited to the net derivative balance and, accordingly, may not include collateral or excess collateral received or pledged.


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Impact of Derivatives on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities – The following table presents a summary of the location of derivative investments categorized by primary risk exposure on the Portfolios' Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2020:

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   
Equity
  Interest Rate
Contracts
  Credit
Contracts
  Currency
Contracts
 
Total
 

Assets

 
Unrealized appreciation on Futures
Contracts
 

$

-

   

$

16,774

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

16,774

   
Unrealized appreciation on
Forward Foreign Exchange
Contracts
   

-

     

-

     

-

     

51,302

     

51,302

   

Liabilities

 
Unrealized depreciation on Swap
Contracts
   

-

     

6,646

     

(53,939

)

   

(223,697

)

   

(270,990

)

 
Unrealized depreciation on
Swaptions
   

-

     

(10,640

)

   

-

     

-

     

(10,640

)

 
Unrealized depreciation on
Forward Foreign Exchange
Contracts
   

-

     

-

     

-

     

(85,799

)

   

(85,799

)

 

Total

 

$

-

   

$

12,780

   

$

(53,939

)

 

$

(258,194

)

 

$

(299,353

)

 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   
Equity
  Interest Rate
Contracts
  Credit
Contracts
  Currency
Contracts
 
Total
 

Assets

 
Unrealized appreciation on Futures
Contracts
 

$

322,068

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

322,068

   

Total

 

$

322,068

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

322,068

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   
Equity
  Interest Rate
Contracts
  Credit
Contracts
  Currency
Contracts
 
Total
 

Assets

 
Unrealized appreciation on Futures
Contracts
 

$

61,633

   

$

6,667

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

68,300

   

Liabilities

 
Unrealized depreciation on Swap
Contracts
   

-

     

(30

)

   

21,263

     

-

     

21,233

   

Total

 

$

61,633

   

$

6,637

   

$

21,263

   

$

-

   

$

89,533

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   
Equity
  Interest Rate
Contracts
  Credit
Contracts
  Currency
Contracts
 
Total
 

Liabilities

 
Unrealized depreciation on Futures
Contracts
 

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

Total

 

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(3,563

)

 


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December 31, 2020

The notional value of the derivative instruments outstanding as of December 31, 2020, as disclosed in the Portfolios of Investments, and the amounts of realized and changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments during the year as disclosed above and within in the Statements of Operations serve as indicators of the volume of derivative activity for the Portfolios.

Short Sales – A Portfolio may make short sales of securities: (i) to offset potential declines in long positions in similar securities; (ii) to increase the flexibility of the Portfolio; (iii) for investment return; (iv) as part of a risk arbitrage strategy; and (v) as part of its overall portfolio management strategies involving the use of derivative instruments. A short sale is a transaction in which a Portfolio sells a security it does not own or have the right to acquire (or that it owns but does not wish to deliver) in anticipation that the market price of that security will decline.

When a Portfolio makes a short sale, the broker-dealer through which the short sale is made must borrow the security sold short and deliver it to the party purchasing the security. The Portfolio is required to make a margin deposit in connection with such short sales; the Portfolio may have to pay a fee to borrow particular securities and will often be obligated to pay over any dividends and accrued interest on borrowed securities.

If the price of the security sold short increases between the time of the short sale and the time a Portfolio covers its short position, the Portfolio will incur a loss; conversely, if the price declines, the Portfolio will realize a capital gain. Any gain will be decreased, and any loss increased, by the transaction costs described above. The successful use of short selling may be adversely affected by imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the security sold short and the securities being hedged.

To the extent a Portfolio sells securities short, it will provide collateral to the broker-dealer and (except in the case of short sales "against the box") will maintain additional asset coverage in the form of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities with its custodian in a segregated account in an amount at least equal to the difference between the current market value of the securities sold short and any amounts required to be deposited as collateral with the selling broker (not including the proceeds of the short sale). A Portfolio does not intend to enter into short sales (other than short sales "against the box") if immediately after such sales the aggregate of the value of all collateral plus the amount in such segregated account exceeds 10% of the value of the Portfolio's net assets. This percentage may be varied by action of the Board of Trustees. A short sale is "against the box" to the extent a Portfolio contemporaneously owns, or has the right to obtain at no added cost, securities identical to those sold short.

When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions – The Portfolios may engage in when-issued or delayed-delivery transactions. The Portfolios record when-issued securities on the trade date and maintain security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.

Real Estate Investment Trusts – Certain Portfolios may invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). REITs are pooled investment vehicles that own, and typically operate, income-producing real estate. If a REIT meets certain requirements, including distributing to shareholders substantially all of its taxable income (other than net capital gains), then it is not taxed on the income distributed to shareholders. REITs are subject to management fees and other expenses, and so a Portfolio that invests in REITs will bear its proportionate share of the costs of the REITs' operations. Along with the risks common to different types of real estate-related securities, such as loss to casualty or condemnation, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, zoning law amendments, changes in interest rates, overbuilding and increased competition, variations in market value, and possible environmental liabilities, REITs involve additional risk factors. These include poor performance by the REIT's manager, changes to the tax laws, and failure by the REIT to qualify for tax free distribution of income or exemption under the 1940 Act. In addition, REITs are not diversified and are heavily dependent on cash flow.

Distributions from a Portfolio's investments in REITs may be characterized as ordinary income, a net capital gain or a return of capital. The Portfolios record distributions that represent a net capital gain as a realized gain and distributions that represent a return of capital as a reduction of the cost of investment. REITs report information on the source of their distributions annually in the following calendar year. As a result, a Portfolio may estimate the source of REIT distributions for accounting


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purposes and then makes adjustments when the actual source information is reported by the REIT. These estimates are based on the most recent REIT distribution information available.

Mortgage Dollar Roll Transactions – A mortgage dollar roll transaction involves a sale by a Portfolio of mortgage related securities that it holds with an agreement by the Portfolio to repurchase similar securities at an agreed upon price and date. The securities purchased will bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized by pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those securities sold. The Portfolios account for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales transactions.

Expenses – Expenses of the Trust that are directly identifiable to a specific Portfolio are charged to that Portfolio. Expenses, which are not readily identifiable to a specific Portfolio, are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative sizes of the Portfolios in the Trust.

Indemnification – The Trust indemnifies its officers and Trustees for certain liabilities that may arise from the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolios enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnities. Each Portfolio's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolios that have not yet occurred. However, the Portfolios expect the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be remote.

3.  INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2020, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, other than short-term investments, were as follows:

   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

73,915,440

   

$

99,327,080

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

90,320,254

     

99,983,800

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

241,630,538

     

273,794,854

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

201,383,496

     

242,897,864

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

49,608,970

     

53,098,092

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

387,431,330

     

457,179,302

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

141,606,986

     

160,594,697

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

197,051,772

     

200,811,013

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

53,978,483

     

68,519,802

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

480,675,001

     

540,974,374

   

4.  INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

The Adviser serves as the Portfolios' investment adviser. The Adviser has engaged the following sub-advisers for the Portfolios:

Portfolio

 

Sub-Adviser

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

  Wilshire Associates Incorporated
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

  BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

  Franklin Advisers, Inc.
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

 


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Portfolio

 

Sub-Adviser

 

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC

 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

  Wilshire Associates Incorporated
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

  Wellington Management Company LLP
Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
 

The Bank of New York Mellon serves as the Administrator, Fund Accountant and Custodian for the Portfolios and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (together with The Bank of New York Mellon, "BNYM") serves as the Transfer Agent for the Portfolios.

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolios, the Adviser, under the oversight of the Board, directs the daily investment operations of the Portfolios and supervises the performance of administrative and professional services provided by others. As compensation for its services and the related expenses borne by the Adviser, the Portfolios pay the Adviser an advisory fee, computed on average daily net assets and accrued daily and paid monthly.

The following chart details the annual advisory fee for each Portfolio.

Portfolio

 

Advisory Fee*

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.900% on first $500 million

 
   

0.875% on next $500 million

 
    0.850% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.550% on first $500 million

 
   

0.525% on next $500 million

 
    0.500% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.550% on first $500 million

 
   

0.525% on next $500 million

 
    0.500% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.850% on first $500 million

 
   

0.825% on next $500 million

 
    0.800% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

 

0.850% on first $500 million

 
   

0.825% on next $500 million

 
    0.800% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.550% on first $500 million

 
   

0.525% on next $500 million

 
    0.500% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.550% on first $500 million

 
   

0.525% on next $500 million

 
    0.500% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

0.850% on first $500 million

 
   

0.825% on next $500 million

 
    0.800% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.900% on first $500 million

 
   

0.875% on next $500 million

 
    0.850% over $1 billion  

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

 

0.850% on first $500 million

 
   

0.825% on next $500 million

 
    0.800% over $1 billion  

*  Calculated daily based on the average daily net assets.


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December 31, 2020

Effective May 1, 2020, with respect to each Portfolio, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees and to reimburse expenses, at least until the expiration dates listed below, to ensure that total annual portfolio operating expenses after fee waiver and/or reimbursement (exclusive of any front-end or contingent deferred loads, brokerage fees and commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, borrowing costs (such as interest and dividend expense on securities sold short), taxes and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation) will not exceed the average daily net asset percentages attributable to the Portfolio's shares listed below ("Waiver Agreements"). The expense reimbursement is subject to possible recoupment from the Portfolio in future years on a rolling three year basis (within the three years after the fees have been waived or reimbursed) if such recoupment can be achieved within the lesser of the expense limits listed below and any expense limits applicable at the time of recoupment. The agreements may be terminated only by the Portfolio's Board of Trustees, on 60 days' written notice to the Adviser.

Portfolio

 

Expense Limitation

 

Expiration Date

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.87

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.92

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.94

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1.16

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

1.17

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.88

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.92

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

1.15

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

0.64

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1.21

%

 

April 30, 2021

 

In addition, the Adviser has agreed to waive 0.40% of its fees for Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio and Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio for as long as each Portfolio relies primarily on investments in underlying funds to achieve its principal investment strategy. These waivers are not subject to recoupment.

The Adviser or its affiliates may receive compensation from managers of underlying funds in which certain Portfolios invest. This compensation may create a conflict of interest for the Adviser in the selection of underlying funds for investment by the Portfolio. However, the Adviser will voluntarily reduce the amount of its compensation under its Advisory Agreement with the Portfolio by the amount of compensation received from managers of underlying funds. The minimum amount of this waiver, until at least April 30, 2021 for each Portfolio is based on estimated amounts expected to be received during the current fiscal year. The actual amount of each waiver may be higher to the extent the payments exceed the Adviser's estimates, but it will not be lower. These waivers are not subject to recoupment by the Adviser. The waivers may be terminated only by the Portfolio's Board of Trustees, on 60 days' written notice to the Adviser.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Adviser waived/recaptured fees and the Administrator waived fees as follows:

    Investment
advisory fee
waiver
  Administrative
service fee
waiver
 

Recaptured

 

Total

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

878,931

   

$

6,984

   

$

(15,466

)

 

$

870,449

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

3,036

     

(3,209

)

   

(173

)

 

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

7,435

     

-

     

7,435

   
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

156,982

     

8,769

     

-

     

165,751

   
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation
Portfolio
   

17,972

     

1,018

     

-

     

18,990

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

118,163

     

10,256

     

-

     

128,419

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

6,620

     

-

     

6,620

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

59,640

     

821

     

-

     

60,461

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

653,166

     

3,439

     

-

     

656,605

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

31,810

     

13,650

     

-

     

45,460

   


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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2020

If the Adviser waives any fee or reimburses any expense pursuant to the Waiver Agreements, and the Portfolio's operating expenses are subsequently less than the expense limitation, the Adviser shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Portfolio for such waived fees or reimbursed expenses provided that such reimbursement does not cause the Portfolio's expenses to exceed the amount of the expense limitation. If Portfolio operating expenses subsequently exceed the expense limitation, the reimbursements shall be suspended. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Adviser recaptured $15,466 and $3,209 from the Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio and Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio, respectively, for prior period expense waivers/reimbursements, and no other expense waivers/reimbursements were recaptured from the other Portfolios.

The Administrator voluntary agreed to waive a portion of its fees.

The Adviser may recapture the following amounts by the following dates:

   

December 31, 2021

 

December 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2023

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

1,318

     

-

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

99,190

     

35,171

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

105,768

     

143,809

     

156,982

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

13,140

     

19,389

     

17,972

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

76,229

     

118,163

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

15,100

     

26,831

     

59,640

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

15,417

     

38,360

     

27,191

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

13,260

     

31,810

   

The following amounts expired unrecouped as of the date listed below:

   

December 31, 2020

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

-

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

159,740

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

299,243

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

17,704

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

7,237

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

17,007

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

45,736

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

60,904

   

The Trust, on behalf of the Portfolios, has adopted a distribution and shareholder servicing plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for Class II shares. The fee charged under the Plan is calculated at an annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to each Portfolio's Class II shares and, for the year ended December 31, 2020, was paid to Global Atlantic Distributors, LLC ("GAD") to provide compensation for ongoing distribution-related activities or services and/or maintenance of the Portfolios' shareholder accounts, not otherwise required to be provided by the Adviser. GAD is an affiliate of the Adviser.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Portfolios expensed the following distribution fees:

   

Fees Paid

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

549,332

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

200,135

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

580,986

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

675,290

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

83,839

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,002,990

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

341,184

   


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December 31, 2020

   

Fees Paid

 

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

 

$

67,352

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

263,143

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,085,316

   

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Trustees received fees in the amounts as follows:

   

Fees Received

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

19,309

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

7,059

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

20,499

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

23,898

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

2,964

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

35,500

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

12,022

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

2,348

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

9,317

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

38,033

   

5.  CONTROL OWNERSHIP

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a Portfolio creates a presumption of the control of the Portfolio, under section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of December 31, 2020, Forethought Life Insurance Company Separate Account A owned 100% of the voting securities of each Portfolio. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.

Shareholder Concentration Risk – Forethought Life Insurance Company, certain accounts, or the Adviser's affiliates may from time to time own (beneficially or of record) or control a significant percentage of a Portfolio's shares. Redemptions by these entities of their holdings in a Portfolio may impact the Portfolio's liquidity and NAV. These redemptions may also force a Portfolio to sell securities.

6.  AGGREGATE UNREALIZED APPRECIATION AND DEPRECIATION – TAX BASIS

As of December 31, 2020, the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes, the gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation and the aggregated net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments were as follows:

   

Tax Cost

  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

194,449,864

   

$

43,314,769

   

$

(5,924,962

)

 

$

37,389,807

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

67,793,928

     

15,561,981

     

(542,428

)

   

15,019,553

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

205,890,378

     

41,267,796

     

(5,140,890

)

   

36,126,906

   
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

181,772,116

     

106,061,895

     

(3,954,896

)

   

102,106,999

   
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation
Portfolio
   

30,051,130

     

4,029,517

     

(34,183

)

   

3,995,334

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

300,941,194

     

114,010,653

     

(1,992,287

)

   

112,018,366

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

109,501,284

     

32,895,381

     

(1,117,709

)

   

31,777,672

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

30,150,226

     

3,298,846

     

(263,387

)

   

3,035,459

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

88,238,989

     

21,021,616

     

(1,079,192

)

   

19,942,424

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

363,394,605

     

119,622,815

     

(5,677,540

)

   

113,945,275

   


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December 31, 2020

7.  DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS AND TAX COMPONENTS OF CAPITAL

The tax character of fund distributions paid for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

  Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Return of
Capital
 

Total

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

3,161,617

   

$

7,784,961

   

$

-

   

$

10,946,578

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

2,932,502

     

-

     

-

     

2,932,502

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

3,599,871

     

-

     

-

     

3,599,871

   
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

3,749,479

     

-

     

-

     

3,749,479

   
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends
Allocation Portfolio
   

889,638

     

398,580

     

-

     

1,288,218

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

5,912,075

     

-

     

-

     

5,912,075

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

3,975,331

     

-

     

-

     

3,975,331

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

484,379

     

864,101

     

-

     

1,348,480

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,879,214

     

3,291,782

     

-

     

5,170,996

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

4,701,709

     

4,458,988

     

-

     

9,160,697

   

For fiscal year ended 12/31/2019

  Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Return of
Capital
 

Total

 

Global Atlantic American® Funds Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

3,970,817

   

$

8,616,304

   

$

-

   

$

12,587,121

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,305,626

     

1,069,048

     

-

     

2,374,674

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,190,659

     

-

     

-

     

1,190,659

   
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

3,469,959

     

-

     

-

     

3,469,959

   
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends
Allocation Portfolio
   

299,239

     

-

     

-

     

299,239

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

5,900,880

     

-

     

-

     

5,900,880

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

2,016,802

     

-

     

-

     

2,016,802

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

266,882

     

-

     

-

     

266,882

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

1,661,736

     

3,089,254

     

-

     

4,750,990

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed

 

Risk Portfolio

   

4,985,508

     

17,762,222

     

-

     

22,747,730

   

As of December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Post-October
Loss and Late
Year Loss
  Capital Loss
Carryforward
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Defecits)
 
Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed
Risk Portfolio
 

$

2,587,256

   

$

-

   

$

-

   

$

(1,985,436

)

 

$

37,389,807

   

$

37,991,627

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

2,006,216

     

1,344,522

     

-

     

-

     

15,019,553

     

18,370,291

   
Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

3,231,563

     

-

     

-

     

(15,343,336

)

   

36,126,906

     

24,015,133

   
Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income
Managed Risk Portfolio
   

2,278,682

     

-

     

-

     

(16,965,213

)

   

102,106,999

     

87,420,468

   
Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic
Trends Allocation Portfolio
   

1,569,493

     

57,009

     

-

     

-

     

3,995,334

     

5,621,836

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

3,306,523

     

-

     

-

     

(17,267,902

)

   

112,018,366

     

98,056,987

   
Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

1,804,319

     

515,594

     

-

     

-

     

31,777,672

     

34,097,585

   
Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation
Portfolio
   

1,051,765

     

969,353

     

-

     

-

     

3,035,459

     

5,056,577

   
Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk
Portfolio
   

1,302,849

     

3,538,901

     

-

     

-

     

19,942,424

     

24,784,174

   
Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed
Risk Portfolio
   

4,380,714

     

14,670,023

     

-

     

-

     

113,945,275

     

132,996,012

   


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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2020

The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation), undistributed ordinary income (loss) and accumulated net realized gain (loss) from investments is primarily attributable to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, and the mark-to-market on passive foreign investment companies and open 1256 options and futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and swaps. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the table above includes unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) of $(1,755), $(8,431), and $(360) for Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio, Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio and Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio, respectively.

At December 31, 2020, the Portfolios had capital loss carry forwards for federal income tax purposes available to offset future capital gains as follows:

  Non-Expiring
Short-Term
  Non-Expiring
Long-Term
 

Total

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

(1,985,436

)

 

$

-

   

$

(1,985,436

)

 

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

(2,090,087

)

   

(13,253,249

)

   

(15,343,336

)

 

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

(10,670,829

)

   

(6,294,384

)

   

(16,965,213

)

 

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

(3,847,663

)

   

(13,420,239

)

   

(17,267,902

)

 

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

     

-

   

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds did not utilize capital loss carryforwards.

Permanent book and tax differences, primarily attributable to the reclassification of Portfolio distributions, resulted in reclassifications for the Portfolios for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 as follows:

    Paid-In
Capital
  Accumulated
Earnings (Losses)
 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

 

$

-

   

$

-

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

(1

)

   

1

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

-

     

-

   

8.  NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 ("ASU 2020-04"), "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 840): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting". ASU 2020-04 provides entities with optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates (e.g., LIBOR) that are expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 allows, among other things, certain contract modifications to be accounted as a continuation of the existing contract. This ASU was effective upon the issuance and its optional relief can be applied through December 31, 2022. The Portfolios will consider this optional guidance prospectively, if applicable.


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December 31, 2020

9.  OTHER RISKS

The Portfolios' risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

Credit Risk – There is a risk that security issuers will not make interest and/or principal payments on their securities. In addition, the credit quality of securities may be lowered if an issuer's financial condition changes. Lower credit quality will lead to greater volatility in the price of a security and in shares of a Portfolio or an underlying fund. Lower credit quality also will affect liquidity and make it difficult to sell the security. This means that, compared to issuers of higher rated securities, issuers of lower rated securities are less likely to have the capacity to pay interest and repay principal when due in the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions and/or may be in default or not current in the payment of interest or principal. Default, or the market's perception that an issuer is likely to default, tends to reduce the value and liquidity of fixed income securities, thereby reducing the value of your investment in Portfolio shares. In addition, default may cause a Portfolio to directly or indirectly incur expenses in seeking recovery of principal or interest.

A Portfolio could lose money on a debt security if an issuer or borrower is unable or fails to meet its obligations, including failing to make interest payments and/or to repay principal when due. Changes in an issuer's financial strength, the market's perception of the issuer's financial strength or in a security's credit rating, which reflects a third party's assessment of the credit risk presented by a particular issuer, may affect debt securities' value. A Portfolio may incur substantial losses on debt securities that are inaccurately perceived to present a different amount of credit risk by the market, the Sub-Adviser and/or Underlying Fund manager or the rating agencies than such securities actually do.

Derivatives Risk – The use of derivatives is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with investments in more traditional securities and instruments. The use of derivatives may increase costs, reduce a Portfolio's returns and/or increase volatility. Volatility is defined as the characteristic of a security, an index or a market to fluctuate significantly in price within a short time period. Many types of derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party in the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligation. A risk of a Portfolio's use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the overall securities markets. The possible lack of a liquid secondary market for derivatives and the resulting inability to sell or otherwise close-out a derivatives position at an advantageous time or price could expose a Portfolio to losses and could make derivatives more difficult to value accurately. Derivatives typically give rise to a form of leverage and may expose a Portfolio to greater risk and increase its costs. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") and related regulatory developments require the clearing and exchange-trading of many standardized over-the-counter ("OTC") derivative instruments deemed to be "swaps." The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") has implemented mandatory exchange-trading and clearing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC continues to approve contracts for central clearing. Uncleared swaps are subject to margin requirements that are being implemented on a phase-in basis. The regulation of the derivatives markets has increased over the past several years, and there can be no assurance that any new governmental regulation will not adversely affect a Portfolio's ability to achieve its investment result. In addition, the SEC recently adopted Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act which will regulate the use of derivatives for certain investment companies (the "Derivatives Rule"). The Derivatives Rule will require, among other things, that certain entities adopt a derivatives risk management program, comply with limitations on leveraged-related risk based on a relative "value-at-risk" test and update reporting and disclosure procedures. Although the full impact of the Derivatives Rule on the Portfolios remains uncertain, these requirements may limit the ability of a Portfolio to use derivatives, short sales, and reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions as part of its investment strategies, as well as increase a Portfolio's expenses.

Exchange-Traded Funds Risk – The Portfolios may invest in passive ETFs. An ETF is a type of index fund that is bought and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF trades like common stock and represents a fixed portfolio of securities designed to track the performance and dividend yield of a particular domestic or foreign market index. A Portfolio may purchase an ETF to gain exposure to a portion of the U.S. or a foreign market while awaiting an opportunity to purchase securities directly. The risks of owning an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities it is designed to track, although the lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in it being more volatile than the underlying securities, which may result in a Portfolio paying significantly more or receiving significantly less for ETF shares than the value of the relevant underlying securities. Additionally, an ETF has fees and expenses that increase the cost of investing in the ETF versus the costs of owning the underlying securities directly.


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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2020

Market Risk – The market prices of securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates or currency rates, limited dealer capacity, lack of liquidity in the markets or adverse investor sentiment. Each Portfolio has exposure to instruments that may be more volatile and carry more risk than some other forms of investment. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities. Market prices of securities also may go down due to events or conditions that affect particular sectors, industries or issuers. When market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, natural disasters, recessions, or other events could also have a significant impact on the Portfolio and its investments.

A Portfolio may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security.

Policy and legislative changes in the U.S. and abroad affect many aspects of financial regulation and may, in some cases, contribute to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. Economies and financial markets around the world are becoming increasingly interconnected. As a result, whether or not a Portfolio has exposure to securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to countries experiencing economic and financial difficulties, the value and liquidity of the Portfolio's investments may be negatively affected.

In addition, market prices of securities in broad market segments may be adversely affected by a prominent issuer having experienced losses or by the lack of earnings or such an issuer's failure to meet the market's expectations with respect to new products or services, or even by factors wholly unrelated to the value or condition of the issuer, such as changes in interest rates. An increase in interest rates or other adverse conditions (e.g., inflation/deflation, increased selling of fixed income investments across other pooled investment vehicles or accounts, changes in investor perception or changes in government intervention in the markets) may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain Portfolio investments, adversely affect values of portfolio holdings and increase a Portfolio's costs. If dealer capacity in fixed income markets is insufficient for market conditions, this has the potential to further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed income markets. The novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic and efforts to contain its spread has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities the Portfolios hold, and may adversely affect the Portfolios' investments and operations. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may last for an extended period of time and could lead to a significant economic downturn or recession, increased market volatility, a greater number of market closures, higher default rates and adverse effects on the values and liquidity of securities or other assets. Such impacts, which may vary across asset classes, may adversely affect the performance of the Portfolios. In certain cases, an exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities or even the entire market, which may result in the Portfolios being, among other things, unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments or to accurately price their investments.

OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Ongoing concerns regarding the economies of certain countries in Europe, as well as the possibility that one or more countries could leave the European Union (the "EU"), create risks for investing in the European markets. These risks may be heightened due to the June 2016 referendum in which the United Kingdom ("UK") voted to exit the EU (commonly known as "Brexit"). On January 31, 2020, the UK withdrew from the European EU. This commenced a transition period that lasted until December 31, 2020. On December 30, 2020, the EU and UK signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement ("TCA"), an agreement on the terms governing certain aspects of the EU's and the UK's relationship following the end of the transition period. Notwithstanding the TCA, there is likely to be considerable uncertainty as to the UK's post-transition framework. Although the full impact of Brexit is not yet known, the impact on the UK, EU and global markets could include increased volatility and illiquidity, potentially lower economic growth and decreased asset valuations. Brexit may have a negative impact on the economy and currency of the UK and the EU as a result of anticipated, perceived or actual changes to the UK's economic and political relations with the EU. The impact of Brexit, and its ultimate implementation, on the economic, political and regulatory environment of the UK and the EU could have global ramifications.


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Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2020

The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority announced plans to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. The unavailability or replacement of LIBOR presents risks to applicable Portfolios, including the risk that any pricing adjustments to a Portfolio's investments resulting from a substitute reference rate may adversely affect the Portfolio's performance and/or NAV. The impact of a substitute reference rate, if any, will vary on an investment-by-investment basis. The Adviser or Sub-Adviser may have discretion to determine a substitute reference rate, including any price or other adjustments to account for differences between the substitute reference rate and the previous rate. The substitute reference rate and any adjustments selected could negatively impact a Portfolio's investment performance or financial condition, including in ways unforeseen by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser.

In addition, the recent spread of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19) has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities the Portfolios hold, and may adversely affect the Portfolios' investments and operations. The transmission of COVID-19 and efforts to contain its spread have resulted in, among other things: quarantines and travel restrictions, including border closings, strained healthcare systems, event cancellations, disruptions to business operations and supply chains, and a reduction in consumer and business spending, as well as general concern and uncertainty that has negatively affected the economy. These disruptions have led to instability in the market place, including equity and debt market losses and overall volatility, and the jobs market. The impact of COVID-19, and other infectious illness outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics that may arise in the future, could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy, the financial well-being and performance of individual issuers, borrowers and sectors and the health of the markets generally in potentially significant and unforeseen ways. In addition, the impact of infectious illnesses, such as COVID-19, in emerging market countries may be greater due to generally less established healthcare systems. This crisis or other public health crises may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries or globally.

10.  OTHER MATTERS

On July 8, 2020, KKR & Co. Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "KKR") and Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited (together with its subsidiaries, "Global Atlantic") announced a strategic transaction whereby KKR will acquire Global Atlantic (the "Transaction"). The Adviser and GAD are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Global Atlantic. Under the 1940 Act, the closing of the Transaction will result in the automatic termination of the existing: (i) investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Trust on behalf of each Portfolio; (ii) sub-advisory agreements between the Adviser, the sub-advisers and the Trust on behalf of each applicable Portfolio; and (iii) underwriting agreement between GAD and the Trust on behalf of the Portfolios (collectively, the "Existing Agreements").

At a meeting held on September 22, 2020, the Board, including all of the Trustees who are not "interested persons," as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, unanimously voted to approve each of the following to become effective upon the closing of the Transaction: (i) a new investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Trust on behalf of each Portfolio ("New Advisory Agreement"); (ii) new sub-advisory agreements between the Adviser, the sub-advisers and the Trust on behalf of each applicable Portfolio; and (iii) a new underwriting agreement between GAD and the Trust on behalf of each Portfolio (collectively, the "New Agreements"). Because the New Advisory Agreement is subject to shareholder approval, a proxy statement was sent to shareholders and contract owners of record as of September 23, 2020 to solicit approval of the New Advisory Agreement. A special meeting of shareholders was held virtually on November 23, 2020 and the New Advisory Agreement was approved by the shareholders of each Portfolio.

11.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Portfolios evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2020 through the date these financial statements were issued. There were no significant events that would have a material impact on the Portfolios' financial statements, other than discussed below:

The Transaction closed on February 1, 2021 with Global Atlantic being acquired by KKR, resulting in the automatic termination of the Existing Agreements. The New Agreements went into effect on February 1, 2021.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Forethought Variable Insurance Trust
and the Shareholders of Each of the Separate Series of Forethought Variable Insurance Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio, Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio, and Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio (collectively, the Portfolios) as of December 31, 2020, the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements), and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolios as of December 31, 2020, the results of its operations, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Portfolios' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolios' financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Portfolios in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Portfolios are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolios' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures when replies from custodians or brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ RSM US LLP

We have served as the auditor of one or more Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC investment companies since 2013.

Denver, Colorado
February 23, 2021


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Expense Examples

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Portfolios, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Portfolio expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each Portfolio and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

Actual Expenses

The "Actual" expenses set of columns in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The "Hypothetical" expenses set of columns in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Portfolio's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Portfolio's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balances or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example for a specific Portfolio with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or redemption fees or other expenses charged by your insurance contract or separate account. Therefore, the Hypothetical columns of the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

               

Actual

  Hypothetical
(5% return before
expenses)
 
   

Class

  Portfolio's
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Beginning
Account Value
7-1-20
  Ending
Account
Value
12-31-20
  Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  Ending
Account
Value
12-31-20
  Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 
Global Atlantic
American Funds®
Managed Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.85

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,128.30

   

$

4.55

   

$

1,020.86

   

$

4.32

   
Global Atlantic Balanced
Managed Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.91

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,100.10

   

$

4.80

   

$

1,020.56

   

$

4.62

   
Global Atlantic BlackRock
Selects Managed Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.90

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,125.40

   

$

4.81

   

$

1,020.61

   

$

4.57

   
Global Atlantic Franklin
Dividend and Income
Managed Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

1.16

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,130.50

   

$

6.21

   

$

1,019.30

   

$

5.89

   
Global Atlantic Goldman
Sachs Dynamic Trends
Allocation Portfolio
 

II

   

1.17

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,089.10

   

$

6.14

   

$

1,019.25

   

$

5.94

   
Global Atlantic Growth
Managed Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.88

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,121.90

   

$

4.69

   

$

1,020.71

   

$

4.47

   

* Expenses are equal to the Portfolio's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184) divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (366)


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Expense Examples (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

               

Actual

  Hypothetical
(5% return before
expenses)
 
   

Class

  Portfolio's
Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Beginning
Account Value
7-1-20
  Ending
Account
Value
12-31-20
  Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
  Ending
Account
Value
12-31-20
  Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 
Global Atlantic Moderate
Growth Managed
Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.90

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,111.80

   

$

4.78

   

$

1,020.61

   

$

4.57

   
Global Atlantic PIMCO
Tactical Allocation Portfolio
 

II

   

1.15

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,078.30

   

$

6.01

   

$

1,019.36

   

$

5.84

   
Global Atlantic Select
Advisor Managed
Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

0.64

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,125.70

   

$

3.42

   

$

1,021.92

   

$

3.25

   
Global Atlantic Wellington
Research Managed
Risk Portfolio
 

II

   

1.21

%

 

$

1,000

   

$

1,125.20

   

$

6.46

   

$

1,019.05

   

$

6.14

   

* Expenses are equal to the Portfolio's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184) divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (366)


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Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)

The following proposals were addressed and approved at a Special Meeting of Shareholders held virtually on November 23, 2020.

1.  Proposal to consider and vote on a new investment advisory agreement between the Trust on behalf of each Portfolio and Global Atlantic Investment Advisers, LLC (the "Adviser"), each Portfolio's current investment adviser.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

   

16,154,020.061

     

529,048.216

     

1,142,563.255

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

5,855,817.842

     

64,135.544

     

298,708.125

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

19,051,181.601

     

543,580.897

     

1,793,591.996

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

17,725,147.690

     

584,868.208

     

1,456,939.962

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

2,527,758.584

     

102,577.648

     

415,394.560

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

28,310,251.798

     

761,628.866

     

3,245,381.591

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

9,710,507.744

     

201,285.994

     

793,599.005

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

1,940,872.528

     

20,857.034

     

311,444.490

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

7,197,674.351

     

83,310.552

     

618,540.615

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

27,233,454.767

     

715,981.665

     

2,056,290.194

   

2.  Proposal to elect April Galda as Trustee of the Trust.

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio

   

16,591,082.795

     

1,234,548.738

   

Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio

   

5,914,803.992

     

303,857.519

   

Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio

   

19,845,909.775

     

1,542,444.719

   

Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio

   

17,985,422.653

     

1,781,533.207

   

Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio

   

2,838,210.853

     

207,519.939

   

Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

28,946,081.027

     

3,371,181.228

   

Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio

   

10,287,061.833

     

418,330.910

   

Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio

   

2,089,555.100

     

183,618.952

   

Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

   

7,193,473.435

     

706,052.082

   

Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio

   

27,841,334.933

     

2,164,391.694

   


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Supplemental Information

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Approval of Renewal of Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements and New Investment Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements for Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio, Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio, Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio, Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio and Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio.

At a meeting held on September 22, 2020, the Board of Trustees (the "Trustees" or the "Board") of Forethought Variable Insurance Trust (the "Trust"), including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" (the "Independent Trustees"), as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), considered the renewal of: (i) the existing investment advisory agreement between Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC (the "Adviser") and the Trust, on behalf of each of Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA American"), Global Atlantic Balanced Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Balanced"), Global Atlantic BlackRock Selects Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA BlackRock Selects"), Global Atlantic Franklin Dividend and Income Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Franklin"), Global Atlantic Goldman Sachs Dynamic Trends Allocation Portfolio ("GA Goldman Dynamic"), Global Atlantic Growth Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Growth"), Global Atlantic Moderate Growth Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Moderate Growth"), Global Atlantic PIMCO Tactical Allocation Portfolio ("GA PIMCO"), Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Select Advisor") and Global Atlantic Wellington Research Managed Risk Portfolio ("GA Wellington") (each a "Portfolio" and collectively the "Portfolios") (the "Existing Advisory Agreement"); (ii) a sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, the Trust and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. ("BFM"), on behalf of each of GA Balanced, GA Growth and GA Moderate Growth (the "Existing BFM Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (iii) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC ("BIM") and the Trust, on behalf of GA BlackRock Selects (the "Existing BIM Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (iv) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Franklin Advisers, Inc. ("Franklin") and the Trust, on behalf of GA Franklin (the "Existing Franklin Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (v) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. ("GSAM") and the Trust, on behalf of GA Goldman Dynamic (the "Existing GSAM Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (vi) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC ("Milliman") and the Trust, on behalf of each of GA American, GA Balanced, GA BlackRock Selects, GA Franklin, GA Growth, GA Moderate Growth, GA Select Advisor and GA Wellington (the "Existing Milliman Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (vii) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC ("PIMCO") and the Trust, on behalf of GA PIMCO (the "Existing PIMCO Sub-Advisory Agreement"); (viii) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP ("Wellington") and the Trust, on behalf of GA Wellington (the "Existing Wellington Sub-Advisory Agreement"); and (ix) the existing sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser, Wilshire Associates Incorporated ("Wilshire" and together with BFM, BIM, Franklin, GSAM, Milliman, PIMCO and Wellington, the "Sub-Advisers") and the Trust, on behalf of each of GA American and GA Select Advisor (the "Existing Wilshire Sub-Advisory Agreement" and collectively with the Existing BFM Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Existing BIM Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Existing Franklin Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Existing GSAM Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Existing Milliman Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Existing PIMCO Sub-Advisory Agreement and the Existing Wellington Sub-Advisory Agreement, the "Existing Sub-Advisory Agreements").

In addition, in connection with a strategic transaction in which KKR & Co. Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "KKR") was expected to acquire Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited (together with its subsidiaries, "Global Atlantic") (the "Transaction"), resulting in a change of control of the Adviser, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of: (i) a new investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Trust on behalf of each Portfolio ("New Advisory Agreement"); and (ii) new sub-advisory agreements between the Adviser, the Sub-Advisers and the Trust on behalf of each applicable Portfolio ("New Sub-Advisory Agreements" and together with the New Advisory Agreement, "New Agreements"). The Board noted that the New Agreements would take effect upon the closing of the Transaction, with the New Advisory Agreement being subject to shareholder approval.

The Board considered that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") had issued temporary exemptive relief from the in-person meeting requirements under Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, permitting fund boards to approve investment advisory agreements telephonically or through the use of virtual communication where all participants can hear each other and be heard simultaneously. The Board noted that in accordance with a condition of the SEC relief, it would ratify all actions taken pursuant to the relief at its next in-person meeting.


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Supplemental Information (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

To discuss and review the materials relating to the proposed renewal of the Existing Advisory Agreement and Existing Sub-Advisory Agreements (collectively, "Existing Agreements" and together with the New Agreements, "Agreements") and the approval of the New Agreements in advance of the September 22, 2020 meeting, the Independent Trustees met on September 14, 2020 with independent counsel to the Independent Trustees ("Independent Counsel") and with representatives of the Adviser in attendance and counsel to the Trust ("Trust Counsel") participating telephonically.

Prior to the meetings, the Trustees requested, received and reviewed written responses from the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers to questions posed to the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers by counsel, on behalf of the Trustees. Following the meeting on September 14, 2020, the Independent Trustees requested additional information on certain items and the Adviser provided such information prior to the September 22, 2020 meeting. The Trustees also received a memorandum from Independent Counsel describing the legal standards for their consideration of the Agreements. During the meetings, the Board and the Adviser discussed information relating to the Board's consideration of the Gartenberg factors with respect to each Portfolio. The Trustees also reviewed comparative information relating to advisory fees and total expenses and received presentations concerning the services provided under the Existing Agreements and to be provided under the New Agreements from personnel of the Adviser. Prior to voting on the renewal of the Existing Agreements and the approval of the New Agreements, the Independent Trustees met in executive session with Independent Counsel present.

The Trustees relied upon the advice of counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the Agreements and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached by the Trustees were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all of the information provided and were not the result of any one factor. Moreover, each Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors in reaching his or her conclusions with respect to the Agreements.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services. The Trustees noted that in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements, they were generally satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and Sub-Advisers. The Trustees considered that the Transaction will not result in any changes to the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser or Sub-Advisers. The Trustees also considered that the Transaction will not result in any changes to the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the Portfolios or the personnel primarily responsible for such management.

Performance. The Trustees requested and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Portfolios over 1-year, 3-year and since inception periods as compared to their respective benchmark indices and peer groups. The Trustees noted that in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements, they were generally satisfied with the Adviser's and Sub-Advisers' investment performance. The Trustees considered that the investment process and strategies employed in the management of the Portfolios will be the same both before and after the Transaction.

Fees and Expenses. The Trustees reviewed the Portfolios' fees and expenses, including the fees paid to the Adviser and Sub-Advisers. The Trustees noted that in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements, they concluded that the advisory fee charged to each Portfolio and the sub-advisory fee paid by the Adviser to each Sub-Adviser, as applicable, were not unreasonable in light of the services provided to each respective Portfolio. The Trustees considered that the fees to be paid under each New Agreement are identical to the fees paid under each corresponding Existing Agreement.

Profitability. The Trustees noted that in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements, they had: (i) concluded that the profitability levels for the Adviser were not excessive; and (ii) considered that the sub-advisory fees were negotiated by the Adviser at arm's length. The Trustees noted that the fees to be paid under each New Agreement are identical to the fees paid under each corresponding Existing Agreement. The Trustees also noted that they would continue to monitor the Adviser's profitability in the future.

Economies of Scale. The Trustees noted that in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements, they had concluded that they were satisfied with the extent to which economies of scale, if any, would be shared for the benefit of each Portfolio's shareholders. The Trustees noted that the fees to be paid under each New Agreement are identical to the fees paid under each corresponding Existing Agreement. The Trustees also noted that they would continue to monitor each Portfolio's growth and consider any additional opportunities to realize benefits from economies of scale for shareholders in the future.


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December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Other Benefits. The Trustees noted that they had considered other benefits to the Adviser or Sub-Advisers and their respective affiliates from their relationships with the applicable Portfolios in connection with the annual renewal of the Existing Agreements and that they would continue to consider these benefits in connection with future annual renewals of the New Agreements.

The Transaction. The Trustees requested and reviewed specific information regarding KKR and the Transaction. The Trustees noted that, following the Transaction: (i) the Adviser and its parent company, Global Atlantic, were expected to continue operating as a separate business; (ii) the Adviser was expected to continue managing its day-to-day operations under the leadership of its current executives and investment teams; and (iii) no other material changes to the Adviser's management or operations were anticipated. The Trustees considered KKR's business experience and market knowledge. The Trustees also considered that the Transaction has the potential to benefit the Portfolios in the future through increased asset growth and opportunities for cost efficiency.

Conclusion. Having requested and received such information as the Trustees believed to be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements, and as assisted by the advice of counsel, the Trustees unanimously concluded that renewing the Existing Agreements and approving the New Agreements was in the best interests of each Portfolio and its shareholders. The Trustees noted that, in considering the New Agreements, they did not identify any one factor as all important and each Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors.

Approval of New Sub-Advisory Agreement for Global Atlantic American Funds® Managed Risk Portfolio and Global Atlantic Select Advisor Managed Risk Portfolio

At a meeting held on November 10, 2020, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered the approval of new sub-advisory agreements between the Adviser, Wilshire and the Trust, on behalf of each of GA American and GA Select Advisor (each, a "Wilshire Sub-Advised Portfolio") due to a strategic partnership between Wilshire and two private equity firms in order to facilitate the retirement of Wilshire's founder and majority stakeholder that was expected to result in a change of control of Wilshire (the "Wilshire Acquisition"). The Board noted that one of the new sub-advisory agreements would take effect upon the closing of the Wilshire Acquisition and the other would take effect upon the closing of the Transaction.

The Trustees considered that at their September 22, 2020 meeting they performed their annual 15(c) review for all Portfolios in the Trust, which included a review of Wilshire and the services it provides to the Wilshire Sub-Advised Portfolios. The Trustees noted the Adviser's representation that it had performed due diligence regarding Wilshire for the period since the Trustees' annual 15(c) review and was not aware of any additional information available that would materially change the information previously provided to the Trustees. The Trustees also noted Wilshire's representation that it was not anticipating any changes to personnel, and specifically was not expecting any changes to the team that services the Wilshire Sub-Advised Portfolios. Finally, the Trustees considered that the new sub-advisory agreements were the same in all material respects as the Existing Wilshire Sub-Advisory Agreement and the New Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wilshire they approved at their September meeting.

Having considered such information as the Trustees believed to be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the new sub-advisory agreements, and as assisted by the advice of counsel, the Trustees unanimously concluded that approving the new sub-advisory agreements was in the best interests of each Wilshire Sub-Advised Portfolio and its shareholders. The Trustees noted that, in considering the new sub-advisory agreements, they did not identify any one factor as all important and each Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various factors.


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Supplemental Information (Continued)

December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and officers of the Trust, together with information as to their principal business occupations during the past five years and other information, are shown below. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and Officer is c/o Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC, 10 West Market Street, Suite 2300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

Independent Trustees

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position/ Term of Office1

 

Principal Occupation During the Past Five Years

 

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee

 

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

 
Mark Garbin
(1951)
 

Trustee since 2013. Mr. Garbin Serves as Lead Independent Trustee.

 

Mr. Garbin serves as Managing Principal of Coherent Capital Management LLC (since 2007).

 

23

 

Mr. Garbin serves as Director of Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund (since 2018), Altegris KKR Commitments Fund (since 2014), Two Roads Shared Trust (since 2012), Northern Lights Fund Trust (since 2013), and Northern Lights Variable Trust (since 2013). Previously, Mr. Garbin served as Director of Oak Hill Advisors Mortgage Strategies Fund (Offshore) (2014–2017).

 
Mitchell E. Appel
(1970)
 

Trustee since 2013

 

Mr. Appel serves as President of Value Line Funds (since 2008), as Chief Financial Officer (since 2008) and President (since 2009) of EULAV Securities LLC, and as President (since 2009) and Treasurer (since 2011) of EULAV Asset Management.

 

23

 

Mr. Appel serves as Director of Value Line Funds (since 2010) and EULAV Asset Management (since 2010).

 
Joseph E. Breslin
(1953)
 

Trustee since 2013

 

Mr. Breslin serves as Senior Counsel of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (since 2016) and has provided consultant services to investment managers (since 2009). Previously, Mr. Breslin served as Counsel of Commonfund (2014–2016).

 

23

 

Mr. Breslin serves as Director of Kinetics Mutual Funds, Inc. (since 2000), Kinetics Portfolios Trust (since 2000) and Northern Lights Fund Trust IV (since 2015). Previously, Mr. Breslin served as Director of BlueArc Multi-Strategy Fund (2014–2017) and Hatteras Trust (2004–2016).

 


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Interested Trustees and Officers of the Trust

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position/ Term of Office1

 

Principal Occupation During the Past Five Years

 

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee

 

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

 
Robert M. Arena, Jr.
(1968)2
 

Trustee and President/Chief Executive Officer since 2013

 

Mr. Arena serves as President and Head of Life and Retirement of Ariel Re (Holdings) Limited, Global Atlantic Financial Life Limited ("GAFLL"), Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited ("GAFGL") and Global Atlantic Financial Limited (formerly Commonwealth Re Midco Limited) ("GAFL") (since 2020); as Director, President and Head of Individual Markets of Global Atlantic Financial Company ("GAFC") (since 2017, 2019 and 2019, respectively); as Director of GAFL (since 2019); as Director, President and Head of Life and Retirement of Global Atlantic (Fin) Company (since 2017, 2019 and 2017, respectively); as Director, Chairman and President of Forethought Life Insurance Company ("FLIC") (since 2016); as Director, Chairman and President of Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company ("CWA") (since 2017, 2017 and 2018, respectively); as Director and Chief Executive Officer of Accordia Life and Annuity Company ("Accordia") (since 2016 and 2017, respectively); as Manager and Chairman of Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC ("GAIA") (since 2016); and as Manager, Chairman and President of Global Atlantic Distributors, LLC ("GAD") (since 2013); Previously, Mr. Arena has served as Co-President, Head of Life and Retirement of GAFGL, GAFL and GAFLL (2017–2020); as Co-President and Head of Life and Retirement of GAFC (2017–2019 and 2016–2019, respectively); as Co-President of Global Atlantic (Fin) Company (2017–2019); as Executive Vice President of CWA (2017–2018); as Executive Vice President of Forethought Financial Group, Inc. ("FFG") (2013–2014); and as President of Forethought Annuity, FFG (2013–2015).

 

23

 

None

 


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December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position/ Term of Office1

 

Principal Occupation During the Past Five Years

 

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee

 

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

 
April Galda
(1978)3
 

Trustee since 2018

 

Ms. Galda serves as Chief Culture Officer of GAFC (since 2019), as Managing Director of CWA, FLIC, Accordia and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (since 2018), and as Senior Vice President of GAFGL and Global Atlantic Financial Life Limited (since 2017). Previously, Ms. Galda served as Co-Head of Operations of CWA, FLIC, Forethought National Life Insurance Company ("FNLIC"), Accordia and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company (2019), as Managing Director – Head of Enterprise Operations (2018–2019), as Managing Director – Operations (2018–2019), as Managing Director (2015–2016) and as Director (2013–2015) of GAFC; as Director (2016–2019) and Senior Vice President (2013–Feb. 2015 and Oct. 2015–2019) of GAFL; as Director (2015–2019), Co-Chief Executive Officer (2015–2018) and Senior Vice President (2014–2015) of Global Atlantic Re Limited; as Managing Director of FNLIC (2018–2019); as Director of Global Atlantic (Fin) Company (2014–2015); and as Chief Operating Officer of Ariel Re (2012–2015).

 

23

 

None

 
Deborah Schunder
(1967)
 

Vice President since 2014

 

Ms. Schunder serves as Vice President of Investment Product Management of GAFC and Vice President of GAIA (since 2013).

 

N/A

 

N/A

 
Trent M. Statczar
(1971)
 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019

 

Mr. Statczar serves as Senior Director of Foreside Management Services, LLC (since 2008).

 

N/A

 

N/A

 
Sarah M. Patterson
(1976)4
 

Secretary/Chief Legal Officer since 2013

 

Ms. Patterson serves as Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of GAFC (since 2019, 2014 and 2014, respectively), as Secretary of GAIA (since 2016); and as Assistant Secretary of GAD (since 2016). Previously Ms. Patterson served as Senior Vice President (2016–2019) and Vice President (2014–2016) of GAFGL and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of FFG (2013–2014).

 

N/A

 

N/A

 
David Capalbo
(1968)
 

Chief Compliance Officer since 2018

 

Mr. Capalbo serves as Assistant Vice President and Senior Compliance Officer of GAFC (since 2016). Previously, Mr. Capalbo served as Senior Director of Asset Management Compliance of Columbia Threadneedle Investments (2006–2016).

 

N/A

 

N/A

 


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December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position/ Term of Office1

 

Principal Occupation During the Past Five Years

 

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee

 

Other Directorships held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

 
Elizabeth Constant
(1976)
 

Assistant Secretary since 2017

 

Ms. Constant serves as Assistant Vice President and Legal Counsel of GAFC (since 2016). Previously, Ms. Constant served as Associate Counsel of GAFC (2014–2016).

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

1  The term of office for each Trustee and officer listed above will continue indefinitely until the individual resigns or is removed.

2  Mr. Arena is an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of GAFGL. Mr. Arena holds comparable positions with the GAIA, GAD, FLIC, CWA, and certain other companies affiliated with GAIA.

3  Ms. Galda is an interested person of the Trust because she is an officer of GAFC. Ms. Galda holds comparable positions with FLIC, CWA, and certain other companies affiliated with GAIA.

4  Ms. Patterson holds comparable positions with FLIC, CWA, and certain other companies affiliated with GAIA.


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PRIVACY NOTICE

FACTS

 

WHAT DOES FORETHOUGHT VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

 

WHY?

 

Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some, but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.

 

WHAT?

  The types of personal information we collect and share depends on the product or service that you have with us. This information can include:
 
n Social Security number and wire transfer instructions
n account transactions and transaction history
n investment experience and purchase history
 
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
 

HOW?

 

All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons Forethought Variable Insurance Trust chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

 

Reasons we can share your
personal information:
  Does Forethought Variable
Insurance Trust share information?
 

Can you limit this sharing?

 
For our everyday business purposes – such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus.  

Yes

 

No

 
For our marketing purposes – to offer our products and services to you.  

No

 

We don't share

 

For joint marketing with other financial companies.

 

No

 

We don't share

 
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your transactions and records.  

No

 

We don't share

 
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your credit worthiness.  

No

 

We don't share

 

For nonaffiliates to market to you

 

No

 

We don't share

 


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WHAT WE DO:

How does Forethought Variable Insurance Trust protect my personal information?

  To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
 
Our service providers are held accountable for adhering to strict policies and procedures to prevent any misuse of your nonpublic personal information.
 

How does Forethought Variable Insurance Trust collect my personal information?

  We collect your personal information, for example, when you
 
n open an account or deposit money
n direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities
n seek advice about your investments
 
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
 

Why can't I limit all sharing?

  Federal law gives you the right to limit only:
 
n sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness.
n affiliates from using your information to market to you.
n sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you.
 
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
 

DEFINITIONS

Affiliates

  Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
 
n Forethought Variable Insurance Trust has no affiliates.
 

Nonaffiliates

  Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
 
n Forethought Variable Insurance Trust does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
 

Joint marketing

  A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
 
n Forethought Variable Insurance Trust does not jointly market.
 


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PROXY VOTING POLICY

Information regarding how the Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (1) on or through the Portfolios' website at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/globalatlanticportfolios and (2) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

Each Portfolio files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Portfolios' Form N-PORTs are available: (i) on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov; and (ii) on the Portfolios' website at http://connect.rightprospectus.com/globalatlanticportfolios. Each Portfolio will post to http://connect.rightprospectus.com/globalatlanticportfolios, a complete list of its portfolio holdings as of the last calendar day of each month approximately 30 days following the end of the month. Each Portfolio's portfolio holdings will remain available on the website noted above at least until the next monthly update.

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Global Atlantic Investment Advisors, LLC
10 West Market Street, Suite 2300
Indianapolis, IN 46204  

ADMINISTRATOR

The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
1 University Square Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540-6455

Franklin Advisers, Inc.
One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94403

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282

Milliman Financial Risk Management, LLC
71 S. Wacker Drive, 31st Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC
650 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Wellington Management Company LLP
280 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210

Wilshire Associates Incorporated
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 700
Santa Monica, CA 90401



 

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

(a)As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.

 

(c)Amendments: During the period covered by the report, there have not been any amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics.

 

(d)Waivers: During the period covered by the report, the registrant has not granted any express or implicit waivers from the provisions of the code of ethics.

 

(e)The Code of Ethics is not posted in the registrant’s website.

 

(f)A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” as defined by Item 3 of Form N-CSR serving on its audit committee. Joseph E. Breslin is the “audit committee financial expert” and is “independent” (as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR).

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees

(a)The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years are:

 

2019   2020 
$381,250   $392,750 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees

(b)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item are:

 

2019   2020 
$0   $0 

 

Tax Fees

(c)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning are:

 

2019   2020 
$75,900   $78,250 

 

Preparation of Federal & State income tax returns, assistance with calculation of required income and capital gain distributions.

 

All Other Fees

(d)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item are:

 

2019   2020 
$28,800   $14,250 

 

Review of annual registration statement filings for 2019 and 2020 and a fee for review of service provider conversion activities in 2019.

 

Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies

(e)(1)The registrant’s Audit Committee is required to pre-approve all audit services and, when appropriate, any non-audit services (including audit-related, tax and all other services) to the registrant. The registrant’s Audit Committee also is required to pre-approve, when appropriate, any non-audit services (including audit-related, tax and all other services) to its adviser, or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant, to the extent that the services may be determined to have an impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrant. Services are reviewed on an engagement by engagement basis by the Audit Committee.

 

Percentages of Services Approved by the Audit Committee

(e)(2)The percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X are as follows:

 

All services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of Item 4 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

 

(f)During the audit of registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.

 

(g)The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 were $92,500 and $0.00, respectively and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, were $104,700 and $0, respectively.

 

 

 

(h)The audit committee considered the non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser, and believes the services are compatible with the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1(a) of this form.

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)Based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of filing date of this Form N-CSR, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the registrant are reasonably designed to ensure that the information required in filings on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported by the filing date, including that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)Code of ethics, or any amendment thereto, that is the subject of disclosure required by Item 2 is filed herewith.

 

(a)(2)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(a)(4)Not applicable

 

(b)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith.

 

 

 

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) Forethought Variable Insurance Trust

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Trent M. Statczar
  Trent M. Statczar, Treasurer
  (principal financial officer)

 

Date February 26, 2021  

 

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

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Robert M. Arena, Jr.
  Robert M. Arena, Jr., President
  (principal executive officer)

 

Date February 26,2021  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Trent M. Statczar
  Trent M. Statczar, Treasurer
  (principal financial officer)

 

Date February 26, 2021  

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.