N-CSR 1 d203044dncsr.htm BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC. BLACKROCK BALANCED CAPITAL FUND, INC.

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: 811-02405, 811-09739 and 811-21434

Name of Fund: BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

Fund Address:    100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (800) 441-7762

Date of fiscal year end: 09/30/2021

Date of reporting period: 09/30/2021


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders

(a) The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.


 

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  SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

 

  

2021 Annual Report

 

 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

    Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee     


The Markets in Review

Dear Shareholder,

The 12-month reporting period as of September 30, 2021 was a remarkable period of adaptation and recovery, as the global economy dealt with the implications of the coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic. The United States began the reporting period as the initial reopening-led economic rebound was beginning to slow. Nonetheless, the economy continued to grow at a brisk pace for the reporting period, eventually regaining the output lost from the pandemic.

Equity prices rose with the broader economy, as strong fiscal and monetary support, as well as the development of vaccines, made investors increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook. The implementation of mass vaccination campaigns and passage of two additional fiscal stimulus packages further boosted stocks, and many equity indices neared or surpassed all-time highs late in the reporting period. In the United States, returns of small-capitalization stocks, which benefited the most from the resumption of in-person activities, outpaced large-capitalization stocks. International equities also gained, as both developed and emerging markets continued to recover from the effects of the pandemic.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) had fallen sharply prior to the beginning of the reporting period, which meant bonds were priced for extreme risk avoidance and economic disruption. Despite expectations of doom and gloom, the economy expanded rapidly, stoking inflation concerns in early 2021, which led to higher yields and a negative overall return for most U.S. Treasuries. In the corporate bond market, support from the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) assuaged credit concerns and led to solid returns for high-yield corporate bonds, although investment-grade corporates declined slightly.

The Fed remained committed to accommodative monetary policy by maintaining near-zero interest rates and by reiterating that inflation could exceed its 2% target for a sustained period without triggering a rate increase. In response to rising inflation late in the period, the Fed changed its market guidance, raising the possibility of higher rates in 2022 and reducing bond purchasing beginning in late 2021.

Looking ahead, we believe that the global expansion will continue to broaden as Europe and other developed market economies gain momentum, although the delta variant of the coronavirus remains a threat, particularly in emerging markets. While we expect inflation to remain elevated in the medium-term as the expansion continues, we believe the recent uptick owes more to temporary supply disruptions than a lasting change in fundamentals. The change in Fed policy also means that moderate inflation is less likely to be followed by interest rate hikes that could threaten the economic expansion.

Overall, we favor a moderately positive stance toward risk, with an overweight in equities. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long-term. U.S. small-capitalization stocks and European equities are likely to benefit from the continuing vaccine-led restart, while Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment as the Chinese economy slows. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.

In this environment, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit blackrock.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.

Sincerely,

 

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

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Rob Kapito

President, BlackRock Advisors, LLC

 

Total Returns as of September 30, 2021  
     
      6-Month     12-Month   
   

U.S. large cap equities

(S&P 500® Index)

    9.18%     30.00
   

U.S. small cap equities

(Russell 2000® Index)

  (0.25)     47.68  
   

International equities

(MSCI Europe, Australasia,

Far East Index)

  4.70     25.73  
   

Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index)

  (3.45)     18.20  
   

3-month Treasury bills

(ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index)

  0.01     0.07  
   

U.S. Treasury securities

(ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index)

  2.92     (6.22
   

U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index)

  1.88     (0.90
   

Tax-exempt municipal bonds (S&P Municipal Bond Index)

  1.24     2.71  
   

U.S. high yield bonds

(Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index)

  3.65     11.27  

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

 

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Table of Contents

 

      Page  

The Markets in Review

     2  

Annual Report:

  

Fund Summary

     4  

About Fund Performance

     8  

Disclosure of Expenses

     8  

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

     8  

Derivative Financial Instruments

     9  

Fund Financial Statements:

  

Fund Schedule of Investments

     10  

Fund Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     13  

Fund Statement of Operations

     15  

Fund Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     16  

Fund Financial Highlights

     17  

Fund Notes to Financial Statements

     22  

Fund Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     29  

Important Tax Information

     30  

Director and Officer Information of the Fund

     31  

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio Financial Statements:

  

Portfolio Schedule of Investments

     36  

Portfolio Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     41  

Portfolio Statement of Operations

     42  

Portfolio Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     43  

Portfolio Financial Highlights

     44  

Portfolio Notes to Financial Statements

     45  

Portfolio Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     51  

Director and Officer Information of Master Large Cap Series LLC

     52  

Master Total Return Portfolio Information

     56  

Master Total Return Portfolio Financial Statements:

  

Master Portfolio Schedule of Investments

     57  

Master Portfolio Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     135  

Master Portfolio Statement of Operations

     137  

Master Portfolio Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     138  

Master Portfolio Financial Highlights

     139  

Master Portfolio Notes to Financial Statements

     140  

Master Portfolio Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     154  

Director and Officer Information

     155  

Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement

     159  

Additional Information

     162  

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     164  

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2021    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

Investment Objective

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek the highest total investment return through a fully managed investment policy utilizing equity, debt (including money market) and convertible securities.

On November 9, 2021, the Board approved a proposal to change the name of the Fund from BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to BlackRock Sustainable Balanced Fund, Inc. and certain changes to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategy and investment process. These changes are expected to become effective on or about April 4, 2022.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

For the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021, through investments in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC (the “equity allocation” or the “Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio”) and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC (the “fixed income allocation” or the “Master Total Return Portfolio”) (collectively, the “Master Portfolios”), all of the share classes of the Fund outperformed the blended reference benchmark (60% Russell 1000® Index/40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), with the exception of the Investor C Shares, which underperformed the blended reference benchmark. All of the Fund’s share classes outperformed the fixed income portion of the benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, but underperformed the equity portion of the benchmark, the Russell 1000® Index.

What factors influenced performance?

The Fund combines top-down macroeconomic views and bottom-up security selection from Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio and Master Total Return Portfolio.

From an asset allocation perspective, an overweight in U.S. stocks was the main contributor to performance. Global equities rallied throughout the period due to optimism around further U.S. fiscal stimulus, stronger growth data and positive developments regarding COVID-19 vaccination rollouts.

The Master Total Return Portfolio contributed to Fund performance. Positions in U.S. high yield bonds and structured securities added value, as did its duration positioning. (Duration is a measure of interest rate sensitivity.) On the other hand, holdings in agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and Asian corporate bonds detracted. Foreign currency positioning detracted, as well.

The Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio posted a positive absolute return but detracted from relative performance. The portfolio lagged in the fourth quarter of 2020, when investors’ attention shifted away from company results and instead focused on macro risks. Trend-based sentiment measures were particularly weak in this time. The Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio also underperformed in the third quarter of 2021, reflecting the lack of sustained market leadership and the rapid shifts between the growth and value styles. Traditional value measures drove portfolio weakness early in the quarter, when growth stocks were in favor. Once the markets rotated back to value, the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio’s environmental ESG-rated measures struggled amid the strong runup in commodity prices. Lastly, insights with a preference for stocks with lower leverage underperformed given the broader risk-on market tone.

On the positive side, trend-based sentiment measures provided ballast against the evolving investment environment. The Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio also successfully captured industry hiring trends. This was most apparent through overweights in food and retail companies, which benefited from the broader reopening theme. Newer insights capturing supply chain and wage inflation trends helped performance, as well.

The investment adviser held derivatives as part of its investment strategy, but the positions were small. The investment adviser used derivatives to manage risk and/or take outright views on equities, interest rates, credit risk and/or foreign exchange markets. The portfolio held an elevated exposure to cash as collateral for its derivatives positions. The cash position did not have any material impact on Fund performance.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

The Fund entered the period with a modest overweight in U.S. equities and soon increased this position due to a noticeable improvement in global growth data and expectations for further U.S. fiscal stimulus. In November 2020, as equity valuations rose following the U.S. elections and the announcement of effective vaccines against COVID-19, the Fund reduced its overweight in equities. It maintained a more moderate overweight position until the second quarter of 2021, when it briefly tilted into equities again based on encouraging signs that macro data was remaining resilient despite lingering virus/vaccine concerns. As stocks rose further, the Fund trimmed this position to a more modest overweight by the end of June. It maintained this stance through the end of September 2021.

With regard to overall duration positioning, the Fund briefly moved to an underweight in U.S. duration in the fourth quarter of 2020, but it shifted back to a neutral position by the end of the year. Toward the end of the second quarter of 2021, the Fund again initiated an underweight in U.S. duration, based on Fed communications indicating a shift to a less dovish monetary policy, together with a flattening of the yield curve that the management team viewed as excessive. The Fund adjusts its duration through the use of derivatives.

The Master Advantage Large Cap Portfolio maintained a balanced allocation of risk across all major return drivers. There were, however, several new signals added within the stock selection group of insights. The Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio built upon its alternative data capabilities by adding an insight that captures brand sentiment for retail companies. Additionally, given the dynamism of the current environment, the portfolio instituted enhanced signal constructs to identify emerging trends, such as sentiment regarding supply chain disruptions and wage inflation.

The Master Total Return Portfolio was overweight duration in late 2020 into 2021, while mostly favoring the front end of the U.S. yield curve. The Master Total Return Portfolio increased its weighting in European sovereign debt after the European Central Bank delivered on its easing package, and it reduced its allocation to investment-grade corporates due to their rich valuations. In turn, the Master Total Return Portfolio added to its positions in agency MBS given robust investor demand and their attractive value

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

compared to other high-quality spread sectors. The Master Total Return Portfolio increased its weighting in inflation-protected bonds, as well.

The Master Total Return Portfolio shifted to a slightly more risk-on tone in early 2021 by favoring structured products, increasing the allocation to credit (particularly high yield bonds), and holding emerging market debt. On the other hand, it trimmed its allocation to U.S. investment-grade corporates and agency MBS due to their stretched valuations. It also reduced duration on the view that stronger-than-expected economic growth, more fiscal stimulus and a healthy consumer would lead to higher interest rates.

The Master Total Return Portfolio remained underweight duration entering the second half of 2021, with a preference for global issues. China sovereign bonds, in particular, were an area of interest due to their attractive yields. In addition, the Master Total Return Portfolio again began to increase its allocation to agency MBS in response to the positive supply/demand backdrop, and it trimmed high yield bonds in favor of bank loans. The Master Total Return Portfolio retained positions in select emerging market hard currency corporates, while also favoring structured products.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

The combination of longer-than-expected supply chain disruptions and the persistence of COVID-19 have weighted on near-term growth and placed upward pressure on inflation. The combination of inflation and tighter labor markets have encouraged central banks around the world to make a gradual but definite move toward slowing the pace of asset purchases. Believing this constellation of macro drivers is likely to create a more challenging environment for both risk assets and fixed income, the investment adviser remained modestly overweight in U.S. equities and underweight in bonds.

The views expressed reflect the opinions of BlackRock as of the date of this report and are subject to change based on changes in market, economic or other conditions. These views are not intended to be a forecast of future events and are no guarantee of future results.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

TOTAL RETURN BASED ON A $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any, transaction costs and other operating expenses, including investment advisory fees and administration fees, if any. Institutional Shares do not have a sales charge.

 
  (b) 

The Fund invests in equity securities (including common stock, preferred stock, securities convertible into common stock, or securities or other instruments whose price is linked to the value of common stock) and fixed-income securities (including debt securities, convertible securities and short term securities).

 
  (c) 

A widely recognized unmanaged market-weighted index comprised of investment-grade corporate bonds rated BBB or better, mortgages and U.S. Treasury and U.S. Government agency issues with at least one year to maturity.

 
  (d) 

An index that measures the performance of the large cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index and includes approximately 1,000 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership. The index represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index.

 
  (e) 

A customized weighted index comprised of the returns of the Russell 1000® Index (60%) and Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (40%).

 

Performance Summary for the Period Ended September 30, 2021

 

     Average Annual Total Returns(a)  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  
      Without
Sales
Charge
    With
Sales
Charge
    Without
Sales
Charge
    With
Sales
Charge
    Without
Sales
Charge
    With
Sales
Charge
 

Institutional

     18.30     N/A       12.07     N/A       11.68     N/A  

Investor A

     17.98       11.79     11.77       10.57     11.37       10.77

Investor C

     17.07       16.07       10.91       10.91       10.68       10.68  

Class K

     18.36       N/A       12.12       N/A       11.71       N/A  

Class R

     17.56       N/A       11.38       N/A       10.97       N/A  

60% Russell 1000® Index/40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

     17.45       N/A       11.57       N/A       11.33       N/A  

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

     (0.90     N/A       2.94       N/A       3.01       N/A  

Russell 1000® Index

     30.96       N/A       17.11       N/A       16.76       N/A  

 

  (a) 

Assuming maximum sales charges, if any. Average annual total returns with and without sales charges reflect reductions for distribution and service fees. See “About Fund Performance” for a detailed description of share classes, including any related sales charges and fees, and how performance was calculated for certain share classes.

 

N/A - Not applicable as share class and index do not have a sales charge.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Performance results may include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

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Fund Summary  as of September 30, 2021 (continued)    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

Expense Example

 

    Actual     Hypothetical(a)        
     

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
    

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
    

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
   

Beginning
Account Value
(04/01/21)
 
 
 
    

Ending
Account Value
(09/30/21)
 
 
 
    

Expenses
Paid During
the Period
 
 
(b) 
   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
 

Institutional

    $ 1,000.00        $ 1,064.20        $ 2.60       $ 1,000.00        $ 1,022.55        $ 2.54       0.50

Investor A

    1,000.00        1,062.90        3.92       1,000.00        1,021.27        3.84       0.76  

Investor C

    1,000.00        1,058.70        7.89       1,000.00        1,017.40        7.73       1.53  

Class K

    1,000.00        1,064.40        2.29       1,000.00        1,022.85        2.24       0.44  

Class R

    1,000.00        1,061.10        5.90       1,000.00        1,019.34        5.78       1.14  

 

  (a) 

Hypothetical 5% annual return before expenses is calculated by prorating the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by 365.

 
  (b) 

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for the class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Because the Fund invests a significant amount of its assets in the Master Portfolios the expense example reflects the net expenses of both the Fund and the Master Portfolios in which it invests.

 

See “Disclosure of Expenses” for further information on how expenses were calculated.

Portfolio Information

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

Asset Type   Percent of
Total Investments
 

Equity Funds

    54

Fixed-Income Funds

    26  

Short-Term Securities

    20  

    

 

 

 

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About Fund Performance

 

Institutional and Class K Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares bear no ongoing distribution or service fees and are available only to certain eligible investors. Class K Shares performance shown prior to the Class K Shares inception date of January 25, 2018 is that of Institutional Shares. The performance of the Fund’s Class K Shares would be substantially similar to Institutional Shares because Class K Shares and Institutional Shares invest in the same portfolio of securities and performance would only differ to the extent that Class K Shares and Institutional Shares have different expenses. The actual returns of Class K Shares would have been higher than those of the Institutional Shares because Class K Shares have lower expenses than the Institutional Shares.

Investor A Shares are subject to a maximum initial sales charge (front-end load) of 5.25% and a service fee of 0.25% per year (but no distribution fee). Certain redemptions of these shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries.

Investor C Shares are subject to a 1.00% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. In addition, these shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.75% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. These shares automatically convert to Investor A Shares after approximately eight years.

Class R Shares are not subject to any sales charge. These shares are subject to a distribution fee of 0.25% per year and a service fee of 0.25% per year. These shares are available only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Refer to blackrock.com to obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Figures shown in the performance table(s) assume reinvestment of all distributions, if any, at net asset value (“NAV”) on the ex-dividend date or payable date, as applicable. Investment return and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Distributions paid to each class of shares will vary because of the different levels of service, distribution and transfer agency fees applicable to each class, which are deducted from the income available to be paid to shareholders.

BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”), the Fund’s investment adviser, has contractually and/or voluntarily agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses. Without such waiver(s) and/or reimbursement(s), the Fund’s performance would have been lower. With respect to the Fund’s voluntary waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to waive and/or reimburse or to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees and such voluntary waiver(s) may be reduced or discontinued at any time. With respect to the Fund’s contractual waiver(s), if any, the Manager is under no obligation to continue waiving and/or reimbursing its fees after the applicable termination date of such agreement. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information on waivers and/or reimbursements.

Disclosure of Expenses

Shareholders of the Fund may incur the following charges: (a) transactional expenses, such as sales charges; and (b) operating expenses, including investment advisory fees, service and distribution fees, including 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, and other fund expenses. The expense example shown (which is based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested on April 1, 2021 and held through September 30, 2021) is intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in the Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense example provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number corresponding to their share class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

The expense example also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in the Fund and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

The expenses shown in the expense example are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect transactional expenses, such as sales charges, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.

The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

The Master Portfolio may utilize leverage to seek to enhance returns and net asset value (“NAV”). However, there is no guarantee that these objectives can be achieved in all interest rate environments.

The Master Portfolio may utilize leverage by entering into reverse repurchase agreements.

In general, the concept of leveraging is based on the premise that the financing cost of leverage, which is based on short-term interest rates, is normally lower than the income earned by the Master Portfolio on its longer-term portfolio investments purchased with the proceeds from leverage. To the extent that the total assets of the Master Portfolio (including the assets obtained from leverage) are invested in higher-yielding portfolio investments, the Master Portfolio’s investors benefit from the incremental net income.

 

 

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The Benefits and Risks of Leveraging  (continued)

 

The interest earned on securities purchased with the proceeds from leverage is distributed to the Master Portfolio’s investors, and the value of these portfolio holdings is reflected in the Master Portfolio’s NAV. However, in order to benefit investors, the return on assets purchased with leverage proceeds must exceed the ongoing costs associated with the leverage. If interest and other ongoing costs of leverage exceed the Master Portfolio’s return on assets purchased with leverage proceeds, income to investors is lower than if the Master Portfolio had not used leverage.

Furthermore, the value of the Master Portfolio’s portfolio investments generally varies inversely with the direction of long-term interest rates, although other factors can also influence the value of portfolio investments. As a result, changes in interest rates can influence the Master Portfolio’s NAV positively or negatively in addition to the impact on the Master Portfolio’s performance from leverage. Changes in the direction of interest rates are difficult to predict accurately, and there is no assurance that the Master Portfolio’s leveraging strategy will be successful.

The use of leverage also generally causes greater changes in the Master Portfolio’s NAV and dividend rates than comparable portfolios without leverage. In a declining market, leverage is likely to cause a greater decline in the NAV of the Master Portfolio’s shares than if the Master Portfolio were not leveraged. In addition, the Master Portfolio may be required to sell portfolio securities at inopportune times or at distressed values in order to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to the use of leverage or as required by the terms of the leverage instruments, which may cause the Master Portfolio to incur losses. The use of leverage may limit the Master Portfolio’s ability to invest in certain types of securities or use certain types of hedging strategies. The Master Portfolio incurs expenses in connection with the use of leverage, all of which are borne by the Master Portfolio’s investors and may reduce income.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund and/or the Master Portfolios may invest in various derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used to obtain exposure to a security, commodity, index, market, and/or other assets without owning or taking physical custody of securities, commodities and/or other referenced assets or to manage market, equity, credit, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate, commodity and/or other risks. Derivative financial instruments may give rise to a form of economic leverage and involve risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of a derivative financial instrument and the underlying asset, possible default of the counterparty to the transaction or illiquidity of the instrument. The Fund’s and/or Master Portfolios’ successful use of a derivative financial instrument depends on the investment adviser’s ability to predict pertinent market movements accurately, which cannot be assured. The use of these instruments may result in losses greater than if they had not been used, may limit the amount of appreciation the Fund and/or the Master Portfolios can realize on an investment and/or may result in lower distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund’s and/or the Master Portfolios’ investments in these instruments, if any, are discussed in detail in the Fund’s and the Master Portfolios’ Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  

September 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares/
Investment
Value
    Value  

Investment Companies(a)

   

Equity Funds — 53.6%

   

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC

  $   985,394,792     $ 985,394,792  
   

 

 

 

Fixed-Income Funds — 26.0%

   

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    473,739       54,399,450  

Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

  $ 424,270,601       424,270,601  
   

 

 

 
      478,670,051  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 79.6%
(Cost: $1,267,511,508)

      1,464,064,843  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         
Short-Term Securities(a)(b)            

Money Market Funds — 19.7%

   

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%

    362,498,196       362,498,196  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 19.7%
(Cost: $362,498,196)

 

    362,498,196  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,630,009,704)

 

    1,826,563,039  

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.7%

 

    13,277,337  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $   1,839,840,376  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

    

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 

   
       Affiliated
Issuer
  Value at
09/30/20
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sale
  Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Value at
09/30/21
  Shares/
Investment
Value
Held at
09/30/21
  Income
(Expense)
 

Capital
Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

      
 

 

   
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

    $   242,046,920     $   120,451,276 (a)        $  —     $     $     $ 362,498,196       362,498,196     $ 53,925                      $   —    
 

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

      55,929,627                         (1,530,177)         54,399,450       473,739       998,573            
 

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC

      755,769,919       8,338,534 (a)(b)               157,946,634       63,339,705         985,394,792     $ 985,394,792       8,338,537               —  
 

Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

      417,698,909       9,503,343 (a)(b)               3,882,716       (6,814,367)         424,270,601     $ 424,270,601       9,499,028            
                 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

         

 

 

         

 

 

   
                  $   161,829,350     $ 54,995,161     $   1,826,563,039         $   18,890,063         $   —    
                 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

         

 

 

         

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net shares/investment value purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

Inclusive of income, expense, realized and unrealized gains and losses allocated from the Master Portfolio.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
       Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Long Contracts

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     740          12/17/21        $  159,017        $ (6,364,745

U.S. Treasury Notes (10 Year)

     845          12/21/21          111,210          (1,087,232

U.S. Ultra Treasury Bonds

     117          12/21/21          22,354          (573,851
                 

 

 

 
                    (8,025,828
                 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
   Credit
Contracts
   Equity
Contracts
   Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
   Interest
Rate
Contracts
   Other
Contracts
   Total

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                  

Futures contracts

                                  

Unrealized depreciation(a)

       $  —        $  —      $   6,364,745        $  —      $   1,661,083        $  —      $   8,025,828
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
   Credit
Contracts
   Equity
Contracts
   Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
   Interest
Rate
Contracts
   Other
Contracts
   Total

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                  

Futures contracts

       $  —        $  —      $   58,250,366        $  —      $ (2,563,959 )        $  —      $   55,686,407
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                                  

Futures contracts

       $  —        $  —      $ (7,208,261 )        $  —      $ (1,720,206 )        $  —      $ (8,928,467 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

   

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 293,076,020  

For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Investment Companies

   $ 54,399,450        $        $        $ 54,399,450  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     362,498,196                            362,498,196  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $   416,897,646        $        $          416,897,646  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments valued at NAV(a)

                    1,409,665,393  
                 

 

 

 
                  $   1,826,563,039  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (6,364,745      $        $        $ (6,364,745

Interest Rate Contracts

     (1,661,083                          (1,661,083
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (8,025,828      $        $        $ (8,025,828
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

September 30, 2021

 

     BlackRock
Balanced Capital
Fund, Inc.
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value — affiliated(a)

  $ 1,826,563,039  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    10,071,990  

Receivables:

 

Capital shares sold

    7,380,238  

Dividends — affiliated

    1,573  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    281,330  

Prepaid expenses

    74,777  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,844,372,947  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payables:

 

Capital shares redeemed

    1,662,044  

Investment advisory fees

    247,639  

Officer’s fees

    4,794  

Other accrued expenses

    139,298  

Other affiliate fees

    76,991  

Service and distribution fees

    319,188  

Transfer agent fees

    286,365  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    1,796,252  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    4,532,571  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,839,840,376  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,428,258,737  

Accumulated earnings

    411,581,639  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,839,840,376  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 1,630,009,704  

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

September 30, 2021

 

    

BlackRock 

Balanced Capital 

Fund, Inc. 

 

NET ASSET VALUE

 

Institutional

 

Net assets

  $ 666,819,195  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    23,580,270  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.28  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    400 million  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

Investor A

 

Net assets

  $ 952,966,642  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    33,869,482  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.14  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    200 million  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

Investor C

 

Net assets

  $ 134,699,992  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    5,656,838  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 23.81  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    200 million  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

Class K

 

Net assets

  $ 72,222,326  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    2,553,801  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 28.28  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    2 billion  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

Class R

 

Net assets

  $ 13,132,221  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

    514,051  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value

  $ 25.55  
 

 

 

 

Shares authorized

    500 million  
 

 

 

 

Par value

  $ 0.10  
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

     BlackRock
Balanced Capital
Fund, Inc.
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — affiliated

  $ 1,052,498  

Net investment income allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios:

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

    12,226,283  

Dividends — affiliated

    130,937  

Interest — unaffiliated

    9,658,209  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    137,034  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (105,087

Expenses

    (4,285,801

Fees waived

    75,990  
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    18,890,063  
 

 

 

 

FUND EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    7,166,565  

Service and distribution — class specific

    3,564,283  

Transfer agent — class specific

    1,256,200  

Registration

    146,038  

Professional

    103,282  

Printing and postage

    45,090  

Accounting services

    16,989  

Officer

    14,342  

Custodian

    41  

Miscellaneous

    51,286  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    12,364,116  

Less:

 

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

    (4,382,062
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    7,982,054  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    10,908,009  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Futures contracts

    55,686,407  

Net realized gain from investments, foreign currency transactions, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, options written and swaps allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios

    161,829,350  
 

 

 

 
    217,515,757  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — affiliated

    (1,530,177

Futures contracts

    (8,928,467

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, foreign currency translations, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, options written, swaps, short sales, unfunded floating rate loan interests and unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios

    56,525,338  
 

 

 

 
    46,066,694  
 

 

 

 

Total net realized and unrealized gain

    263,582,451  
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 274,490,460  
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.  
 

 

 

 
    Year Ended September 30,  
 

 

 

 
    2021     2020   
                 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 10,908,009     $ 15,694,372  

Net realized gain

    217,515,757       60,810,662  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    46,066,694       74,254,100  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    274,490,460       150,759,134  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a)

   

Institutional

    (24,269,626     (25,614,887

Investor A

    (30,500,926     (30,893,014

Investor C

    (4,954,528     (6,569,740

Class K

    (2,474,683     (1,604,803

Class R

    (501,960     (602,475
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

    (62,701,723     (65,284,919
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

   

Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    146,398,629       153,847,508  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    358,187,366       239,321,723  

Beginning of year

    1,481,653,010       1,242,331,287  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $   1,839,840,376     $   1,481,653,010  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.  
    Institutional  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020     2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 24.89     $ 23.32     $ 23.95      $ 26.09      $ 23.86  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.23       0.33       0.48        0.47        0.41  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    4.22       2.47       0.52        1.89        3.01  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    4.45       2.80       1.00        2.36        3.42  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

           

From net investment income

    (0.24     (0.37     (0.41      (0.47      (0.40

From net realized gain

    (0.82     (0.86     (1.22      (4.03      (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.06     (1.23     (1.63      (4.50      (1.19
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 28.28     $ 24.89     $ 23.32      $ 23.95      $ 26.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    18.30     12.35     5.16      10.14      14.83 %(d) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses(f)

    0.75 %(g)       0.78 %(h)       0.80      0.91      0.93
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed(f)

    0.50 %(g)       0.52 %(h)       0.53      0.62      0.62
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(f)

    0.85 %(g)       1.42 %(h)       2.11      1.97      1.67
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  666,819     $  568,977     $  488,105      $  427,511      $  395,850  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Fund(i)

            4      140      109
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Total Return Portfolio(j)

    459     556     574      734      806
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    111     99     151      148      130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolios’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

(f) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

   
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

          0.02            0.03            0.02            0.01            0.01
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

(h) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of 0.01%.

(i) 

Excludes transactions in the Master Portfolios.

(j) 

Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

   
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

          161            274            241            350            540
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Investor A  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 24.78     $ 23.22     $ 23.86     $ 26.00     $ 23.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.16       0.27       0.41       0.40       0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    4.20       2.46       0.52       1.89       3.01  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    4.36       2.73       0.93       2.29       3.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

         

From net investment income

    (0.18     (0.31     (0.35     (0.40     (0.34

From net realized gain

    (0.82     (0.86     (1.22     (4.03     (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.00     (1.17     (1.57     (4.43     (1.13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 28.14     $ 24.78     $ 23.22     $ 23.86     $ 26.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

         

Based on net asset value

    17.98     12.08     4.84     9.86     14.52 %(d)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses(f)

    1.01 %(g)       1.04 %(h)       1.07 %(h)       1.20 %(g)       1.21 %(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed(f)

    0.76 %(g)       0.79 %(h)       0.80 %(h)       0.91 %(g)       0.90 %(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(f)

    0.59 %(g)       1.15 %(h)       1.83 %(h)       1.68 %(g)       1.38 %(g)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  952,967     $  737,708     $  594,909     $  528,701     $  535,542  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Fund(i)

            4     140     109
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Total Return Portfolio(j)

    459     556     574     734     806
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    111     99     151     148     130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolios’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

(f) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

   
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

          0.02            0.03            0.02            0.01            0.01
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

(h) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of 0.01%.

(i) 

Excludes transactions in the Master Portfolios.

(j) 

Includes MDRs. Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

   
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

          161            274            241            350            540
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Investor C  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020     2019      2018      2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 21.15     $ 20.00     $ 20.79      $ 23.21      $ 21.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.04     0.08       0.21        0.19        0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    3.57       2.10       0.43        1.67        2.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    3.53       2.18       0.64        1.86        2.82  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

           

From net investment income

    (0.05     (0.17     (0.21      (0.25      (0.16

From net realized gain

    (0.82     (0.86     (1.22      (4.03      (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.87     (1.03     (1.43      (4.28      (0.95
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 23.81     $ 21.15     $ 20.00      $ 20.79      $ 23.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

           

Based on net asset value

    17.07     11.20     4.09      9.03      13.62 %(d)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

           

Total expenses(f)

    1.78 %(g)       1.80 %(h)       1.83      1.95      1.97
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed(f)

    1.52 %(g)       1.55 %(h)       1.56      1.66      1.66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)(f)

    (0.17 )%(g)      0.41 %(h)       1.07      0.93      0.63
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $   134,700     $   126,159     $   125,584      $   103,756      $   104,113  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Fund(i)

            4      140      109
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Total Return Portfolio(j)

    459     556     574      734      806
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    111     99     151      148      130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, excludes the effects of any sales charges and assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolios’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

(f)

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

   
   

Year Ended September 30,

 

 
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

          0.02            0.03            0.02            0.01            0.01
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

(h) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of 0.01%.

(i) 

Excludes transactions in the Master Portfolios.

(j) 

Includes MDRs. Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

   
   

Year Ended September 30,

 

 
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

          161            274            241            350            540
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Class K  
    Year Ended September 30,       

Period from

01/25/18

to 09/30/18

 

(a) 

 

     2021     2020     2019  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 24.89     $ 23.32     $ 23.95      $ 23.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(b)

    0.25       0.34       0.49        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    4.22       2.47       0.52        0.25  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    4.47       2.81       1.01        0.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions(c)

        

From net investment income

    (0.26     (0.38     (0.42      (0.24

From net realized gain

    (0.82     (0.86     (1.22       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.08     (1.24     (1.64      (0.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $    28.28     $    24.89     $    23.32      $    23.95  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(d)

        

Based on net asset value

    18.36     12.42     5.23      2.46 %(e) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(f)

        

Total expenses(g)

    0.69 %(h)      0.72 %(i)      0.73      0.81 %(j) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed(g)

    0.44 %(h)      0.46 %(i)      0.46      0.51 %(j) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income(g)

    0.90 %(h)      1.47 %(i)      2.15      2.07 %(j) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (000)

  $    72,222     $    36,970     $    21,901      $   8,283  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Fund(k)

            4      140 %(l)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Total Return Portfolio(m)

    459     556     574      734 %(l) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    111     99     151      148 %(l) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Commencement of operations.

(b) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(c) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(d) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(e) 

Aggregate total return.

(f) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolios’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

(g) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

      Year Ended September 30,       

Period from
01/25/18

to 9/30/18

 
(a)  

 

    2021      2020      2019         

Investments in underlying funds

          0.20            0.03            0.02                     0.01
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

(h) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

(i)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of 0.01%.

(j) 

Annualized.

(k) 

Excludes transactions in the Master Portfolios.

(l) 

Portfolio turnover is representative of the Fund for the entire year.

(m) 

Includes MDRs. Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

      Year Ended September 30,       

Period from
01/25/18

to 9/30/18

 
(a)  

 

    2021      2020      2019         

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

          161            247            241                     350
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights  (continued)

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (continued)  
    Class R  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Net asset value, beginning of year

  $ 22.59     $ 21.27     $ 22.00     $ 24.30     $ 22.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.05       0.17       0.31       0.29       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    3.83       2.24       0.46       1.77       2.81  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase from investment operations

    3.88       2.41       0.77       2.06       3.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions(b)

         

From net investment income

    (0.10     (0.23     (0.28     (0.33     (0.27

From net realized gain

    (0.82     (0.86     (1.22     (4.03     (0.79
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.92     (1.09     (1.50     (4.36     (1.06
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $    25.55     $    22.59     $    21.27     $    22.00     $    24.30  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

         

Based on net asset value

    17.56     11.67     4.47     9.51     14.11 %(d) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(e)

         

Total expenses(f)

    1.39 %(g)      1.40 %(h)      1.41 %(h)      1.55 %(g)      1.56 %(g) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed(f)

    1.13 %(g)      1.15 %(h)      1.14 %(h)      1.26 %(g)      1.25 %(g) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income(f)

    0.21 %(g)      0.82 %(h)      1.50 %(h)      1.33 %(g)      1.04 %(g) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $    13,132     $    11,840     $    11,833     $    14,363     $    16,257  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Fund(i)

            4     140     109
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Total Return Portfolio(j)

    459     556     574     734     806
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate of the Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

    111     99     151     148     130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Based on average shares outstanding.

(b) 

Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations.

(c) 

Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions.

(d) 

Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which had no impact on the Fund’s total return.

(e) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolios’ allocated expenses and/or net investment income.

(f) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

     Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Investments in underlying funds

    0.02      0.03      0.02      0.01      0.01
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(g) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of less than 0.01%.

(h) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Master Portfolio’s allocated fees waived of 0.01%.

(i) 

Excludes transactions in the Master Portfolios.

(j) 

Includes MDRs. Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

     Year Ended September 30,  
     2021      2020      2019      2018      2017  

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

    161      274      241      350      540
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund is organized as a Maryland corporation. The Fund is classified as diversified. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing directly in equity and fixed-income securities, indirectly through one or more funds that invest in such securities, or in a combination of securities and funds. The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its fixed-income assets in Master Total Return Portfolio (the “Master Total Return Portfolio”) of Master Bond LLC, a mutual fund that has an investment objective and strategy consistent with that of the fixed-income portion of the Fund. The Fund intends to invest a significant portion of its equity assets in Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio (the “Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio”) of Master Large Cap Series LLC, a mutual fund that has an investment objective and strategy consistent with that of the equity portion of the Fund. Master Total Return Portfolio and Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio, both affiliates of the Fund, are collectively referred to as the “Master Portfolios.” The value of the Fund’s investment in the Master Portfolios reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Master Portfolios. The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Master Portfolios as well as the Fund’s direct investments. At September 30, 2021, the percentages of Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio and Master Total Return Portfolio owned by the Fund were 22.7% and 2.0%, respectively. The financial statements of the Master Portfolios, including the Schedules of Investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

The Fund offers multiple classes of shares. All classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and are subject to the same terms and conditions, except that certain classes bear expenses related to the shareholder servicing and distribution of such shares. Institutional and Class K Shares are sold only to certain eligible investors. Investor A, Investor C and Class R Shares bear certain expenses related to shareholder servicing of such shares, and Investor C and Class R Shares also bear certain expenses related to the distribution of such shares. Investor A and Investor C Shares are generally available through financial intermediaries. Class R Shares are sold only to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters relating to its shareholder servicing and distribution expenditures (except that Investor C shareholders may vote on material changes to the Investor A Shares distribution and service plan).

The Board of Directors of the Fund and Boards of Directors of the Master Portfolios are referred to throughout this report as the “Board” and the members are referred to as “Directors.”

 

 

Share Class   Initial Sales Charge      CDSC     Conversion Privilege

 

Institutional, Class K and Class R Shares

    No        No     None

Investor A Shares

    Yes        No (a)    None

Investor C Shares

    No        Yes (b)    To Investor A Shares after approximately 8 years

 

 

  (a) 

Investor A Shares may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) for certain redemptions where no initial sales charge was paid at the time of purchase.

 
  (b) 

A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of Investor C Shares made within one year after purchase.

 

The Fund, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets.

Foreign Currency Translation: The Fund’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.

The Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Fund reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

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Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Fund enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Fund may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investments to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Fund may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Distributions: Distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. The character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Fund, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Fund or its classes are charged to the Fund or the applicable class. Expenses directly related to the Fund and other shared expenses prorated to the Fund are allocated daily to each class based on its relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Fund may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Fund is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Fund determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and closed-end funds traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. ETFs and closed-end funds traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

The Fund records its proportionate investment in Master Total Return Portfolio and Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio at fair value, which is based upon its pro rata ownership in the net assets of the Master Total Return Portfolio and Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). 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 fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held

 

 

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companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

As of September 30, 2021, certain investments of the Fund were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Fund engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Fund and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

5.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: The Fund entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Fund’s investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Fund’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund.

For such services, the Fund pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets:

 

   
Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees  

First $250 million

    0.500

$250 million — $300 million  

    0.450  

$300 million — $400 million  

    0.425  

Greater than $400 million

    0.400  

The Fund also pays an investment advisory fee to the Manager, which is the investment adviser of Master Total Return Portfolio and Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio, to the extent it invests in the Master Total Return Portfolio and Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio.

Service and Distribution Fees: The Fund entered into a Distribution Agreement and Distribution Plans with BlackRock Investments, LLC (“BRIL”), an affiliate of the Manager. Pursuant to the Distribution Plans and in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays BRIL ongoing service and distribution fees. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly at annual rates based upon the average daily net assets of the relevant share class of the Fund as follows:

 

     
Share Class   Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Investor A

    0.25     N/A  

Investor C

    0.25       0.75

Class R

    0.25       0.25  

BRIL and broker-dealers, pursuant to sub-agreements with BRIL, provide shareholder servicing and distribution services to the Fund. The ongoing service and/or distribution fee compensates BRIL and each broker-dealer for providing shareholder servicing and/or distribution related services to shareholders.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the following table shows the class specific service and distribution fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

         
     Investor A      Investor C      Class R      Total  

Service and distribution fees — class specific

  $    2,156,806      $    1,338,293      $    69,184      $    3,564,283  

 

 

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Transfer Agent: Pursuant to written agreements, certain financial intermediaries, some of which may be affiliates, provide the Fund with sub-accounting, recordkeeping, sub-transfer agency and other administrative services with respect to servicing of underlying investor accounts. For these services, these entities receive an asset-based fee or an annual fee per shareholder account, which will vary depending on share class and/or net assets. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund did not pay any amounts to affiliates in return for these services.

The Manager maintains a call center that is responsible for providing certain shareholder services to the Fund. Shareholder services include responding to inquiries and processing purchases and sales based upon instructions from shareholders. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund reimbursed the Manager the following amounts for costs incurred in running the call center, which are included in transfer agent — class specific in the Statement of Operations:

 

             
     Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

Reimbursed amounts

    $  19,936        $  33,584        $  12,303        $  96        $  134        $  66,053  

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the following table shows the class specific transfer agent fees borne directly by each share class of the Fund:

 

             
     Institutional      Investor A      Investor C      Class K      Class R      Total  

Transfer agent fees — class specific

    $  443,036        $  653,153        $  125,744        $  6,091        $  28,176        $  1,256,200  

Other Fees: For the year ended September 30, 2021, affiliates earned underwriting discounts, direct commissions and dealer concessions on sales of the Fund’s Investor A Shares for a total of $46,799.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, affiliates received CDSCs as follows:

 

   
Share Class   Amounts  

Investor A

  $   24,310  

Investor C

    14,983  
 

 

 

 
  $ 39,293  
 

 

 

 

Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: The Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee by the amount of any management fees the Fund pays indirectly through its investments in the Master Portfolios. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Manager waived $4,027,716, which is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations.

With respect to the Fund, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Fund pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the amount waived and/or reimbursed was $134,415.

With the exception of the Fund’s investment in the Master Portfolios, the Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Fund’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Manager waived $219,931 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the Fund’s investment policies and restrictions. The Fund is currently permitted to borrow and lend under the Interfund Lending Program.

A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Fund are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates. The Fund reimburses the Manager for a portion of the compensation paid to the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer, which is included in Officer in the Statement of Operations.

 

6.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended September 30, 2021, there were no purchases or sales.

 

 

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7.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Fund’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on the Fund’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Fund as of September 30, 2021, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Fund’s financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAVs per share. As of period end, the following permanent differences attributable to certain deemed distributions were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

   
     Amounts  

Paid-in capital

  $   14,302,196  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

    (14,302,196

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

     
     09/30/21      09/30/20  

Ordinary income

  $ 34,494,881      $ 37,320,495  

Long-term capital gains(a)

    28,206,842        32,756,983  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $   62,701,723      $   70,077,478  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  

 

  (a) 

Distribution amounts may include a portion of the proceeds from redeemed shares.

 

As of period end, the tax components of accumulated net earnings were as follows:

 

   
     Amounts  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 91,149,682  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

    103,132,580  

Net unrealized gains(a)

    217,299,377  
 

 

 

 
  $ 411,581,639  
 

 

 

 
         

 

  (a) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains (losses) was attributable primarily to the timing and recognition of partnership income and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain futures contracts.

 

As of September 30, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

   
     Amounts  

Tax cost

  $ 1,609,263,662  
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 225,325,205  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (8,025,828
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 217,299,377  
 

 

 

 

 

8.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Fund, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.25 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Fund may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Fund, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2022 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

 

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9.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Fund invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Fund to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The Fund’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Fund is subject.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Fund may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Fund 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 Fund may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Fund’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Fund may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests.

The price the Fund could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the Fund’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by the Fund, and the Fund could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. The Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Fund may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Fund manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Fund.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Fund’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates will be phased out by the end of 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Fund may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Fund is uncertain.

 

 

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10.

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

       
    Year Ended 09/30/21     Year Ended 09/30/20        
Share Class   Shares     Amounts     Shares     Amounts               

Institutional

         

Shares sold

    5,009,623     $ 135,303,668       5,973,087     $ 140,408,300    

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    800,169       20,675,199       913,200       21,474,108    

Shares redeemed

    (5,087,561     (138,660,334     (4,958,302     (112,828,295  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    722,231     $ 17,318,533       1,927,985     $ 49,054,113    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Investor A

         

Shares sold

    8,487,976     $ 229,471,691       8,711,700     $ 203,218,124    

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,096,073       28,118,598       1,211,101       28,355,955    

Shares redeemed

    (5,489,051     (147,513,575     (5,766,837     (132,560,158  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    4,094,998     $ 110,076,714       4,155,964     $ 99,013,921    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Investor C

         

Shares sold

    1,535,210     $ 34,781,850       2,162,261     $ 42,903,371    

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    222,547       4,827,089       316,937       6,345,196    

Shares redeemed

    (2,066,194     (47,084,772     (2,793,603     (55,535,399  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    (308,437   $ (7,475,833     (314,405   $ (6,286,832  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Class K

         

Shares sold

    1,390,844     $ 35,813,103       975,343     $ 22,747,205    

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    95,328       2,465,567       67,778       1,594,255    

Shares redeemed

    (417,600     (11,318,795     (496,990     (11,661,445  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    1,068,572     $ 26,959,875       546,131     $ 12,680,015    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Class R

         

Shares sold

    221,456     $ 5,282,315       136,539     $ 2,908,943    

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    21,621       501,903       28,212       602,475    

Shares redeemed

    (253,111     (6,264,878     (196,871     (4,125,127  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    (10,034   $ (480,660     (32,120   $ (613,709  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
    5,567,330     $ 146,398,629       6,283,555     $ 153,847,508    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

As of September 30, 2021, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Fund, owned 8,471 Class K Shares of the Fund.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management’s evaluation of the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund’s financial statements was completed through the date the financial statements were issued and the following item was noted:

On November 9, 2021, the Board approved a proposal to change the name of the Fund from BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. to BlackRock Sustainable Balanced Fund, Inc. and certain changes to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategy and investment process. These changes are expected to become effective on or about April 4, 2022.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of September 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2021, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its 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 and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund in accordance with the 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 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 Fund’s 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 and financial highlights, 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 and financial highlights. 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 and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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Important Tax Information  (unaudited)   

 

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified dividend income for individuals for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    Qualified Dividend
Income

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   11,339,469  

The following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, are hereby designated as qualified business income for individuals for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    Qualified Business
Income

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   528,901  

The Fund hereby designates the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, as capital gain dividends, subject to a long-term capital gains tax rate of not greater than 20%, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    20% Rate
Long-Term
Capital Gain Dividends

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   35,917,120  

The Fund hereby designates the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, of distributions from direct federal obligation interest, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    Federal Obligation
Interest

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   205,496  

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percent of ordinary income dividends attribute to federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to check with their tax advisers to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income tax.

The following percentage, or maximum amount allowable by law, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021 qualified for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders:

 

Fund Name    Dividends-Received
Deduction

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

     8.67

The Fund hereby designates the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, as interest income eligible to be treated as a Section 163(j) interest dividend, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    Interest Dividends

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   10,486,582  

The Fund hereby designates the following amounts, or maximum amounts allowable by law, as interest-related dividends and qualified short-term capital gains eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fund Name    Interest-
Related
Dividends
     Qualified
Short-Term
Capital Gains
 

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.

   $   5,075,712      $   22,294,776  

 

 

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Director and Officer Information of the Fund

 

          Independent Directors(a)          
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of

Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held

During Past Five

Years

Mark Stalnecker

1951

  

Chair of the

Board and

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005 to 2016; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System from 2009 to 2017; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

Bruce R. Bond

1946

  

Director

(Since 2007)

  

Board Member, Amsphere Limited (software) since 2018; Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

Susan J. Carter

1956

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Director, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Advisory Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business since 1997; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest from 2015 to 2018 and Board Member thereof since 2018; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Fund Management since 2016; Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation since 2017; Practitioner Advisory Board Member, Private Capital Research Institute (“PCRI”) since 2017; Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management since 2019; Advisor to Finance Committee, Altman Foundation since 2020.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

Collette Chilton

1958

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006; Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston since 2017; Director, B1 Capital since 2018; Director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 2020.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

Neil A. Cotty

1954

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Bank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

Lena G. Goldberg

1949

  

Director

(Since 2016)

  

Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. since 2013; Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School, from 2008 to 2021; FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments (financial services) from 1996 to 2008, serving in various senior roles including Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives and Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP from 1985 to 1996 and Associate thereof from 1979 to 1985.

  

35 RICs consisting of

158 Portfolios

   None

 

 

 

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Director and Officer Information of the Fund  (continued)

 

     Independent Directors(a)          
         
Name
Year of Birth(b)
   Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)(c)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”)  Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen
   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held
During Past Five
Years

Henry R. Keizer

1956

  

Director

(Since 2016)

   Director, Park Indemnity Ltd. (captive insurer) since 2010; Director, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (financial and bank holding company) from 2014 to 2016; Director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2009 to 2011; Director, KPMG LLP (audit, tax and advisory services) from 2004 to 2005 and 2010 to 2012; Director, KPMG International in 2012, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer thereof from 2010 to 2012 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit thereof from 2005 to 2010; Global Head of Audit, KPMGI (consortium of KPMG firms) from 2006 to 2010; Director, YMCA of Greater New York from 2006 to 2010.    35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   Hertz Global Holdings (car rental); Sealed Air Corp. (packaging); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casualty reinsurance) from 2013 to 2015; WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems) from 2015 to 2020

Cynthia A. Montgomery

1952

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989.

   35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) from 1995 to 2016.

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

  

Director

(Since 2015)

  

Trustee, Vice Chair, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Cornell University from 2004 to 2019; President, Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 2007 to 2014; Member of the Board and Investment Committee, University School from 2007 to 2018; Member of the Investment Committee, Mellon Foundation from 2009 to 2015; Trustee, Artstor (a Mellon Foundation affiliate) from 2010 to 2015; President and Trustee, the Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole from 2011 to 2018; Director, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (investment management firm) since 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole since 2014; Member of Affordable Housing Supply Board of Jackson, Wyoming since 2017; Member, Investment Funds Committee, State of Wyoming since 2017; Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum since 2018; Trustee, Arizona Community Foundation and Member of Investment Committee since 2020.

   35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   None

Joseph P. Platt

1947

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International (non-profit) since 2015.

   35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol Energy Inc.

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past-Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007; Member, Advisory Board, ESG Competent Boards since 2020.

   35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   None

Claire A. Walton

1957

  

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group from 2009 to 2018; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015.

   35 RICs consisting of
158 Portfolios
   None

 

 

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Director and Officer Information of the Fund   (continued)

 

Interested Directors(a)(d)
         
Name
Year of Birth(b)
   Position(s)
Held
(Length of
Service)(c)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen
  

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held

During Past Five
Years

Robert Fairbairn
1965
  

Director

(Since 2015)

  

Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.

  

122 RICs consisting of

269 Portfolios

   None
John M. Perlowski(e)
1964
  

Director

(Since

2015), President

and Chief

Executive Officer

(Since 2010)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

  

123 RICs consisting of

270 Portfolios

   None

 

(a) 

The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

 

(b)

Each Independent Director holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s/Master LLC’s by-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Fund’s/Master LLC’s by-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

 

(c) 

Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. Furthermore, effective January 1, 2019, three BlackRock Fund Complexes were realigned and consolidated into two BlackRock Fund Complexes. As a result, although the chart shows the year that each Independent Director joined the Board, certain Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other BlackRock-advised Funds, legacy MLIM funds or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Bruce R. Bond, 2005; Susan J. Carter, 2016; Collette Chilton, 2015; Neil A. Cotty, 2016; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Mark Stalnecker, 2015; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; Claire A. Walton, 2016.

 

(d) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Fund/Master LLC based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

(e) 

Mr. Perlowski is also a trustee of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

 

 

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Officers Who Are Not Directors(a)

     
Name
Year of Birth(b)
   Position(s) Held
    (Length of
     Service)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
Jennifer
McGovern
1977
   Vice President
(Since 2014)
  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Trent Walker
1974
   Chief Financial
Officer
(Since 2021)
  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Jay M. Fife
1970
   Treasurer
(Since 2007)
  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park
1967
   Chief
Compliance
Officer
(Since 2014)
  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Lisa Belle
1968
   Anti-Money
Laundering
Compliance
Officer
(Since 2019)
  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.

Janey Ahn
1975
   Secretary
(Since 2019)
  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

(a) The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b) Officers of the Trust serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

Neal J. Andrews retired as the Chief Financial Officer effective December 31, 2020, and Trent Walker was elected as the Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2021.

 

 

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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS

Security(a)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Apple Inc.

    5

Microsoft Corp.

    4  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3  

Johnson & Johnson

    2  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    2  

Tesla, Inc.

    2  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    2  

Adobe, Inc.

    2  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    2  

SECTOR ALLOCATION

Sector(b)   Percent of
Net Assets
 

Information Technology

    28

Consumer Discretionary

    13  

Health Care

    13  

Financials

    12  

Industrials

    10  

Communication Services

    10  

Consumer Staples

    5  

Utilities

    3  

Real Estate

    2  

Energy

    2  

Materials

    1  

Short-Term Securities

    1  
 

 

  (a) 

Excludes short-term securities.

  (b) 

For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s sector classifications refer to one or more of the sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%            

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    81,682     $ 28,188,458  

Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)

    11,423       541,679  
   

 

 

 
      28,730,137  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.5%            

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    250,736       21,814,032  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    364,087       43,373,684  
   

 

 

 
      65,187,716  
Auto Components — 0.7%            

BorgWarner, Inc.

    744,903       32,187,259  
   

 

 

 
Automobiles — 2.0%            

Tesla, Inc.

    110,776       85,904,573  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 2.1%            

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

    24,920       2,047,676  

Citigroup, Inc.

    434,033       30,460,436  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    14,774       1,029,452  

First Republic Bank

    39,772       7,671,223  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    74,840       12,250,560  

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    25,859       2,432,815  

Signature Bank

    53,146       14,470,593  

Truist Financial Corp.

    326,658       19,158,492  

Wintrust Financial Corp.

    11,804       948,687  
   

 

 

 
      90,469,934  
Beverages — 0.9%            

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

    210,342       9,755,662  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    189,740       28,538,793  
   

 

 

 
      38,294,455  
Biotechnology — 2.5%            

Amgen, Inc.

    49,751       10,579,550  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)

    609,987       47,145,895  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    350,151       24,458,047  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

    30,520       11,745,927  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    81,709       14,821,196  
   

 

 

 
      108,750,615  
Building Products — 1.4%            

Allegion PLC

    123,657       16,344,982  

Lennox International, Inc.

    24,697       7,265,116  

Owens Corning

    15,467       1,322,429  

Trane Technologies PLC

    205,537       35,485,963  
   

 

 

 
      60,418,490  
Capital Markets — 1.9%            

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    282,699       14,655,116  

CME Group, Inc.

    165,804       32,063,178  

Invesco Ltd.

    171,320       4,130,525  

Morgan Stanley

    293,398       28,550,559  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    49,411       3,357,972  
   

 

 

 
      82,757,350  
Chemicals — 0.9%            

Ecolab, Inc.

    47,068       9,819,326  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    43,955       6,286,004  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    86,672       24,244,759  
   

 

 

 
      40,350,089  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%            

Copart, Inc.(a)

    122,973       17,058,814  

IAA, Inc.(a)

    259,980       14,187,109  

Waste Connections, Inc.

    4,125       519,461  
   

 

 

 
      31,765,384  
Security   Shares      Value  
Communications Equipment — 0.0%             

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    74,615      $ 2,053,405  
    

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.2%             

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    4,116        1,406,355  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    40,277        6,813,257  
    

 

 

 
       8,219,612  
Consumer Finance — 2.3%             

Ally Financial, Inc.

    795,910        40,631,206  

American Express Co.

    345,738        57,921,487  
    

 

 

 
       98,552,693  
Containers & Packaging — 0.0%             

Avery Dennison Corp.

    8,723        1,807,493  
    

 

 

 
Distributors — 0.2%             

Genuine Parts Co.

    62,818        7,615,426  
    

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.5%             

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)

    45,444        6,335,802  

H&R Block, Inc.

    94,631        2,365,775  

Service Corp. International

    114,507        6,900,192  

Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.(a)

    131,868        5,494,940  
    

 

 

 
       21,096,709  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a)

    25,139        6,861,439  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    531,423        32,624,058  
    

 

 

 
       39,485,497  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%             

Eversource Energy

    118,232        9,666,648  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    123,231        9,676,098  

OGE Energy Corp.

    912,475        30,075,176  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    27,360        1,979,770  

Portland General Electric Co.

    39,397        1,851,265  

Southern Co.

    91,497        5,670,069  
    

 

 

 
       58,919,026  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%  

Flex Ltd.(a)

    637,785        11,276,039  
    

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%             

Schlumberger NV

    764,214        22,651,303  
    

 

 

 
Entertainment — 2.1%             

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

    163,218        14,874,056  

Roku, Inc.(a)

    75,729        23,729,682  

Spotify Technology SA(a)

    60,111        13,545,413  

Walt Disney Co.(a)

    109,598        18,540,694  

Zynga, Inc., Class A(a)

    2,550,959        19,208,721  
    

 

 

 
       89,898,566  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.3%  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    284,711        6,294,960  

Camden Property Trust

    5,611        827,454  

Equinix, Inc.

    12,711        10,043,342  

Equity Residential

    5,752        465,452  

Life Storage, Inc.

    157,349        18,054,224  

Prologis, Inc.

    458,522        57,512,415  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    73        1,085  

VICI Properties, Inc.

    318,083        9,036,738  
    

 

 

 
       102,235,670  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%             

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    156,614        70,374,501  
    

 

 

 
Food Products — 0.8%             

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    484,608        16,413,673  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products (continued)  

Kellogg Co.

    129,180     $ 8,257,185  

McCormick & Co., Inc.

    132,893       10,768,320  
   

 

 

 
      35,439,178  
Gas Utilities — 0.2%  

UGI Corp.

    183,146       7,805,683  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

    41,589       27,674,568  

Danaher Corp.

    108,794       33,121,246  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

    36,106       19,744,927  

Envista Holdings Corp.(a)

    21,238       887,961  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    33,643       2,483,190  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    82,188       51,112,717  

Stryker Corp.

    62,274       16,422,899  
   

 

 

 
          151,447,508  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%  

Anthem, Inc.

    55,777       20,793,666  

Cigna Corp.

    26,846       5,373,495  

McKesson Corp.

    124,548       24,832,380  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    67,510       26,378,858  
   

 

 

 
      77,378,399  
Health Care Technology — 0.5%  

Cerner Corp.

    337,268       23,784,139  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.1%  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

    13,502       32,051,993  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    27,158       12,953,280  

International Game Technology PLC(a)

    48,855       1,285,863  

McDonald’s Corp.

    35,273       8,504,673  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(a)

    103,802       8,144,305  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.(a)

    146,163       6,211,927  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.(a)

    250,733       21,249,622  
   

 

 

 
      90,401,663  
Household Durables — 0.4%  

DR Horton, Inc.

    112,004       9,404,976  

iRobot Corp.(a)(b)

    23,236       1,824,026  

Whirlpool Corp.

    33,001       6,727,584  
   

 

 

 
      17,956,586  
Household Products — 1.5%  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    436,698       33,005,635  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    241,994       33,830,761  
   

 

 

 
      66,836,396  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1%  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    172,701       36,660,968  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    21,668       9,666,745  
   

 

 

 
      46,327,713  
Insurance — 4.1%  

Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)

    12,103       833,534  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    4,121       470,701  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

    41,572       10,425,426  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    370,670       56,130,558  

MetLife, Inc.

    888,478       54,845,747  

Progressive Corp.

    91,428       8,264,177  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    135,741       20,633,989  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    113,499       26,383,977  
   

 

 

 
      177,988,109  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.4%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    49,472       132,264,381  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    29,341       78,202,861  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)

    180,203       61,159,096  
Security   Shares     Value  
Interactive Media & Services (continued)  

Snap, Inc., Class A(a)

    6,158     $ 454,892  

Twitter, Inc.(a)

    86,498       5,223,614  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C(a)

    12,835       1,131,277  
   

 

 

 
          278,436,121  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.0%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

    35,863       117,811,390  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

    35,477       7,377,797  

Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A(a)

    35,178       1,405,361  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)

    13,585       3,471,103  
   

 

 

 
      130,065,651  
IT Services — 5.8%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    35,258       11,279,739  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    123,636       24,717,309  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    358,953       43,677,401  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    84,640       29,427,635  

Okta, Inc.(a)

    65,671       15,586,355  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

    111,046       28,895,280  

Toast, Inc., Class A(a)

    32,470       1,621,877  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(a)

    29,807       9,509,923  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    397,048       88,442,442  
   

 

 

 
      253,157,961  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.0%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    215,626       33,967,564  

Bruker Corp.

    27,489       2,146,891  

PPD, Inc.(a)

    112,883       5,281,795  

Syneos Health, Inc.(a)

    19,069       1,668,156  
   

 

 

 
      43,064,406  
Machinery — 1.6%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    22,598       4,338,138  

Deere & Co.

    57,087       19,128,141  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    554,032       45,585,753  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    12,782       2,240,813  
   

 

 

 
      71,292,845  
Media — 0.9%  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    166,979       9,339,136  

Discovery, Inc., Class A(a)(b)

    346,987       8,806,530  

Discovery, Inc., Class C(a)

    33,984       824,792  

Fox Corp., Class A

    111,826       4,485,341  

Fox Corp., Class B

    11,036       409,656  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

    2,576,772       15,718,309  
   

 

 

 
      39,583,764  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    93,585       13,328,376  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail — 1.4%  

Dollar General Corp.

    5,257       1,115,220  

Kohl’s Corp.

    33,615       1,582,931  

Target Corp.

    247,260       56,565,670  
   

 

 

 
      59,263,821  
Multi-Utilities — 1.8%  

Ameren Corp.

    19,373       1,569,213  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    514,078       37,316,922  

DTE Energy Co.

    236,074       26,371,826  

NiSource, Inc.

    510,612       12,372,129  
   

 

 

 
      77,630,090  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.9%  

Antero Midstream Corp.

    341,639       3,559,878  

Chevron Corp.

    65,155       6,609,975  

Continental Resources, Inc.

    51,925       2,396,339  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    477,780     $ 38,351,400  

Phillips 66

    430,126       30,121,724  
   

 

 

 
      81,039,316  
Personal Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    25,196       7,557,036  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%  

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR

    5,922       355,675  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    556,652       32,937,099  

Johnson & Johnson

    571,340       92,271,410  

Pfizer, Inc.

    281,098       12,090,025  

Zoetis, Inc.

    39,682       7,703,864  
   

 

 

 
      145,358,073  
Professional Services — 0.9%  

Equifax, Inc.

    119,779       30,354,394  

IHS Markit Ltd.

    39,030       4,551,679  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    41,049       4,118,446  
   

 

 

 
      39,024,519  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)

    55,180       5,372,325  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 1.4%  

Landstar System, Inc.

    103,171       16,282,447  

Ryder System, Inc.

    526,041       43,508,851  

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

    67,675       1,538,930  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)

    19,599       1,559,688  
   

 

 

 
      62,889,916  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

    165,272       17,006,489  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    3,239       542,468  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    159,460       20,527,286  

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    52,348       4,310,858  

Intel Corp.

    845,753       45,061,720  

Lam Research Corp.

    4,174       2,375,632  

NVIDIA Corp.

    284,334       58,902,631  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    109,469       14,119,311  

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)

    21,416       3,001,666  

Synaptics, Inc.(a)

    18,116       3,255,989  

Xilinx, Inc.

    25,700       3,880,443  
   

 

 

 
      172,984,493  
Software — 11.1%  

Adobe, Inc.

    128,465       73,959,870  

Alteryx, Inc., Class A(a)

    17,710       1,294,601  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    88,385       13,385,024  

HubSpot, Inc.(a)

    30,372       20,534,206  

InterDigital, Inc.

    9       610  

Intuit, Inc.

    114,304       61,668,151  

Microsoft Corp.

    620,920       175,049,766  

PagerDuty, Inc.(a)

    148,097       6,134,178  

Paycom Software, Inc.(a)

    3,999       1,982,504  

salesforce.com, Inc.(a)

    14,216       3,855,664  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

    66,674       41,489,230  

Splunk, Inc.(a)

    49,797       7,206,124  

VMware, Inc., Class A(a)

    189,895       28,237,387  

Workday, Inc., Class A(a)

    162,190       40,529,659  

Zendesk, Inc.(a)

    42,255       4,918,059  
   

 

 

 
      480,245,033  
Security   Shares     Value  
Specialty Retail — 1.7%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    27,764     $ 5,799,622  

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    369,962       9,545,020  

Home Depot, Inc.

    90,520       29,714,095  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)

    78,600       4,462,122  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

    1,874       1,145,126  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

    4,078       410,247  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    222,582       14,685,960  

Tractor Supply Co.

    37,170       7,531,014  
   

 

 

 
      73,293,206  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.8%  

Apple Inc.

    1,588,962       224,838,123  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C(a)

    168,334       17,513,469  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    2,570,820       36,634,185  

NetApp, Inc.

    194,589       17,466,309  
   

 

 

 
      296,452,086  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.9%  

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

    613,318       15,032,424  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(a)

    41,788       16,911,604  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    50,898       5,651,714  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

    8,541       359,747  
   

 

 

 
      37,955,489  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.5%  

Essent Group Ltd.

    34,152       1,503,030  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    1,110,635       14,293,872  

Radian Group, Inc.

    207,566       4,715,900  
   

 

 

 
      20,512,802  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)

    43,369       8,650,814  
   

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%  

United States Cellular Corp.(a)

    125,230       3,993,585  
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 98.9% (Cost: $3,262,486,994)

      4,295,519,044  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(c)(d)

 

Money Market Funds — 1.3%  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%

    44,173,269       44,173,269  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.13%(e)

    10,662,830       10,666,029  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 1.3%
(Cost: $54,832,956)

 

    54,839,298  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost: $3,317,319,950)

 

    4,350,358,342  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2)%

 

    (8,770,693
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $  4,341,587,649  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Portfolio.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(e) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Master Portfolio during the year ended September 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   
    Affiliated Issuer   Value at
09/30/20
   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Proceeds

from Sale

   

Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

    Value at
09/30/21
   

Shares

Held at
09/30/21

    Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

      

    

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds,
T-Fund, Institutional Class

  $   109,976,399                  $   —     $   (65,803,130 )(a)                 $                  $     $ 44,173,269       44,173,269     $ 18,215                    $      —          
 

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

    22,241,319               (11,577,993 )(a)        4,340         (1,637     10,666,029       10,662,830       537,224 (b)            
             

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    
              $   4,340       $   (1,637   $   54,839,298       $   555,439       $      —          
             

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

For Portfolio compliance purposes, the Portfolio’s industry classifications refer to one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description   

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/ 

Unrealized 

Appreciation 

(Depreciation) 

 

 

 

Long Contracts

                      

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     221        12/17/21      $   47,490        $   (1,614,477
             

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

   

Credit

  Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

    

Foreign

Currency

    Exchange

Contracts

   

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

    Contracts

   

Total 

 

 

 

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                                                                       

Futures contracts

                             

Unrealized depreciation(a)

    $                    $  —       $  1,614,477        $              $  —        $              $  1,614,477  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

 

 
   

Commodity

Contracts

   

Credit

  Contracts

   

Equity

Contracts

   

Foreign

Currency

    Exchange

Contracts

   

Interest

Rate

Contracts

    

Other

    Contracts

   

Total 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                                                                      

Futures contracts

    $                    $  —       $  30,913,777       $              $  —        $              $  30,913,777  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                            

Futures contracts

    $       $  —       $ (1,004,218     $       $        $       $ (1,004,218
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

      

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

 

 

Futures contracts

  

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 89,257,024  

 

 

For more information about the Portfolio’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Portfolio’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Portfolio’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Common Stocks

   $ 4,295,519,044        $        $        $ 4,295,519,044  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     44,173,269                            44,173,269  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  4,339,692,313        $  —        $  —           4,339,692,313  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments valued at NAV(a)

                    10,666,029  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 4,350,358,342  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Liabilities

                 

Equity Contracts

   $ (1,614,477      $        $        $ (1,614,477
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Master Portfolio were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

September 30, 2021

 

     Master
Advantage
Large Cap Core
Portfolio
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 4,295,519,044  

Investments at value — affiliated(c)

    54,839,298  

Cash pledged for futures contracts

    2,533,000  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    39,736,163  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    15,085  

Contributions from investors

    75,831  

Dividends — affiliated

    184  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    1,869,652  

Prepaid expenses

    10,072  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    4,394,598,329  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Collateral on securities loaned at value

    10,679,047  

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    39,986,044  

Investment advisory fees

    1,555,520  

Directors’ fees

    7,218  

Other accrued expenses

    194,008  

Other affiliate fees

    15,114  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    573,729  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    53,010,680  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  4,341,587,649  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Investors’ capital

  $  3,310,163,734  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    1,031,423,915  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 4,341,587,649  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 3,262,486,994  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 10,398,361  

(c) Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 54,832,956  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

    

Master  
Advantage  

Large Cap Core  
Portfolio  

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Dividends — unaffiliated

    $ 55,774,611

Dividends — affiliated

      18,215

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

      537,224

Foreign taxes withheld

      (304,212 )
   

 

 

 

Total investment income

      56,025,838
   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Investment advisory

      17,606,572

Accounting services

      285,907

Custodian

      111,174

Professional

      62,650

Directors

      20,841

Printing and postage

      46

Miscellaneous

      39,777
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      18,126,967

Less:

   

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

      (298,773 )
   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

      17,828,194
   

 

 

 

Net investment income

      38,197,644
   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized gain (loss) from:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

      722,901,176

Investments — affiliated

      4,340

Futures contracts

      30,913,777
   

 

 

 
      753,819,293
   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

   

Investments — unaffiliated

      275,031,787

Investments — affiliated

      (1,637 )

Futures contracts

      (1,004,218 )
   

 

 

 
      274,025,932
   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

      1,027,845,225
   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    $  1,066,042,869
   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio  
 

 

 

 
    Year Ended September 30,  
 

 

 

 
    2021     2020  
                 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 38,197,644     $ 46,633,845  

Net realized gain

    753,819,293       142,274,977  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    274,025,932       350,773,860  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    1,066,042,869       539,682,682  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

   

Proceeds from contributions

    470,312,675       428,282,888  

Value of withdrawals

    (877,262,200     (754,708,045
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets derived from capital transactions

    (406,949,525     (326,425,157
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    659,093,344       213,257,525  

Beginning of year

    3,682,494,305       3,469,236,780  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $   4,341,587,649     $   3,682,494,305  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  

Total Return

         

Total return

    30.39     15.98     1.43     17.40     24.06 %(a)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets

         

Total expenses

    0.44     0.44     0.44     0.45     0.49
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.43     0.43     0.43     0.45     0.49
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    0.92     1.34     1.59     1.47     1.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

         

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $ 4,341,588     $ 3,682,494     $ 3,469,237     $ 3,103,189     $ 2,262,543  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate

    111     99     151     148     130
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Includes proceeds received from a settlement of litigation, which had no impact on the Portfolio’s total return.

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a series of Master Large Cap Series LLC (the “Master LLC”). The Master LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Portfolio is classified as diversified. The Master LLC’s Limited Liability Company Agreement permits the Board of Directors of Master LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests, subject to certain limitations.

The Portfolio, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of equity, multi-asset, index and money market funds referred to as the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Portfolio is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain.

Foreign Taxes: The Portfolio may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments, or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Portfolio invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Portfolio and are reflected in its Statement of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2021, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Portfolio files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Portfolio may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Portfolio enters into certain investments (e.g., futures contracts) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Portfolio may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investments to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Portfolio may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Portfolio, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Portfolio are charged to the Portfolio. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Portfolio has an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Portfolio may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Portfolio’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Portfolio is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Portfolio determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements   (continued)

 

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

The Portfolio values its investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Each business day, the Portfolio uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Portfolio has the ability to access;

 

   

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). 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 fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

As of September 30, 2021, certain investments of the Portfolio were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Securities Lending: The Portfolio may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Portfolio collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Portfolio is required to have a value of at least 102%of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100%of the current market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Portfolio and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Portfolio, or excess collateral returned by the Portfolio, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Portfolio is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

The market value of any securities on loan, all of which were classified as common stocks in the Master Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments, and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated, and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively. As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Portfolio under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral.

 

 

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In the event that a borrower defaults, the Portfolio, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Portfolio can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Portfolio’s securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

Counterparty

 

   

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

 

   
Non-Cash    
Collateral Received(a)
            

 

Net

Amount

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

                           $  8,718,461                                $  (8,718,461                       $                                $ —  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

      1,679,900           (1,679,900                         
   

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

             

 

 

 
    $  10,398,361         $ (10,398,361      $                 $ —  
   

 

 

       

 

 

      

 

 

             

 

 

 

 

  (a)

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Portfolio is disclosed in the Portfolio’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Portfolio benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Portfolio could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Portfolio.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Portfolio engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Portfolio and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”).

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Portfolio and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Portfolio is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Portfolio agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: The Master LLC, on behalf of the Portfolio, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Portfolio’s investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Portfolio’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Portfolio.

For such services, the Portfolio pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of the Portfolio’s net assets:

 

   
Average Daily Net Assets   Investment Advisory Fees     

First $1 billion

    0.45%  

$1 billion — $3 billion

    0.42     

$3 billion — $5 billion

    0.41     

$5 billion — $10 billion

    0.39     

Greater than $10 billion

 

    0.38     

 

 

 

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Expense Limitations, Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to the Portfolio, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Portfolio pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Master LLC, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021 the amount waived was $44,508.

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Portfolio’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Portfolio. For the year ended September 30, 2021, there were no fees waived by the Manager pursuant to this arrangement.

The Manager has also voluntarily agreed to waive its investment advisory fees to enable the feeder that invests in the Portfolio to limit expenses, if applicable. The Manager may discontinue this voluntary waiver at any time. The amount waived is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the amount waived and/or reimbursed was $254,265.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Portfolio reimbursed the Manager $28,199 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Portfolio, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Portfolio is responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company, SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”), managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the Money Market Series to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the Money Market Series will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Portfolio. The Money Market Series may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value withdrawn or temporarily restrict withdrawals for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the private investment company’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment expenses. The Portfolio retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Portfolio retains 77% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Portfolio, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 81% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

Prior to January 1, 2021, the Portfolio retained 75% of securities lending income (which excluded collateral investment expenses) and the amount retained could never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeded a specified threshold, the Portfolio would retain for the remainder of that calendar year 80% of securities lending income (which excluded collateral investment expenses), and the amount retained could never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Portfolio is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Portfolio paid BIM $153,335 for securities lending agent services.

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the Portfolio may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the Portfolio’s investment policies and restrictions. The Portfolio is currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program.

A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Portfolio did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Master LLC are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.

 

 

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7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended September 30, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $4,478,491,257 and $4,746,383,233, respectively.

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Portfolio is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Portfolio. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Portfolio’s assets will be managed so an investor in the Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Portfolio files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Portfolio’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on the Portfolio’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Portfolio as of September 30, 2021, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Portfolio’s financial statements.

As of September 30, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
     Amounts  

 

 

Tax cost

   $ 3,330,702,775  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,095,552,220  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (75,896,653
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $   1,019,655,567  
  

 

 

 

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Master LLC, on behalf of the Portfolio, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.25 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Portfolio may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Portfolio, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April 2021 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Portfolio did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Portfolio to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Portfolio and its investments. The Portfolio’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Portfolio is subject.

The Portfolio may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Portfolio may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the 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 Portfolio may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to

 

 

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company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Portfolio’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Portfolio may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Portfolio invests.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Portfolio may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Portfolio manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Portfolio to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Portfolio’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Portfolio.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

With exchange-traded futures there is less counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Portfolio does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Portfolio.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with a fund’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of a fund. The investment concentrations within the Portfolio’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in securities within a single or limited number of market sectors. When a Portfolio concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic, regulatory, political and social conditions affecting such sectors may have a significant impact on the Portfolio and could affect the income from, or the value or liquidity of, the Portfolio’s portfolio. Investment percentages in specific sectors are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates will be phased out by the end of 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Portfolio may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Portfolio is uncertain.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Portfolio through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Investors of Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio and the Board of Directors of Master Large Cap Series LLC:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of September 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2021, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its 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 and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund in accordance with the 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 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 Fund’s 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 and financial highlights, 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 and financial highlights. 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 and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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Director and Officer Information of Master Large Cap Series LLC

 

Independent Directors(a)
         
Name
Year of Birth(b)
  Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)(c)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”)  Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen
 

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships

Held
During Past Five
Years

Mark Stalnecker
1951
  Chair of the Board (Since 2019) and Director
(Since 2015)
  

Chief Investment Officer, University of Delaware from 1999 to 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Finance and Investment Committees, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate from 2005 to 2016; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Public Employees’ Retirement System since 2002; Member of the Investment Committee, Christiana Care Health System from 2009 to 2017; Member of the Investment Committee, Delaware Community Foundation from 2013 to 2014; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, SEI Private Trust Co. from 2001 to 2014.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None
Bruce R. Bond
1946
  Director (Since 2019)   

Board Member, Amsphere Limited (software) since 2018; Trustee and Member of the Governance Committee, State Street Research Mutual Funds from 1997 to 2005; Board Member of Governance, Audit and Finance Committee, Avaya Inc. (computer equipment) from 2003 to 2007.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None
Susan J. Carter
1956
  Director
(Since 2016)
  

Director, Pacific Pension Institute from 2014 to 2018; Advisory Board Member, Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at Tuck School of Business since 1997; Senior Advisor, Commonfund Capital, Inc. (“CCI”) (investment adviser) in 2015; Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 2013 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer, CCI from 1997 to 2013; Advisory Board Member, Girls Who Invest from 2015 to 2018 and Board Member thereof since 2018; Advisory Board Member, Bridges Fund Management since 2016; Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation since 2017; Practitioner Advisory Board Member, Private Capital Research Institute (“PCRI”) since 2017; Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management since 2019; Advisor to Finance Committee, Altman Foundation since 2020.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None
Collette Chilton
1958
  Director
(Since 2015)
  

Chief Investment Officer, Williams College since 2006; Chief Investment Officer, Lucent Asset Management Corporation from 1998 to 2006; Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston since 2017; Director, B1 Capital since 2018; Director, David and Lucile Packard Foundation since 2020.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None
Neil A. Cotty
1954
  Director
(Since 2016)
  

Bank of America Corporation from 1996 to 2015, serving in various senior finance leadership roles, including Chief Accounting Officer from 2009 to 2015, Chief Financial Officer of Global Banking, Markets and Wealth Management from 2008 to 2009, Chief Accounting Officer from 2004 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Consumer Bank from 2003 to 2004, Chief Financial Officer of Global Corporate Investment Bank from 1999 to 2002.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None
Lena G. Goldberg
1949
  Director
(Since 2019)
  

Director, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. since 2013; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School, from 2008 to 2021; FMR LLC/Fidelity Investments (financial services) from 1996 to 2008, serving in various senior roles including Executive Vice President - Strategic Corporate Initiatives and Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP from 1985 to 1996 and Associate thereof from 1979 to 1985.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None

 

 

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Independent Directors(a)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

 

Position(s) Held

(Length of

Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held

During Past Five
Years

Henry R. Keizer

1956

 

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Director, Park Indemnity Ltd. (captive insurer) since 2010; Director, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (financial and bank holding company) from 2014 to 2016; Director, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2009 to 2011; Director, KPMG LLP (audit, tax and advisory services) from 2004 to 2005 and 2010 to 2012; Director, KPMG International in 2012, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer thereof from 2010 to 2012 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit thereof from 2005 to 2010; Global Head of Audit, KPMGI (consortium of KPMG firms) from 2006 to 2010; Director, YMCA of Greater New York from 2006 to 2010.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   Hertz Global Holdings (car rental); Sealed Air Corp. (packaging); Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd. (publicly held property and casualty reinsurance) from 2013 to 2015; WABCO (commercial vehicle safety systems) from 2015 to 2020

Cynthia A.

Montgomery

1952

 

Director

(Since 2007)

  

Professor, Harvard Business School since 1989.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (manufacturing) from 1995 to 2016.

Donald C. Opatrny

1952

 

Director

(Since 2019)

  

Trustee, Vice Chair, Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Cornell University from 2004 to 2019; President, Trustee and Member of the Investment Committee, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 2007 to 2014; Member of the Board and Investment Committee, University School from 2007 to 2018; Member of the Investment Committee, Mellon Foundation from 2009 to 2015; Trustee, Artstor (a Mellon Foundation affiliate) from 2010 to 2015; President and Trustee, the Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole from 2011 to 2018; Director, Athena Capital Advisors LLC (investment management firm) since 2013; Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole since 2014; Member of Affordable Housing Supply Board of Jackson, Wyoming since 2017; Member, Investment Funds Committee, State of Wyoming since 2017; Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum since 2018;Trustee, Arizona Community Foundation and Member of Investment Committee since 2020.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None

Joseph P. Platt

1947

 

Director

(Since 2007)

  

General Partner, Thorn Partners, LP (private investments) since 1998; Director, WQED Multi-Media (public broadcasting not-for-profit) since 2001; Chair, Basic Health International (non-profit) since 2015.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios  

Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (reinsurance company); Consol

Energy Inc.

Kenneth L. Urish

1951

 

Director

(Since 2007)

  

Managing Partner, Urish Popeck & Co., LLC (certified public accountants and consultants) since 1976; Past-Chairman of the Professional Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Committee Member thereof since 2007; Member of External Advisory Board, The Pennsylvania State University Accounting Department since founding in 2001; Principal, UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC since 2013; Trustee, The Holy Family Institute from 2001 to 2010; President and Trustee, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates from 2003 to 2008; Director, Inter-Tel from 2006 to 2007; Member, Advisory Board, ESG Competent Boards since 2020.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None

Claire A. Walton

1957

 

Director

(Since 2016)

  

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Square Asset Management, LP from 1998 to 2015; General Partner of Neon Liberty Capital Management, LLC since 2003; Director, Boston Hedge Fund Group from 2009 to 2018; Director, Woodstock Ski Runners since 2013; Director, Massachusetts Council on Economic Education from 2013 to 2015.

   30 RICs consisting of 154 Portfolios   None

 

 

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Interested Directors(a)(d)
         

Name

Year of Birth(b)

 

Position(s)

Held

(Length

of Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised

Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen

 

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company
Directorships
Held During Past

Five Years

Robert Fairbairn

1965

 

Director

(Since 2018)

  

Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.

   104 RICs consisting of 255 Portfolios   None

John M.

Perlowski(e)

1964

  Director (Since 2015), President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2010)   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

   106 RICs consisting of 257 Portfolios   None
(a) 

The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

 

(b) 

Independent Directors serve until their resignation, retirement, removal or death, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 75. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

 

(c) 

Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. Furthermore, effective January 1, 2019, three BlackRock Fund Complexes were realigned and consolidated into two BlackRock Fund Complexes. As a result, although the chart shows the year that each Independent Director joined the Board, certain Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other BlackRock-advised Funds, legacy MLIM funds or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Bruce R. Bond, 2005; Cynthia A. Montgomery, 1994; Joseph P. Platt, 1999; Kenneth L. Urish, 1999; Lena G. Goldberg, 2016; Henry R. Keizer, 2016; Donald C. Opatrny, 2015.

 

(d) 

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master LLC based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

(e) 

Mr. Perlowski is also a trustee of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

 

 

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Officers Who Are Not Directors(a)
     
Name
Year of Birth(b)
  Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer

McGovern

1977

  Vice President (Since 2014)   

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Trent Walker

1974

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2021)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Jay M. Fife

1970

 

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park
1967
 

Chief

Compliance

Officer

(Since 2014)

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Lisa Belle
1968
 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance

Officer

(Since 2019)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.

Janey Ahn
1975
 

Secretary

(Since 2019)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

 

(a) 

The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

 

(b) 

Officers of the Corporation/Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board.

 

Further information about the Corporation’s/Master LLC’s Directors and Officers is available in the Corporation’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

 

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Portfolio Information as of September 30, 2021    Master Total Return Portfolio

 

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

   

Asset Type

   

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities

    41

Corporate Bonds

    26  

Asset-Backed Securities

    10  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

    8  

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

    5  

Foreign Government Obligations

    5  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

    2  

Common Stocks

    1  

Preferred Securities

    1  

Foreign Agency Obligations

    1  

Municipal Bonds(b)

     

Investment Companies(b)

     

Warrants(b)

     

Rights(b)

     

CREDIT QUALITY ALLOCATION

 

   

Credit Rating(c)

    

Percent of

Total Investments

 

(a) 

AAA/Aaa(d)

     54

AA/Aa

     3  

A

     13  

BBB/Baa

     15  

BB/Ba

     4  

B

     2  

CCC/Caa

     1  

N/R

     8  
 
(a) 

Total investments exclude short-term securities, options purchased, options written and investments sold short.

 

(b) 

Amount is less than 1%.

 

(c) 

For financial reporting purposes, credit quality ratings shown above reflect the highest rating assigned by either S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s if ratings differ. These rating agencies are independent, nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and are widely used. Investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BBB/Baa or higher. Below investment grade ratings are credit ratings of BB/Ba or lower. Investments designated N/R are not rated by either rating agency. Unrated investments do not necessarily indicate low credit quality. Credit quality ratings are subject to change.

 

(d) 

The investment adviser evaluates the credit quality of unrated investments based upon certain factors including, but not limited to, credit ratings for similar investments and financial analysis of sectors, individual investments and/or issuers. Using this approach, the investment adviser has deemed unrated U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities and U.S. Treasury Obligations to be of similar credit quality as investments rated AAA/Aaa.

 

 

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities                  

510 Loan Acquisition Trust, Series 2020-1,

     

Class A, 5.11%, 09/25/60(a)(b)

    USD       6,173     $ 6,249,673  

522 Funding CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2019-4A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 2.40%), 2.53%, 04/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      625       623,693  

Series 2019-4A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 3.65%), 3.78%, 04/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,170       2,170,927  

ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust

     

Series 2003-OP1, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 0.72%), 0.81%, 12/25/33(d)

      581       551,937  

Series 2006-CW1, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 0.28%), 0.37%, 07/25/36(d)

      314       292,186  

Series 2007-HE4, Class A2A, (1 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 0.26%), 0.35%, 05/25/37(d)

      2,592       636,216  

Series 2007-HE4, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 0.60%), 0.69%, 05/25/37(d)

      229       59,633  

Adams Mill CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      379       379,075  

Series 2014-1A, Class C1R, (3 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 2.35%), 2.48%, 07/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      1,610       1,609,003  

AGL CLO 11 Ltd., Series 2021-11A, Class E,

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.36%), 6.52%,

     

04/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,003  

AGL CLO 12 Ltd., Series 2021-12A, Class A1,

     

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.29%,

     

07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      7,640       7,639,784  

AGL CLO 7 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-7A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 1.20%), 1.33%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      2,400       2,401,722  

Series 2020-7A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 3.10%), 3.23%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,995  

AGL Core CLO 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A,

     

Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.39%),

     

1.52%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      8,405       8,420,684  

AIMCO CLO

     

Series 2015-AA, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 1.30%), 1.43%, 01/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      950       949,738  

Series 2015-AA, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR

     

US + 1.60%), 0.00%, 10/17/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,200       1,200,000  

Series 2017-AA, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 1.05%), 1.18%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       248,720  

Series 2017-AA, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 2.10%), 2.23%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,769  

Series 2017-AA, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 3.15%), 3.28%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,955  

Series 2018-BA, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US

     

+ 1.10%), 1.23%, 01/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      5,770       5,770,440  

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2017-D, Class B, 0.00%,
12/25/57(a)(d)(e)

      138       110,113  

Series 2018-A, Class B, 0.00%,
04/25/58(a)

      115       100,837  

Series 2018-B, Class B, 0.00%,
02/26/57(a)

      436       196,675  

Series 2018-D, Class A, 3.75%,
08/25/58(a)(d)

      8,663       8,798,798  

Series 2018-D, Class B, 0.00%,
08/25/58(a)(d)(e)

      2,840       1,996,093  

Series 2018-E, Class C, 0.00%,
06/25/58(a)(d)

      91       86,904  

Series 2018-F, Class C, 0.00%,
11/25/58(a)(e)

      420       273,243  

Series 2018-G, Class A, 4.38%,
06/25/57(a)(d)

      8,642       8,643,716  

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2018-G, Class B, 5.25%,
06/25/57(a)(d)(e)

    USD       2,042     $ 1,541,710  

Series 2018-G, Class C, 0.00%,
06/25/57(a)

 

    5,261       5,173,482  

Series 2019-A, Class A, 3.75%,
08/25/57(a)(d)

      8,147       8,245,719  

Series 2019-A, Class B, 5.25%,
08/25/57(a)(d)

      1,720       1,704,571  

Series 2019-A, Class C, 0.00%,
08/25/57(a)(e)

      4,304       3,565,194  

Series 2019-B, Class A, 3.75%,
01/25/59(a)(d)

      14,523       14,697,267  

Series 2019-B, Class B, 5.25%,
01/25/59(a)(d)(e)

      2,845       2,147,975  

Series 2019-B, Class C, 0.00%,
01/25/59(a)

 

    7,256       6,228,112  

Series 2019-C, Class A, 3.95%,
10/25/58(a)(d)

      5,116       5,119,801  

Series 2019-E, Class A, 3.00%,
09/25/59(a)(b)

      15,530       15,587,558  

Series 2019-E, Class B, 4.88%,
09/25/59(a)(b)

      2,600       2,560,903  

Series 2019-E, Class C, 0.00%,
09/25/59(a)

 

    5,632       4,828,316  

Series 2019-G, Class A, 3.00%,
09/25/59(a)(b)

      13,117       13,195,165  

Series 2019-G, Class B, 4.25%,
09/25/59(a)(b)

      2,120       2,066,382  

Series 2019-G, Class C, 0.00%,
09/25/59(a)

 

    5,404       4,932,625  

Series 2019-H, Class A, 3.00%,
11/25/59(a)(b)

      9,046       9,092,775  

Series 2019-H, Class B, 4.25%,
11/25/59(a)(b)

      1,970       1,920,176  

Series 2019-H, Class C, 0.00%,
11/25/59(a)

 

    4,837       4,632,110  

Series 2020-A, Class A, 2.38%,
12/25/59(a)(b)

      23,627       23,635,903  

Series 2020-A, Class B, 3.50%,
12/25/59(a)(b)

      3,853       3,842,244  

Series 2020-A, Class C, 0.00%,
12/25/59(a)(e)

      9,244       5,795,853  

Series 2020-C, Class A, 2.25%,
09/27/60(a)(b)(c)

      2,552       2,558,385  

Series 2020-C, Class B, 5.00%,
09/27/60(a)(b)(c)

      2,981       3,002,064  

Series 2020-C, Class C, 0.00%,
09/27/60(a)(c)

      9,393       8,677,469  

Series 2020-D, Class A, 2.25%,
06/25/60(a)(b)

      6,581       6,627,458  

Series 2020-D, Class B, 5.00%,
06/25/60(a)(b)

      4,238       4,268,431  

Series 2020-D, Class C, 0.00%,
06/25/60(a)

 

    10,015       9,321,132  

Series 2021-C, Class A, 2.12%,
01/25/61(a)(b)

      18,142       18,163,858  

Series 2021-C, Class B, 3.72%,
01/25/61(a)(b)

      3,277       3,273,687  

Series 2021-C, Class C, 0.00%,
01/25/61(a)

 

    8,401       6,702,420  

Series 2021-D, Class A, 2.00%,
03/25/60(a)(b)

      39,298       39,317,211  

Series 2021-D, Class B, 4.00%,
03/25/60(a)(d)(e)

      5,836       5,785,128  

Series 2021-D, Class C, 0.00%,
03/25/60(a)(d)(e)

      8,719       6,757,276  

Series 2021-E, Class A1, 1.74%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      30,401       30,618,505  
 

 

 

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

        

Par

(000)

   

Value

 
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2021-E, Class A2, 2.69%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

    USD       4,422     $ 4,411,750  

Series 2021-E, Class B1, 3.73%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      2,669       2,636,655  

Series 2021-E, Class B3, 3.80%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      7,653       3,535,330  

Series 2021-E, Class M1, 2.94%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      1,744       1,734,005  

Series 2021-E, Class SA, 0.00%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      161       76,205  

Series 2021-E, Class XS, 0.00%,
12/25/60(a)(d)

      130,661       4,045,045  

Series 2021-F, Class A, 1.88%,
06/25/61(a)(b)

      56,146       56,066,415  

Series 2021-F, Class B, 3.75%,
06/25/61(a)(b)

      6,403       6,400,613  

Series 2021-F, Class C, 0.00%,
06/25/61(a)

      11,971       10,620,442  

Allegro CLO II-S Ltd., Series 2014-1RA, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 10/21/28(a)(c)(d)

      3,575       3,574,283  

Allegro CLO XI Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class A2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/19/33(a)(c)(d)

      500       501,729  

ALM 2020 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%,
10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      7,780       7,780,711  

ALME Loan Funding V BV, Series 5A, Class ER, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.41%), 5.41%, 07/15/31(a)(d)

    EUR       1,500       1,744,828  

AMMC CLO 21 Ltd., Series 2017-21A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 11/02/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       750       750,656  

AMMC CLO 22 Ltd., Series 2018-22A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 04/25/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,022  

AMMC CLO XIII Ltd., Series 2013-13A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 07/24/29(a)(c)(d)

      2,890       2,891,057  

AMSR Trust

     

Series 2020-SFR1, Class E, 3.22%, 04/17/37(a)

      1,280       1,291,099  

Series 2020-SFR2, Class D, 3.28%, 07/17/37(a)

      2,437       2,499,722  

Series 2020-SFR3, Class E1, 2.56%, 09/17/37(a)

      2,490       2,486,029  

Series 2020-SFR4, Class E2, 2.46%, 11/17/37(a)

      2,500       2,483,220  

Series 2020-SFR4, Class F, 2.86%, 11/17/37(a)

      2,760       2,731,081  

Anchorage Capital CLO 17 Ltd.,
Series 2021-17A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.32%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      11,115       11,089,586  

Anchorage Capital CLO 3-R Ltd.

     

Series 2014-3RA, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      2,120       2,119,616  

Series 2014-3RA, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,600       3,592,785  

Series 2014-3RA, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       497,601  

Anchorage Capital CLO 4-R Ltd.

     

Series 2014-4RA, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      5,330       5,329,032  

 

Security

        

Par

(000)

   

Value

 
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Anchorage Capital CLO 4-R Ltd.

     

Series 2014-4RA, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       5,550     $ 5,536,717  

Anchorage Capital CLO 5-R Ltd.

     

Series 2014-5RA, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      9,200       9,193,490  

Series 2014-5RA, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      3,540       3,537,293  

Anchorage Capital CLO 6 Ltd.,
Series 2015-6A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 07/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      5,470       5,468,821  

Anchorage Capital CLO 7 Ltd.

     

Series 2015-7A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 1.22%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      4,936       4,934,901  

Series 2015-7A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      7,620       7,619,963  

Series 2015-7A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 2.33%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      4,250       4,239,363  

Series 2015-7A, Class D1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%), 3.63%, 01/28/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,140       1,140,533  

Anchorage Capital CLO 8 Ltd.

     

Series 2016-8A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 07/28/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,749       1,749,173  

Series 2016-8A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/28/28(a)(c)(d)

      3,050       3,049,053  

Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 10/13/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,755       2,755,117  

Series 2013-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 10/13/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,662  

Series 2013-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.28%, 10/13/30(a)(c)(d)

      1,410       1,409,311  

Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 2 DAC

     

Series 2A, Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.60%), 1.60%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

    EUR       2,421       2,804,948  

Series 2A, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.40%), 2.40%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

      1,298       1,511,459  

Series 2A, Class DR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.55%), 3.55%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

      2,130       2,481,219  

Series 2A, Class ER, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 6.45%), 6.45%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

      460       531,863  

Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 5 DAC

     

Series 5A, Class A, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.02%), 0.00%, 07/15/34(a)(d)

      3,280       3,799,388  

Series 5A, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 0.00%, 07/15/34(a)(d)

      1,570       1,818,609  

Anchorage Capital Europe CLO DAC,
Series 4A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3.20%, 04/25/34(a)(d)

      1,042       1,213,643  

Antares CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.53%), 0.00%, 07/25/33(a)(c)(d)

    USD       10,760       10,728,687  

Apidos CLO XII, Series 2013-12A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,652       3,650,153  

Apidos CLO XV, Series 2013-15A, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%), 1.14%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,080       1,079,833  

Apidos CLO XVIII, Series 2018-18A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.28%, 10/22/30(a)(c)(d)

      880       879,723  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

         

Par

(000)

    

Value

 
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Apidos CLO XX, Series 2015-20A,
Class A2RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD        250      $ 249,882  

Apidos CLO XXI, Series 2015-21A,
Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.93%), 1.06%, 07/18/27(a)(c)(d)

       530        529,603  

Apidos CLO XXII

       

Series 2015-22A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

       500        499,772  

Series 2015-22A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.08%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

       850        847,461  

Apidos CLO XXXI, Series 2019-31A,
Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

       500        499,801  

Apidos CLO XXXII, Series 2019-32A,
Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%), 3.63%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

       300        300,556  

Apres Static CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A,
Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 10/15/28(a)(c)(d)

       250        249,619  

Aqueduct European CLO DAC

       

Series 2019-4A, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.80%), 1.80%, 07/15/32(a)(d)

    EUR        750        868,676  

Series 2019-4X, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.80%), 1.80%, 07/15/32(d)(f)

       1,560        1,806,845  

Arbour CLO VIII DAC, Series 8A,
Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.90%), 2.90%, 07/15/33(a)(d)

       550        638,082  

Ares European CLO XII BV, Series 12X,
Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.75%), 1.75%, 04/20/32(d)(f)

       1,370        1,589,031  

Ares European CLO XII DAC, Series 12A,
Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 0.00%, 04/20/32(a)(d)

       889        1,029,773  

Ares LII CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2019-52A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.19%, 04/22/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD        7,910        7,923,044  

Series 2019-52A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.59%, 04/22/31(a)(c)(d)

       250        250,101  

Ares LIX CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2021-59A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 1.22%, 04/25/34(a)(c)(d)

       500        496,036  

Series 2021-59A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.25%), 6.44%, 04/25/34(a)(c)(d)

       250        249,419  

Ares LVI CLO Ltd., Series 2020-56A,
Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.58%), 7.71%, 10/25/31(a)(c)(d)

       1,720        1,721,234  

Ares LVIII CLO Ltd., Series 2020-58A,
Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.03%), 7.16%, 01/15/33(a)(c)(d)

       500        500,784  

Ares XXXVII CLO Ltd., Series 2015-4A,
Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.30%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

       1,150        1,150,014  

Argent Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-W1, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.48%), 0.57%, 05/25/35(d)

       3,251        3,044,797  

ARM Master Trust, Series 2021-T1,
Class A, 2.43%, 11/15/27(a)

       1,570        1,563,120  

Armada Euro CLO III DAC
Series 3A, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.35%), 2.35%, 07/15/31(a)(d)

    EUR        2,880        3,345,660  

 

Security

         

Par

(000)

    

Value

 
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Armada Euro CLO III DAC
Series 3A, Class DR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.30%), 3.30%, 07/15/31(a)(d)

    EUR        1,563      $ 1,817,628  

ASSURANT CLO I Ltd.

       

Series 2017-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 10/20/29(a)(c)(d)

    USD        1,400        1,397,435  

Series 2017-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.23%, 10/20/29(a)(c)(d)

       1,420        1,417,854  

ASSURANT CLO Ltd.,
Series 2018-2A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

       750        749,636  

Atrium IX,
Series 9A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.99%), 1.11%, 05/28/30(a)(c)(d)

       4,010        4,009,073  

Atrium XII

       

Series 12A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.83%), 0.97%, 04/22/27(a)(c)(d)

       1,459        1,458,672  

Series 12A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.79%, 04/22/27(a)(c)(d)

       2,381        2,376,834  

Atrium XIII

       

Series 13A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.32%, 11/21/30(a)(c)(d)

       500        500,017  

Series 13A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%, 11/21/30(a)(c)(d)

       1,000        993,518  

Avery Point V CLO Ltd., Series 2014-5A,
Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 07/17/26(a)(c)(d)

       2,134        2,134,512  

Avery Point VI CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2015-6A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 1.02%, 08/05/27(a)(c)(d)

       4,223        4,223,901  

Series 2015-6A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.47%, 08/05/27(a)(c)(d)

       3,900        3,896,098  

Avery Point VII CLO Ltd., Series 2015-7A,
Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.96%), 1.09%, 01/15/28(a)(c)(d)

       6,838        6,841,486  

Avoca CLO XV DAC, Series 15X,
Class B2R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.05%), 1.05%, 04/15/31(d)(f)

    EUR        400        460,993  

Avoca CLO XVII DAC, Series 17A,
Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 1.70%, 10/15/32(a)(d)

       1,390        1,611,501  

Avoca CLO XVIII DAC, Series 18X,
Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.75%), 1.75%, 04/15/31(d)(f)

       400        466,550  

Avoca CLO XX DAC, Series 20X,
Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.75%), 5.75%, 07/15/32(d)(f)

       1,040        1,189,691  

Avoca CLO XXII DAC

       

Series 22A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.90%), 2.90%, 04/15/35(a)(d)

       500        581,220  

Series 22X, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.30%), 1.30%, 04/15/35(d)(f)

       850        984,452  

Avoca CLO XXIII DAC, Series 23A,
Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.05%), 3.05%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

       500        581,989  

Avoca CLO XXIV DAC, Series 24A,
Class AR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.90%), 0.90%, 07/15/34(a)(d)

       7,160        8,278,910  

Babson CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2015-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD        2,590        2,594,166  

Series 2015-IA, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.53%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

       610        607,144  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2016-2A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 01/15/29(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,277     $ 1,276,421  

Series 2016-2A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 01/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       999,310  

Series 2017-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      850       846,264  

Series 2018-2A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 07/19/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,670       1,670,834  

Series 2018-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/19/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,022  

Series 2019-3A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 2.85%), 2.98%, 10/21/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,275  

Bain Capital Euro CLO DAC

     

Series 2019-1X, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR
+ 2.40%), 2.40%, 04/15/32(d)(f)

    EUR       1,160       1,345,456  

Series 2019-1X, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR
+ 6.81%), 6.81%, 04/15/32(d)(f)

      500       582,231  

Ballyrock CLO 14 Ltd., Series 2020-14A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.00%), 7.13%, 01/20/34(a)(c)(d)

    USD       250       249,988  

Ballyrock CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class DR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.15%), 3.28%, 10/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,053  

BankAmerica Manufactured Housing Contract Trust

     

Series 1997-2, Class B1, 7.07%, 02/10/22(d)

      1,680       771,662  

Series 1998-2, Class B1, 7.41%, 12/10/25(d)

      2,790       1,050,075  

Bankers Healthcare Group Securitization Trust, Series 2020-A, Class C, 5.17%, 09/17/31(a)

      410       431,662  

Bardot CLO Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 0.00%, 10/22/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,000  

Barings CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2016-2A, Class AR,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 07/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      385       385,146  

Series 2018-3A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.95%), 1.08%, 07/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,085       1,085,001  

Battalion CLO 18 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-18A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 2.30%), 2.43%, 10/15/32(a)(d)

      1,827       1,827,630  

Series 2020-18A, Class D1, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 4.00%), 4.13%, 10/15/32(a)(d)

      1,617       1,617,346  

Battalion CLO VII Ltd.

     

Series 2014-7A, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 07/17/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,277       1,277,032  

Series 2014-7A, Class CRR, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 2.93%), 3.06%, 07/17/28(a)(c)(d)

      4,250       4,253,690  

Battalion CLO VIII Ltd.

     

Series 2015-8A, Class A1R2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 07/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      6,500       6,498,576  

Series 2015-8A, Class A2R2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 07/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      3,250       3,228,856  

Series 2015-8A, Class BR2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 07/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,901       2,894,119  

Battalion CLO X Ltd.

     

Series 2016-10A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.30%,
01/25/35(a)(c)(d)

      25,430       25,417,313  

Series 2016-10A, Class A2R2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 01/25/35(a)(c)(d)

      2,890       2,869,354  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Battalion CLO XI Ltd., Series 2017-11A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.72%), 1.85%, 04/24/34(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,000     $ 1,000,309  

Battalion CLO XX Ltd., Series 2021-20A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.32%, 07/15/34(a)(d)

      4,520       4,520,171  

Bayview Financial Revolving Asset Trust

     

Series 2004-B, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US
+ 1.00%), 1.09%, 05/28/39(a)(d)(e)

 

    8,833       7,621,436  

Series 2004-B, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US
+ 1.30%), 1.39%, 05/28/39(a)(d)

 

    420       361,313  

Series 2005-A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US
+ 1.00%), 1.09%, 02/28/40(a)(d)

 

    1,947       1,880,737  

Series 2005-E, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US
+ 1.00%), 1.09%, 12/28/40(a)(d)

 

    644       602,593  

BCMSC Trust

     

Series 2000-A, Class A2, 7.58%, 06/15/30(d)

 

    1,674       377,958  

Series 2000-A, Class A3, 7.83%, 06/15/30(d)

 

    1,554       362,602  

Series 2000-A, Class A4, 8.29%, 06/15/30(d)

 

    1,121       276,934  

Bean Creek CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.15%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,024  

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust

 

   

Series 2004-HE7, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.73%), 1.81%, 08/25/34(d)

 

    118       118,582  

Series 2006-HE1, Class 1M4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.11%, 12/25/35(d)

 

    1,689       2,430,633  

Series 2006-HE7, Class 1A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 0.43%, 09/25/36(d)

 

    1,652       1,632,710  

Series 2007-FS1, Class 1A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.17%), 0.26%, 05/25/35(d)

 

    307       303,643  

Series 2007-HE1, Class 21A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 01/25/37(d)

 

    432       425,736  

Series 2007-HE2, Class 1A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.32%), 0.41%, 03/25/37(d)

 

    1,153       1,131,173  

Series 2007-HE2, Class 22A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 03/25/37(d)

 

    584       564,478  

Series 2007-HE2, Class 23A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 03/25/37(d)

 

    1,123       1,080,430  

Series 2007-HE3, Class 1A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.25%), 0.34%, 04/25/37(d)

 

    764       924,861  

Series 2007-HE3, Class 1A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.35%), 0.44%, 04/25/37(d)

 

    6,111       6,218,254  

Beechwood Park CLO Ltd.,
Series 2019-1A, Class B2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 01/17/33(a)(c)(d)

 

    1,500       1,500,692  

Benefit Street Partners CLO II Ltd.,
Series 2013-IIA, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 07/15/29(a)(c)(d)

 

    3,160       3,156,688  

Benefit Street Partners CLO III Ltd.

     

Series 2013-IIIA, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 07/20/29(a)(c)(d)

 

    750       749,892  

Series 2013-IIIA, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 07/20/29(a)(c)(d)

 

    1,810       1,808,709  

Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-VIBR, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

 

    12,030       12,034,787  

Series 2015-VIBR, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

 

    3,320       3,314,112  

Series 2021-23A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.81%), 7.02%, 04/25/34(a)(c)(d)

 

    750       751,234  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Benefit Street Partners CLO V-B Ltd., Series 2018-5BA, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 1.22%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       4,360     $ 4,358,772  

Benefit Street Partners CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2015-8A, Class A1AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,650       1,649,569  

Benefit Street Partners CLO XIX Ltd., Series 2019-19A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 01/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,254  

Benefit Street Partners CLO XX Ltd., Series 2020-20A, Class ER, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.75%), 6.89%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,971  

BHG Securitization Trust

     

Series 2021-A, Class B, 2.79%, 11/17/33(a)

      260       264,521  

Series 2021-A, Class C, 3.69%, 11/17/33(a)

      100       103,111  

Bilbao CLO II DAC,
Series 2A, Class A1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.97%), 0.97%, 08/20/35(a)(d)

    EUR       5,020       5,824,542  

Birch Grove CLO Ltd.

     

Series 19A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.87%, 06/15/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       250       249,980  

Series 19A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 2.32%, 06/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,249,186  

Series 19A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.35%), 3.47%, 06/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      2,445       2,444,974  

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2012-2A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 11/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,031       1,030,439  

Series 2013-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.23%), 1.36%, 01/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      2,278       2,278,005  

Series 2013-2A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.32%, 10/22/30(a)(c)(d)

      6,882       6,891,108  

Series 2013-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.74%, 10/22/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,191  

Series 2015-3A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      2,550       2,548,778  

Series 2016-2A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.37%, 08/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,440       1,437,191  

BlueMountain CLO XXII Ltd.,
Series 2018-22A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 07/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,970       3,959,957  

BlueMountain CLO XXIX Ltd.,
Series 2020-29A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 07/25/34(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,750  

BlueMountain CLO XXVIII Ltd.,
Series 2021- 28A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.26%), 1.39%, 04/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      570       571,280  

BlueMountain EUR CLO DAC, Series 2021-1A,
Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3.20%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

    EUR       1,500       1,743,006  

BlueMountain Fuji Eur CLO V DAC,
Series 5X, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.45%), 2.45%, 01/15/33(d)(f)

      1,560       1,808,195  

BlueMountain Fuji U.S. CLO III Ltd.,
Series 2017-3A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       750       750,000  

Brex Commercial Charge Card Master Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class A, 2.09%, 07/15/24(a)

      5,290       5,345,027  

Brookside Mill CLO Ltd.
Series 2013-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 01/17/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,339  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Brookside Mill CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-1A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.65%), 2.78%, 01/17/28(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,073     $ 1,072,465  

Buttermilk Park CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2018-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 10/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,230  

Series 2018-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.10%), 3.23%, 10/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      625       625,050  

Cairn CLO XII DAC

     

Series 2020-12A, Class B, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.30%), 2.30%, 04/15/33(a)(d)

    EUR       500       579,619  

Series 2020-12A, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 3.00%, 04/15/33(a)(d)

      1,175       1,362,696  

Canyon Capital CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 04/15/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD       2,680       2,678,060  

Series 2021-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.35%), 3.51%, 04/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,001,500  

Canyon CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 07/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,842  

Series 2020-3A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 01/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,610       1,610,069  

Series 2020-3A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.25%), 7.38%, 01/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,771  

Capital Four CLO I DAC,
Series 1X, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 6.47%), 6.47%, 01/15/33(d)(f)

    EUR       525       602,743  

Carlyle C17 CLO Ltd.,
Series C17A, Class A1AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 1.16%, 04/30/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       7,620       7,626,007  

Carlyle Euro CLO DAC,
Series 2021-2A, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.30%), 0.00%,
10/15/35(a)(d)

    EUR       2,650       3,069,627  

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.89%), 1.02%, 01/18/29(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,098       1,097,851  

Series 2013-3A, Class A1AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      248       248,744  

Series 2013-4A, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 01/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,853       1,852,212  

Series 2014-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 04/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,160       3,167,749  

Series 2015-3A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/28/28(a)(c)(d)

      2,470       2,465,892  

Series 2016-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.27%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,723  

Carlyle U.S. CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2016-4A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 10/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      750       744,541  

Series 2017-4A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      4,620       4,620,129  

Series 2018-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,376  

Series 2019-2A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.28%), 1.41%, 07/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      4,000       4,000,408  

Series 2021-6A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.27%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,590       3,590,311  

Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2006-NC1, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 01/25/36(d)

      610       572,517  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

     

Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2006-NC3, Class A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.15%), 0.24%, 08/25/36(d)

    USD       2,751     $ 2,686,083  

Series 2006-NC4, Class A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 10/25/36(d)

      571       558,951  

CarVal CLO II Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      700       696,816  

Series 2019-1A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.20%), 3.33%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      5,500       5,519,126  

CarVal CLO III Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class E,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.44%), 6.57%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       246,889  

CarVal CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.89%), 3.02%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,249  

Cascade MH Asset Trust, Series 2019-MH1, Class A, 4.00%, 11/25/44(a)(d)

      10,202       10,628,745  

CBAM Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      6,050       6,053,695  

Series 2017-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.53%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       748,078  

Series 2018-7A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,754  

Series 2018-7A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       247,878  

Series 2019-9A, Class B2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 02/12/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,978  

C-BASS Trust, Series 2006-CB7, Class A4,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 10/25/36(d)

      496       417,396  

CDO Repack SPC Ltd., Series 2006-CLF1,
Class D1, 0.00%, 05/20/30(a)(c)

      65       65,742  

Cedar Funding II CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-1A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,255       3,251,229  

Series 2013-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,110       3,052,305  

Cedar Funding IX CLO Ltd., Series 2018-9A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.98%),
1.11%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      940       939,999  

Cedar Funding V CLO Ltd., Series 2016-5A,
Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      2,130       2,129,997  

Cedar Funding VI CLO Ltd., Series 2016-6A,
Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      18,290       18,237,082  

Cedar Funding VII CLO Ltd., Series 2018-7A,
Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%),
1.26%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,000  

Cedar Funding XI CLO Ltd., Series 2019-11A,
Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.47%, 05/29/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,220       1,220,318  

CIFC European Funding CLO II DAC,

     

Series 2X, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.60%), 1.60%, 04/15/33(d)(f)

    EUR       900       1,044,889  

CIFC Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2012-2RA, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 01/20/28(a)(c)(d)

    USD       750       748,866  

Series 2013-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 07/16/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,056  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

     

CIFC Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2013-4A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 04/27/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       500     $ 498,810  

Series 2014-2RA, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.18%, 04/24/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,945  

Series 2014-2RA, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 2.93%, 04/24/30(a)(c)(d)

      650       650,000  

Series 2014-3A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.94%, 10/22/31(a)(c)(d)

      700       700,088  

Series 2014-4RA, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%, 10/17/30(a)(c)(d)

      26,820       26,815,280  

Series 2014-4RA, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 10/17/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,000  

Series 2015-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.59%, 01/22/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       248,828  

Series 2015-2A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%), 1.14%, 04/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      1,270       1,269,737  

Series 2015-2A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 04/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,904       2,903,998  

Series 2015-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%, 04/19/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,420       1,405,956  

Series 2015-5A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.08%, 10/25/27(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,006  

Series 2017-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%), 1.14%, 04/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      5,836       5,834,979  

Series 2017-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 04/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      2,910       2,910,125  

Series 2017-5A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 11/16/30(a)(c)(d)

      350       350,011  

Series 2017-5A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.85%), 2.98%, 11/16/30(a)(c)(d)

      300       297,846  

Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 04/18/31(a)(c)(d)

      6,644       6,644,001  

Series 2019-3A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.15%, 10/16/34(a)(c)(d)

      325       323,687  

Series 2019-4A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 07/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      400       400,040  

Series 2019-5A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.80%), 3.93%, 10/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,071  

Series 2020-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.26%, 07/15/36(a)(c)(d)

      1,200       1,200,235  

Series 2020-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.76%, 07/15/36(a)(c)(d)

      3,260       3,260,063  

Series 2020-1A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.10%), 3.21%, 07/15/36(a)(c)(d)

      1,120       1,119,992  

Series 2021-4A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.14%, 07/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      6,450       6,441,030  

Series 2021-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.58%), 1.67%, 07/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,452  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2007-AHL2, Class A3B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.20%), 0.29%, 05/25/37(d)

      5,564       4,662,900  

Series 2007-AHL2, Class A3C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.27%), 0.36%, 05/25/37(d)

      2,527       2,134,465  

Series 2007-AHL3, Class A3B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.17%), 0.26%, 07/25/45(d)

      4,171       3,600,242  

Clear Creek CLO

     

Series 2015-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.33%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,251,271  

Series 2015-1A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.08%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      620       618,290  

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

     

Clontarf Park CLO DAC, Series 1X, Class CE,

     

(3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.05%), 3.05%,
08/05/30(d)(f)

    EUR       1,750     $ 2,033,228  

Cloud Pass-Through Trust, Series 2019-1A,
Class CLOU, 3.55%, 12/05/22(a)(d)

    USD       1,549       1,554,026  

College Avenue Student Loans LLC

     

Series 2021-B, Class B, 2.42%, 06/25/52(a)

      1,120       1,116,043  

Series 2021-B, Class C, 2.72%, 06/25/52(a)

      480       480,297  

Series 2021-B, Class D, 3.78%, 06/25/52(a)

      120       119,883  

Conseco Finance Corp.

     

Series 1997-3, Class M1, 7.53%, 03/15/28(d)

      1,069       1,095,675  

Series 1997-6, Class M1, 7.21%, 01/15/29(d)

      197       200,229  

Series 1998-4, Class M1, 6.83%, 04/01/30(d)

      344       340,117  

Series 1998-8, Class A1, 6.28%, 09/01/30

      343       355,596  

Series 1998-8, Class M1, 6.98%, 09/01/30(d)

      2,441       2,352,335  

Series 1999-5, Class A5, 7.86%, 03/01/30(d)

      888       500,666  

Series 1999-5, Class A6, 7.50%, 03/01/30(d)

      952       515,966  

Series 2001-D, Class B1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.58%, 11/15/32(d)

      1,036       949,220  

Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp.

     

Series 2000-1, Class A5, 8.06%, 09/01/29(d)

      1,600       479,510  

Series 2000-4, Class A6, 8.31%, 05/01/32(d)

      1,372       400,447  

Series 2000-5, Class A6, 7.96%, 05/01/31

      2,164       865,485  

Series 2000-5, Class A7, 8.20%, 05/01/31

      3,948       1,625,324  

Contego CLO VI DAC, Series 6A, Class CR,
(3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.40%), 2.40%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

    EUR       905       1,051,799  

Contego CLO VIII DAC, Series 8A, Class DR,
(3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3.20%, 01/25/34(a)(d)

      500       574,840  

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates

     

Series 2004-5, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 0.99%, 10/25/34(d)

    USD       445       440,747  

Series 2005-16, Class 1AF, 4.55%, 04/25/36(d)

      2,868       2,843,055  

Series 2005-17, Class 1AF4, 6.05%, 05/25/36(b)

      1,656       1,650,929  

Series 2006-1, Class AF4, 4.55%, 07/25/36(d)

      525       526,096  

Series 2006-11, Class 3AV2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 09/25/46(d)

      100       98,919  

Series 2006-12, Class 1A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.26%), 0.35%, 12/25/36(d)

      1,915       1,907,845  

Series 2006-17, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.15%), 0.24%, 03/25/47(d)

      158       156,628  

Series 2006-18, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.39%, 03/25/37(d)

      6,264       6,396,660  

Series 2006-8, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 12/25/35(d)

      149       149,061  

Series 2006-8, Class 2A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.25%), 0.34%, 01/25/46(d)

      8,384       8,194,446  

Series 2006-S3, Class A4, 6.11%, 01/25/29(b)

      97       141,784  

Series 2006-SPS1, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.22%), 0.31%, 12/25/25(d)

      11       41,967  

Series 2007-12, Class 1A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.84%), 0.93%, 08/25/47(d)

      4,696       4,697,795  

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2004-U, Class 2A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.27%), 0.35%, 03/15/34(d)

      508       492,234  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2001-MH29, Class B1, 8.10%, 09/25/31(d)

    USD       1,396     $ 1,438,965  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-JR1,
Class A1, 2.47%, 09/27/66(a)(d)

      44,452       44,452,650  

Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC

     

Series 2006-CB2, Class AF4, 3.10%, 12/25/36(b)

      386       393,716  

Series 2006-MH1, Class B1, 6.25%, 10/25/36(a)(b)

      852       872,584  

Series 2006-SL1, Class A2, 6.06%, 09/25/36(a)(b)

      2,884       235,533  

Series 2007-CB6, Class A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 0.43%, 07/25/37(a)(d)

      530       436,679  

Crown Point CLO 10 Ltd., Series 2021-10A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.32%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      8,030       8,020,944  

Cumberland Park CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-2A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 07/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,190       1,189,644  

Series 2015-2A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.70%), 2.83%, 07/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,635  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund IV DAC, Series 4X, Class BR1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.30%), 1.30%, 02/22/34(d)(f)

    EUR       990       1,143,693  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund V DAC, Series 5X, Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.50%), 1.50%, 07/21/30(d)(f)

      250       289,708  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund VI DAC, Series 6X, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.60%), 1.60%, 04/15/32(d)(f)

      1,160       1,338,650  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XVII DAC, Series 17A, Class ER, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 6.12%), 6.12%, 11/18/33(a)(d)

      1,440       1,662,935  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XVIII DAC, Series 18X, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.83%), 5.83%, 04/29/34(d)(f)

      760       878,081  

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XX DAC

     

Series 20A, Class DE, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 3.00%, 06/22/34(a)(d)

      850       986,119  

Series 20A, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.61%),
5.61%, 06/22/34(a)(d)

      500       568,778  

CWHEQ Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-S5, Class A5, 6.16%, 06/25/35

    USD       134       169,149  

CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Resuritization Trust

     

Series 2006-RES, Class 4Q1B,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.38%, 12/15/33(a)(d)

      470       428,090  

Series 2006-RES, Class 5B1A,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.19%), 0.27%, 05/15/35(a)(d)

      150       146,190  

Series 2006-RES, Class 5B1B,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.19%), 0.27%, 05/15/35(a)(d)

      105       103,230  

CWHEQ Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust

     

Series 2005-B, Class 2A, (1 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.18%), 0.26%, 05/15/35(d)

      234       231,012  

Series 2006-C, Class 2A,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.18%), 0.26%, 05/15/36(d)

      1,647       1,611,357  

Series 2006-H, Class 1A,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.15%), 0.23%, 11/15/36(d)

      1,015       908,976  

 

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)              

Dartry Park CLO DAC, Series 1A, Class CRR,
(3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.35%), 3.35%, 01/28/34(a)(d)

    EUR       500     $ 581,161  

Deer Creek CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       5,561       5,565,803  

Series 2017-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,332  

Diameter Capital CLO 2 Ltd.,
Series 2021-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.06%), 0.00%, 10/15/36(a)(d)

      250       242,500  

Dorchester Park CLO DAC, Series 2015-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      3,064       3,063,280  

Dryden 43 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2016-43A,
Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      5,540       5,536,576  

Dryden 45 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2016-45A,
Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      350       350,021  

Dryden 49 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2017-49A,
Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,998  

Dryden 50 Senior Loan Fund, Series 2017-50A,
Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 07/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      450       450,183  

Dryden 53 CLO Ltd., Series 2017-53A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 01/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      18,720       18,714,712  

Dryden 65 CLO Ltd., Series 2018-65A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 07/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      300       299,999  

Dryden 76 CLO Ltd., Series 2019-76A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.33%), 1.46%, 10/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,103  

Dryden 77 CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2020-77A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 05/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,580       3,573,765  

Series 2020-77A, Class XR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 05/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,151  

Dryden 83 CLO Ltd., Series 2020-83A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.55%), 5.68%, 01/18/32(a)(c)(d)

      350       339,973  

Dryden Senior Loan Fund, Series 2021-87A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.24%, 05/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      2,330       2,323,321  

Dryden XXV Senior Loan Fund

     

Series 2012-25A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%),
1.03%, 10/15/27(a)(c)(d)

      7,897       7,895,531  

Series 2012-25A, Class CRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%),
1.98%, 10/15/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,340       1,338,967  

Dryden XXVI Senior Loan Fund,
Series 2013-26A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 1.03%, 04/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,151       1,150,946  

Dryden XXVIII Senior Loan Fund, Series 2013-28A, Class A1LR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%),
1.33%, 08/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      9,085       9,085,652  

Dunedin Park CLO DAC, Series 1A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 6.24%), 6.24%, 10/22/32(a)(d)

    EUR       1,480       1,712,837  
Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Eaton Vance CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2018-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 2.33%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD        3,550      $ 3,550,153  

Series 2019-1A, Class ER, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.50%), 6.63%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

       1,500        1,499,941  

Elmwood CLO II Ltd.

       

Series 2019-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       3,750        3,748,073  

Series 2019-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       500        500,035  

Series 2019-2A, Class ER, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.80%), 6.93%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       1,250        1,255,507  

Elmwood CLO III Ltd., Series 2019-3A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.85%), 3.98%, 10/15/32(a)(c)(d)

       250        250,000  

Elmwood CLO V Ltd.

       

Series 2020-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.77%, 10/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       2,880        2,880,217  

Series 2020-2A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.12%, 10/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       2,514        2,503,938  

Elmwood CLO X Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.13%, 10/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       7,250        7,248,376  

Euro-Galaxy III CLO BV

       

Series 2013-3A, Class CRRR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.35%), 2.35%, 04/24/34(a)(d)

    EUR        1,200        1,393,479  

Series 2013-3A, Class DRRR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), 3.25%, 04/24/34(a)(d)

       1,585        1,846,947  

Euro-Galaxy IV CLO BV,
Series 2015-4A, Class ARR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.90%), 0.90%, 07/30/34(a)(d)

       9,860        11,282,924  

Euro-Galaxy VI CLO DAC, Series 2018-6X,
Class A, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.71%), 0.71%, 04/11/31(d)(f)

       2,090        2,418,645  

Euro-Galaxy VII CLO DAC

       

Series 2019-7A, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.40%), 2.40%, 07/25/35(a)(d)

       1,140        1,325,164  

Series 2019-7A, Class DR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 3.50%, 07/25/35(a)(d)

       850        991,354  

Fairstone Financial Issuance Trust I, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 3.74%, 10/20/39(a)

    CAD        2,743        2,152,657  

FBR Securitization Trust,
Series 2005-5, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.71%), 0.79%, 11/25/35(d)

    USD        6,465        6,412,102  

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2004-FFH3, Class M3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.05%), 1.14%, 10/25/34(d)

       1,000        991,637  

Series 2006-FF13, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.24%), 0.33%, 10/25/36(d)

       2,340        1,858,870  

Series 2006-FF13, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.32%), 0.41%, 10/25/36(d)

       1,406        1,132,364  

Series 2006-FF16, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.28%), 0.37%, 12/25/36(d)

       11,012        6,246,705  

Series 2006-FF17, Class A5, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.15%), 0.24%, 12/25/36(d)

       12,866        12,530,076  

Series 2006-FFH1, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.60%), 0.69%, 01/25/36(d)

       2,774        2,550,104  

FirstKey Homes Trust,
Series 2020-SFR1, Class F1, 3.64%, 08/17/37(a)

       2,690        2,750,401  

Flatiron CLO 18 Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.08%, 04/17/31(a)(c)(d)

       1,230        1,229,274  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Flatiron CLO 19 Ltd.

       

Series 2019-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.90%), 4.03%, 11/16/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD        650      $ 650,848  

Series 2019-1A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.20%), 7.33%, 11/16/32(a)(c)(d)

       500        501,825  

Flatiron CLO 21 Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.11%), 1.26%, 07/19/34(a)(c)(d)

       13,960        13,967,135  

Fremont Home Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.28%), 0.37%, 02/25/37(d)

       2,502        2,046,561  

Galaxy XV CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-15A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

       1,350        1,350,403  

Galaxy XVIII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2018-28A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/15/31(a)(c)(d)

       1,220        1,220,581  

Galaxy XXII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2016-22A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.33%, 04/16/34(a)(c)(d)

       4,180        4,191,977  

Galaxy XXVII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2018-27A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.15%, 05/16/31(a)(c)(d)

       1,000        1,000,112  

GE-WMC Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-2, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.50%), 0.59%, 12/25/35(d)

       55        54,788  

Gilbert Park CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2017-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

       250        250,007  

Series 2017-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.08%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

       3,360        3,358,315  

Series 2017-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.08%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

       4,292        4,292,060  

GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO 1 Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.15%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

       450        448,716  

GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO 3 Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 04/20/30(a)(c)(d)

       500        499,998  

GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO 5 Ltd., Series 2019-5A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.30%), 1.43%, 10/20/32(a)(c)(d)

       1,750        1,750,000  

GoldenTree Loan Management U.S. CLO 6 Ltd., Series 2019-6A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.85%), 3.98%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

       250        250,735  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX Ltd.

       

Series 2014-9A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.11%), 1.24%, 10/29/29(a)(c)(d)

       1,830        1,830,059  

Series 2014-9A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 10/29/29(a)(c)(d)

       1,000        1,000,039  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities X Ltd.

       

Series 2015-10A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 07/20/31(a)(d)

       4,688        4,688,135  

Series 2015-10A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.18%, 07/20/31(a)(d)

       500        500,039  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities XI Ltd., Series 2015-11A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 01/18/31(a)(c)(d)

       3,749        3,748,994  

Golub Capital BDC 3 CLO 1 LLC, Series 2021- 1A, Class C1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 2.93%, 04/15/33(a)(d)

       1,250        1,251,975  
Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Gracie Point International Funding

       

Series 2021-1A, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.49%, 11/01/23(a)(c)(d)

    USD        710      $ 710,000  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.49%, 11/01/23(a)(c)(d)

       940        940,000  

Great Lakes CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.56%), 1.69%, 07/15/31(a)(c)(d)

       4,300        4,292,827  

Great Lakes CLO V Ltd.,
Series 2021-5A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.90%, 04/15/33(a)(c)(d)

       2,540        2,550,474  

GreenPoint Manufactured Housing

       

Series 1999-5, Class M1B, 8.29%, 12/15/29(d)

       870        897,485  

Series 1999-5, Class M2, 9.23%, 12/15/29(d) .

       855        746,838  

Grippen Park CLO Ltd.

       

Series 2017-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.26%), 1.39%, 01/20/30(a)(c)(d)

       1,123        1,123,087  

Series 2017-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.30%), 3.43%, 01/20/30(a)(c)(d)

       250        250,055  

GSAA Home Equity Trust

       

Series 2005-14, Class 1A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.70%), 0.79%, 12/25/35(d)

       836        370,669  

Series 2006-4, Class 1A1, 2.95%, 03/25/36(d)

       2,007        1,589,020  

Series 2006-5, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 03/25/36(d)

       13        5,749  

Series 2007-2, Class AF3, 5.92%, 03/25/37(d)

       479        137,155  

GSAMP Trust

       

Series 2007-H1, Class A1B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.20%), 0.29%, 01/25/47(d)

       868        580,530  

Series 2007-HS1, Class M6, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.38%), 3.46%, 02/25/47(d)

       1,300        1,408,383  

Gulf Stream Meridian 1 Ltd.

       

Series 2020-IA, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.37%), 1.50%, 04/15/33(a)(c)(d)

       5,820        5,825,689  

Series 2020-IA, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.45%), 6.58%, 04/15/33(a)(c)(d)

       1,000        997,562  

Gulf Stream Meridian 4 Ltd.

       

Series 2021-4A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.31%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

       11,560        11,562,007  

Series 2021-4A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.96%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

       1,750        1,753,103  

Series 2021-4A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.35%), 6.46%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

       750        749,600  

Gulf Stream Meridian 5 Ltd.,
Series 2021-5A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.90%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

       470        470,422  

Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 07/25/27(a)(c)(d)

       1,228        1,227,588  

Harvest CLO XXIII DAC, Series 23A, Class CE, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.05%), 2.05%, 10/20/32(a)(d)

    EUR        1,430        1,659,897  

Henley CLO IV DAC

       

Series 4A, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.10%), 2.10%, 04/25/34(a)(d)

       560        647,235  

Series 4A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 3.00%, 04/25/34(a)(d)(e)

       750        871,343  

Series 4X, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.35%), 1.35%, 04/25/34(d)(f)

       540        619,790  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Highbridge Loan Management Ltd.

     

Series 12A-18, Class A1B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 07/18/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       750     $ 749,258  

Series 3A-2014, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 07/18/29(a)(c)(d)

      3,070       3,069,261  

Series 7A-2015, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 03/15/27(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,501  

Home Equity Asset Trust

     

Series 2006-3, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.60%), 0.69%, 07/25/36(d)

      2,440       2,336,601  

Series 2007-1, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.39%, 05/25/37(d)

      2,279       2,071,013  

Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust

     

Series 2004-A, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.03%), 2.11%, 07/25/34(d)

      437       439,659  

Series 2007-A, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.19%), 0.28%, 04/25/37(d)

      1,745       1,381,172  

Home Equity Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-2, Class 1A1, 5.87%, 07/25/36(b)

      1,997       328,037  

Home Loan Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.72%), 0.80%, 04/15/36(d)

      803       778,569  

HPS Loan Management Ltd.

     

Series 10A-16, Class A1RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.27%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      5,620       5,600,492  

Series 6A-2015, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.12%, 02/05/31(a)(c)(d)

      11,313       11,309,590  

ICG U.S. CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A,
Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.27%, 10/19/28(a)(c)(d)

      4,799       4,798,258  

Invesco Euro CLO II DAC, Series 2A,
Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 1.70%, 08/15/34(a)(d)

    EUR       1,440       1,667,518  

Invesco Euro CLO V DAC, Series 5X,
Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.80%), 3.80%, 01/15/34(d)(f)

      350       408,463  

Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR3,
Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.08%, 07/17/37(a)(d)

    USD       2,665       2,669,177  

Irwin Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class 2A3, 6.53%, 09/25/37(a)(b)

      270       270,155  

Jamestown CLO XII Ltd., Series 2019-1A,
Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.28%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,630       1,639,306  

JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust,
Series 2006-CW1, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.41%), 0.49%, 05/25/36(d)

      1,170       1,157,645  

Kayne CLO 4 Ltd., Series 2019-4A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 2.93%, 04/25/32(a)(c)(d)

      675       677,743  

Kayne CLO 5 Ltd., Series 2019-5A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 07/24/32(a)(c)(d)

      3,770       3,769,306  

Kayne CLO 7 Ltd., Series 2020-7A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.33%, 04/17/33(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,000  

Kayne CLO II Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 10/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,255       3,259,453  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Kayne CLO III Ltd.

     

Series 2019-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 04/15/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD       250     $ 249,942  

Series 2019-3A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 04/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      475       473,217  

KKR CLO 16 Ltd., Series 16, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 01/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      5,585       5,585,435  

LCM 26 Ltd., Series 26A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      8,120       8,119,987  

LCM 29 Ltd., Series 29A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      850       850,807  

LCM XIV LP, Series 14A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 07/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,000  

LCM XX LP

     

Series 20A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 10/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      2,148       2,146,816  

Series 20A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 10/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,936  

LCM XXI LP, Series 21A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.88%), 1.01%, 04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,769       1,767,210  

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust

     

Series 2019-SL2, Class A, 3.38%,
02/25/59(a)(d)

      6,253       6,266,874  

Series 2019-SL2, Class B, 0.00%,
02/25/59(a)(e)

      2,088       313,170  

Series 2019-SL2, Class M, 4.25%,
02/25/59(a)(d)

      2,083       2,064,519  

Lehman ABS Manufactured Housing Contract Trust

     

Series 2001-B, Class M1, 6.63%, 04/15/40(d)

 

    3,246       3,468,464  

Series 2002-A, Class C, 0.00%, 06/15/33

      291       267,708  

Lehman ABS Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2007-1, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.09%), 0.18%, 06/25/37(a)(d)

      390       319,664  

Lendmark Funding Trust

     

Series 2021-1A, Class B, 2.47%, 11/20/31(a)

 

    1,670       1,677,740  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, 3.41%, 11/20/31(a)

      1,270       1,276,354  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, 5.05%, 11/20/31(a)

      725       734,429  

Litigation Fee Residual Funding LLC,

     

Series 2015-1, Class A, 4.00%, 10/01/27(e)

 

    627       627,155  

LoanCore Issuer Ltd., Series 2018-CRE1, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.21%, 05/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      763       762,657  

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd.

     

Series 2020-2GF, Class A, 2.75%,
07/20/47(a)(c)

      6,445       6,662,170  

Series 2021-1GS, Class A, 2.29%,
01/20/48(a)(c)

      6,346       6,411,640  

Logan CLO I Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.31%,
07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      4,510       4,510,167  

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.39%, 06/25/36(d)

      3,421       2,161,543  

Series 2006-7, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.25%, 08/25/36(d)

      9,132       4,877,680  

Longfellow Place CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class BR3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%),
1.88%, 04/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,845  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Madison Avenue Manufactured Housing
Contract Trust, Series 2002-A, Class B2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%), 3.34%, 03/25/32(d)

    USD       679     $ 682,685  

Madison Park Euro Funding XVI DAC

     

Series 16A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3.20%, 05/25/34(a)(d)

    EUR       1,000       1,158,026  

Series 16A, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 6.02%), 6.02%, 05/25/34(a)(d)

      900       1,030,097  

Madison Park Funding X Ltd.,
Series 2012-10A, Class AR3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%),
1.14%, 01/20/29(a)(c)(d)

    USD       9,339       9,337,277  

Madison Park Funding XI Ltd.,
Series 2013-11A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%),
1.04%, 07/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      5,363       5,362,168  

Madison Park Funding XIII Ltd.

     

Series 2014-13A, Class AR2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.08%, 04/19/30(a)(c)(d)

      7,708       7,714,218  

Series 2014-13A, Class BR2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 04/19/30(a)(c)(d)

      4,890       4,865,399  

Madison Park Funding XIX Ltd.

     

Series 2015-19A, Class A1R2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.92%), 1.06%, 01/22/28(a)(c)(d)

      7,303       7,305,291  

Series 2015-19A, Class A2R2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%, 01/22/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       995,022  

Madison Park Funding XLV Ltd.,
Series 2020-45A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)(e)

      4,660       4,658,602  

Madison Park Funding XVIII Ltd.,
Series 2015-18A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%),
1.32%, 10/21/30(a)(c)(d)

      14,970       14,990,617  

Madison Park Funding XXII Ltd.,
Series 2016-22A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.26%),
1.39%, 01/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      3,000       3,001,165  

Madison Park Funding XXIII Ltd.

     

Series 2017-23A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 07/27/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,825  

Series 2017-23A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 07/27/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,179  

Series 2017-23A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 07/27/31(a)(c)(d)

      900       899,995  

Madison Park Funding XXV Ltd.,
Series 2017-25A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%),
1.78%, 04/25/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,430       1,429,994  

Madison Park Funding XXVI Ltd.,
Series 2017-26A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.33%, 07/29/30(a)(c)(d)

      11,115       11,129,758  

Madison Park Funding XXVII Ltd.,
Series 2018-27A, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%),
1.16%, 04/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,856  

Madison Park Funding XXXI Ltd.,
Series 2018-31A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.84%, 01/23/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,021  

Madison Park Funding XXXIV Ltd.,
Series 2019-34A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 04/25/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,811  

Madison Park Funding XXXV Ltd.,
Series 2019-35A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.99%),
1.12%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      3,220       3,221,877  

Madison Park Funding XXXVI Ltd.,
Series 2019-36A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      2,470       2,471,598  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Madison Park Funding XXXVIII Ltd.,
Series 2021-38A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 07/17/34(a)(c)(d)

    USD       5,010     $ 5,004,027  

Marble Point CLO XI Ltd., Series 2017-2A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 12/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,000       1,999,462  

Mariner CLO LLC

     

Series 2016-3A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.99%), 1.13%, 07/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,790       1,789,406  

Series 2016-3A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%, 07/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,978       1,978,503  

Series 2016-3A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.05%), 2.19%, 07/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      5,162       5,161,585  

Series 2016-3A, Class DR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.90%), 3.04%, 07/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      500       498,759  

Mariner Finance Issuance Trust

     

Series 2019-AA, Class B, 3.51%, 07/20/32(a)

      2,420       2,488,078  

Series 2019-AA, Class C, 4.01%, 07/20/32(a)

      2,150       2,206,040  

Series 2020-AA, Class B, 3.21%, 08/21/34(a)

      1,630       1,675,409  

Series 2020-AA, Class C, 4.10%, 08/21/34(a)

      1,536       1,589,090  

Series 2020-AA, Class D, 5.75%, 08/21/34(a)

      2,030       2,067,843  

MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust

     

Series 2006-AM2, Class A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.52%), 0.61%, 06/25/36(a)(d)

      1,310       1,212,359  

Series 2007-HE1, Class A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.28%), 0.37%, 05/25/37(d)

      1,318       1,208,544  

MASTR Specialized Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.26%), 0.35%, 06/25/46(a)(d)

      402       392,041  

Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan

     

Trust, Series 2007-2, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.24%), 0.33%, 05/25/37(d)

      1,718       1,373,195  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

     

Series 2006-OPT1, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.26%), 0.35%, 08/25/37(d)

      386       345,950  

Series 2006-RM3, Class A2B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.18%), 0.27%, 06/25/37(d)

      884       251,010  

MidOcean Credit CLO III, Series 2014-3A,
Class A3A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 04/21/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,987       1,987,318  

Mill City Solar Loan Ltd., Series 2019-2GS, Class A, 3.69%, 07/20/43(a)

      5,866       6,238,117  

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust

     

Series 2005-HE1, Class A2MZ, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.60%), 0.69%, 12/25/34(d)

      820       771,354  

Series 2005-HE5, Class M4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.87%), 0.96%, 09/25/35(d)

      3,895       3,964,741  

Series 2007-SEA1, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 1.99%, 02/25/47(a)(d)

      1,029       1,004,605  

Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.32%), 0.41%, 04/25/36(d)

      1,744       1,428,769  

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2006-16AX, Class 1A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 0.43%, 11/25/36(d)

      3,937       1,083,896  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust

     

Series 2018-2GS, Class A, 4.20%, 02/22/44(a)

      2,295       2,481,671  

Series 2019-2A, Class A, 2.88%, 09/20/40(a)

      727       758,340  

Series 2020-1A, Class A, 2.10%, 04/20/46(a)

      1,163       1,178,135  

Series 2020-1A, Class B, 3.10%, 04/20/46(a)

      1,759       1,831,729  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

MP CLO III Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class AR,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       2,820     $ 2,820,723  

MP CLO VII Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 10/18/28(a)(c)(d)

      750       742,352  

MP CLO VIII Ltd.

     

Series 2015-2A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.33%, 04/28/34(a)(c)(d)

      5,910       5,889,619  

Series 2015-2A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 04/28/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,500       3,484,602  

Myers Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,999  

Nationstar HECM Loan Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class M3, 2.82%, 09/25/30(a)(d)

      2,151       2,149,816  

Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2007-B, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.41%), 0.50%, 04/25/37(d)

      3,320       3,175,684  

Navient Private Education Loan Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class B, 3.50%, 08/15/44(a)

      6,000       6,129,492  

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust

     

Series 2020-A, Class A2B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 0.98%, 11/15/68(a)(d)

      2,410       2,429,018  

Series 2020-FA, Class B, 2.69%, 07/15/69(a)

 

    2,590       2,666,086  

Series 2021-DA, Class B, 2.61%, 04/15/60(a)(e)

      1,700       1,700,000  

Series 2021-DA, Class C, 3.48%, 04/15/60(a)(e)

      4,380       4,380,000  

Series 2021-DA, Class D, 4.00%, 04/15/60(a)(e)

      1,400       1,360,800  

Nelnet Student Loan Trust

     

Series 2021-A, Class B2, 2.85%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    22,590       22,899,580  

Series 2021-A, Class C, 3.75%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    13,100       13,182,957  

Series 2021-A, Class D, 4.93%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    5,340       5,415,487  

Series 2021-BA, Class B, 2.68%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    18,310       18,323,192  

Series 2021-BA, Class C, 3.57%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    5,130       5,111,461  

Series 2021-BA, Class D, 4.75%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    1,499       1,493,945  

Series 2021-CA, Class B, 2.53%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    16,690       16,460,963  

Series 2021-CA, Class C, 3.36%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    650       640,910  

Series 2021-CA, Class D, 4.44%, 04/20/62(a)

 

    990       976,711  

Neuberger Berman CLO XIV Ltd., Series 2013-14A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 1.16%,
01/28/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,859  

Neuberger Berman CLO XVII Ltd.

     

Series 2014-17A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%,
04/22/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,500       1,499,435  

Series 2014-17A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.14%,
04/22/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,900       1,900,236  

Neuberger Berman CLO XVI-S Ltd.,
Series 2017-16SA, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%,
04/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      2,690       2,682,379  

Neuberger Berman CLO XX Ltd.

     

Series 2015-20A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.30%,
07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,000,356  

Series 2015-20A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.79%,
07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,998  

Neuberger Berman CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2016-22A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 10/17/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,999  

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Neuberger Berman CLO XXIII Ltd.,
Series 2016-23A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 10/17/27(a)(c)(d)

    USD       400     $ 399,866  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 26 Ltd.

     

Series 2017-26A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.30%, 10/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      5,520       5,520,074  

Series 2017-26A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 10/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,898  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 29 Ltd.

     

Series 2018-29A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%, 10/19/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,032  

Series 2018-29A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 10/19/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,006  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 34 Ltd.,
Series 2019-34A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.80%), 7.93%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      500       501,979  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 37 Ltd.,
Series 2020-37A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 07/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       999,010  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 39 Ltd.,
Series 2020-39A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.20%), 7.33%, 01/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,141  

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 42 Ltd.,
Series 2021-42A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.24%, 07/16/35(a)(c)(d)

      3,940       3,930,803  

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2005-C, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.68%), 0.76%, 12/25/35(d)

      2,167       2,060,119  

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-S5, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.40%), 0.49%, 10/25/36(a)(d)

      113       138,458  

Oaktree CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A1R,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.87%), 1.00%,
10/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      198       197,861  

Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc.

     

Series 2001-D, Class A2, 5.26%, 01/15/19(d)

 

    601       393,028  

Series 2001-D, Class A4, 6.93%, 09/15/31(d)

 

    382       289,924  

Series 2002-B, Class M1, 7.62%, 06/15/32(d)

 

    4,483       3,952,754  

Ocean Trails CLO VI

     

Series 2016-6A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 07/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,055       1,053,668  

Series 2016-6A, Class CRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.38%, 07/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,750       1,750,480  

OCP CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2013-4A, Class A2RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 04/24/29(a)(c)(d)

      2,500       2,500,145  

Series 2013-4A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 04/24/29(a)(c)(d)

      4,618       4,614,258  

Series 2013-4A, Class CRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.13%, 04/24/29(a)(c)(d)

      3,000       3,000,177  

Series 2014-5A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 04/26/31(a)(c)(d)

      660       659,991  

Series 2014-5A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.53%, 04/26/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,070       1,069,959  

Series 2014-7A, Class A2RR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 07/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,250,401  

Series 2015-10A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.82%), 0.95%, 10/26/27(a)(c)(d)

      210       210,460  

Series 2015-10A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 10/26/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,420       1,418,181  

Series 2015-10A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.50%), 5.63%, 10/26/27(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,279  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

OCP CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2015-9A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 07/15/27(a)(c)(d)

    USD       250     $ 249,719  

Series 2015-9A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.40%), 6.53%, 07/15/27(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,275  

Series 2016-12A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 10/18/28(a)(c)(d)

      8,462       8,463,464  

Series 2016-12A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 10/18/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,136  

Series 2017-14A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.08%, 11/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       498,688  

Series 2019-16A, Class ER, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.35%), 6.47%, 04/10/33(a)(c)(d)

      950       943,066  

Series 2020-18A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 1.22%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,830       1,832,865  

Series 2020-19A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 10/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,999  

OCP Euro CLO DAC

     

Series 2017-2X, Class B, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.35%), 1.35%, 01/15/32(d)(f)

    EUR       1,130       1,306,673  

Series 2019-3A, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.30%), 2.30%, 04/20/33(a)(d)

      250       289,521  

Series 2019-3A, Class DR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.30%), 3.30%, 04/20/33(a)(d)

      250       290,046  

Series 2020-4A, Class B1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 1.70%, 09/22/34(a)(d)(e)

      3,320       3,845,722  

Series 2020-4A, Class DR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3.20%, 09/22/34(a)(d)(e)

      750       868,763  

Series 2020-4A, Class ER, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.94%), 5.94%, 09/22/34(a)(d)(e)

      2,300       2,624,242  

Octagon Investment Partners 18-R Ltd.,
Series 2018-18A, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.96%), 1.09%, 04/16/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       7,300       7,297,787  

Octagon Investment Partners 24 Ltd.,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2S, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 04/21/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,440       3,441,180  

Octagon Investment Partners 33 Ltd.,
Series 2017-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,008  

Octagon Investment Partners 36 Ltd.,
Series 2018-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.10%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,927  

Octagon Investment Partners 37 Ltd.,
Series 2018-2A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.58%), 1.71%, 07/25/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,620  

Octagon Investment Partners 39 Ltd.,
Series 2018-3A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      350       349,813  

Octagon Investment Partners 46 Ltd.,
Series 2020-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.76%, 07/15/36(a)(c)(d)

      3,290       3,277,836  

Octagon Investment Partners 48 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-3A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.55%), 2.68%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,650       1,650,356  

Series 2020-3A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.00%), 4.13%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,251  

Octagon Investment Partners 51 Ltd.,
Series 2021-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.26%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      11,920       11,912,943  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Octagon Investment Partners XV Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 07/19/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,430     $ 1,431,504  

Octagon Investment Partners XVI Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.15%, 07/17/30(a)(c)(d)

      3,580       3,577,726  

Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.13%, 01/25/31(a)(c)(d)

      8,490       8,487,619  

OHA Credit Funding 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%, 04/21/34(a)(c)(d)

      14,440       14,432,952  

OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd.

     

Series 2019-3A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.29%, 07/02/35(a)(c)(d)

      3,225       3,223,160  

Series 2019-3A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.80%, 07/02/35(a)(c)(d)

      2,989       2,991,748  

OHA Loan Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2013-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 05/23/31(a)(c)(d)

      6,219       6,215,249  

Series 2015-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.34%), 1.47%, 11/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      5,400       5,402,308  

Series 2016-1A, Class B1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,999  

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust

     

Series 2019-1A, Class E, 5.69%, 02/14/31(a)

 

    5,010       5,065,246  

Series 2019-2A, Class A, 3.14%, 10/14/36(a)

 

    14,760       15,787,796  

Series 2020-1A, Class A, 3.84%, 05/14/32(a)

 

    12,330       12,744,230  

Series 2020-2A, Class C, 2.76%, 09/14/35(a)

 

    2,620       2,692,892  

Series 2020-2A, Class D, 3.45%, 09/14/35(a)

 

    6,620       6,982,287  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.22%, 06/16/36(a)

 

    430       428,684  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, 2.47%, 06/16/36(a)

 

    920       915,773  

Oportun Issuance Trust

     

Series 2021-B, Class B, 1.96%, 05/08/31(a)

 

    1,070       1,072,851  

Series 2021-B, Class C, 3.65%, 05/08/31(a)

 

    510       512,319  

Series 2021-B, Class D, 5.41%, 05/08/31(a)

 

    910       914,522  

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2006-3, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 02/25/37(d)

      1,109       854,723  

Series 2007-CP1, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.21%), 0.30%, 03/25/37(d)

      2,360       1,989,964  

Series 2007-FXD1, Class 1A1, 5.87%, 01/25/37(b)

      2,333       2,320,820  

Series 2007-FXD1, Class 2A1, 5.87%, 01/25/37(b)

      5,741       5,727,582  

Series 2007-FXD2, Class 1A1, 5.82%, 03/25/37(b)

      3,075       3,099,665  

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-4, Class M3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.74%), 0.82%, 11/25/35(d)

      4,030       3,879,567  

Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust

     

Series 2001-A, Class M1, 7.82%, 03/15/32(d)

 

    1,222       1,213,693  

Series 2007-B, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.28%, 10/15/37(a)(d)(e)

      1,259       1,244,306  

Owl Rock CLO VI Ltd., Series 2021-6A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.57%, 06/21/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       996,306  

Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust Series,
Series 2006-2, Class A2C, 6.50%, 01/25/37(b)

      1,990       1,972,502  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

OZLM Funding IV Ltd.

     

Series 2013-4A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US +1.25%), 1.39%, 10/22/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       13,280     $ 13,280,112  

Series 2013-4A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.84%, 10/22/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,120       2,119,867  

OZLM VI Ltd., Series 2014-6A, Class A2AS, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 04/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      900       900,039  

OZLM VIII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 2.33%, 10/17/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,160       1,157,380  

OZLM XII Ltd., Series 2015-12A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 04/30/27(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,893  

OZLM XIX Ltd., Series 2017-19A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.22%), 1.35%, 11/22/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,160       2,160,225  

OZLM XVIII Ltd., Series 2018-18A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.02%), 1.15%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,120       3,119,054  

OZLM XX Ltd., Series 2018-20A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      600       598,481  

OZLM XXI Ltd., Series 2017-21A, Class B,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      930       930,460  

OZLM XXIV Ltd., Series 2019-24A, Class A2AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 0.00%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,012  

Palmer Square CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%,
01/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      4,548       4,549,098  

Series 2015-1A, Class A1A4, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%,
05/21/34(a)(c)(d)

      24,530       24,665,541  

Series 2015-1A, Class A2R4, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%,
05/21/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,256,184  

Series 2015-2A, Class A2R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%,
07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      2,500       2,500,262  

Series 2015-2A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.88%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       999,001  

Series 2018-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 1.16%, 04/18/31(a)(c)(d)

      4,860       4,860,866  

Series 2018-2A, Class A1A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      4,820       4,821,089  

Series 2018-2A, Class A1B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,000  

Series 2018-2A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,500       1,500,245  

Series 2018-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.60%), 5.73%, 07/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,278  

Series 2018-3A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 08/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      3,323       3,319,942  

Series 2018-3A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 08/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      1,650       1,650,344  

Series 2018-3A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.40%), 4.53%, 08/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      300       300,001  

Series 2019-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%), 3.88%, 11/14/32(a)(c)(d)

      350       350,379  

Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2018-4A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 11/15/26(a)(c)(d)

      950       950,486  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)        

Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2018-4A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%), 4.38%, 11/15/26(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,000     $ 1,000,959  

Series 2018-5A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.53%, 01/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      3,217       3,216,992  

Series 2018-5A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%), 4.38%, 01/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      800       799,225  

Series 2019-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.80%), 5.93%, 04/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      2,050       2,066,101  

Series 2019-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.38%, 04/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      2,340       2,340,828  

Series 2019-2A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%), 3.38%, 04/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,048  

Series 2019-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.50%), 5.63%, 04/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,500       1,503,514  

Series 2019-2A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.75%), 6.88%, 04/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      250       251,102  

Series 2019-3A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 08/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      2,610       2,610,835  

Series 2019-3A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.23%, 08/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,940       1,942,908  

Series 2019-3A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.35%), 5.48%, 08/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,253,502  

Series 2019-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.23%, 10/24/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,460       1,460,428  

Series 2019-4A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.90%), 6.03%, 10/24/27(a)(c)(d)

      3,013       3,010,095  

Series 2020-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%, 02/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      4,860       4,852,255  

Series 2020-1A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.63%, 02/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      375       375,462  

Series 2020-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.85%), 4.98%, 02/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      400       401,982  

Series 2020-2A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      5,850       5,850,618  

Series 2020-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.38%, 04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,000,356  

Series 2020-2A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.13%, 04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,000,049  

Series 2020-4A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 11/25/28(a)(c)(d)

      2,640       2,640,909  

Series 2020-4A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.60%), 3.73%, 11/25/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,550  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.00%), 6.13%, 04/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,707  

Series 2021-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.00%), 5.13%, 05/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,978  

Series 2021-4A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.00%), 0.00%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,480       1,480,000  

Parallel Ltd.

     

Series 2015-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.85%), 0.98%, 07/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      581       581,122  

Series 2015-1A, Class C1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 07/20/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,150       1,144,631  

Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.24%), 1.37%, 02/14/34(a)(c)(d)

      6,400       6,403,875  

Series 2017-1A, Class A2R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 02/14/34(a)(c)(d)

      4,450       4,419,446  

Series 2019-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.48%), 1.61%, 05/15/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       501,549  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class A2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 05/15/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD       500     $ 500,023  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.30%), 7.43%, 01/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,163  

Penta CLO 9 DAC, Series 2021-9A, Class A, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.85%), 0.85%,
07/25/36(a)(d)

    EUR       3,090       3,558,576  

Pikes Peak CLO 1, Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%,
07/24/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       975       974,696  

Pikes Peak CLO 8, Series 2021-8A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.32%,
07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      7,000       6,987,591  

Post CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.08%,
04/16/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,009  

PPM CLO 2 Ltd.

     

Series 2019-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.93%, 04/16/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       502,255  

Series 2019-2A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.40%), 3.58%, 04/16/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,064  

PPM CLO 4 Ltd., Series 2020-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%,
10/18/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,000  

Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC,

     

Series 2020-4, Class A1, 2.95%,
10/25/25(a)(b)

      8,124       8,155,588  

Prima Capital CRE Securitization Ltd.

     

Series 2015-4A, Class C, 4.00%,
08/24/49(a)(c)(e)

      1,590       1,563,447  

Series 2016-6A, Class C, 4.00%,
08/24/40(a)(c)(e)

      7,170       7,224,492  

Prodigy Finance DAC

     

Series 2021-1A, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.34%, 07/25/51(a)(c)(d)

      7,819       7,846,303  

Series 2021-1A, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.59%, 07/25/51(a)(c)(d)

      1,260       1,267,313  

Series 2021-1A, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%), 3.84%, 07/25/51(a)(c)(d)

      730       735,236  

Series 2021-1A, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 5.90%), 5.99%, 07/25/51(a)(c)(d)

      500       505,569  

Progress Residential Trust

     

Series 2019-SFR1, Class E, 4.47%, 08/17/35(a)

      2,000       2,018,765  

Series 2020-SFR2, Class B, 2.58%, 06/17/37(a)

      550       558,461  

Series 2020-SFR2, Class D, 3.87%, 06/17/37(a)

      1,886       1,950,252  

Series 2020-SFR3, Class E, 2.30%, 10/17/27(a)

      2,870       2,857,017  

Series 2020-SFR3, Class F, 2.80%, 10/17/27(a)

      5,410       5,418,332  

Series 2021-SFR1, Class F, 2.76%, 04/17/38(a)

      2,900       2,858,156  

Series 2021-SFR2, Class F, 3.40%, 04/19/38(a)

      5,967       6,010,365  

Series 2021-SFR3, Class F, 3.44%, 05/17/26(a)

      6,640       6,690,929  

Series 2021-SFR4, Class F, 3.41%, 05/17/38(a)

      8,330       8,362,375  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities (continued)  

Race Point IX CLO Ltd., Series 2015-9A, Class A1A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.94%), 1.07%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

    USD       4,805     $ 4,803,853  

Race Point X CLO Ltd., Series 2016-10A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 07/25/31(a)(c)(d)

      5,472       5,472,084  

RAMP Series Trust, Series 2004-RS7, Class A2A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.62%), 0.71%, 07/25/34(d)

      1,704       1,521,558  

Recette CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.53%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       492,712  

Regatta VI Funding Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.29%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      4,700       4,704,377  

Regatta VII Funding Ltd.

     

Series 2016-1A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.27%, 06/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,600       1,601,374  

Series 2016-1A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.72%, 06/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,999  

Regatta XIII Funding Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.10%), 3.23%, 07/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      375       375,031  

Regatta XVIII Funding Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 01/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      750       744,547  

Regional Management Issuance Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A, 3.05%, 11/15/28(a)

      12,820       12,949,965  

Republic FInance Issuance Trust,
Series 2019-A, Class A, 3.43%,
11/22/27(a)

      14,870       14,996,450  

Riserva CLO Ltd., Series 2016-3A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.06%), 1.19%, 01/18/34(a)(c)(d)

      5,690       5,676,238  

Rockford Tower CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      11,327       11,275,208  

Series 2017-1A, Class BR2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      7,079       7,027,211  

Series 2017-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      8,271       8,267,986  

Series 2017-2A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      2,750       2,749,829  

Series 2017-2A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.85%), 2.98%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      4,766       4,766,007  

Series 2017-2A, Class ER, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.25%), 6.38%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,750       1,738,948  

Series 2017-3A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      14,614       14,614,004  

Series 2018-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%, 05/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,953       1,953,596  

Series 2018-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.72%), 1.85%, 05/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,500       1,497,891  

Series 2018-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.13%, 05/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,098  

Series 2018-2A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.29%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       999,670  

Series 2018-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,023  

Series 2019-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 08/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      1,250       1,247,700  

Series 2021-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.25%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      7,760       7,755,771  

 

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

Rockford Tower Europe CLO DAC

     

Series 2018-1A, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.36%), 5.36%,
12/20/31(a)(d)

    EUR       1,480     $ 1,703,839  

Series 2018-1X, Class B, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.85%), 1.85%,
12/20/31(d)(f)

      3,898       4,515,810  

Series 2018-1X, Class C, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.47%), 2.47%,
12/20/31(d)(f)

      1,805       2,092,307  

Romark CLO IV Ltd.

     

Series 2021-4A, Class C1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.20%), 3.35%, 07/10/34(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,940       1,939,905  

Series 2021-4A, Class C2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.00%), 5.15%, 07/10/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       999,812  

Romark CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.29%, 10/23/30(a)(c)(d)

      750       748,865  

Romark WM-R Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.03%), 1.16%, 04/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      5,262       5,263,954  

RR 1 LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A1AB, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.23%, 07/15/35(a)(d)

      9,490       9,491,995  

RR 3 Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class A1R2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 1.22%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      3,800       3,807,138  

RR 4 Ltd., Series 2018-4A, Class A2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%,
04/15/30(a)(c)(d) .

      1,400       1,396,634  

RR 5 Ltd., Series 2018-5A, Class A2,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.78%,
10/15/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,000,019  

RRE 2 Loan Management DAC, Series 2A, Class A1R, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.86%), 0.86%, 07/15/35(a)(d)

    EUR       9,470       10,939,625  

RRE 9 Loan Management DAC, Series 9A, Class A2, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.70%), 0.00%, 10/15/36(a)(d)

      3,130       3,625,635  

SACO I Trust, Series 2006-9, Class A1,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.39%, 08/25/36(d)

    USD       85       85,181  

Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC Trust, Series 2006-OP1, Class M6, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.01%), 1.09%, 10/25/35(d)

      340       319,410  

Security National Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-1A, Class 2A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.35%), 0.44%, 04/25/37(a)(d)

      137       137,100  

SG Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006- FRE2, Class A2C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.32%), 0.41%, 07/25/36(d)

      918       272,072  

Shackleton CLO Ltd., Series 2016-9A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%, 10/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      743       742,838  

Signal Peak CLO 1 Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class AR3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.16%), 1.29%, 04/17/34(a)(c)(d)

      23,070       23,104,134  

Series 2014-1A, Class BR3, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 04/17/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,010       3,014,690  

Signal Peak CLO 2 LLC

     

Series 2015-1A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 04/20/29(a)(d)

      7,152       7,101,937  

Series 2015-1A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.90%), 2.03%, 04/20/29(a)(d)

      2,000       1,999,460  

Signal Peak CLO 4 Ltd., Series 2017-4A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.21%), 1.34%, 10/26/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,800       1,800,809  

Signal Peak CLO 5 Ltd., Series 2018-5A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.11%), 1.24%, 04/25/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,550       3,548,964  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

Signal Peak CLO 8 Ltd.

     

Series 2020-8A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.27%), 1.40%, 04/20/33(a)(c)(d)

    USD       3,010     $ 3,019,208  

Series 2020-8A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 1.65%), 1.78%, 04/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       996,654  

Silver Creek CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.24%), 1.37%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      5,920       5,923,032  

Series 2014-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.30%), 2.43%, 07/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       498,720  

Sixth Street CLO XIX Ltd., Series 2021-19A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.24%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      16,995       17,018,764  

Sixth Street CLO XVIII Ltd., Series 2021-18A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.50%), 6.72%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,500       1,499,832  

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust

     

Series 2004-A, Class A3, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.40%), 0.52%, 06/15/33(d)

      1,282       1,270,849  

Series 2004-B, Class A3, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.33%), 0.45%, 03/15/24(d)

      3,376       3,371,032  

Series 2006-A, Class A5, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.29%), 0.41%, 06/15/39(d)

      11,949       11,742,675  

Series 2006-B, Class A5, (3 mo. LIBOR
US + 0.27%), 0.39%, 12/15/39(d)

      381       373,211  

SLM Private Education Loan Trust,

     

Series 2010-C, Class A5, (1 mo. LIBOR
US + 4.75%), 4.83%, 10/15/41(a)(d)

      17,610       19,722,980  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust

     

Series 2015-B, Class B, 3.50%, 12/17/40(a)

      2,480       2,554,090  

Series 2020-B, Class B, 2.76%, 07/15/53(a)

      2,440       2,449,605  

Series 2020-PTA, Class A2A, 1.60%, 09/15/54(a)

 

    20,108       20,324,765  

Series 2020-PTA, Class B, 2.50%, 09/15/54(a)

 

    6,740       6,814,561  

Series 2021-A, Class B, 2.31%, 01/15/53(a)

      4,670       4,732,030  

Series 2021-A, Class C, 2.99%, 01/15/53(a)

      11,470       11,628,715  

Series 2021-A, Class D1, 3.86%, 01/15/53(a)

 

    6,160       6,148,215  

Series 2021-A, Class D2, 3.86%, 01/15/53(a)

 

    3,360       3,351,758  

Series 2021-C, Class B, 2.30%, 01/15/53(a)

      880       881,897  

Series 2021-C, Class C, 3.00%,
01/15/53(a)(e)

      730       730,000  

Series 2021-C, Class D, 3.93%,
01/15/53(a)(e)

      350       350,000  

SoFi RR Funding IV Trust, Series 2021-1,

     

Class A, 2.98%, 12/31/25(a)(b)(e)

      12,484       12,483,758  

Sound Point CLO II Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 01/26/31(a)(c)(d)

      825       825,829  

Sound Point CLO XII Ltd., Series 2016-2A, Class CR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.05%), 2.18%, 10/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      4,500       4,489,133  

Sound Point CLO XV Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class ARR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 1.04%, 01/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      1,440       1,438,852  

Series 2017-1A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%, 01/23/29(a)(c)(d)

      350       349,646  

Sound Point CLO XVIII Ltd., Series 2017-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 01/21/31(a)(c)(d)

      500       497,237  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

Sound Point CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2019-1A,
Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%),
1.19%, 01/20/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD       600     $ 599,569  

Sound Point CLO XXIII Ltd., Series 2019-2A,
Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%),
1.32%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      19,610       19,563,550  

Sound Point CLO XXVI Ltd., Series 2020-1A,
Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.35%),
3.48%, 07/20/34(a)(c)(d)

 

    1,430       1,432,508  

Sound Point CLO XXVIII Ltd., Series 2020-3A,
Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.28%),
1.41%, 01/25/32(a)(c)(d)

 

    2,065       2,065,954  

Sound Point Euro CLO II Funding DAC,
Series 2A, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR +
1.85%), 1.85%, 10/26/32(a)(d)

    EUR       3,020       3,500,769  

Soundview Home Loan Trust, Series 2004-
WMC1, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US +
0.80%), 0.88%, 01/25/35(d)

    USD       41       39,656  

St. Paul’s CLO VI DAC

     

Series 6A, Class CRR, (3 mo. EURIBOR +
2.60%), 2.60%, 05/20/34(a)(d)

    EUR       2,680       3,128,304  

Series 6A, Class DRRE, (3 mo. EURIBOR +
3.30%), 3.30%, 05/20/34(a)(d)

 

    1,250       1,437,246  

St. Paul’s CLO XII DAC, Series 12X,
Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.60%), 1.60%, 04/15/33(d)(f)

      1,420       1,655,676  

STAR Trust, Series 2021-SFR1, Class F,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.49%, 04/17/38(a)(d)

    USD       1,030       1,030,789  

Steele Creek CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.38%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      4,140       4,140,111  

Stewart Park CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.93%, 01/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      1,630       1,625,804  

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Assistance Loan Trust, Series 2003-AL2, Class A, 3.36%, 01/25/31(a)

      172       172,327  

Sutton Park CLO DAC, Series 1X, Class BE, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.35%), 2.35%, 11/15/31(d)(f)

    EUR       940       1,090,590  

Symphony CLO XVI Ltd., Series 2015-16A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%, 10/15/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       450       450,171  

Symphony CLO XVII Ltd., Series 2016-17A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.88%), 1.01%, 04/15/28(a)(c)(d)

      2,766       2,767,256  

Symphony CLO XXII Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.83%, 04/18/33(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,124  

Symphony CLO XXVI Ltd., Series 2021-26A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.08%), 1.21%, 04/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      2,377       2,376,942  

TCI-Flatiron CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.96%), 1.08%, 11/18/30(a)(c)(d)

      4,180       4,180,274  

TCW CLO Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class DRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.40%), 3.56%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      1,100       1,092,305  

THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A,
Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US +
1.05%), 1.18%, 07/15/28(a)(c)(d)

 

    2,517       2,517,163  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

     

TIAA CLO III Ltd., Series 2017-2A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.28%,
01/16/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       1,467     $ 1,466,577  

TICP CLO III Ltd., Series 2018-3R, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.48%,
04/20/28(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,250  

TICP CLO IX Ltd.

     

Series 2017-9A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.14%), 1.27%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      3,080       3,085,508  

Series 2017-9A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.73%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      450       450,175  

Series 2017-9A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.90%), 3.03%, 01/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,997  

TICP CLO V Ltd., Series 2016-5A, Class ER,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.75%), 5.88%, 07/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       971,536  

TICP CLO VI Ltd.

     

Series 2016-6A, Class AR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.12%), 1.25%, 01/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      4,870       4,867,338  

Series 2016-6A, Class BR2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.63%, 01/15/34(a)(c)(d)

      6,270       6,182,291  

TICP CLO VII Ltd., Series 2017-7A, Class ER,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.05%), 7.18%, 04/15/33(a)(c)(d)

      1,000       1,002,912  

TICP CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2017-8A, Class B,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.28%, 10/20/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,007  

TICP CLO XI Ltd.

     

Series 2018-11A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.18%), 1.31%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,726  

Series 2018-11A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.18%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,020  

TICP CLO XII Ltd., Series 2018-12A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.28%, 07/15/34(a)(c)(d)

   

 

500

 

 

 

501,050

 

TICP CLO XV Ltd., Series 2020-15A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.15%), 3.28%, 04/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,495  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-SJ2, Class M1, 4.50%, 11/25/58(a)(d)

      8,260       8,295,998  

Trestles CLO III Ltd.

     

Series 2020-3A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.33%), 1.46%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      8,860       8,867,035  

Series 2020-3A, Class B1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.85%), 1.98%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      2,590       2,591,727  

Series 2020-3A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.38%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      750       750,375  

Series 2020-3A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.50%), 6.63%, 01/20/33(a)(c)(d)

      500       497,598  

Trestles CLO IV Ltd., Series 2021-4A, Class A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.29%, 07/21/34(a)(c)(d)

      6,950       6,937,824  

Trestles CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2017-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.99%), 1.12%, 04/25/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,878  

Series 2017-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.90%), 3.03%, 04/25/32(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,066  

Tricon American Homes, Series 2020-SFR1, Class D, 2.55%, 07/17/38(a)

      6,675       6,735,769  

Tricon American Homes Trust
Series 2017-SFR1, Class D, 3.41%,
09/17/34(a)

      2,784       2,782,859  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

Tricon American Homes Trust

     

Series 2017-SFR1, Class F, 5.15%,
09/17/34(a)

    USD       14,485     $   14,541,019  

Series 2017-SFR2, Class F, 5.10%,
01/17/36(a)

      8,715       8,995,073  

Series 2018-SFR1, Class E, 4.56%,
05/17/37(a)

      890       928,719  

Series 2018-SFR1, Class F, 4.96%,
05/17/37(a)

      610       640,473  

Trimaran Cavu Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.20%), 2.33%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      750       752,876  

Series 2019-1A, Class C1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.15%), 3.28%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       501,571  

Series 2019-1A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.15%), 4.28%, 07/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       502,594  

Trimaran CAVU Ltd., Series 2019-2A,
Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.72%), 4.85%, 11/26/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       501,853  

Trinitas CLO IV Ltd., Series 2016-4A,
Class A2L2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.53%, 10/18/31(a)(c)(d)

      970       970,014  

Trinitas CLO XIV Ltd.

     

Series 2020-14A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.13%, 01/25/34(a)(c)(d)

      3,460       3,469,800  

Series 2020-14A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.13%, 01/25/34(a)(c)(d)

      2,290       2,300,410  

Tryon Park CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A,

     

Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.95%), 6.08%, 04/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      400       401,401  

Upstart Pass-Through Trust

     

Series 2021-ST4, Class A, 2.00%, 07/20/27(a)

      1,326       1,324,504  

Series 2021-ST5, Class A, 2.00%, 07/20/27(a)

      671       669,777  

Venture CLO Ltd., Series 2018-32A, Class A2A, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.07%), 1.20%, 07/18/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,480       1,480,143  

Venture XVIII CLO Ltd., Series 2014-18A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.22%), 1.35%, 10/15/29(a)(c)(d)

      9,820       9,822,504  

Voya CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2014-3A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.65%), 2.78%, 07/25/26(a)(c)(d)

      1,680       1,679,894  

Series 2014-4A, Class A1RA, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.23%,
07/14/31(a)(c)(d)

      248       247,662  

Series 2015-2A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.11%, 07/23/27(a)(c)(d)

      1,953       1,954,958  

Series 2015-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.64%, 07/23/27(a)(c)(d)

      780       779,760  

Series 2015-3A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.19%), 1.32%, 10/20/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,199  

Series 2017-1A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.08%, 04/17/30(a)(c)(d)

      500       499,888  

Series 2017-3A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.17%, 04/20/34(a)(c)(d)

      2,178       2,170,543  

Series 2017-4A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.13%), 1.26%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      7,140       7,138,209  

Series 2017-4A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.45%), 1.58%, 10/15/30(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,441  

Series 2018-1A, Class A2, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.30%), 1.43%, 04/19/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       248,817  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

Voya CLO Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class AR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.06%), 1.19%, 04/15/31(a)(c)(d)

    USD       10,079     $   10,075,954  

Voya Euro CLO II DAC

     

Series 2A, Class AR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 0.96%), 0.96%, 07/15/35(a)(d)(e)

    EUR       6,060       7,023,111  

Series 2A, Class CR, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.15%), 2.15%, 07/15/35(a)(d)(e)

      750       868,763  

Voya Euro CLO V DAC

     

Series 5A, Class B1, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.75%), 1.75%, 04/15/35(a)(d)(e)

      1,970       2,281,949  

Series 5A, Class D, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.10%), 3.10%, 04/15/35(a)(d)(e)

      500       579,175  

Series 5A, Class E, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.81%), 5.81%, 04/15/35(a)(d)(e)

      850       984,598  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Issuance II LLC Trust, Series 2007-HE2A, Class A,
(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.13%), 0.22%,
07/25/37(a)(d)

    USD       1,128       1,082,623  

Washington Mutual Asset-Backed Certificates Trust

     

Series 2006-HE4, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.18%), 0.45%, 09/25/36(d)

      4,531       1,854,786  

Series 2006-HE5, Class 1A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.24%, 10/25/36(d)

      1,563       1,346,210  

Series 2007-HE3, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.24%), 0.33%, 05/25/37(d)

      1,133       1,067,372  

Wellfleet CLO Ltd., Series 2017-3A, Class B,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.08%,
01/17/31(a)(c)(d)

      750       744,365  

Whitebox CLO I Ltd.

     

Series 2019-1A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.15%, 07/24/32(a)(c)(d)

      4,120       4,120,031  

Series 2019-1A, Class DR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.40%), 6.50%, 07/24/32(a)(c)(d)

      3,300       3,267,113  

Whitebox CLO II Ltd.

     

Series 2020-2A, Class A1, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%, 10/24/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,470       1,472,981  

Series 2020-2A, Class B, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.38%, 10/24/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,470       1,471,382  

Series 2020-2A, Class D, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.15%), 4.28%, 10/24/31(a)(c)(d)

      1,470       1,470,659  

Woodmont Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A1R,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.67%), 1.80%,
04/20/33(a)(d)

 

    9,340       9,370,248  

Yale Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-1,
Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.40%),
0.49%, 06/25/37(a)(d)

      2,307       1,004,154  

York CLO 1 Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class BRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.65%), 1.79%, 10/22/29(a)(c)(d)

      750       749,720  

Series 2014-1A, Class DRR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.01%), 3.15%, 10/22/29(a)(c)(d)

      250       250,015  

York CLO-2 Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class AR,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.29%,
01/22/31(a)(c)(d)

      250       249,999  

York CLO-3 Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class BR,
(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.88%,
10/20/29(a)(c)(d)

      3,380       3,383,570  

York CLO-4 Ltd.

     

Series 2016-2A, Class A1R, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.09%), 1.22%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      8,250       8,253,907  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 

 

York CLO-4 Ltd.

     

Series 2016-2A, Class BR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.55%), 1.68%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

    USD       3,000     $ 2,984,804  

Series 2016-2A, Class CR, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.28%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      3,000       2,974,963  

York CLO-7 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.89%, 01/22/33(a)(c)(d)

      500       498,882  

York CLO-8 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.88%), 8.01%, 04/20/32(a)(c)(d)

      500       500,228  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities — 12.7%
(Cost: $2,732,844,964)

 

      2,739,399,497  
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Common Stocks

     
Aerospace & Defense — 0.1%                  

Astra Space, Inc. (Acquired 8/13/21, cost $6,050,300)(g)

      605,030       5,257,711  

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Acquired 8/25/21, cost $4,450,760)(g)

      445,076       6,312,838  

Spire Global, Inc. (Acquired 8/16/21, cost $4,226,820)(g)

      422,682       5,296,205  
     

 

 

 
        16,866,754  
Airlines — 0.1%                  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(h)(i)

      151,967       6,475,314  

Joby Aviation, Inc. (Acquired 9/02/21, cost $3,802,540)(g)

      380,254       3,825,355  
     

 

 

 
        10,300,669  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%        

ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. II(i)

      133,021       1,320,898  

Climate Real Impact Solutions II Acquisition Corp.(i)

      55,285       550,086  

Crown PropTech Acquisitions(i)

      385,188       3,782,546  

Crown PropTech Acquisitions(e)

      147,660       84,166  

KINS Technology Group, Inc.(i)

      798,484       8,136,552  

KINS Technology Group, Inc.(e)

      249,500       192,115  

Liberty Media Acquisition Corp.(i)

      71,525       738,853  

Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II(i)

      54,160       555,682  

Pivotal Investment Corp. III(i)

      155,262       1,533,989  

Reinvent Technology Partners Y(i)

      200,096       2,020,970  

Rotor Acquisition Corp.(e)

      74,080       573,379  

Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha(i)

      167,395       1,625,405  

Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.(i)

      191,496       1,936,025  

Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II(i)

      99,570       975,786  

TPB Acquisition Corp. I(i)

      238,719       2,380,028  
     

 

 

 
        26,406,480  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(i)(j)

 

    211,073       5,882,605  
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%  

Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(e)(j)

      7,278       112,736  

Vantage Drilling Co.(i)

      311,000       1,244  
     

 

 

 
        113,980  
Entertainment — 0.0%                  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.,
Class A(i)

      80,000       1,135,200  

Playstudios, Inc. (Acquired 7/30/21, cost $8,264,230)(g)

      826,423       3,768,489  
     

 

 

 
        4,903,689  
Security  

    

Shares

    Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%  

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.(i)

    560,822     $ 5,299,768  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(i)

    264,483       5,062,205  

Service Properties Trust

    574,385       6,438,856  

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.(i)

    386,245       4,611,765  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(i)

    309,157       5,484,445  
   

 

 

 
      26,897,039  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%            

Cano Health, Inc. (Acquired 7/21/21, cost $5,389,680)(g)

    538,968       6,834,114  

CareMax Corp. (Acquired 7/15/21, cost $3,556,720)(g)

    355,672       3,435,791  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    5,916       1,435,932  
   

 

 

 
      11,705,837  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%            

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(h)(i)

    58,232       6,538,289  
   

 

 

 
Household Durables — 0.1%            

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.(i)

    52,287       901,951  

Century Communities, Inc.(h)

    56,406       3,466,149  

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(i)

    202,363       5,216,918  
   

 

 

 
      9,585,018  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%            

Genius Sports Ltd.(i)

    225,956       4,216,339  
   

 

 

 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%            

Amazon.com, Inc.(i)

    5,200       17,082,208  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.1%            

Markforged Holding Corp. (Acquired 8/23/21-8/24/21, cost $198,590)(g)

    19,859       130,275  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Acquired 9/24/21, cost $27,841,430)(g)

    2,784,143       19,734,702  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp.(i)(j)

    268,519       2,075,652  

Volta, Inc. (Acquired 9/29/21, cost $6,727,330)(g)

    672,733       5,819,140  
   

 

 

 
      27,759,769  
Media — 0.0%            

Altice USA, Inc., Class A(i)

    77,054       1,596,559  
   

 

 

 
Metals & Mining — 0.0%            

Northern Graphite Corp.(i)

    99,612       34,997  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%            

Bruin Purchaser LLC(e)

    113,596       1  

California Resources Corp.(i)

    485,564       19,908,124  

California Resources Corp.

    145,873       5,980,793  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    347       21,372  

Devon Energy Corp.(h)

    70,226       2,493,725  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.(h)

    25,658       2,429,043  

Green Plains, Inc.(i)(j)

    229,469       7,492,163  

Ovintiv, Inc.

    71,699       2,357,463  
   

 

 

 
      40,682,684  
Professional Services — 0.0%            

Alight Group, Inc. (Acquired 8/24/21, cost $2,508,570)(g)

    250,857       2,879,838  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

Forestar Group, Inc.(i)

    128,970       2,402,711  

Offerpad Solutions, Inc. (Acquired 9/01/21, cost $5,895,570)(g)

    589,557       4,519,709  

Opendoor Technologies, Inc.(i)(j)

    833,000       17,101,490  
   

 

 

 
      24,023,910  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

    

Shares

    Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%  

Xilinx, Inc.

      1,250     $ 188,737  
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.0%              

Latch, Inc. (Acquired 6/04/21, cost $5,148,110)(g)

      514,811       5,801,920  
     

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.0%  

Western Digital Corp.(h)(i)

      61,000       3,442,840  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 1.2%
(Cost: $226,086,946)

        246,910,161  
     

 

 

 
            Par
(000)
        

Corporate Bonds

     
Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%                  

BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 3.85%,

     

12/15/25(a)

    USD       10,484       11,436,526  

BAE Systems PLC, 3.40%, 04/15/30(a)(c)

      20,768       22,417,090  

Boeing Co.

     

2.85%, 10/30/24

      2,714       2,836,329  

2.25%, 06/15/26

      2,267       2,304,316  

5.81%, 05/01/50

      4,085       5,445,184  

5.93%, 05/01/60

      6,392       8,731,952  

Bombardier, Inc., 7.13%, 06/15/26(a)(c)

      1,101       1,156,050  

Embraer Netherlands Finance BV

     

5.05%, 06/15/25(c)

      1,747       1,838,499  

5.40%, 02/01/27(c)

      947       1,009,147  

6.95%, 01/17/28(a)(c)

      1,027       1,162,615  

Embraer Overseas Ltd., 5.70%, 09/16/23(c)(f)

      1,337       1,418,724  

General Dynamics Corp.

     

1.15%, 06/01/26

      974       978,983  

3.63%, 04/01/30

      13,770       15,424,388  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     

3.84%, 05/01/25

      5,245       5,680,687  

2.04%, 08/16/28(a)

      1,400       1,381,084  

4.20%, 05/01/30

      7,846       8,855,904  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

     

4.40%, 06/15/28

      13,382       15,270,276  

4.40%, 06/15/28

      6,041       6,893,419  

2.90%, 12/15/29

      2,864       2,994,747  

1.80%, 01/15/31

      13,168       12,706,966  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

3.60%, 03/01/35

      14,240       16,107,769  

3.80%, 03/01/45

      1,981       2,297,851  

2.80%, 06/15/50

      4,958       4,901,801  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     

3.25%, 01/15/28

      21,091       22,818,279  

4.03%, 10/15/47

      5,580       6,532,628  

5.25%, 05/01/50

      7,520       10,545,526  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     

3.15%, 12/15/24

      4,040       4,289,012  

7.20%, 08/15/27

      2,353       3,064,830  

7.00%, 11/01/28

      7,205       9,395,006  

4.13%, 11/16/28

      27,218       30,979,140  

7.50%, 09/15/29

      475       656,603  

2.15%, 05/18/30

    EUR       4,391       5,669,589  

5.40%, 05/01/35

    USD       372       484,812  

4.15%, 05/15/45

      1,895       2,229,393  

2.82%, 09/01/51

      8,774       8,316,058  

Textron, Inc.

     

3.90%, 09/17/29

      8,086       8,961,141  

2.45%, 03/15/31

      2,258       2,262,547  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Aerospace & Defense (continued)                  

TransDigm, Inc.

     

8.00%, 12/15/25(a)

    USD       6,159     $ 6,567,034  

6.25%, 03/15/26(a)

      14,731       15,357,067  
     

 

 

 
        291,378,972  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%                  

FedEx Corp.

     

4.25%, 05/15/30

      10,681       12,259,736  

2.40%, 05/15/31

      17,186       17,334,651  

GXO Logistics, Inc.

     

1.65%, 07/15/26(a)

      1,030       1,022,121  

2.65%, 07/15/31(a)

      5,405       5,370,435  

United Parcel Service, Inc.

     

3.40%, 03/15/29

      4,307       4,787,297  

2.50%, 09/01/29

      4,016       4,208,177  
     

 

 

 
        44,982,417  
Airlines — 0.7%                  

Air Canada Pass-Through Trust

     

Series 2017-1, Class AA, 3.30%, 01/15/30(a)(c)

      1,861       1,898,829  

Series 2017-1, Class B, 3.70%, 01/15/26(a)(c)

 

    18       17,237  

Allegiant Travel Co., 8.50%, 02/05/24(a)

      5,339       5,712,730  

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     

4.95%, 01/15/23

      1,131       1,156,822  

4.00%, 12/15/25(e)

      1,404       1,399,004  

3.50%, 12/15/27(e)

      4,334       4,328,949  

Series 2015-2, Class AA, 3.60%, 09/22/27

      972       1,006,181  

Series 2015-2, Class B, 4.40%, 09/22/23

      5,151       5,073,650  

Series 2016-1, Class AA, 3.58%, 01/15/28

      3,882       3,959,320  

Series 2016-1, Class B, 5.25%, 01/15/24

      3,743       3,694,892  

Series 2016-2, Class AA, 3.20%, 06/15/28

      1,790       1,801,192  

Series 2016-3, Class AA, 3.00%, 10/15/28

      10,684       10,654,133  

Series 2017-1, Class AA, 3.65%, 02/15/29

      1,366       1,409,616  

Series 2017-1, Class B, 4.95%, 02/15/25

      1,131       1,134,621  

Series 2019-1, Class AA, 3.15%, 02/15/32

      4,851       4,898,506  

Series 2019-1, Class B, 3.85%, 02/15/28

      4,408       4,199,839  

American Airlines, Inc.

     

4.13%, 06/15/22(e)

      15,927       15,828,253  

4.87%, 10/22/23(e)

      818       819,417  

Avianca Holdings SA, (9.00% Cash or 9.00%

     

PIK), 9.00%, 03/31/22(c)(k)

      5,077       5,063,045  

British Airways Pass-Through Trust

     

Series 2020-1, Class A, 4.25%, 11/15/32(a)(c)

 

    1,227       1,323,002  

Series 2020-1, Class B, 8.38%, 11/15/28(a)(c)

 

    933       1,095,404  

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust,

     

Series 2019-1, Class AA, 3.20%, 04/25/24

      11,363       11,992,945  

GOL Equity Finance SA, 3.75%, 07/15/24(a)(c)(l)

 

    790       718,374  

Gol Finance, Inc., 7.00%, 01/31/25(a)(c)

      4,700       4,452,663  

Singapore Airlines Ltd., 1.63%, 12/03/25(f)(l)

    SGD       750       616,991  

Sun Country Airlines

     

Series 2019-1B, 4.70%, 12/15/25(e)

    USD       1,987       1,940,152  

Series 2019-1C, 7.00%, 12/15/25(e)

      1,995       1,955,434  

Turkish Airlines Pass-Through Trust,

     

Series 2015-1, Class A, 4.20%, 03/15/27(a)(c)

 

    1,230       1,151,517  

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     

Series 2014-1, Class A, 4.00%, 04/11/26

      3,549       3,745,416  

Series 2014-1, Class B, 4.75%, 04/11/22

      305       307,925  

Series 2014-2, Class B, 4.63%, 09/03/22

      346       352,862  

Series 2015-1, Class AA, 3.45%, 12/01/27

      1,384       1,458,397  

Series 2016-1, Class AA, 3.10%, 07/07/28

      540       563,225  

Series 2016-2, Class AA, 2.88%, 10/07/28

      1,701       1,721,894  

Series 2016-2, Class B, 3.65%, 10/07/25

      214       212,316  

Series 2018-1, Class AA, 3.50%, 03/01/30

      1,151       1,213,437  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Airlines (continued)                  

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     

Series 2019-2, Class AA, 2.70%, 05/01/32

    USD       3,234     $ 3,269,487  

Series 2019-2, Class B, 3.50%, 05/01/28

      4,431       4,356,925  

Series 2020-1, Class A, 5.88%, 10/15/27

      31,978       35,785,200  

Series 2020-1, Class B, 4.88%, 01/15/26

      3,616       3,828,655  
     

 

 

 
        156,118,457  
Auto Components — 0.0%                  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 5.00%, 05/31/26

      1,885       1,934,481  

Magna International, Inc., 2.45%, 06/15/30(c)

      4,046       4,108,893  
     

 

 

 
        6,043,374  
Automobiles — 0.3%                  

BMW Finance NV, 2.85%, 08/14/29(a)(c)

      4,442       4,710,598  

General Motors Co., 6.13%, 10/01/25

      6,381       7,476,561  

Lightning eMotors, Inc., 7.50%, 05/15/24(a)(l)

      2,487       2,136,010  

Nissan Motor Acceptance Co. LLC, 2.45%,
09/15/28(a)

      1,172       1,158,892  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

     

3.52%, 09/17/25(a)(c)

      10,201       10,845,295  

4.81%, 09/17/30(a)(c)

      32,774       36,860,962  

TML Holdings Pte Ltd., 4.35%, 06/09/26(c)(f)

      1,511       1,520,444  
     

 

 

 
        64,708,762  
Banks — 4.7%                  

Ahli United Sukuk Ltd., 3.88%(c)(f)(m)

      550       545,188  

Banco Espirito Santo SA

     

2.63%, 05/08/17(f)(i)(n)

    EUR       400       67,184  

4.75%, 01/15/18(f)(i)(n)

      2,200       369,514  

4.00%, 01/21/19(f)(i)(n)

      6,300       1,058,153  

Banco GNB Sudameris SA, 7.50%,

     

04/16/31(a)(c)

    USD       680       693,940  

Banco Santander SA

     

2.71%, 06/27/24(c)

      17,000       17,880,356  

1.85%, 03/25/26(c)

      9,400       9,520,926  

3.31%, 06/27/29(c)

      4,400       4,758,054  

Banco Votorantim SA, 4.00%, 09/24/22(a)(c)

      1,258       1,288,900  

Bangkok Bank PCL

     

4.45%, 09/19/28(c)(f)

      300       343,463  

3.73%, 09/25/34(c)(f)

      2,754       2,800,061  

3.47%, 09/23/36(c)(f)

      1,130       1,119,378  

Bank of America Corp.

     

3.00%, 12/20/23

      3,584       3,693,563  

3.55%, 03/05/24

      6,568       6,846,768  

0.81%, 10/24/24

      4,095       4,109,184  

4.00%, 01/22/25

      4,268       4,637,889  

2.46%, 10/22/25

      57,084       59,625,951  

3.37%, 01/23/26

      7,675       8,200,183  

2.02%, 02/13/26

      10,667       10,944,055  

4.45%, 03/03/26

      7,276       8,147,153  

3.50%, 04/19/26

      2,329       2,543,095  

1.32%, 06/19/26

      10,484       10,481,439  

1.20%, 10/24/26

      10,075       9,999,293  

3.56%, 04/23/27

      21,838       23,764,758  

1.73%, 07/22/27

      28,927       29,046,030  

3.25%, 10/21/27

      6,928       7,480,570  

3.82%, 01/20/28

      8,622       9,514,809  

3.71%, 04/24/28

      15,339       16,857,078  

3.59%, 07/21/28

      4,479       4,910,308  

3.97%, 03/05/29

      15,446       17,178,443  

4.27%, 07/23/29

      9,689       10,986,959  

3.97%, 02/07/30

      12,139       13,589,896  

3.19%, 07/23/30

      2,132       2,268,550  

2.59%, 04/29/31

      7,000       7,144,396  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Banks (continued)                  

Bank of America Corp.

     

1.92%, 10/24/31

    USD       11,536     $   11,097,289  

2.65%, 03/11/32

      12,464       12,692,330  

2.30%, 07/21/32

      11,500       11,335,808  

2.68%, 06/19/41

      17,520       16,914,125  

3.31%, 04/22/42

      4,430       4,648,292  

Bank of East Asia Ltd., 4.00%, 05/29/30(c)(f)

      1,310       1,371,652  

Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT, 4.20%, 01/23/25(c)(f)

      1,505       1,533,384  

Barclays PLC

     

4.97%, 05/16/29(c)

      18,105       21,049,190  

2.67%, 03/10/32(c)

      2,106       2,113,971  

BPCE SA, 2.70%, 10/01/29(a)(c)

      13,404       13,910,867  

Citigroup, Inc.

     

3.67%, 07/24/28

      23,560       25,897,236  

2.98%, 11/05/30

      46,263       48,640,332  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 3.25%, 04/30/30

      2,910       3,116,911  

Credit Suisse Group Guernsey VII Ltd.,

     

Series AR, 3.00%, 11/12/21(a)(f)(l)

    CHF       3,800       4,324,159  

Danske Bank A/S

     

5.00%, 01/12/22(a)(c)

    USD       13,526       13,688,599  

1.17%, 12/08/23(a)(c)

      3,435       3,451,344  

5.38%, 01/12/24(a)(c)

      14,017       15,383,691  

1.62%, 09/11/26(a)(c)

      3,505       3,505,402  

1.55%, 09/10/27(a)(c)

      16,735       16,603,677  

Grupo Aval Ltd., 4.75%, 09/26/22(c)(f)

      1,073       1,098,216  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     

4.58%, 06/19/29(c)

      7,160       8,129,199  

3.97%, 05/22/30(c)

      14,619       16,135,575  

2.80%, 05/24/32(c)

      5,856       5,934,868  

ICICI Bank Ltd., 3.80%, 12/14/27(c)(f)

      1,900       2,044,637  

ING Groep NV, 4.63%, 01/06/26(a)(c)

      10,727       12,173,900  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.13%, 07/14/22(a)(c)

      2,686       2,742,756  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, 2.90%, 01/24/23(a)(c)

 

    4,491       4,563,979  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

4.02%, 12/05/24

      11,491       12,307,785  

3.22%, 03/01/25

      8,357       8,827,178  

3.90%, 07/15/25

      11,317       12,374,776  

2.30%, 10/15/25

      29,327       30,418,323  

2.01%, 03/13/26

      7,098       7,270,377  

3.20%, 06/15/26

      200       216,045  

2.95%, 10/01/26

      3,797       4,069,397  

1.05%, 11/19/26

      3,141       3,093,359  

3.96%, 01/29/27

      9,112       10,055,935  

3.78%, 02/01/28

      31,394       34,593,251  

3.54%, 05/01/28

      31,691       34,614,055  

2.18%, 06/01/28

      2,018       2,060,265  

4.01%, 04/23/29

      1,030       1,150,958  

4.45%, 12/05/29

      8,248       9,500,231  

3.16%, 04/22/42

      11,161       11,587,753  

4.26%, 02/22/48

      6,469       7,799,935  

4.03%, 07/24/48

      7,638       8,901,300  

3.90%, 01/23/49

      4,640       5,326,817  

Kasikornbank PCL, 3.34%, 10/02/31(c)(f)

      2,083       2,098,362  

KeyCorp, 4.10%, 04/30/28

      75       85,687  

Kookmin Bank, 2.50%, 11/04/30(c)(f)

      1,610       1,590,447  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     

3.75%, 01/11/27(c)

      4,263       4,687,765  

1.63%, 05/11/27(c)

      10,241       10,232,388  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     

3.00%, 02/22/22(c)

      3,776       3,816,032  

2.62%, 07/18/22(c)

      206       209,793  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Banks (continued)                  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     

3.46%, 03/02/23(c)

    USD       13,006     $ 13,567,595  

0.85%, 09/15/24(c)

      10,565       10,612,009  

2.19%, 02/25/25(c)

      17,155       17,744,682  

1.41%, 07/17/25(c)

      4,615       4,641,707  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     

2.84%, 07/16/25(c)

      797       837,933  

2.56%, 09/13/25(c)

      18,319       19,172,517  

2.20%, 07/10/31(c)

      5,172       5,086,088  

1.98%, 09/08/31(c)

      9,815       9,474,471  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC

     

1.09%, 03/15/25(c)

      13,776       13,800,156  

1.53%, 08/21/26(c)

      8,185       8,168,560  

Shinhan Bank Co. Ltd., 4.00%,
04/23/29(c)(f)

      410       455,228  

Shizuoka Bank Ltd., (3 mo. LIBOR
US - 0.50%), 0.00%, 01/25/23(c)(d)(f)(l)

      200       196,500  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     

2.70%, 07/16/24(c)

      16,297       17,117,866  

2.35%, 01/15/25(c)

      16,561       17,196,027  

Texas Capital Bank N.A., (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.50%), 4.63%, 09/30/24(a)(d)

      18,500       18,563,524  

Washington Mutual Escrow Bonds

     

0.00%(e)(i)(m)(n)

      13,308       1  

0.00%(e)(i)(m)(n)

      11,911       1  

0.00%(e)(i)(m)(n)

      2,570        

0.00%(e)(i)(m)(n)

      3,115        

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

3.58%, 05/22/28

      9,767       10,693,588  

2.88%, 10/30/30

      2,880       3,007,760  

3.07%, 04/30/41

      21,151       21,734,619  
     

 

 

 
        1,015,475,922  
Beverages — 0.6%                  

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.

     

4.70%, 02/01/36

      32,375       39,123,265  

4.90%, 02/01/46

      4,980       6,121,490  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.

     

4.75%, 01/23/29

      25,957       30,558,589  

4.90%, 01/23/31

      707       858,458  

8.00%, 11/15/39

      1,382       2,244,370  

4.60%, 04/15/48

      13,461       16,070,072  

Central American Bottling Corp., 5.75%,
01/31/27(a)(c)

      1,707       1,751,595  

Coca-Cola Co.

     

2.50%, 06/01/40

      4,379       4,256,078  

1.00%, 03/09/41

    EUR       4,730       5,264,767  

2.88%, 05/05/41

    USD       2,077       2,142,124  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., 3.20%, 05/01/30

      11,556       12,445,372  

PepsiCo, Inc., 4.60%, 07/17/45

      1,586       2,036,865  
     

 

 

 
        122,873,045  
Biotechnology — 0.8%                  

AbbVie, Inc.

     

2.60%, 11/21/24(h)

      27,141       28,531,433  

3.80%, 03/15/25

      10,493       11,393,852  

3.60%, 05/14/25

      15,855       17,151,129  

3.20%, 05/14/26

      16,440       17,737,078  

4.55%, 03/15/35

      12,142       14,551,101  

4.50%, 05/14/35

      7,179       8,581,490  

4.45%, 05/14/46

      2,398       2,889,690  

4.88%, 11/14/48

      7,823       10,035,364  

Amgen, Inc.

     

2.45%, 02/21/30

      10,152       10,368,135  
Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)                    

Amgen, Inc.

       

4.40%, 05/01/45

    USD        12,437      $ 14,876,874  

Biogen, Inc.

       

2.25%, 05/01/30

       10,692        10,634,607  

3.15%, 05/01/50

       7,550        7,196,172  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc., 5.90%, 08/28/28

       274        320,580  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

       

4.80%, 04/01/44

       8,324        10,475,926  

4.50%, 02/01/45

       3,278        3,970,285  

4.15%, 03/01/47

       3,241        3,792,194  
       

 

 

 
          172,505,910  
Building Products — 0.0%                    

Johnson Controls International plc, 5.13%, 09/14/45

       7        9,173  

Masonite International Corp., 5.38%,
02/01/28(a)

       928        977,184  

Owens Corning, 3.95%, 08/15/29

       240        267,774  

Standard Industries, Inc.

       

5.00%, 02/15/27(a)

       915        943,594  

4.75%, 01/15/28(a)

       375        389,062  
       

 

 

 
          2,586,787  
Capital Markets — 2.6%                    

Cindai Capital Ltd., 0.00%, 02/08/23(c)(f)(l)(o)

 

     2,461        2,521,457  

Credit Suisse AG

       

3.63%, 09/09/24

       6,918        7,456,391  

1.25%, 08/07/26

       27,954        27,556,938  

Credit Suisse Group AG

       

3.80%, 06/09/23(c)

       3,341        3,519,993  

3.00%, 12/14/23(a)(c)

       253        259,825  

4.21%, 06/12/24(a)(c)

       3,162        3,338,806  

3.09%, 05/14/32(a)(c)

       4,425        4,524,677  

Deutsche Bank AG

       

1.45%, 04/01/25

       19,258        19,391,009  

1.69%, 03/19/26

       19,808        19,920,564  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

       

4.00%, 03/03/24

       4,916        5,295,686  

3.50%, 01/23/25

       27,961        29,949,899  

3.50%, 04/01/25

       57,826        62,168,924  

3.75%, 05/22/25

       2,180        2,362,400  

3.27%, 09/29/25

       9,505        10,149,740  

0.86%, 02/12/26

       11,346        11,236,722  

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 1.17%), 1.30%,
05/15/26(d)

       10,315        10,573,339  

3.50%, 11/16/26

       21,248        22,961,001  

3.85%, 01/26/27

       5,678        6,238,594  

1.43%, 03/09/27

       26,656        26,582,696  

3.69%, 06/05/28

       22,258        24,500,093  

4.22%, 05/01/29

       3,961        4,476,411  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

       

3.75%, 09/21/28

       5,126        5,718,904  

2.10%, 06/15/30

       2,412        2,385,263  

1.85%, 09/15/32

       3,643        3,428,307  

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 12/28/17(e)(i)(n)

       7,360        1  

Moody’s Corp., 3.25%, 01/15/28

       4,450        4,832,924  

Morgan Stanley

       

4.00%, 07/23/25

       5,467        6,023,001  

2.19%, 04/28/26

       103        106,348  

3.63%, 01/20/27

       29,048        32,020,708  

1.59%, 05/04/27

       32,093        32,188,479  

1.51%, 07/20/27

       8,149        8,110,258  

3.59%, 07/22/28

       21,128        23,169,758  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

Morgan Stanley

 

3.77%, 01/24/29

    USD       13,563     $ 15,007,672  

4.43%, 01/23/30

      28,886       33,353,838  

2.70%, 01/22/31

      36,252       37,379,175  

3.62%, 04/01/31

      2,864       3,156,604  

1.93%, 04/28/32

      9,163       8,787,645  

2.24%, 07/21/32

      4,303       4,228,933  

3.22%, 04/22/42

      4,867       5,091,466  

Nomura Holdings, Inc., 2.61%, 07/14/31(c)

      13,485       13,436,019  

Northern Trust Corp., 3.15%, 05/03/29

      3,064       3,343,950  

UBS Group AG, 1.49%, 08/10/27(a)(c)

      18,894       18,675,223  
     

 

 

 
        565,429,641  
Chemicals — 0.4%  

Braskem Netherlands Finance BV

 

4.50%, 01/10/28(c)(f)

      1,420       1,508,819  

5.88%, 01/31/50(a)(c)

      2,574       2,918,272  

8.50%, 01/23/81(a)(c)

      2,808       3,215,686  

8.50%, 01/23/81(c)(f)

      993       1,137,171  

Cydsa SAB de CV, 6.25%, 10/04/27(a)(c)

      2,982       3,095,316  

Dow Chemical Co., 1.13%, 03/15/32

    EUR       4,983       5,880,249  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc., 4.49%, 11/15/25

    USD       15,078       16,953,939  

Ecolab, Inc.

 

1.30%, 01/30/31

      2,312       2,177,605  

2.75%, 08/18/55(a)

      9,278       8,914,688  

LG Chem Ltd., 2.38%, 07/07/31(c)(f)

      1,200       1,181,580  

LYB International Finance III LLC, 4.20%, 05/01/50

      7,049       8,028,506  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

 

0.00%, 03/30/22(f)(l)(o)

    JPY       150,000       1,363,269  

0.00%, 03/29/24(f)(l)(o)

      40,000       391,752  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 1.88%, 05/11/26(a)(c)

    USD       3,765       3,757,056  

Sasol Financing U.S.A. LLC

 

5.88%, 03/27/24

      1,461       1,533,411  

4.38%, 09/18/26

      2,972       3,007,813  

5.50%, 03/18/31

      2,795       2,851,599  

Sherwin-Williams Co.

 

4.20%, 01/15/22

      2,800       2,803,360  

2.30%, 05/15/30

      8,672       8,753,599  

Unifrax Escrow Issuer Corp., 5.25%, 09/30/28(a)

      245       248,063  

UPL Corp. Ltd.

 

5.25%(c)(f)(m)

      1,309       1,334,787  

4.50%, 03/08/28(c)(f)

      2,403       2,556,642  

4.63%, 06/16/30(c)(f)

      1,497       1,588,036  

Westlake Chemical Corp., 3.38%, 08/15/61

      5,042       4,741,995  
     

 

 

 
        89,943,213  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%  

Clean Harbors, Inc., 4.88%, 07/15/27(a)

      978       1,014,675  

CMHI Finance BVI Co. Ltd., 3.50%(c)(f)(m)

      1,300       1,332,744  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 5.13%, 06/01/25(a)

      1,693       1,712,046  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

 

6.88%, 03/15/27(a)

      3,070       3,231,175  

7.25%, 03/15/29(a)

      2,125       2,233,906  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc., 3.38%, 08/31/27(a)

      1,345       1,290,366  

Republic Services, Inc.

     

2.90%, 07/01/26

      2,994       3,186,454  

3.95%, 05/15/28

      9,162       10,335,967  

Waste Management, Inc.

     

1.15%, 03/15/28

      10,160       9,783,335  
Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)  

Waste Management, Inc.

 

2.95%, 06/01/41

    USD        1,183      $ 1,210,746  

Waste Pro U.S.A., Inc., 5.50%, 02/15/26(a)

       878        886,780  
       

 

 

 
          36,218,194  
Communications Equipment — 0.2%  

CommScope Technologies LLC, 6.00%, 06/15/25(a)

       3,000        3,037,500  

CommScope, Inc.

       

6.00%, 03/01/26(a)

       2,000        2,076,660  

8.25%, 03/01/27(a)

       2,000        2,093,450  

Juniper Networks, Inc., 2.00%, 12/10/30

       4,462        4,273,894  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

 

4.60%, 05/23/29

       10,242        11,894,297  

2.75%, 05/24/31

       12,750        13,011,587  

5.50%, 09/01/44

       7,921        10,320,687  
       

 

 

 
          46,708,075  
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%  

China City Construction International Co. Ltd., 5.35%, 07/03/17(e)(f)(i)(n)

    CNH        340         

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd.

 

5.38%, 04/10/24(c)(f)

    USD        1,188        1,214,581  

4.75%, 02/02/26(c)(f)

       379        377,295  

4.25%, 10/27/27(c)(f)

       800        764,150  
       

 

 

 
          2,356,026  
Construction Materials — 0.0%  

Cemex SAB de CV, 5.20%,
09/17/30(a)(c)

       1,115        1,197,566  
       

 

 

 
Consumer Finance — 0.4%  

Capital One Financial Corp., 3.90%, 01/29/24

       11,689        12,511,925  

Discover Bank, 3.45%, 07/27/26

       2,008        2,176,924  

Discover Financial Services, 4.50%, 01/30/26

       4,031        4,515,395  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

 

3.70%, 05/09/23

       8,790        9,170,975  

5.10%, 01/17/24

       4,641        5,066,493  

4.00%, 01/15/25

       14,339        15,523,159  

4.35%, 04/09/25

       3,394        3,726,685  

2.75%, 06/20/25

       14,636        15,301,945  

Hyundai Capital Services, Inc., 3.00%, 08/29/22(a)(c)

       7,790        7,937,523  

Navient Corp.

 

7.25%, 09/25/23

       925        1,008,731  

5.88%, 10/25/24

       865        923,388  

6.75%, 06/25/25

       908        991,990  

6.75%, 06/15/26

       894        986,645  

Synchrony Financial

 

4.50%, 07/23/25

       153        168,950  

3.70%, 08/04/26

       2,488        2,699,740  
       

 

 

 
          82,710,468  
Containers & Packaging — 0.0%  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings U.S.A., Inc., 5.25%, 08/15/27(a)(c)

       1,392        1,417,063  

Ball Corp., 4.88%, 03/15/26

       281        309,803  

International Paper Co., 6.00%, 11/15/41

       2,411        3,370,795  

Klabin Austria GmbH, 3.20%, 01/12/31(a)(c)

       2,015        1,924,325  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/23(a)

       1,262        1,334,565  

Packaging Corp. of America, 3.05%, 10/01/51

       2,059        2,030,263  
       

 

 

 
          10,386,814  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 4.45%, 04/03/26(c)

       5,250        5,718,501  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)                  

ASG Finance Designated Activity Co., 7.88%,

     

12/03/24(a)(c)

    USD       3,356     $ 3,304,611  

Azul Investments LLP

     

5.88%, 10/26/24(a)

      1,759       1,658,187  

7.25%, 06/15/26(a)

      2,923       2,791,465  

China Huadian Overseas Development

     

2018 Ltd., 3.38%(c)(f)(m)

      642       667,680  

CICC Hong Kong Finance 2016 MTN Ltd.,

     

2.00%, 01/26/26(c)(f)

      300       297,507  

CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 4.20%, 01/15/24

      21,096       22,641,047  

Coastal Emerald Ltd., 4.30%(c)(f)(m)

      1,190       1,198,181  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd., 3.30%(c)(f)(m)

      1,000       1,025,000  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV,

     

3.60%, 01/19/27(a)(c)

      4,339       4,767,991  

Easy Tactic Ltd.

     

9.13%, 07/28/22(c)(f)

      600       472,200  

12.38%, 11/18/22(c)(f)

      593       462,540  

5.88%, 02/13/23(c)(f)

      593       429,925  

8.13%, 02/27/23(c)(f)

      1,033       748,925  

11.75%, 08/02/23(c)(f)

      980       710,500  

8.63%, 02/27/24(c)(f)

      830       551,950  

8.63%, 03/05/24(c)(f)

      204       135,660  

11.63%, 09/03/24(c)(f)

      836       551,760  

European Union, Series NGEU, 0.00%,

     

10/04/28(f)

    EUR       18,544       21,776,228  

Fortune Star BVI Ltd.

     

5.95%, 01/29/23(c)(f)

    USD       200       202,975  

6.85%, 07/02/24(c)(f)

      740       767,750  

5.95%, 10/19/25(c)(f)

      1,323       1,346,153  

5.00%, 05/18/26(c)(f)

      1,259       1,243,263  

5.05%, 01/27/27(c)(f)

      4,025       3,934,437  

GE Capital International Funding Co., 4.42%,

     

11/15/35(c)

      14,634       17,561,565  

Glencore Funding LLC

     

1.63%, 09/01/25(a)

      5,403       5,420,786  

1.63%, 04/27/26(a)

      11,551       11,495,994  

2.50%, 09/01/30(a)

      14,997       14,681,738  

2.85%, 04/27/31(a)

      7,334       7,377,858  

3.38%, 09/23/51(a)

      1,741       1,654,229  

GLP Pte Ltd., 4.50%(c)(f)(m)

      1,693       1,661,256  

Gohl Capital Ltd., 4.25%, 01/24/27(c)(f)

      1,780       1,868,777  

Grupo Aval Ltd., 4.38%, 02/04/30(a)(c)

      6,348       6,244,051  

Hyundai Capital America, 3.95%, 02/01/22(a)

      3,655       3,696,166  

InRetail Consumer, 3.25%, 03/22/28(a)(c)

      1,985       1,975,447  

Intercorp Peru Ltd., 3.88%, 08/15/29(a)(c)

      372       362,235  

Latam Finance Ltd., 6.88%, 04/11/24(c)(f)(i)(n)

      873       786,955  

Manappuram Finance Ltd., 5.90%, 01/13/23(c)(f)

      400       410,575  

Minejesa Capital BV

     

4.63%, 08/10/30(c)(f)

      200       205,672  

5.63%, 08/10/37(c)(f)

      1,760       1,868,130  

Muthoot Finance Ltd., 4.40%, 09/02/23(c)(f)

      436       442,758  

Operadora de Servicios Mega SA de CV Sofom ER, 8.25%, 02/11/25(a)(c)

      5,482       5,512,151  

ORIX Corp., 2.90%, 07/18/22(c)

      4,137       4,221,316  

Pacific National Finance Pty Ltd., 4.75%,

     

03/22/28(c)(f)

      1,100       1,187,417  

Pearl Holding III Ltd., 9.50%,
12/11/22(c)(f)(i)(n)

      600       223,050  

Prime Bloom Holdings Ltd., 6.95%,

     

07/05/22(c)(f)

      890       178,000  

Quicken Loans LLC/Quicken Loans Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.63%, 03/01/29(a)

      3,343       3,380,609  

Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.25%, 01/15/28(a)

      1,818       1,958,895  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)  

RELX Capital, Inc.

     

3.50%, 03/16/23

    USD       2,045     $ 2,130,803  

4.00%, 03/18/29

      11,279       12,692,816  

3.00%, 05/22/30

      15,042       15,968,666  

Santos Finance Ltd., 5.25%, 03/13/29(c)(f)

      1,500       1,682,606  

Shell International Finance BV

     

3.88%, 11/13/28(c)

      540       614,181  

2.38%, 11/07/29(c)

      13,627       14,155,378  

2.75%, 04/06/30(c)

      6,013       6,384,269  

Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.

     

5.95%, 10/24/22(c)(f)

      1,508       1,532,317  

5.10%, 07/16/23(c)(f)

      2,261       2,298,165  

Simpar Europe SA, 5.20%, 01/26/31(a)(c)

      3,105       3,086,215  

United Shore Financial Services LLC, 5.50%, 11/15/25(a)

      9,586       9,657,895  

XP, Inc., 3.25%, 07/01/26(a)(c)

      3,702       3,600,195  
     

 

 

 
        245,583,572  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%  

AT&T Inc.

     

0.00%, 11/27/22(a)(o)

      36,000       35,749,925  

1.65%, 02/01/28

      4,794       4,755,607  

4.35%, 03/01/29

      6,111       7,006,992  

2.75%, 06/01/31

      17,538       18,008,013  

2.25%, 02/01/32

      5,347       5,206,180  

4.50%, 05/15/35

      14,952       17,503,465  

2.60%, 05/19/38

    EUR       5,000       6,577,656  

4.90%, 06/15/42

    USD       2,043       2,456,206  

3.10%, 02/01/43

      2,190       2,099,655  

3.50%, 09/15/53

      13,342       13,204,844  

3.55%, 09/15/55

      7,730       7,622,891  

3.80%, 12/01/57

      5,915       6,042,480  

3.65%, 09/15/59

      10,905       10,871,444  

3.85%, 06/01/60

      3,128       3,234,360  

Avaya, Inc., 6.13%, 09/15/28(a)

      6,200       6,519,114  

Axtel SAB de CV, 6.38%, 11/14/24(a)(c)

      2,516       2,591,952  

Connect Finco S.a.r.l/Connect U.S. Finco LLC, 6.75%, 10/01/26(a)(c)

      4,429       4,633,841  

Digicel International Finance Ltd./Digicel

     

Holdings Bermuda Ltd.

     

8.75%, 05/25/24(a)(c)

      1,109       1,149,520  

(6.00% Cash and 7.00% PIK), 13.00%,

     

12/31/25(a)(c)(k)

      608       609,751  

8.00%, 12/31/26(a)(c)

      443       428,855  

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA, 4.75%, 08/01/26(a)(c)

      2,198       2,404,062  

Frontier Communications Holdings LLC

     

5.88%, 10/15/27(a)

      2,000       2,125,000  

5.00%, 05/01/28(a)

      867       910,350  

6.75%, 05/01/29(a)

      4,632       4,880,970  

5.88%, 11/01/29

      168       170,284  

Frontier Florida LLC, Series E, 6.86%, 02/01/28 .

      2,150       2,298,328  

Frontier North, Inc., Series G, 6.73%, 02/15/28

      1,500       1,608,750  

Globe Telecom, Inc.

     

2.50%, 07/23/30(c)(f)

      221       211,027  

3.00%, 07/23/35(c)(f)

      460       424,868  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 4.63%, 09/15/27(a)

      375       385,800  

Liquid Telecommunications Financing PLC, 5.50%, 09/04/26(a)(c)

      2,632       2,710,960  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

     

5.13%, 12/15/26(a)

      5,555       5,763,312  

5.38%, 06/15/29(a)

      4,620       4,714,063  

Network i2i Ltd., 5.65%(c)(f)(m)

      3,382       3,598,237  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)  

Oi SA, (10.00% Cash or 12.00% (8.00% Cash + 4.00% PIK), 10.00%,
07/27/25(c)(k)

    USD       4,426     $ 4,143,842  

Summit Digitel Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., 2.88%, 08/12/31(c)(f)

      2,335       2,243,748  

UPC Holding BV, 5.50%, 01/15/28(a)(c)

      929       972,408  

VEON Holdings BV, 3.38%, 11/25/27(a)(c)

      3,501       3,554,171  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     

4.13%, 03/16/27

      10,918       12,390,716  

2.10%, 03/22/28

      12,636       12,826,677  

4.33%, 09/21/28

      6,969       8,011,056  

3.88%, 02/08/29

      9,803       10,994,851  

4.02%, 12/03/29

      9,325       10,566,251  

3.15%, 03/22/30

      18,389       19,666,269  

1.50%, 09/18/30

      15,867       15,015,956  

1.68%, 10/30/30

      9,631       9,158,444  

1.75%, 01/20/31

      20,003       19,012,653  

2.55%, 03/21/31

      309       312,798  

4.27%, 01/15/36

      24,766       29,092,935  

2.65%, 11/20/40

      4,315       4,054,248  

2.85%, 09/03/41

      670       653,900  

4.86%, 08/21/46

      5,216       6,642,538  

2.88%, 11/20/50

      2,266       2,112,243  

3.55%, 03/22/51

      3,586       3,781,785  

3.70%, 03/22/61

      11,835       12,496,905  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 4.00%, 03/01/27(a)

      3,070       3,055,356  

Ziggo BV

     

5.50%, 01/15/27(a)(c)

      2,921       3,019,584  

4.88%, 01/15/30(a)(c)

      861       887,906  
     

 

 

 
        383,146,002  
Electric Utilities — 2.2%                  

Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd., 3.95%, 02/12/30(c)(f)

      1,919       1,918,760  

Adani Transmission Ltd.

     

4.00%, 08/03/26(c)(f)

      332       352,397  

4.25%, 05/21/36(c)(f)

      786       802,799  

AEP Texas, Inc.

     

3.95%, 06/01/28

      10,571       11,772,410  

3.45%, 05/15/51

      5,324       5,499,826  

Series H, 3.45%, 01/15/50

      1,440       1,486,189  

AEP Transmission Co. LLC

     

4.25%, 09/15/48

      2,195       2,675,139  

3.80%, 06/15/49(h)

      4,475       5,110,355  

3.15%, 09/15/49

      3,515       3,629,343  

2.75%, 08/15/51

      1,350       1,286,962  

Series M, 3.65%, 04/01/50

      5,215       5,823,810  

Alabama Power Co.

     

3.75%, 03/01/45

      6,806       7,632,553  

3.45%, 10/01/49

      1,012       1,092,459  

3.13%, 07/15/51

      1,800       1,845,014  

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

     

3.50%, 08/15/46

      4,197       4,551,987  

3.75%, 08/15/47

      2,530       2,861,421  

3.20%, 09/15/49

      3,823       3,978,184  

2.90%, 06/15/50

      4,364       4,306,781  

Capex SA, 6.88%, 05/15/24(a)(c)

      1,396       1,317,737  

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

     

2.35%, 04/01/31

      3,260       3,324,040  

3.35%, 04/01/51

      7,416       8,073,671  

Commonwealth Edison Co., 3.13%, 03/15/51

      3,050       3,143,221  

DTE Electric Co.

     

3.95%, 03/01/49

      3,229       3,812,530  

3.25%, 04/01/51

      3,142       3,322,736  

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)                  

DTE Electric Co.

     

Series A, 4.05%, 05/15/48

    USD       6,639     $ 7,894,328  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

     

3.95%, 11/15/28

      1,701       1,933,208  

3.88%, 03/15/46

      3,172       3,579,969  

3.70%, 12/01/47

      5,364       5,957,231  

3.45%, 04/15/51

      4,349       4,699,858  

Duke Energy Florida LLC, 2.50%, 12/01/29

      21,814       22,561,808  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

     

3.45%, 03/15/29

      12,906       14,268,015  

2.90%, 08/15/51

      940       921,042  

Edison International

     

2.40%, 09/15/22

      139       141,246  

3.13%, 11/15/22

      10       10,253  

4.95%, 04/15/25

      4,907       5,402,879  

Entergy Arkansas LLC

     

4.20%, 04/01/49

      24       28,986  

3.35%, 06/15/52

      3,202       3,379,107  

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.20%, 09/01/48

      7,609       9,118,943  

Exelon Corp.

     

5.10%, 06/15/45

      1,023       1,342,080  

4.45%, 04/15/46

      3,952       4,773,053  

FEL Energy VI Sarl, 5.75%, 12/01/40(c)(f)

      3,174       3,311,289  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     

2.05%, 03/01/25

      1,392       1,405,920  

2.65%, 03/01/30

      7,667       7,628,665  

Series B, 4.40%, 07/15/27

      9,423       10,338,717  

Series B, 2.25%, 09/01/30

      2,734       2,638,310  

Series C, 3.40%, 03/01/50

      4,237       4,073,282  

FirstEnergy Transmission LLC

     

4.35%, 01/15/25(a)

      13,860       15,071,561  

5.45%, 07/15/44(a)

      1,121       1,428,766  

4.55%, 04/01/49(a)

      16,508       19,320,829  

Florida Power & Light Co.

     

3.70%, 12/01/47

      5,538       6,392,740  

3.95%, 03/01/48

      7,001       8,452,852  

4.13%, 06/01/48

      2,000       2,451,154  

3.15%, 10/01/49

      12,142       12,856,631  

Generacion Mediterranea SA/Generacion Frias SA/Central Termica Roca SA, 9.63%, 07/27/23(a)(c)

      4,333       3,468,566  

Huachen Energy Co. Ltd., 6.63%,
05/18/20(c)(f)(i)(n)

      200       77,000  

India Green Power Holdings, 4.00%, 02/22/27(c)(f)

      1,669       1,668,791  

ITC Holdings Corp., 2.70%, 11/15/22

      3,406       3,484,739  

LLPL Capital Pte Ltd., 6.88%, 02/04/39(c)(f)

      1,013       1,186,350  

MidAmerican Energy Co.

     

3.10%, 05/01/27

      390       424,076  

3.65%, 04/15/29

      13,756       15,392,686  

3.65%, 08/01/48

      1,020       1,144,434  

4.25%, 07/15/49

      4,426       5,469,600  

3.15%, 04/15/50

      3,370       3,527,286  

2.70%, 08/01/52

      842       808,844  

Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission LLC, 4.10%, 05/15/28(a)

      1,403       1,571,724  

Mong Duong Finance Holdings BV, 5.13%, 05/07/29(c)(f)

      3,000       2,986,530  

Northern States Power Co.

     

2.25%, 04/01/31

      10       10,173  

2.90%, 03/01/50

      2,475       2,486,091  

2.60%, 06/01/51

      2,448       2,321,167  

 

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security

        

Par

(000)

   

Value

 
Electric Utilities (continued)  

Northern States Power Co.

     

3.20%, 04/01/52

    USD       2,500     $ 2,664,589  

NRG Energy, Inc., 2.45%, 12/02/27(a)

      13,282       13,478,179  

NSTAR Electric Co., 3.95%, 04/01/30

      2,510       2,866,235  

Ohio Power Co.

 

1.63%, 01/15/31

      2,624       2,505,144  

4.00%, 06/01/49

      3,666       4,270,625  

2.90%, 10/01/51

      3,167       3,060,169  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

 

3.70%, 11/15/28

      5,350       6,048,238  

3.80%, 09/30/47

      2,314       2,660,652  

4.10%, 11/15/48

      606       727,994  

3.80%, 06/01/49

      3,582       4,188,737  

3.10%, 09/15/49

      3,583       3,740,729  

PECO Energy Co., 3.05%, 03/15/51

      6,773       6,892,117  

Public Service Electric and Gas Co.

 

3.65%, 09/01/28

      6,843       7,650,899  

3.85%, 05/01/49

      3,410       3,963,747  

Southern California Edison Co.

 

1.85%, 02/01/22

      601       603,277  

2.25%, 06/01/30

      16,784       16,476,070  

Series E, 3.70%, 08/01/25

      10,666       11,596,933  

Southwestern Public Service Co., 3.15%,

05/01/50

   

 

8,586

 

 

 

8,996,628

 

Star Energy Geothermal Darajat II/Star Energy

 

Geothermal Salak

     

4.85%, 10/14/38(a)(c)

      3,000       3,349,313  

4.85%, 10/14/38(c)(f)

      2,635       2,941,813  

Tampa Electric Co.

 

4.30%, 06/15/48

      1,207       1,466,741  

4.45%, 06/15/49

      2,671       3,299,563  

Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co., 3.85%,

06/01/25(a)

   

 

18,145

 

 

 

19,494,254

 

Vistra Operations Co. LLC

 

5.50%, 09/01/26(a)

      1,847       1,897,700  

5.63%, 02/15/27(a)

      2,393       2,476,899  

5.00%, 07/31/27(a)

      2,388       2,465,610  

4.30%, 07/15/29(a)

      13,729       14,631,768  
     

 

 

 
        471,445,726  
Electrical Equipment — 0.1%  

Carrier Global Corp., 2.24%, 02/15/25

      25,571       26,491,441  
     

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.0%  

Corning, Inc., 4.38%, 11/15/57

      3,213       3,853,896  
     

 

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%  

Bristow Group, Inc., 6.88%, 03/01/28(a)

      2,675       2,783,391  

Hilong Holding Ltd., 9.75%, 11/18/24(c)(f)

      1,358       1,195,040  

Pioneer Energy Services Corp.

 

(11.00% Cash or 11.00% PIK), 11.00%,
05/15/25(a)(e)(k)

   

 

2,855

 

 

 

3,162,227

 

(5.00% Cash or 5.00% PIK), 5.00%,
11/15/25(a)(e)(k)(l)

   

 

2,133

 

 

 

2,490,180

 

Transocean Phoenix 2 Ltd., 7.75%,

10/15/24(a)(c)

   

 

6,393

 

 

 

6,521,064

 

Transocean Proteus Ltd., 6.25%, 12/01/24(a)(c)

 

    642       641,850  
     

 

 

 
        16,793,752  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%  

American Tower Corp.

 

5.00%, 02/15/24

      1,921       2,110,578  

2.40%, 03/15/25

      18,526       19,262,352  

3.95%, 03/15/29

      1,825       2,028,895  

3.80%, 08/15/29

      12,257       13,591,755  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Boston Properties LP, 3.13%, 09/01/23

    USD       245     $ 255,421  

CC Holdings GS V LLC/Crown Castle GS III Corp., 3.85%, 04/15/23

   

 

2,211

 

 

 

2,320,827

 

Crown Castle International Corp.

 

1.35%, 07/15/25

      2,608       2,620,306  

4.45%, 02/15/26

      2,370       2,654,066  

3.70%, 06/15/26

      1,551       1,692,939  

1.05%, 07/15/26

      4,347       4,254,361  

3.10%, 11/15/29

      16,276       17,099,772  

3.30%, 07/01/30

      6,417       6,838,878  

2.25%, 01/15/31

      3,936       3,846,515  

2.10%, 04/01/31

      2,960       2,849,547  

Digital Dutch Finco BV

 

1.50%, 03/15/30(f)

    EUR       6,150       7,473,491  

1.00%, 01/15/32(f)

      5,050       5,723,970  

Duke Realty LP, 1.75%, 02/01/31

    USD       12,762       12,160,208  

Equinix, Inc.

 

1.25%, 07/15/25

      2,633       2,622,308  

1.00%, 09/15/25

      11,613       11,453,514  

2.15%, 07/15/30

      5,046       4,948,546  

2.50%, 05/15/31

      3,391       3,414,076  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc.

 

4.00%, 01/15/30

      10,500       11,275,110  

4.00%, 01/15/31

      11,274       12,160,136  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

 

4.88%, 09/15/27(a)

      2,500       2,595,450  

5.00%, 07/15/28(a)

      3,500       3,648,050  

LMIRT Capital Pte Ltd.

 

7.25%, 06/19/24(c)(f)

      1,131       1,174,685  

7.50%, 02/09/26(c)(f)

      377       387,368  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership

 

LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.

     

5.63%, 05/01/24

      3,915       4,257,563  

4.50%, 09/01/26

      1,086       1,181,025  

5.75%, 02/01/27

      3,217       3,699,550  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance

Corp.

 

 

5.25%, 08/01/26

      188       193,405  

5.00%, 10/15/27

      2,573       2,711,299  

4.63%, 08/01/29

      337       361,601  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

 

2.50%, 04/15/30(h)

      4,195       4,251,151  

3.50%, 04/15/51

      6,750       7,023,045  

3.00%, 04/15/52

      2,510       2,375,599  

Park Intermediate Holdings LLC/PK Domestic

 

Property LLC/PK Finance Co-Issuer, 4.88%,

05/15/29(a)

   

 

5,230

 

 

 

5,382,847

 

Prologis Euro Finance LLC, 1.50%, 09/10/49

    EUR       7,300       8,255,904  

Realty Income Corp.

     

3.00%, 01/15/27

    USD       95       101,722  

3.25%, 01/15/31

      6,356       6,897,290  

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.,

4.75%, 10/15/27

   

 

1,480

 

 

 

1,531,756

 

Service Properties Trust

     

5.00%, 08/15/22

      4,481       4,509,006  

4.50%, 06/15/23

      7,725       7,879,655  

4.35%, 10/01/24

      945       957,502  

7.50%, 09/15/25

      1,479       1,660,533  

5.50%, 12/15/27

      790       841,911  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.

     

3.50%, 02/15/25(a)

      25,826       26,342,520  

4.25%, 12/01/26(a)

      13,422       14,016,997  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.

     

3.75%, 02/15/27(a)

    USD       4,159     $ 4,304,565  

4.63%, 12/01/29(a)

      375       403,125  

4.13%, 08/15/30(a)

      4,951       5,248,060  

XHR LP

     

6.38%, 08/15/25(a)

      1,392       1,476,745  

4.88%, 06/01/29(a)

      804       825,780  
     

 

 

 
        277,153,280  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%                  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New

     

Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC

     

5.88%, 02/15/28(a)

      2,339       2,491,035  

4.88%, 02/15/30(a)

      375       404,062  

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 3.55%,

07/26/27(a)(c)

   

 

9,896

 

 

 

10,897,830

 

CVS Health Corp.

     

3.25%, 08/15/29

      23,988       25,783,262  

3.75%, 04/01/30

      28,683       31,865,466  

5.13%, 07/20/45

      12,144       15,650,316  

Frigorifico Concepcion SA, 7.70%,

07/21/28(a)(c)

   

 

1,300

 

 

 

1,343,875

 

Health & Happiness H&H International Holdings Ltd., 5.63%, 10/24/24(c)(f)

   

 

1,187

 

 

 

1,215,785

 

Performance Food Group, Inc., 5.50%,

10/15/27(a)

   

 

1,891

 

 

 

1,979,877

 

Rite Aid Corp., 7.50%, 07/01/25(a)

      622       621,857  

Walmart, Inc., 2.65%, 09/22/51

      3,480       3,464,024  
     

 

 

 
        95,717,389  
Food Products — 0.1%                  

BRF GmbH, 4.35%, 09/29/26(a)(c)

      2,245       2,311,368  

BRF SA, 5.75%, 09/21/50(a)(c)

      2,767       2,640,617  

CP Foods Capital Ltd., 0.50%,
06/18/25(c)(f)(l)

      400       403,000  

Darling Ingredients, Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/27(a)

      924       961,399  

Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT,
3.40%, 06/09/31(c)(f)

   

 

380

 

 

 

383,842

 

JBS U.S.A. Food Co., 7.00%, 01/15/26(a)

      1,862       1,946,628  

JBS U.S.A. LUX SA/JBS U.S.A. Finance, Inc., 6.75%, 02/15/28(a)

   

 

1,739

 

 

 

1,881,163

 

JBS U.S.A. LUX SA/JBS U.S.A. Food Co./JBS U.S.A. Finance, Inc.

     

6.50%, 04/15/29(a)

      2,715       3,034,013  

5.50%, 01/15/30(a)

      468       520,519  

Knight Castle Investments Ltd., 7.99%,

01/23/22(i)(n)

   

 

700

 

 

 

490,875

 

MHP Lux SA, 6.25%, 09/19/29(a)(c)

      594       601,692  

Mondelez International, Inc., 2.75%, 04/13/30

      5,706       5,970,365  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.88%, 09/30/27(a)

      3,121       3,318,403  

Post Holdings, Inc.

     

5.75%, 03/01/27(a)

      2,337       2,428,669  

5.63%, 01/15/28(a)

      1,713       1,799,678  

5.50%, 12/15/29(a)

      1,354       1,435,240  

Zhou Hei Ya International Holdings Co. Ltd.,

1.00%, 11/05/25(f)(l)

 

 

HKD

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

392,842

 

     

 

 

 
        30,520,313  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%                  

Atmos Energy Corp.

     

4.13%, 03/15/49

    USD       206       239,387  

3.38%, 09/15/49

      2,876       3,017,136  

ONE Gas, Inc., 2.00%, 05/15/30

      2,235       2,188,864  

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc., 2.50%,

03/15/31

   

 

4,895

 

 

 

4,921,045

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Gas Utilities (continued)                  

Promigas SA ESP/Gases del Pacifico SAC

     

3.75%, 10/16/29(a)(c)

    USD       790     $ 789,664  

3.75%, 10/16/29(c)(f)

      1,460       1,459,380  
     

 

 

 
        12,615,476  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%                  

Boston Scientific Corp., 2.65%, 06/01/30

      7,654       7,898,681  

Medtronic Global Holdings SCA

     

1.50%, 07/02/39

    EUR       3,660       4,407,448  

1.38%, 10/15/40

      570       667,818  

1.75%, 07/02/49

      3,500       4,250,303  

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 3.88%,

04/01/29(a)

 

 

USD

 

 

 

21,660

 

 

 

21,660,000

 

     

 

 

 
        38,884,250  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1%                  

Aetna, Inc., 4.50%, 05/15/42

      2,558       3,056,699  

AMN Healthcare, Inc., 4.63%, 10/01/27(a)

      2,029       2,105,087  

Anthem, Inc.

     

3.65%, 12/01/27

      7,853       8,723,642  

3.60%, 03/15/51

      6,840       7,472,592  

Centene Corp.

     

2.45%, 07/15/28

      7,276       7,312,380  

4.63%, 12/15/29

      1,312       1,429,818  

2.63%, 08/01/31

      4,923       4,889,721  

Cigna Corp.

     

3.40%, 03/01/27

      13,803       15,083,346  

4.38%, 10/15/28

      16,414       18,968,259  

DaVita, Inc., 4.63%, 06/01/30(a)

      6,689       6,880,378  

DH Europe Finance II S.a.r.l, 1.80%, 09/18/49

    EUR       3,600       4,376,828  

Encompass Health Corp.

     

4.50%, 02/01/28

    USD       861       888,983  

4.75%, 02/01/30

      868       912,919  

HCA, Inc.

     

4.75%, 05/01/23

      17,963       19,086,250  

5.00%, 03/15/24

      1,927       2,114,842  

5.38%, 02/01/25

      3,921       4,381,717  

5.25%, 04/15/25

      25,240       28,610,889  

5.25%, 06/15/26

      6,474       7,429,043  

5.63%, 09/01/28

      563       669,801  

5.88%, 02/01/29

      767       921,694  

3.50%, 09/01/30

      3,529       3,738,587  

2.38%, 07/15/31

      19,513       19,176,967  

Humana, Inc.

     

4.50%, 04/01/25

      4,430       4,919,353  

4.88%, 04/01/30

      2,923       3,471,101  

Rede D’or Finance S.a.r.l, 4.50%,
01/22/30(a)(c)

      1,236       1,232,539  

Select Medical Corp., 6.25%, 08/15/26(a)

      16,279       17,118,996  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     

4.63%, 09/01/24(a)

      1,089       1,113,502  

4.88%, 01/01/26(a)

      3,767       3,898,544  

6.25%, 02/01/27(a)

      5,486       5,691,725  

5.13%, 11/01/27(a)

      563       586,928  

4.63%, 06/15/28(a)

      511       529,478  

4.25%, 06/01/29(a)

      4,997       5,071,955  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     

2.75%, 05/15/40

      8,119       8,121,491  

4.63%, 11/15/41

      3,918       4,916,473  

4.75%, 07/15/45

      6,263       8,208,495  

3.75%, 10/15/47

      1,148       1,310,872  

3.25%, 05/15/51

      8,582       9,075,079  
     

 

 

 
        243,496,973  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Health Care Technology — 0.0%                  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC/Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 03/01/25(a)

    USD       1,550     $ 1,561,625  
     

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%                  

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc., 3.88%, 01/15/28(a)(c)

      281       283,768  

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27(a)

      2,092       2,200,209  

Aramark Services, Inc., 5.00%, 02/01/28(a)

      2,110       2,168,025  

Boyd Gaming Corp., 8.63%, 06/01/25(a)

      1,656       1,794,690  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

     

6.25%, 07/01/25(a)

      13,890       14,622,802  

8.13%, 07/01/27(a)

      4,331       4,869,018  

4.63%, 10/15/29(a)

      1,217       1,232,212  

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

      2,921       2,960,726  

Carnival Corp., 11.50%, 04/01/23(a)

      420       468,825  

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., 5.88%, 07/01/29(a)

      750       705,938  

Cedar Fair LP, 5.25%, 07/15/29

      1,826       1,871,650  

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Op

     

5.50%, 05/01/25(a)

      5,332       5,538,615  

5.38%, 04/15/27

      1,820       1,870,050  

Champion Path Holdings Ltd.

     

4.50%, 01/27/26(c)(f)

      1,501       1,531,020  

4.85%, 01/27/28(c)(f)

      1,504       1,522,142  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

     

5.50%, 04/01/27(a)

      2,174       2,255,525  

4.75%, 01/15/28(a)

      1,068       1,117,395  

Colt Merger Sub, Inc., 5.75%, 07/01/25(a)

      2,601       2,742,039  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/24(a)

      3,550       3,554,615  

Haidilao International Holding Ltd., 2.15%, 01/14/26(c)(f)

      1,580       1,528,650  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.88%, 01/15/30

      375       402,285  

HIS Co. Ltd., 0.00%, 11/15/24(f)(l)(o)

    JPY       40,000       312,683  

International Game Technology PLC

     

6.50%, 02/15/25(a)

    USD       2,149       2,398,177  

6.25%, 01/15/27(a)

      248       280,240  

Marriott International, Inc.

     

4.63%, 06/15/30

      2,084       2,380,894  

2.85%, 04/15/31

      4,417       4,473,456  

Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 6.13%, 09/15/25(a)

      3,879       4,097,194  

McDonald’s Corp.

     

2.13%, 03/01/30

      3,710       3,744,584  

3.60%, 07/01/30

      8,935       9,937,609  

4.60%, 05/26/45

      2,222       2,731,258  

4.88%, 12/09/45

      5,602       7,122,669  

4.45%, 09/01/48

      2,753       3,380,313  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.

     

5.25%, 04/26/26(c)(f)

      825       829,537  

5.63%, 07/17/27(c)(f)

      200       202,538  

5.38%, 12/04/29(a)(c)

      337       342,561  

5.38%, 12/04/29(c)(f)

      2,725       2,769,962  

MGM China Holdings Ltd.

     

5.38%, 05/15/24(a)(c)

      1,357       1,377,355  

5.88%, 05/15/26(a)(c)

      1,371       1,400,391  

5.88%, 05/15/26(c)(f)

      200       204,288  

4.75%, 02/01/27(c)(f)

      2,800       2,758,000  

MGM Resorts International

     

5.75%, 06/15/25

      246       268,140  
Security           Par
(000)
     Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

MGM Resorts International

       

4.63%, 09/01/26

    USD        144      $ 151,020  

5.50%, 04/15/27

       245        265,825  

Midwest Gaming Borrower LLC/Midwest Gaming Finance Corp., 4.88%, 05/01/29(a)

       3,762        3,832,537  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC/Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Finance In, 8.50%, 11/15/27(a)

       9,165        9,840,919  

REXLot Holdings Ltd., 4.50%, 04/17/19(f)(i)(l)(n)

    HKD        1,161        1,491  

Sands China Ltd., 4.38%, 06/18/30(c)

    USD        1,962        2,053,763  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 5.00%, 10/15/25(a)

       719        739,671  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 05/01/25(a)

       4,134        4,439,482  

Starbucks Corp.

       

2.25%, 03/12/30

       6,381        6,432,558  

2.55%, 11/15/30

       8,838        9,078,376  

Station Casinos LLC, 5.00%, 10/01/25(a)

       791        802,232  

Studio City Finance Ltd.

       

5.00%, 01/15/29(a)(c)

       490        451,719  

5.00%, 01/15/29(c)(f)

       1,811        1,669,516  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.

       

5.50%, 03/01/25(a)

       3,906        3,984,120  

5.25%, 05/15/27(a)

       1,947        1,966,431  

Wynn Macau Ltd.

       

4.88%, 10/01/24(a)(c)

       2,345        2,268,494  

4.88%, 10/01/24(c)(f)

       1,187        1,148,274  

5.50%, 01/15/26(c)(f)

       2,177        2,103,526  

5.50%, 10/01/27(a)(c)

       1,577        1,513,920  

5.50%, 10/01/27(c)(f)

       400        384,000  

5.13%, 12/15/29(a)(c)

       375        352,500  

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp.

       

7.75%, 04/15/25(a)

       5,371        5,666,512  

5.13%, 10/01/29(a)

       4,231        4,262,732  
       

 

 

 
          169,661,666  
Household Durables — 0.3%                    

Ashton Woods U.S.A. LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co.

       

9.88%, 04/01/27(a)

       3,448        3,861,760  

6.63%, 01/15/28(a)

       6,260        6,651,250  

4.63%, 08/01/29(a)

       1,198        1,209,657  

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/29

       4,961        5,463,301  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. Corp., 6.25%, 09/15/27(a)(c)

       2,160        2,270,743  

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC, 5.00%, 06/15/29(a)(c)

       1,551        1,585,975  

Century Communities, Inc., 6.75%, 06/01/27

       6,598        7,043,299  

DR Horton, Inc., 2.60%, 10/15/25

       2,030        2,130,753  

Homes by West Bay LLC, 9.50%, 04/30/27(e)

       7,801        7,655,121  

M/I Homes, Inc., 4.95%, 02/01/28

       5,263        5,506,414  

Mattamy Group Corp.

       

5.25%, 12/15/27(a)(c)

       2,999        3,133,955  

4.63%, 03/01/30(a)(c)

       3,535        3,612,257  

New Home Co., Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/25(a)

       1,272        1,338,487  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.88%, 06/15/27(a)

       188        214,320  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc.

       

5.25%, 06/01/27

       2,378        2,568,240  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Household Durables (continued)  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc.

     

5.70%, 06/15/28

    USD       333     $ 362,138  

Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 4.88%, 09/15/28(a)

      1,891       1,966,640  
     

 

 

 
        56,574,310  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%  

Azure Power Solar Energy Pvt Ltd.,
5.65%, 12/24/24(c)(f)

      436       458,563  

Calpine Corp., 4.50%, 02/15/28(a)

      15,793       16,108,860  

Colbun SA, 3.15%, 03/06/30(a)(c)

      675       694,533  

Contemporary Ruiding Development Ltd., 2.63%, 09/17/30(c)(f)

      200       200,644  

Continuum Energy Levanter Pte Ltd.

     

4.50%, 02/09/27(a)(c)

      2,159       2,218,051  

4.50%, 02/09/27(c)(f)

      1,427       1,466,463  

Genneia SA, 8.75%, 09/02/27(a)(c)

      2,016       1,929,695  

NRG Energy, Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/15/28

      1,521       1,617,964  

4.45%, 06/15/29(a)

      1,962       2,170,740  

5.25%, 06/15/29(a)

      1,362       1,448,827  

Orazul Energy Egenor S en C por A,
5.63%, 04/28/27(a)(c)

      382       385,295  

ReNew Power Pvt Ltd., 5.88%, 03/05/27(c)(f)

      1,629       1,708,210  

ReNew Power Synthetic,
6.67%, 03/12/24(c)(f)

      1,000       1,041,438  

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.,
5.88%, 06/01/28(a)

      807       834,236  

Star Energy Geothermal Wayang Windu Ltd.

     

6.75%, 04/24/33(c)(f)

      895       1,024,577  

6.75%, 04/24/33(a)(c)

      177       203,088  

Stoneway Capital Corp.

     

10.00%, 03/01/27(c)(f)(i)(n)

      4,059       1,034,950  

10.00%, 03/01/27(a)(c)(i)(n)

      4,327       1,103,374  

Talen Energy Supply LLC, 6.50%, 06/01/25

      1,999       994,503  
     

 

 

 
        36,644,011  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0%  

General Electric Co.

     

4.25%, 05/01/40

      24       28,037  

4.50%, 03/11/44

      76       91,644  

4.35%, 05/01/50

      4,475       5,403,323  

Grupo KUO SAB De CV,
5.75%, 07/07/27(a)(c)

      2,142       2,202,645  

Roper Technologies, Inc., 2.95%, 09/15/29

      4,177       4,430,628  
     

 

 

 
        12,156,277  
Insurance — 0.4%  

AIA Group Ltd., 2.70%(c)(f)(m)

      2,050       2,070,500  

Ambac Assurance Corp., 5.10%(a)(m)

      462       654,017  

American International Group, Inc.

     

3.40%, 06/30/30

      11,346       12,380,642  

4.50%, 07/16/44

      4,118       5,027,648  

4.38%, 01/15/55

      3,445       4,224,645  

Aon Corp.

     

4.50%, 12/15/28

      9,057       10,447,075  

3.75%, 05/02/29

      13,865       15,433,598  

2.80%, 05/15/30

      9,283       9,697,510  

Guoren Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Ltd., 3.35%, 06/01/26(c)(f)

      585       595,015  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     

1.35%, 09/21/26

    EUR       4,390       5,369,264  

1.98%, 03/21/30

      3,035       3,896,577  

2.25%, 11/15/30

    USD       11,287       11,368,312  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.,
5.88%, 06/17/46(c)(f)

      450       507,330  

Security

          Par
(000)
     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Sitka Holdings LLC, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.50%), 5.25%, 07/06/26(a)(d)

    USD        5,435      $ 5,514,770  

Willis North America, Inc.,
3.60%, 05/15/24

       2,050        2,186,959  

ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co. Ltd.

       

3.13%, 07/16/25(c)(f)

       1,900        1,881,000  

3.50%, 03/08/26(c)(f)

       600        598,500  
       

 

 

 
          91,853,362  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.,
3.24%, 06/03/50(c)(f)

       2,350        2,218,987  
       

 

 

 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%  

Amazon.com, Inc., 2.50%, 06/03/50

       14,819        13,878,767  

Baozun, Inc., 1.63%, 05/01/24(c)(l)

       258        237,360  

eBay, Inc., 1.40%, 05/10/26

       13,236        13,278,568  

Expedia Group, Inc., 3.25%, 02/15/30

       5,768        5,965,292  

JD.com, Inc., 3.38%, 01/14/30(c)

       1,910        2,003,361  

Netflix, Inc.

       

4.88%, 04/15/28

       600        691,500  

6.38%, 05/15/29

       300        379,500  

5.38%, 11/15/29(a)

       337        408,191  

4.88%, 06/15/30(a)

       375        441,563  
       

 

 

 
          37,284,102  
IT Services — 0.9%  

21Vianet Group, Inc.,
7.88%, 10/15/21(c)(f)

       1,187        1,185,101  

Atento Luxco 1 SA,
8.00%, 02/10/26(a)(c)

       1,010        1,105,192  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

       

1.00%, 12/03/28

    EUR        10,500        12,511,379  

2.95%, 05/21/39

       4,400        6,174,680  

Fiserv, Inc.

       

2.25%, 06/01/27

    USD        4,331        4,467,204  

4.20%, 10/01/28

       2,473        2,814,944  

3.50%, 07/01/29

       30,866        33,611,381  

Global Payments, Inc.

       

1.20%, 03/01/26

       16,500        16,332,855  

4.80%, 04/01/26

       13,857        15,696,874  

4.45%, 06/01/28

       2,703        3,075,162  

3.20%, 08/15/29

       7,871        8,320,406  

International Business Machines Corp.

       

3.30%, 05/15/26

       18,911        20,611,863  

1.95%, 05/15/30

       25,671        25,353,715  

Leidos, Inc.

       

4.38%, 05/15/30

       16,819        18,998,910  

2.30%, 02/15/31

       11,100        10,845,255  

Mastercard, Inc., 2.95%, 06/01/29

       2,368        2,564,176  

Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.25%, 04/15/25(a)

       2,000        2,311,580  
       

 

 

 
          185,980,677  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

Peloton Interactive, Inc.,
0.00%, 02/15/26(a)(l)(o) .

       250        220,071  
       

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.2%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

3.05%, 09/22/26

       9,644        10,341,428  

2.75%, 09/15/29

       5,154        5,378,025  

2.10%, 06/04/30

       3,339        3,305,319  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.,

       

4.25%, 05/01/28(a)

       647        671,489  

IQVIA, Inc., 5.00%, 05/15/27(a)

       2,027        2,105,404  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

2.80%, 10/15/41

       2,995        2,987,371  

1.88%, 10/01/49

    EUR        7,400        9,007,237  
       

 

 

 
          33,796,273  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Machinery — 0.1%                  

China Conch Venture Holdings International

     

Ltd., 0.00%, 09/05/23(f)(l)(o)

    HKD       6,000     $ 890,349  

HTA Group Ltd., 7.00%, 12/18/25(a)(c)

    USD       2,290       2,401,351  

Otis Worldwide Corp., 2.57%, 02/15/30

      3,659       3,756,366  

Parker-Hannifin Corp., 2.70%, 06/14/24

      2,526       2,651,115  

TK Elevator U.S. Newco, Inc.,

     

5.25%, 07/15/27(a)

      5,290       5,543,788  
     

 

 

 
        15,242,969  
Media — 1.3%                  

Altice France SA

     

8.13%, 02/01/27(a)(c)

      3,312       3,563,712  

5.50%, 01/15/28(a)(c)

      1,887       1,918,560  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

     

5.13%, 05/01/27(a)

      5,229       5,445,010  

5.00%, 02/01/28(a)

      4,981       5,199,666  

5.38%, 06/01/29(a)

      2,201       2,377,080  

4.75%, 03/01/30(a)

      2,545       2,660,734  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

     

2.25%, 01/15/29

      1,647       1,645,704  

6.48%, 10/23/45

      18,393       25,006,761  

5.38%, 05/01/47

      11,668       13,970,046  

5.13%, 07/01/49

      11,527       13,558,604  

4.40%, 12/01/61

      8,165       8,491,273  

3.95%, 06/30/62

      5,400       5,209,327  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,

     

5.13%, 08/15/27(a)

      2,537       2,625,313  

Comcast Corp.

     

3.30%, 04/01/27

      290       317,548  

2.65%, 02/01/30

      12,141       12,666,653  

4.25%, 10/15/30

      2,142       2,495,053  

1.95%, 01/15/31

      24,483       24,026,147  

3.20%, 07/15/36

      2,567       2,734,020  

3.90%, 03/01/38

      11,314       12,847,502  

3.40%, 07/15/46

      6,070       6,437,371  

4.00%, 08/15/47

      445       508,881  

3.97%, 11/01/47

      8,345       9,528,441  

3.45%, 02/01/50

      4,000       4,242,018  

2.80%, 01/15/51

      2,984       2,824,473  

2.45%, 08/15/52

      6,759       5,964,481  

2.99%, 11/01/63(a)

      11       10,308  

Cox Communications, Inc.

     

3.15%, 08/15/24(a)

      6,590       6,976,686  

3.60%, 06/15/51(a)

      4,893       5,131,224  

CSC Holdings LLC

     

7.50%, 04/01/28(a)

      1,995       2,156,151  

5.75%, 01/15/30(a)

      4,044       4,111,636  

Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports

     

Finance Co., 5.38%, 08/15/26(a)

      1,143       754,380  

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing

     

Co., Inc., 5.88%, 08/15/27(a)

      425       443,594  

Discovery Communications LLC

     

1.90%, 03/19/27

    EUR       10,803       13,335,252  

4.13%, 05/15/29

    USD       292       326,133  

Gray Television, Inc.

     

5.88%, 07/15/26(a)

      1,325       1,367,731  

7.00%, 05/15/27(a)

      1,416       1,518,660  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

     

6.38%, 05/01/26

      1,542       1,626,812  

8.38%, 05/01/27

      1,445       1,544,344  

5.25%, 08/15/27(a)

      1,379       1,432,864  

4.75%, 01/15/28(a)

      188       193,734  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Media (continued)                  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc., 4.75%, 03/30/30.

    USD       1,828     $ 2,153,280  

Kakao Corp., 0.00%, 04/28/23(c)(f)(l)(o)

      200       247,700  

Lamar Media Corp., 3.75%, 02/15/28

      225       231,431  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC,

     

5.50%, 04/15/29(a)

      609       629,566  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.

     

5.63%, 07/15/27(a)

      2,020       2,137,110  

4.75%, 11/01/28(a)

      2,573       2,669,127  

Omnicom Group, Inc., 2.45%, 04/30/30

      2,639       2,670,896  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media

     

Capital Corp.

     

5.00%, 08/15/27(a)

      2,365       2,425,662  

4.63%, 03/15/30(a)

      188       188,398  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.

     

5.00%, 08/01/27(a)

      2,765       2,889,425  

5.50%, 07/01/29(a)

      2,318       2,506,337  

TEGNA, Inc.

     

4.63%, 03/15/28

      4,237       4,331,697  

5.00%, 09/15/29

      412       424,381  

ViacomCBS, Inc.

     

4.38%, 03/15/43

      3,745       4,284,130  

5.85%, 09/01/43

      5,643       7,690,153  

VTR Comunicaciones SpA

     

5.13%, 01/15/28(a)(c)

      1,136       1,199,758  

4.38%, 04/15/29(a)(c)

      2,585       2,649,625  

Walt Disney Co.

     

2.75%, 09/01/49

      7,330       7,038,125  

4.70%, 03/23/50

      4,729       6,200,340  

3.60%, 01/13/51

      2,107       2,347,020  

Weibo Corp., 3.38%, 07/08/30(c)

      1,600       1,595,300  

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, 6.00%, 01/15/27(a)(c)

      1,117       1,154,766  
     

 

 

 
        274,858,114  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%                  

ABJA Investment Co. Pte Ltd.

     

5.95%, 07/31/24(c)(f)

      200       216,038  

5.45%, 01/24/28(c)(f)

      2,802       3,047,988  

Anglo American Capital PLC

     

5.63%, 04/01/30(a)(c)

      6,417       7,697,384  

2.88%, 03/17/31(a)(c)

      5,000       5,008,775  

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC,

     

3.75%, 10/01/30(c)

      1,102       1,126,795  

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.,

     

4.50%, 09/15/27(a)(c)

      225       237,926  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.25%, 09/01/29

      225       244,406  

Glencore Funding LLC, 2.63%, 09/23/31(a)

      3,463       3,391,317  

JSW Steel Ltd., 5.38%, 04/04/25(c)(f)

      1,621       1,704,380  

Metinvest BV, 8.50%, 04/23/26(a)(c)

      594       660,825  

Mongolian Mining Corp./Energy Resources

     

LLC, 9.25%, 04/15/24(c)(f)

      1,659       1,488,953  

Newmont Corp.

     

2.80%, 10/01/29

      4,682       4,869,592  

2.25%, 10/01/30

      4,592       4,567,836  

Nucor Corp., 3.95%, 05/01/28

      4,682       5,258,621  

Periama Holdings LLC, 5.95%, 04/19/26(f)

      1,349       1,444,105  

Vale Overseas Ltd., 3.75%, 07/08/30(c)

      2,475       2,554,695  

Vedanta Resources Finance II PLC

     

8.00%, 04/23/23(c)(f)

      1,887       1,832,513  

13.88%, 01/21/24(c)(f)

      1,507       1,618,141  

8.95%, 03/11/25(a)(c)

      5,450       5,436,375  

8.95%, 03/11/25(c)(f)

      1,890       1,885,275  

Vedanta Resources Ltd., 6.13%, 08/09/24(a)(c)

      1,339       1,195,727  
     

 

 

 
        55,487,667  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Multiline Retail — 0.0%                  

Dollar General Corp., 4.13%, 04/03/50

    USD       6     $ 7,021  

Future Retail Ltd., 5.60%, 01/22/25(c)(f)

      200       113,350  

Grupo Axo SAPI de CV, 5.75%, 06/08/26(a)(c)

      1,338       1,370,864  
     

 

 

 
        1,491,235  
Multi-Utilities — 0.3%                  

Ameren Illinois Co.

     

3.80%, 05/15/28

      3,671       4,107,104  

3.25%, 03/15/50

      3,650       3,877,906  

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.,

     

1.75%, 10/01/30

      15,457       14,848,977  

Consumers Energy Co.

     

3.25%, 08/15/46

      628       658,280  

3.75%, 02/15/50

      5,099       5,876,648  

3.10%, 08/15/50

      6,026       6,225,551  

3.50%, 08/01/51

      5,760       6,353,470  

2.65%, 08/15/52

      120       113,529  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

     

2.10%, 08/01/27

      3,695       3,605,982  

4.50%, 07/01/40

      2,003       2,044,034  

4.20%, 06/01/41

      375       368,323  

4.60%, 06/15/43

      1,100       1,097,346  

PG&E Corp., 5.00%, 07/01/28

      1,625       1,655,469  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

     

4.00%, 01/15/43

      8,396       9,625,388  

Series A, 3.50%, 03/15/27

      3,975       4,387,109  
     

 

 

 
        64,845,116  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.4%                  

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 7.63%, 12/15/25(a)

      945       1,021,781  

Boardwalk Pipelines LP

     

4.80%, 05/03/29

      640       732,742  

3.40%, 02/15/31

      181       190,204  

BP Capital Markets America, Inc.

     

3.79%, 02/06/24

      7,003       7,497,944  

3.80%, 09/21/25

      4,087       4,493,655  

3.00%, 03/17/52

      6,000       5,737,121  

3.38%, 02/08/61

      2,581       2,568,499  

BP Capital Markets PLC, 3.81%, 02/10/24(c)

      2,475       2,656,168  

Buckeye Partners LP

     

4.15%, 07/01/23

      1,988       2,047,640  

4.35%, 10/15/24

      2,500       2,625,000  

4.13%, 03/01/25(a)

      1,160       1,202,062  

3.95%, 12/01/26

      225       229,500  

California Resources Corp., 7.13%, 02/01/26(a)

 

    1,674       1,766,581  

Cameron LNG LLC

     

3.30%, 01/15/35(a)

      7,430       7,936,008  

3.40%, 01/15/38(a)

      11,339       11,916,823  

Cenovus Energy, Inc., 3.75%, 02/15/52(c)

      646       627,748  

Centennial Resource Production LLC,

     

5.38%, 01/15/26(a)

      375       367,987  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

     

5.88%, 03/31/25

      10,816       12,218,084  

5.13%, 06/30/27

      16,852       19,482,712  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     

4.50%, 10/01/29

      563       598,542  

3.25%, 01/31/32(a)

      1,261       1,265,161  

Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.63%, 10/15/28

      2,529       2,664,934  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     

5.50%, 02/01/26(a)

      1,644       1,717,980  

0.00%, 02/15/26(e)(i)(n)

      9,090       1  

0.00%, 06/15/26(e)(i)(n)

      425        

0.00%, 08/15/26(e)(i)(n)

      623        
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                  

Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

     

4.95%, 08/15/47

    USD       2,867     $ 3,828,304  

2.34%, 08/12/50

      7,000       6,308,387  

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc.,

     

5.63%, 10/15/25(a)

      969       991,723  

DCP Midstream Operating LP

     

5.38%, 07/15/25

      310       342,550  

5.13%, 05/15/29

      225       253,183  

Devon Energy Corp.

     

5.85%, 12/15/25

      1,567       1,813,104  

4.50%, 01/15/30(a)

      3,495       3,809,156  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     

3.50%, 12/01/29

      13,562       14,503,700  

3.13%, 03/24/31

      11,808       12,261,028  

Enbridge, Inc., 2.90%, 07/15/22(c)

      977       994,384  

Energy Transfer LP

     

7.60%, 02/01/24

      2,846       3,191,918  

4.25%, 04/01/24

      9,393       10,054,261  

4.05%, 03/15/25

      2,850       3,074,386  

2.90%, 05/15/25

      18,413       19,300,354  

5.95%, 12/01/25

      7,710       8,942,006  

6.50%, 02/01/42

      6,240       8,107,150  

6.10%, 02/15/42

      2,093       2,593,072  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

     

3.13%, 07/31/29

      19,628       21,080,195  

2.80%, 01/31/30

      329       343,744  

3.30%, 02/15/53

      994       969,391  

EOG Resources, Inc., 4.15%, 01/15/26

      5,603       6,251,982  

Exxon Mobil Corp., 1.41%, 06/26/39

    EUR       9,940       11,135,511  

Frontera Energy Corp., 7.88%, 06/21/28(a)(c)

    USD       2,330       2,256,168  

Galaxy Pipeline Assets BidCo. Ltd.

     

2.16%, 03/31/34(a)(c)

      2,800       2,744,000  

2.63%, 03/31/36(c)(f)

      1,875       1,842,187  

2.94%, 09/30/40(a)(c)

      3,170       3,160,046  

Geopark Ltd., 5.50%, 01/17/27(a)(c)

      905       894,423  

Great Western Petroleum LLC/Great Western

     

Finance Corp., 12.00%, 09/01/25(a)

      2,672       2,712,842  

Hammerhead Resources, Inc., Series AI,

     

9.00%, 07/10/22(c)(e)

      3,014       3,014,414  

HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd., 5.45%, 10/22/26(c)(f)

      800       830,400  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

     

6.50%, 02/01/37

      2,734       3,700,621  

6.55%, 09/15/40

      1,664       2,304,365  

Marathon Petroleum Corp., 5.85%, 12/15/45

      1,915       2,456,854  

Matador Resources Co., 5.88%, 09/15/26

      394       407,278  

MC Brazil Downstream Trading S.a.r.l,

     

7.25%, 06/30/31(a)(c)

      2,535       2,548,942  

Medco Oak Tree Pte Ltd., 7.38%, 05/14/26(c)(f)

      1,505       1,600,756  

Medco Platinum Road Pte Ltd.,

     

6.75%, 01/30/25(c)(f)

      1,506       1,559,934  

MPLX LP

     

4.88%, 12/01/24

      8,663       9,595,557  

1.75%, 03/01/26

      3,255       3,275,044  

NGPL PipeCo LLC

     

4.88%, 08/15/27(a)

      7,707       8,747,201  

3.25%, 07/15/31(a)

      9,682       9,920,213  

Northwest Pipeline LLC, 4.00%, 04/01/27

      16,671       18,462,100  

Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd.,

     

(7.72% Cash or 7.72% PIK),

     

7.72%, 12/01/26(a)(c)(k)

      1       168  

OQ SAOC, 5.13%, 05/06/28(a)(c)

      1,267       1,278,086  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.,

     

1.90%, 08/15/30

    USD       4,765     $ 4,559,127  

Puma International Financing SA,

     

5.13%, 10/06/24(a)(c)

      2,888       2,898,830  

Rattler Midstream LP, 5.63%, 07/15/25(a)

      1,350       1,405,755  

Reliance Industries Ltd., 3.67%, 11/30/27(c)(f)

 

    400       435,325  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     

5.63%, 04/15/23

      6,227       6,617,523  

5.75%, 05/15/24

      25,601       28,512,061  

5.63%, 03/01/25

      34,953       39,669,765  

5.88%, 06/30/26

      17,496       20,590,997  

5.00%, 03/15/27

      5,250       6,035,456  

Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd.,

     

8.88%, 11/15/24(a)(c)

      436       447,990  

SK Battery America, Inc., 2.13%, 01/26/26(f)

      1,440       1,421,942  

SM Energy Co., 10.00%, 01/15/25(a)

      6,054       6,752,510  

Suncor Energy, Inc., 6.80%, 05/15/38(c)(p)

      4,459       6,306,472  

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.,

     

6.00%, 04/15/27

      501       521,666  

Tap Rock Resources LLC, 7.00%, 10/01/26(a)

      8,393       8,592,334  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources

     

Partners Finance Corp.

     

5.38%, 02/01/27

      924       957,449  

6.50%, 07/15/27

      1,464       1,578,529  

5.00%, 01/15/28

      281       295,050  

5.50%, 03/01/30

      375       410,039  

Texas Eastern Transmission LP,

     

3.50%, 01/15/28(a)

      9,413       10,181,666  

Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd.

     

5.38%, 11/20/48(c)(f)

      1,270       1,438,173  

3.75%, 06/18/50(c)(f)

      2,470       2,220,382  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.,

     

4.63%, 03/01/34(c)

      2,441       2,875,331  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC

     

7.85%, 02/01/26

      20,169       25,146,711  

4.00%, 03/15/28

      13,905       15,541,442  

4.60%, 03/15/48

      3,414       4,140,998  

3.95%, 05/15/50

      5,137       5,760,312  

Williams Cos., Inc., Series A, 7.50%, 01/15/31

      2,180       3,030,802  
     

 

 

 
        523,370,602  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%                  

Georgia-Pacific LLC

     

1.75%, 09/30/25(a)

      3,780       3,869,561  

0.95%, 05/15/26(a)

      1,350       1,332,689  

7.75%, 11/15/29

      1,275       1,808,302  

2.30%, 04/30/30(a)

      4,364       4,443,069  

8.88%, 05/15/31

      528       824,142  

Suzano Austria GmbH

     

3.75%, 01/15/31(c)

      800       819,800  

3.13%, 01/15/32(c)

      2,360       2,274,745  
     

 

 

 
        15,372,308  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%                  

AstraZeneca PLC, 1.38%, 08/06/30(c)

      16,539       15,738,859  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

     

9.25%, 04/01/26(a)

      2,469       2,636,830  

8.50%, 01/31/27(a)

      2,881       3,068,841  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.

     

9.00%, 12/15/25(a)

      2,506       2,645,020  

5.75%, 08/15/27(a)

      774       810,765  

7.00%, 01/15/28(a)

      1,191       1,220,418  

4.88%, 06/01/28(a)

      1,376       1,425,880  

7.25%, 05/30/29(a)

      1,231       1,261,590  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Pharmaceuticals (continued)                  

Eli Lilly & Co., 1.70%, 11/01/49

    EUR       3,400     $ 4,336,207  

Johnson & Johnson, 3.50%, 01/15/48

    USD       2,585       3,001,621  

Luye Pharma Group Ltd., 1.50%, 07/09/24(c)(f)(l)

 

    900       919,901  

Merck & Co., Inc., 2.45%, 06/24/50

      2,945       2,742,820  

Pfizer, Inc.

     

2.63%, 04/01/30

      10,083       10,646,937  

1.70%, 05/28/30

      5,339       5,265,108  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC,

     

2.88%, 09/23/23(c)

      4,400       4,586,990  

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.,

     

0.00%, 02/17/25(f)(l)(o)

    EUR       924       1,020,011  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     

5.00%, 11/26/28(c)

    USD       8,445       10,089,330  

2.05%, 03/31/30(c)

      7,902       7,778,057  

2.00%, 07/09/40

    EUR       9,260       11,513,097  
     

 

 

 
        90,708,282  
Professional Services — 0.0%                  

JSM Global S.a.r.l, 4.75%, 10/20/30(a)(c)

    USD       2,640       2,682,570  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%        

Agile Group Holdings Ltd.

     

7.88%(c)(f)(m)

      1,188       1,075,140  

8.38%(c)(f)(m)

      350       327,250  

5.75%, 01/02/25(c)(f)

      1,478       1,385,625  

6.05%, 10/13/25(c)(f)

      1,179       1,105,312  

Arabian Centres Sukuk II Ltd.,

     

5.63%, 10/07/26(a)(c)

      3,135       3,264,319  

Arabian Centres Sukuk Ltd.,

     

5.38%, 11/26/24(c)(f)

      1,736       1,798,170  

Central China Real Estate Ltd.

     

7.25%, 04/24/23(c)(f)

      200       133,000  

7.65%, 08/27/23(c)(f)

      1,839       1,158,570  

7.90%, 11/07/23(c)(f)

      230       141,450  

7.75%, 05/24/24(c)(f)

      400       243,500  

7.25%, 07/16/24(c)(f)

      1,061       645,420  

7.25%, 08/13/24(c)(f)

      486       295,245  

CFLD Cayman Investment Ltd.

     

6.90%, 01/13/23(c)(f)(i)(n)

      650       282,750  

8.60%, 04/08/24(c)(f)(i)(n)

      319       131,348  

China Aoyuan Group Ltd.

     

7.95%, 02/19/23(c)(f)

      2,185       1,966,500  

6.35%, 02/08/24(c)(f)

      1,300       1,102,400  

7.95%, 06/21/24(c)(f)

      1,090       937,400  

5.98%, 08/18/25(c)(f)

      1,100       847,000  

6.20%, 03/24/26(c)(f)

      4,461       3,390,360  

China Evergrande Group

     

8.25%, 03/23/22(c)(f)(i)(n)

      1,960       507,150  

9.50%, 04/11/22(c)(f)(i)(n)

      1,993       495,759  

11.50%, 01/22/23(c)(f)(i)(n)

      2,077       498,480  

10.00%, 04/11/23(c)(f)(i)(n)

      600       143,250  

7.50%, 06/28/23(c)(f)(i)(n)

      400       96,500  

12.00%, 01/22/24(c)(f)(i)(n)

      900       213,750  

10.50%, 04/11/24(c)(f)(i)(n)

      200       47,500  

China SCE Group Holdings Ltd.

     

7.25%, 04/19/23(c)(f)

      1,200       1,166,100  

7.38%, 04/09/24(c)(f)

      1,187       1,139,520  

5.95%, 09/29/24(c)(f)

      1,186       1,091,120  

7.00%, 05/02/25(c)(f)

      1,178       1,101,430  

China South City Holdings Ltd.,

     

10.88%, 06/26/22(c)(f)

      1,100       891,000  

CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

     

6.45%, 11/07/24(c)(f)

      200       199,500  

6.00%, 07/16/25(c)(f)

      592       587,560  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

     

5.95%, 10/20/25(c)(f)

    USD       800     $ 792,000  

5.25%, 05/13/26(c)(f)

      305       295,850  

4.45%, 08/17/26(c)(f)

      1,483       1,397,727  

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

     

6.50%, 04/08/24(c)(f)

      200       203,350  

5.40%, 05/27/25(c)(f)

      1,265       1,283,817  

7.25%, 04/08/26(c)(f)

      1,680       1,761,900  

2.70%, 07/12/26(c)(f)

      695       646,350  

5.13%, 01/14/27(c)(f)

      1,500       1,517,156  

3.30%, 01/12/31(c)(f)

      1,055       961,567  

DaFa Properties Group Ltd.,

     

9.95%, 01/18/22(c)(f)

      990       919,957  

Dexin China Holdings Co. Ltd.

     

11.88%, 04/23/22(c)(f)

      270       261,023  

9.95%, 12/03/22(c)(f)

      800       721,150  

Emaar Sukuk Ltd., 3.64%, 09/15/26(c)(f)

      594       620,730  

Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

     

6.95%, 12/17/21(c)(f)

      465       313,875  

11.75%, 04/17/22(c)(f)

      2,430       947,700  

7.95%, 07/05/22(c)(f)

      530       180,200  

12.25%, 10/18/22(c)(f)

      200       66,000  

10.88%, 01/09/23(c)(f)

      2,657       823,670  

11.88%, 06/01/23(c)(f)

      1,093       338,830  

9.25%, 07/28/23(c)(f)

      1,653       524,828  

9.88%, 10/19/23(c)(f)

      700       210,000  

Five Point Operating Co. LP/Five Point Capital

     

Corp., 7.88%, 11/15/25(a)

      4,330       4,524,850  

Forestar Group, Inc.

     

3.85%, 05/15/26(a)

      1,482       1,480,147  

5.00%, 03/01/28(a)

      3,502       3,615,815  

Fuqing Investment Management Ltd.,

     

3.25%, 06/23/25(c)(f)

      2,140       2,072,857  

Global Prime Capital Pte Ltd.,

     

5.95%, 01/23/25(c)(f)

      1,511       1,557,085  

Greenland Global Investment Ltd.

     

6.75%, 04/21/22(c)(f)

      227       177,741  

5.60%, 11/13/22(c)(f)

      853       588,570  

5.90%, 02/12/23(c)(f)

      400       295,832  

6.13%, 04/22/23(c)(f)

      455       295,750  

6.75%, 09/26/23(c)(f)

      325       198,250  

Haimen Zhongnan Investment Development International Co. Ltd.

     

12.00%, 06/08/22(c)(f)

      385       346,452  

10.88%, 06/18/22(c)(f)

      695       625,500  

Hopson Development Holdings Ltd.,

     

7.00%, 05/18/24(c)(f)

      2,216       2,086,918  

Howard Hughes Corp., 5.38%, 08/01/28(a)

      4,396       4,632,285  

Jiayuan International Group Ltd.,

     

13.75%, 02/18/23(c)(f)

      940       959,270  

Jingrui Holdings Ltd., 12.00%, 07/25/22(c)(f)

      1,000       897,062  

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.

     

11.95%, 10/22/22(c)(f)

      900       763,920  

11.50%, 01/30/23(c)(f)

      1,161       980,174  

10.88%, 07/23/23(c)(f)

      1,321       1,086,357  

9.75%, 09/28/23(c)(f)

      1,191       937,912  

11.95%, 11/12/23(c)(f)

      1,914       1,569,480  

9.38%, 06/30/24(c)(f)

      4,496       3,461,920  

11.25%, 04/16/25(c)(f)

      671       518,348  

9.95%, 07/23/25(c)(f)

      589       439,541  

11.70%, 11/11/25(c)(f)

      600       457,500  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

KWG Group Holdings Ltd.

     

7.88%, 09/01/23(c)(f)

    USD       486     $ 468,990  

7.40%, 03/05/24(c)(f)

      598       577,070  

5.88%, 11/10/24(c)(f)

      1,879       1,709,890  

5.95%, 08/10/25(c)(f)

      614       554,442  

Logan Group Co. Ltd.

     

5.75%, 01/14/25(c)(f)

      436       432,730  

5.25%, 10/19/25(c)(f)

      455       440,213  

4.50%, 01/13/28(c)(f)

      3,775       3,463,562  

Logan Property Holdings Co. Ltd.,

     

6.50%, 07/16/23(c)(f)

      200       199,350  

Longfor Group Holdings Ltd.

     

4.50%, 01/16/28(c)(f)

      1,200       1,286,100  

3.95%, 09/16/29(c)(f)

      1,620       1,677,235  

MAF Global Securities Ltd.,

     

4.75%, 05/07/24(c)(f)

      1,073       1,161,522  

Modern Land China Co. Ltd.

     

11.50%, 11/13/22(c)(f)

      593       493,413  

9.80%, 04/11/23(c)(f)

      1,544       1,281,520  

11.95%, 03/04/24(c)(f)

      450       325,631  

New Metro Global Ltd.

     

6.80%, 08/05/23(c)(f)

      1,717       1,698,006  

4.80%, 12/15/24(c)(f)

      335       315,738  

4.50%, 05/02/26(c)(f)

      1,499       1,375,332  

NWD MTN Ltd., 4.13%, 07/18/29(c)(f)

      1,200       1,203,225  

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

     

7.13%, 11/08/22(c)(f)

      620       617,404  

6.95%, 07/23/23(c)(f)

      200       198,413  

6.25%, 08/10/24(c)(f)

      672       646,800  

Radiance Capital Investments Ltd.,

     

8.80%, 09/17/23(c)(f)

      297       285,547  

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp.,

     

9.38%, 04/01/27(a)

      410       450,488  

Redco Properties Group Ltd.,

     

9.90%, 02/17/24(c)(f)

      297       251,206  

Redsun Properties Group Ltd.

     

10.50%, 10/03/22(c)(f)

      600       554,363  

9.70%, 04/16/23(c)(f)

      1,771       1,624,892  

7.30%, 01/13/25(c)(f)

      2,082       1,725,457  

RKPF Overseas 2019 A Ltd.

     

5.90%, 03/05/25(c)(f)

      1,484       1,437,625  

6.00%, 09/04/25(c)(f)

      595       574,175  

RKPF Overseas 2020 A Ltd.

     

5.20%, 01/12/26(c)(f)

      2,380       2,198,525  

5.13%, 07/26/26(c)(f)

      2,100       1,926,750  

RongXingDa Development BVI Ltd.,

     

8.00%, 04/24/22(c)(f)

      1,320       678,398  

Ronshine China Holdings Ltd.

     

5.50%, 02/01/22(c)(f)

      1,050       967,509  

8.75%, 10/25/22(c)(f)

      730       570,449  

8.95%, 01/22/23(c)(f)

      2,020       1,474,600  

8.10%, 06/09/23(c)(f)

      430       301,000  

7.35%, 12/15/23(c)(f)

      866       645,170  

6.75%, 08/05/24(c)(f)

      400       276,000  

7.10%, 01/25/25(c)(f)

      2,983       2,028,440  

Scenery Journey Ltd.

     

11.50%, 10/24/22(c)(f)

      1,475       261,813  

13.00%, 11/06/22(c)(f)

      2,356       406,852  

12.00%, 10/24/23(c)(f)

      1,761       325,785  

Seazen Group Ltd.

     

6.45%, 06/11/22(c)(f)

      1,586       1,562,210  

6.00%, 08/12/24(c)(f)

      1,190       1,148,350  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.

     

5.60%, 07/15/26(c)(f)

    USD       200     $ 197,913  

4.60%, 07/13/30(c)(f)

      1,263       1,184,062  

3.45%, 01/11/31(c)(f)

      1,249       1,116,294  

Shui On Development Holding Ltd.

     

5.75%, 11/12/23(c)(f)

      300       297,750  

6.15%, 08/24/24(c)(f)

      895       888,288  

5.50%, 03/03/25(c)(f)

      2,478       2,409,855  

Sinic Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,

     

10.50%, 06/18/22(c)(f)

      1,040       156,000  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     

8.35%, 04/19/23(c)(f)

      200       172,288  

7.95%, 10/11/23(c)(f)

      1,193       972,295  

7.50%, 02/01/24(c)(f)

      1,287       1,045,687  

6.65%, 08/03/24(c)(f)

      1,489       1,191,200  

6.50%, 01/10/25(c)(f)

      2,789       2,259,090  

7.00%, 07/09/25(c)(f)

      1,633       1,302,317  

Theta Capital Pte Ltd.

     

8.13%, 01/22/25(c)(f)

      1,507       1,565,208  

6.75%, 10/31/26(c)(f)

      200       197,413  

Times China Holdings Ltd.

     

5.75%, 04/26/22(c)(f)

      500       491,350  

6.75%, 07/16/23(c)(f)

      295       285,837  

6.75%, 07/08/25(c)(f)

      2,525       2,310,375  

5.75%, 01/14/27(c)(f)

      2,697       2,359,875  

Vanke Real Estate Hong Kong Co. Ltd.

     

3.15%, 05/12/25(c)(f)

      1,000       1,023,937  

3.98%, 11/09/27(c)(f)

      1,480       1,560,926  

Wanda Group Overseas Ltd.

     

7.50%, 07/24/22(c)(f)

      840       789,600  

8.88%, 03/21/23(c)(f)

      1,030       955,325  

Wanda Properties International Co. Ltd.,

     

7.25%, 01/29/24(c)(f)

      566       546,190  

Wanda Properties Overseas Ltd.,

     

6.88%, 07/23/23(c)(f)

      200       193,038  

Westwood Group Holdings Ltd.,

     

2.80%, 01/20/26(c)(f)

      940       942,519  

Yango Justice International Ltd.

     

10.00%, 02/12/23(c)(f)

      1,155       1,074,150  

9.25%, 04/15/23(c)(f)

      600       480,000  

8.25%, 11/25/23(c)(f)

      1,700       1,173,000  

7.50%, 04/15/24(c)(f)

      1,482       1,141,140  

Yanlord Land HK Co. Ltd.

     

6.75%, 04/23/23(c)(f)

      200       201,850  

6.80%, 02/27/24(c)(f)

      680       678,300  

5.13%, 05/20/26(c)(f)

      671       658,419  

Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

     

7.70%, 02/20/25(c)(f)

      1,484       1,061,060  

8.30%, 05/27/25(c)(f)

      1,118       818,935  

7.38%, 01/13/26(c)(f)

      1,661       1,112,870  

6.35%, 01/13/27(c)(f)

      2,400       1,536,000  

Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd.

     

8.50%, 02/04/23(c)(f)

      1,230       1,047,652  

6.00%, 10/25/23(c)(f)

      620       477,400  

8.50%, 02/26/24(c)(f)

      1,389       1,090,365  

8.38%, 10/30/24(c)(f)

      2,300       1,765,250  

Zhenro Properties Group Ltd.

     

9.15%, 05/06/23(c)(f)

      910       886,852  

8.30%, 09/15/23(c)(f)

      200       190,663  

8.35%, 03/10/24(c)(f)

      760       725,943  

7.88%, 04/14/24(c)(f)

      1,780       1,606,784  

7.10%, 09/10/24(c)(f)

      863       748,653  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Real Estate Management & Development (continued)  

Zhenro Properties Group Ltd.

     

6.63%, 01/07/26(c)(f)

    USD       1,417     $ 1,197,365  

Zhongliang Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,

     

8.50%, 05/19/22(c)(f)

      1,100       891,000  
     

 

 

 
        166,547,067  
Road & Rail — 0.7%                  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

     

5.75%, 05/01/40

      4,135       5,795,854  

3.30%, 09/15/51

      13,073       14,094,090  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co.,

     

2.05%, 03/05/30(c)

      3,992       3,942,371  

CMB International Leasing Management Ltd.,

     

2.75%, 08/12/30(c)(f)

      1,150       1,127,216  

CSX Corp.

     

4.30%, 03/01/48

      5,959       7,228,217  

4.75%, 11/15/48

      379       489,287  

3.35%, 09/15/49

      2,236       2,351,372  

4.25%, 11/01/66

      3,597       4,378,608  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     

3.65%, 08/01/25

      3,515       3,820,543  

2.90%, 06/15/26

      6,045       6,467,824  

3.40%, 11/01/49

      1,244       1,325,962  

3.05%, 05/15/50

      4,801       4,785,482  

4.05%, 08/15/52

      6,058       7,113,383  

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance

     

Corp.

     

4.25%, 01/17/23(a)

      2,565       2,684,676  

3.95%, 03/10/25(a)

      2,210       2,394,703  

4.00%, 07/15/25(a)

      6,435       7,032,732  

1.20%, 11/15/25(a)

      6,444       6,369,269  

4.45%, 01/29/26(a)

      280       312,917  

1.70%, 06/15/26(a)

      9,334       9,385,135  

Ryder System, Inc.

     

2.50%, 09/01/22

      120       122,191  

2.50%, 09/01/24

      1,829       1,911,612  

4.63%, 06/01/25

      17,920       20,069,964  

Union Pacific Corp.

     

3.25%, 08/15/25

      4,144       4,458,438  

2.75%, 03/01/26

      4,737       5,043,143  

2.95%, 03/10/52

      1,734       1,723,782  

3.84%, 03/20/60

      10,971       12,586,913  

2.97%, 09/16/62

      4,913       4,737,490  

3.75%, 02/05/70

      2,520       2,832,682  

Union Pacific Railroad Co. Pass-Through Trust,

 

   

Series 2014-1, 3.23%, 05/14/26

      2,471       2,652,986  
     

 

 

 
        147,238,842  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%  

Applied Materials, Inc., 2.75%, 06/01/50

      2,671       2,615,940  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance

     

Ltd., 3.88%, 01/15/27

      10,184       11,191,400  

Broadcom, Inc.

     

4.75%, 04/15/29

      5,075       5,828,384  

5.00%, 04/15/30

      5,430       6,340,955  

2.45%, 02/15/31(a)

      3,438       3,329,453  

4.30%, 11/15/32

      3,746       4,197,893  

3.42%, 04/15/33(a)

      21,345       22,095,740  

3.47%, 04/15/34(a)

      15,397       15,854,860  

Intel Corp.

     

3.73%, 12/08/47

      9,559       10,663,821  

3.20%, 08/12/61

      2,968       2,983,838  

KLA Corp.

     

4.10%, 03/15/29

      9,367       10,660,302  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)  

KLA Corp.

     

3.30%, 03/01/50

    USD       11,466     $ 12,063,770  

Lam Research Corp.

     

3.75%, 03/15/26

      7,638       8,472,967  

4.88%, 03/15/49

      4,318       5,820,566  

2.88%, 06/15/50

      5,283       5,297,680  

Microchip Technology, Inc., 4.25%, 09/01/25

      5,000       5,228,654  

NVIDIA Corp.

     

1.55%, 06/15/28

      20,272       20,189,330  

3.50%, 04/01/50

      6,241       6,992,624  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP U.S.A., Inc.

     

4.30%, 06/18/29(a)(c)(h)

      16,413       18,585,671  

3.40%, 05/01/30(a)(c)

      15,918       17,224,271  

2.50%, 05/11/31(a)(c)

      13,498       13,623,635  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     

4.80%, 05/20/45

      1,647       2,164,828  

4.30%, 05/20/47

      7,139       8,860,115  

Rohm Co. Ltd., 0.00%, 12/05/24(f)(l)(o)

    JPY       30,000       295,027  
     

 

 

 
        220,581,724  
Software — 1.0%                  

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 1.35%, 09/15/30

    USD       4,974       4,609,888  

Autodesk, Inc., 3.50%, 06/15/27

      15,118       16,568,067  

Citrix Systems, Inc., 4.50%, 12/01/27

      9,909       10,966,814  

Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.,

     

6.50%, 10/15/28(a)

      425       441,044  

Electronic Arts, Inc., 1.85%, 02/15/31

      9,295       8,988,933  

LogMeIn, Inc., 5.50%, 09/01/27(a)

      3,000       3,052,500  

Microsoft Corp., 2.92%, 03/17/52

      19,992       20,667,678  

Oracle Corp.

     

3.90%, 05/15/35

      11,460       12,615,815  

3.85%, 07/15/36

      6,365       6,915,152  

3.80%, 11/15/37

      8,118       8,760,367  

6.13%, 07/08/39

      3,476       4,705,317  

3.60%, 04/01/40

      18,895       19,594,323  

3.65%, 03/25/41

      25,070       25,928,375  

4.13%, 05/15/45

      6,334       6,820,387  

4.00%, 07/15/46

      3,762       3,985,376  

4.00%, 11/15/47

      12,066       12,884,947  

3.60%, 04/01/50

      15,434       15,452,495  

Playtika Holding Corp., 4.25%, 03/15/29(a)(c)

 

    972       975,101  

salesforce.com, Inc., 3.05%, 07/15/61

      3,393       3,432,507  

ServiceNow, Inc., 1.40%, 09/01/30

      13,747       12,893,593  

VMware, Inc.

     

1.80%, 08/15/28

      3,606       3,552,503  

2.20%, 08/15/31

      11,093       10,846,387  
     

 

 

 
        214,657,569  
Specialty Retail — 0.3%                  

China Grand Automotive Services Ltd.,

     

8.63%, 04/08/22(c)(f)

      1,010       945,171  

Home Depot, Inc.

     

2.95%, 06/15/29

      20,522       22,150,754  

2.75%, 09/15/51

      1,527       1,486,957  

Li & Fung Ltd., 4.38%, 10/04/24(c)(f)

      1,250       1,287,344  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     

4.00%, 04/15/25

      27,552       30,191,795  

3.65%, 04/05/29

      9,190       10,174,964  

2.80%, 09/15/41

      4,666       4,538,913  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 8.75%, 02/15/26(a)

      900       941,625  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 4.63%, 07/01/28(a)

      859       876,352  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)                  

Staples, Inc.

     

7.50%, 04/15/26(a)

    USD       1,750     $ 1,774,894  

10.75%, 04/15/27(a)

      750       730,312  
     

 

 

 
        75,099,081  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.4%  

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.,

     

3.75%, 06/02/31(c)(f)

      1,500       1,523,617  

Apple Inc.

     

3.85%, 05/04/43

      7,698       8,993,891  

2.55%, 08/20/60

      6,900       6,289,849  

2.80%, 02/08/61

      9,649       9,215,610  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

     

4.90%, 10/01/26

      9,113       10,497,811  

8.35%, 07/15/46

      2,233       3,621,605  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.,

     

4.65%, 10/01/24

      20,404       22,540,271  

HP, Inc.

     

3.40%, 06/17/30

      1,975       2,101,116  

2.65%, 06/17/31(a)

      2,163       2,141,575  

Lenovo Group Ltd., 3.42%, 11/02/30(c)(f)

      1,200       1,245,840  

Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance, Inc.,

     

4.50%, 09/15/26(a)

      1,000       1,032,500  

SK Hynix, Inc., 2.38%, 01/19/31(c)(f)

      1,640       1,592,014  

Western Digital Corp., 1.50%, 02/01/24(l)

      9,000       9,072,362  

Xerox Holdings Corp., 5.00%, 08/15/25(a)

      4,000       4,203,000  

Xiaomi Best Time International Ltd.

     

0.00%, 12/17/27(c)(f)(l)(o)

      300       304,050  

2.88%, 07/14/31(c)(f)

      930       921,165  

4.10%, 07/14/51(c)(f)

      580       579,746  
     

 

 

 
        85,876,022  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0%                  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     

4.63%, 05/15/24(a)

      1,641       1,730,073  

4.88%, 05/15/26(a)

      337       364,971  

Under Armour, Inc., 3.25%, 06/15/26

      225       232,875  

William Carter Co., 5.63%, 03/15/27(a)

      1,149       1,191,111  
     

 

 

 
        3,519,030  
Tobacco — 0.6%                  

Altria Group, Inc.

     

2.20%, 06/15/27

    EUR       4,340       5,413,311  

3.40%, 05/06/30

    USD       6,362       6,732,217  

3.13%, 06/15/31

    EUR       12,780       16,932,132  

2.45%, 02/04/32

    USD       15,101       14,470,231  

5.80%, 02/14/39

      12,505       15,377,172  

3.40%, 02/04/41

      3,201       3,031,472  

BAT Capital Corp.

     

3.22%, 09/06/26

      6,146       6,552,550  

4.91%, 04/02/30

      9,097       10,416,156  

2.73%, 03/25/31

      17,694       17,424,446  

5.28%, 04/02/50

      2,455       2,820,475  

Philip Morris International, Inc.,

     

1.45%, 08/01/39

    EUR       10,050       10,975,272  

Reynolds American, Inc.

     

4.45%, 06/12/25

    USD       8,135       8,968,193  

5.85%, 08/15/45

      6,970       8,363,003  
     

 

 

 
        127,476,630  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%                  

Air Lease Corp., 1.88%, 08/15/26

      13,416       13,369,155  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co.,

     

Inc., 4.00%, 01/15/28(a)

      1,435       1,465,494  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 07/15/27(a)

      2,137       2,242,194  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)  

United Rentals North America, Inc.

   

5.50%, 05/15/27

  USD 1,874     $ 1,967,006  

4.88%, 01/15/28

    3,011       3,183,350  

5.25%, 01/15/30

    281       307,695  
   

 

 

 
      22,534,894  
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%  

Delhi International Airport Ltd.,

   

6.13%, 10/31/26(c)(f)

    300       301,650  

Rumo Luxembourg S.a.r.l, 5.88%, 01/18/25(a)(c)

    728       753,616  
   

 

 

 
      1,055,266  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

Bharti Airtel Ltd., 3.25%, 06/03/31(c)(f)

    1,922       1,922,048  

Digicel Group 0.5 Ltd., (5.00% Cash and 3.00% PIK or 8.00% PIK), 8.00%, 04/01/25(a)(c)(k)

    1,053       930,553  

Digicel Ltd., 6.75%, 03/01/23(a)(c)

    233       220,767  

Kenbourne Invest SA

   

6.88%, 11/26/24(a)(c)

    3,075       3,234,131  

4.70%, 01/22/28(a)(c)

    1,260       1,264,410  

Millicom International Cellular SA

   

6.63%, 10/15/26(a)(c)

    990       1,037,211  

4.50%, 04/27/31(a)(c)

    2,825       2,966,250  

Sprint Corp.

   

7.88%, 09/15/23

    2,575       2,877,176  

7.13%, 06/15/24

    1,000       1,138,200  

7.63%, 03/01/26

    2,835       3,435,240  

T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc.

   

3.75%, 04/15/27

    13,083       14,413,420  

3.88%, 04/15/30

    35,159       38,821,235  

2.55%, 02/15/31

    2,455       2,463,749  

3.60%, 11/15/60(a)

    2,700       2,654,571  

Vodafone Group PLC, 5.25%, 05/30/48(c)

    9,032       11,690,770  
   

 

 

 
      89,069,731  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds — 34.1%

   

(Cost: $7,248,869,925)

      7,382,991,793  
   

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests

   

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.0%

 

XPO Logistics, Inc., Refinancing Term

   

Loan (2018), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%,

   

0.00% Floor), 1.83%, 02/23/25(d)

    6,661       6,623,247  
   

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%  

Allegiant Travel Co., Replacement Term Loan,

 

 

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.00% Floor),

 

 

3.12%, 02/05/24(d)

    11,867       11,797,434  

Kestrel Bidco, Inc., Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 1.00% Floor),
4.00%, 12/11/26(d)

    14,509       14,144,267  
   

 

 

 
      25,941,701  
Beverages — 0.0%  

City Brewing Co. LLC, Closing Date Term Loan

 

 

(First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%,

 

 

0.75% Floor), 4.25%, 04/05/28(d)

    2,169       2,146,399  

Triton Water Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan

   

(First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%,

   

0.50% Floor), 4.00%, 03/31/28(d)

    2,293       2,288,964  
   

 

 

 
      4,435,363  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Biotechnology — 0.0%  

Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., Dollar

   

Tranche B Term Loan, (1 wk. LIBOR US +

   

2.00%, 0.00% Floor), 2.07%, 11/15/27(d)

  USD  7,131     $ 7,011,782  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 0.1%  

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., Tranche B

   

Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%,

   

0.50% Floor), 3.75%, 04/12/28(d)

    2,312       2,303,950  

CP Iris Holdco I, Inc.

   

Delayed Draw Term Loan, 09/21/28(d)(q)

    168       167,709  

Term Loan, 09/21/28(d)(q)

    840       838,550  

JELD-WEN, Inc., Replacement Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00% Floor),

   

2.33%, 07/31/28(d)

    4,516       4,506,290  

TAMKO Building Products LLC

   

Initial Term Loan, (2 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%,

   

0.00% Floor), 3.10%, 05/31/26

    1,886       1,873,748  

Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%,

   

0.00% Floor), 3.13%, 05/31/26(d)

    1,841       1,829,899  

Zurn Industries LLC, Term B Loan (First Lien),

   

09/15/28(d)(q)

    876       875,781  
   

 

 

 
      12,395,927  
Chemicals — 0.1%  

Eastman Chemical Co., Term Loan B,

   

08/12/28(d)(e)(q)

    2,312       2,300,440  

LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC, Term Loan B,

   

09/30/28(d)(e)(q)

    9,431       9,442,789  

SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc., Incremental Term

   

B-1 Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US +

   

4.00%, 0.75% Floor), 4.75%, 03/16/27(d)

    5,184       5,186,200  
   

 

 

 
      16,929,429  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%  

621 17th Street Operating Co. LLC (633 17th

   

Street Operating Co. LLC), Loan, (1 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 6.94%, 0.00% Floor),

   

7.02%, 11/15/22(d)(e)

    7,082       6,657,412  

AEA International Holdings (Luxembourg)

   

S.a.r.l., Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.50% Floor),

   

4.25%, 09/07/28(d)(e)

    3,806       3,801,142  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., Tranche B-6 Term

   

Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00%

   

Floor), 2.38%, 09/19/26(d)(e)

    1,059       1,032,068  

Signal Parent, Inc., Initial Term Loan, (1 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 3.50%, 0.75% Floor),

   

4.25%, 04/01/28(d)

    3,436       3,393,433  
   

 

 

 
      14,884,055  
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%  

PLH Infrastructure Services, Inc., Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 6.00%, 0.00% Floor),

   

6.12%, 08/07/23(d)(e)

    2,357       2,333,720  
   

 

 

 
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Initial Term

   

Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00%

   

Floor), 2.38%, 09/24/26(d)

    745       745,426  

Quikrete Holdings, Inc., B-1 Fourth Amendment

   

Loan (First Lien), 06/11/28(d)(q)

    5,620       5,599,656  

White Cap Buyer LLC, Initial Closing Date Term

   

Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.00%, 0.50%

   

Floor), 4.50%, 10/19/27(d)

    8,122       8,140,063  
   

 

 

 
      14,485,145  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Consumer Finance — 0.0%  

Crédito Real SAB de CV, SOFOM, ENR

   

(Marevalley Corp.), Tranche A Loan, (3 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.00% Floor),

   

3.88%, 02/21/23(d)(e)

  USD 571     $ 533,988  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging — 0.0%  

Valcour Packaging LLC, Term Loan,

   

09/30/28(d)(q)

    2,051       2,051,000  
   

 

 

 
Distributors — 0.2%  

Amazon Logistics, Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US

 

 

+ 2.95%, 0.25% Floor), 3.20%, 10/09/23(d)(e) .

    36,588       36,587,820  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%  

18 Fremont Street Acquisition LLC, Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. PRIME US + 7.00%, 1.50% Floor),

   

10.25%, 08/09/25(d)(e)

    10,744       10,931,590  

BSREP II Houston Office 1HC Owner LLC,

   

Mezzanine Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%,

   

0.00% Floor), 2.19%, 01/09/22(d)(e)

    11,059       11,030,003  

Flutter Entertainment PLC, USD Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00% Floor),

   

2.38%, 07/21/26(d)

    13,042       12,992,661  

HCRX Investments Holdco LP, Term Loan B,

   

07/15/28(d)(q)

    2,571       2,561,359  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

   

Term Loan (DIP), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.75%,

   

1.00% Floor), 5.75%, 07/13/22(d)

    3,054       3,072,040  

Tranche B-3 Term Loan, (1 mo. PRIME US +

   

4.75%, 1.00% Floor), 8.00%, 11/27/23(d)

    1,275       1,289,114  

Tranche B-4 Term Loan, (1 mo. PRIME US +

   

5.50%, 1.00% Floor), 8.75%, 01/02/24(d)

    1,458       1,479,300  

PECO-PD III Borrower LP, Revolving Loan,

   

11/30/24(d)(e)(q)

    10,986       10,985,980  

Woof Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First

   

Lien), (1 yr. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.75%

   

Floor), 4.50%, 12/21/27(d)

    1,879       1,879,743  
   

 

 

 
      56,221,790  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%  

Cablevision Lightpath LLC, Initial Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.50% Floor),

   

3.75%, 12/01/27(d)

    1,214       1,214,738  

Connect Finco S.a.r.l., Amendment No.

   

1 Refinancing Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US

   

+ 3.50%, 1.00% Floor), 4.50%, 12/12/26(d)

    2,497       2,497,874  

Frontier Communications Corp., Term Loan B,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.75% Floor),

   

4.50%, 10/08/27(d)

    6,092       6,078,478  

MetroNet Systems Holdings LLC, 2021 Term

   

Loan (First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%,

   

0.75% Floor), 4.50%, 06/02/28(d)

    1,106       1,106,652  
   

 

 

 
      10,897,742  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.0%  

Robertshaw U.S. Holding Corp. (FKA Fox

   

U.S. Bidco Corp.), Initial Term Loan (Second

   

Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 8.00%, 1.00%

   

Floor), 9.00%, 02/28/26(d)

    1,795       1,548,187  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.0%  

Entain plc, Facility B (USD), 03/16/27(d)(q)

    5,083       5,073,754  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Food Products — 0.0%  

JBS U.S.A. Lux SA (FKA JBS U.S.A. LLC), New

   

Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%,

   

0.00% Floor), 2.08%, 05/01/26(d)

    USD  3,308     $ 3,291,745  

Shearer’s Foods LLC, Refinancing Term Loan

   

(First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%,

   

0.75% Floor), 4.25%, 09/23/27(d)

    982       980,429  

Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc., Initial Term

   

Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%,

   

0.75% Floor), 4.50%, 06/08/28(d)

    894       893,649  
   

 

 

 
      5,165,823  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%  

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., Term Loan B

   

(USD), 09/30/28(d)(q)

    20,877       20,831,279  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%  

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Term B-1 Loan

   

(First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%,

   

0.00% Floor), 2.88%, 07/02/25(d)

    9,252       9,248,310  

Medical Solutions LLC, Term Loan (Second

   

Lien), 09/17/29(d)(q)

    1,855       1,836,450  

Select Medical Corp., Tranche B Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00% Floor),

   

2.34%, 03/06/25(d)

    1,124       1,115,202  
   

 

 

 
      12,199,962  
Health Care Technology — 0.0%  

athenahealth, Inc., Term B-1 Loan (First Lien),

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%, 0.00% Floor),

   

4.38%, 02/11/26(d)

    840       841,460  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.7%  

Aimbridge Acquisition Co., Inc.

   

2021 Term Loan (First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 4.75%, 0.75% Floor),

   

5.50%, 02/01/26(d)

    2,032       2,013,756  

Initial Term Loan (2019) (First Lien), (1 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.00% Floor),

   

3.83%, 02/01/26(d)

    3,874       3,804,660  

Bally’s Corp., Term Loan B, 08/06/28(d)(q)

    16,046       16,034,928  

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term B-1 Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%, 0.00% Floor),

   

3.58%, 07/20/25(d)

    2,181       2,181,755  

CML Hyatt Lost Pines, Term Loan, (3 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 3.43%, 0.00% Floor),

   

3.56%, 09/09/26(d)

    12,200       12,139,000  

DuPont Hotel Project Owner LLC, Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%, 1.00% Floor),

   

0.00%, 04/01/24(d)(e)

    12,071       11,346,996  

ECL Entertainment LLC, Term B Loan, (1 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 7.50%, 0.75% Floor),

   

8.25%, 04/30/28(d)(e)

    5,265       5,383,263  

Enterprise Development Authority, Term B Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%, 0.75% Floor),

   

5.00%, 02/01/28(d)(e)

    3,505       3,509,331  

Golden Nugget, Inc., Initial B Term Loan, (2 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 2.50%, 0.75% Floor),

   

3.25%, 10/04/23(d)

    6,439       6,405,065  

Herschend Entertainment Co. LLC, Initial Term

   

Loan (2021), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%,

   

0.50% Floor), 4.25%, 08/27/28(d)

    1,925       1,921,400  

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, Initial

   

Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%,

   

0.50% Floor), 3.50%, 08/02/28(d)

    6,796       6,811,291  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)  

Jack Ohio Finance LLC, Cov-Lite Term Loan,

   

09/30/28(d)(e)(q)

  USD 3,037     $ 3,037,000  

Maverick Gaming LLC, Term B Facility Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.50%, 1.00% Floor),

   

8.50%, 08/19/26(d)

    2,825       2,782,625  

Mensa II Austin Hotel LP, Promissory Note A-3,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.48%, 0.25% Floor),

   

3.73%, 06/01/24(d)

    10,770       10,770,464  

PCI Gaming Authority, Term B Facility Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%, 0.00% Floor),

   

2.58%, 05/31/26(d)

    6,423       6,396,050  

Raptor Acquisition Corp., Term B Loan (First

   

Lien), 11/01/26(d)(q)

    823       825,263  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Term B

   

Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.50%

   

Floor), 3.50%, 08/25/28(d)

    21,533       21,438,901  

Spectacle Gary Holdings LLC

   

Closing Date Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 9.00%, 2.00% Floor), 11.00%, 12/23/25(d)(e)

    13,854       15,040,166  

Delayed Draw Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 9.00%, 2.00% Floor), 11.00%, 12/23/25(d)(e)

    1,004       1,089,867  

The Vinoy St. Petersburg, Note A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.55%, 0.50% Floor), 3.05%, 06/07/24(d)(e)

    12,936       12,873,660  
   

 

 

 
      145,805,441  
Household Durables — 0.0%  

ACProducts Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%, 0.50% Floor),

   

4.75%, 05/17/28(d)

    4,641       4,630,600  

MI Windows and Doors LLC, Initial Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.75% Floor),

   

4.50%, 12/18/27(d)

    3,136       3,140,220  
   

 

 

 
      7,770,820  
Household Products — 0.0%  

Conair Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan (First

   

Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.50%

   

Floor), 4.25%, 05/17/28(d)

    1,248       1,248,524  

SWF Holdings I Corp., Cov-Lite Term Loan B,

   

09/17/28(d)(q)

    1,991       1,974,833  
   

 

 

 
      3,223,357  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%  

Green Plains Operating Co. LLC, Loan,

   

07/20/26(d)(e)(q)

    6,407       6,342,930  

WIN Waste Innovations Holdings, Inc., Initial

   

Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%,

   

0.50% Floor), 3.25%, 03/25/28(d)

    798       797,002  
   

 

 

 
      7,139,932  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%  

Opendoor Mezz, Term Loan, 02/28/26(d)(q)

    9,670       9,343,205  
   

 

 

 
IT Services — 0.1%  

Avaya, Inc.

   

Tranche B-1 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US +

   

4.25%, 0.00% Floor), 4.33%, 12/15/27(d)

    1,500       1,501,755  

Tranche B-2 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US +

   

4.00%, 0.00% Floor), 4.08%, 12/15/27(d)

    1,500       1,500,825  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp., Initial Term Borrowing,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.00% Floor),

   

3.34%, 02/08/26(d)

    1,985       1,982,519  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
IT Services (continued)  

LogMeIn, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien),

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.75%, 0.00% Floor),

   

4.83%, 08/31/27(d)

  USD  4,684     $ 4,679,979  

Peraton Corp.

   

Term B Loan (First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US +

   

3.75%, 0.75% Floor), 4.50%, 02/01/28(d)

    911       911,613  

Term B-1 Loan (Second Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 7.75%, 0.75% Floor),

   

8.50%, 02/01/29(d)

    406       413,612  

RealPage, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien),

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.50% Floor),

   

3.75%, 04/22/28(d)

    1,000       996,560  

Surf Holdings S.a r.l., Dollar Tranche Term Loan

   

(First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%,

   

0.00% Floor), 3.62%, 03/05/27(d)

    2,042       2,029,215  
   

 

 

 
      14,016,078  
Leisure Products — 0.0%  

J & J Ventures Gaming LLC, Initial Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.00%, 0.75% Floor),

   

4.75%, 04/26/28(d)(e)

    4,407       4,423,526  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 0.0%  

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Initial Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%, 0.50% Floor),

   

3.25%, 04/07/28(d)(e)

    530       527,704  

Gates Global LLC, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%, 0.75% Floor),

   

3.25%, 03/31/27(d)

    796       793,886  
   

 

 

 
      1,321,590  
Media — 0.1%  

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term

   

A-4 Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%, 0.00%

   

Floor), 1.34%, 02/01/25(d)(e)

    4,014       3,998,503  

CSC Holdings LLC (FKA CSC Holdings, Inc.

   

(Cablevision)), September 2019 Initial Term

   

Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%, 0.00%

   

Floor), 2.58%, 04/15/27(d)

    4,481       4,423,730  

Directv Financing LLC, Closing Date Term Loan,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR US + 5.00%, 0.75% Floor),

   

5.75%, 08/02/27(d)

    5,236       5,237,623  

Lamar Media Corp., Term B Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 1.50%, 0.00% Floor),

   

1.58%, 02/06/27(d)

    477       472,849  

Univision Communications, Inc.

   

2021 Replacement Converted First-Lien Term

   

Loan, 03/24/26(d)(q)

    1,995       1,991,389  

Term Loan B, 05/21/28(d)(q)

    2,000       1,995,360  
   

 

 

 
      18,119,454  
Metals & Mining — 0.0%  

American Rock Salt Co. LLC, Initial Loan (First

   

Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.00%, 0.75%

   

Floor), 4.75%, 06/11/28(d)

    1,275       1,279,904  

Zekelman Industries, Inc., 2020 Term Loan,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%, 0.00% Floor),

   

2.08%, 01/24/27(d)

    1,335       1,319,518  
   

 

 

 
      2,599,422  
Multiline Retail — 0.0%  

Michaels Cos., Inc., Term B Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 4.25%, 0.75% Floor),

   

5.00%, 04/15/28(d)

    1,130       1,130,676  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Multi-Utilities — 0.0%  

PG&E Corp., Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.50% Floor), 3.50%, 01/01/22(d)

    USD 9,148     $ 8,984,928  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%  

Buckeye Partners LP, 2021 Tranche B-1 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%, 0.00% Floor), 2.33%, 11/01/26(d)

    11,462       11,400,677  

DT Midstream, Inc., Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%, 0.50% Floor),
2.50%, 06/10/28(d)

    4,181       4,177,262  

ITT Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%, 0.50% Floor), 3.25%, 07/08/28(d)

    2,078       2,073,678  
   

 

 

 
      17,651,617  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., Initial Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.00% Floor), 3.08%, 06/01/25(d)

    5,989       5,980,403  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Ltd. Co., Initial Dollar Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.50%, 0.50% Floor), 4.00%, 05/05/28(d)

    7,020       7,027,958  

Organon & Co., Dollar Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.50% Floor),
3.50%, 06/02/28(d)

    7,866       7,878,950  
   

 

 

 
      20,887,311  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

BRE Park Avenue Tower Owner LLC, Mezzanine A Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.05%, 0.00% Floor), 2.15%, 03/09/24(d)(e)

    16,472       16,410,990  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail — 0.0%  

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%, 0.00% Floor), 2.13%, 12/30/26(d)

    4,194       4,166,491  
   

 

 

 
Software — 0.2%  

Applied Systems, Inc., Closing Date Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.50% Floor), 3.75%, 09/19/24(d)

    499       498,815  

Barracuda Networks, Inc., 2020 Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.75% Floor), 4.50%, 02/12/25(d)

    1,990       1,994,566  

ConnectWise LLC, Initial Term Loan, 09/24/28(d)(q)

    6,387       6,371,033  

Informatica LLC (FKA Informatica Corp.), Dollar 2020 Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.00% Floor), 3.33%, 02/14/27(d)

    2,980       2,968,662  

Interface Security Systems LLC, Initial Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 8.00%, 1.75% Floor), 8.75%, 08/07/23(d)(e)

    5,400       5,379,840  

Playtika Holding Corp., Term B-1 Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%, 0.00% Floor), 2.83%, 03/11/28(d)

    6,475       6,470,280  

Project Ruby Ultimate Parent Corp., Closing Date Term Loan (First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.75% Floor),
4.00%, 03/10/28(d)

    4,356       4,349,314  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Software (continued)            

Proofpoint, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.50% Floor), 3.75%, 08/31/28(d)

    USD 4,608     $ 4,582,656  

VS Buyer LLC, Initial Term Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%, 0.00% Floor), 3.08%, 03/02/27(d)(e)

    1,419       1,417,100  
   

 

 

 
      34,032,266  
Specialty Retail — 0.1%  

Foundation Building Materials, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.50% Floor), 3.75%, 01/29/28(d)

    6,870       6,819,523  

Jo-Ann Stores LLC, Term B-1 Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.75%, 0.75% Floor),
5.50%, 06/30/28(d)

    1,680       1,631,280  

LBM Acquisition LLC

   

Amendment No. 1 Delayed Draw Term Loan (First Lien), 12/18/27(d)(q)

    3,034       3,003,660  

Incremental Term Loan B2, 12/18/27(d)(q)

    6,053       5,992,264  

Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.75% Floor), 4.50%, 12/18/27(d)

    1,846       1,827,416  

Park River Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.25%, 0.75% Floor), 4.00%, 12/28/27(d)

    1,220       1,214,611  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%, 0.50% Floor), 4.25%, 06/02/28(d)

    5,541       5,538,673  
   

 

 

 
      26,027,427  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%  

Everi Holdings, Inc., Term B Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%, 0.50% Floor), 3.00%, 08/03/28(d)

    1,420       1,416,742  

Redstone Holdco 2 LP

   

Initial Loan (Second Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 7.75%, 0.75% Floor), 8.50%, 08/06/29(d)

    2,728       2,652,980  

Initial Term Loan (First Lien), (3 mo. LIBOR US + 4.75%, 0.75% Floor), 5.50%, 04/27/28(d)

    5,028       4,940,010  

Western Digital Corp., U.S. Term B-4 Loan, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%, 0.00% Floor), 1.84%, 04/29/23(d)

    2,588       2,587,344  
   

 

 

 
      11,597,076  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0%  

Tory Burch LLC, Initial Term B Loan,
04/16/28(d)(q)

    3,515       3,519,584  
   

 

 

 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%  

Caliber Home Loans, Inc., Advances, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.88%, 0.00% Floor),
2.98%, 07/24/25(d)(e)

    16,389       16,347,716  
   

 

 

 

Total Floating Rate Loan Interests — 2.9%
(Cost: $630,816,080)

      631,512,081  
   

 

 

 

Foreign Agency Obligations

   
Argentina — 0.0%  

YPF SA, 7.00%, 12/15/47(a)(c)

    2,982       1,967,747  
   

 

 

 
Bahrain — 0.0%  

Oil and Gas Holding Co. BSCC,
7.63%, 11/07/24(c)(f)

    2,309       2,524,776  
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Brazil — 0.1%  

Banco do Brasil SA, 5.88%, 01/26/22(a)(c)

    USD 1,244     $ 1,258,462  

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA,
5.75%, 10/27/21(a)(c)

    365       366,209  

Petrobras Global Finance BV

   

6.25%, 03/17/24(c)

    1,008       1,120,644  

5.30%, 01/27/25(c)

    3,596       4,007,544  
   

 

 

 
      6,752,859  
China — 0.1%  

Blossom Joy Ltd., 3.10%(c)(f)(m)

    948       971,700  

China Cinda 2020 I Management Ltd., 3.00%, 01/20/31(c)(f)

    265       259,667  

China Construction Bank Corp.,
4.25%, 02/27/29(c)(f)

    805       858,484  

China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. Ltd., 2.88%, 09/28/30(c)(f)

    1,200       1,217,475  

China Minmetals Corp., 3.75%(c)(f)(m)

    339       345,780  

China Resources Land Ltd., 3.75%(c)(f)(m)

    1,680       1,743,000  

Chinalco Capital Holdings Ltd., 4.10%(c)(f)(m)

    735       766,237  

CITIC Ltd.

   

4.00%, 01/11/28(c)(f)

    1,000       1,094,250  

2.85%, 02/25/30(c)(f)

    1,140       1,158,382  

CITIC Securities Finance MTN Co. Ltd., 2.00%, 06/03/25(c)(f)

    300       300,159  

CNAC HK Finbridge Co. Ltd.

   

4.13%, 07/19/27(c)(f)

    650       709,040  

5.13%, 03/14/28(c)(f)

    1,100       1,255,089  

3.88%, 06/19/29(c)(f)

    800       853,856  

3.00%, 09/22/30(c)(f)

    800       799,152  

CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC, 7.40%, 05/01/28(c)

    1,800       2,288,250  

Huarong Finance 2017 Co. Ltd.,
4.75%, 04/27/27(c)(f)

    1,750       1,645,000  

Huarong Finance 2019 Co. Ltd.

   

2.50%, 02/24/23(c)(f)

    200       189,500  

3.75%, 05/29/24(c)(f)

    400       379,000  

3.25%, 11/13/24(c)(f)

    2,500       2,322,625  

4.50%, 05/29/29(c)(f)

    1,300       1,190,150  

3.88%, 11/13/29(c)(f)

    1,600       1,404,000  

3.63%, 09/30/30(c)(f)

    640       545,600  

Huarong Finance II Co. Ltd.,
5.00%, 11/19/25(c)(f)

    263       256,425  

Minmetals Bounteous Finance BVI Ltd., 4.20%, 07/27/26(c)(f)

    300       326,055  

Sinochem Offshore Capital Co. Ltd.,
2.38%, 09/23/31(c)(f)

    1,470       1,422,453  

Sino-Ocean Land Treasure III Ltd.,
4.90%(c)(f)(m).

    714       599,760  

Sino-Ocean Land Treasure IV Ltd.,
4.75%, 08/05/29(c)(f)

    2,295       2,174,226  
   

 

 

 
      27,075,315  
Colombia — 0.1%  

Ecopetrol SA

   

5.38%, 06/26/26(c)

    1,544       1,673,271  

6.88%, 04/29/30(c)

    7,094       8,285,792  

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP

   

4.25%, 07/18/29(a)(c)

    1,883       1,871,467  

4.38%, 02/15/31(a)(c)

    1,447       1,431,228  
   

 

 

 
      13,261,758  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Hong Kong — 0.0%  

China CITIC Bank International Ltd.,
4.63%, 02/28/29(c)(f)

    USD 1,000     $ 1,059,875  

Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd.,
3.80%, 11/20/29(c)(f)

    1,100       1,145,581  
   

 

 

 
      2,205,456  
India — 0.1%  

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.,
4.00%, 05/08/25(c)(f)

    300       316,744  

BPRL International Singapore Pte Ltd.,
4.38%, 01/18/27(c)(f)

    1,590       1,685,698  

Export-Import Bank of India

   

3.88%, 02/01/28(c)(f)

    500       535,595  

3.25%, 01/15/30(c)(f)

    1,400       1,421,952  

Greenko Dutch BV, 3.85%, 03/29/26(c)(f)

    2,149       2,183,927  

Greenko Investment Co., 4.88%, 08/16/23(c)(f)

    200       201,350  

Greenko Solar Mauritius Ltd.

   

5.55%, 01/29/25(c)(f)

    2,000       2,037,500  

5.95%, 07/29/26(c)(f)

    200       211,225  

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.,
4.00%, 07/12/27(c)(f)

    1,560       1,643,655  

Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd.

   

3.25%, 02/13/30(c)(f)

    1,650       1,663,200  

2.80%, 02/10/31(c)(f)

    200       193,048  

NTPC Ltd., 4.25%, 02/26/26(c)(f)

    1,910       2,050,624  

Oil India International Pte Ltd.,
4.00%, 04/21/27(c)(f)

    290       306,911  

Oil India Ltd., 5.13%, 02/04/29(c)(f)

    1,300       1,452,587  

ONGC Videsh Vankorneft Pte Ltd.,
3.75%, 07/27/26(c)(f)

    1,570       1,655,663  

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

   

6.15%, 12/06/28(c)(f)

    280       329,140  

4.50%, 06/18/29(c)(f)

    3,834       4,071,948  

REC Ltd., 3.88%, 07/07/27(c)(f)

    559       586,705  
   

 

 

 
      22,547,472  
Indonesia — 0.1%  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT,
4.75%, 05/13/25(c)(f)

    500       552,906  

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT, 3.75%, 03/30/26(c)(f)

    1,320       1,349,845  

Majapahit Holding BV, 7.88%, 06/29/37(c)(f)

    2,050       2,869,744  

Pelabuhan Indonesia II PT,
5.38%, 05/05/45(c)(f)

    1,680       1,978,515  

Pertamina Persero PT

   

5.63%, 05/20/43(c)(f)

    3,850       4,552,625  

4.18%, 01/21/50(c)(f)

    942       948,359  

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

   

5.38%, 01/25/29(c)(f)

    2,000       2,307,720  

6.25%, 01/25/49(c)(f)

    1,858       2,335,622  
   

 

 

 
      16,895,336  
Kazakhstan — 0.0%  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC,
3.50%, 04/14/33(a)(c)

    1,350       1,390,500  
   

 

 

 
Kuwait — 0.1%  

Equate Petrochemical BV

   

4.25%, 11/03/26(c)(f)

    879       967,339  

2.63%, 04/28/28(a)(c)

    1,625       1,631,094  

MEGlobal Canada ULC

   

5.00%, 05/18/25(a)(c)

    3,035       3,342,863  

5.88%, 05/18/30(c)(f)

    1,350       1,654,425  
   

 

 

 
      7,595,721  
 

 

 

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Malaysia — 0.0%  

Tenaga Nasional Bhd, 7.50%, 01/15/96(c)(f)

  USD  850     $ 1,119,586  

TNB Global Ventures Capital Bhd

   

3.24%, 10/19/26(c)(f)

    300       318,300  

4.85%, 11/01/28(c)(f)

    2,310       2,674,258  
   

 

 

 
      4,112,144  
Mexico — 0.2%  

Mexico City Airport Trust,
5.50%, 07/31/47(c)(f)

    7,584       7,707,240  

Petroleos Mexicanos

   

7.19%, 09/12/24

  MXN  62,757       2,887,944  

6.88%, 10/16/25(c)(f)

  USD 5,226       5,722,470  

5.35%, 02/12/28(c)

    2,252       2,214,144  

6.50%, 01/23/29(c)

    8,067       8,266,860  

5.63%, 01/23/46(c)

    355       282,704  

6.35%, 02/12/48(c)

    1,250       1,067,500  

7.69%, 01/23/50(c)

    2,669       2,513,931  

6.95%, 01/28/60(c)

    949       822,214  
   

 

 

 
      31,485,007  
Morocco — 0.0%  

OCP SA, 3.75%, 06/23/31(a)(c)

    2,230       2,224,425  
   

 

 

 
Oman — 0.0%  

Oryx Funding Ltd., 5.80%, 02/03/31(a)(c)

    1,365       1,440,075  
   

 

 

 
Pakistan — 0.0%  

Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority,

 

 

7.50%, 06/04/31(c)(f)

    2,007       1,985,124  
   

 

 

 
Panama — 0.0%  

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA,

   

5.13%, 08/11/61(a)(c)

    1,225       1,284,948  
   

 

 

 
Qatar — 0.0%  

Qatar Petroleum

   

3.13%, 07/12/41(a)(c)

    1,717       1,716,657  

3.13%, 07/12/41(c)(f)

    750       749,850  

3.30%, 07/12/51(a)(c)

    3,024       3,044,185  

3.30%, 07/12/51(c)(f)

    700       704,672  
   

 

 

 
      6,215,364  
Singapore — 0.0%  

BOC Aviation Ltd., 3.50%, 09/18/27(c)(f)

    1,270       1,352,550  
   

 

 

 
South Africa — 0.0%  

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.,
7.13%, 02/11/25(c)(f)

    4,367       4,535,675  
   

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates — 0.0%  

Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC, 4.60%, 11/02/47(c)(f)

    1,100       1,298,000  

MDGH - GMTN BV

   

2.50%, 11/07/24(a)(c)

    2,650       2,766,600  

2.88%, 11/07/29(a)(c)

    1,779       1,874,399  
   

 

 

 
      5,938,999  
United States — 0.0%  

Citgo Holding, Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/24(a)

    1,775       1,788,313  
   

 

 

 

Total Foreign Agency Obligations — 0.8%
(Cost: $163,684,591)

      164,579,564  
   

 

 

 

Foreign Government Obligations

 

Argentina — 0.1%  

Republic of Argentina

   

1.13%, 07/09/35(b)(c)

    22,345       7,284,470  

2.50%, 07/09/41(b)(c)

    20,182       7,356,339  
   

 

 

 
      14,640,809  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Austria — 0.2%  

Republic of Austria

   

0.75%, 03/20/51(a)(f)

  EUR 22,489     $ 26,752,132  

0.70%, 04/20/71(a)(f)

    4,575       4,985,724  

2.10%, 09/20/17(a)(f)

    9,276       17,162,197  
   

 

 

 
      48,900,053  
Bahrain — 0.0%  

Kingdom of Bahrain

   

5.25%, 01/25/33(c)(f)

  USD 2,057       1,951,579  

7.50%, 09/20/47(c)(f)

    1,783       1,824,566  
   

 

 

 
      3,776,145  
China — 3.6%  

China Government Bond

   

2.41%, 06/19/25

  CNY 383,300       58,775,947  

3.01%, 05/13/28

    117,530       18,361,363  

People’s Republic of China

   

1.99%, 04/09/25

    2,415,060       365,108,757  

2.85%, 06/04/27

    275,800       42,729,672  

2.68%, 05/21/30

    1,930,350       291,461,268  
   

 

 

 
      776,437,007  
Colombia — 0.4%  

Republic of Colombia

   

4.50%, 03/15/29(c)

  USD 24,081       25,364,818  

3.00%, 01/30/30(c)

    10,375       9,773,898  

3.13%, 04/15/31(c)

    42,340       39,582,608  

3.25%, 04/22/32(c)

    3,507       3,266,771  
   

 

 

 
      77,988,095  
Egypt — 0.0%  

Arab Republic of Egypt

   

7.30%, 09/30/33(a)(c)

    4,374       4,226,377  

7.90%, 02/21/48(c)(f)

    1,995       1,805,475  
   

 

 

 
      6,031,852  
France — 0.0%  

Republic of France, 0.75%, 05/25/52(a)(f)

  EUR 8,575       9,451,207  
   

 

 

 
Ghana — 0.0%  

Republic of Ghana

   

8.63%, 04/07/34(a)(c)

  USD 2,947       2,784,915  

8.75%, 03/11/61(c)(f)

    2,711       2,420,923  
   

 

 

 
      5,205,838  
Greece — 0.1%  

Hellenic Republic, 0.00%, 02/12/26(a)(f)

  EUR 13,807       15,936,426  
   

 

 

 
Guatemala — 0.0%  

Republic of Guatemala,
4.65%, 10/07/41(a)(c)

  USD 2,147       2,092,423  
   

 

 

 
Hungary — 0.0%  

Republic of Hungary, 5.38%, 03/25/24(c)

    8,710       9,672,455  
   

 

 

 
Indonesia — 0.1%  

Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III

   

4.15%, 03/29/27(c)(f)

    700       781,944  

2.80%, 06/23/30(c)(f)

    2,010       2,073,817  

3.80%, 06/23/50(c)(f)

    1,904       1,934,107  

Republic of Indonesia

   

4.10%, 04/24/28(c)

    500       561,031  

4.75%, 02/11/29(c)

    3,000       3,495,330  

2.85%, 02/14/30(c)

    2,600       2,680,925  

8.50%, 10/12/35(c)(f)

    1,000       1,561,125  

7.75%, 01/17/38(c)(f)

    600       892,050  

7.13%, 06/15/42

  IDR  68,017,000       4,850,224  

4.63%, 04/15/43(c)(f)

  USD 432       489,861  
 

 

 

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(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Indonesia (continued)  

Republic of Indonesia

   

4.75%, 07/18/47(c)(f)

    USD     433     $ 507,774  

3.05%, 03/12/51(c)

    11,595       10,958,550  
   

 

 

 
      30,786,738  
Ireland — 0.6%  

Republic of Ireland

   

0.20%, 10/18/30(f)

    EUR     29,100       34,065,896  

0.00%, 10/18/31(f)

    76,000       86,377,085  
   

 

 

 
      120,442,981  
Mexico — 0.2%  

United Mexican States

   

2.66%, 05/24/31(c)

    USD     16,739       16,145,812  

4.50%, 01/31/50(c)

    25,868       26,495,299  
   

 

 

 
      42,641,111  
Mongolia — 0.0%  

Mongolian People’s Republic,
5.13%, 04/07/26(c)(f)

    1,503       1,574,558  
   

 

 

 
Morocco — 0.0%  

Kingdom of Morocco

   

3.00%, 12/15/32(a)(c)

    2,339       2,219,126  

4.00%, 12/15/50(a)(c)

    1,170       1,066,163  
   

 

 

 
      3,285,289  
Nigeria — 0.0%  

Republic of Nigeria

   

6.13%, 09/28/28(a)(c)

    3,467       3,471,334  

7.38%, 09/28/33(a)(c)

    2,252       2,268,890  
   

 

 

 
      5,740,224  
Pakistan — 0.0%  

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

   

6.00%, 04/08/26(c)(f)

    1,319       1,305,955  

7.38%, 04/08/31(c)(f)

    1,321       1,316,192  
   

 

 

 
      2,622,147  
Panama — 0.1%  

Republic of Panama

   

3.88%, 03/17/28(c)

    7,669       8,319,906  

4.50%, 04/01/56(c)

    10,739       11,657,185  
   

 

 

 
      19,977,091  
Peru — 0.1%  

Republic of Peru

   

4.13%, 08/25/27(c)

    6,860       7,583,730  

3.55%, 03/10/51(c)

    9,365       9,287,739  
   

 

 

 
      16,871,469  
Philippines — 0.1%  

Republic of the Philippines

   

3.00%, 02/01/28(c)

    11,468       12,239,108  

9.50%, 02/02/30(c)

    200       310,163  

6.38%, 01/15/32(c)

    1,280       1,720,240  

6.38%, 10/23/34(c)

    1,230       1,698,399  

3.20%, 07/06/46(c)

    12,110       11,914,545  
   

 

 

 
      27,882,455  
Russian Federation — 0.4%  

Russian Federation

   

7.65%, 04/10/30

    RUB     618,436       8,742,661  

5.90%, 03/12/31

    4,320,482       54,077,807  

6.10%, 07/18/35

    1,540,563       18,832,683  
   

 

 

 
      81,653,151  
South Africa — 0.1%  

Republic of South Africa, 7.00%, 02/28/31

    ZAR 251,295       14,039,177  
   

 

 

 
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Spain — 0.2%  

Kingdom fo Spain, 3.45%, 07/30/66(a)(f)

  EUR  20,059     $ 35,628,703  
   

 

 

 
Sri Lanka — 0.0%  

Republic of Sri Lanka

   

6.85%, 03/14/24(c)(f)

  USD 325       206,436  

6.35%, 06/28/24(c)(f)

    200       127,537  

6.83%, 07/18/26(c)(f)

    200       123,850  

7.85%, 03/14/29(c)(f)

    200       121,725  

7.55%, 03/28/30(c)(f)

    562       342,750  
   

 

 

 
      922,298  
Uruguay — 0.1%  

Republic of Uruguay

   

4.38%, 10/27/27(c)

    5,923       6,797,766  

5.10%, 06/18/50(c)

    6,207       7,897,122  
   

 

 

 
      14,694,888  
   

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations — 6.4%
(Cost: $1,359,281,650)

 

    1,388,894,590  
   

 

 

 
     Shares         

Investment Companies

 

Fixed-Income Funds — 0.2%  

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(j)(r)

    576,271       50,417,950  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 0.2%
(Cost: $50,330,241)

 

    50,417,950  
   

 

 

 
     Par
(000)
        

Municipal Bonds

 

California — 0.4%  

Bay Area Toll Authority, RB, Series S1,
7.04%, 04/01/50

  USD  9,275       16,409,052  

Los Angeles Community College District, GO, 6.60%, 08/01/42

    3,990       6,276,390  

Los Angeles Unified School District

   

GO, 5.75%, 07/01/34

    555       737,023  

GO, 6.76%, 07/01/34

    9,940       14,081,203  

State of California

   

GO, 7.55%, 04/01/39

    4,000       6,733,120  

Refunding GO, 4.60%, 04/01/38

    22,215       25,657,659  

University of California, RB, 4.86%, 05/15/2112

    2,467       3,438,998  
   

 

 

 
      73,333,445  
Georgia — 0.0%  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, RB, 6.64%, 04/01/57

    3,301       4,967,147  
   

 

 

 
Illinois — 0.1%  

State of Illinois, GO, 5.10%, 06/01/33

    17,635       20,560,470  
   

 

 

 
Massachusetts — 0.0%  

Massachusetts HFA, RB, Series A,
4.50%, 12/01/48

    965       1,019,928  
   

 

 

 
New Jersey — 0.0%  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, RB, Series F, 7.41%, 01/01/40

    3,126       5,109,978  
   

 

 

 
New York — 0.1%  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

   

RB, 5.87%, 11/15/39

    985       1,293,137  

RB, 6.67%, 11/15/39

    470       672,504  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

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Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
New York (continued)  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

   

RB, Series E, 6.81%, 11/15/40

  USD 1,025     $ 1,482,642  

New York City Water & Sewer System

   

RB, 6.01%, 06/15/42

    850       1,296,505  

RB, 5.88%, 06/15/44

    1,665       2,548,416  

New York State Dormitory Authority, RB,

   

Series H, 5.39%, 03/15/40

    1,470       1,964,596  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

   

RB, 5.65%, 11/01/40

    2,780       3,911,210  

RB, 4.96%, 08/01/46

    5,020       6,815,804  

RB, 4.93%, 10/01/51

    1,400       1,928,192  
   

 

 

 
      21,913,006  
Ohio — 0.0%  

American Municipal Power, Inc., RB, Series B,

   

8.08%, 02/15/50

    3,555       6,606,825  
   

 

 

 
Texas — 0.1%  

City of San Antonio, TX Electric & Gas Systems Revenue, RB, 5.81%, 02/01/41

    4,375       6,312,731  

State of Texas, GO, 5.52%, 04/01/39

    5,715       8,167,364  
   

 

 

 
      14,480,095  
   

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds — 0.7%

   

(Cost: $131,373,039)

      147,990,894  
   

 

 

 

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 3.1%

 

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2021-G, Class A,

   

1.88%, 06/25/61(a)(d)

    55,952       55,910,683  

Series 2021-G, Class B,

   

3.75%, 06/25/61(a)(d)

    8,006       8,012,443  

Series 2021-G, Class C,

   

0.00%, 06/25/61(a)(e)

    14,845       13,683,793  

American Home Mortgage Assets Trust

   

Series 2006-3, Class 2A11, (12 mo. Federal

   

Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

0.94%), 1.03%, 10/25/46(d)

    724       591,148  

Series 2006-4, Class 1A12, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.21%), 0.30%, 10/25/46(d)

    1,983       1,276,184  

Series 2006-5, Class A1, (12 mo. Federal

   

Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

0.92%), 1.01%, 11/25/46(d)

    3,226       1,325,307  

Series 2007-1, Class A1, (12 mo. Federal

   

Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

0.70%), 0.79%, 02/25/47(d)

    690       387,393  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-4,

   

Class A3, 2.81%, 06/25/65(a)(d)

    2,508       2,538,474  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC,

   

Series 2019-4, Class A3, 3.30%,

   

07/26/49(a)(d)

    1,816       1,828,805  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust LLC

   

Series 2020-3, Class A3, 2.87%,

   

04/25/65(a)(d)

    3,695       3,741,170  

Series 2020-3, Class M1, 3.81%,

   

04/25/65(a)(d)

    4,120       4,204,250  

APS Resecuritization Trust

   

Series 2016-1, Class 1MZ, 3.69%,

   

07/31/57(a)(d)

    7,615       2,860,797  

Series 2016-3, Class 3A, (1 mo. LIBOR US +

 

 

2.85%), 2.94%, 09/27/46(a)(d)

    3,024       3,025,843  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

APS Resecuritization Trust

   

Series 2016-3, Class 4A, (1 mo. LIBOR US +

   

2.60%), 2.69%, 04/27/47(a)(d)

  USD 360     $ 359,752  

ARI Investments LLC

   

Series 2017-1, Class A, 4.61%, 01/06/25(e)

    2,423       2,404,440  

Series 2019-1, 4.55%, 01/30/25(e)

    2,985       2,955,128  

Banc of America Funding Trust

   

Series 2014-R2, Class 1C, 0.00%,

   

11/26/36(a)(d)

    3,739       1,034,077  

Series 2016-R2, Class 1A1, 4.70%,

   

05/01/33(a)(d)

    1,241       1,287,367  

BCAP LLC Trust, Series 2011-RR5, Class 11A5,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.15%), 0.38%,

   

05/28/36(a)(d)

    3,760       3,663,941  

Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust, Series 2007-1,

   

Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.32%),

   

0.41%, 01/25/47(d)

    1,090       1,025,844  

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust,

   

Series 2005-AC9, Class A5, 6.25%,

   

12/25/35(b)

    184       165,518  

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust

   

Series 2006-SL1, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.28%), 0.37%, 08/25/36(d)

    723       714,336  

Series 2007-AR2, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.17%), 0.26%, 03/25/37(d)

    276       262,970  

Series 2007-AR3, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 03/25/37(d)

    461       442,886  

Series 2007-AR4, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.21%), 0.30%, 06/25/37(d)

    443       437,429  

BlackRock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R2,

   

Class AP, 0.00%, 12/25/35(a)(d)(r)

    3       2,523  

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2007-

   

S6, Class 1A1, 6.00%, 12/25/37

    20,517       12,544,857  

Citicorp Mortgage Securities Trust

   

Series 2007-9, Class 1A1, 6.25%, 12/25/37

    1,402       1,268,802  

Series 2008-2, Class 1A1, 6.50%, 06/25/38

    4,534       4,044,690  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-2,

   

Class 2A, 6.00%, 11/25/36

    9       8,704  

CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust,

   

Series 2007-A6, Class 1A11, 6.00%,

   

06/25/37

    675       678,413  

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2020-3,

   

Class A3, 2.38%, 04/27/65(a)(d)

    987       989,974  

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust

   

Series 2005-22T1, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.35%), 0.44%, 06/25/35(d)

    3,362       2,859,583  

Series 2005-72, Class A3, (1 mo. LIBOR US

   

+ 0.60%), 0.69%, 01/25/36(d)

    483       464,115  

Series 2005-76, Class 2A1, (12 mo. Federal

   

Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

1.00%), 1.09%, 02/25/36(d)

    622       593,245  

Series 2006-11CB, Class 3A1, 6.50%,

   

05/25/36

    1,541       1,073,226  

Series 2006-15CB, Class A1, 6.50%,

   

06/25/36

    350       253,046  

Series 2006-23CB, Class 2A5, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.40%), 0.49%, 08/25/36(d)

    5,084       967,945  

Series 2006-OA14, Class 1A1, (12 mo.

   

Federal Reserve Cumulative Average US

   

+ 1.73%), 1.82%, 11/25/46(d)

    2,520       2,198,139  

Series 2006-OA16, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.38%), 0.47%, 10/25/46(d)

    3,098       3,026,910  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust

   

Series 2006-OA16, Class A4C, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.68%), 0.77%, 10/25/46(d)

  USD 3,993     $ 2,972,402  

Series 2006-OA21, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.19%), 0.28%, 03/20/47(d)

    7,096       6,127,360  

Series 2006-OA8, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.38%), 0.47%, 07/25/46(d)

    350       320,059  

Series 2006-OC10, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.46%), 0.55%, 11/25/36(d)

    1,614       1,586,157  

Series 2006-OC7, Class 2A3, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.50%), 0.59%, 07/25/46(d)

    2,153       2,102,620  

Series 2007-14T2, Class A1, 6.00%,

   

07/25/37

    2,322       1,546,469  

Series 2007-3T1, Class 1A1, 6.00%,

   

04/25/37

    301       192,128  

Series 2007-OA3, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.14%), 0.23%, 04/25/47(d)

    880       807,186  

Series 2007-OA3, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.18%), 0.33%, 04/25/47(d)

    13       16,888  

Series 2007-OA8, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.18%), 0.45%, 06/25/47(d)

    284       231,743  

Series 2007-OH2, Class A2A, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.48%), 0.57%, 08/25/47(d)

    356       347,320  

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

   

Series 2004-29, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.54%), 0.63%, 02/25/35(d)

    200       198,257  

Series 2006-OA4, Class A1, (12 mo. Federal

   

Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

0.96%), 1.05%, 04/25/46(d)

    1,330       528,089  

Series 2006-OA5, Class 3A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.40%), 0.49%, 04/25/46(d)

    573       542,165  

Series 2007-15, Class 2A2, 6.50%, 09/25/37

    8,289       4,632,625  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates,

   

Series 2009-12R, Class 3A1, 6.50%,

   

10/27/37(a)

    8,102       4,428,058  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2014-11R, Class 16A1, 3.01%,

   

09/27/47(a)(d)

    327       333,910  

Series 2014-4R, Class 16A3, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.20%), 0.28%, 02/27/36(a)(d)(e)

    598       575,020  

Series 2014-9R, Class 9A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.12%), 0.20%, 08/27/36(a)(d)

    1,036       964,283  

Series 2020-SPT1, Class M1, 3.39%,

   

04/25/65(a)(d)

    4,796       4,931,096  

CSFB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through

   

Certificates, Series 2005-10, Class 10A1,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.44%,

   

11/25/35(d)

    1,245       237,673  

Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2020-1, Class B2, 4.54%,

   

01/25/60(a)(d)

    1,310       1,318,934  

Series 2020-2, Class A3, 2.86%, 05/25/65(a) . 3,800

      3,851,924  

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust,

   

Series 2007-OA4, Class A2A, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.17%), 0.26%, 08/25/47(d)

    1,031       1,127,903  

Deutsche Alt-A Securities, Inc., Series 2007-

   

RS1, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.50%),

   

0.59%, 01/27/37(a)(d)

    15       14,289  

Deutsche Alt-B Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2006-AB3, Class A3, 6.51%,

   

07/25/36(d)

    363       360,326  
Security   Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

Deutsche Alt-B Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2006-AB3, Class A8, 6.36%,

   

07/25/36(d)

  USD 232     $ 229,777  

GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust,

   

Series 2006-AR2, Class 4A1, (12 mo.

   

Federal Reserve Cumulative Average US +

   

2.00%), 2.09%, 03/25/36(d)

    666       663,905  

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Corp. Trust,

   

Series 2019-PJ2, Class B4, 4.42%,

   

11/25/49(a)(d)

    1,476       1,572,480  

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2007-1F, Class 2A4, 5.50%, 01/25/37

    116       137,802  

Series 2007-OA2, Class 2A1, 2.32%,

   

06/25/47(d)

    1,127       912,267  

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2006-12, Class 1A1A, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.21%), 0.29%, 12/19/36(d)

    12,273       11,594,987  

Series 2007-4, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US

   

+ 0.25%), 0.34%, 07/19/47(d)

    559       520,149  

Homeward Opportunities Fund I Trust

   

Series 2020-2, Class A2, 2.64%,

   

05/25/65(a)(d)

    4,767       4,835,604  

Series 2020-2, Class A3, 3.20%,

   

05/25/65(a)(d)

    5,763       5,897,054  

Impac CMB Trust

   

Series 2004-11, Class 1A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US

   

+ 0.52%), 0.61%, 03/25/35(d)

    1,014       1,073,764  

Series 2005-6, Class 1A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US

   

+ 0.50%), 0.59%, 10/25/35(d)

    756       754,108  

Impac Secured Assets Trust, Series 2006-3,

   

Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%),

   

0.43%, 11/25/36(d)

    1,373       1,273,935  

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

   

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.24%), 0.33%, 07/25/36(d)

    410       394,963  

Series 2006-AR35, Class 1A1A, (1 mo.

   

LIBOR US + 0.18%), 0.27%, 01/25/37(d)

    2,740       2,790,162  

Series 2007-AR19, Class 3A1, 2.97%,

   

09/25/37(d)

    2,765       2,230,095  

Series 2007-FLX5, Class 2A2, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.24%), 0.33%, 08/25/37(d)

    783       736,541  

JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust

   

Series 2007-A1, Class 1A4, (1 mo. LIBOR

   

US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 03/25/37(d)

    1,284       1,309,125  

Series 2007-A2, Class 2A1, 3.29%,

   

05/25/37(d)

    251       234,268  

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2014-OAK4, Class B4, 3.87%,

   

09/25/44(a)(d)

    245       243,361  

Series 2021-4, Class B1, 2.89%,

   

08/25/51(a)(d)

    15,938       16,095,696  

Series 2021-4, Class B2, 2.89%,

   

08/25/51(a)(d)

    4,044       4,074,301  

Series 2021-4, Class B3, 2.90%,

   

08/25/51(a)(d)

    3,817       3,657,086  

Series 2021-INV5, Class A2A, 2.50%,

   

12/25/51(a)(d)

    55,048       55,675,891  

Series 2021-INV5, Class A5A, 2.50%,

   

12/25/51(a)(d)

    11,063       11,092,386  

Series 2021-INV5, Class B1, 3.19%,

   

12/25/51(a)(d)

    6,180       6,154,930  

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)              

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2021-INV5, Class B2, 3.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

    USD       1,814     $ 1,772,683  

Series 2021-INV5, Class B3, 3.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      2,015       1,897,365  

Series 2021-INV5, Class B4, 3.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      1,343       1,057,014  

Series 2021-INV5, Class B5, 3.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      470       333,826  

Series 2021-INV5, Class B6, 3.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      1,612       655,999  

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust

     

Series 2020-GS5, Class A1, 3.25%, 06/25/60(a)

      3,833       3,895,081  

Series 2020-SL1, Class A, 2.73%, 01/25/60(a)(b)

      3,311       3,337,279  

Series 2021-GS2, Class A1, 1.75%, 04/25/61(a)(b)

      23,645       23,668,794  

Lehman XS Trust

     

Series 2007-16N, Class AF2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.04%, 09/25/47(d)

      2,954       3,709,354  

Series 2007-20N, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.15%), 1.24%, 12/25/37(d)

      689       726,667  

Loan Revolving Advance Investment Trust

     

Series 2021-1, Class A1X, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.87%, 12/31/22(a)(d)

      16,670       16,670,000  

Series 2021-2, Class A1X, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.87%, 06/30/23(a)(d)

      22,224       22,224,000  

MASTR Resecuritization Trust, Series 2008-3, Class A1, 0.52%, 08/25/37(a)(d)

      870       466,302  

MCM Trust

     

Series 2021-VFN1, Class Cert, 3.00%, 08/25/28

      5,115       1,827,630  

Series 2021-VFN1, Class Note, 3.00%, 08/25/28

      6,644       6,643,525  

Mello Warehouse Securitization Trust,
Series 2021-2, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.84%, 04/25/55(a)(d)

      1,090       1,088,455  

Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust,
Series 2007-OAR2, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 04/25/37(d)

      1,557       1,545,741  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2006-A3, Class 6A1, 2.98%, 05/25/36(d)

      934       894,784  

MFA Trust

     

Series 2020-NQM1, Class A3, 2.30%, 08/25/49(a)(d)

      369       371,524  

Series 2021-NQM1, Class B1, 3.51%, 04/25/65(a)(d)

      3,310       3,301,403  

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust,
Series 2013-R7, Class 1B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.16%), 0.40%, 12/26/46(a)(d)

      910       901,698  

Mortgage Loan Resecuritization Trust,
Series 2009-RS1, Class A85, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 0.43%, 04/16/36(a)(d)

      3,133       2,921,269  

NACC Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust

     

Series 2004-R1, Class A1, 6.50%, 03/25/34(a)

      2,190       2,200,948  

Series 2004-R1, Class A2, 7.50%, 03/25/34(a)

      503       517,698  

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)              

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2019-2A, Class A1, 4.25%, 12/25/57(a)(d)

    USD       1,293     $ 1,359,807  

Series 2020-RPL1, Class B3, 3.89%, 11/25/59(a)(d)

      6,210       5,629,645  

Series 2020-RPL2, Class A1, 3.58%, 08/25/25(a)(d)

      11,640       11,833,655  

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust

     

Series 2001-R1A, Class A, 7.00%, 02/19/30(a)(d)

      384       394,382  

Series 2006-AF1, Class 1A4, 7.13%, 05/25/36(b)

      555       174,816  

Series 2007-2, Class A4, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 06/25/37(d)

      334       291,060  

NYMT Loan Trust, Series 2020-SP2, Class A1, 2.94%, 10/25/60(a)(d)

      16,344       16,483,299  

Preston Ridge Partners Mortgage LLC

     

Series 2020-3, Class A1,
2.86%, 09/25/25(a)(b)

      20,641       20,682,727  

Series 2020-5, Class A1,
3.10%, 11/25/25(a)(b)

      16,053       16,150,857  

Provident Funding Mortgage Warehouse Securitization Trust, Series 2021-1, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.50%), 4.59%, 02/25/55(a)(d)

      2,330       2,314,780  

RALI Trust, Series 2007-QH9, Class A1, 1.33%, 11/25/37(d)

      608       584,861  

Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust

     

Series 2005-R2, Class 1AF1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.34%), 0.43%, 06/25/35(a)(d)

      371       359,382  

Series 2005-R3, Class AF, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.40%), 0.49%, 09/25/35(a)(d)

      113       100,584  

Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

     

Series 2020-2, Class A2,
2.51%, 05/25/60(a)(d)

      3,500       3,553,817  

Series 2020-2, Class M1,
3.57%, 05/25/60(a)(d)

      7,854       8,049,170  

RFMSI Series Trust, Series 2006-SA2, Class 2A1, 4.44%, 08/25/36(d)

      5,586       4,529,015  

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust,
Series 2018-1, Class BX, 4.27%, 05/25/57(d)

      534       306,166  

Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust,
Series 2020-2, Class M1,
4.75%, 09/25/60(a)(d)

      15,220       15,845,860  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-3, Class 2AA1, 2.78%, 07/20/37(d)

      1,136       1,037,698  

Station Place Securitization Trust

     

Series 2021-WL1, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.09%, 01/26/54(a)(d)

      1,720       1,715,663  

Series 2021-WL1, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.59%, 01/26/54(a)(d)

      1,850       1,845,354  

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class 4A, 3.01%, 04/25/36(d)

      670       501,554  

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust

     

Series 2006-AR4, Class 3A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.38%), 0.47%, 06/25/36(d)

      2,038       1,933,234  

Series 2006-AR5, Class 2A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 05/25/46(d)

      440       393,454  

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2006-3, Class A1, 2.03%, 06/25/46(d)

      1,222       1,007,506  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments   (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2007-3, Class 4A1, (12 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.48%, 06/25/47(d)

    USD       110     $ 104,481  

TVC DSCR

     

Series 21-1, Class A, 2.38%, 02/01/51(e)

      22,402       22,401,978  

Series 21-1, Class CERT, 0.00%, 02/01/51(e)

 

    5,600       7,035,901  

TVC Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-RTL1, Class A1, 3.47%, 09/25/24(a)

      1,960       1,972,857  

Verus Securitization Trust

     

Series 2019-INV2, Class M1, 3.50%, 07/25/59(a)(d)

      835       844,233  

Series 2020-4, Class A3, 2.32%, 05/25/65(a)(b)

      2,008       2,024,307  

Series 2020-4, Class M1, 3.29%, 05/25/65(a)(d)

      3,120       3,180,490  

Series 2020-5, Class M1, 2.60%, 05/25/65(a)(d)

      2,312       2,323,547  

Series 2020-INV1, Class A2, 3.04%, 03/25/60(a)(d)

      1,895       1,950,227  

Series 2020-INV1, Class A3, 3.89%, 03/25/60(a)(d)

      1,800       1,867,956  

Visio Trust

     

Series 2019-2, Class B1, 3.91%, 11/25/54(a)(d)

      906       917,518  

Series 2020-1, Class M1, 4.45%, 08/25/55(a)(d)

      1,100       1,152,030  

Vista Point Securitization Trust

     

Series 2020-1, Class A1, 1.76%, 03/25/65(a)(d)

      5,815       5,838,511  

Series 2020-2, Class A3, 2.50%, 04/25/65(a)(d)

      2,518       2,539,264  

Series 2020-2, Class B1, 4.90%, 04/25/65(a)(d)

      640       667,089  

Series 2020-2, Class M1, 3.40%, 04/25/65(a)(d)

      1,480       1,524,879  

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through

     

Certificates Trust

     

Series 2006-1, Class 4CB, 6.50%, 02/25/36

 

    1,121       991,395  

Series 2006-4, Class 1A1, 6.00%, 04/25/36

 

    2,498       2,576,510  

Series 2006-4, Class 3A1, 7.00%, 05/25/36(b)

      1,055       1,046,051  

Series 2006-4, Class 3A5, 6.85%, 05/25/36(b)

      409       405,589  

Series 2007-OA5, Class 1A, (12 mo. Federal Reserve Cumulative Average US + 0.75%), 0.84%, 06/25/47(d)

      2,960       2,870,413  

Series 2007-OA5, Class 2A, (Cost of Funds for the 11th District of San Francisco + 1.25%), 1.51%, 06/25/47(d)

      1,427       1,281,629  

Western Alliance CLN, Series 2021-CL1, Class M, 5.63%, 12/28/24(a)

      54,690       54,645,400  
     

 

 

 
        659,433,311  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.8%  

1211 Avenue of the Americas Trust

     

Series 2015-1211, Class C, 4.28%, 08/10/35(a)(d)

      600       643,838  

Series 2015-1211, Class D, 4.28%, 08/10/35(a)(d)

      6,157       6,445,145  

Series 2015-1211, Class E, 4.28%, 08/10/35(a)(d)

      1,110       1,130,058  

Security

          Par
(000)
     Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

245 Park Avenue Trust

       

Series 2017-245P, Class D, 3.78%, 06/05/37(a)(d)

    USD        480      $ 492,871  

Series 2017-245P, Class E, 3.78%, 06/05/37(a)(d)

       2,463        2,489,725  

280 Park Avenue Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2017-280P, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.54%), 1.62%, 09/15/34(a)(d)

       2,920        2,919,957  

Series 2017-280P, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.12%), 2.20%, 09/15/34(a)(d)

       5,835        5,820,266  

Series 2017-280P, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.83%), 2.91%, 09/15/34(a)(d)

       630        626,857  

Alen Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-ACEN, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.10%),
3.18%, 04/15/34(a)(d)

       2,670        2,678,366  

AOA Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-1177, Class C, 3.11%, 12/13/29(a)(d)

       5,210        5,206,555  

Arbor Multifamily Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-MF1, Class E,
1.75%, 05/15/53(a)

       636        546,323  

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series 2018-ASHF, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.18%,
04/15/35(a)(d)

 

     740        733,480  

Atrium Hotel Portfolio Trust

       

Series 2017-ATRM, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.03%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

       4,840        4,818,629  

Series 2017-ATRM, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.13%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

       568        551,536  

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial

 

     

Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2015-200P, Class F, 3.72%, 04/14/33(a)(d)

       2,691        2,744,215  

Series 2016-IS, qClass C, 3.73%, 08/14/34(a)(d)

       445        460,546  

Series 2017-SCH, Class AF, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.00%), 1.08%, 11/15/33(a)(d)

       150        146,989  

Series 2017-SCH, Class BF, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.48%, 11/15/33(a)(d)

       2,870        2,799,973  

Series 2017-SCH, Class CL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.58%, 11/15/32(a)(d)

       970        846,092  

Series 2017-SCH, Class DL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.08%, 11/15/32(a)(d)

       1,930        1,603,097  

Series 2018-DSNY, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.43%, 09/15/34(a)(d)

       350        348,676  

Series 2018-DSNY, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.70%), 1.78%, 09/15/34(a)(d)

       3,275        3,253,801  

BANK

       

Series 2019-BN21, Class A5, 2.85%, 10/17/52

       1,088        1,153,590  

Series 2020-BN28, Class D, 2.50%, 03/15/63(a)

       610        558,020  

Series 2021-BN32, Class A5, 2.64%, 04/15/54

       1,970        2,054,136  

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust

       

Series 2005-3A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.48%), 0.57%, 11/25/35(a)(d)

       2,030        1,941,141  

Series 2005-4A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.45%), 0.54%, 01/25/36(a)(d)

       4,344        4,184,258  

Series 2005-4A, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.59%), 0.67%, 01/25/36(a)(d)

       67        65,384  

Series 2005-4A, Class M1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.68%), 0.76%, 01/25/36(a)(d)

       180        175,449  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust

     

Series 2006-1A, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.54%), 0.63%, 04/25/36(a)(d)

    USD       227     $ 216,596  

Series 2006-2A, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.42%), 0.51%, 07/25/36(a)(d)

      799       772,340  

Series 2006-3A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.25%), 0.34%, 10/25/36(a)(d)

      367       354,512  

Series 2006-3A, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.30%), 0.39%, 10/25/36(a)(d)

      256       247,674  

Series 2006-4A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.35%), 0.43%, 12/25/36(a)(d)

      1,399       1,357,359  

Series 2007-1, Class A2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.27%), 0.36%, 03/25/37(a)(d)

      1,154       1,106,557  

Series 2007-2A, Class A1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.27%), 0.36%, 07/25/37(a)(d)

      8,334       8,022,931  

Series 2007-6A, Class A4A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.59%, 12/25/37(a)(d)

      5,440       5,356,829  

Series 2008-2, Class A4A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.59%, 04/25/38(a)(d)

      2,602       2,632,517  

BBCMS Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2018-CHRS, Class E, 4.41%, 08/05/38(a)(d)

      980       868,768  

Series 2018-TALL, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.72%), 0.81%, 03/15/37(a)(d)

      918       915,131  

Series 2019-BWAY, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.16%), 2.24%, 11/15/34(a)(d)

      1,118       1,095,561  

BBCMS Trust, Series 2015-SRCH, Class A1, 3.31%, 08/10/35(a)

      2,370       2,514,849  

BB-UBS Trust, Series 2012-SHOW, Class E, 4.16%, 11/05/36(a)(d)

      790       675,441  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2005-PWR7, Class B, 5.21%, 02/11/41(d)

      386       384,203  

Series 2007-T26, Class AM, 5.51%, 01/12/45(d)

      731       726,136  

Beast Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2021-SSCP, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.10%), 1.18%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      3,731       3,732,123  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.35%), 1.43%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      4,582       4,583,370  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.60%), 1.68%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      4,292       4,293,294  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.18%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      3,650       3,651,103  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.90%), 2.98%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      3,508       3,509,053  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.80%), 3.88%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      3,947       3,948,190  

Series 2021-SSCP, Class H, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.90%), 4.99%, 04/15/36(a)(d)

      2,773       2,773,839  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2018-B3, Class D,
3.21%, 04/10/51(a)(d)

      210       196,119  

Series 2018-B5, Class A3, 3.94%, 07/15/51

 

    4,840       5,448,271  

Series 2019-B10, Class 3CCA, 4.03%, 03/15/62(a)(d)

      3,610       3,836,555  

Series 2020-B16, Class D, 2.50%, 02/15/53(a)

      38       33,107  

Series 2021-B25, Class A5, 2.58%, 04/15/54.

 

    2,610       2,706,871  

BFLD Trust, Series 2020-EYP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.70%), 3.78%, 10/15/35(a)(d)

      5,885       5,925,641  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

BHMS, Series 2018-ATLS, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.25%), 1.33%, 07/15/35(a)(d)

  USD 2,770     $ 2,777,368  

BWAY Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2013-1515, Class A2, 3.45%, 03/10/33(a)

    3,004       3,205,280  

Series 2013-1515, Class D, 3.63%, 03/10/33(a)

    1,400       1,462,789  

Series 2013-1515, Class E, 3.72%, 03/10/33(a)

    250       258,150  

Series 2013-1515, Class F, 4.06%,
03/10/33(a)(d)

    250       256,191  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2018-BIOA, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.04%, 03/15/37(a)(d)

    1,210       1,209,712  

Series 2018-BIOA, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.47%), 2.56%, 03/15/37(a)(d)

    8,300       8,305,417  

Series 2018-IND, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.05%), 2.13%, 11/15/35(a)(d)

    2,324       2,330,220  

Series 2018-IND, Class H, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.08%, 11/15/35(a)(d)

    11,634       11,674,920  

Series 2019-XL, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.30%), 2.38%, 10/15/36(a)(d)

    19,194       19,248,030  

Series 2019-XL, Class J, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.65%), 2.73%, 10/15/36(a)(d)

    26,583       26,642,135  

Series 2020-BXLP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.08%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

    20,806       20,825,464  

Series 2020-BXLP, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.58%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

    6,258       6,250,117  

Series 2020-FOX, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.60%), 3.68%, 11/15/32(a)(d)

    7,224       7,237,551  

Series 2020-VIV2, Class C, 3.66%,
03/09/44(a)(d)

    2,550       2,685,982  

Series 2020-VIV3, Class B, 3.66%,
03/09/44(a)(d)

    320       343,260  

Series 2020-VIV4, Class A, 2.84%, 03/09/44(a)

    5,380       5,606,342  

Series 2020-VKNG, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.83%, 10/15/37(a)(d)

    4,670       4,693,320  

Series 2021-NWM, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.91%), 0.99%, 02/15/33(a)(d)(e)

    17,038       17,038,000  

Series 2021-NWM, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.23%, 02/15/33(a)(d)(e)

    10,439       10,439,000  

Series 2021-NWM, Class C, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.25%), 4.33%, 02/15/33(a)(d)(e)

    6,988       6,988,000  

BX Trust

   

Series 2019-OC11, Class A, 3.20%, 12/09/41(a)

    1,183       1,264,554  

Series 2019-OC11, Class D, 4.08%, 12/09/41(a)(d)

    8,267       8,737,286  

Series 2019-OC11, Class E, 4.08%, 12/09/41(a)(d)

    11,936       12,321,677  

Series 2021-LBA, Class FJV, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.48%, 02/15/36(a)(d)

    6,390       6,389,902  

Series 2021-LBA, Class FV, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.40%), 2.48%, 02/15/36(a)(d)

    5,128       5,127,922  

Series 2021-LBA, Class GJV, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.08%, 02/15/36(a)(d)

    8,390       8,389,873  

Series 2021-LBA, Class GV, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.08%, 02/15/36(a)(d)

    6,640       6,639,900  

Series 2021-MFM1, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.33%, 01/15/34(a)(d)

    1,650       1,651,553  
 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

BX Trust

   

Series 2021-MFM1, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.08%, 01/15/34(a)(d)

  USD       2,550     $ 2,565,821  

Series 2021-SOAR, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.80%), 2.88%,
06/15/38(a)(d)

    13,540       13,561,748  

Series 2021-SOAR, Class J, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%), 3.83%, 06/15/38(a)(d)

    10,660       10,660,019  

BXP Trust

   

Series 2017-CC, Class D, 3.67%, 08/13/37(a)(d)

    750       788,378  

Series 2017-CC, Class E, 3.67%, 08/13/37(a)(d)

    1,450       1,473,931  

Series 2017-GM, Class D, 3.54%, 06/13/39(a)(d)

    590       618,984  

Series 2017-GM, Class E, 3.54%, 06/13/39(a)(d)

    1,240       1,256,366  

CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust,

   

Series 2019-LIFE, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.75%), 1.83%, 12/15/37(a)(d)

    3,618       3,621,854  

CD Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2017-CD5, Class B, 3.96%, 08/15/50(d)

    2,091       2,278,839  

Series 2017-CD6, Class C, 4.41%, 11/13/50(d)

    1,290       1,389,602  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2016-C3, Class A3, 3.87%, 01/10/48

    410       449,536  

Series 2018-TAN, Class A, 4.24%, 02/15/33(a)

    1,860       1,920,550  

Series 2018-TAN, Class B, 4.69%, 02/15/33(a)

    2,274       2,342,351  

Series 2018-TAN, Class C, 5.30%, 02/15/33(a)

    1,160       1,197,756  

Series 2018-TAN, Class E, 6.66%, 02/15/33(a)(d)

    670       688,370  

CFK Trust, Series 2019-FAX, Class D, 4.79%, 01/15/39(a)(d)

    2,643       2,928,048  

CHC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019- CHC, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.50%), 1.58%, 06/15/34(a)(d)

    7,240       7,231,413  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2014-GC19, Class C, 5.26%, 03/10/47(d)

    440       471,684  

Series 2015-GC27, Class B, 3.77%, 02/10/48

    990       1,038,768  

Series 2016-C1, Class D, 5.11%, 05/10/49(a)(d)

    450       459,449  

Series 2016-GC37, Class C, 5.09%, 04/10/49(d)

    640       686,274  

Series 2016-P3, Class C, 5.06%, 04/15/49(d) .

    30       31,469  

Series 2016-P3, Class D, 2.80%, 04/15/49(a)(d)

    136       112,537  

Series 2017-C4, Class A4, 3.47%, 10/12/50

    1,220       1,335,106  

Series 2018-C6, Class A4, 4.41%, 11/10/51

    1,960       2,273,642  

Series 2019-C7, Class A4, 3.10%, 12/15/72

    1,130       1,217,989  

Series 2019-PRM, Class D, 4.35%, 05/10/36(a)

    1,120       1,177,410  

Series 2019-PRM, Class E, 4.89%, 05/10/36(a)(d)

    5,271       5,464,298  

Series 2019-PRM, Class F, 4.89%, 05/10/36(a)(d)

    5,180       5,241,630  

Series 2019-SMRT, Class D, 4.90%, 01/10/36(a)(d)

    7,200       7,615,211  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2019-SMRT, Class E, 4.90%, 01/10/36(a)(d)

  USD 419     $ 438,911  

Series 2020-420K, Class E, 3.42%, 11/10/42(a)(d)

          1,540       1,430,530  

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CD3, Class A4, 3.63%, 02/10/50

    850       933,384  

Cold Storage Trust

   

Series 2020-ICE5, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.77%), 2.85%, 11/15/37(a)(d)

    9,270       9,292,858  

Series 2020-ICE5, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.49%), 3.58%, 11/15/37(a)(d)

    4,266       4,287,409  

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

   

Series 2014-CR15, Class C, 4.86%, 02/10/47(d)

    3,920       4,186,701  

Series 2014-CR18, Class A4, 3.55%, 07/15/47

    329       344,682  

Series 2015-LC21, Class C, 4.48%, 07/10/48(d)

    1,600       1,670,711  

Series 2017-COR2, Class D, 3.00%, 09/10/50(a)

    179       167,948  

Series 2018-HCLV, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.40%), 1.48%, 09/15/33(a)(d)

    1,420       1,407,492  

Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2013-GAM, Class A2, 3.37%, 02/10/28(a)

    1,434       1,428,992  

Series 2013-GAM, Class E, 3.53%, 02/10/28(a)(d)

    2,270       2,151,018  

Series 2014-CR21, Class A3, 3.53%, 12/10/47

    1,334       1,414,953  

Series 2015-LC19, Class D, 2.87%, 02/10/48(a)

    76       73,892  

Series 2015-LC23, Class A4, 3.77%, 10/10/48

    1,040       1,137,475  

Series 2016-667M, Class D, 3.29%, 10/10/36(a)(d)

    630       608,920  

CORE Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CORE, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.43%, 12/15/31(a)(d)

    2,560       2,515,699  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2019-ICE4, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.15%), 2.23%, 05/15/36(a)(d)

    2,600       2,604,161  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2017-CALI, Class C, 3.90%, 11/10/32(a)(d)

    1,729       1,816,291  

Series 2017-PFHP, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.03%, 12/15/30(a)(d)

    900       900,109  

Series 2017-TIME, Class A, 3.65%, 11/13/39(a)

    850       869,892  

Series 2020-FACT, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.86%), 4.95%, 10/15/37(a)(d)

    4,380       4,494,219  

Series 2020-NET, Class D, 3.83%, 08/15/37(a)(d)

    710       741,954  

Series 2020-NET, Class E,
3.83%, 08/15/37(a)(d)

    3,580       3,691,680  

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2015-C2, Class A4, 3.50%, 06/15/57

    1,160       1,245,130  

Series 2016-C5, Class B, 4.46%, 11/15/48(d)

    2,410       2,616,494  

Series 2018-C14, Class C, 5.05%, 11/15/51(d)

    300       331,636  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2018-CX12, Class A4, 4.22%, 08/15/51(d)

  USD 460     $ 522,158  

Series 2018-CX12, Class C, 4.92%, 08/15/51(d)

    570       621,664  

Series 2019-C15, Class A4, 4.05%, 03/15/52.

          4,080       4,611,013  

Series 2019-C15, Class D, 3.00%, 03/15/52(a)

    294       260,939  

Series 2019-C16, Class C, 4.24%, 06/15/52(d)

    2,919       3,108,364  

Series 2019-C17, Class C, 3.93%, 09/15/52

    3,158       3,326,572  

Series 2020-C19, Class A3, 2.56%, 03/15/53.

    6,155       6,327,108  

DBGS Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2018-5BP, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.98%), 1.06%, 06/15/33(a)(d)

    2,890       2,882,743  

Series 2019-1735, Class F, 4.33%, 04/10/37(a)(d)

    1,144       958,622  

Del Amo Fashion Center Trust, Series 2017- AMO, Class D, 3.76%, 06/05/35(a)(d)

    962       753,087  

Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,

   

Series 2016-C1, Class A4, 3.28%, 05/10/49

    1,430       1,534,968  

Deutsche Bank UBS Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2017-BRBK, Class A, 3.45%, 10/10/34(a)

    2,540       2,693,657  

Series 2017-BRBK, Class D, 3.65%, 10/10/34(a)(d)

    1,800       1,860,278  

Series 2017-BRBK, Class E, 3.65%, 10/10/34(a)(d)

    3,560       3,627,316  

Series 2017-BRBK, Class F, 3.65%, 10/10/34(a)(d)

    1,270       1,274,011  

Extended Stay America Trust

   

Series 2021-ESH, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.33%, 07/15/38(a)(d)

    12,336       12,488,734  

Series 2021-ESH, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.85%), 2.93%, 07/15/38(a)(d)

    7,988       8,068,573  

Series 2021-ESH, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.70%), 3.78%, 07/15/38(a)(d)

    8,337       8,430,707  

FREMF Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2017-KGX1, Class BFX, 3.71%, 10/25/27(a)(d)

    1,190       1,248,822  

Series 2018-K74, Class B, 4.23%, 02/25/51(a)(d)

    120       132,919  

Series 2018-K80, Class B, 4.37%, 08/25/50(a)(d)

    1,510       1,699,138  

Series 2018-KHG1, Class C, 3.94%, 12/25/27(a)(d)

    4,579       4,061,994  

FRESB Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-SB53, Class A10F, 3.66%, 06/25/28(d)

    1,277       1,377,176  

GCT Commercial Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2021-GCT, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.80%), 0.88%, 02/15/38(a)(d)

    1,870       1,871,884  

Series 2021-GCT, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.43%, 02/15/38(a)(d)

    440       440,405  

Grace Trust, Series 2020-GRCE, Class E, 2.77%, 12/10/40(a)(d)

    3,335       3,108,056  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

   

Series 2005-ROCK, Class A, 5.37%, 05/03/32(a)

    2,750       3,109,352  

Series 2012-TMS, qClass D, 3.57%, 12/10/30(a)(d)

    1,210       1,152,722  
Security  

Par

(000)

    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust

   

Series 2017-GPTX, Class A, 2.86%, 05/10/34(a)

  USD 2,290     $ 2,284,617  

Series 2019-BOCA, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.20%), 1.28%, 06/15/38(a)(d)

          1,431       1,432,321  

Series 2020-TWN3, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.50%), 2.58%, 11/15/37(a)(d)

    320       322,017  

Series 2020-TWN3, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.70%), 3.78%, 11/15/37(a)(d)

    200       202,467  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

   

Series 2012-GCJ9, Class C, 4.45%, 11/10/45(a)(d)

    1,507       1,549,587  

Series 2014-GC20, Class B, 4.53%, 04/10/47(d)

    140       144,384  

Series 2015-590M, Class E, 3.93%, 10/10/35(a)(d)

    1,790       1,771,735  

Series 2015-GC32, Class C, 4.57%, 07/10/48(d)

    290       306,906  

Series 2015-GS1, Class A3, 3.73%, 11/10/48

    670       731,653  

Series 2017-GS7, Class D, 3.00%, 08/10/50(a)

    530       488,784  

Series 2017-GS7, Class E, 3.00%, 08/10/50(a)

    180       159,973  

Series 2019-GSA1, Class C, 3.93%, 11/10/52(d)

    520       547,886  

GSCG Trust, Series 2019-600C, Class F, 4.12%, 09/06/34(a)(d)

    3,090       3,035,645  

HMH Trust, Series 2017-NSS, Class A, 3.06%, 07/05/31(a)

    3,390       3,399,579  

Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust

   

Series 2019-30HY, Class E, 3.56%, 07/10/39(a)(d)

    2,178       2,195,148  

Series 2019-55HY, Class F, 3.04%, 12/10/41(a)(d)

    4,179       3,981,634  

IMT Trust

   

Series 2017-APTS, Class AFX, 3.48%, 06/15/34(a)

    1,540       1,625,591  

Series 2017-APTS, Class DFX, 3.61%, 06/15/34(a)(d)

    1,600       1,642,595  

Series 2017-APTS, Class EFX, 3.61%, 06/15/34(a)(d)

    810       818,909  

Independence Plaza Trust

   

Series 2018-INDP, Class B, 3.91%, 07/10/35(a)

    700       734,222  

Series 2018-INDP, Class C, 4.16%, 07/10/35(a)

    1,600       1,663,272  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

   

Series 2014-C22, Class B, 4.71%, 09/15/47(d)

    670       692,024  

Series 2015-C33, Class D1, 4.27%, 12/15/48(a)(d)

    1,873       1,843,947  

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,

   

Series 2018-C8, Class A4, 4.21%, 06/15/51

    965       1,096,079  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2021-MHC, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.95%), 3.03%, 04/15/38(a)(d)

    6,630       6,640,564  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

   

Series 2012-CBX, Class A4FL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.30%), 1.38%, 06/15/45(a)(d)

    99       98,707  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2015-JP1, Class C, 4.89%, 01/15/49(d)

    USD       710     $ 768,683  

Series 2016-NINE, Class A, 2.95%, 09/06/38(a)(d)

      647       685,776  

Series 2017-FL10, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.90%), 3.98%, 06/15/32(a)(d)

      560       558,339  

Series 2017-JP5, Class D, 4.76%, 03/15/50(a)(d)

      887       899,935  

Series 2017-JP6, Class A5, 3.49%, 07/15/50 .

      1,180       1,288,720  

Series 2017-JP7, Class B, 4.05%, 09/15/50

      320       349,464  

Series 2018-AON, Class A, 4.13%, 07/05/31(a)

      2,825       2,977,092  

Series 2018-PHH, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.06%), 2.56%, 06/15/35(a)(d)

      1,938       1,930,962  

Series 2018-WPT, Class DFX, 5.35%, 07/05/33(a)

      1,996       2,091,833  

Series 2019-COR5, Class A3, 3.12%, 06/13/52

      1,700       1,796,218  

Series 2019-COR5, Class C, 3.75%, 06/13/52

      988       1,019,898  

Series 2019-MFP, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.16%), 2.24%, 07/15/36(a)(d)

      2,460       2,430,633  

Series 2019-MFP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%), 3.08%, 07/15/36(a)(d)

      4,361       4,294,483  

Series 2019-OSB, Class E, 3.91%, 06/05/39(a)(d)

      1,384       1,442,621  

Series 2020-609M, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.77%), 2.85%, 10/15/33(a)(d)

      1,600       1,603,512  

Series 2020-MKST, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.25%), 2.33%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

      1,319       1,287,780  

Series 2021-MHC, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.45%), 2.53%, 04/15/38(a)(d)

      6,310       6,317,841  

KKR Industrial Portfolio Trust,

     

Series 2021- KDIP, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.05%), 2.13%, 12/15/37(a)(d)

      3,320       3,324,142  

KNDL Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2019-KNSQ, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.80%), 1.88%, 05/15/36(a)(d)

      11,283       11,282,898  

Series 2019-KNSQ, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.00%), 2.08%, 05/15/36(a)(d)

      2,550       2,524,951  

Lehman Brothers Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-2A, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.39%), 0.48%, 09/25/36(a)(d)

      92       92,142  

Series 2006-2A, Class M3, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.45%), 0.54%, 09/25/36(a)(d)

      2,590       2,431,685  

Series 2007-1A, Class 1A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.25%), 0.34%, 03/25/37(a)(d)

      467       457,730  

Life Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2021-BMR, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.43%, 03/15/38(a)(d)

      7,980       7,999,960  

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2015-3, Class AS, 3.32%, 04/20/48(a)(d)

      226       233,674  

MAD Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2017-330M, Class D, 4.11%, 08/15/34(a)(d)

      1,085       1,103,550  

Series 2017-330M, Class E, 4.17%, 08/15/34(a)(d)

      1,846       1,856,433  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Manhattan West Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-1MW, Class D, 2.41%, 09/10/39(a)(d)

    USD       1,259     $ 1,246,400  

MFT Trust

     

Series 2020-ABC, Class C, 3.59%, 02/10/42(a)(d)

      6,719       6,638,299  

Series 2020-ABC, Class D, 3.59%, 02/10/42(a)(d)

      3,320       3,161,262  

MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2021-MHC, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.10%), 2.19%, 04/15/38(a)(d)

      15,630       15,678,481  

Series 2021-MHC, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.60%), 2.69%, 04/15/38(a)(d)

      6,420       6,434,166  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

     

Series 2015-C23, Class A4, 3.72%, 07/15/50.

      1,016       1,099,904  

Series 2015-C23, Class D, 4.28%, 07/15/50(a)(d)

      110       110,927  

Series 2015-C25, Class B, 4.68%, 10/15/48(d)

      2,910       3,191,078  

Series 2015-C25, Class C, 4.68%, 10/15/48(d)

      430       459,199  

Series 2015-C26, Class D, 3.06%, 10/15/48(a)

      209       203,591  

Series 2017-C33, Class C, 4.56%, 05/15/50(d)

      840       868,243  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

Series 2007-T27, Class AJ, 6.22%, 06/11/42(d)

      1,685       1,712,758  

Series 2014-150E, Class D, 4.44%, 09/09/32(a)(d)

      3,015       3,080,452  

Series 2014-150E, Class F, 4.44%, 09/09/32(a)(d)

      508       488,384  

Series 2015-MS1, Class A4, 3.78%, 05/15/48(d)

      420       455,966  

Series 2015-MS1, Class C, 4.17%, 05/15/48(d)

      1,060       1,076,330  

Series 2015-MS1, Class D, 4.17%, 05/15/48(a)(d)

      310       281,286  

Series 2017-CLS, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.95%), 2.03%, 11/15/34(a)(d)

      471       471,149  

Series 2017-CLS, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.60%), 2.68%, 11/15/34(a)(d)

      6,092       6,095,599  

Series 2017-H1, Class C, 4.28%, 06/15/50(d)

      560       590,581  

Series 2017-H1, Class D, 2.55%, 06/15/50(a)

      4,190       3,531,865  

Series 2017-HR2, Class D, 2.73%, 12/15/50(e)

      430       365,930  

Series 2018-H3, Class A5, 4.18%, 07/15/51

      175       198,207  

Series 2018-H3, Class C, 5.01%, 07/15/51(d)

      420       471,931  

Series 2018-H4, Class C, 5.24%, 12/15/51(d)

      670       729,038  

Series 2018-L1, Class A3, 4.14%, 10/15/51

      940       1,054,381  

Series 2018-MP, Class E,
4.42%, 07/11/40(a)(d)

      2,730       2,528,079  

Series 2018-SUN, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.90%), 0.98%, 07/15/35(a)(d)

      1,410       1,409,991  

Series 2018-SUN, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.55%), 2.63%, 07/15/35(a)(d)

      417       414,639  

Series 2019-L2, Class A4, 4.07%, 03/15/52

      1,485       1,684,728  

Series 2019-NUGS, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.24%), 3.74%, 12/15/36(a)(d)

      1,066       1,065,500  

Series 2020-L4, Class D, 2.50%, 02/15/53(a) .

      120       109,010  

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Series 2018-H3,
Class D, 3.00%, 07/15/51(a)

      549       509,832  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

MSCG Trust, Series 2018-SELF, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.05%), 3.13%, 10/15/37(a)(d)

    USD       3,450     $ 3,449,965  

MSDB Trust, Series 2017-712F, Class B, 3.57%, 07/11/39(a)(d)

      1,650       1,744,736  

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2018-FL1, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.95%), 1.03%, 06/15/35(a)(d)

      749       739,242  

Series 2018-FL1, Class MCR1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.35%), 2.43%, 06/15/35(a)(d)

 

    646       638,404  

Series 2018-SOX, Class A, 4.40%, 06/17/38(a)

      4,162       4,622,378  

Series 2019-LVL, Class D, 4.44%, 08/15/38(a)

      1,550       1,517,279  

Series 2020-AGC, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.55%), 2.95%, 08/18/25(a)(d)

      19,914       20,258,424  

Olympic Tower Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-OT, Class E, 4.08%, 05/10/39(a)(d)

      2,910       2,622,699  

One Market Plaza Trust, Series 2017-1MKT, Class D, 4.15%, 02/10/32(a)

      4,327       4,379,839  

One New York Plaza Trust, Series 2020-1NYP, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.75%), 2.83%, 01/15/26(a)(d)

      960       967,203  

PFP Ltd.

     

Series 2019-5, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.97%), 1.06%, 04/14/36(a)(c)(d)

      391       390,398  

Series 2019-5, Class AS, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.42%), 1.51%, 04/14/36(a)(c)(d)

      900       898,987  

Scorpio European Loan Conduit No. 34 DAC, Series 34A, Class C, (3 mo. LIBOR GBP + 2.10%), 2.17%, 05/17/29(a)(d)

    GBP       1,184       1,594,830  

SG Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2019-PREZ, Class D, 3.59%, 09/15/39(a)(d)

    USD       2,200       2,182,088  

TPGI Trust

     

Series 2021-DGWD, Class F, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.00%),
3.08%, 06/15/26(a)(d)

      1,830       1,825,410  

Series 2021-DGWD, Class G, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.85%),
3.93%, 06/15/26(a)(d)

      1,275       1,274,997  

U.S.

     

Series 2018-USDC, Class E, 4.64%, 05/13/38(a)(d)

      1,890       1,618,462  

Series 2018-USDC, Class F, 4.64%, 05/13/38(a)(d)

      1,420       1,079,087  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-C7, Class A4, 3.68%, 12/15/50

      880       970,858  

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2012-C3, Class D, 5.21%, 08/10/49(a)(d)

      570       581,200  

VCC Trust, Series 2020-MC1, Class A, 4.50%, 06/25/45(a)(d)

      6,368       6,373,451  

Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust

     

Series 2014-1, Class M7, 8.08%, 09/25/44(a)(d)

      2,387       2,244,085  

Series 2016-1, Class M4, 8.63%, 04/25/46(a)(d)

      370       373,556  

Series 2016-2, Class M3, 5.50%, 10/25/46(d) .

      137       136,911  

Series 2016-2, Class M4, 7.23%, 10/25/46(d) .

      370       373,590  

Series 2017-1, Class M2, 4.45%, 05/25/47(a)(d)

      410       411,528  

Series 2017-1, Class M3, 5.35%, 05/25/47(a)(d)

      410       416,800  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust

     

Series 2017-2, Class M3, 4.24%, 11/25/47(a)(d)

    USD       402     $ 405,444  

Series 2017-2, Class M4, 5.00%, 11/25/47(a)(d)

      243       240,375  

Series 2018-1, Class M2, 4.26%, 04/25/48(a)

      241       249,118  

Series 2020-1, Class M1, 2.80%, 02/25/50(a)(d)

      1,056       1,079,323  

Series 2020-1, Class M2, 2.98%, 02/25/50(a)(d)

      1,154       1,168,162  

VNDO Trust, Series 2016-350P, Class D, 4.03%, 01/10/35(a)(d)

      3,390       3,464,400  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2015-P2, Class D, 3.24%, 12/15/48(a)

      884       761,345  

Series 2016-C32, Class A3FL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.42%), 1.50%, 01/15/59(d)

      3,208       3,193,845  

Series 2016-C34, Class A3FL, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 1.04%), 1.12%, 06/15/49(a)(d)

      1,830       1,849,301  

Series 2016-NXS5, Class B, 5.12%, 01/15/59(d)

      860       945,971  

Series 2017-C39, Class D, 4.49%, 09/15/50(a)(d)

      594       558,357  

Series 2017-C41, Class B, 4.19%, 11/15/50(d)

      1,710       1,834,890  

Series 2017-C41, Class D, 2.60%, 11/15/50(a)(d)

      1,172       963,345  

Series 2017-HSDB, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.85%), 0.93%, 12/13/31(a)(d)

      1,508       1,495,181  

Series 2018-1745, Class A, 3.87%, 06/15/36(a)(d)

      1,987       2,185,268  

Series 2018-C44, Class D, 3.00%, 05/15/51(a)

      348       319,381  

Series 2018-C45, Class C, 4.73%, 06/15/51

      530       582,890  

Series 2018-C48, Class B, 4.90%, 01/15/52(d)

      3,612       4,157,879  

Series 2019-C52, Class C, 3.56%, 08/15/52

      465       480,289  

Series 2020-SDAL, Class D, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.09%), 2.17%, 02/15/37(a)(d)

      1,530       1,491,718  

Series 2020-SDAL, Class E, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.74%), 2.82%, 02/15/37(a)(d)

      1,300       1,256,025  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C24, Class B, 4.20%, 11/15/47(d)

      770       778,839  
   

 

 

 
        818,805,124  
Interest Only Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.0%  

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2021-INV5, Class A2X, 0.50%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      114,194       1,752,883  

Series 2021-INV5, Class A5X, 0.50%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      6,717       100,759  

Series 2021-INV5, Class AX1, 0.19%, 12/25/51(a)(d)

      120,912       674,729  

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust,

     

Series 2017-3, Class BIO, 0.90%, 07/25/56(a)(d)

      3,204       319,844  

Voyager OPTONE Delaware Trust,

     

Series 2009-1, Class SAA7, 7.04%, 02/25/38(a)(d)

      13,220       4,077,665  
   

 

 

 
        6,925,880  
Interest Only Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2%  

245 Park Avenue Trust, Series 2017-245P, Class XA, 0.27%, 06/05/37(a)(d)

      13,000       126,482  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Interest Only Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2017-BNK3, Class XB, 0.78%, 02/15/50(d)

    USD       11,850     $ 381,237  

Series 2017-BNK3, Class XD, 1.43%, 02/15/50(a)(d)

      5,000       302,250  

BANK, Series 2019-BN20, Class XB, 0.46%, 09/15/62(d)

      39,279       1,095,766  

Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2019-C3, Class XA, 1.50%, 05/15/52(d)

      9,908       851,977  

BBCMS Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2015-SRCH, Class XA, 1.10%, 08/10/35(a)(d)

      17,189       730,683  

Series 2020-C7, Class XB, 1.10%, 04/15/53(d)

      1,596       128,041  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2019-B13, Class XA, 1.26%, 08/15/57(d)

      57,947       4,046,067  

Series 2019-B9, Class XA, 1.21%, 03/15/52(d)

      13,334       876,320  

Series 2020-B17, Class XB, 0.65%, 03/15/53(d)

      7,100       261,635  

Series 2020-B21, Class XA, 1.57%, 12/17/53(d)

      9,320       991,040  

Series 2021-B23, Class XA, 1.39%, 02/15/54(d)

      27,582       2,563,466  

Series 2021-B25, Class XA, 1.23%, 04/15/54(d)

      15,048       1,276,701  

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2016-C3, Class XD, 1.86%, 01/10/48(a)(d)

      5,497       363,642  

Series 2016-C4, Class XB, 0.87%, 05/10/58(d)

      5,810       178,367  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2020-420K, Class X, 0.91%, 11/10/42(a)(d)

      46,500       2,920,102  

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

     

Series 2013-CR6, Class XA, 1.14%, 03/10/46(d)

      15,935       106,010  

Series 2015-3BP, Class XA, 0.17%, 02/10/35(a)(d)

      150,000       463,500  

Series 2015-CR25, Class XA, 0.97%, 08/10/48(d)

      4,560       124,776  

Series 2018-COR3, Class XD, 1.75%, 05/10/51(a)(d)

      3,200       308,650  

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2017-CX10, Class XB, 0.22%, 11/15/50(d)

      12,490       177,016  

Series 2019-C16, Class XA, 1.73%, 06/15/52(d)

      30,542       3,003,863  

Series 2019-C17, Class XA, 1.51%, 09/15/52(d)

      10,346       882,130  

Series 2019-C17, Class XB, 0.70%, 09/15/52(d)

      19,090       752,528  

DBGS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-1735, Class X, 0.43%, 04/10/37(a)(d)

      21,535       461,280  

Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2017-C6, Class XD, 1.00%, 06/10/50(d)

      5,780       267,730  

FREMF Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-KW08, Class X2A, 0.10%, 01/25/29(a)

      151,488       918,474  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

Interest Only Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II,
Series 2005- ROCK, Class X1, 0.40%, 05/03/32(a)(d)

    USD       21,000     $ 194,773  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2019-GSA1, Class XA, 0.96%, 11/10/52(d)

      14,640       850,657  

Series 2020-GSA2, Class XA, 1.85%, 12/12/53(a)(d)

      37,348       4,707,178  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2014-C22, Class XA, 0.98%, 09/15/47(d)

      1,882       37,536  

Series 2014-C23, Class XA, 0.76%, 09/15/47(d)

      24,919       381,477  

Series 2015-C29, Class XA, 0.78%, 05/15/48(d)

      1,652       32,061  

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,

     

Series 2016-C4, Class XC, 0.75%, 12/15/49(a)(d)

      4,940       162,180  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2013-LC11, Class XB, 0.65%, 04/15/46(d)

      4,570       34,953  

Series 2016-JP3, Class XC, 0.75%, 08/15/49(a)(d)

      13,040       422,624  

Ladder Capital Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2013-GCP, Class XA, 1.34%, 02/15/36(a)(d)

      3,795       229,728  

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust,

     

Series 2017-5, Class X, 1.10%, 03/10/50(a)(d)

      3,028       79,882  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

     

Series 2014-C19, Class XF, 1.33%, 12/15/47(a)(d)

      4,370       148,798  

Series 2015-C26, Class XD, 1.47%, 10/15/48(a)(d)

      4,490       217,765  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

     

Series 2016-UBS9, Class XD, 1.76%, 03/15/49(a)(d)

      13,984       917,770  

Series 2017-H1, Class XD, 2.32%,

     

06/15/50(a)(d)

      3,293       330,387  

Series 2019-H6, Class XB, 0.87%, 06/15/52(d)

      23,510       1,159,043  

Series 2019-L2, Class XA, 1.19%, 03/15/52(d)

      8,799       558,534  

Olympic Tower Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-OT,

     

Class XA, 0.51%, 05/10/39(a)(d)

      36,697       760,729  

One Market Plaza Trust

     

Series 2017-1MKT, Class XCP, 0.22%, 02/10/32(a)(d)

      53,230       31,938  

Series 2017-1MKT, Class XNCP, 0.00%, 02/10/32(a)(d)(e)

      10,646       10,646  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2019-C17, Class XA, 1.62%, 10/15/52(d)

      32,332       3,050,379  

Series 2019-C18, Class XA, 1.17%, 12/15/52(d)

      35,433       2,279,336  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2015-NXS4, Class XA, 1.19%, 12/15/48(d)

      2,308       83,736  

Series 2016-BNK1, Class XD, 1.40%, 08/15/49(a)(d)

      4,420       226,967  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Interest Only Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2019-C50, Class XA, 1.58%, 05/15/52(d)

    USD       24,549     $ 2,070,863  

Series 2020-C58, Class XA, 2.01%, 07/15/53(d)

      17,352       2,338,126  
     

 

 

 
        45,877,799  
Principal Only Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.0%  

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust,
Series 2017-3, Class B, 0.00%,
07/25/56(a)(o)

      1,549       518,527  
     

 

 

 

Total Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 7.1%
(Cost: $1,527,756,069)

 

    1,531,560,641  
     

 

 

 

Preferred Securities

     
Capital Trusts — 0.8%                  
Banks — 0.4%                  

Banco Davivienda SA, 6.65%(a)(c)(m)

      840       892,133  

Banco Industrial SA, 4.88%,
01/29/31(a)(c)

      239       242,062  

Bangkok Bank PCL, 5.00%(c)(f)(m)

      2,634       2,739,031  

Bank of America Corp., Series FF,
5.88%(m)

      10,500       11,984,175  

Bank of China Hong Kong Ltd.,
5.90%(c)(f)(m)

      980       1,049,825  

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd.,
3.80%(c)(f)(m) .

 

    2,447       2,533,257  

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

     

5.83%(c)(f)(m)

      1,881       1,965,645  

5.88%(c)(f)(m)

      1,884       1,947,585  

Burgan Bank SAK, 5.75%(c)(f)(m)

      1,729       1,761,743  

Citigroup, Inc.

     

3.88%(m)

      6,991       7,139,559  

Series W, 4.00%(m)

      18,332       18,995,618  

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

     

6.13%(c)(f)(m)

      3,599       3,795,865  

6.13%(c)(f)(m)

      750       817,875  

HDFC Bank Ltd., 3.70%(c)(f)(m)

      2,800       2,786,000  

HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.70%(c)(m)

      10,677       10,823,809  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., 3.20%(c)(f)(m)

      1,210       1,213,025  

Kasikornbank PCL, 5.28%(c)(f)(m)

      3,507       3,669,856  

Kookmin Bank, 4.35%(c)(f)(m)

      1,307       1,379,947  

Krung Thai Bank PCL, 4.40%(c)(f)(m)

      1,314       1,310,715  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, 5.86%(e)(i)(m)(n)

      1,888        

Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd., 5.00%(c)(f)(m)

 

    1,506       1,520,589  

NBK Tier 1 Financing Ltd., 3.63%(a)(c)(m)

      3,798       3,800,374  

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., 6.50%(c)(f)(m)

 

    1,503       1,589,704  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd., 2.88%(c)(f)(m)

 

    1,810       1,796,425  

TMB Bank PCL, 4.90%(c)(f)(m)

      1,508       1,522,420  

United Overseas Bank Ltd., 3.88%(c)(f)(m)

      300       311,119  

Woori Bank, 4.25%(c)(f)(m)

      1,400       1,454,950  
     

 

 

 
        89,043,306  
Capital Markets — 0.4%                  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     

3.70%(m)

      2,900       3,039,606  

Series E, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.42%), 3.54%(d)(m)

      4,380       4,402,249  

Series F, 4.63%(m)

      9,722       10,548,370  

Charles Schwab Corp., Series H, 4.00%(m)

 

    12,500       12,893,750  

State Street Corp.

     

Series F, (3 mo. LIBOR US + 3.60%), 3.71%(d)(m)

      1,338       1,344,422  

Series H, 5.63%(m)

      19,655       20,801,519  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Capital Markets (continued)                  

UBS Group AG

     

4.38%(a)(c)(m)

    USD       2,280     $ 2,303,256  

7.00%(a)(c)(m)

      15,350       16,746,236  
     

 

 

 
        72,079,408  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.0%  

King Talent Management Ltd., 5.60%(c)(f)(m)

 

    600       561,000  
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.0%  

Hanwha Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 4.70%(c)(f)(m)

 

    1,480       1,544,102  

Heungkuk Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 4.48%(c)(f)(m)

 

    1,000       1,013,313  

KDB Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 7.50%(c)(f)(m)

      630       634,646  

Tongyang Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 5.25%(c)(f)(m)

 

    950       1,004,625  
     

 

 

 
        4,196,686  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%  

MAF Global Securities Ltd., 5.50%(c)(f)(m)

      1,341       1,357,776  

Nan Fung Treasury III Ltd., 5.00%(c)(f)(m)

      1,370       1,375,395  

NWD Finance BVI Ltd., 4.13%(c)(f)(m)

      4,014       3,963,825  
     

 

 

 
        6,696,996  
     

 

 

 
Total Capital Trusts — 0.8%               172,577,396  
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Preferred Stocks — 0.1%

     
Household Durables — 0.1%                  

Dream Finders Homes, Inc., 9.00%

      15,124       14,972,760  
     

 

 

 
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.1%               14,972,760  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities — 0.9%
(Cost: $182,838,232)

 

    187,550,156  
     

 

 

 

Rights

     
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%  

Crown PropTech Acquisitions(e)

      214,560       102,989  
     

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $321,840)

 

    102,989  
     

 

 

 
            Par
(000)
        

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities

 

Agency Obligations — 0.0%        

Fannie Mae, 6.63%, 11/15/30

    USD       1,450       2,070,200  
     

 

 

 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.3%  

Fannie Mae, Series 2003-W5, Class A, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 0.11%), 0.30%, 04/25/33(d)

      1       1,306  

Freddie Mac

     

Series 2015-DN1, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 11.50%), 11.59%, 01/25/25(d)

      405       412,639  

Series 2015-HQ2, Class B, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 7.95%), 8.04%, 05/25/25(d)

      519       538,051  

Series 2017-DNA2, Class B1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 5.15%), 5.24%, 10/25/29(d)

      590       644,531  

Series 2017-DNA3, Class B1, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 4.45%), 4.54%, 03/25/30(d)

      1,860       1,966,450  

Series 2017-HRP1, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 2.45%), 2.54%, 12/25/42(d)

      468       471,355  

Series 2020-DNA4, Class M2, (1 mo. LIBOR US + 3.75%), 3.84%, 08/25/50(a)(d)

      1,682       1,696,752  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

Freddie Mac

     

Series 2020-DNA5, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 4.80%), 4.85%, 10/25/50(a)(d)

    USD       990     $ 1,057,089  

Series 2020-DNA6, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 3.00%), 3.05%, 12/25/50(a)(d)

      3,640       3,685,578  

Series 2020-HQA5, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 4.00%), 4.05%, 11/25/50(a)(d)

      2,410       2,532,014  

Series 2021-DNA1, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 2.65%), 2.70%, 01/25/51(a)(d)

      8,510       8,550,692  

Series 2021-DNA1, Class B2, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 4.75%), 4.80%, 01/25/51(a)(d)

      5,220       5,337,005  

Series 2021-DNA2, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 3.40%), 3.45%, 08/25/33(a)(d)

      7,000       7,254,570  

Series 2021-DNA2, Class B2, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 6.00%), 6.05%, 08/25/33(a)(d)

      6,320       7,205,466  

Series 2021-DNA3, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 3.50%), 3.55%, 10/25/33(a)(d)

      7,155       7,495,538  

Series 2021-HQA1, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 3.00%), 3.05%, 08/25/33(a)(d)

      8,632       8,738,128  

Series 2021-HQA1, Class B2, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 5.00%), 5.05%, 08/25/33(a)(d)

      5,190       5,347,956  

Series 2021-HQA3, Class B1, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate (30-day) + 3.35%), 3.40%, 09/25/41(a)(d)

      4,716       4,715,946  
     

 

 

 
        67,651,066  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.0%  

Fannie Mae, Series 2006-M2, Class A2A,
5.27%, 10/25/32(d)

      590       646,393  
     

 

 

 
Interest Only Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.1%  

Fannie Mae

     

Series 2020-32, Class PI, 4.00%, 05/25/50

 

    9,084       1,353,358  

Series 2020-96, Class IB, 3.00%, 01/25/51

 

    6,327       855,640  

Series 2021-3, Class JI, 2.50%, 02/25/51

      9,488       1,204,076  

Series 2021-50, Class IO, 4.00%, 08/25/51

 

    12,138       1,891,405  

Series 2021-65, Class PI, 3.00%, 10/25/51

 

    6,770       659,017  

Freddie Mac

     

Series 4940, Class PI, 4.00%, 07/25/49

      4,100       392,792  

Series 4995, Class BI, 4.50%, 06/25/50

      4,244       618,540  

Series 4999, Class QI, 4.00%, 05/25/50

      4,528       718,090  

Series 5014, Class DI, 4.00%, 09/25/50

      3,139       464,204  

Series 5018, Class CI, 4.50%, 10/25/50

      4,169       657,886  

Series 5029, Class GI, 2.00%, 10/25/50

      4,910       518,371  

Series 5057, Class TI, 3.00%, 11/25/50

      7,799       1,208,279  

Series 5082, Class IW, 3.00%, 03/25/51

      6,771       843,118  

Series 5097, Class ID, 2.50%, 04/25/51

      8,550       1,113,538  

Series 5100, Class MI, 3.50%, 09/25/48

      6,663       1,044,270  

Series 5129, Class IO, 3.00%, 09/25/50

      3,310       307,535  

Series 5139, Class IG, 3.00%, 09/25/51

      7,729       770,408  

Series 5142, Class IP, 3.00%, 09/25/51

      3,463       365,814  

Series 5142, Class PI, 3.00%, 09/25/51

      4,262       466,652  

Series 5145, Class HI, 3.00%, 09/25/51

      3,059       306,337  

Series 5155, Class JI, 3.00%, 10/25/51

      6,100       625,250  
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Interest Only Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)  

Freddie Mac

     

Series 5155, Class KI, 3.00%, 10/25/51

    USD       3,100     $ 327,437  

Series 5155, Class NI, 3.00%, 10/25/51

      8,400       850,500  

Ginnie Mae

     

Series 2020-144, Class IO, 2.50%, 09/20/50

 

    8,773       1,056,969  

Series 2020-146, Class DI, 2.50%, 10/20/50

 

    6,840       808,751  

Series 2020-151, Class MI, 2.50%, 10/20/50

 

    36,173       4,407,393  

Series 2020-175, Class DI, 2.50%, 11/20/50

 

    2,520       294,552  

Series 2020-185, Class MI, 2.50%, 12/20/50

 

    8,444       1,049,869  

Series 2021-15, Class GI, 3.50%, 01/20/51

 

    5,123       699,688  
     

 

 

 
        25,879,739  
Interest Only Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1%  

Freddie Mac

     

Series K099, Class X1, 1.01%, 09/25/29(d)

 

    15,458       969,834  

Series K110, Class X1, 1.81%, 04/25/30(d)

 

    8,475       1,047,722  

Series K111, Class X1, 1.68%, 05/25/30(d)

 

    20,300       2,390,006  

Series K121, Class X1, 1.12%, 10/25/30(d)

 

    13,881       1,097,900  

Series K122, Class X1, 0.97%, 11/25/30(d)

 

    7,725       532,832  

Series KL06, Class XFX, 1.36%, 12/25/29

 

    6,710       591,747  

Series KW09, Class X1, 0.94%, 05/25/29(d)

 

    36,897       1,874,236  

Ginnie Mae

     

Series 2012-23, Class IO, 0.20%, 06/16/53(d)

      1,515       9,875  

Series 2013-191, Class IO, 0.37%, 11/16/53(d)

      1,702       21,253  

Series 2013-30, Class IO, 0.60%, 09/16/53(d)

      6,295       111,790  

Series 2013-63, Class IO, 0.76%, 09/16/51(d)

      9,579       263,793  

Series 2013-78, Class IO, 0.46%, 10/16/54(d)

      7,361       145,445  

Series 2015-173, Class IO, 0.70%, 09/16/55(d)

      4,178       142,616  

Series 2015-22, Class IO, 0.55%, 03/16/55(d)

      4,606       113,794  

Series 2015-37, Class IO, 0.65%, 10/16/56(d)

      1,084       39,277  

Series 2015-48, Class IO, 0.61%, 02/16/50(d)

      2,792       78,954  

Series 2016-110, Class IO, 0.92%, 05/16/58(d)

      3,512       181,169  

Series 2016-113, Class IO, 1.09%, 02/16/58(d)

      4,293       262,872  

Series 2016-125, Class IO, 0.82%, 12/16/57(d)

      4,673       220,574  

Series 2016-165, Class IO, 0.75%, 12/16/57(d)

      2,206       106,332  

Series 2016-26, Class IO, 0.76%, 02/16/58(d)

      16,675       641,722  

Series 2016-36, Class IO, 0.74%, 08/16/57(d)

      1,455       57,588  

Series 2016-92, Class IO, 0.77%, 04/16/58(d)

      2,804       123,353  

Series 2016-96, Class IO, 0.80%, 12/16/57(d)

      4,812       225,415  
     

 

 

 
        11,250,099  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 52.9%  

Fannie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

2.00%, 10/01/31 - 03/01/32

      10,051       10,386,970  

2.50%, 09/01/27 - 12/01/35

      114,366       120,479,936  

3.00%, 04/01/28 - 08/01/50

      153,206       164,142,269  

3.50%, 08/01/28 - 08/01/50

      106,494       115,212,351  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

Fannie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

4.00%, 08/01/31 - 01/01/51

    USD       70,005     $ 76,702,491  

4.50%, 02/01/25 - 02/01/50

      231,686       257,308,187  

5.00%, 11/01/32 - 05/01/49

      28,259       31,649,948  

5.50%, 12/01/32 - 04/01/41

      14,635       16,852,904  

6.00%, 02/01/34 - 06/01/41

      8,709       10,111,803  

6.50%, 05/01/40

      1,730       2,039,770  

Freddie Mac Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

2.50%, 04/01/27 - 04/01/31

      13,368       14,050,975  

3.00%, 09/01/27 - 08/01/50

      141,777       152,101,397  

3.50%, 02/01/31 - 08/01/50

      192,772       209,101,540  

4.00%, 08/01/40 - 06/01/50

      115,975       128,477,598  

4.50%, 02/01/39 - 10/01/50

      116,471       128,181,176  

5.00%, 07/01/35 - 11/01/48

      7,361       8,310,204  

5.50%, 02/01/35 - 06/01/41

      1,943       2,261,147  

Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

2.00%, 10/15/51(s)

      306,863       311,286,145  

2.50%, 10/15/51(s)

      291,115       300,519,380  

3.00%, 12/20/44 - 10/15/51(s)(t)

      1,133,630       1,185,184,768  

3.50%, 01/15/42 - 10/15/51(s)

      410,634       432,724,795  

4.00%, 04/20/39 - 10/15/51(s)

      106,502       113,617,795  

4.50%, 12/20/39 - 10/15/51(s)

      35,942       38,868,150  

5.00%, 04/15/33 - 10/15/51(s)

      35,108       38,082,522  

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

     

1.50%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51(s)

      534,947       525,190,726  

2.00%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51(s)

      1,924,995       1,935,214,421  

2.50%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51(s)

      3,883,170       4,003,018,365  

3.00%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51(s)

      639,060       668,558,980  

3.50%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51(s)

      243,738       257,971,009  

4.00%, 10/01/51(s)

      133,494       143,023,699  

4.50%, 10/01/51(s)

      1,334       1,442,701  

5.00%, 10/01/51(s)

      42,159       46,341,963  
     

 

 

 
        11,448,416,085  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities — 53.4%
(Cost: $11,545,516,607)

 

    11,555,913,582  
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

4.63%, 02/15/40

      10,812       15,453,980  

1.13%, 05/15/40 - 08/15/40

      18,140       15,644,687  

3.88%, 08/15/40

      10,812       14,177,235  

1.38%, 11/15/40

      9,070       8,147,411  

4.25%, 11/15/40

      10,812       14,860,165  

1.88%, 02/15/41

      63,136       61,754,900  

1.75%, 08/15/41

      286       273,207  

2.50%, 02/15/45(u)

      102,915       111,140,160  

2.75%, 11/15/47(u)

      103,431       117,515,394  

3.00%, 02/15/48(t)

      102,915       122,372,367  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.75%, 07/15/22 - 11/15/29(h)

      253,010       258,093,549  

0.50%, 03/15/23 - 05/31/27

      436,195       431,569,891  

0.13%, 03/31/23 - 05/31/23

      102,915       102,780,996  

0.25%, 04/15/23

      167,495       167,619,313  

1.50%, 10/31/24 - 02/15/30

      85,515       87,300,899  

2.25%, 11/15/24 - 08/15/27

      147,346       155,295,320  

0.38%, 04/30/25 - 12/31/25

      261,996       258,399,380  

0.75%, 05/31/26

      40,427       40,087,476  

0.63%, 03/31/27

      60,677       59,209,849  

2.38%, 05/15/27

      20,160       21,561,750  

1.25%, 03/31/28 - 05/31/28

      52,269       52,232,249  

3.13%, 11/15/28

      6,518       7,323,075  
Security         

Par

(000)

    Value  

U.S. Treasury Obligations (continued)

 

1.63%, 08/15/29 - 05/15/31

    USD       38,077     $ 38,737,717  

1.13%, 02/15/31

      6,518       6,313,294  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations — 10.0%
(Cost: $2,227,304,848)

 

    2,167,864,264  
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Warrants(i)

     
Automobiles — 0.0%                  

EVgo, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 11/10/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 09/15/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      118,340       211,828  

Hyzon Motors, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 12/10/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 10/02/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      196,188       280,549  

Lightning eMotors, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 12/15/25, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/15/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      216,261       685,195  
     

 

 

 
        1,177,572  
Capital Markets — 0.0%  

Cano Health, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 07/06/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 07/06/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      98,960       408,705  
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%  

Austerlitz Acquisition Corp. I (Issued/Exercisable 02/17/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 02/19/26, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      29,828       50,409  

KINS Technology Group, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 10/31/25, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 10/31/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)(e)

      469,648       263,003  

Lakestar Spac I SE (Issued/Exercisable 02/22/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/31/25, Strike Price EUR 11.50)

      35,820       22,821  

Rotor Acquisition Corp. (Issued/Exercisable 01/31/26, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 01/31/26, Strike Price USD 11.50)(e)

      78,620       81,765  

Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha (Issued/Exercisable 01/22/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/31/27, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      55,798       39,058  

Tishman Speyer Innovation Corp. II (Issued/Exercisable 01/27/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/31/27, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      19,914       16,728  

TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp. (Issued/Exercisable 11/17/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 10/09/27, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      52,890       104,722  
     

 

 

 
        578,506  
Electrical Equipment — 0.0%  

Volta, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 10/22/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 06/14/27, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      121,900       312,064  
     

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%  

Genius Sports Ltd. (Issued/Exercisable 03/30/21, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/31/28, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      319,200       2,279,088  
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security              
Shares
    Value  
Machinery — 0.0%  

Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. (Issued/Exercisable 12/21/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 06/15/27, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      267,475     $ 208,630  
     

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%  

California Resources Corp. (Issued/Exercisable 11/03/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 10/28/24, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      4,466       53,592  
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%  

Offerpad Solutions, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 10/13/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 10/13/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      171,262       299,709  

Target Hospitality Corp. (Issued/Exercisable 03/05/18, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 03/05/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      8,280       3,146  
     

 

 

 
        302,855  
Software — 0.0%                  

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 08/14/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 08/14/25, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      53,462       124,032  

Latch, Inc. (Issued/Exercisable 12/29/20, 1 Share for 1 Warrant, Expires 12/31/26, Strike Price USD 11.50)

      89,742       296,149  
     

 

 

 
        420,181  
     

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $12,961,908)

 

    5,741,193  
     

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments — 130.4%
(Cost: $28,039,986,940)

 

    28,201,429,355  
     

 

 

 

Short-Term Securities(r)(v)

 

 
Money Market Funds — 10.5%  

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01%

      2,208,093,771       2,208,093,771  

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series, 0.13%(w)

      60,241,673       60,259,745  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Securities — 10.5%
(Cost: $2,268,353,516)

 

    2,268,353,516  
     

 

 

 

Options Purchased — 0.2%

 

 

(Cost: $49,783,524)

 

    40,941,082  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Options Written and TBA Sale Commitments — 141.1%
(Cost: $30,358,123,980)

 

      30,510,723,953  
     

 

 

 

Investments Sold Short

 

           

Par

(000)

        

TBA Sale Commitments(s)

 

 
Mortgage-Backed Securities — (15.0)%        

Ginnie Mae Mortgage-Backed Securities

     

3.00%, 10/15/51

    USD       242,047       (252,882,386

3.50%, 10/15/51

      195,283       (205,340,619

4.00%, 10/15/51

      2,892       (3,068,966

4.50%, 10/15/51

      2,024       (2,158,091

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

     

1.50%, 10/01/51

      192,732       (187,221,071

2.00%, 10/01/51

      781,036       (783,141,827
Security          Par
(000)
    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)  

2.50%, 10/01/51

    USD       1,084,076     $ (1,117,051,192

3.00%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51

      568,556       (594,677,050

3.50%, 10/01/36 - 10/01/51

      68,858       (72,863,622

4.00%, 10/01/51

      6,549       (7,016,512

4.50%, 10/01/51

      23,996       (25,951,314
     

 

 

 

Total TBA Sale Commitments — (15.0)%
(Proceeds: $(3,261,395,826))

 

    (3,251,372,650
     

 

 

 
            Shares         

Common Stocks

 

Machinery — (0.0)%                  

Markforged Holding Corp.

      (19,859     (130,275
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — (0.0)%
(Cost: $(160,193))

 

    (130,275
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Sold Short — (15.0)%
(Proceeds: $(3,261,556,019))

 

    (3,251,502,925
     

 

 

 

Options Written — (0.1)%

 

 

(Premiums Received: $(14,675,459))

 

    (14,167,855
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Net of Options Written and TBA Sale Commitments — 126.0%
(Cost: $27,081,892,502)

 

    27,245,053,173  

Liabilities in Excess of Other
Assets — (26.0)%

 

    (5,619,371,655
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 21,625,681,518  
     

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(b) 

Step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate as of period end.

(c) 

U.S. dollar denominated security issued by foreign domiciled entity.

(d) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate resets periodically. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.

(e) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(f)

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(g) 

Restricted security as to resale, excluding 144A securities. The Master Portfolio held restricted securities with a current value of $73,616,087, representing 0.3% of its net assets as of period end, and an original cost of $84,060,650.

(h) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged and/or segregated as collateral in connection with outstanding exchange-traded options written.

(i) 

Non-income producing security.

(j) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(k) 

Payment-in-kind security which may pay interest/dividends in additional par/shares and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

(l) 

Convertible security.

(m) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(n) 

Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default.

(o) 

Zero-coupon bond.

(p) 

Issuer is a U.S. branch of a foreign domiciled bank.

(q) 

Represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate.

(r) 

Affiliate of the Master Portfolio.

(s) 

Represents or includes a TBA transaction.

(t) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with outstanding TBA commitments.

(u) 

All or a portion of the security has been pledged as collateral in connection with outstanding OTC derivatives.

(v) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(w) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Master Portfolio during the year ended September 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                   

    

 

Affiliated

Issuer

  Value at
09/30/20
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sale
    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at
09/30/21
    Par/Shares
Held at
09/30/21
    Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from Underlying
Funds

        
 

BlackRock Capital Finance LP, Series 1997-R2, Class AP

  $ 3,188     $     $ (533   $ 2     $ (134   $ 2,523       2,839     $     $    
 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds, T-Fund, Institutional Class

    178,500,805       2,029,592,966 (a)                        2,208,093,771       2,208,093,771       191,608          
 

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(b)

          345,143       (347,921     2,778                         3,316          
 

iShares China Large- Cap ETF(b)

          53,254,800       (46,680,862     (6,573,938                       170,641          
 

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF(b)

          2,683,640       (2,650,137     (33,503                       51          
 

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    127,840,947       479,826,878       (566,509,256     8,546,007       713,374       50,417,950       576,271       6,108,924          
 

SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series

    56,783,936       3,496,245 (a)            (20,490     54       60,259,745       60,241,673       1,029,639 (c)         
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   
          $ 1,920,856     $ 713,294     $   2,318,773,989       $   7,504,179     $    
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

  (a) 

Represents net shares purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held by the Master Portfolio.

 
  (c) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

For Master Portfolio compliance purposes, the Master Portfolio’s industry classifications refer to one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or rating group indexes, and/or as defined by the investment adviser. These definitions may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine such industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.

 

 

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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts

 

Description   Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
       Notional
Amount
(000)
      

 

Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Long Contracts

                                                                        

Euro-Bobl

      439           12/08/21         $ 68,614         $ (26,576 )

Euro-BTP Italian Government Bond

      89           12/08/21           15,665           (46,471 )

Euro-Bund

      244           12/08/21           47,997           26,457

NASDAQ 100 E-Mini Index

      2           12/17/21           587           (6,963 )

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

      6,105           12/21/21           972,031           (18,254,361 )

U.S. Ultra Treasury Bonds

      4,872           12/21/21           930,857           (20,339,004 )

10 Year U.K. Gilt

      911           12/29/21           153,619           (720,569 )

U.S. Treasury Notes (2 Year)

      4,702           12/31/21           1,034,697           (609,139 )

U.S. Treasury Notes (5 Year)

      6,327           12/31/21           776,590           (419,001 )

Canadian Bankers Acceptance

      28           06/13/22           5,483           (11,189 )

Canadian Bankers Acceptance

      17           09/19/22           3,321           (11,421 )

Euro Dollar

      6,896           12/19/22           1,715,466           279,709

Three Month Sterling

      544           12/20/23           90,716           (301,494 )

Euro Dollar

      1           12/16/24           246           136
                           

 

 

 
                              (40,439,886 )
                           

 

 

 

Short Contracts

                           

Euro-Buxl

      1,245           12/08/21           293,246           7,337,925

Euro-OAT

      1,432           12/08/21           275,271           3,606,085

Japanese 10-Year Bonds

      119           12/13/21           161,849           517,150

E-Mini S&P 500 Index

      80           12/17/21           17,191           256,201

Russell 2000 E-Mini Index

      40           12/17/21           4,402           14,475

U.S. Treasury Notes (10 Year)

      2,468           12/21/21           324,812           2,110,707

U.S. Ultra Treasury Notes (10 Year)

      5,840           12/21/21           848,260           8,205,332

Euro Dollar

      8,922           03/18/24           2,202,061           (122,950 )

Three Month Sterling

      544           12/18/24           90,615           196,775
                           

 

 

 
                              22,121,700
                           

 

 

 
                              $ (18,318,186
                           

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased                  Currency Sold                    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
   

 

Unrealized

Appreciation

                (Depreciation)

 
EUR     2,765,000         PLN                  12,559,860       BNP Paribas S.A.     10/04/21       $  45,173  
EUR     2,765,000         PLN         12,559,860       BNP Paribas S.A.     10/04/21       45,173  
USD     2,181,000         BRL         11,433,734       BNP Paribas S.A.     10/04/21       82,713  
USD     2,176,000         BRL         11,268,198       Citibank N.A.     10/04/21       108,091  
USD     2,172,000         BRL         11,208,628       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/04/21       115,024  
USD     2,175,000         BRL         11,224,109       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/04/21       115,182  
CAD     4,138,426         USD         3,265,000       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/08/21       2,314  
KZT             555,067,968         USD         1,270,760       Citibank N.A.     10/08/21       28,775  
KZT     15,107,225         USD         35,000       Citibank N.A.     10/08/21       369  
USD     3,265,000         CAD         4,113,676       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/08/21       17,227  
AUD     42,619,946         USD         30,636,666       State Street Bank and Trust Co.     10/12/21       177,007  
AUD     24,241,017         USD         17,500,075       State Street Bank and Trust Co.     10/12/21       25,869  
AUD     4,038,162         USD         2,915,230       State Street Bank and Trust Co.     10/12/21       4,309  
CAD     22,293,748         USD         17,500,075       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/12/21       100,883  
CAD     3,719,318         USD         2,919,578       JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     10/12/21       16,831  
CAD     39,058,994         USD         30,636,668       UBS AG     10/12/21       200,485  
GBP     9,771,117         USD         13,130,000       Barclays Bank PLC     10/12/21       35,807  
USD     3,501,333         AUD         4,838,240       Bank of America N.A.     10/12/21       3,348  
USD     1,596,098         AUD         2,185,000       HSBC Bank PLC     10/12/21       16,371  
USD     21,008,000         AUD         29,029,205       State Street Bank and Trust Co.     10/12/21       20,258  
USD     6,127,333         EUR         5,272,884       Barclays Bank PLC     10/12/21       18,115  
USD     21,008,000         EUR         17,992,101       Deutsche Bank AG     10/12/21       162,164  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

             
    Currency Purchased                    Currency Sold                  Counterparty      Settlement
Date
                 Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

USD

     3,501,333          EUR        2,998,690             Deutsche Bank AG        10/12/21                 $ 27,020  

USD

     10,504,000          GBP        7,760,529             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/12/21               47,301  

USD

     977,907          TRY        8,368,146             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/12/21               42,810  

USD

     1,203,093          TRY        10,303,138             Citibank N.A.        10/12/21               51,770  

USD

     2,187,000          TRY        18,824,602             Citibank N.A.        10/12/21               83,447  

USD

     2,187,000          TRY        18,824,602             Citibank N.A.        10/12/21               83,447  

EUR

     3,259,000          NOK        32,976,806             Deutsche Bank AG        10/20/21               4,699  

KRW

     2,593,746,100          USD        2,189,000             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21               888  

KRW

     2,593,746,100          USD        2,189,000             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21               888  

NOK

     33,137,075          EUR        3,259,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/20/21               13,633  

USD

     2,189,000          KRW        2,584,880,650             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21               6,597  

USD

     2,189,000          KRW        2,584,880,650             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21               6,597  

USD

     2,182,000          MXN        44,102,896             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21               51,679  

USD

     2,182,000          MXN        44,102,896             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21               51,679  

USD

     3,264,000          MXN        66,250,296             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21               63,884  

USD

     5,440,000          MXN        109,761,248             HSBC Bank PLC        10/20/21               138,156  

USD

     3,244,000          MXN        67,140,419             HSBC Bank PLC        10/20/21               888  

USD

     3,244,000          MXN        67,140,419             HSBC Bank PLC        10/20/21               888  

USD

     5,440,000          ZAR        81,434,080             Bank of America N.A.        10/20/21               46,704  

USD

     2,187,091          EUR        1,863,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/21/21               28,236  

USD

     5,455,402          EUR        4,647,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/21/21               70,431  

RUB

     94,588,020          USD        1,275,896             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21               17,495  

USD

     5,635,556          MXN        113,275,000             Barclays Bank PLC        10/29/21               171,228  

USD

     7,733,881          MXN        156,410,000             Citibank N.A.        10/29/21               188,742  

USD

     5,528,689          MXN        113,225,348             UBS AG        10/29/21               66,756  

PLN

     12,921,404          EUR        2,788,000             Bank of America N.A.        11/02/21               17,137  

PLN

     12,921,404          EUR        2,788,000             Bank of America N.A.        11/02/21               17,137  

USD

     3,259,000          CLP        2,648,915,200             UBS AG        11/02/21               2,644  

USD

     2,961,897          MXN        60,287,519             Goldman Sachs International        11/24/21               65,180  

EUR

     18,610,000          GBP        15,931,742             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21               122,732  

EUR

     65,150,000          GBP        55,931,601             Citibank N.A.        12/15/21               217,195  

EUR

     60,860,000          GBP        52,321,951             Citibank N.A.        12/15/21               104,066  

EUR

     15,490,000          GBP        13,308,048             Deutsche Bank AG        12/15/21               38,427  

EUR

     18,320,000          GBP        15,669,426             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21               139,755  

EUR

     18,610,000          GBP        15,926,363             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21               129,980  

EUR

     15,500,000          GBP        13,337,812             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21               9,919  

GBP

     15,923,605          EUR        18,450,000             Barclays Bank PLC        12/15/21               51,942  

GBP

     12,505,249          EUR        14,470,000             Deutsche Bank AG        12/15/21               63,182  

USD

     2,249,740          AUD        3,043,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21               48,970  

USD

     2,760,000          AUD        3,742,035             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               53,671  

USD

     10,248,710          CAD        12,901,000             Bank of America N.A.        12/15/21               63,191  

USD

     2,230,085          CAD        2,821,000             Royal Bank of Canada        12/15/21               2,867  

USD

     3,120,511          CHF        2,854,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               51,993  

USD

     21,809,206          EUR        18,560,000             Bank of America N.A.        12/15/21               274,950  

USD

     1,675,881          EUR        1,426,000             Bank of New York Mellon        12/15/21               21,363  

USD

     304,523,867          EUR        257,085,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21               6,240,761  

USD

     21,892,831          EUR        18,639,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21               266,914  

USD

     2,062,542          EUR        1,741,741             Deutsche Bank AG        12/15/21               41,685  

USD

     43,475,822          EUR        37,090,000             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21               442,116  

USD

     21,683,809          EUR        18,540,000             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21               172,757  

USD

     304,743,931          EUR        257,085,000             HSBC Bank PLC        12/15/21               6,460,826  

USD

     54,498,595          EUR        46,005,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21               1,121,252  

USD

     5,666,421          EUR        4,764,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               138,985  

USD

     3,912,245          EUR        3,303,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               79,936  

USD

     3,173,623          EUR        2,677,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               67,631  

USD

     32,741,685          EUR        27,850,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        12/15/21               428,698  

USD

     1,303,553          EUR        1,110,000             NatWest Markets PLC        12/15/21               15,674  

USD

     115,088          EUR        98,000             NatWest Markets PLC        12/15/21               1,383  

USD

     10,438,834          EUR        8,822,000             UBS AG        12/15/21               203,101  

USD

     1,157,997          HKD        9,003,426             UBS AG        12/15/21               1,212  

USD

     2,620,002          JPY        288,419,026             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21               26,654  

USD

     5,520,000          JPY        608,112,345             HSBC Bank PLC        12/15/21               52,098  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

             
    Currency Purchased       

        Currency Sold

                 Counterparty      Settlement
Date
              Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

USD

     5,439,000          MXN        109,826,621             Barclays Bank PLC        12/15/21              $ 176,685  

USD

     252,636          SGD        340,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            2,272  

USD

     304,631          SGD        410,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            2,722  
                                

 

 

 
                                   20,047,014  
                                

 

 

 

BRL

     11,417,273          USD        2,167,000             Citibank N.A.        10/04/21            (71,733

BRL

     11,429,412          USD        2,172,000             Citibank N.A.        10/04/21            (74,506

BRL

     11,322,833          USD        2,175,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/04/21            (97,065

PLN

     12,535,783          EUR        2,765,000             Barclays Bank PLC        10/04/21            (51,227

PLN

     12,535,783          EUR        2,765,000             Barclays Bank PLC        10/04/21            (51,227

USD

     2,167,000          BRL        11,877,457             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/04/21            (12,718

AUD

     2,185,000          USD        1,581,446             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/12/21            (1,719

EUR

     15,089,257          USD        17,500,075             Barclays Bank PLC        10/12/21            (17,505

EUR

     2,513,627          USD        2,915,230             Barclays Bank PLC        10/12/21            (2,916

EUR

     26,378,698          USD        30,636,666             Goldman Sachs International        10/12/21            (74,031

GBP

     6,484,783          USD        8,750,037             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/12/21            (12,304

TRY

     11,712,451          USD        1,342,006             Citibank N.A.        10/12/21            (33,200

TRY

     11,685,673          USD        1,338,938             Citibank N.A.        10/12/21            (33,124

TRY

     7,378,658          USD        844,994             UBS AG        10/12/21            (20,467

TRY

     7,361,789          USD        843,062             UBS AG        10/12/21            (20,420

USD

     6,127,333          AUD        8,524,985             Goldman Sachs International        10/12/21            (36,122

USD

     20,415,305          AUD        28,303,946             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/12/21            (48,084

USD

     21,008,000          CAD        26,684,215             Barclays Bank PLC        10/12/21            (59,240

USD

     20,419,653          CAD        25,926,744             Barclays Bank PLC        10/12/21            (49,562

USD

     3,501,334          CAD        4,447,338             Deutsche Bank AG        10/12/21            (9,848

USD

     6,127,334          CAD        7,811,446             Toronto Dominion Bank        10/12/21            (39,818

USD

     20,415,305          EUR        17,650,272             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/12/21            (34,484

USD

     2,626,000          GBP        1,954,632             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/12/21            (7,712

USD

     8,750,037          GBP        6,506,198             HSBC Bank PLC        10/12/21            (16,550

ZAR

     23,044,006          USD        1,632,000             Bank of America N.A.        10/14/21            (104,594

ZAR

     23,044,006          USD        1,632,000             Bank of America N.A.        10/14/21            (104,594

EUR

     2,788,000          USD        3,239,467             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/20/21            (8,777

EUR

     2,788,000          USD        3,239,467             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/20/21            (8,777

MXN

     43,995,169          USD        2,178,000             Bank of Montreal        10/20/21            (52,883

MXN

     65,426,446          USD        3,239,000             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21            (78,679

MXN

     44,047,544          USD        2,186,000             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21            (58,353

MXN

     44,047,544          USD        2,186,000             Goldman Sachs International        10/20/21            (58,353

MXN

     43,583,467          USD        2,184,000             UBS AG        10/20/21            (78,769

MXN

     43,583,467          USD        2,184,000             UBS AG        10/20/21            (78,769

RUB

     158,434,560          USD        2,176,000             Deutsche Bank AG        10/20/21            (7,245

RUB

     158,434,560          USD        2,176,000             Deutsche Bank AG        10/20/21            (7,245

RUB

     159,150,863          USD        2,181,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/20/21            (2,439

RUB

     159,150,863          USD        2,181,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/20/21            (2,439

USD

     2,181,000          RUB        160,041,780             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21            (9,756

USD

     2,181,000          RUB        160,041,780             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21            (9,756

USD

     2,185,000          RUB        159,854,600             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21            (3,194

USD

     2,185,000          RUB        159,854,600             Citibank N.A.        10/20/21            (3,194

USD

     2,182,000          RUB        160,453,370             UBS AG        10/20/21            (14,390

USD

     2,182,000          RUB        160,453,370             UBS AG        10/20/21            (14,390

EUR

     1,863,000          USD        2,187,712             Barclays Bank PLC        10/21/21            (28,857

EUR

     1,863,000          USD        2,187,712             Barclays Bank PLC        10/21/21            (28,857

EUR

     2,784,000          USD        3,266,436             Goldman Sachs International        10/21/21            (40,320

USD

     2,974,328          RUB        220,945,017             Credit Suisse International        10/26/21            (46,861

USD

     3,012,723          RUB        223,619,367             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (45,035

USD

     4,348,419          RUB        322,913,631             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (67,082

USD

     2,897,971          RUB        215,275,754             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (45,697

USD

     1,451,933          RUB        107,879,318             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (23,203

USD

     2,905,475          RUB        215,892,769             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (46,630

USD

     2,904,335          RUB        215,825,494             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (46,850

USD

     2,901,462          RUB        215,757,070             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (48,787

USD

     1,367,874          RUB        101,800,582             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (24,141

USD

     2,763,692          RUB        204,410,933             HSBC Bank PLC        10/26/21            (31,411

 

 

116  

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

             
    Currency Purchased       

        Currency Sold

                 Counterparty      Settlement
Date
              Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

USD

     4,450,192          RUB        332,705,263             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        10/26/21              $ (99,200

USD

     4,427,038          RUB        332,935,385             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (125,501

USD

     2,218,115          RUB        166,525,000             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (58,938

USD

     5,141,575          RUB        384,718,352             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (119,041

USD

     14,686,664          RUB        1,090,594,941             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (226,067

USD

     2,901,706          RUB        215,342,821             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (42,879

USD

     2,907,730          RUB        215,789,933             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (42,968

USD

     5,562,987          RUB        413,797,193             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (95,252

USD

     2,919,290          RUB        217,581,948             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (55,913

USD

     3,335,847          RUB        248,629,052             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (63,891

USD

     2,181,110          RUB        161,391,221             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        10/26/21            (25,744

IDR

     115,883,179,679          USD        8,106,553             Barclays Bank PLC        10/29/21            (32,736

IDR

     15,501,449,932          USD        1,084,397             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/29/21            (4,379

IDR

     23,252,174,898          USD        1,626,026             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/29/21            (6,000

IDR

     126,952,234,561          USD        8,856,103             HSBC Bank PLC        10/29/21            (11,082

MXN

     93,748,159          USD        4,685,383             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/29/21            (163,020

MXN

     69,282,761          USD        3,467,070             BNP Paribas S.A.        10/29/21            (124,904

MXN

     224,011,438          USD        11,205,334             Deutsche Bank AG        10/29/21            (399,136

USD

     3,267,000          COP        12,589,384,500             Citibank N.A.        10/29/21            (32,320

USD

     3,858,723          IDR        56,101,980,635             Citibank N.A.        10/29/21            (50,016

USD

     8,480,044          IDR        124,393,764,178             Goldman Sachs International        10/29/21            (186,724

USD

     2,254,561          IDR        33,072,150,520             Goldman Sachs International        10/29/21            (49,644

USD

     3,861,645          IDR        56,101,980,635             HSBC Bank PLC        10/29/21            (47,094

MXN

     52,179,708          USD        2,538,047             Citibank N.A.        11/01/21            (22,051

MXN

     52,179,708          USD        2,538,047             Citibank N.A.        11/01/21            (22,050

MXN

     25,222,781          USD        1,225,853             Goldman Sachs International        11/01/21            (9,663

MXN

     25,222,781          USD        1,225,853             Goldman Sachs International        11/01/21            (9,663

MXN

     34,253,266          USD        1,668,100             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        11/01/21            (16,479

MXN

     34,253,266          USD        1,668,100             Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC        11/01/21            (16,479

BRL

     17,598,162          USD        3,244,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        11/03/21            (29,486

USD

     5,701,835          IDR        82,745,036,159             Citibank N.A.        11/17/21            (51,443

USD

     18,474,928          CNH        119,959,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        11/24/21            (48,216

USD

     101,700,636          CNH        665,528,965             Citibank N.A.        11/24/21            (1,065,216
                     Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment            

USD

     14,308,176          ZAR        219,231,540             Bank        11/24/21            (139,144

USD

     2,189,000          TRY        20,155,218             Citibank N.A.        11/29/21            (6,964

USD

     2,781,873          RUB        206,275,867             Citibank N.A.        12/02/21            (19,468

USD

     3,590,468          RUB        265,525,900             HSBC Bank PLC        12/02/21            (15,521

EUR

     15,270,000          GBP        13,150,982             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (5,168

EUR

     18,600,000          USD        21,824,198             Barclays Bank PLC        12/15/21            (243,531

EUR

     27,810,000          USD        32,806,623             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21            (540,045

EUR

     27,810,000          USD        32,482,636             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21            (216,058

EUR

     27,820,000          USD        32,484,579             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21            (206,399

EUR

     20,343,000          USD        23,664,074             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21            (61,090

EUR

     12,676,000          USD        14,745,428             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21            (38,087

GBP

     23,655,800          EUR        27,700,000             Bank of America N.A.        12/15/21            (260,510

GBP

     15,820,081          EUR        18,490,000             Bank of America N.A.        12/15/21            (133,976

GBP

     23,787,693          EUR        27,830,000             Bank of America N.A.        12/15/21            (233,605

GBP

     15,789,043          EUR        18,470,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (152,598

GBP

     16,229,337          EUR        18,910,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (69,769

GBP

     19,806,857          EUR        23,190,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (214,595

GBP

     19,828,288          EUR        23,180,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (174,112

GBP

     16,141,981          EUR        18,800,000             Deutsche Bank AG        12/15/21            (59,863

GBP

     15,756,849          EUR        18,320,000             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21            (21,944

JPY

     3,178,725,864          USD        29,004,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21            (422,172

MXN

     112,385,437          USD        5,439,000             Goldman Sachs International        12/15/21            (54,080

USD

     435,000,992          CNH        2,823,678,438             Barclays Bank PLC        12/15/21            (282,290

USD

     21,693,594          CNH        141,010,000             BNP Paribas S.A.        12/15/21            (43,759

USD

     5,440,000          CNH        35,386,748             HSBC Bank PLC        12/15/21            (15,033

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

             
    Currency Purchased       

        Currency Sold

                 Counterparty      Settlement
Date
              Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

USD

     2,760,000          RUB        205,515,120             Citibank N.A.        12/15/21          $ (22,307

ZAR

     39,633,939          USD        2,760,000             JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.        12/15/21            (155,676
                                

 

 

 
                                   (9,266,868
                                

 

 

 
                                 $ 10,780,146  
                                

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Options Purchased

 

           
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
      

Exercise

Price

      

Notional

Amount

(000)

       Value  

Call

                          

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF

     2,155          10/15/21        USD     385.00        USD     77,140        $ 33,403  

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     65.00        USD     2,399          6,800  

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     70.00        USD     2,399          3,400  

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     75.00        USD     2,399          4,250  

Xilinx, Inc.

     150          10/15/21        USD     167.50        USD     2,265          9,225  

Xilinx, Inc.

     350          10/15/21        USD     170.00        USD     5,285          17,500  

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

     3,333          11/19/21        USD     42.00        USD     12,975          148,318  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     2,993          11/19/21        USD     455.00        USD     128,442          368,139  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     3,466          11/19/21        USD     470.00        USD     148,740          50,257  

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explore & Production ETF

     2,459          11/19/21        USD     105.00        USD     23,783          879,092  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

     571          12/17/21        USD     100.00        USD     6,411          990,685  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     1,134          12/17/21        USD     90.00        USD     10,736          1,315,440  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     1,894          12/17/21        USD     115.00        USD     17,930          615,550  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

     125          12/17/21        USD     18.00        USD     177          4,375  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     49          12/17/21        USD     465.00        USD     2,103          5,439  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     150          12/17/21        USD     470.00        USD     6,437          10,200  

Western Digital Corp.

     625          12/17/21        USD     80.00        USD     3,528          17,813  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

     2,893          01/21/22        USD     100.00        USD     32,483          5,373,747  

Devon Energy Corp.

     3,285          01/21/22        USD     35.00        USD     11,665          1,240,087  

Devon Energy Corp.

     4,050          01/21/22        USD     28.00        USD     14,382          3,422,250  

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF

     2,690          01/21/22        USD     405.00        USD     96,291          399,465  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

     150          01/21/22        USD     19.00        USD     213          6,000  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     1,574          01/21/22        USD     480.00        USD     67,547          116,476  
                          

 

 

 
                           $ 15,037,911  
                          

 

 

 

Put

                          

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF

     2,948          10/08/21        USD     345.00        USD     105,527          483,472  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     150          10/08/21        USD     420.00        USD     6,437          33,375  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     200          10/15/21        USD     16.00        USD     410          700  

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     350          10/15/21        USD     86.00        USD     3,062          7,000  

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     1,150          10/15/21        USD     87.00        USD     10,061          42,550  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     150          10/15/21        USD     208.00        USD     3,281          24,300  

iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF

     150          10/15/21        USD     210.00        USD     3,281          29,850  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     150          10/15/21        USD     418.00        USD     6,437          52,725  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures

     102          10/22/21        USD     132.00        USD     13,435          79,688  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

     200          11/19/21        USD     70.00        USD     1,650          20,100  

Spire Global, Inc.

     282          11/19/21        USD     10.00        USD     353          59,925  

Uber Technologies, Inc.

     200          11/19/21        USD     30.00        USD     896          2,400  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures

     40          11/26/21        USD     122.00        USD     4,912          8,750  

Euro Dollar (1 Year) Mid-Curve

     2,182          12/10/21        USD     99.50        USD     542,800          313,662  

Euro Dollar (1 Year) Mid-Curve

     78,173          12/10/21        USD     99.38        USD     19,446,511          3,908,650  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     125          12/17/21        USD     15.00        USD     257          4,000  

PG&E Corp.

     200          12/17/21        USD     7.00        USD     192          2,200  

Uber Technologies, Inc.

     540          12/17/21        USD     25.00        USD     2,419          6,750  

Euro Dollar (2 Year) Mid-Curve

     8,805          03/11/22        USD     98.75        USD     2,173,294          4,457,531  

Euro Dollar (1 Year) Mid-Curve

     1,988          06/10/22        USD     99.00        USD     493,123          559,125  
                          

 

 

 
                           $ 10,096,753  
                          

 

 

 
                           $   25,134,664  
                          

 

 

 

 

 

118  

2 0 2 1    B L A C K O C K     N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O  L D E R S


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

OTC Barrier Options Purchased

 

                 
Description   Type of
Option
   Counterparty   Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
   

Exercise

Price

   

Barrier

Price/Range

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

    Value  
Call                                                               

USD Currency

  One-Touch    Standard Chartered Bank           03/07/22       CNH       6.80       CNH       6.80       USD       1,406     $ 125,813  

USD Currency

  One-Touch    HSBC Bank PLC           03/10/22       CNH       6.70       CNH       6.70       USD       4,658       757,208  
                      

 

 

 
                         883,021  
                      

 

 

 
Put                                                               

USD Currency

  Down-and-Out    Bank of America N.A.           10/27/21       COP       3,830.00       COP       3,705.00       USD       17,308       86,306  
                      

 

 

 
                       $   969,327  
                      

 

 

 

OTC Options Purchased

 

             
Description    Counterparty    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
    

Exercise

Price

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

     Value  
Call                                                

AUD Currency

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC             10/06/21      USD     0.73      AUD     8,747      $ 7,284  

USD Currency

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.             10/08/21      ZAR     14.40      USD     6,530        293,662  

USD Currency

   UBS AG             10/18/21      MXN     20.10      USD     13,104        389,040  

USD Currency

   Deutsche Bank AG             10/19/21      ZAR     14.95      USD     6,558        127,949  

USD Currency

   Goldman Sachs International             10/20/21      MXN     20.30      USD     13,094        289,854  

USD Currency

   Citibank N.A.             10/28/21      MXN     20.60      USD     13,036        197,600  

USD Currency

   Barclays Bank PLC             11/04/21      CLP     785.00      USD     8,714        340,833  

AUD Currency

   Goldman Sachs International             11/10/21      USD     0.74      AUD     144,546        445,518  

EUR Currency

   BNP Paribas S.A.             11/10/21      USD     1.18      EUR     139,474        247,624  

GBP Currency

   UBS AG             11/10/21      USD     1.37      GBP     83,684        482,148  

AUD Currency

   Citibank N.A.             11/12/21      USD     0.74      AUD     144,546        431,549  

EUR Currency

   Standard Chartered Bank             11/12/21      USD     1.18      EUR     139,474        279,431  

GBP Currency

   Standard Chartered Bank             11/12/21      USD     1.37      GBP     83,684        403,665  

USD Currency

   UBS AG             11/12/21      ZAR     14.30      USD     5,452        321,507  

EUR Currency

   BNP Paribas S.A.             11/18/21      PLN     4.65      EUR     14,906        91,690  

USD Currency

   HSBC Bank PLC             11/29/21      MXN     20.80      USD     17,382        315,426  

EUR Currency

   Deutsche Bank AG             12/13/21      PLN     4.56      EUR     14,812        290,225  

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             01/12/22      JPY     111.00      USD     74,420        998,723  
                     

 

 

 
                        5,953,728  
                     

 

 

 
Put                                                

EUR Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/08/21      USD     1.17      EUR     54,248        413,348  

EUR Currency

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC             10/08/21      USD     1.18      EUR     14,664        315,766  

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/08/21      TRY     8.70      USD     4,319        4,019  

EUR Currency

   Citibank N.A.             10/11/21      USD     1.16      EUR     63,183        404,846  

EUR Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/14/21      USD     1.17      EUR     54,248        673,090  

USD Currency

   Standard Chartered Bank             10/25/21      KRW     1,165.00      USD     15,206        21,958  

USD Currency

   BNP Paribas S.A.             10/29/21      IDR     14,300.00      USD     5,437        25,176  

USD Currency

   Royal Bank of Canada             11/10/21      CAD     1.25      USD     126,794        551,872  

USD Currency

   Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC             11/12/21      CAD     1.25      USD     126,794        450,442  

USD Currency

   BNP Paribas S.A.             11/15/21      KRW     1,160.00      USD     7,644        19,196  

USD Currency

   Citibank N.A.             11/15/21      RUB     73.00      USD     17,472        209,764  

EUR Currency

   Citibank N.A.             11/19/21      GBP     0.85      EUR     185,760        836,646  

EUR Currency

   Citibank N.A.             11/26/21      GBP     0.85      EUR     184,740        933,723  
                     

 

 

 
                        4,859,846  
                     

 

 

 
                      $   10,813,574  
                     

 

 

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

OTC Credit Default Swaptions Purchased

 

  

 

               

 

 

Expiration

Date

   

Exercise

Price

      

 

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

      

 

 
 

 

  Paid by the Fund   Received by the Fund     

 

   

 

     

 

 
Description   Rate     Frequency   Rate     Frequency    Counterparty         Value  
                     

Put

                    

Bought Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    5.00   Quarterly     CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly    Bank of America N.A.     10/20/21       USD 108.00       USD       5,000     $ 13,198  

Bought Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    5.00   Quarterly     CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly   

Credit Suisse

International

    10/20/21       USD 109.00       USD       6,500       35,596  

Bought Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    5.00   Quarterly     CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs

International

    10/20/21       USD 109.00       USD       5,000       27,382  
                    

 

 

 
                     $   76,176  
                    

 

 

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased

 

  

 

               

 

 

Expiration

Date

   

Exercise

Rate

      

 

   

Notional

Amount

(000)

   

Value

 
 

 

  

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

   

 

   

 

 
Description    Rate       Frequency   Rate       Frequency   Counterparty      
                     

Call

                    

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 11/12/26

  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly   0.74%   Semi-Annual   Bank of America N.A.     11/10/21       0.74     USD       472,373     $ 41,021  

Put

                    

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 10/23/26

   1.00%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly   Deutsche Bank AG     10/21/21       1.00     USD       463,905       2,468,365  

2-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/30/24

   0.65%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly   Citibank N.A.     03/28/22       0.65     USD       705,878       1,437,955  
                    

 

 

 
                       3,906,320  
                    

 

 

 
                     $   3,947,341  
                    

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written

 

             
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
            Exercise
Price
      

Notional

Amount

(000)

       Value  
Call                                                   

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     80.00        USD     2,399        $ (1,275

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     90.00        USD     2,399          (6,375

Western Digital Corp.

     425          10/15/21        USD     75.00        USD     2,399          (4,250

Xilinx, Inc.

     150          10/15/21        USD     175.00        USD     2,265          (5,700

Xilinx, Inc.

     350          10/15/21        USD     180.00        USD     5,285          (9,625

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     1,519          11/19/21        USD     48.00        USD     6,472          (101,013

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

     3,333          11/19/21        USD     47.00        USD     12,975          (11,666

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explore & Production ETF

     3,444          11/19/21        USD     115.00        USD     33,310          (530,376

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

     571          12/17/21        USD     130.00        USD     6,411          (212,697

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     1,134          12/17/21        USD     130.00        USD     10,736          (170,100

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     1,894          12/17/21        USD     135.00        USD     17,930          (222,545

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

     250          12/17/21        USD     137.00        USD     3,326          (6,875

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

     2,893          01/21/22        USD     130.00        USD     32,483          (1,439,267

Devon Energy Corp.

     3,285          01/21/22        USD     40.00        USD     11,665          (643,860

Devon Energy Corp.

     4,050          01/21/22        USD     38.00        USD     14,381          (1,030,725

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF

     2,475          01/21/22        USD     420.00        USD     88,595          (132,412
                          

 

 

 
                             (4,528,761
                          

 

 

 
Put                                                   

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 ETF

     2,948          10/08/21        USD     340.00        USD     105,527          (299,222

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     150          10/08/21        USD     405.00        USD     6,437          (9,225

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     150          10/15/21        USD     190.00        USD     3,281          (4,500

iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF

     150          10/15/21        USD     195.00        USD     3,281          (6,750

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     150          10/15/21        USD     390.00        USD     6,437          (10,275

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     297          11/19/21        USD     400.00        USD     12,745          (151,767

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures

     1,377          11/26/21        USD     130.00        USD     181,377          (451,828

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     247          12/17/21        USD     400.00        USD     10,600          (192,413

 

 

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2 0 2 1    B L A C K O C K     N N U A L    E P O R T    T O    H A R E H O  L D E R S


Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Exchange-Traded Options Written (continued)

 

             
Description    Number of
Contracts
       Expiration
Date
            Exercise
Price
      

Notional

Amount

(000)

       Value  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     3,317          01/21/22        USD     395.00        USD     142,346        $ (3,164,418

Euro Dollar (2 Year) Mid-Curve

     8,805          03/11/22        USD     98.25        USD     2,173,294          (1,265,719
                          

 

 

 
                             (5,556,117
                          

 

 

 
                           $   (10,084,878
                          

 

 

 

OTC Options Written

 

             
Description    Counterparty    Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Exercise Price     

Notional

Amount

(000)

     Value  
Call                                                

EUR Currency

   Deutsche Bank AG             10/13/21      PLN     4.58      EUR     7,406      $ (71,116

USD Currency

   Citibank N.A.             10/15/21      RUB     74.00      USD     6,552        (19,074

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/19/21      ZAR     14.95      USD     6,558        (127,949

USD Currency

   Barclays Bank PLC             11/04/21      CLP     820.00      USD     10,892        (150,059

USD Currency

   UBS AG             11/12/21      ZAR     15.00      USD     7,632        (200,431

USD Currency

   HSBC Bank PLC             11/29/21      MXN     21.50      USD     17,382        (142,725
                     

 

 

 
                        (711,354
                     

 

 

 
Put                                                

EUR Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/08/21      USD     1.15      EUR     81,371        (34,547

EUR Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             10/14/21      USD     1.15      EUR     81,371        (148,172

USD Currency

   HSBC Bank PLC             11/29/21      MXN     20.00      USD     17,382        (54,952

USD Currency

   Bank of America N.A.             01/12/22      JPY     97.00      USD     74,420        (6,553
                     

 

 

 
                        (244,224
                     

 

 

 
                      $   (955,578
                     

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaptions Written

 

 

 

    

 

  Paid by the Fund   Received by the Fund      

 

 

Expiration

Date

   

Credit

Rating(a)

      

 

 

Exercise

Price

      

 

   

Notional

Amount

(000)(b)

      

 

     

 

       Description   Rate     Frequency   Rate     Frequency    Counterparty             Value         
                         
 

Put

                          
 

Sold Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly     5.00   Quarterly    Bank of America N.A.     10/20/21       N/R     USD     104.00       USD       5,000       $  (2,332  
 

Sold Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly     5.00   Quarterly    Credit Suisse International     10/20/21       N/R     USD     105.00       USD       6,500       (3,846  
 

Sold Protection on 5-Year Credit Default Swap, 06/20/26

    CDX.NA.HY.36.V1     Quarterly     5.00   Quarterly    Goldman Sachs International     10/20/21       N/R     USD     105.00       USD       5,000       (2,958  
                          

 

 

   
                             (9,136  
                          

 

 

   

 

  (a)

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

 
  (b)

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

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

OTC Interest Rate Swaptions Written

 

  

 

              

 

    

 

      

 

      

 

    Notional       

 

 
 

 

 

Paid by the Fund

  Received by the Fund    

 

  Expiration     Exercise      

 

    Amount      

 

 
Description   Rate   Frequency   Rate     Frequency   Counterparty   Date     Rate           (000)     Value  
                     

Put

                   

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 10/23/26

  3-month LIBOR, 0.13%   Quarterly     1.15   Semi-Annual   Deutsche Bank AG     10/21/21       1.15     USD       695,857     $   (1,050,463

2-Year Interest Rate Swap, 03/30/24

  3-month LIBOR, 0.13%   Quarterly     0.95   Semi-Annual   Citibank N.A.     03/28/22       0.95     USD       917,641       (718,927

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 06/17/31

  3-month LIBOR, 0.13%   Quarterly     3.05   Semi-Annual   Barclays Bank PLC     06/15/26       3.05     USD       64,391       (899,253

5-Year Interest Rate Swap, 06/17/31

  3-month LIBOR, 0.13%   Quarterly     3.05   Semi-Annual   Deutsche Bank AG     06/15/26       3.05     USD       32,195       (449,620
                   

 

 

 
                      (3,118,263
                   

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

 

               
Reference Obligation/Index   

Financing
Rate
Paid by
the

Fund

     Payment
Frequency
   Termination
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000)

     Value     

Upfront
Premium

Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

CDX.NA.HY.33.V1

     5.00    Quarterly      12/20/24        USD        35,458      $ (3,167,225    $ (2,129,500               $   (1,037,725

CDX.NA.IG.37.V1

     1.00      Quarterly      12/20/26        USD        11,235        (271,724      (265,141        (6,583

ITRAXX.EUR.36.V1

     1.00      Quarterly      12/20/26        EUR        90,680        (2,785,875      (2,849,674        63,799  

ITRAXX.XO.36.V1

     5.00      Quarterly      12/20/26        EUR        101,980        (14,178,659      (14,605,009        426,350  
                 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
                  $   (20,403,483    $   (19,849,324      $ (554,159
                 

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Inflation Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

 

Termination

Date

 

Notional
Amount

(000)

 

Value

   

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Reference   Frequency   Rate   Frequency

4.81%

  At Termination   UK RPI All Items Monthly   At Termination   09/15/23   GBP   9,270   $ 8,038     $     $ 8,038  

3.98%

  At Termination   UK RPI All Items Monthly   At Termination   09/15/26   GBP   5,605     116,525             116,525  

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   4.34%   At Termination   09/15/26   GBP   6,800     45,709             45,709  

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.42%   At Termination   11/15/30   GBP   13,500     (1,686,838           (1,686,838

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.32%   At Termination   02/25/31   USD   9,084     (539,717           (539,717

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.35%   At Termination   03/05/31   USD   2,649     (148,460           (148,460

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.35%   At Termination   03/05/31   USD   2,649     (147,302           (147,302

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.36%   At Termination   03/05/31   USD   5,299     (292,576           (292,576

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.47%   At Termination   04/26/31   USD   174,522     (7,044,695           (7,044,695

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.58%   At Termination   05/04/31   USD   2,650     (75,815           (75,815

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.73%   At Termination   05/15/31   GBP   4,386     (354,751           (354,751

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Centrally Cleared Inflation Swaps (continued)

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

 

Termination

Date

   

Notional
Amount

(000)

 

Value

   

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Reference   Frequency   Rate   Frequency

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.64%   At Termination     05/21/31     USD   95,310   $ (1,900,410   $     $ (1,900,410

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.48%   At Termination     06/11/31     USD   3,500     (118,977           (118,977

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.48%   At Termination     06/16/31     USD   13,272     (444,018           (444,018

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.46%   At Termination     06/18/31     USD   6,636     (237,636           (237,636

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.46%   At Termination     06/24/31     USD   2,550     (89,314           (89,314

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.81%   At Termination     07/15/31     GBP   12,590     (672,714           (672,714

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.85%   At Termination     07/15/31     GBP   12,590     (574,825           (574,825

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.39%   At Termination     07/22/31     USD   13,360     (479,075           (479,075

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.41%   At Termination     07/22/31     USD   5,344     (180,562           (180,562

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.45%   At Termination     07/23/31     USD   6,502     (194,815           (194,815

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.54%   At Termination     08/06/31     USD   13,272     (222,099           (222,099

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.53%   At Termination     08/11/31     USD   94,835     (1,504,040           (1,504,040

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.47%   At Termination     08/25/31     USD   1,706     (33,370           (33,370

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.91%   At Termination     09/15/31     GBP   13,880     (271,369           (271,369

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   4.07%   At Termination     09/15/31     GBP   7,285     57,615             57,615  

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   4.13%   At Termination     09/15/31     GBP   3,970     73,452             73,452  

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.38%   At Termination     12/15/40     GBP   6,404     (1,358,749           (1,358,749

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.38%   At Termination     12/15/40     GBP   12,400     (2,625,766           (2,625,766

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.80%   At Termination     09/15/41     GBP   8,608     (45,992           (45,992

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.89%   At Termination     09/15/41     GBP   4,314     156,364             156,364  

U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NAS (CPURNSA)

  At Termination   2.41%   At Termination     09/09/51     USD   5,271     (111,758           (111,758

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.56%   At Termination     09/15/51     GBP   950     (2,965           (2,965

UK RPI All Items Monthly

  At Termination   3.57%   At Termination     09/15/51     GBP   950     5,938             5,938  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $   (20,894,967   $     $   20,894,967
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

A S T E R    O R T F O L I O     C H E D U L E    O F    N V E S T M E N T S

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

   

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

 

Effective

Date

   

Termination

Date

      

 

 

Notional
Amount

(000)

   

Value

   

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

      

 

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
    Rate   Frequency   Rate   Frequency     
  0.76%   Annual  

6-month WIBOR, 0.31%

  Semi-Annual     N/A       06/18/23     PLN     70,723     $ 84,371     $                $ 84,371  
  0.83%   Semi-Annual  

6-month WIBOR, 0.31%

  Semi-Annual     N/A       06/22/23     PLN     165,002       142,110               142,110  
       0.60%   Annual  

6-month WIBOR, 0.31%

  Semi-Annual     N/A       07/23/23     PLN     39,677       94,977               94,977  
 

28-day MXIBTIIE, 4.75%

  Monthly   5.84%   Monthly     N/A       08/14/23     MXN     1,071,864       (433,342             (433,342
  1.38%   Annual  

3-month WIBOR, 0.23%

  Quarterly     09/05/22 (a)      09/05/23     PLN     121,780       94,679               94,679  
  0.51%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       04/06/24     USD     164,023       (321,418             (321,418
  0.51%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       04/07/24     USD     52,521       (94,956             (94,956
  0.50%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       04/13/24     USD     81,911       (98,282             (98,282
  0.45%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       06/07/24     USD     80,312       159,023               159,023  
 

28-day MXIBTIIE, 4.75%

  Monthly   6.11%   Monthly     N/A       08/15/24     MXN     713,369       (519,356             (519,356
 

28-day MXIBTIIE, 4.75%

  Monthly   6.12%   Monthly     N/A       08/15/24     MXN     42,545       (30,136             (30,136
  0.54%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       09/03/24     USD     121,796       320,967               320,967  
  0.62%   At Termination  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  At Termination     08/27/24 (a)      08/27/25     GBP     320,470       1,229,672       4,983         1,224,689  
  0.57%   At Termination  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  At Termination     09/02/24 (a)      09/02/25     GBP     321,200       1,442,389       (348       1,442,737  
  0.63%   At Termination  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  At Termination     09/09/24 (a)      09/09/25     GBP     315,950       1,189,170       18,383         1,170,787  
  0.66%   At Termination  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  At Termination     09/09/24 (a)      09/09/25     GBP     323,440       1,100,835       (4,724       1,105,559  
  0.86%   At Termination  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  At Termination     09/23/24 (a)      09/23/25     GBP     358,850       291,058               291,058  
 

1-day ESTR, (0.58)%

  At Termination   (0.24)%   At Termination     10/01/24 (a)      10/01/25     EUR     730,160       (21,307             (21,307
  2.91%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       08/23/26     USD     3,692       (343,373     (46       (343,327
  1.69%   Annual  

6-month WIBOR, 0.31%

  Semi-Annual     N/A       09/07/26     PLN     127,413       248,718               248,718  
  0.95%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       09/23/26     USD     20,406       113,397               113,397  
  0.99%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     11/12/21 (a)      11/12/26     USD     77,493       440,619               440,619  
  2.93%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       08/24/28     USD     8,170       (912,831     128         (912,959
  3.16%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       10/03/28     USD     4,519       (634,698     71         (634,769
  1.54%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       05/28/31     USD     8,580       (68,918             (68,918
  1.60%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     N/A       06/01/31     USD     1,731       (22,946             (22,946
  2.14%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     06/15/26 (a)      06/15/31     USD     64,391       (386,165             (386,165
  2.14%   Semi-Annual  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly     06/15/26 (a)      06/15/31     USD     32,195       (184,208     (10,768       (173,440
 

28-day MXIBTIIE, 4.75%

  Monthly   7.08%   Monthly     N/A       09/02/31     MXN     297,202       (364,765             (364,765

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps (continued)

   

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

 

Effective

Date

   

Termination

Date

      

 

 

Notional
Amount

(000)

   

Value

   

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

      

 

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
    Rate   Frequency   Rate   Frequency     
                       
  1-day SONIA, 0.05%   Annual  

0.74%

  Annual     N/A       09/16/31     GBP     14,165     $ (328,681   $       $ (328,681
  0.76%   Annual  

1-day SONIA, 0.05%

  Annual     N/A       09/16/51     GBP     5,190      

402,

518

 

 

            402,518  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 
                  $ 2,589,121     $ 7,679       $ 2,581,442  
                 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Forward Swap.

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

 

                 
       Reference Obligation/Index   

Financing
Rate
Paid

by the
Fund

     Payment
Frequency
   Counterparty    Termination
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000)

     Value     

Upfront
Premium

Paid
(Received)

     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
             
 

DISH DBS Corp.

     5.00    Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     12/20/23        USD        2,169      $ (155,306    $ 49,616      $ (204,922    
 

KB Home

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/23        USD        2,138        (200,926      (79,758      (121,168    
 

Realogy Group LLC

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/23        USD        1,069        (84,733      (4,662      (80,071    
 

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/23        USD        1,070        (59,638      24,115        (83,753    
 

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     06/20/24        USD        1,199        (93,752      (43,583      (50,169    
 

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

BNP Paribas S.A.

     06/20/24        USD        1,000        (78,193      (32,096      (46,097    
 

Beazer Homes U.S.A., Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

BNP Paribas S.A.

     06/20/24        USD        1,103        (86,246      (38,202      (48,044    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     06/20/24        USD        1,000        (89,684      (6,405      (83,279    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     06/20/24        USD        1,175        (107,179      (23,088      (84,091    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     06/20/24        USD        1,150        (104,898      (22,597      (82,301    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     06/20/24        USD        1,175        (107,178      (23,108      (84,070    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     06/20/24        USD        1,223        (109,684      (9,476      (100,208    
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     06/20/24        USD        500        (45,607      (3,750      (41,857    
 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/24        USD        750        (85,661      40,880        (126,541    
 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/24        USD        1,680        (190,448      90,732        (281,180    
 

Boeing Co.

     1.00      Quarterly   

BNP Paribas S.A.

     12/20/24        USD        2,250        (13,829      (28,923      15,094      
 

Boeing Co.

     1.00      Quarterly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     12/20/24        USD        5,950        (36,570      (45,275      8,705      
 

Broadcom, Inc.

     1.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/24        USD        1,325        (28,240      26,180        (54,420    
 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     1.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     12/20/24        USD        5,080        48,240        1,716,291        (1,668,051    
 

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

     5.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     06/20/25        USD        2,540        (300,655      234,648        (535,303    
 

Rite Aid Corp.

     5.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     06/20/26        USD        622        100,591        52,696        47,895      
 

Federative Republic of Brazil

     1.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     12/20/26        USD        22,866        1,169,151        1,056,505        112,646      
 

Federative Republic of Brazil

     1.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     12/20/26        USD        14,128        722,377        652,777        69,600      
 

Republic of Chile

     1.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     12/20/26        USD        5,147        (34,307      (65,581      31,274      
 

Republic of Colombia

     1.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     12/20/26        USD        22,671        770,232        532,744        237,488      
 

Republic of Colombia

     1.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     12/20/26        USD        10,689        363,151        251,180        111,971      
 

Republic of Indonesia

     1.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/26        USD        31,972        (305,956      (363,958      58,002      
 

Republic of South Africa

     1.00      Quarterly   

Barclays Bank PLC

     12/20/26        USD        13,054        706,629        689,012        17,617      
 

Republic of South Africa

     1.00      Quarterly   

Citibank N.A.

     12/20/26        USD        11,648        630,496        612,065        18,431      
 

Republic of South Africa

     1.00      Quarterly   

Goldman Sachs International

     12/20/26        USD        64,926        3,514,476        3,169,015        345,461      
 

Republic of the Philippines

     1.00      Quarterly   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     12/20/26        USD        11,217        (276,129      (298,937      22,808      
 

United Mexican States

     1.00      Quarterly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     12/20/26        USD        20,046        11,617        (84,547      96,164      
 

United Mexican States

     1.00      Quarterly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     12/20/26        USD        123,927        71,814        (522,680      594,494      
 

CMBX.NA.9.AAA

     0.50      Monthly   

Credit Suisse International

     09/17/58        USD        4,537        (42,456      49,982        (92,438    
 

CMBX.NA.9.AAA

     0.50      Monthly   

Deutsche Bank AG

     09/17/58        USD        3,618        (33,853      40,430        (74,283    
 

CMBX.NA.9.AAA

     0.50      Monthly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     09/17/58        USD        2,528        (23,659      27,854        (51,513    
 

CMBX.NA.9.AAA

     0.50      Monthly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     09/17/58        USD        3,048        (28,523      33,578        (62,101    
 

CMBX.NA.9.AAA

     0.50      Monthly   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     09/17/58        USD        5,566        (52,088      67,285        (119,373    
 

CMBX.NA.9.BBB-

     3.00      Monthly   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     09/17/58        USD        2,080        160,053        68,850        91,203      

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (continued)

September 30, 2021

  

Master Total Return Portfolio

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection (continued)

 

                 
Reference Obligation/Index   

Financing

Rate

Paid

by the

Fund

    

Payment

Frequency

     Counterparty   

Termination

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

     Value     

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-      3.00      Monthly      Goldman Sachs International      09/17/58        USD        3,544      $ 272,706      $ 276,455      $ (3,749
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-      3.00        Monthly     

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     09/17/58        USD        204        15,698        11,056        4,642  
CMBX.NA.6.AAA      0.50        Monthly      Deutsche Bank AG      05/11/63        USD        1,865        (4,724      335        (5,059
CMBX.NA.6.AAA      0.50        Monthly      Deutsche Bank AG      05/11/63        USD        4,532        (11,478      (1,367      (10,111
CMBX.NA.6.BBB-      3.00        Monthly      J.P. Morgan Securities LLC      05/11/63        USD        850        241,568        77,519        164,049  
CMBX.NA.14.BBB-      3.00        Monthly      Goldman Sachs International      12/16/72        USD        1,310        44,478        66,095        (21,617
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                     $ 6,051,677      $ 8,219,902      $ (2,168,225
                    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTC Credit Default Swaps — Sell Protection

 

                   
Reference Obligation/Index  

Financing

Rate

Received

by

the Fund

   

Payment

Frequency

    Counterparty   Termination
Date
   

Credit    

Rating(a)

   

Notional

Amount

(000)(b)

    Value    

Upfront

Premium

Paid

(Received)

    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
       
Broadcom, Inc.     1.00     Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/24       BBB-       USD       14,931     $ 296,775     $ (622,063   $ 918,838    
Yum! Brands, Inc.     1.00       Quarterly    

BNP Paribas S.A.

    12/20/25       BB-       USD       2,000       12,171       (12,134     24,305    
Yum! Brands, Inc.     1.00       Quarterly    

BNP Paribas S.A.

    12/20/25       BB-       USD       2,000       12,172       (16,125     28,297    
Yum! Brands, Inc.     1.00       Quarterly    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    12/20/25       BB-       USD       2,000       12,172       (7,302     19,474    
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

Goldman Sachs International

    06/20/26       BBB-       USD       4,000       842,799       780,191       62,608    
AT&T Inc.     1.00       Quarterly    

Credit Suisse International

    06/20/26       BBB       USD       3,000       63,728       39,672       24,056    
Dell, Inc.     1.00       Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/26       BBB       USD       2,000       34,027       (6,302     40,329    
HCA, Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/26       BB-       USD       5,000       978,212       844,072       134,140    
NRG Energy, Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

Barclays Bank PLC

    06/20/26       BB+       USD       2,000       323,311       268,668       54,643    
NRG Energy, Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    06/20/26       BB+       USD       2,000       323,312       279,478       43,834    
T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/26       BB+       USD       4,000       766,792       711,199       55,593    
Trust Fibra Uno     1.00       Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/26       N/R       USD       1,615       (109,612     (170,390     60,778    
Trust Fibra Uno     1.00       Quarterly    

Citibank N.A.

    06/20/26       N/R       USD       410       (27,827     (43,353     15,526    
United Rentals (North America), Inc.     5.00       Quarterly    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    06/20/26       BB       USD       1,750       323,963       297,182       26,781    
CMBX.NA.7.AAA     0.50       Monthly    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    01/17/47       AAA       USD       4,909       31,928       (134,567     166,495    
CMBX.NA.3.AM     0.50       Monthly    

Credit Suisse International

    12/13/49       N/R       USD       (c)            (9     9    
CMBX.NA.3.AM     0.50       Monthly    

Goldman Sachs International

    12/13/49       N/R       USD       (c)            (24     24    
CMBX.NA.3.AM     0.50       Monthly    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    12/13/49       N/R       USD       1             (49     49    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Deutsche Bank AG

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       906       (69,715     (101,531     31,816    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Goldman Sachs International

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       1,310       (100,803     (142,975     42,172    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       800       (61,559     (176,682     115,123    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       438       (33,704     (36,209     2,505    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       1,000       (76,949     (257,958     181,009    
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       1,060       (81,565     (50,169     (31,396  
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       231       (17,775     (13,144     (4,631  
CMBX.NA.9.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    09/17/58       N/R       USD       1,200       (92,338     (1,458     (90,880  
CMBX.NA.10.A     2.00       Monthly    

Deutsche Bank AG

    11/17/59       A-       USD       3,340       (6,135     (135,987     129,852    
CMBX.NA.10.A     2.00       Monthly    

Deutsche Bank AG

    11/17/59       A-       USD       1,670       (3,067     (69,136     66,069    
CMBX.NA.10.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    11/17/59       BBB-       USD       60       (5,231     (4,834     (397  
CMBX.NA.6.BBB-     3.00       Monthly    

Credit Suisse International

    05/11/63       B       USD       850       (241,568     (62,775     (178,793  
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
                $ 3,093,514     $ 1,155,286     $ 1,938,228    
               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

(a) 

Using the rating of the issuer or the underlying securities of the index, as applicable, provided by S&P Global Ratings.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Notional amount is less than USD 500.

 

 

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OTC Interest Rate Swaps

 

    Paid by the Fund  

Received by the Fund

    

 

 

Effective

Date

    

Termination

Date

    

 

   

Notional
Amount

(000)

   

Value

   

Upfront

Premium
Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

    

 
       Rate   Frequency   Rate   Frequency   Counterparty
  1.42%   Semi-Annual   1-day CLICP, 19,054.50   Semi-Annual  

Bank of America N.A.

     04/01/23     CLP       19,436,176     $ 948,637     $     $ 948,637    
  1-day CLICP,
19,054.50
  Semi-Annual   1.65%   Semi-Annual  

Bank of America N.A.

     05/28/23     CLP       19,436,176       (981,064           (981,064  
  7-day China Fixing
Repo Rates,
2.37%
  Quarterly   2.53%   Quarterly  

BNP Paribas S.A.

     12/15/26     CNY       152,535       16,536             16,536    
  7-day China Fixing
Repo Rates,
2.37%
  Quarterly   2.53%   Quarterly  

Citibank N.A.

     12/15/26     CNY       76,267       8,268             8,268    
                    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
                     $ (7,623   $     $ (7,623  
                    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Paid by the Fund

 

Received by the Fund

    

 

  

Termination

Date

       

 

 

Notional
Amount

(000)

       

 

    

Upfront
Premium
Paid

(Received)

    

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Reference   Frequency   Rate   Frequency   Counterparty         Value  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

  Quarterly  

3-month LIBOR minus 0.20%, 0.13%

  Quarterly   Barclays Bank PLC      11/15/21      USD     2,530      $ (214,060    $      $ (214,060
0.00%   Quarterly  

Goldman Sachs U.S. Series 4 Excess Return Strategy

  Quarterly   Goldman Sachs International      11/19/21      USD     1,696        (6,103             (6,103
0.00%   Quarterly  

Goldman Sachs U.S. Series 4 Excess Return Strategy

  Quarterly   Goldman Sachs International      11/19/21      USD     1,697        (6,103             (6,103
0.00%   Quarterly  

Goldman Sachs Systematic Skew U.S. Series 10 Excess Return Strategy

  Quarterly   Goldman Sachs International      12/07/21      USD     4,031        25,752               25,752  
0.00%   Quarterly  

Goldman Sachs U.S. Series 4 Excess Return Strategy

  Quarterly   Goldman Sachs International      12/10/21      USD     1,674        (25,514             (25,514

Patterson UTI Energy, Inc.

  Quarterly  

3-month LIBOR plus 0.10%, 0.13%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas S.A.      07/06/22      USD     252        9,023               9,023  

Patterson UTI Energy, Inc.

  Quarterly  

3-month LIBOR, 0.13%

  Quarterly   BNP Paribas S.A.      07/06/22      USD     522        (3,914             (3,914
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                   $   (220,919    $      $ (220,919
                  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTC Total Return Swaps

 

Reference Entity   

Payment

Frequency

     Counterparty(a)      Termination
Date
      

Net

Notional

     Accrued
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Net Value of
Reference
Entity
     Gross Notional
Amount
Net Asset
Percentage
 

Equity Securities Long/Short

   Monthly     

Merrill Lynch International(b)

       02/15/23        $  (4,444,205)        $  105,504     $   (4,338,701      0.0
                      

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

  (a)

The Master Portfolio receives the total return on a portfolio of long positions underlying the total return swap. The Master Portfolio pays the total return on a portfolio of short positions underlying the total return swap. In addition, the Master Portfolio pays or receives a variable rate of interest, based on a specified benchmark. The benchmark and spread are determined based upon the country and/or currency of the individual underlying positions.

 

 

 

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The following are the specified benchmarks (plus or minus a range) used in determining the variable rate of interest:

  (b) 

Range:

  26 basis points

Benchmarks:

 

CHF - Swiss Average Rate O/N (SSARON)

The following table represents the individual short positions and related values of equity securities underlying the total return swap with Merrill Lynch International, as of period end, termination date February 15, 2023:

 

     Shares     Value     % of
Basket
Value
 

Reference Entity — Short

 

Common Stocks                  
Capital Markets                  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered Shares

    439,306     $   (4,338,701     100.0
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Value of Reference Entity — Merrill Lynch International

    $ (4,338,701  
   

 

 

   
 

 

Balances Reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Centrally Cleared Swaps, OTC Swaps and Options Written

 

     

Swaps
Premiums

Paid

      

Swap

Premiums
Received

       Unrealized
Appreciation
       Unrealized
Depreciation
       Value  

Centrally Cleared Swaps

   $ 23,565        $   (19,865,210      $ 8,289,999        $   (27,157,683      $  

OTC Swaps

       13,138,357          (3,763,169        5,405,589          (5,758,624         

Options Written

     N/A          N/A          2,790,095          (2,282,491          (14,167,855

Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure

As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    

Interest

Rate
Contracts

     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Assets — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation(a)

   $      $      $ 270,676      $      $ 22,280,276      $      $ 22,550,952  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                    

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                          20,047,014                      20,047,014  

Options purchased

                    

Investments at value — unaffiliated(b)

            76,176        15,807,258        11,782,901        13,274,747               40,941,082  

Swaps — centrally cleared

                    

Unrealized appreciation(a)

            490,149                      7,336,209        463,641        8,289,999  

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums paid

            17,430,226        140,279               973,441               18,543,946  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $   17,996,551      $   16,218,213      $   31,829,915      $   43,864,673      $   463,641      $   110,372,993  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    

Interest

Rate
Contracts

     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments

                    

Futures contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation

   $      $      $ 6,963      $      $ 40,862,175      $      $ 40,869,138  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                    

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                          9,266,868                      9,266,868  

Options written

                    

Options written at value

            9,136        8,367,331        955,578        4,835,810               14,167,855  

Swaps — centrally cleared

                    

Unrealized depreciation(a)

            1,044,308                      4,754,767        21,358,608        27,157,683  

Swaps — OTC

                    

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swaps; Swap premiums received

            8,285,035        255,694               981,064               9,521,793  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $   9,338,479      $   8,629,988      $   10,222,446      $   51,433,816      $   21,358,608      $   100,983,337  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and centrally cleared swaps, if any, are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss).

 
  (b) 

Includes options purchased at value as reported in the Schedule of Investments.

 

For the period ended September 30, 2021, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statement of Operations was as follows:

 

      Commodity
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    

Interest

Rate
Contracts

     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) from

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ (13,282,729    $      $ (71,775,815    $      $ (85,058,544

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                          (56,595,771                    (56,595,771

Options purchased(a)

            (454,537      (5,836,393      (57,635,535      8,510,157               (55,416,308

Options written

            114,937        19,187,971        29,609,116        16,577,741               65,489,765  

Swaps

            (17,500,617      (4,736,044             (32,642,344      (16,430,933      (71,309,938
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $   (17,840,217    $ (4,667,195    $   (84,622,190    $   (79,330,261    $   (16,430,933    $   (202,890,796
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on

                    

Futures contracts

   $      $      $ 217,544      $      $ (13,751,448    $      $ (13,533,904

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

                          8,293,145                      8,293,145  

Options purchased

            (3,559      (3,065,401      7,568,562        (3,908,041             591,561  

Options written

            9,314        254,824        (1,761,761      (1,247,145             (2,744,768

Swaps

            (2,007,841      (1,486,522             3,933,860        (25,988,021      (25,548,524
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $      $ (2,002,086    $ (4,079,555    $ 14,099,946      $ (14,972,774    $ (25,988,021    $ (32,942,490
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Options purchased are included in net realized gain (loss) from investments — unaffiliated.

 

Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Futures contracts

        

Average notional value of contracts — long

   $ 6,368,251,116  

Average notional value of contracts — short

   $ 4,219,955,338  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

  

Average amounts purchased — in USD

   $ 1,976,713,895  

Average amounts sold — in USD

   $ 795,410,154  

Options

  

Average value of option contracts purchased

   $ 84,443,772  

Average value of option contracts written

   $ 36,405,087  

Average notional value of swaption contracts purchased

   $ 799,561,300  

Average notional value of swaption contracts written

   $ 1,881,116,676  

 

 

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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments (continued)

 

   

Credit default swaps

  

Average notional value — buy protection

   $ 508,082,637  

Average notional value — sell protection

   $ 53,787,850  

Total return swaps

  

Average notional amount

   $ 15,157,674  

Interest rate swaps

  

Average notional value — pays fixed rate

   $ 1,888,448,553  

Average notional value — received fixed rate

   $ 1,689,194,638  

Inflation swaps

  

Average notional amount — pays

   $ 614,070,998  

Average notional amount — receives

   $ 175,807,968  

For more information about the Master Portfolio’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

Derivative Financial Instruments – Offsetting as of Period End

The Master Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities (by type) were as follows:

 

      Assets        Liabilities  

Derivative Financial Instruments

       

Futures contracts

   $ 9,005,960        $ 3,301,577  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     20,047,014          9,266,868  

Options

     40,941,082(a)          14,167,855  

Swaps — centrally cleared

     11,154,113           

Swaps — OTC(b)

     18,543,946          9,521,793  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   $ 99,692,115        $ 36,258,093  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivatives not subject to a Master Netting Agreement or similar agreement (“MNA”)

     (45,294,737        (13,386,455
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total derivative assets and liabilities subject to an MNA

   $ 54,397,378        $ 22,871,638  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes options purchased at value which is included in Investments at value — unaffiliated in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and reported in the Schedule of Investments.

 
  (b) 

Includes unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following tables present the Master Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an MNA and net of the related collateral received and pledged by the Master Portfolio:

 

Counterparty   

Derivative
Assets

Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty

       Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
       Non-Cash
Collateral
Received(b)
       Cash
Collateral
Received(b)
      

Net

Amount of
Derivative
Assets(c)(d)

 

Bank of America N.A.

   $ 3,600,809        $ (2,137,896      $ (1,250,554      $        $ 212,359  

Bank of New York Mellon

     21,363                                     21,363  

Barclays Bank PLC

     5,463,643          (4,028,388        (1,435,255                  

BNP Paribas S.A.

     7,375,512          (1,269,253                          6,106,259  

Citibank N.A.

     8,752,194          (3,110,407                 (2,909,791        2,731,996  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

     160,053                            (160,053         

Credit Suisse International

     149,315          (149,315                           

Deutsche Bank AG

     3,492,218          (2,452,010                 (1,040,208         

Goldman Sachs International

     7,827,821          (2,482,982                 (5,120,000        224,839  

HSBC Bank PLC

     7,759,356          (681,793        (947,620                 6,129,943  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     356,691          (181,913                          174,778  

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

     3,250,212          (3,026,884                          223,328  

Merrill Lynch International

     105,504                                     105,504  

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

     2,785,688          (2,455,909                          329,779  

NatWest Markets PLC

     17,057                                     17,057  

Royal Bank of Canada

     554,739                                     554,739  

Standard Chartered Bank

     830,867                                     830,867  

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

     227,443                                     227,443  

UBS AG

     1,666,893          (427,636                          1,239,257  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 54,397,378        $ (22,404,386      $ (3,633,429      $ (9,230,052      $ 19,129,511  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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Counterparty   Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
an MNA by
Counterparty
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset(a)
    Non-
Cash
Collateral
Pledged(e)
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged(e)
    Net
Amount of
Derivative
Liabilities(d)(f)
 

 

 

Bank of America N.A.

  $ 2,137,896      $ (2,137,896   $      $     $  

Bank of Montreal

    52,883                           52,883  

Barclays Bank PLC

    4,028,388        (4,028,388                   

BNP Paribas S.A.

    1,269,253        (1,269,253                   

Citibank N.A.

    3,110,407        (3,110,407                   

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank

    139,144                           139,144  

Credit Suisse International

    384,722        (149,315            (235,407      

Deutsche Bank AG

    2,452,010        (2,452,010                   

Goldman Sachs International

    2,482,982        (2,482,982                   

HSBC Bank PLC

    681,793        (681,793                   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    181,913        (181,913                   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    3,026,884        (3,026,884                   

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

    2,455,909        (2,455,909                   

Toronto Dominion Bank

    39,818                           39,818(g)  

UBS AG

    427,636        (427,636                   
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 22,871,638      $  (22,404,386   $      $ (235,407   $ 231,845  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

The amount of derivatives available for offset is limited to the amount of derivative assets and/or liabilities that are subject to an MNA.

  (b) 

Excess of collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

  (c) 

Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.

  (d) 

Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized.

  (e) 

Excess of collateral pledged to the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

  (f) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default. Net amount may be offset further by the options written receivable/payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (g) 

Net payable is subject to set-off provision with net receivable under the Master Securities Lending Agreements (“MSLA”).

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Master Portfolio’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the Master Portfolio’s investments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Master Portfolio’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

 
     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Assets

                 

Investments

                 

Long-Term Investments

                 

Asset-Backed Securities

   $        $  2,647,222,080        $  92,177,417        $  2,739,399,497  

Common Stocks

                 

Aerospace & Defense

              16,866,754                   16,866,754  

Airlines

     6,475,314          3,825,355                   10,300,669  

Diversified Financial Services

     25,556,820                   849,660          26,406,480  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     5,882,605                            5,882,605  

Energy Equipment & Services

     1,244                   112,736          113,980  

Entertainment

     1,135,200          3,768,489                   4,903,689  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     26,897,039                            26,897,039  

Health Care Providers & Services

     1,435,932          10,269,905                   11,705,837  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     6,538,289                            6,538,289  

Household Durables

     9,585,018                            9,585,018  

Interactive Media & Services

     4,216,339                            4,216,339  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     17,082,208                            17,082,208  

Machinery

     2,075,652          25,684,117                   27,759,769  

Media

     1,596,559                            1,596,559  

Metals & Mining

     34,997                            34,997  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     34,701,890          5,980,793          1          40,682,684  

Professional Services

              2,879,838                   2,879,838  

Real Estate Management & Development

     19,504,201          4,519,709                   24,023,910  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     188,737                            188,737  

 

 

 

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     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

 

 

Common Stocks (continued)

                 

Software

   $        $ 5,801,920        $        $ 5,801,920  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     3,442,840                            3,442,840  

Corporate Bonds

              7,340,398,638          42,593,155          7,382,991,793  

Floating Rate Loan Interests

              428,746,537          202,765,544          631,512,081  

Foreign Agency Obligations

              164,579,564                   164,579,564  

Foreign Government Obligations

              1,388,894,590                   1,388,894,590  

Investment Companies

     50,417,950                            50,417,950  

Municipal Bonds

              147,990,894                   147,990,894  

Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

              1,447,662,805          83,897,836          1,531,560,641  

Preferred Securities

              187,550,156                   187,550,156  

Rights

                       102,989          102,989  

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Securities

              11,555,913,582                   11,555,913,582  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

              2,167,864,264                   2,167,864,264  

Warrants

     5,396,425                   344,768          5,741,193  

Short-Term Securities

                 

Money Market Funds

     2,208,093,771                            2,208,093,771  

Options Purchased

                 

Credit Contracts

              76,176                   76,176  

Equity Contracts

     15,807,258                            15,807,258  

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              11,782,901                   11,782,901  

Interest Rate Contracts

     9,327,406          3,947,341                   13,274,747  

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests

              44,160          1,951          46,111  

Unfunded SPAC PIPE Commitments

                       3,032,416          3,032,416  

Liabilities

                 

Investments Sold Short

                 

TBA Sale Commitments

              (3,251,372,650                 (3,251,372,650

Common Stocks

     (130,275                          (130,275

Unfunded Floating Rate Loan Interests

                       (8,042        (8,042
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $  2,455,263,419        $  24,320,897,918        $  425,870,431          27,202,031,768  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments valued at NAV(a)

                    60,259,745  
                 

 

 

 
                  $  27,262,291,513  
                 

 

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments(b)

                 

Assets

                 

Credit Contracts

   $        $ 4,782,018        $        $ 4,782,018  

Equity Contracts

     270,676          140,279                   410,955  

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              20,047,014                   20,047,014  

Interest Rate Contracts

     22,280,276          8,309,650                   30,589,926  

Other Contracts

              463,641                   463,641  

Liabilities

                 

Credit Contracts

              (5,575,310                 (5,575,310

Equity Contracts

     (8,374,294        (255,694                 (8,629,988

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              (10,222,446                 (10,222,446

Interest Rate Contracts

     (42,579,722        (8,854,094                 (51,433,816

Other Contracts

              (21,358,608                 (21,358,608
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ (28,403,064      $ (12,523,550      $        $ (40,926,614
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain investments of the Master Portfolio were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 
  (b) 

Derivative financial instruments are swaps, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and options written. Swaps, futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument and options written are shown at value.

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2021

  

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A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Master Portfolio had a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets. The following tables are a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

      Asset-Backed
Securities
       Common
Stocks
       Corporate
Bonds
       Floating Rate
Loan Interests
       Non-Agency
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
 

Assets

                      

Opening Balance, as of September 30, 2020

   $ 185,886,590        $ 282,627        $ 38,948,734        $ 133,453,277        $ 21,820,080  

Transfers into Level 3

     12,142,950                   2,755          24,885,404           

Transfers out of Level 3

     (126,569,442                          (9,193,160        (2,087,386

Other(a)

     8,667,699                                     (8,667,699

Accrued discounts/premiums

     252,272                   237,767          216,186          5,310  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,296,691          (1        207,493          1,454,910          128,257  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)(c)

     303,155          (2,000,286        8,636,361          9,793,187          40,601  

Purchases

     66,333,510          2,682,270          8,175,976          116,347,081          78,009,784  

Sales

     (56,136,008        (2,213        (13,615,931        (74,191,341        (5,351,111
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of September 30, 2021

   $ 92,177,417        $ 962,397        $ 42,593,155        $  202,765,544          83,897,836  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2021(c)

   $ 83,044        $  (2,000,286      $ 6,550,103        $ 5,274,602          115,037  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
                      
      Rights        Warrants        Unfunded
Floating Rate
Loan Interests
       Unfunded
SPAC PIPE
Commitments
       Total  

Assets

                      

Opening Balance, as of September 30, 2020

   $        $        $ (14,194      $        $ 380,377,114  

Transfers into Level 3

                                         37,031,109  

Transfers out of Level 3

                                         (137,849,988

Other(a)

                                          

Accrued discounts/premiums

                                         711,535  

Net realized gain (loss)

                                         3,087,350  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)(c)

     (218,851        (203,500        8,103          3,032,416          19,391,186  

Purchases

     321,840          548,268                            272,418,729  

Sales

                                         (149,296,604
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Closing Balance, as of September 30, 2021

   $ 102,989        $ 344,768        $ (6,091      $ 3,032,416          425,870,431  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2021(c)

   $ (218,851      $ (203,500      $ 6,511        $ 3,032,416          12,639,076  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Certain Level 3 investments were re-classified between Asset-Backed Securities and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities.

 
  (b) 

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations.

 
  (c) 

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2021, is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

 

 

 

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The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 derivative financial instruments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining fair value:

 

      Credit Contracts        Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts
 
      Assets        Liabilities        Assets        Liabilities  

Opening Balance, as of September 30, 2020

   $ 960,974        $        $        $ (2

Transfers into Level 3

                                 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (960,974                           

Accrued discounts/premiums

                                 

Net realized gain (loss)

                                 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(a)(b)

                                2  

Purchases

                                 

Issues

                                 

Sales

                                 

Settlements

                 

Closing Balance, as of September 30, 2021

   $        $        $        $  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2021(b)

   $        $        $        $  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Included in the related net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations.

 
  (b) 

Any difference between net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held at September 30, 2021, is generally due to investments no longer held or categorized as Level 3 at period end.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

September 30, 2021

 

    

Master

Total Return
Portfolio

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at value — unaffiliated(a)(b)

  $ 28,191,949,964  

Investments at value — affiliated(c)

    2,318,773,989  

Cash pledged:

 

Collateral — OTC derivatives

    1,150,000  

Collateral — TBA commitments

    12,761,000  

Futures contracts

    61,842,010  

Centrally cleared swaps

    53,245,630  

Foreign currency, at value(d)

    190,325,193  

Receivables:

 

Investments sold

    178,377,088  

Options written

    894,714  

Securities lending income — affiliated

    67,649  

Swaps

    211,782  

TBA sale commitments

    3,261,395,826  

Contributions from investors

    110,395  

Dividends — affiliated

    8,691  

Dividends — unaffiliated

    35,257  

Interest — unaffiliated

    125,427,058  

Principal paydowns

    3,528,007  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    9,005,960  

Variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

    11,154,113  

Swap premiums paid

    13,138,357  

Unrealized appreciation on:

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    20,047,014  

OTC swaps

    5,405,589  

Unfunded floating rate loan interests

    46,111  

Unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments

    3,032,416  

Prepaid expenses

    87,308  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    34,462,021,121  
 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Investments sold short at value(e)

    130,275  

Bank overdraft

    1,650,211  

Cash received as collateral for OTC derivatives

    9,700,311  

Collateral on securities loaned at value

    60,257,838  

Options written at value(f)

    14,167,855  

TBA sale commitments at value(g)

    3,251,372,650  

Payables:

 

Investments purchased

    9,448,011,713  

Swaps

    10,954,983  

Investment advisory fees

    894,541  

Options written

    264,015  

Other accrued expenses

    1,879,978  

Other affiliate fees

    85,008  

Variation margin on futures contracts

    3,301,577  

Withdrawals to investors

    14,871,945  

Swap premiums received

    3,763,169  

Unrealized depreciation on:

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    9,266,868  

OTC swaps

    5,758,624  

Unfunded floating rate loan interests

    8,042  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    12,836,339,603  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  21,625,681,518  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities   (continued)

September 30, 2021

 

     Master
Total Return
Portfolio
 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Investors’ capital

  $  21,488,144,595  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    137,536,923  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $  21,625,681,518  
 

 

 

 

(a) Investments, at cost — unaffiliated

  $ 28,039,437,393  

(b) Securities loaned, at value

  $ 59,075,485  

(c)  Investments, at cost — affiliated

  $ 2,318,686,587  

(d) Foreign currency, at cost

  $ 191,899,418  

(e) Proceeds received from investments sold short at value - unaffiliated

  $ 160,193  

(f)  Premiums received

  $ 14,675,459  

(g) Proceeds from TBA sale commitments

  $ 3,261,395,826  

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

    

Master

Total Return
Portfolio

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends — unaffiliated

  $ 1,493,108  

Dividends — affiliated

    6,474,540  

Interest — unaffiliated

    480,373,579  

Securities lending income — affiliated — net

    1,029,639  

Foreign taxes withheld

    (1,870,747
 

 

 

 

Total investment income

    487,500,119  
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES

 

Investment advisory

    11,030,489  

Custodian

    2,633,405  

Accounting services

    661,412  

Professional

    223,723  

Directors

    223,556  

Printing and postage

    103  

Miscellaneous

    704,301  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses excluding interest expense

    15,476,989  

Interest expense

    84,302  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    15,561,291  

Less:

 

Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager

    (545,932
 

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    15,015,359  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    472,484,760  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments — unaffiliated (net of $1,426 foreign capital gain tax)

    271,038,298  

Investments — affiliated

    1,920,856  

Options written

    65,489,765  

Futures contracts

    (85,058,544

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    (56,595,771

Foreign currency transactions

    25,509,214  

Swaps

    (71,309,938
 

 

 

 
    150,993,880  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments — unaffiliated

    (261,508,862

Investments — affiliated

    713,294  

Options written

    (2,744,768

Futures contracts

    (13,533,904

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    8,293,145  

Foreign currency translations

    (1,840,740

Short sales — unaffiliated

    29,918  

Swaps

    (25,548,524

Unfunded floating rate loan interests

    68,417  

Unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments

    3,032,416  
 

 

 

 
    (293,039,608
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (142,045,728
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 330,439,032  
 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    Master Total Return Portfolio  
    Year Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $ 472,484,760     $ 480,285,925  

Net realized gain

    150,993,880       824,425,976  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (293,039,608     35,793,461  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    330,439,032       1,340,505,362  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

   

Proceeds from contributions

    8,259,997,077       8,975,170,481  

Value of withdrawals

    (6,969,204,216     (6,024,057,622
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets derived from capital transactions

    1,290,792,861       2,951,112,859  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   

Total increase in net assets

    1,621,231,893       4,291,618,221  

Beginning of year

    20,004,449,625       15,712,831,404  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $  21,625,681,518     $  20,004,449,625  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Financial Highlights  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Master Total Return Portfolio  
 

 

 

 
    Year Ended September 30,  
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

2019

 

(a) 

  

 

 

 

2018

 

(a) 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

(a) 

 

 

Total Return

            

Total return

    1.63      7.90      10.60      (1.19 )%(b)      1.90
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets(c)

            

Total expenses

    0.07      0.07      0.07      0.34     0.32
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed

    0.07      0.06      0.07      0.34     0.32
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses after fees waived and/or reimbursed and excluding interest expense

    0.07      0.06      0.07      0.07     0.08
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    2.25      2.70      3.70      3.67     3.30
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Data

            

Net assets, end of year (000)

  $  21,625,682      $  20,004,450      $  15,712,831      $  13,063,847     $  11,601,109  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Portfolio turnover rate(d)

    459      556      574      734     806
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Consolidated Financial Highlights.

(b) 

Includes a payment received from an affiliate, which had no impact on the Master Portfolio’s total return.

(c) 

Excludes expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds as follows:

 

     
      

 

  Year Ended September 30,  
    

 

2021

   

 

2020

    

 

2019

    

 

2018

     2017  

Investments in underlying funds

              0.01             0.01              0.01              0.01              0.01
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(d) 

Includes mortgage dollar roll transactions (“MDRs”). Additional information regarding portfolio turnover rate is as follows:

 

     
      

 

  Year Ended September 30,  
    

 

2021

   

 

2020

    

 

2019

    

 

2018

    

 

2017

 

Portfolio turnover rate (excluding MDRs)

              161             274              241              350              540
   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1.

ORGANIZATION

Master Total Return Portfolio (the “Master Portfolio”), a series of Master Bond LLC, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Master Bond LLC is organized as a Delaware limited liability company. The Master Portfolio is classified as diversified. The Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Master Bond LLC permits the Board of Directors of the Master Bond LLC (the “Board”) to issue non-transferable interests in the Master Bond LLC, subject to certain limitations.

The Master Portfolio, together with certain other registered investment companies advised by BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager”) or its affiliates, is included in a complex of non-index fixed-income mutual funds and all BlackRock-advised closed-end funds referred to as the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Master Portfolio is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. Below is a summary of significant accounting policies:

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition: For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are executed. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend dates at fair value. Dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend dates may have passed are subsequently recorded when the Master Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend dates. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax at various rates may be imposed on capital gains, dividends and interest. Upon notification from issuers, a portion of the dividend income received from a real estate investment trust may be redesignated as a reduction of cost of the related investment and/or realized gain. Interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on debt securities, Funds with interest income from payment in-kind securities: and payment-in-kind interest are recognized daily on an accrual basis. For convertible securities, premiums attributable to the debt instrument are amortized, but premiums attributable to the conversion feature are not amortized.

Foreign Currency Translation: The Master Portfolio’s books and records are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Purchases and sales of investments are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the investments denominated in that currency will lose value; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value.

The Master Portfolio does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of investments for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the effects of changes in exchange rates on investments are not segregated in the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those investments, but are included as a component of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments. The Master Portfolio reports realized currency gains (losses) on foreign currency related transactions as components of net realized gain (loss) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are generally treated as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Foreign Taxes: The Master Portfolio may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, capital gains on investments,or certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Master Portfolio invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Master Portfolio and are reflected in its Statement of Operations as follows: foreign taxes withheld at source are presented as a reduction of income, foreign taxes on securities lending income are presented as a reduction of securities lending income, foreign taxes on stock dividends are presented as “Foreign taxes withheld”, and foreign taxes on capital gains from sales of investments and foreign taxes on foreign currency transactions are included in their respective net realized gain (loss) categories. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of September 30, 2021, if any, are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Master Portfolio files withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The Master Portfolio may record a reclaim receivable based on collectability, which includes factors such as the jurisdiction’s applicable laws, payment history and market convention. The Statement of Operations includes tax reclaims recorded as well as professional and other fees, if any, associated with recovery of foreign withholding taxes.

Segregation and Collateralization: In cases where the Master Portfolio enters into certain investments (e.g., to-be-announced (“TBA”) sale commitments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, options written, swaps and structured options) that would be treated as “senior securities” for 1940 Act purposes, the Master Portfolio may segregate or designate on its books and records cash or liquid assets having a market value at least equal to the amount of its future obligations under such investments. Doing so allows the investment or borrowings to be excluded from treatment as a “senior security.” Furthermore, if required by an exchange or counterparty agreement, the Master Portfolio may be required to deliver/deposit cash and/or securities to/with an exchange, or broker-dealer or custodian as collateral for certain investments or obligations.

Deferred Compensation Plan: Under the Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) approved by the Master Portfolio’s Board, the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Master Bond LLC, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), may defer a portion of their annual complex-wide compensation. Deferred amounts earn an approximate return as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in common shares of certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex selected by the Independent Directors. This has the same economic effect for the Independent Directors as if the Independent Directors had invested the deferred amounts directly in certain funds in the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex.

 

 

 

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The Plan is not funded and obligations thereunder represent general unsecured claims against the general assets of the Master Portfolio, as applicable. Deferred compensation liabilities, if any, are included in the Directors’ and Officer’s fees payable in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and will remain as a liability of the Master Portfolio until such amounts are distributed in accordance with the Plan.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Master Portfolio enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnification. The Master Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Master Portfolio, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.

Other: Expenses directly related to the Master Portfolio are charged to the Master Portfolio. Other operating expenses shared by several funds, including other funds managed by the Manager, are prorated among those funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods.

The Master Portfolio has an arrangement with its custodian whereby credits are earned on uninvested cash balances, which could be used to reduce custody fees and/or overdraft charges. The Master Portfolio may incur charges on overdrafts, subject to certain conditions.

 

3.

INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Investment Valuation Policies: The Master Portfolio’s investments are valued at fair value (also referred to as “market value” within the financial statements) each day that the Master Portfolio is open for business and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Master Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Master Portfolio determines the fair values of its financial instruments using various independent dealers or pricing services under policies approved by the Board. If a security’s market price is not readily available or does not otherwise accurately represent the fair value of the security, the security will be valued in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) is the committee formed by management to develop global pricing policies and procedures and to oversee the pricing function for all financial instruments.

Fair Value Inputs and Methodologies: The following methods and inputs are used to establish the fair value of the Master Portfolio’s assets and liabilities:

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day may be valued at the last available bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price.

 

   

Fixed-income investments for which market quotations are readily available are generally valued using the last available bid price or current market quotations provided by independent dealers or third-party pricing services. Floating rate loan interests are valued at the mean of the bid prices from one or more independent brokers or dealers as obtained from a third-party pricing service. Pricing services generally value fixed-income securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots may trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. The pricing services may use matrix pricing or valuation models that utilize certain inputs and assumptions to derive values, including transaction data (e.g., recent representative bids and offers), market data, credit quality information, perceived market movements, news, and other relevant information. Certain fixed-income securities, including asset-backed and mortgage related securities may be valued based on valuation models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. The amortized cost method of valuation may be used with respect to debt obligations with sixty days or less remaining to maturity unless the Manager determines such method does not represent fair value.

 

   

Investments in open-end U.S. mutual funds (including money market funds) are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”).

 

   

The Master Portfolio values its investment in SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”) at fair value, which is ordinarily based upon its pro rata ownership in the underlying fund’s net assets.

 

   

Futures contracts are valued based on that day’s last reported settlement or trade price on the exchange where the contract is traded.

 

   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of trading on the NYSE based on that day’s prevailing forward exchange rate for the underlying currencies.

 

   

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade. An exchange-traded option for which there is no mean price, is valued at the last bid (long positions) or ask (short positions) price. If no bid or ask price is available, the prior day’s price will be used, unless it is determined that the prior day’s price no longer reflects the fair value of the option. OTC options and options on swaps (“swaptions”) are valued by an independent pricing service using a mathematical model, which incorporates a number of market data factors, such as the trades and prices of the underlying instruments.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued utilizing quotes received daily by independent pricing services or through brokers, which are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments.

Generally, trading in foreign instruments is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Each business day, the Master Portfolio uses current market factors supplied by independent pricing services to value certain foreign instruments (“Systematic Fair Value Price”). The Systematic Fair Value Price is designed to value such foreign securities at fair value as of the close of trading on the NYSE, which follows the close of the local markets.

If events (e.g., market volatility, company announcement or a natural disaster) occur that are expected to materially affect the value of such investment, or in the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment that is deemed not to be representative of the market value of such investment, or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued by the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, in accordance with a policy approved by the Board as reflecting fair value (“Fair Valued Investments”). The fair valuation approaches that may be used by the Global Valuation Committee include market approach, income approach and cost approach. Valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow, use of market comparables and matrix pricing are types of valuation approaches and are typically used in determining fair

 

 

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value. When determining the price for Fair Valued Investments, the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, seeks to determine the price that the Master Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive or pay from the current sale or purchase of that asset or liability in an arm’s-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon all available factors that the Global Valuation Committee, or its delegate, deems relevant and consistent with the principles of fair value measurement. The pricing of all Fair Valued Investments is subsequently reported to the Board or a committee thereof on a quarterly basis.

For investments in equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds (“Private Company” or collectively, the “Private Companies”) and other Fair Valued Investments, the fair valuation approaches that are used by the Global Valuation Committee and third-party pricing services utilize one or a combination of, but not limited to, the following inputs.

 

 
Standard Inputs Generally Considered By Third-Party Pricing Services

Market approach

 

(i)

 

recent market transactions, including subsequent rounds of financing, in the underlying investment or comparable issuers;

 

(ii)

 

recapitalizations and other transactions across the capital structure; and

   

(iii)

 

market multiples of comparable issuers.

Income approach

 

(i)

 

future cash flows discounted to present and adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, and/or market risks;

 

(ii)

 

quoted prices for similar investments or assets in active markets; and

   

(iii)

 

other risk factors, such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, recovery rates, liquidation amounts and/or default rates.

Cost approach

 

(i)

 

audited or unaudited financial statements, investor communications and financial or operational metrics issued by the Private Company;

 

(ii)

 

changes in the valuation of relevant indices or publicly traded companies comparable to the Private Company;

 

(iii)

 

relevant news and other public sources; and

   

(iv)

 

known secondary market transactions in the Private Company’s interests and merger or acquisition activity in companies comparable to the Private Company.

Investments in series of preferred stock issued by Private Companies are typically valued utilizing market approach in determining the enterprise value of the company. Such investments often contain rights and preferences that differ from other series of preferred and common stock of the same issuer. Enterprise valuation techniques such as an option pricing model (“OPM”), a probability weighted expected return model (“PWERM”), current value method or a hybrid of those techniques are used as deemed appropriate under the circumstances. The use of these valuation techniques involve a determination of the exit scenarios of the investment in order to appropriately allocate the enterprise value of the company among the various parts of its capital structure.

The Private Companies are not subject to the public company disclosure, timing, and reporting standards applicable to other investments held by the Master Portfolio. Typically, the most recently available information by a Private Company is as of a date that is earlier than the date the Master Portfolio is calculating its NAV. This factor may result in a difference between the value of the investment and the price the Master Portfolio could receive upon the sale of the investment.

Fair Value Hierarchy: Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

 

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that the Master Portfolio has the ability to access;

 

 

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market–corroborated inputs); and

 

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Global Valuation Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). 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 fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by Private Companies that may not have a secondary market and/or may have a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities.

As of September 30, 2021, certain investments of the Master Portfolio were fair valued using NAV per share as no quoted market value is available and therefore have been excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

 

4.

SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities: Asset-backed securities are generally issued as pass-through certificates or as debt instruments. Asset-backed securities issued as pass-through certificates represent undivided fractional ownership interests in an underlying pool of assets. Asset-backed securities issued as debt instruments, which are also known as collateralized obligations, are typically issued as the debt of a special purpose entity organized solely for the purpose of owning such assets and issuing such debt. Asset-backed securities are often backed by a pool of assets representing the obligations of a number of different parties. The yield characteristics of certain asset-backed securities may differ from traditional debt securities. One such major difference is that all or a principal part of the obligations may be prepaid at any time because

 

 

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the underlying assets (i.e., loans) may be prepaid at any time. As a result, a decrease in interest rates in the market may result in increases in the level of prepayments as borrowers, particularly mortgagors, refinance and repay their loans. An increased prepayment rate with respect to an asset-backed security will have the effect of shortening the maturity of the security. In addition, the Master Portfolio may subsequently have to reinvest the proceeds at lower interest rates. If the Master Portfolio has purchased such an asset-backed security at a premium, a faster than anticipated prepayment rate could result in a loss of principal to the extent of the premium paid.

For mortgage pass-through securities (the “Mortgage Assets”) there are a number of important differences among the agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government that issue mortgage-related securities and among the securities that they issue. For example, mortgage-related securities guaranteed by Ginnie Mae are guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by Ginnie Mae and such guarantee is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. However, mortgage-related securities issued by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, including Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae guaranteed mortgage pass-through certificates, which are solely the obligations of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are not backed by or entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States, but are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury.

Non-agency mortgage-backed securities are securities issued by non-governmental issuers and have no direct or indirect government guarantees of payment and are subject to various risks. Non-agency mortgage loans are obligations of the borrowers thereunder only and are not typically insured or guaranteed by any other person or entity. The ability of a borrower to repay a loan is dependent upon the income or assets of the borrower. A number of factors, including a general economic downturn, acts of God, terrorism, social unrest and civil disturbances, may impair a borrower’s ability to repay its loans.

Collateralized Debt Obligations: Collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), including collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), are types of asset-backed securities. A CDO is an entity that is backed by a diversified pool of debt securities (CBOs) or syndicated bank loans (CLOs). The cash flows of the CDO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches,” which will vary in risk profile and yield. The riskiest segment is the subordinated or “equity” tranche. This tranche bears the greatest risk of defaults from the underlying assets in the CDO and serves to protect the other, more senior, tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since it is shielded from defaults by the more junior tranches, a “senior” tranche will typically have higher credit ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and often receive investment grade ratings from one or more of the nationally recognized rating agencies. Despite the protection from the more junior tranches, senior tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity to future defaults and the disappearance of one or more protecting tranches as a result of changes in the credit profile of the underlying pool of assets.

Inflation-Indexed Bonds: Inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) are fixed-income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. If the index measuring inflation rises or falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds (other than municipal inflation-indexed and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds) will be adjusted upward or downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a larger or smaller principal amount) will be increased or reduced, respectively. Any upward or downward adjustment in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond is included as interest income in the Statement of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. With regard to municipal inflation-indexed bonds and certain corporate inflation-indexed bonds, the inflation adjustment is typically reflected in the semi-annual coupon payment. As a result, the principal value of municipal inflation-indexed bonds and such corporate inflation-indexed bonds does not adjust according to the rate of inflation.

Multiple Class Pass-Through Securities: Multiple class pass-through securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities, may be issued by Ginnie Mae, U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities or by trusts formed by private originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans. In general, CMOs are debt obligations of a legal entity that are collateralized by a pool of residential or commercial mortgage loans or Mortgage Assets. The payments on these are used to make payments on the CMOs or multiple pass-through securities. Multiple class pass-through securities represent direct ownership interests in the Mortgage Assets. Classes of CMOs include interest only (“IOs”), principal only (“POs”), planned amortization classes and targeted amortization classes. IOs and POs are stripped mortgage-backed securities representing interests in a pool of mortgages, the cash flow from which has been separated into interest and principal components. IOs receive the interest portion of the cash flow while POs receive the principal portion. IOs and POs can be extremely volatile in response to changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise and fall, the value of IOs tends to move in the same direction as interest rates. POs perform best when prepayments on the underlying mortgages rise since this increases the rate at which the principal is returned and the yield to maturity on the PO. When payments on mortgages underlying a PO are slower than anticipated, the life of the PO is lengthened and the yield to maturity is reduced. If the underlying Mortgage Assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Master Portfolio’s initial investment in the IOs may not fully recoup.

Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities: Stripped mortgage-backed securities are typically issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities. Stripped mortgage-backed securities are usually structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest (IOs) and principal (POs) distributions on a pool of Mortgage Assets. Stripped mortgage-backed securities may be privately issued.

Zero-Coupon Bonds: Zero-coupon bonds are normally issued at a significant discount from face value and do not provide for periodic interest payments. These bonds may experience greater volatility in market value than other debt obligations of similar maturity which provide for regular interest payments.

Capital Securities and Trust Preferred Securities: Capital securities, including trust preferred securities, are typically issued by corporations, generally in the form of interest-bearing notes with preferred securities characteristics. In the case of trust preferred securities, an affiliated business trust of a corporation issues these securities, generally in the form of beneficial interests in subordinated debentures or similarly structured securities. The securities can be structured with either a fixed or adjustable coupon that can have either a perpetual or stated maturity date. For trust preferred securities, the issuing bank or corporation pays interest to the trust, which is then distributed to holders of these securities as a dividend. Dividends can be deferred without creating an event of default or acceleration, although maturity cannot take place unless all cumulative payment obligations have been met. The deferral of payments does not affect the purchase or sale of these securities in the open market. These securities generally are rated below that of the issuing company’s senior debt securities and are freely callable at the issuer’s option.

Preferred Stocks: Preferred stock has a preference over common stock in liquidation (and generally in receiving dividends as well), but is subordinated to the liabilities of the issuer in all respects. As a general rule, the market value of preferred stock with a fixed dividend rate and no conversion element varies inversely with interest rates and

 

 

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perceived credit risk, while the market price of convertible preferred stock generally also reflects some element of conversion value. Because preferred stock is junior to debt securities and other obligations of the issuer, deterioration in the credit quality of the issuer will cause greater changes in the value of a preferred stock than in a more senior debt security with similar stated yield characteristics. Unlike interest payments on debt securities, preferred stock dividends are payable only if declared by the issuer’s board of directors. Preferred stock also may be subject to optional or mandatory redemption provisions.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate loan interests are typically issued to companies (the “borrower”) by banks, other financial institutions, or privately and publicly offered corporations (the “lender”). Floating rate loan interests are generally non-investment grade, often involve borrowers whose financial condition is troubled or uncertain and companies that are highly leveraged or in bankruptcy proceedings. In addition, transactions in floating rate loan interests may settle on a delayed basis, which may result in proceeds from the sale not being readily available for a fund to make additional investments or meet its redemption obligations. Floating rate loan interests may include fully funded term loans or revolving lines of credit. Floating rate loan interests are typically senior in the corporate capital structure of the borrower. Floating rate loan interests generally pay interest at rates that are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. Since the rates reset only periodically, changes in prevailing interest rates (and particularly sudden and significant changes) can be expected to cause some fluctuations in the NAV of a fund to the extent that it invests in floating rate loan interests. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate offered by one or more European banks, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the prime rate offered by one or more U.S. banks or the certificate of deposit rate. Floating rate loan interests may involve foreign borrowers, and investments may be denominated in foreign currencies. These investments are treated as investments in debt securities for purposes of a fund’s investment policies.

When a fund purchases a floating rate loan interest, it may receive a facility fee and when it sells a floating rate loan interest, it may pay a facility fee. On an ongoing basis, a fund may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit amount of a floating rate loan interest. Facility and commitment fees are typically amortized to income over the term of the loan or term of the commitment, respectively. Consent and amendment fees are recorded to income as earned. Prepayment penalty fees, which may be received by a fund upon the prepayment of a floating rate loan interest by a borrower, are recorded as realized gains. A fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying terms and carry different associated risks.

Floating rate loan interests are usually freely callable at the borrower’s option. A fund may invest in such loans in the form of participations in loans (“Participations”) or assignments (“Assignments”) of all or a portion of loans from third parties. Participations typically will result in a fund having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the borrower. A fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, a fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of offset against the borrower. A fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, a fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the Participation. A fund’s investment in loan participation interests involves the risk of insolvency of the financial intermediaries who are parties to the transactions. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the Participation, a fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any offset between the lender and the borrower. Assignments typically result in a fund having a direct contractual relationship with the borrower, and a fund may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement.

In connection with floating rate loan interests, the Master Portfolio may also enter into unfunded floating rate loan interests (“commitments”). In connection with these commitments, the Master Portfolio earns a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income, which is included in interest income in the Statement of Operations, is recognized ratably over the commitment period. Unfunded floating rate loan interests are marked-to-market daily, and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. As of period end, the Master Portfolio had the following unfunded floating rate loan interests:

 

 

 
Borrower   Par     

Commitment

Amount

     Value     

 

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Amazon Logistics, Term Loan

    $   19,294,207        $   19,292,256        $   19,294,207        $   1,951  

BRE Park Avenue Tower Owner LLC, Mezzanine A Loan

    528,064        528,064        526,110        (1,954

BSREP II Houston Office 1HC Owner LLC, Mezzanine Loan

    1,941,245        1,941,245        1,936,197        (5,048

Intelsat Jackson, Term Loan (DIP)

    610,871        603,051        614,433        11,382  

Mensa II Austin Hotel LP, Promissory Note A-3

    3,689,536        3,656,758        3,689,536        32,778  

Opendoor Mezz, Term Loan

    12,098,276        12,424,796        12,424,796         

The Vinoy St. Petersburg, Note A

    2,164,248        2,154,900        2,153,860        (1,040

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are companies that have no operations but go public with the intention of merging with or acquiring a company using the proceeds of the SPAC’s initial public offering. The Master Portfolio may enter into a commitment with a SPAC for a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) and will satisfy the commitment if and when the SPAC completes its merger or acquisition. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective. Unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments are marked-to-market and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is separately presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations. As of period end, the Master Portfolio had the following unfunded SPAC PIPE commitments:

 

 

 
Investment Name   Commitment
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

 

 

Altus Power, Inc.

    $  3,683,000        $  3,683,000        $  —  

Fertitta Entertainment, Inc.

    15,501,340        18,533,756        3,032,416  

Planet Labs, Inc.

    5,850,000        5,850,000         

Sonder Holdings, Inc.

    2,208,720        2,208,720         

 

 

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Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities: The Master Portfolio may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Master Portfolio may purchase securities under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Master Portfolio may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the Master Portfolio is not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Master Portfolio assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Master Portfolio’s maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions.

TBA Commitments: TBA commitments are forward agreements for the purchase or sale of securities, including mortgage-backed securities for a fixed price, with payment and delivery on an agreed upon future settlement date. The specific securities to be delivered are not identified at the trade date. However, delivered securities must meet specified terms, including issuer, rate and mortgage terms. When entering into TBA commitments, the Master Portfolio may take possession of or deliver the underlying mortgage-backed securities but can extend the settlement or roll the transaction. TBA commitments involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased or sold declines or increases, respectively, prior to settlement date, if there are expenses or delays in connection with the TBA transactions, or if the counterparty fails to complete the transaction.

In order to better define contractual rights and to secure rights that will help the Master Portfolio mitigate its counterparty risk, TBA commitments may be entered into by the Master Portfolio under Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements (each, an “MSFTA”). An MSFTA typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of default and/or termination event. The collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of the collateral currently pledged by the Master Portfolio and the counterparty. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover the obligations of the Master Portfolio and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral for TBA commitments or cash received as collateral for TBA commitments, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Master Portfolio, if any, is noted in the Schedule of Investments. Typically, the Master Portfolio is permitted to sell, re-pledge or use the collateral it receives; however, the counterparty is not permitted to do so. To the extent amounts due to the Master Portfolio are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Master Portfolio bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

Mortgage Dollar Roll Transactions: The Master Portfolio may sell TBA mortgage-backed securities and simultaneously contract to repurchase substantially similar (i.e., same type, coupon and maturity) securities on a specific future date at an agreed upon price. During the period between the sale and repurchase, a fund is not entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the securities sold. Mortgage dollar roll transactions are treated as purchases and sales and a fund realizes gains and losses on these transactions. Mortgage dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities that a fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price of those securities.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Reverse repurchase agreements are agreements with qualified third-party broker dealers in which the Master Portfolio sells securities to a bank or broker-dealer and agrees to repurchase the same securities at a mutually agreed upon date and price. The Master Portfolio receives cash from the sale to use for other investment purposes. During the term of the reverse repurchase agreement, the Master Portfolio continues to receive the principal and interest payments on the securities sold. Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at any time. Interest on the value of the reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon competitive market rates determined at the time of issuance. The Master Portfolio may utilize reverse repurchase agreements when it is anticipated that the interest income to be earned from the investment of the proceeds of the transaction is greater than the interest expense of the transaction. Reverse repurchase agreements involve leverage risk. If the Master Portfolio suffers a loss on its investment of the transaction proceeds from a reverse repurchase agreement, the Master Portfolio would still be required to pay the full repurchase price. Further, the Master Portfolio remains subject to the risk that the market value of the securities repurchased declines below the repurchase price. In such cases, the Master Portfolio would be required to return a portion of the cash received from the transaction or provide additional securities to the counterparty.

Cash received in exchange for securities delivered plus accrued interest due to the counterparty is recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at face value including accrued interest. Due to the short-term nature of the reverse repurchase agreements, face value approximates fair value. Interest payments made by the Master Portfolio to the counterparties are recorded as a component of interest expense in the Statement of Operations. In periods of increased demand for the security, the Master Portfolio may receive a fee for the use of the security by the counterparty, which may result in interest income to the Master Portfolio.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the average daily amount of reverse repurchase agreements outstanding was $57,732,645 and the weighted average interest rate was 0.14%.

Reverse repurchase transactions are entered into by the Master Portfolio under Master Repurchase Agreements (each, an “MRA”), which permit the Master Portfolio, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and create one single net payment due to or from the Master Portfolio. With reverse repurchase transactions, typically the Master Portfolio and counterparty under an MRA are permitted to sell, re-pledge, or use the collateral associated with the transaction. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of the MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Pursuant to the terms of the MRA, the Master Portfolio receives or posts securities and cash as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price to be paid or received by the Master Portfolio upon the maturity of the transaction. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the Master Portfolio is considered an unsecured creditor with respect to excess collateral and, as such, the return of excess collateral may be delayed.

Securities Lending: The Master Portfolio may lend its securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Master Portfolio collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Master Portfolio is required to have a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan.

 

 

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The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Master Portfolio and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Master Portfolio, or excess collateral returned by the Master Portfolio, on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Master Portfolio is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities, but does not receive interest income on securities received as collateral. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

As of period end, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash and/or U.S. Government obligations. Cash collateral invested by the securities lending agent, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BIM”), if any, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments. Any non-cash collateral received cannot be sold, re-invested or pledged by the Master Portfolio, except in the event of borrower default. The securities on loan, if any, are disclosed in the Master Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments. The market value of any securities on loan and the value of any related collateral are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of investments at value – unaffiliated and collateral on securities loaned at value, respectively.

Securities lending transactions are entered into by the Master Portfolio under Master Securities Lending Agreements (each, an “MSLA”), which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Master Portfolio, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MSLA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the MSLA, absent an event of default, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Master Portfolio can reinvest cash collateral received in connection with loaned securities. Upon an event of default, the parties’ obligations to return the securities or collateral to the other party are extinguished, and the parties can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities or the collateral received in connection with the loaned securities in order to satisfy the defaulting party’s net payment obligation for all transactions under the MSLA. The defaulting party remains liable for any deficiency.

As of period end, the following table is a summary of the Master Portfolio’s securities on loan by counterparty which are subject to offset under an MSLA:

 

Counterparty    

Securities

Loaned at Value

 

 

    

Cash

Collateral Received

 

(a) 

   

Non-Cash

Collateral Received

 

 

    

Net

Amount

 

(b) 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

  $   8,494,897      $   (8,494,897   $   —      $   —  

Goldman Sachs & Co.

    41,531,945        (41,531,945             

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

    8,714,004        (8,714,004             

Toronto Dominion Bank

    334,639        (334,150            489  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  $   59,075,485      $   (59,074,996   $   —      $   489  
 

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Collateral received in excess of the market value of securities on loan is not presented in this table. The total cash collateral received by the Master Portfolio is disclosed in the Master Portfolio’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 
  (b) 

The market value of the loaned securities is determined as of September 30, 2021. Additional collateral is delivered to the Master Portfolio on the next business day in accordance with the MSLA. The net amount would be subject to the borrower default indemnity in the event of default by the counterparty.

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Master Portfolio benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by BIM. BIM’s indemnity allows for full replacement of the securities loaned to the extent the collateral received does not cover the value on the securities loaned in the event of borrower default. The Master Portfolio could incur a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the market value of loaned securities or if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the original cash collateral received. Such losses are borne entirely by the Master Portfolio.

 

5.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Master Portfolio engages in various portfolio investment strategies using derivative contracts both to increase the returns of the Master Portfolio and/or to manage its exposure to certain risks such as credit risk, equity risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk or other risks (e.g., inflation risk). Derivative financial instruments categorized by risk exposure are included in the Schedule of Investments. These contracts may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Futures Contracts: Futures contracts are purchased or sold to gain exposure to, or manage exposure to, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk) and changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures contracts are exchange-traded agreements between the Master Portfolio and a counterparty to buy or sell a specific quantity of an underlying instrument at a specified price and on a specified date. Depending on the terms of a contract, it is settled either through physical delivery of the underlying instrument on the settlement date or by payment of a cash amount on the settlement date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Master Portfolio is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on a contract’s size and risk profile. The initial margin deposit must then be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, are shown as cash pledged for futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Master Portfolio agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in market value of the contract (“variation margin”). Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the notional amount of the contract at the time it was opened and the notional amount at the time it was closed. The use of futures contracts involves the risk of an imperfect correlation in the movements in the price of futures contracts and interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or underlying assets.

 

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set exchange rate on a specified date. These contracts help to manage the overall exposure to the currencies in which some of the investments held by the Master Portfolio are denominated and in some cases, may be used to obtain exposure to a particular market. The contracts are traded OTC and not on an organized exchange.

The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency. The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that the value of a forward foreign currency exchange contract changes unfavorably due to movements in the value of the referenced foreign currencies, and such value may exceed the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Cash amounts pledged for forward foreign currency exchange contracts are considered restricted and are included in cash pledged as collateral for OTC derivatives in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Master Portfolio’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives is generally limited to the aggregate unrealized gain netted against any collateral held by the Master Portfolio.

Options: The Master Portfolio may purchase and write call and put options to increase or decrease its exposure to the risks of underlying instruments, including equity risk, interest rate risk and/or commodity price risk and/or, in the case of options written, to generate gains from options premiums.

A call option gives the purchaser (holder) of the option the right (but not the obligation) to buy, and obligates the seller (writer) to sell (when the option is exercised) the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period. A put option gives the holder the right to sell and obligates the writer to buy the underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price at any time or at a specified time during the option period.

Premiums paid on options purchased and premiums received on options written, as well as the daily fluctuation in market value, are included in investments at value –unaffiliated and options written at value, respectively, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the premium is offset against the cost or proceeds of the underlying instrument. When an option expires, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations to the extent of the premiums received or paid. When an option is closed or sold, a gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premiums received or paid. When the Master Portfolio writes a call option, such option is typically “covered,” meaning that it holds the underlying instrument subject to being called by the option counterparty. When the Master Portfolio writes a put option, cash is segregated in an amount sufficient to cover the obligation. These amounts, which are considered restricted, are included in cash pledged as collateral for options written in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

   

Swaptions – The Master Portfolio may purchase and write swaptions primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of the Master Portfolio’s holdings, as a duration management technique or to protect against an increase in the price of securities it anticipates purchasing at a later date. The purchaser and writer of a swaption is buying or granting the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default swap agreement (interest rate risk and/or credit risk) at any time before the expiration of the option.

 

   

Interest rate caps and floors – Interest rate caps and floors are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates (interest rate risk and/or other risk). Caps are agreements whereby one party agrees to make payments to the other, in return for a premium, to the extent that interest rate indexes exceed a specified rate, or “cap.” Floors are agreements whereby one party agrees to make payments to the other, in return for a premium, to the extent that interest rate indexes fall below a specified rate, or “floor.” The maximum potential amount of future payments that the Master Portfolio would be required to make under an interest rate cap would be the notional amount times the percentage increase in interest rates determined by the difference between the interest rate index current value and the value at the time the cap was entered into.

 

   

Foreign currency options – The Master Portfolio may purchase and write foreign currency options, foreign currency futures and options on foreign currency futures to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk). Foreign currency options give the purchaser the right to buy from or sell to the writer a foreign currency at any time before the expiration of the option.

 

   

Barrier options – The Master Portfolio may purchase and write a variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features (“barrier options”) that are generally traded OTC.

The Master Portfolio may invest in various types of barrier options, including down-and-out options, down-and-in options, double no-touch options, one-touch options, up-and-out options and up-and-in options. Down-and-out options expire worthless to the purchaser if the price of the underlying instrument falls below a specific barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Down-and-in options expire worthless to the purchaser unless the price of the underlying instrument falls below a specific barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Double no-touch options provide the purchaser an agreed-upon payout if the price of the underlying instrument does not reach or surpass predetermined barrier price levels prior to the option’s expiration date. One-touch options provide the purchaser an agreed-upon payout if the price of the underlying instrument reaches or surpasses predetermined barrier price levels prior to the expiration date. Up-and-out options expire worthless to the purchaser if the price of the underlying instrument increases beyond a predetermined barrier price level prior to the expiration date. Up-and-in options can only be exercised when the price of the underlying instrument increases beyond a predetermined barrier price level.

 

   

Structured options – The Master Portfolio may invest in structured options to increase or decrease its exposure to an underlying index or group of securities (equity risk).

These options may consist of single or multiple OTC options which are priced as a single instrument. They may only be exercised at the expiration date but may be transferred/sold prior to the expiration date. The value of a structured option may either increase or decrease with the underlying index or group of securities, depending on the combination of options used. Structured options are issued in units whereby each unit represents a structure based on the specific index with an initial reference strike price. One type of structure involves the combination of selling a put while buying a call on a specific index. This option would rise in value as the underlying index increases and fall in value as the underlying index decreases. Alternatively, another structure involves the sale of a call and the purchase of a put. This option structure

 

 

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would rise in value as the underlying index decreases and fall in value as the underlying index increases. Upon the exercise of the structured option, the Master Portfolio will receive a payment from, or be required to remit a payment to, the counterparty depending on the value of the underlying index at exercise.

In purchasing and writing options, the Master Portfolio bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying instrument or the risk that it may not be able to enter into a closing transaction due to an illiquid market. Exercise of a written option could result in the Master Portfolio purchasing or selling a security when it otherwise would not, or at a price different from the current market value.

Swaps: Swap contracts are entered into to manage exposure to issuers, markets and securities. Such contracts are agreements between the Master Portfolio and a counterparty to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount or a net payment upon termination. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”).

For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid and any upfront fees received are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the contract. The daily fluctuation in market value is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on OTC Swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or paid are recorded in the Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. When an OTC swap is terminated, a realized gain or loss is recorded in the Statement of Operations equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Master Portfolio’s basis in the contract, if any. Generally, the basis of the contract is the premium received or paid.

In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap contract, the swap contract is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the Master Portfolio’s counterparty on the swap. The Master Portfolio is required to interface with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Master Portfolio is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited is shown as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts pledged, which are considered restricted cash, are included in cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Master Portfolio agrees to receive from or pay to the broker variation margin. Variation margin is recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and shown as variation margin receivable (or payable) on centrally cleared swaps in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty are amortized over the term of the contract and recorded as realized gains (losses) in the Statement of Operations, including those at termination.

 

   

Credit default swaps — Credit default swaps are entered into to manage exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to which a fund is not otherwise exposed (credit risk).

The Master Portfolio may either buy or sell (write) credit default swaps on single-name issuers (corporate or sovereign), a combination or basket of single-name issuers or traded indexes. Credit default swaps are agreements in which the protection buyer pays fixed periodic payments to the seller in consideration for a promise from the protection seller to make a specific payment should a negative credit event take place with respect to the referenced entity (e.g., bankruptcy, failure to pay, obligation acceleration, repudiation, moratorium or restructuring). As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, the Master Portfolio will either (i) receive from the seller an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index, or (ii) receive a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index. As a seller (writer), if an underlying credit event occurs, the Master Portfolio will either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced security or underlying securities comprising the index or pay a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the security or underlying securities comprising the index.

 

   

Total return swaps — Total return swaps are entered into to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning such security or investing directly in such market or to exchange the risk/return of one security or market (e.g., fixed-income) with another security or market (e.g., equity or commodity prices) (equity risk, commodity price risk and/or interest rate risk).

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (distributions plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument, or basket of underlying instruments, in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. If the total return of the instrument(s) or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting fixed or floating interest rate obligation, the Master Portfolio receives payment from or makes a payment to the counterparty.

Certain total return swaps are designed to function as a portfolio of direct investments in long and short equity positions. This means that the Master Portfolio has the ability to trade in and out of these long and short positions within the swap and will receive the economic benefits and risks equivalent to direct investment in these positions, subject to certain adjustments due to events related to the counterparty. Benefits and risks include capital appreciation (depreciation), corporate actions and dividends received and paid, all of which are reflected in the swap’s market value. The market value also includes interest charges and credits (“financing fees”) related to the notional values of the long and short positions and cash balances within the swap. These interest charges and credits are based on a specified benchmark rate plus or minus a specified spread determined based upon the country and/or currency of the positions in the portfolio.

Positions within the swap and financing fees are reset periodically. During a reset, any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on positions and accrued financing fees become available for cash settlement between the Master Portfolio and the counterparty. The amounts that are available for cash settlement are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations. Cash settlement in and out of the swap may occur at a reset date or any other date, at the discretion of the Master Portfolio and the counterparty, over the life of the agreement. Certain swaps have no stated expiration and can be terminated by either party at any time.

 

   

Interest rate swaps — Interest rate swaps are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate (interest rate risk).

 

 

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Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time. In more complex interest rate swaps, the notional principal amount may decline (or amortize) over time.

 

   

Currency swaps — Currency swaps are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Currency swaps are interest rate swaps in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, based on the notional amounts of two different currencies. The notional amounts are typically determined based on the spot exchange rates at the inception of the trade. Currency swaps may also involve an exchange of notional amounts at the start, during and/or at expiration of the contract, either at the current spot rate or another specified rate.

 

   

Forward swaps — The Master Portfolio may enter into forward interest rate swaps and forward total return swaps. In a forward swap, the Master Portfolio and the counterparty agree to make periodic net payments beginning on a specified date or a net payment at termination.

 

   

Inflation swaps — Inflation swaps are entered into to gain or reduce exposure to inflation (inflation risk). In an inflation swap, one party makes fixed interest payments on a notional principal amount in exchange for another party’s variable payments based on an inflation index, such as the Consumer Price Index.

Swap transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of interest rate, credit and market risk in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreements, and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates and/or market values associated with these transactions.

Master Netting Arrangements: In order to define its contractual rights and to secure rights that will help it mitigate its counterparty risk, the Master Portfolio may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Master Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Master Portfolio may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. When the Master Portfolio enters into an ISDA Master Agreement and an MRA and/or MSLA with the same counterparty, the agreements may contain a set-off provision allowing the Master Portfolio to offset a net amount payable with amounts due to the Master Portfolio upon default of the counterparty. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may restrict or prohibit the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events. For example, notwithstanding what contractual rights may be included in an ISDA Master Agreement, such laws may prohibit the Master Portfolio from setting off amounts owed to a defaulting counterparty under an ISDA Master Agreement against amounts owed to the Master Portfolio by affiliates of the defaulting counterparty. The insolvency regimes of many jurisdictions do, however, generally permit set-off of simultaneous payables and receivables under certain types of financial contracts between the same legal entity upon a default of the entity, regardless of the existence of a contractual set-off right in those contracts.

Collateral Requirements: For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the mark-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Master Portfolio and the counterparty.

Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Master Portfolio and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Master Portfolio, if any, is noted in the Schedule of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a certain minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer is required, which is determined at the close of business of the Master Portfolio. Any additional required collateral is delivered to/pledged by the Master Portfolio on the next business day. Typically, the counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. The Master Portfolio generally agrees not to use non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances defined in the underlying ISDA Master Agreement, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral arrangement with the counterparty. To the extent amounts due to the Master Portfolio from the counterparties are not fully collateralized, the Master Portfolio bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Likewise, to the extent the Master Portfolio has delivered collateral to a counterparty and stands ready to perform under the terms of its agreement with such counterparty, the Master Portfolio bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the amount of the value of the collateral in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral. Based on the terms of agreements, collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.

For financial reporting purposes, the Master Portfolio does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements, if any, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

6.

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Investment Advisory: The Master Bond LLC, on behalf of the Master Portfolio, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Manager, the Master Portfolio’s investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), to provide investment advisory and administrative services. The Manager is responsible for the management of the Master Portfolio’s portfolio and provides the personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Master Portfolio.

 

 

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For such services, the Master Portfolio pays the Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to the following percentages of the average daily value of the Master Portfolio’s net assets:

 

   
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First $250 million

    0.16

$250 million — $500 million

    0.12  

$500 million — $750 million

    0.08  

Greater than $750 million

    0.05  

With respect to the Master Portfolio, the Manager entered into separate sub-advisory agreements with each of BlackRock International Limited (“BIL”) and BlackRock (Singapore) Limited (“BRS”), each an affiliate of the Manager. The Manager pays BIL and BRS for services they provide, for that portion of the Master Portfolio for which BIL and BRS, as applicable, act as sub-adviser, a monthly fee that is equal to a percentage of the investment advisory fees paid by the Master Portfolio to the Manager.

Expense Waivers and Reimbursements: With respect to the Master Portfolio, the Manager contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fees by the amount of investment advisory fees the Master Portfolio pays to the Manager indirectly through its investment in affiliated money market funds (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”) through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the directors who are not “interested persons” of the Corporation, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Directors”), or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Master Portfolio. The amount of waivers and/or reimbursements of fees and expenses made pursuant to the expense limitation described below will be reduced by the amount of the affiliated money market fund waiver. Prior to January 28, 2020, this waiver was voluntary. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the amount waived was $474,118.

The Manager has contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee with respect to any portion of the Master Portfolio’s assets invested in affiliated equity and fixed-income mutual funds and affiliated exchange-traded funds that have a contractual management fee through January 31, 2022. The contractual agreement may be terminated upon 90 days’ notice by a majority of the Independent Directors, or by a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Master Portfolio. This amount is included in fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Manager waived $71,814 in investment advisory fees pursuant to this arrangement.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Master Bond LLC reimbursed the Manager $151,412 for certain accounting services, which is included in accounting services in the Statement of Operations.

Securities Lending: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued an exemptive order which permits BIM, an affiliate of the Manager, to serve as securities lending agent for the Master Portfolio, subject to applicable conditions. As securities lending agent, BIM bears all operational costs directly related to securities lending. The Master Portfolio is responsible for expenses in connection with the investment of cash collateral received for securities on loan (the “collateral investment expenses”). The cash collateral is invested in a private investment company, SL Liquidity Series, LLC, Money Market Series (the “Money Market Series”), managed by the Manager or its affiliates. However, BIM has agreed to cap the collateral investment expenses of the Money Market Series to an annual rate of 0.04%. The investment adviser to the Money Market Series will not charge any advisory fees with respect to shares purchased by the Master Portfolio. The Money Market Series may, under certain circumstances, impose a liquidity fee of up to 2% of the value withdrawn or temporarily restrict withdrawals for up to 10 business days during a 90 day period, in the event that the private investment company’s weekly liquid assets fall below certain thresholds. The Money Market Series seeks current income consistent with maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. Although the Money Market Series is not registered under the 1940 Act, its investments may follow the parameters of investments by a money market fund that is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

Securities lending income is equal to the total of income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral, net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less the collateral investment expenses. The Master Portfolio retains a portion of securities lending income and remits a remaining portion to BIM as compensation for its services as securities lending agent.

Pursuant to the current securities lending agreement, the Master Portfolio retains 82% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex in a calendar year exceeds a specified threshold, the Master Portfolio, pursuant to the securities lending agreement, will retain for the remainder of that calendar year securities lending income in an amount equal to 85% of securities lending income (which excludes collateral investment expenses), and this amount retained can never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

Prior to January 1, 2021, the Master Portfolio retained 75% of securities lending income (which excluded collateral investment expenses) and the amount retained could never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses. In addition, commencing the business day following the date that the aggregate securities lending income earned across the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex in a calendar year exceeded a specified threshold, the Master Portfolio would retain for the remainder of that calendar year 85% of securities lending income (which excluded collateral investment expenses), and the amount retained could never be less than 70% of the total of securities lending income plus the collateral investment expenses.

The share of securities lending income earned by the Master Portfolio is shown as securities lending income — affiliated — net in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Master Portfolio paid BIM $206,461 for securities lending agent services.

Interfund Lending: In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the Master Portfolio may participate in a joint lending and borrowing facility for temporary purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the Master Portfolio’s investment policies and restrictions. The Master Portfolio is currently permitted to borrow under the Interfund Lending Program.

 

 

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A lending BlackRock fund may lend in aggregate up to 15% of its net assets but may not lend more than 5% of its net assets to any one borrowing fund through the Interfund Lending Program. A borrowing BlackRock fund may not borrow through the Interfund Lending Program or from any other source more than 33 1/3% of its total assets (or any lower threshold provided for by the fund’s investment restrictions). If a borrowing BlackRock fund’s total outstanding borrowings exceed 10% of its total assets, each of its outstanding interfund loans will be subject to collateralization of at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan. All interfund loans are for temporary or emergency purposes and the interest rate to be charged will be the average of the highest current overnight repurchase agreement rate available to a lending fund and the bank loan rate, as calculated according to a formula established by the Board.

During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Master Portfolio did not participate in the Interfund Lending Program.

Directors and Officers: Certain directors and/or officers of the Master Bond LLC are directors and/or officers of BlackRock or its affiliates.

Other Transactions: The Master Portfolio may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is due solely to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common directors. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the purchase and sale transactions and any net realized gains (losses) with an affiliated fund in compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act were as follows:

 

     
     Purchases   Sales      Net Realized Loss   

$  25,397,350

  $   27,907,763        $  (1,305,502)  

 

7.

PURCHASES AND SALES

For the year ended September 30, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, including paydowns and mortgage dollar rolls and excluding short-term investments transactions, were as follows:

 

 

 
    Purchases      Sales  

 

 

    Non-U.S. Government Securities

  $   100,894,027,858      $   97,294,193,674  

    U.S. Government Securities

    3,774,396,849        4,139,282,730  

For the year ended September 30, 2021, purchases and sales related to mortgage dollar rolls were as follows:

 

 

 
    Purchases      Sales  

 

 

    Mortgage Dollar Rolls

  $   65,732,946,599      $   65,766,811,994  

 

8.

INCOME TAX INFORMATION

The Master Portfolio is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, each investor in the Master Portfolio is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of net assets, income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Master Portfolio. Therefore, no U.S. federal income tax provision is required. It is intended that the Master Portfolio’s assets will be managed so an investor in the Master Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The Master Portfolio files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The statute of limitations on the Master Portfolio’s U.S. federal tax returns generally remains open for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. The statutes of limitations on the Master Portfolio’s state and local tax returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon the jurisdiction.

Management has analyzed tax laws and regulations and their application to the Master Portfolio as of September 30, 2021, inclusive of the open tax return years, and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability in the Master Portfolio’s financial statements.

As of September 30, 2021, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation based on cost of investments (including short positions and derivatives, if any) for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

 
    Amounts  

 

 

Tax cost

  $   30,369,585,946  
 

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 557,210,537  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (417,267,257
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 139,943,280  
 

 

 

 

 

9.

BANK BORROWINGS

The Master Bond LLC, on behalf of the Master Portfolio, along with certain other funds managed by the Manager and its affiliates (“Participating Funds”), is a party to a 364-day, $2.25 billion credit agreement with a group of lenders. Under this agreement, the Master Portfolio may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Excluding commitments designated for certain individual funds, the Participating Funds, including the Master Portfolio, can borrow up to an aggregate commitment amount of $1.75 billion at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreement. The credit agreement has the following terms: a fee of 0.10% per annum on unused commitment amounts and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) on the date the loan is made plus 0.80% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate (but, in any event, not less than 0.00%) in effect from time to time plus 0.80% per annum on amounts borrowed. The agreement expires in April

 

 

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2022 unless extended or renewed. These fees were allocated among such funds based upon portions of the aggregate commitment available to them and relative net assets of Participating Funds. During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Master Portfolio did not borrow under the credit agreement.

 

10.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

In the normal course of business, the Master Portfolio invests in securities or other instruments and may enter into certain transactions, and such activities subject the Master Portfolio to various risks, including among others, fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of an issuer to meet all of its obligations. The value of securities or other instruments may also be affected by various factors, including, without limitation: (i) the general economy; (ii) the overall market as well as local, regional or global political and/or social instability; (iii) regulation, taxation or international tax treaties between various countries; or (iv) currency, interest rate and price fluctuations. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Master Portfolio and its investments. The Master Portfolio’s prospectus provides details of the risks to which the Master Portfolio is subject.

The Master Portfolio may be exposed to additional risks when reinvesting cash collateral in money market funds that do not seek to maintain a stable NAV per share of $1.00, which may be subject to redemption gates or liquidity fees under certain circumstances.

Market Risk: The Master Portfolio may be exposed to prepayment risk, which is the risk that borrowers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled during periods of declining interest rates, which would force the Master Portfolio to reinvest in lower yielding securities. The Master Portfolio may also be exposed to reinvestment risk, which is the risk that income from the Master Portfolio’s portfolio will decline if the Master Portfolio invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called fixed-income securities at market interest rates that are below the Master Portfolio’s current earnings rate.

Municipal securities are subject to the risk that litigation, legislation or other political events, local business or economic conditions, credit rating downgrades, or the bankruptcy of the issuer could have a significant effect on an issuer’s ability to make payments of principal and/or interest or otherwise affect the value of such securities. Municipal securities can be significantly affected by political or economic changes, including changes made in the law after issuance of the securities, as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to, taxation, legislative changes or the rights of municipal security holders, including in connection with an issuer insolvency. Municipal securities backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively affected by the discontinuance of the tax benefits supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect revenues for the project or from the assets. Municipal securities may be less liquid than taxable bonds, and there may be less publicly available information on the financial condition of municipal security issuers than for issuers of other securities.

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic and has resulted in closing borders, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this pandemic, and other global health crises that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. This pandemic may result in substantial market volatility and may adversely impact the prices and liquidity of a fund’s investments. The duration of this pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty.

Valuation Risk: The market values of equities, such as common stocks and preferred securities or equity related investments, such as futures and options, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company. They may also decline due to factors which affect a particular industry or industries. The Master Portfolio may invest in illiquid investments. An illiquid investment is any investment that the Master 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 Master Portfolio may experience difficulty in selling illiquid investments in a timely manner at the price that it believes the investments are worth. Prices may fluctuate widely over short or extended periods in response to company, market or economic news. Markets also tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising and falling prices. This volatility may cause the Master Portfolio’s NAV to experience significant increases or decreases over short periods of time. If there is a general decline in the securities and other markets, the NAV of the Master Portfolio may lose value, regardless of the individual results of the securities and other instruments in which the Master Portfolio invests.

The price the Master Portfolio could receive upon the sale of any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Master Portfolio’s valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair valuation technique or a price provided by an independent pricing service. Changes to significant unobservable inputs and assumptions (i.e., publicly traded company multiples, growth rate, time to exit) due to the lack of observable inputs may significantly impact the resulting fair value and therefore the Master Portfolio’s results of operations. As a result, the price received upon the sale of an investment may be less than the value ascribed by the Master Portfolio, and the Master Portfolio could realize a greater than expected loss or lesser than expected gain upon the sale of the investment. The Master Portfolio’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.

Counterparty Credit Risk: The Master Portfolio may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments related to unsettled or open transactions, including making timely interest and/or principal payments or otherwise honoring its obligations. The Master Portfolio manages counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that the Manager believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Master Portfolio to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Master Portfolio’s exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is approximately their value recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Master Portfolio.

A derivative contract may suffer a mark-to-market loss if the value of the contract decreases due to an unfavorable change in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument. Losses can also occur if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

For OTC options purchased, the Master Portfolio bears the risk of loss in the amount of the premiums paid plus the positive change in market values net of any collateral held by the Master Portfolio should the counterparty fail to perform under the contracts. Options written by the Master Portfolio do not typically give rise to counterparty credit risk, as options written generally obligate the Master Portfolio, and not the counterparty, to perform. The Master Portfolio may be exposed to counterparty credit risk with respect to options written to the extent the Master Portfolio deposits collateral with its counterparty to a written option.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements  (continued)

 

With exchange-traded options purchased and exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps, there is less counterparty credit risk to the Master Portfolio since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Master Portfolio does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default (including the bankruptcy or insolvency). Additionally, credit risk exists in exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a clearing broker’s customer accounts. While clearing brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a clearing broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the clearing broker for all its clients, typically the shortfall would be allocated on a pro rata basis across all the clearing broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Master Portfolio.

Concentration Risk: A diversified portfolio, where this is appropriate and consistent with the Master Portfolio’s objectives, minimizes the risk that a price change of a particular investment will have a material impact on the NAV of the Master Portfolio. The investment concentrations within the Master Portfolio’s portfolio are disclosed in its Schedule of Investments.

The Master Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in fixed-income securities and/or uses derivatives tied to the fixed-income markets. Changes in market interest rates or economic conditions may affect the value and/or liquidity of such investments. Interest rate risk is the risk that prices of bonds and other fixed-income securities will increase as interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. The Master Portfolio may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates due to the current period of historically low rates.

The Master Portfolio invests a significant portion of its assets in securities backed by commercial or residential mortgage loans or in issuers that hold mortgage and other asset-backed securities. When the Master Portfolio concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes a greater risk of prepayment or payment extension by securities issuers. Changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults on assets underlying these securities, can affect the value, income and/or liquidity of such positions. Investment percentages in these securities are presented in the Schedule of Investments.

LIBOR Transition Risk: The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a phase out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). Although many LIBOR rates will be phased out by the end of 2021, a selection of widely used USD LIBOR rates will continue to be published through June 2023 in order to assist with the transition. The Master Portfolio may be exposed to financial instruments tied to LIBOR to determine payment obligations, financing terms, hedging strategies or investment value. The transition process away from LIBOR might lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets for, and reduce the effectiveness of new hedges placed against, instruments whose terms currently include LIBOR. The ultimate effect of the LIBOR transition process on the Master Portfolio is uncertain.

 

11.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Master Portfolio through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Investors of Master Total Return Portfolio and the Board of Directors of Master Bond LLC:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of September 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period then ended, the consolidated financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2019, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2021, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its 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 and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund in accordance with the 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 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 Fund’s 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 and financial highlights, 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 and financial highlights. 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 and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers, and agent banks; when replies were not received from brokers or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more BlackRock investment companies since 1992.

 

 

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Director and Officer Information

 

Independent Directors(a)

Name

Year of Birth(b)

  

Position(s) Held

(Length of

Service)(c)

   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years   

Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies

(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment

Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen

  

Public Company

and Other

Investment

Company

Directorships

Held During

Past Five Years

Richard E. Cavanagh

1946

   Co-Chair of the Board and Director (Since 2019)   

Director, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America since 1998; Board Chair, Volunteers of America (a not-for-profit organization) from 2015 to 2018 (board member since 2009); Director, Arch Chemicals (chemical and allied products) from 1999 to 2011; Trustee, Educational Testing Service from 1997 to 2009 and Chairman thereof from 2005 to 2009; Senior Advisor, The Fremont Group since 2008 and Director thereof since 1996; Faculty Member/Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard University since 2007 and Executive Dean from 1987 to 1995; President and Chief Executive Officer, The Conference Board, Inc. (global business research organization) from 1995 to 2007.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   None

Karen P. Robards

1950

   Co-Chair of the Board and Director (Since 2019)   

Principal of Robards & Company, LLC (consulting and private investing) since 1987; Co-founder and Director of the Cooke Center for Learning and Development (a not-for-profit organization) since 1987; Director of Enable Injections, LLC (medical devices) since 2019; Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley from 1976 to 1987.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   Greenhill & Co., Inc.; AtriCure, Inc. (medical devices) from 2000 until 2017

Michael J. Castellano

1946

   Director (Since 2019)   

Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Group LLC from 2001 to 2011; Chief Financial Officer of Lazard Ltd from 2004 to 2011; Director, Support Our Aging Religious (non-profit) from 2009 to June 2015 and from 2017 to September 2020; Director, National Advisory Board of Church Management at Villanova University since 2010; Trustee, Domestic Church Media Foundation since 2012; Director, CircleBlack Inc. (financial technology company) from 2015 to June 2020.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   None

Cynthia L. Egan

1955

   Director (Since 2019)   

Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2015; President, Retirement Plan Services, for T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. from 2007 to 2012; executive positions within Fidelity Investments from 1989 to 2007.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   Unum (insurance); The Hanover Insurance Group (Board Chair) (insurance); Huntsman Corporation (chemical products); Envestnet (investment platform) from 2013 until 2016

Frank J. Fabozzi(d)

1948

   Director (Since 2019)   

Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management since 1986; Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (France) since 2011; Visiting Professor, Princeton University for the 2013 to 2014 academic year and Spring 2017 semester; Professor in the Practice of Finance, Yale University School of Management from 1994 to 2011 and currently a Teaching Fellow in Yale’s Executive Programs; Board Member, BlackRock Equity-Liquidity Funds from 2014 to 2016; affiliated professor Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2008 to 2011; Visiting Professor, Rutgers University for the Spring 2019 semester; Visiting Professor, New York University for the 2019 academic year. Adjunct Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University in fall 2020 semester.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   None

Lorenzo A. Flores

1964

   Director (Since 2021)   

Vice Chairman, Kioxia, Inc. since 2019; Chief Financial Officer, Xilinx, Inc. from 2016 to 2019; Corporate Controller, Xilinx, Inc. from 2008 to 2016.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   None

Stayce D. Harris

1959

   Director (Since 2021)   

Lieutenant General, Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the United States Air Force from 2017 to 2019; Lieutenant General, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff, United States Air Force from 2016 to 2017; Major General, Commander, 22nd Air Force, AFRC, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia from 2014 to 2016; Pilot, United Airlines from 1990 to 2020.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   The Boeing Company since 2021

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Independent Directors(a)

Name

Year of Birth(b)

   Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)(c)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen
   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During Past
Five Years

J. Phillip Holloman

1955

   Director (Since 2021)   

President and Chief Operating Officer, Cintas Corporation from 2008 to 2018.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   PulteGroup, Inc. (home construction); Rockwell Automation Inc. (industrial automation)

R. Glenn Hubbard

1958

   Director (Since 2019)   

Dean, Columbia Business School from 2004 to 2019; Faculty member, Columbia Business School since 1988.

  

74 RICs consisting of

101 Portfolios

   ADP (data and information services) 2004- 2020; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (insurance); KKR Financial Corporation (finance) from 2004 until 2014

W. Carl Kester(d)

1951

   Director (since 2019)   

George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School since 2008; Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs from 2006 to 2010; Chairman of the Finance Unit, from 2005 to 2006; Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of the MBA Program from 1999 to 2005; Member of the faculty of Harvard Business School since 1981.

  

76 RICs consisting of

103 Portfolios

   None

Catherine A. Lynch(d)

1961

   Director (Since 2019)   

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and various other positions, National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust from 2003 to 2016; Associate Vice President for Treasury Management, The George Washington University from 1999 to 2003; Assistant Treasurer, Episcopal Church of America from 1995 to 1999.

  

76 RICs consisting of

103 Portfolios

   None

 

 

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Director and Officer Information  (continued)

 

Interested Directors(a)(e)
         
Name
Year of Birth(b)
   Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)(c)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years    Number of BlackRock-Advised
Registered Investment Companies
(“RICs”) Consisting of Investment
Portfolios (“Portfolios”) Overseen
   Public Company
and Other
Investment
Company
Directorships
Held During
Past Five Years

Robert Fairbairn

1965

  

Director

(Since 2015)

  

Vice Chairman of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Member of BlackRock’s Global Executive and Global Operating Committees; Co-Chair of BlackRock’s Human Capital Committee; Senior Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2010 to 2019; oversaw BlackRock’s Strategic Partner Program and Strategic Product Management Group from 2012 to 2019; Member of the Board of Managers of BlackRock Investments, LLC from 2011 to 2018; Global Head of BlackRock’s Retail and iShares® businesses from 2012 to 2016.

   104 RICs consisting of 255 Portfolios    None

John M. Perlowski(d)

1964

  

Director (Since 2015), President and Chief Executive Officer

(Since 2010)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2009; Head of BlackRock Global Accounting and Product Services since 2009; Advisory Director of Family Resource Network (charitable foundation) since 2009.

   106 RICs consisting of 257 Portfolios    None
(a)

The address of each Director is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b)

Each Independent Director holds office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Corporation/Master Bond LLC’s by-laws or charter or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which he or she turns 75. Directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act serve until their successor is duly elected and qualifies or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal as provided by the Corporation/Master Bond LLC’s by-laws or statute, or until December 31 of the year in which they turn 72. The Board may determine to extend the terms of Independent Directors on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate.

(c)

Following the combination of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. (“MLIM”) and BlackRock, Inc. in September 2006, the various legacy MLIM and legacy BlackRock fund boards were realigned and consolidated into three new fund boards in 2007. Certain Independent Directors first became members of the boards of other legacy MLIM or legacy BlackRock funds as follows: Richard E. Cavanagh, 1994; Frank J. Fabozzi, 1988; R. Glenn Hubbard, 2004; W. Carl Kester, 1995; and Karen P. Robards, 1998. Certain other Independent Directors became members of the boards of the closed-end funds in the Fixed-Income Complex as follows: Michael J. Castellano, 2011; Cynthia L. Egan, 2016; and Catherine A. Lynch, 2016.

(d)

Dr. Fabozzi, Dr. Kester, Ms. Lynch and Mr. Perlowski are also trustees of the BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund and BlackRock Private Investments Fund.

(e)

Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are both “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Corporation/Master Bond LLC based on their positions with BlackRock, Inc. and its affiliates. Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Perlowski are also board members of the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex.

 

 

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Officers Who Are Not Directors(a)
     
Name
Year of Birth(b)
   Position(s) Held
(Length of
Service)
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Jennifer McGovern

1977

  

Vice President

(Since 2014)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2016; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2011 to 2015; Head of Americas Product Development and Governance for BlackRock’s Global Product Group since 2019; Head of Product Structure and Oversight for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory Group from 2013 to 2019.

Trent Walker

1974

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Since 2021)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since September 2019; Executive Vice President of PIMCO from 2016 to 2019; Senior Vice President of PIMCO from 2008 to 2015; Treasurer from 2013 to 2019 and Assistant Treasurer from 2007 to 2017 of PIMCO Funds, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, PIMCO ETF Trust, PIMCO Equity Series, PIMCO Equity Series VIT, PIMCO Managed Accounts Trust, 2 PIMCO-sponsored interval funds and 21 PIMCO-sponsored closed-end funds.

Jay M. Fife

1970

  

Treasurer

(Since 2007)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007.

Charles Park

1967

  

Chief Compliance Officer

(Since 2014)

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for certain BlackRock-advised Funds from 2014 to 2015; Chief Compliance Officer of BlackRock Advisors, LLC and the BlackRock-advised Funds in the BlackRock Multi-Asset Complex and the BlackRock Fixed-Income Complex since 2014; Principal of and Chief Compliance Officer for iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC since 2012 and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for the BFA-advised iShares® exchange traded funds since 2006; Chief Compliance Officer for BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. since 2012.

Lisa Belle

1968

  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

(Since 2019)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2019; Global Financial Crime Head for Asset and Wealth Management of JP Morgan from 2013 to 2019; Managing Director of RBS Securities from 2012 to 2013; Head of Financial Crimes for Barclays Wealth Americas from 2010 to 2012.

Janey Ahn

1975

  

Secretary

(Since 2019)

  

Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2018; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.

(a) 

The address of each Officer is c/o BlackRock, Inc., 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.

(b)

Officers of the Master LLC serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Further information about the Corporation/Master Bond LLC’s Directors and Officers is available in the Corporation/Master Bond LLC’s Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling (800) 441-7762.

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Board Members”) of BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) met on April 7, 2021 (the “April Meeting”) and May 10-12, 2021 (the “May Meeting”) to consider the approval to continue the investment advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Fund and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Manager” or “BlackRock”), the Fund’s investment advisor.

The Approval Process

Consistent with the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), the Board considers the approval of the continuation of the Agreement for the Fund on an annual basis. The Board members whom are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act, are considered independent Board members (the “Independent Board Members”). The Board’s consideration entailed a year-long deliberative process during which the Board and its committees assessed BlackRock’s various services to the Fund, including through the review of written materials and oral presentations, and the review of additional information provided in response to requests from the Independent Board Members. The Board had four quarterly meetings per year, each typically extending for two days, as well as additional ad hoc meetings and executive sessions throughout the year, as needed. The committees of the Board similarly met throughout the year. The Board also had a fifth one-day meeting to consider specific information surrounding the renewal of the Agreement. In particular, the Board assessed, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by BlackRock, BlackRock’s personnel and affiliates, including (as applicable): investment management services; accounting oversight; administrative and shareholder services; oversight of the Fund’s service providers; risk management and oversight; and legal, regulatory and compliance services. Throughout the year, including during the contract renewal process, the Independent Board Members were advised by independent legal counsel, and met with independent legal counsel in various executive sessions outside of the presence of BlackRock’s management.

During the year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, considered information that was relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the Agreement, including the services and support provided by BlackRock to the Fund and its shareholders. BlackRock also furnished additional information to the Board in response to specific questions from the Board. Among the matters the Board considered were: (a) investment performance for one-year, three-year, five-year, and/or since inception periods, as applicable, against peer funds, relevant benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable, as well as BlackRock senior management’s and portfolio managers’ analyses of the reasons for any outperformance or underperformance relative to its peers, benchmarks, and other performance metrics, as applicable; (b) fees, including advisory, administration, if applicable, and other amounts paid to BlackRock and its affiliates by the Fund for services; (c) Fund operating expenses and how BlackRock allocates expenses to the Fund; (d) the resources devoted to, risk oversight of, and compliance reports relating to, implementation of the Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions, and meeting regulatory requirements; (e) BlackRock’s and the Fund’s adherence to applicable compliance policies and procedures; (f) the nature, character and scope of non-investment management services provided by BlackRock and its affiliates and the estimated cost of such services, as available; (g) BlackRock’s and other service providers’ internal controls and risk and compliance oversight mechanisms; (h) BlackRock’s implementation of the proxy voting policies approved by the Board; (i) the use of brokerage commissions and execution quality of portfolio transactions; (j) BlackRock’s implementation of the Fund’s valuation and liquidity procedures; (k) an analysis of management fees paid to BlackRock for products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable, and the similarities and differences between these products and the services provided as compared to the Fund; (l) BlackRock’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals’ investments in the fund(s) they manage; and (m) periodic updates on BlackRock’s business.

Prior to and in preparation for the April Meeting, the Board received and reviewed materials specifically relating to the renewal of the Agreement. The Independent Board Members continuously engaged in a process with their independent legal counsel and BlackRock to review the nature and scope of the information provided to the Board to better assist its deliberations. The materials provided in connection with the April Meeting included, among other things: (a) information independently compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), based on either a Lipper classification or Morningstar category, regarding the Fund’s fees and expenses as compared with a peer group of funds as determined by Broadridge (“Expense Peers”) and the investment performance of the Fund as compared with a peer group of funds (“Performance Peers”); (b) information on the composition of the Expense Peers and Performance Peers and a description of Broadridge’s methodology; (c) information on the estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates pursuant to the Agreement and a discussion of fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates; (d) a general analysis provided by BlackRock concerning investment management fees received in connection with other types of investment products, such as institutional accounts, sub-advised mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, open-end funds, and separately managed accounts, under similar investment mandates, as well as the performance of such other products, as applicable; (e) a review of non-management fees; (f) the existence, impact and sharing of potential economies of scale, if any, with the Fund; (g) a summary of aggregate amounts paid by the Fund to BlackRock;(h) sales and redemption data regarding the Fund’s shares; and (i) various additional information requested by the Board as appropriate regarding BlackRock’s and the Fund’s operations.

At the April Meeting, the Board reviewed materials relating to its consideration of the Agreement. As a result of the discussions that occurred during the April Meeting, and as a culmination of the Board’s year-long deliberative process, the Board presented BlackRock with questions and requests for additional information. BlackRock responded to these questions and requests with additional written information in advance of the May Meeting.

At the May Meeting, the Board concluded its assessment of, among other things: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by BlackRock; (b) the investment performance of the Fund as compared to its Performance Peers and to other metrics, as applicable; (c) the advisory fee and the estimated cost of the services and estimated profits realized by BlackRock and its affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; (d) the Fund’s fees and expenses compared to its Expense Peers; (e) the existence and sharing of potential economies of scale; (f) any fall-out benefits to BlackRock and its affiliates as a result of BlackRock’s relationship with the Fund; and (g) other factors deemed relevant by the Board Members.

The Board also considered other matters it deemed important to the approval process, such as other payments made to BlackRock or its affiliates relating to securities lending and cash management, and BlackRock’s services related to the valuation and pricing of Fund portfolio holdings. The Board noted the willingness of BlackRock’s personnel to engage in open, candid discussions with the Board. The members of the Board gave attention to all of the information that was furnished, and each Board Member placed varying degrees of importance on the various pieces of information that were provided to them. The Board evaluated the information available to it on a fund-by-fund basis. The following paragraphs provide more information about some of the primary factors that were relevant to the Board’s decision. The Board Members did not identify any particular information, or any single factor as determinative, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various items and factors considered.

 

 

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Disclosure of Investment Advisory Agreement  (continued)

 

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided by BlackRock

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the nature, extent and quality of services provided by BlackRock, including the investment advisory services, and the resulting performance of the Fund. Throughout the year, the Board compared Fund performance to the performance of a comparable group of mutual funds, relevant benchmarks, and performance metrics, as applicable. The Board met with BlackRock’s senior management personnel responsible for investment activities, including the senior investment officers. The Board also reviewed the materials provided by the Fund’s portfolio management team discussing the Fund’s performance, investment strategies and outlook.

The Board considered, among other factors, with respect to BlackRock: the number, education and experience of investment personnel generally and the Fund’s portfolio management team; research capabilities; investments by portfolio managers in the funds they manage; portfolio trading capabilities; use of technology; commitment to compliance; credit analysis capabilities; risk analysis and oversight capabilities; and the approach to training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall risk management program, including the continued efforts of BlackRock and its affiliates to address cybersecurity risks and the role of BlackRock’s Risk & Quantitative Analysis Group. The Board engaged in a review of BlackRock’s compensation structure with respect to the Fund’s portfolio management team and BlackRock’s ability to attract and retain high-quality talent and create performance incentives.

In addition to investment advisory services, the Board considered the nature and quality of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided to the Fund. BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund with certain administrative, shareholder and other services (in addition to any such services provided to the Fund by third parties) and officers and other personnel as are necessary for the operations of the Fund. In particular, BlackRock and its affiliates provide the Fund with administrative services including, among others: (i) responsibility for disclosure documents, such as the prospectus, the summary prospectus (as applicable), the statement of additional information and periodic shareholder reports; (ii) oversight of daily accounting and pricing; (iii) responsibility for periodic filings with regulators; (iv) overseeing and coordinating the activities of third-party service providers including, among others, the Fund’s custodian, fund accountant, transfer agent, and auditor; (v) organizing Board meetings and preparing the materials for such Board meetings; (vi) providing legal and compliance support; (vii) furnishing analytical and other support to assist the Board in its consideration of strategic issues such as the merger, consolidation or repurposing of certain open-end funds; and (viii) performing or managing administrative functions necessary for the operation of the Fund, such as tax reporting, expense management, fulfilling regulatory filing requirements, overseeing the Fund’s distribution partners, and shareholder call center and other services. The Board reviewed the structure and duties of BlackRock’s fund administration, shareholder services, and legal and compliance departments and considered BlackRock’s policies and procedures for assuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Board considered the operation of BlackRock’s business continuity plans, including in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

B. The Investment Performance of the Fund and BlackRock

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed and considered the performance history of the Fund throughout the year and at the April Meeting. In preparation for the April Meeting, the Board was provided with reports independently prepared by Broadridge, which included an analysis of the Fund’s performance as of December 31, 2020, as compared to its Performance Peers. Broadridge ranks funds in quartiles, ranging from first to fourth, where first is the most desirable quartile position and fourth is the least desirable. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Fund as compared to its Performance Peers. The Board and its Performance Oversight Committee regularly review and meet with Fund management to discuss the performance of the Fund throughout the year.

In evaluating performance, the Board focused particular attention on funds with less favorable performance records. The Board also noted that while it found the data provided by Broadridge generally useful, it recognized the limitations of such data, including in particular, that notable differences may exist between a fund and its Performance Peers (for example, the investment objectives and strategies). Further, the Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of a period as of a particular date and that selecting a different performance period could produce significantly different results. The Board also acknowledged that long-term performance could be impacted by even one period of significant outperformance or underperformance, and that a single investment theme could have the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance.

The Board noted that for the one-, three- and five-year periods reported, the Fund ranked in the second, first and first quartiles, respectively, against its Performance Peers.

C. Consideration of the Advisory/Management Fees and the Estimated Cost of the Services and Estimated Profits Realized by BlackRock and its Affiliates from their Relationship with the Fund

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, reviewed the Fund’s contractual management fee rate compared with those of its Expense Peers. The contractual management fee rate represents a combination of the advisory fee and any administrative fees, before taking into account any reimbursements or fee waivers. The Board also compared the Fund’s total expense ratio, as well as its actual management fee rate, to those of its Expense Peers. The total expense ratio represents a fund’s total net operating expenses, including any 12b-1 or non-12b-1 service fees. The total expense ratio gives effect to any expense reimbursements or fee waivers, and the actual management fee rate gives effect to any management fee reimbursements or waivers. The Board considered the services provided and the fees charged by BlackRock and its affiliates to other types of clients with similar investment mandates, as applicable, including institutional accounts and sub-advised mutual funds (including mutual funds sponsored by third parties).

The Board received and reviewed statements relating to BlackRock’s financial condition. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s profitability methodology and was also provided with an estimated profitability analysis that detailed the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by BlackRock for services provided to the Fund. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to the Fund and other funds the Board currently oversees for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to available aggregate estimated profitability data provided for the prior two years. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s estimated profitability with respect to certain other U.S. fund complexes managed by the Manager and/or its affiliates. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s assumptions and methodology of allocating expenses in the estimated profitability analysis, noting the inherent limitations in allocating costs among various advisory products. The Board recognized that profitability may be affected by numerous factors including, among other things, fee waivers and expense reimbursements by the Manager, the types of funds managed, precision of expense allocations and business mix. The Board thus recognized that calculating and comparing profitability at the individual fund level is difficult.

 

 

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The Board noted that, in general, individual fund or product line profitability of other advisors is not publicly available. The Board reviewed BlackRock’s overall operating margin, in general, compared to that of certain other publicly traded asset management firms. The Board considered the differences between BlackRock and these other firms, including the contribution of technology at BlackRock, BlackRock’s expense management, and the relative product mix.

The Board considered whether BlackRock has the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel to perform its obligations under the Agreement and to continue to provide the high quality of services that is expected by the Board. The Board further considered factors including but not limited to BlackRock’s commitment of time, assumption of risk, and liability profile in servicing the Fund, including in contrast to what is required of BlackRock with respect to other products with similar investment mandates across the open-end fund, ETF, closed-end fund, sub-advised mutual fund, separately managed account, collective investment trust, and institutional separate account product channels, as applicable.

The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual management fee rate ranked in the first quartile, and that the actual management fee rate and total expense ratio each ranked in the first quartile relative to the Fund’s Expense Peers. The Board also noted that the Fund has an advisory fee arrangement that includes breakpoints that adjust the fee rate downward as the size of the Fund increases above certain contractually specified levels. The Board noted that if the size of the Fund were to decrease, the Fund could lose the benefit of one or more breakpoints. Additionally, the Board noted that BlackRock and the Board have contractually agreed to waive a portion of the advisory fee for the Fund by the amount of any management fees paid by the Fund to the manager of Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC in which it invests.

D. Economies of Scale

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as the assets of the Fund increase, including the existence of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable, noting that any contractual fee waivers and contractual expense caps had been approved by the Board. In its consideration, the Board further considered the continuation and/or implementation of fee waivers and/or expense caps, as applicable. The Board also considered the extent to which the Fund benefits from such economies of scale in a variety of ways, and whether there should be changes in the advisory fee rate or breakpoint structure in order to enable the Fund to more fully participate in these economies of scale. The Board considered the Fund’s asset levels and whether the current fee schedule was appropriate.

E. Other Factors Deemed Relevant by the Board Members

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, also took into account other ancillary or “fall-out” benefits that BlackRock or its affiliates may derive from BlackRock’s respective relationships with the Fund, both tangible and intangible, such as BlackRock’s ability to leverage its investment professionals who manage other portfolios and its risk management personnel, an increase in BlackRock’s profile in the investment advisory community, and the engagement of BlackRock’s affiliates as service providers to the Fund, including for administrative, distribution, securities lending and cash management services. The Board also considered BlackRock’s overall operations and its efforts to expand the scale of, and improve the quality of, its operations. The Board also noted that, subject to applicable law, BlackRock may use and benefit from third-party research obtained by soft dollars generated by certain registered fund transactions to assist in managing all or a number of its other client accounts.

In connection with its consideration of the Agreement, the Board also received information regarding BlackRock’s brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board received reports from BlackRock which included information on brokerage commissions and trade execution practices throughout the year.

The Board noted the competitive nature of the open-end fund marketplace, and that shareholders are able to redeem their Fund shares if they believe that the Fund’s fees and expenses are too high or if they are dissatisfied with the performance of the Fund.

Conclusion

The Board, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously approved the continuation of the Agreement between the Manager and the Fund for a one-year term ending June 30, 2022. Based upon its evaluation of all of the aforementioned factors in their totality, as well as other information, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreement were fair and reasonable and in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and different Board Members may have attributed different weights to the various factors considered. The Independent Board Members were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.

 

 

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Additional Information  

 

Regulation Regarding Derivatives

On October 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies (“Rule 18f-4”). The Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC will be required to implement and comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Once implemented, Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treat derivatives as senior securities and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager.

General Information

Householding

The Fund will mail only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, annual and semi-annual reports and proxy statements, to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address. This practice is commonly called “householding” and is intended to reduce expenses and eliminate duplicate mailings of shareholder documents. Mailings of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please call the Fund at (800) 441-7762.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s/Master LLC’s/Master Bond LLC’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Additionally, the Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC make their portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year available at blackrock.com/fundreports.

Availability of Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Voting Records

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information about how the Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s/Master LLC’s/Master Bond LLC’s portfolios during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request (1) by calling (800) 441-7762; (2) on the BlackRock website at blackrock.com; and (3) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

BlackRock’s Mutual Fund Family

BlackRock offers a diverse lineup of open-end mutual funds crossing all investment styles and managed by experts in equity, fixed-income and tax-exempt investing. Visit blackrock.com for more information.

Shareholder Privileges

Account Information

Call us at (800) 441-7762 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM ET on any business day to get information about your account balances, recent transactions and share prices. You can also visit blackrock.com for more information.

Automatic Investment Plans

Investor class shareholders who want to invest regularly can arrange to have $50 or more automatically deducted from their checking or savings account and invested in any of the BlackRock funds.

Systematic Withdrawal Plans

Investor class shareholders can establish a systematic withdrawal plan and receive periodic payments of $50 or more from their BlackRock funds, as long as their account balance is at least $10,000.

Retirement Plans

Shareholders may make investments in conjunction with Traditional, Rollover, Roth, Coverdell, Simple IRAs, SEP IRAs and 403(b) Plans.

 

 

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BlackRock Privacy Principles

BlackRock is committed to maintaining the privacy of its current and former fund investors and individual clients (collectively, “Clients”) and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information BlackRock collects, how we protect that information and why in certain cases we share such information with select parties.

If you are located in a jurisdiction where specific laws, rules or regulations require BlackRock to provide you with additional or different privacy-related rights beyond what is set forth below, then BlackRock will comply with those specific laws, rules or regulations.

BlackRock obtains or verifies personal non-public information from and about you from different sources, including the following: (i) information we receive from you or, if applicable, your financial intermediary, on applications, forms or other documents; (ii) information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; (iii) information we receive from a consumer reporting agency; and (iv) from visits to our websites.

BlackRock does not sell or disclose to non-affiliated third parties any non-public personal information about its Clients, except as permitted by law or as is necessary to respond to regulatory requests or to service Client accounts. These non-affiliated third parties are required to protect the confidentiality and security of this information and to use it only for its intended purpose.

We may share information with our affiliates to service your account or to provide you with information about other BlackRock products or services that may be of interest to you. In addition, BlackRock restricts access to non-public personal information about its Clients to those BlackRock employees with a legitimate business need for the information. BlackRock maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect the non-public personal information of its Clients, including procedures relating to the proper storage and disposal of such information.

Fund and Service Providers

 

Investment Adviser and Administrator

BlackRock Advisors, LLC

Wilmington, DE 19809

Accounting Agent and Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Wilmington, DE 19809

Sub-Advisors of Master Bond LLC

BlackRock International Limited

Edinburgh, EH3 8BL

United Kingdom

BlackRock (Singapore) Limited

079912 Singapore

Custodian of the Fund/Master Bond LLC

The Bank of New York Mellon

New York, NY 10286

Custodian of the Master LLC

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA 02109

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, MA 19103

Distributor

BlackRock Investments, LLC

New York, NY 10022

Legal Counsel of Master Bond LLC

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

New York, NY 10019

Legal Counsel of the Fund/Master LLC

Sidley Austin LLP

New York, NY 10019

Address of the Fund/Master LLC/Master Bond LLC

100 Bellevue Parkway

Wilmington, DE 19809

 

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report   

 

Currency Abbreviation
AUD    Australian Dollar
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
CLP    Chilean Peso
CNH    Chinese Yuan Offshore
CNY    Chinese Yuan
COP    Colombian Peso
EUR    Euro
GBP    British Pound
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
KZT    Kazakhstani Tenge
MXN    Mexican Peso
NOK    Norwegian Krone
PLN    Polish Zloty
RUB    Russian Ruble
SGD    Singapore Dollar
TRY    Turkish Lira
USD    United States Dollar
ZAR    South African Rand
Portfolio Abbreviation
ABS    Asset-Backed Security
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
CD    Certificate of Deposit
CDO    Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLICP    Chile Indice de Camara Promedio Interbank Overnight Index
CLN    Credit-Linked-Note
CLO    Collateralized Loan Obligation
DAC    Designated Activity Co.
ESTR    Euro Short-Term Rate
ETF    Exchange-Traded Fund
EURIBOR    Euro Interbank Offered Rate
FKA    Formally Known As
GMTN    Global Medium-Term Note
GO    General Obligation Bonds
HFA    Housing Finance Agency
IO    Interest Only
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
LP    Limited Partnership
MTN    Medium-Term Note
MXIBTIIE    Mexico Interbank TIIE 28-Day
OTC    Over-the-Counter
PIK    Payment-in-Kind
RB    Revenue Bonds
REMIC    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
S&P    Standard & Poor’s
SONIA    Sterling Overnight Index Average
SPDR    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
TBA    To-be-Announced
UK RPI    United Kingdom Retail Price Index
WIBOR    Warsaw Interbank Offer Rate
 

 

 

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This report is intended for current holders. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

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Item 2 –

Code of Ethics – Each registrant (or each, a “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, applicable to the registrants’ principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, the code of ethics was amended to update certain information and to make other non-material changes. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics. The registrants undertake to provide a copy of the code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, who calls 1-800-441-7762.

 

Item 3 –

Audit Committee Financial Expert – Each registrant’s board of directors (the “board of directors”), has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee and (ii) each audit committee financial expert is independent:

Neil A. Cotty

Henry R. Keizer

Kenneth L. Urish

Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.

 

Item 4 –

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in each of the last two fiscal years for the services rendered to the Funds:

 

     (a) Audit Fees   (b) Audit-Related Fees1   (c) Tax Fees2   (d) All Other Fees
Entity Name   Current
Fiscal Year
End
  Previous
Fiscal Year
End
 

Current

Fiscal

Year

End

  Previous
Fiscal Year
End
 

Current
Fiscal Year

End

  Previous
Fiscal Year
End
  Current
Fiscal Year
End
  Previous
Fiscal Year
End
BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.   $22,725   $23,460   $207   $0   $15,200   $16,400   $0   $0
Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC   $29,694   $30,600   $207   $0   $13,100   $13,100   $0   $0
Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC   $82,517   $85,068   $207   $0   $30,000   $30,000   $0   $0

The following table presents fees billed by D&T that were required to be approved by each registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) for services that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the Funds and that are rendered on behalf of BlackRock Advisors, LLC (the “Investment Adviser” or “BlackRock”) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BlackRock (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or

 

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overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Funds (“Affiliated Service Providers”):

 

    Current Fiscal Year End   Previous Fiscal Year End
(b) Audit-Related Fees1   $0   $0
(c) Tax Fees2   $0   $0
(d) All Other Fees3   $2,032,000   $1,984,000

1 The nature of the services includes assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements not included in Audit Fees, including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters, out-of-pocket expenses and internal control reviews not required by regulators.

2 The nature of the services includes tax compliance and/or tax preparation, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews, taxable income and tax distribution calculations.

3 Non-audit fees of $2,032,000 and $1,984,000 for the current fiscal year and previous fiscal year, respectively, were paid to each Fund’s principal accountant in their entirety by BlackRock, in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of each Fund and of certain other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription. These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

Each Committee has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrants on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by each Committee. Each Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrants and those non-audit services provided to the Investment Adviser and Affiliated Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrants. Certain of these non-audit services that each Committee believes are (a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and (b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by each Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of the pre-approval, unless each Committee provides for a different period. Tax or other non-audit services provided to the registrants, which have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the registrants will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $10,000 attributable to the registrants or $50,000 per project. For this purpose, multiple projects will be aggregated to determine if they exceed the previously mentioned cost levels.

Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by each Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). Each Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting. At this meeting, an analysis of such services is presented to each Committee for ratification. Each Committee may delegate to the Committee Chairman the authority to approve the provision of and fees for any specific engagement of permitted non-audit services, including services exceeding pre-approved cost levels.

(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by either Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees, defined as the sum of the fees shown under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax

 

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Fees” and “All Other Fees,” paid to the accountant for services rendered by the accountant to the registrants, the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers were:

 

                  Entity Name  

Current Fiscal Year

End

 

Previous Fiscal Year

End

     
   BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc.   $15,407   $16,400
   Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC   $13,307   $13,100
   Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC   $30,207   $30,000

Additionally, the amounts billed by D&T in connection with services provided to the Affiliated Service Providers of the Funds and of other funds sponsored and advised by BlackRock or its affiliates during the current and previous fiscal years for a service organization review and an accounting research tool subscription were:

 

    Current Fiscal Year
End
   Previous Fiscal Year
End
    
 

$2,032,000

   $1,984,000

These amounts represent aggregate fees paid by BlackRock and were not allocated on a per fund basis.

(h) Each Committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5 –

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not Applicable

 

Item 6 –

Investments

(a) The registrants’ Schedules of Investments are included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1(a) of this Form.

(b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

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 – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

 

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Item 11 –

Controls and Procedures

(a) The registrants’ principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There were no changes in the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12 –

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not Applicable

 

Item 13 –

Exhibits attached hereto

(a)(1) Code of Ethics – See Item 2

(a)(2) Section 302 Certifications are attached

(a)(3) Not Applicable

(a)(4) Not Applicable

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached

 

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

BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

 

   By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

Date: December 3, 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 each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

   By:     

/s/ John M. Perlowski                            

       John M. Perlowski
       Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
       BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

Date: December 3, 2021

 

   By:     

/s/ Trent Walker                            

       Trent Walker
       Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
       BlackRock Balanced Capital Fund, Inc., Master Advantage Large Cap Core Portfolio of Master Large Cap Series LLC and Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC

Date: December 3, 2021

 

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