N-CSRS 1 a_dynamicriskallocation.htm PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST a_dynamicriskallocation.htm


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: (811-07513)
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam Funds Trust
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Name and address of agent for service: Robert T. Burns, Vice President
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy to:         Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: May 31, 2017
Date of reporting period: June 1, 2016 — November 30, 2016



Item 1. Report to Stockholders:

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940:




Putnam
Dynamic Risk
Allocation Fund

Semiannual report
11 | 30 | 16

Message from the Trustees  1 

About the fund  2 

Interview with your fund’s portfolio manager  5 

Your fund’s performance  11 

Your fund’s expenses  14 

Terms and definitions  16 

Other information for shareholders  17 

Trustee approval of management contract  18 

Financial statements  22 

 

Consider these risks before investing: International investing involves currency, economic, and political risks. Emerging-market securities carry illiquidity and volatility risks. The fund may invest a portion of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of greater price fluctuations. Funds that invest in government securities are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk and the risk that they may increase in value less when interest rates decline and decline in value more when interest rates rise. Allocation of assets among asset classes may hurt performance, and efforts to diversify risk through the use of leverage and allocation decisions may not be successful. Derivatives carry additional risks, such as the inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions and the failure of the other party to meet its obligations. Growth stocks may be more susceptible to earnings disappointments, and value stocks may fail to rebound. Bond investments are subject to interest-rate risk (the risk of bond prices falling if interest rates rise) and credit risk (the risk of an issuer defaulting on interest or principal payments). Interest-rate risk is greater for longer-term bonds, and credit risk is greater for below-investment-grade bonds. Unlike bonds, funds that invest in bonds have fees and expenses. Active trading strategies may lose money or not earn a return sufficient to cover trading and other costs. Use of leverage obtained through derivatives increases these risks by increasing investment exposure. Over-the-counter derivatives are also subject to the risk of the potential inability to terminate or sell derivatives positions and the potential failure of the other party to the instrument to meet its obligations. REITs are subject to the risk of economic downturns that have an adverse impact on real estate markets. The use of short selling may result in losses if the securities appreciate in value. Commodities involve market, political, regulatory, and natural conditions risks. Stock and bond prices may fall or fail to rise over time for several reasons, including general financial market conditions, factors related to a specific issuer or industry and, with respect to bond prices, changing market perceptions of the risk of default and changes in government intervention. These factors may also lead to increased volatility and reduced liquidity in the bond markets. You can lose money by investing in the fund.



Message from the Trustees

January 6, 2017

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

As investors around the world greet the new year, many might feel relieved at the prospect of moving beyond some of the more memorable financial market challenges of 2016. Last year’s dramatic political changes tested markets. Fortunately, in many cases market turbulence in the immediate aftermath of key events was followed by rebounds in performance and investor sentiment.

Of course, uncertainties and macroeconomic risks do not simply disappear with the close of the calendar year, especially given the significant change in conditions for the bond market and the potential for inflation. As such, we believe investors should welcome 2017 with a focus on time-tested strategies: maintain a well-diversified portfolio, keep a long-term view, and do not overreact to short-term market fluctuations. To help ensure that your portfolio is aligned with your individual goals, time horizon, and tolerance for risk, we also believe it is a good idea to speak regularly with your financial advisor.

In today’s environment, we favor the investment approach practiced at Putnam — active strategies based on fundamental research. Putnam portfolio managers, backed by a network of global analysts, bring years of experience to navigating changing market conditions and pursuing investment opportunities. In the following pages, you will find an overview of your fund’s performance for the reporting period ended November 30, 2016, as well as an outlook for the coming months.

Thank you for investing with Putnam.








Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares.

Performance of class A shares assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Fund returns in the bar chart do not reflect a sales charge of 5.75%; had they, returns would have been lower. See below and pages 11–13 for additional performance information. For a portion of the periods, the fund had expense limitations, without which returns would have been lower. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit putnam.com.

* The Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Blended Index is an unmanaged index administered by Putnam Management, 50% of which is the MSCI World Index (ND), 40% of which is the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% of which is the S&P GSCI. See index descriptions on pages 16–17.

Returns for the six-month period are not annualized, but cumulative.


This comparison shows your fund’s performance in the context of broad market indexes for the six months ended 11/30/16. See above and pages 11–13 for additional fund performance information. Index descriptions can be found on pages 16–17.

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Bob is Co-Head of Global Asset Allocation at Putnam. He holds an M.B.A. from Bentley University and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Bob joined Putnam in 1989 and has been in the investment industry since 1988.

In addition to Bob, your fund’s portfolio managers are James A. Fetch, Robert J. Schoen, and Jason R. Vaillancourt, CFA.

Bob, how did the fund perform during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2016?

Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund’s class A shares were up modestly during the six-month period, returning 1.95%, excluding sales charges. This result compares with a return of 0.11% for the fund’s custom benchmark, the Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Blended Index, which represents a diverse exposure to stocks, bonds, and commodities.

The fund allocates its assets across four different risk categories: equities, interest-rate-sensitive fixed income, credit-sensitive fixed income, and inflation-sensitive assets. The custom benchmark’s risk allocations comprise roughly 50% in global equities and about 17% each in interest-rate-sensitive fixed-income securities, credit-sensitive high-yield bonds, and commodities and other inflation-sensitiveinstruments.

The fund’s positive absolute return reflected a global investment environment characterized by the stronger overall performance of assets further out on the risk spectrum. Global equity returns were the strongest on an absolute basis as measured by the MSCI All Country

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Allocations are shown as a percentage of the fund’s net assets as of 11/30/16. Cash and net other assets, if any, represent the market value weights of cash, derivatives, short-term securities, and other unclassified assets in the portfolio. Summary information may differ from the portfolio schedule included in the financial statements due to the inclusion of derivative securities, any interest accruals, the exclusion of as-of trades, if any, the use of different classifications of securities for presentation purposes, and rounding. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.

A negative percentage reflects the effect of fund strategies that are designed to enhance performance if certain securities decline in value.


World Index [ND], which returned 3.67% for the six months. A substantial portion of this gain in global stocks was supported by the solid performance of U.S. equities. The S&P 500 Index, a broad measure of the U.S. stock market results, returned 6.01% during the period, far surpassing the negative return of the MSCI EAFE Index [ND], which measures the performance of equities in developed markets outside of the United States.

What factors influenced the investment environment during the six-month reporting period?

The period was defined in large part by two major geopolitical events, one at the start of the six months and one at the end. The first of these came in late June with the somewhat surprising results of the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” referendum, in which voters chose for Great Britain to exit the European Union. Global markets sold off sharply in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, but they snapped back quickly as investors assimilated the news and began regarding the dip as a buying opportunity. The other major event was the U.S. presidential election. Uncertainties about the election’s outcome overshadowed the equity markets during the early fall. With the election of Mr. Trump in early November, however, U.S. equity markets began to rally strongly in anticipation that the new regime would usher in fiscal stimulus in the form of tax reform, infrastructure spending, and business deregulation.

The combination of these two events helped make it a strong period for U.S. equity markets. This was particularly true for small-cap stocks, which, as measured by the Russell 2000 Index,

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were up by more than 15% during the six months, with most of that gain coming on optimism about the potential for tax reform and deregulation under the Trump administration. International equities did not fare quite as well. Political uncertainties in the aftermath of the Brexit vote continued to weigh on stocks in the developed markets and particularly on those in Europe. Meanwhile, emerging-market stocks performed well, with much of their gains due to stabilizing energy prices.

How were the other risk allocations affected by the overall investment environment?

Credit markets did well during the six-month period, as investors maintained a mostly healthy appetite for risk. High-yield bonds performed especially well during the period, with investors’ greater comfort with risk helping to narrow the yield spread of high-yield bonds above U.S. Treasuries. As a consequence, the JPMorgan Global High Yield Index rose by 7.41%.

By contrast, results in the interest-rate-sensitive fixed-income markets were not as attractive. Among U.S. Treasury securities, yields on the intermediate 7- to 10-year bond increased substantially during the period amid rising inflation expectations and worries about future short-term interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. This in turn sent the prices of these securities down by around 3% for the period.

Within the inflation-sensitive risk allocation and its large commodities exposure, results were more mixed. Early in the six-month period, commodities were down fairly significantly, and while they gained ground during the period as energy prices stabilized, the asset class still posted a small overall loss.


This table shows the fund’s top 10 holdings by percentage of the fund’s net assets as of 11/30/16. Short-term investments, TBA commitments, and derivatives, if any, are excluded. Holdings may vary over time.

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What helped and what hurt the fund’s performance relative to its composite benchmark?

We seek to add value in two basic ways — through asset allocation strategies and through active security selection within those allocations. Our asset allocation strategies during the six-month reporting period worked to the fund’s benefit. In particular, we had a preference for equities over rate-sensitive fixed income, and that strategy worked well. Within the equity allocation, we also had a preference for small-cap stocks, which, given their relative strength, was a positive as well. The fund was further helped, albeit to a lesser extent, by a slightly underweighted allocation to commodities during the period.

Security selection in some cases was a detracting factor. We typically employ a security selection strategy that uses both quantitative and qualitative research and analysis to assemble a portfolio of low-beta, or low-risk, equity securities that we believe will replicate the broad market’s performance but with lower volatility. As part of the low-volatility strategy, we use an options overlay to attempt to further reduce volatility and enhance risk-adjusted returns. During the six-month reporting period, when equities were performing strongly, this low-volatility security selection and option overlay strategy proved to be detrimental to our relative results. Additionally, the fund showed a bit of relative weakness in its selection of high-yield bonds.

Elsewhere in fixed income, we diversified our holdings by maintaining a slight preference for residential mortgage-backed securities [RMBS] and commercial mortgage-backed securities [CMBS] over issues that are defined strictly by their duration, or sensitivity to changes in interest rates. This selection decision was helpful to the fund’s relative performance, as was an active currency strategy in which we moved into and out of various world currencies during the period depending on their relative attractiveness.

Did you make any major strategy shifts during the period?

For the most part, no. We did, however, become somewhat more optimistic in our view of equities toward the end of the six-month period. The uptick in equity prices following the U.S. presidential election aside, the reason for our optimism was based more on the historical seasonality of the equity markets. The fourth calendar quarter has historically been a very favorable period for equity markets, both in terms of absolute and risk-adjusted returns, and the month of December, in particular, has been the best-performing month by far in the equity markets on a historical basis. For this reason, we felt justified in continuing to prefer equities.

How were derivatives used during the reporting period?

A number of derivative instruments were used during the period, which resulted in a positive


Allocations are shown as a percentage of the fund’s net assets as of 11/30/16. Risk contribution is from Putnam research, which uses the historical standard deviation for the respective asset classes multiplied by the appropriate asset weight. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.

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impact on the fund’s performance. Futures contracts were used to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment and interest-rate risks, to gain exposure to interest rates, and to equitize cash. We also wrote and purchased options as a means to hedge duration and convexity, isolate prepayment risk, gain exposure to interest rates, and mitigate changes in the values of securities that the fund owned or is expected to own. In addition, options were used to help hedge prepayment risk, to generate additional income for the portfolio, to enhance returns on securities owned, to gain exposure to securities, and to manage downside risks. In addition, interest-rate swaps were used to help hedge against interest rate and prepayment risks, as well as to gain exposure on interest rates. Finally, total return swaps were used as a means to hedge sector exposure; to generate additional income for the portfolio; and to manage and gain exposure to specific sectors, securities, basket of securities, markets, countries, and industries.


What is your outlook over the next several months of 2017?

As a tactical matter, we expect to remain bullish on equities, at least in the short term, and within credit risk, we expect to maintain a neutral positioning. While the markets’ appetite for risk has predominated during the past several weeks, we are also somewhat concerned about the fundamental aspects of the current environment. In particular, we are starting to see net corporate debt levels creeping up to pre-2008 levels, suggesting that, in our opinion, we may be getting too late in the credit cycle to emphasize a preference in an allocation to corporate credit. In the interest-rate-sensitive fixed-income allocation, while we have not yet seen a huge increase in yields, at some

ABOUT DERIVATIVES

Derivatives are an increasingly common type of investment instrument, the performance of which is derived from an underlying security, index, currency, or other area of the capital markets. Derivatives employed by the fund’s managers generally serve one of two main purposes: to implement a strategy that may be difficult or more expensive to invest in through traditional securities, or to hedge unwanted risk associated with a particular position.

For example, the fund’s managers might use currency forward contracts to capitalize on an anticipated change in exchange rates between two currencies. This approach would require a significantly smaller outlay of capital than purchasing traditional bonds denominated in the underlying currencies. In another example, the managers may identify a bond that they believe is undervalued relative to its risk of default, but may seek to reduce the interest-rate risk of that bond by using interest-rate swaps, a derivative through which two parties “swap” payments based on the movement of certain rates. In other examples, the managers may use options and futures contracts to hedge against a variety of risks by establishing a combination of long and short exposures to specific equity markets or sectors.

Like any other investment, derivatives may not appreciate in value and may lose money. Derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities. And because derivatives typically represent contractual agreements between two financial institutions, derivatives entail “counterparty risk,” which is the risk that the other party is unable or unwilling to pay. Putnam monitors the counterparty risks we assume. For example, Putnam often enters into collateral agreements that require the counterparties to post collateral on a regular basis to cover their obligations to the fund. Counterparty risk for exchange-traded futures and centrally cleared swaps is mitigated by the daily exchange of margin and other safeguards against default through their respective clearinghouses.

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point down the road rates may stabilize, and we anticipate we could find an attractive entry point to increase our exposure to rate risk. In the commodities allocation, I think we are likely to maintain our tactical approach, keeping a close watch on how the supply and demand dynamics of the global energy industry affect prices.

Thank you, Bob, for your time and insights.

The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Putnam Management and are subject to change. They are not meant as investment advice.

Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund’s investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

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Your fund’s performance

This section shows your fund’s performance, price, and distribution information for periods ended November 30, 2016, the end of the first half of its current fiscal year. In accordance with regulatory requirements for mutual funds, we also include performance information as of the most recent calendar quarter-end and expense information taken from the fund’s current prospectus. Performance should always be considered in light of a fund’s investment strategy. Data represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. More recent returns may be less or more than those shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance information does not reflect any deduction for taxes a shareholder may owe on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares. For the most recent month-end performance, please visit the Individual Investors section at putnam.com or call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581. Class R, R6, and Y shares are not available to all investors. See the Terms and Definitions section in this report for definitions of the share classes offered by your fund.

Fund performance Total return for periods ended 11/30/16

    Annual    Annual    Annual     
  Life of fund   average  5 years  average  3 years  average  1 year  6 months 

Class A (9/19/11)                 
Before sales charge  19.36%  3.46%  19.12%  3.56%  2.96%  0.98%  3.11%  1.95% 

After sales charge  12.49  2.29  12.27  2.34  –2.96  –1.00  –2.81  –3.92 

Class B (9/19/11)                 
Before CDSC  14.86  2.70  14.86  2.81  0.75  0.25  2.42  1.69 

After CDSC  13.86  2.53  12.86  2.45  –2.09  –0.70  –2.58  –3.31 

Class C (9/19/11)                 
Before CDSC  14.89  2.71  14.89  2.82  0.70  0.23  2.42  1.68 

After CDSC  14.89  2.71  14.89  2.82  0.70  0.23  1.42  0.68 

Class M (9/19/11)                 
Before sales charge  16.39  2.96  16.27  3.06  1.47  0.49  2.67  1.75 

After sales charge  12.32  2.26  12.20  2.33  –2.08  –0.70  –0.92  –1.81 

Class R (9/19/11)                 
Net asset value  17.84  3.21  17.72  3.32  2.15  0.71  2.89  1.86 

Class R6 (7/2/12)                 
Net asset value  21.57  3.83  21.20  3.92  4.02  1.32  3.56  2.24 

Class Y (9/19/11)                 
Net asset value  21.02  3.74  20.66  3.83  3.72  1.22  3.42  2.14 

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. After-sales-charge returns for class A and M shares reflect the deduction of the maximum 5.75% and 3.50% sales charge, respectively, levied at the time of purchase. Class B share returns after contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) reflect the applicable CDSC, which is 5% in the first year, declining over time to 1% in the sixth year, and is eliminated thereafter. Class C share returns after CDSC reflect a 1% CDSC for the first year that is eliminated thereafter. Class R, R6, and Y shares have no initial sales charge or CDSC. Performance for class R6 shares prior to their inception is derived from the historical performance of class Y shares and has not been adjusted for the lower investor servicing fees applicable to class R6 shares; had it, returns would have been higher.

For a portion of the periods, the fund had expense limitations, without which returns would have been lower.

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Comparative index returns For periods ended 11/30/16         
 
    Annual    Annual    Annual     
  Life of fund  average  5 years  average  3 years  average  1 year  6 months 

Putnam Dynamic                 
Risk Allocation                 
Blended Index*  21.43%  3.81%  19.88%  3.69%  –1.00%  –0.34%  2.84%  0.11% 

Lipper Alternative                 
Global Macro                 
Funds category                 
average  14.15  2.44  14.61  2.63  0.20  –0.03  1.28  1.04 

Index and Lipper results should be compared with fund performance before sales charge, before CDSC, or at net asset value.

* The Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Blended Index is an unmanaged index administered by Putnam Management, 50% of which is the MSCI World Index (ND), 40% of which is the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% of which is the S&P GSCI. See index descriptions on pages 16–17.

Over the 6-month, 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and life-of-fund periods ended 11/30/16, there were 327, 319, 270, 184, and 176 funds, respectively, in this Lipper category.

Fund price and distribution information For the six-month period ended 11/30/16   
 
  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class M  Class R  Class R6  Class Y 

  Before  After  Net  Net  Before  After  Net  Net  Net 
  sales  sales  asset  asset  sales  sales  asset  asset  asset 
Share value  charge  charge  value  value  charge  charge  value  value  value 

5/31/16  $10.28  $10.91  $10.08  $10.09  $10.27  $10.64  $10.21  $10.26  $10.30 

11/30/16  10.48  11.12  10.25  10.26  10.45  10.83  10.40  10.49  10.52 

The classification of distributions, if any, is an estimate. Before-sales-charge share value and current dividend rate for class A and M shares, if applicable, do not take into account any sales charge levied at the time of purchase. After-sales-charge share value, current dividend rate, and current 30-day SEC yield, if applicable, are calculated assuming that the maximum sales charge (5.75% for class A shares and 3.50% for class M shares) was levied at the time of purchase. Final distribution information will appear on your year-end tax forms.

The fund made no distributions during the period.

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Fund performance as of most recent calendar quarter Total return for periods ended 12/31/16 
 
    Annual    Annual    Annual     
  Life of fund   Life of fund 5 years  average  3 years  average  1 year  6 months 

Class A (9/19/11)                 
Before sales charge  21.99%  3.84%  21.36%  3.95%  4.60%  1.51%  8.74%  2.40% 

After sales charge  14.98  2.68  14.38  2.72  –1.41  –0.47  2.49  –3.49 

Class B (9/19/11)                 
Before CDSC  17.23  3.05  16.81  3.16  2.31  0.77  7.96  2.06 

After CDSC  16.23  2.89  14.81  2.80  –0.52  –0.18  2.96  –2.94 

Class C (9/19/11)                 
Before CDSC  17.28  3.06  16.84  3.16  2.32  0.77  7.97  2.08 

After CDSC  17.28  3.06  16.84  3.16  2.32  0.77  6.97  1.08 

Class M (9/19/11)                 
Before sales charge  18.80  3.32  18.27  3.41  3.00  0.99  8.18  2.17 

After sales charge  14.64  2.62  14.13  2.68  –0.61  –0.20  4.39  –1.41 

Class R (9/19/11)                 
Net asset value  20.36  3.57  19.82  3.68  3.80  1.25  8.50  2.24 

Class R6 (7/2/12)                 
Net asset value  24.17  4.18  23.34  4.28  5.64  1.85  9.22  2.63 

Class Y (9/19/11)                 
Net asset value  23.67  4.10  22.84  4.20  5.36  1.76  9.03  2.49 

See the discussion following the fund performance table on page 11 for information about the calculation of fund performance.

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Your fund’s expenses

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees, distribution fees (12b-1 fees), and other expenses. In the most recent six-month period, your fund’s expenses were limited; had expenses not been limited, they would have been higher. Using the following information, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You may also pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial representative.

Expense ratios

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class M  Class R  Class R6  Class Y 

Net expenses for the fiscal               
year ended 5/31/16*†  1.14%  1.89%  1.89%  1.64%  1.39%  0.76%  0.89% 

Total annual operating               
expenses for the fiscal year               
ended 5/31/16  1.35%  2.10%  2.10%  1.85%  1.60%   0.97%  1.10% 

Annualized expense ratio for               
the six-month period ended               
11/30/16  1.14%  1.89%  1.89%  1.64%  1.39%  0.76%  0.89% 

Fiscal-year expense information in this table is taken from the most recent prospectus, is subject to change, and may differ from that shown for the annualized expense ratio and in the financial highlights of this report.

Prospectus expense information also includes the impact of acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.01%, which is not included in the financial highlights or annualized expense ratios. Expenses are shown as a percentage of average net assets.

* Reflects Putnam Management’s contractual obligation to limit expenses through 9/30/17.

Restated to reflect current fees.

Restated to reflect current fees resulting from a change to the fund’s investor servicing arrangements effective 9/1/16.

Expenses per $1,000

The following table shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in each class of the fund from 6/1/16 to 11/30/16. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class M  Class R  Class R6  Class Y 

Expenses paid per $1,000 *†  $5.77  $9.56  $9.56  $8.29  $7.03  $3.85  $4.51 

Ending value (after expenses)  $1,019.50  $1,016.90  $1,016.80  $1,017.50  $1,018.60  $1,022.40  $1,021.40 

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 11/30/16. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Estimate the expenses you paid

To estimate the ongoing expenses you paid for the six months ended 11/30/16, use the following calculation method. To find the value of your investment on 6/1/16, call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581.


Compare expenses using the SEC’s method

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the following table shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total costs) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class M  Class R  Class R6  Class Y 

Expenses paid per $1,000 *†  $5.77  $9.55  $9.55  $8.29  $7.03  $3.85  $4.51 

Ending value (after expenses)  $1,019.35  $1,015.59  $1,015.59  $1,016.85  $1,018.10  $1,021.26  $1,020.61 

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 11/30/16. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the six-month period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the six-month period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Terms and definitions

Important terms

Total return shows how the value of the fund’s shares changed over time, assuming you held the shares through the entire period and reinvested all distributions in the fund.

Before sales charge, or net asset value, is the price, or value, of one share of a mutual fund, without a sales charge. Before-sales-charge figures fluctuate with market conditions, and are calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.

After sales charge is the price of a mutual fund share plus the maximum sales charge levied at the time of purchase. After-sales-charge performance figures shown here assume the 5.75% maximum sales charge for class A shares and 3.50% for class M shares.

Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is generally a charge applied at the time of the redemption of class B or C shares and assumes redemption at the end of the period. Your fund’s class B CDSC declines over time from a 5% maximum during the first year to 1% during the sixth year. After the sixth year, the CDSC no longer applies. The CDSC for class C shares is 1% for one year after purchase.

Share classes

Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales charge and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class B shares are not subject to an initial sales charge and may be subject to a CDSC.

Class C shares are not subject to an initial sales charge and are subject to a CDSC only if the shares are redeemed during the first year.

Class M shares have a lower initial sales charge and a higher 12b-1 fee than class A shares and no CDSC.

Class R shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC and are only available to employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Class R6 shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC, and carry no 12b-1 fee. They are only available to employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Class Y shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC, and carry no 12b-1 fee. They are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

Comparative indexes

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of global investment-grade fixed-income securities.

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. investment-grade fixed-income securities.

BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace.

JP Morgan Global High Yield Index is an unmanaged index of global high-yield fixed income securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.

MSCI EAFE Index (ND) is an unmanaged index of equity securities from developed countries in Western Europe, the Far East, and Australasia. Calculated with net dividends (ND), this total return index reflects the reinvestment of dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes, using a tax rate applicable to non-resident institutional investors who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.

MSCI World Index (ND) is an unmanaged index of equity securities from developed countries. Calculated with net dividends (ND), this total return index reflects the reinvestment of dividends after the deduction of withholding taxes, using a tax rate applicable to non-resident institutional investors who do not benefit from double taxation treaties.

Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Blended Index is a benchmark administered by Putnam Management, comprising 50% MSCI World Index (ND), 40% Bloomberg Barclays Global

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Aggregate Bond Index, and 10% S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index.

Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged index of 2,000 small companies in the Russell 3000 Index.

Frank Russell Company is the source and owner of the trademarks, service marks and copyrights related to the Russell Indexes. Russell® is a trademark of Frank Russell Company.

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of common stock performance.

S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is a composite index of commodity sector returns that represents a broadly diversified, unleveraged, long-only position in commodity futures.

Indexes assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not account for fees. Securities and performance of a fund and an index will differ. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Lipper is a third-party industry-ranking entity that ranks mutual funds. Its rankings do not reflect sales charges. Lipper rankings are based on total return at net asset value relative to other funds that have similar current investment styles or objectives as determined by Lipper. Lipper may change a fund’s category assignment at its discretion. Lipper category averages reflect performance trends for funds within a category.

Other information for shareholders

Important notice regarding delivery of shareholder documents

In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, Putnam sends a single copy of annual and semiannual shareholder reports, prospectuses, and proxy statements to Putnam shareholders who share the same address, unless a shareholder requests otherwise. If you prefer to receive your own copy of these documents, please call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581, and Putnam will begin sending individual copies within 30 days.

Proxy voting

Putnam is committed to managing our mutual funds in the best interests of our shareholders. The Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures, as well as information regarding how your fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016, are available in the Individual Investors section of putnam.com, and on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. If you have questions about finding forms on the SEC’s website, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain the Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures at no charge by calling Putnam’s Shareholder Services at 1-800-225-1581.

Fund portfolio holdings

The fund will file a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may obtain the fund’s Form N-Q on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s website or the operation of the Public Reference Room.

Trustee and employee fund ownership

Putnam employees and members of the Board of Trustees place their faith, confidence, and, most importantly, investment dollars in Putnam mutual funds. As of November 30, 2016, Putnam employees had approximately $451,000,000 and the Trustees had approximately $133,000,000 invested in Putnam mutual funds. These amounts include investments by the Trustees’ and employees’ immediate family members as well as investments through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

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Trustee approval of management contract

General conclusions

The Board of Trustees of The Putnam Funds oversees the management of each fund and, as required by law, determines annually whether to approve the continuance of your fund’s management contract with Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”) and the sub-management contract with respect to your fund between Putnam Management and its affiliate, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”). The Board, with the assistance of its Contract Committee, requests and evaluates all information it deems reasonably necessary under the circumstances in connection with its annual contract review. The Contract Committee consists solely of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as this term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of The Putnam Funds (“Independent Trustees”).

At the outset of the review process, members of the Board’s independent staff and independent legal counsel discussed with representatives of Putnam Management the annual contract review materials furnished to the Contract Committee during the course of the previous year’s review, identifying possible changes in these materials that might be necessary or desirable for the coming year. Following these discussions and in consultation with the Contract Committee, the Independent Trustees’ independent legal counsel requested that Putnam Management and its affiliates furnish specified information, together with any additional information that Putnam Management considered relevant, to the Contract Committee. Over the course of several months ending in June 2016, the Contract Committee met on a number of occasions with representatives of Putnam Management, and separately in executive session, to consider the information that Putnam Management provided, as well as supplemental information provided in response to an additional request made by the Contract Committee. Throughout this process, the Contract Committee was assisted by the members of the Board’s independent staff and by independent legal counsel for The Putnam Funds and the Independent Trustees.

In May 2016, the Contract Committee met in executive session to discuss and consider its recommendations with respect to the continuance of the contracts. At the Trustees’ June 24, 2016 meeting, the Contract Committee met in executive session with the other Independent Trustees to review a summary of the key financial, performance and other data that the Contract Committee considered in the course of its review. The Contract Committee then presented its written report, which summarized the key factors that the Committee had considered and set forth its recommendations. The Contract Committee then recommended, and the Independent Trustees approved, the continuance of your fund’s management and sub-management contracts, effective July 1, 2016. (Because PIL is an affiliate of Putnam Management and Putnam Management remains fully responsible for all services provided by PIL, the Trustees have not attempted to evaluate PIL as a separate entity, and all subsequent references to Putnam Management below should be deemed to include reference to PIL as necessary or appropriate in the context.)

The Independent Trustees’ approval was based on the following conclusions:

• That the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented reasonable compensation in light of the nature and quality of the services being provided to the fund, the fees paid by competitive funds, the costs incurred by Putnam Management in providing services to the fund, and the continued application of certain reductions and waivers noted below; and

• That the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented an appropriate sharing between fund shareholders and Putnam Management of such economies of scale as may exist in the management of the fund at current asset levels.

These conclusions were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and were not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations and how the Trustees considered these factors are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the management arrangements for your fund and the other Putnam funds are the result of many years of review and discussion between the Independent Trustees and Putnam Management, that some aspects of the arrangements may receive greater scrutiny

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in some years than others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of fee arrangements in previous years. For example, with some minor exceptions, the funds’ current fee arrangements under the management contracts were first implemented at the beginning of 2010 following extensive review by the Contract Committee and discussions with representatives of Putnam Management, as well as approval by shareholders.

Management fee schedules and total expenses

The Trustees reviewed the management fee schedules in effect for all Putnam funds, including fee levels and breakpoints. The Trustees also reviewed the total expenses of each Putnam fund, recognizing that in most cases management fees represented the major, but not the sole, determinant of total costs to shareholders. (In a few instances, funds have implemented so-called “all-in” management fees covering substantially all routine fund operating costs.)

In reviewing fees and expenses, the Trustees generally focus their attention on material changes in circumstances — for example, changes in assets under management, changes in a fund’s investment style, changes in Putnam Management’s operating costs or profitability, or changes in competitive practices in the mutual fund industry — that suggest that consideration of fee changes might be warranted. The Trustees concluded that the circumstances did not indicate that changes to the management fee structure for your fund would be appropriate at this time.

Under its management contract, your fund has the benefit of breakpoints in its management fee schedule that provide shareholders with economies of scale in the form of reduced fee rates as assets under management in the Putnam family of funds increase. The Trustees concluded that the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented an appropriate sharing of economies of scale between fund shareholders and Putnam Management.

As in the past, the Trustees also focused on the competitiveness of each fund’s total expense ratio. In order to support the effort to have fund expenses meet competitive standards, the Trustees and Putnam Management have implemented certain expense limitations that were in effect during your fund’s fiscal year ending in 2015. These expense limitations were: (i) a contractual expense limitation applicable to specified retail open-end funds, including your fund, of 32 basis points on investor servicing fees and expenses and (ii) a contractual expense limitation applicable to specified open-end funds, including your fund, of 20 basis points on so-called “other expenses” (i.e., all expenses exclusive of management fees, distribution fees, investor servicing fees, investment-related expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses). These expense limitations attempt to maintain competitive expense levels for the funds. Most funds, including your fund, had sufficiently low expenses that these expense limitations were not operative during their fiscal years ending in 2015. Putnam Management has agreed to maintain these expense limitations until at least September 30, 2017 and to reduce the contractual expense limitation on investor servicing fees and expenses from 32 basis points to 25 basis points effective September 1, 2016. In addition, Putnam Management contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of your fund to the extent that expenses of the fund (excluding payments under the fund’s distribution plans, investor servicing fees, brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) would exceed an annual rate of 0.70% of its average net assets through at least September 30, 2017. During its fiscal year ending in 2015, your fund’s expenses were reduced as a result of this expense limitation. Putnam Management’s support for these expense limitation arrangements was an important factor in the Trustees’ decision to approve the continuance of your fund’s management and sub-management contracts.

The Trustees reviewed comparative fee and expense information for a custom group of competitive funds selected by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”). This comparative information included your fund’s percentile ranking for effective management fees and total expenses (excluding any applicable 12b-1 fee), which provides a general indication of your fund’s relative standing. In the custom peer group, your fund ranked in the first quintile in effective management fees (determined for your fund and the other funds in the custom peer group based on fund asset size and the applicable contractual management fee schedule) and in the third quintile in total expenses (excluding any applicable 12b-1 fees) as of December 31, 2015.

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The first quintile represents the least expensive funds and the fifth quintile the most expensive funds. The fee and expense data reported by Broadridge as of December 31, 2015 reflected the most recent fiscal year-end data available in Broadridge’s database at that time.

In connection with their review of fund management fees and total expenses, the Trustees also reviewed the costs of the services provided and the profits realized by Putnam Management and its affiliates from their contractual relationships with the funds. This information included trends in revenues, expenses and profitability of Putnam Management and its affiliates relating to the investment management, investor servicing and distribution services provided to the funds. In this regard, the Trustees also reviewed an analysis of Putnam Management’s revenues, expenses and profitability, allocated on a fund-by-fund basis, with respect to the funds’ management, distribution, and investor servicing contracts. For each fund, the analysis presented information about revenues, expenses and profitability for each of the agreements separately and for the agreements taken together on a combined basis. The Trustees concluded that, at current asset levels, the fee schedules in place represented reasonable compensation for the services being provided and represented an appropriate sharing between fund shareholders and Putnam Management of such economies of scale as may exist in the management of the Putnam funds at that time.

The information examined by the Trustees as part of their annual contract review for the Putnam funds included information regarding fees charged by Putnam Management and its affiliates to institutional clients such as defined benefit pension plans, college endowments, sub-advised third-party mutual funds, and the like. This information included comparisons of those fees with fees charged to the Putnam funds, as well as an assessment of the differences in the services provided to these different types of clients. The Trustees observed that the differences in fee rates between these clients and the Putnam funds are by no means uniform when examined by individual asset sectors, suggesting that differences in the pricing of investment management services to these types of clients may reflect, among other things, historical competitive forces operating in separate markets. The Trustees considered the fact that in many cases fee rates across different asset classes are higher on average for mutual funds than for institutional clients, as well as the differences between the services that Putnam Management provides to the Putnam funds and those that it provides to its other clients. The Trustees did not rely on these comparisons to any significant extent in concluding that the management fees paid by your fund are reasonable.

Investment performance

The quality of the investment process provided by Putnam Management represented a major factor in the Trustees’ evaluation of the quality of services provided by Putnam Management under your fund’s management contract. The Trustees were assisted in their review of the Putnam funds’ investment process and performance by the work of the investment oversight committees of the Trustees, which meet on a regular basis with the funds’ portfolio teams and with the Chief Investment Officer and other senior members of Putnam Management’s Investment Division throughout the year. The Trustees concluded that Putnam Management generally provides a high-quality investment process — based on the experience and skills of the individuals assigned to the management of fund portfolios, the resources made available to them, and in general Putnam Management’s ability to attract and retain high-quality personnel — but also recognized that this does not guarantee favorable investment results for every fund in every time period.

The Trustees considered that 2015 was a year of mixed performance results for the Putnam funds, with generally strong results for the international equity, global sector and global asset allocation funds, but generally disappointing results for the U.S. and small-cap equity, Spectrum and fixed income funds. They noted that the longer-term performance of the Putnam funds generally continued to be strong, exemplified by the fact that the Putnam funds were ranked by the Barron’s/Lipper Fund Families survey as the 18th-best performing mutual fund complex out of 58 complexes for the five-year period ended December 31, 2015. They also noted, however, the disappointing investment performance of some funds for periods ended December 31, 2015 and considered information provided by Putnam Management regarding the factors contributing to the underperformance and actions being taken to improve the performance of these particular funds. The Trustees indicated their intention to continue to monitor performance trends to assess the effectiveness of these efforts and to evaluate

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whether additional actions to address areas of underperformance are warranted.

For purposes of evaluating investment performance, the Trustees generally focus on a competitive industry ranking of each fund’s total net return over a one-year, three-year and five-year period. For a number of Putnam funds with relatively unique investment mandates for which meaningful competitive performance rankings are not considered to be available, the Trustees evaluated performance based on their total gross and net returns and, in most cases, comparisons of those returns with the returns of selected investment benchmarks. In the case of your fund, which commenced operations on September 19, 2011, the Trustees considered that its class A share cumulative total return performance at net asset value was in the following quartiles of its Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) peer group (Lipper Alternative Global Macro Funds) for the one-year and three-year periods ended December 31, 2015 (the first quartile representing the best-performing funds and the fourth quartile the worst-performing funds):

One-year period  3rd 

Three-year period  2nd 

Over the one-year and three-year periods ended December 31, 2015, there were 318 and 236 funds, respectively, in your fund’s Lipper peer group. (When considering performance information, shareholders should be mindful that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.)

The Trustees also considered Putnam Management’s continued efforts to support fund performance through initiatives including structuring compensation for portfolio managers and research analysts to enhance accountability for fund performance, emphasizing accountability in the portfolio management process, and affirming its commitment to a fundamental-driven approach to investing. The Trustees noted further that Putnam Management continued to strengthen its fundamental research capabilities by adding new investment personnel.

Brokerage and soft-dollar allocations; investor servicing

The Trustees considered various potential benefits that Putnam Management may receive in connection with the services it provides under the management contract with your fund. These include benefits related to brokerage allocation and the use of soft dollars, whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research services that are expected to be useful to Putnam Management in managing the assets of the fund and of other clients. Subject to policies established by the Trustees, soft dollars generated by these means are used primarily to acquire brokerage and research services (including third-party research and market data) that enhance Putnam Management’s investment capabilities and supplement Putnam Management’s internal research efforts. However, the Trustees noted that a portion of available soft dollars continues to be used to pay fund expenses. The Trustees indicated their continued intent to monitor regulatory and industry developments in this area with the assistance of their Brokerage Committee and also indicated their continued intent to monitor the allocation of the Putnam funds’ brokerage in order to ensure that the principle of seeking best price and execution remains paramount in the portfolio trading process.

Putnam Management may also receive benefits from payments that the funds make to Putnam Management’s affiliates for investor or distribution services. In conjunction with the annual review of your fund’s management and sub-management contracts, the Trustees reviewed your fund’s investor servicing agreement with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. (“PSERV”) and its distributor’s contracts and distribution plans with Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership (“PRM”), both of which are affiliates of Putnam Management. The Trustees concluded that the fees payable by the funds to PSERV and PRM, as applicable, for such services are reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of such services, the fees paid by competitive funds, and the costs incurred by PSERV and PRM, as applicable, in providing such services.

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Financial statements

These sections of the report, as well as the accompanying Notes, constitute the fund’s financial statements.

The fund’s portfolio lists all the fund’s investments and their values as of the last day of the reporting period. Holdings are organized by asset type and industry sector, country, or state to show areas of concentration and diversification.

Statement of assets and liabilities shows how the fund’s net assets and share price are determined. All investment and non-investment assets are added together. Any unpaid expenses and other liabilities are subtracted from this total. The result is divided by the number of shares to determine the net asset value per share, which is calculated separately for each class of shares. (For funds with preferred shares, the amount subtracted from total assets includes the liquidation preference of preferred shares.)

Statement of operations shows the fund’s net investment gain or loss. This is done by first adding up all the fund’s earnings — from dividends and interest income — and subtracting its operating expenses to determine net investment income (or loss). Then, any net gain or loss the fund realized on the sales of its holdings — as well as any unrealized gains or losses over the period — is added to or subtracted from the net investment result to determine the fund’s net gain or loss for the fiscal period.

Statement of changes in net assets shows how the fund’s net assets were affected by the fund’s net investment gain or loss, by distributions to shareholders, and by changes in the number of the fund’s shares. It lists distributions and their sources (net investment income or realized capital gains) over the current reporting period and the most recent fiscal year-end. The distributions listed here may not match the sources listed in the Statement of operations because the distributions are determined on a tax basis and may be paid in a different period from the one in which they were earned. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. Actual results may vary. Any non-taxable return of capital cannot be determined until final tax calculations are completed after the end of the fund’s fiscal year.

Financial highlights provide an overview of the fund’s investment results, per-share distributions, expense ratios, net investment income ratios, and portfolio turnover in one summary table, reflecting the five most recent reporting periods. In a semiannual report, the highlights table also includes the current reporting period.

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The fund’s portfolio 11/30/16 (Unaudited)

COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)*  Shares  Value 

Basic materials (1.9%)     

Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. (China)  26,500  $76,700 

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Japan)  8,000  71,151 

Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.  686  77,312 

BASF SE (Germany)  3,291  281,850 

Bemis Co., Inc.  1,942  97,236 

Boliden AB (Sweden)  5,711  146,939 

Braskem SA Class A (Preference) (Brazil)  15,500  126,033 

China Lesso Group Holdings, Ltd. (China)  96,000  69,433 

China Railway Construction Corp., Ltd. (China)  86,500  122,894 

Covestro AG (Germany)  908  58,259 

Evonik Industries AG (Germany)  5,298  147,644 

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd. (Australia)  8,572  37,157 

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan)  2,300  50,461 

Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (Japan)  1,100  14,374 

Hyosung Corp. (South Korea)  1,070  127,223 

IRPC PCL (Thailand)  352,900  47,872 

Kajima Corp. (Japan)  5,000  35,051 

Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Japan)  2,900  41,014 

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, Ltd. (China)  21,000  16,136 

Lotte Chemical Corp. (South Korea)  345  94,878 

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan)  1,900  28,798 

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (Japan)  600  17,753 

Newcrest Mining, Ltd. (Australia)  625  9,018 

PTT Global Chemical PCL (Thailand)  76,200  133,480 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.  1,281  103,889 

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)  971  260,879 

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan)  600  44,369 

Siam Cement PCL (The) (Thailand)  9,200  125,316 

Sika AG (Switzerland)  11  53,372 

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (China)  206,000  108,358 

Skanska AB (Sweden)  4,670  107,347 

Sonoco Products Co.  1,611  87,203 

Stora Enso OYJ Class R (Finland)  8,202  79,149 

Taisei Corp. (Japan)  10,000  72,374 

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland)  4,097  93,511 

voestalpine AG (Austria)  1,016  38,575 

Yara International ASA (Norway)  2,780  103,046 

    3,206,054 

Capital goods (2.7%)     

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain)  3,323  97,600 

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.  5,854  194,177 

Avery Dennison Corp.  3,766  271,378 

Berry Plastics Group, Inc.   1,942  96,653 

BWX Technologies, Inc.  2,206  86,387 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.  655  73,471 

China Railway Group, Ltd. (China)  147,000  132,663 

Crown Holdings, Inc.   2,085  113,403 

General Dynamics Corp.  2,526  442,934 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Capital goods cont.     

Honeywell International, Inc.  5,575  $635,216 

Kone OYJ Class B (Finland)  374  16,474 

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan)  4,100  56,498 

Northrop Grumman Corp.  3,315  827,590 

NSK, Ltd. (Japan)  2,100  22,871 

OSRAM Licht AG (Germany)  1,193  60,755 

Raytheon Co.  5,323  796,001 

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Japan)  4,000  24,090 

Thales SA (France)  616  60,063 

Vinci SA (France)  2,189  141,608 

Waste Management, Inc.  8,405  584,316 

    4,734,148 

Communication services (1.9%)     

AT&T, Inc.  7,372  284,780 

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom)  15,458  69,067 

China Mobile, Ltd. (China)  3,500  38,197 

Comcast Corp. Class A  4,696  326,419 

Equinix, Inc. R   257  87,061 

Eutelsat Communications SA (France)  732  13,177 

Juniper Networks, Inc.  18,517  509,958 

KDDI Corp. (Japan)  3,000  78,642 

LG Uplus Corp. (South Korea)  3,730  36,533 

NICE, Ltd. (Israel)  566  37,301 

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan)  3,800  153,621 

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan)  5,900  135,323 

Orange SA (France)  4,940  71,889 

PCCW, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  11,000  6,396 

Sky PLC (United Kingdom)  2,344  22,905 

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Indonesia)  548,200  152,901 

Telenor ASA (Norway)  6,410  94,517 

Telkom SA SOC, Ltd. (South Africa)  19,087  94,485 

Telstra Corp., Ltd. (Australia)  36,105  134,642 

Verizon Communications, Inc.  19,469  971,503 

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)  17,879  43,239 

    3,362,556 

Conglomerates (0.1%)     

Siemens AG (Germany)  1,926  217,457 

    217,457 

Consumer cyclicals (5.2%)     

Aggreko PLC (United Kingdom)  1,691  17,297 

Alfa SAB de CV (Mexico)  19,500  25,806 

Aramark  1,450  49,895 

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia)  4,719  52,271 

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (Japan)  3,000  19,483 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.  7,723  741,562 

AutoZone, Inc.   704  551,359 

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom)  261  8,089 

Boral, Ltd. (rights) (Australia) F  1,522  506 

Boral, Ltd. (Australia)  3,379  12,551 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

Carter’s, Inc.  832  $75,953 

CBS Corp. Class B (non-voting shares)  4,999  303,539 

China Dongxiang Group Co., Ltd. (China)  119,000  23,780 

Christian Dior SE (France)  539  104,666 

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (France)  473  50,632 

Clorox Co. (The)  393  45,415 

Compass Group PLC (United Kingdom)  8,784  150,384 

Continental AG (Germany)  157  27,975 

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan)  15,000  141,864 

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. (Japan)  300  46,611 

Dollar General Corp.  7,293  563,895 

Electrolux AB Ser. B (Sweden)  2,581  60,181 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy)  11,821  91,217 

Flight Centre Travel Group, Ltd. (Australia)  1,192  29,400 

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Japan)  1,800  73,082 

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (China)  89,500  84,233 

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  1,700  19,733 

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  319  14,790 

Harvey Norman Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)  27,410  96,144 

Hasbro, Inc.  3,518  300,402 

Hino Motors, Ltd. (Japan)  1,900  19,282 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)  769  99,509 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. R   11,077  197,614 

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A   1,548  79,474 

Imperial Holdings, Ltd. (South Africa)  7,697  92,365 

Industrivarden AB Class A (Sweden)  2,363  43,525 

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)  9,030  217,352 

Itausa — Investimentos Itau SA (Brazil)  32,300  82,229 

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A  872  47,829 

Kia Motors Corp. (South Korea)  4,607  147,386 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.  607  70,175 

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV Class A (Mexico)  61,300  107,251 

Kingfisher PLC (United Kingdom)  38,381  169,294 

Lagardere SCA (France)  889  21,846 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.  8,280  584,154 

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A   187  32,471 

Marks & Spencer Group PLC (United Kingdom)  13,343  54,677 

Mazda Motor Corp. (Japan)  4,400  70,535 

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  1,300  37,101 

Naspers, Ltd. Class N (South Africa)  89  12,931 

News Corp. Class B  2,569  30,700 

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japan)  100  24,278 

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)  100  10,437 

Omnicom Group, Inc.  263  22,865 

Panasonic Corp. (Japan)  2,000  20,349 

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom)  8,921  88,492 

Peugeot SA (France)   4,112  60,665 

Publicis Groupe SA (France)  298  19,312 

PVH Corp.  703  74,476 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   25 

 



COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

Qualicorp SA (Brazil)  12,200  $66,194 

Reed Elsevier PLC (United Kingdom)  2,893  49,672 

Renault SA (France)  1,380  108,729 

RTL Group SA (Belgium)  844  57,309 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A  861  78,583 

Securitas AB Class B (Sweden)  831  12,193 

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.   3,729  142,522 

Shimamura Co., Ltd. (Japan)  200  23,810 

Smiles SA (Brazil)  8,500  120,260 

TABCORP Holdings, Ltd. (Australia)  35,723  123,721 

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom)  10,425  19,268 

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)  4,875  381,908 

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan)  4,000  36,257 

TUI AG (Germany)  1,835  24,165 

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.  15,268  429,183 

Vail Resorts, Inc.  194  30,730 

Valeo SA (France)  1,674  93,157 

Vantiv, Inc. Class A   6,967  393,148 

William Hill PLC (United Kingdom)  8,370  31,505 

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands)  2,011  72,258 

World Fuel Services Corp.  1,426  63,400 

WPP PLC (United Kingdom)  9,398  200,957 

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  13,500  48,646 

    8,928,864 

Consumer staples (4.0%)     

Altria Group, Inc.  13,615  870,407 

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom)  4,968  97,404 

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)  4,332  237,565 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.  2,190  95,900 

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia)  26,151  185,194 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.  7,693  501,814 

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A  337  50,934 

Coty, Inc. Class A   1,701  31,826 

CVS Health Corp.  6,723  516,931 

Diageo PLC (United Kingdom)  2,431  60,879 

General Mills, Inc.  7,550  460,097 

Gruma SAB de CV Class B (Mexico)  8,520  101,895 

Grupo Lala SAB de CV (Mexico)  44,200  66,592 

Hershey Co. (The)  4,997  482,910 

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom)  4,518  193,745 

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan)  4,400  60,074 

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom)  16,259  46,944 

Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ltd. (Singapore)  1,100  30,812 

JBS SA (Brazil)  14,800  42,710 

Kao Corp. (Japan)  2,700  124,303 

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands)  11,747  231,696 

KT&G Corp. (South Korea)  1,383  124,216 

LG Household & Health Care, Ltd. (South Korea)  71  47,797 

McDonald’s Corp.  6,506  775,971 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Consumer staples cont.     

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)  300  $23,915 

METRO AG (Germany)  1,709  51,033 

Nestle SA (Switzerland)  2,332  156,889 

PepsiCo, Inc.  544  54,454 

Philip Morris International, Inc.  218  19,245 

Pool Corp.  642  64,592 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)  2,465  203,264 

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (United Kingdom)  846  71,448 

Sao Martinho SA (Brazil)  1,900  30,258 

Sysco Corp.  9,226  491,285 

Tate & Lyle PLC (United Kingdom)  10,404  88,197 

US Foods Holding Corp.   878  20,071 

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  104,000  86,482 

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom)  25,718  69,988 

    6,869,737 

Energy (2.3%)     

Bangchak Petroleum PCL (The) (Thailand)  26,300  24,141 

BP PLC (United Kingdom)  11,614  67,376 

Dril-Quip, Inc.   661  37,380 

Exxon Mobil Corp.  15,646  1,365,896 

FMC Technologies, Inc.   5,486  187,950 

Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (Taiwan)  18,000  60,710 

Halcon Resources Corp.   3,109  29,567 

Neste OYJ (Finland)  776  31,870 

OMV AG (Austria)  5,439  176,175 

Phillips 66  2,312  192,081 

Repsol SA (Spain)  9,260  124,214 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom)  1,750  44,557 

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom)  4,502  120,132 

SandRidge Energy, Inc.   574  13,145 

Schlumberger, Ltd.  10,438  877,314 

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.   79  1,924 

SK Innovation Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  707  92,227 

Thai Oil PCL (Thailand)  53,000  109,180 

Total SA (France)  6,744  322,790 

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark)  1,641  108,460 

Woodside Petroleum, Ltd. (Australia)  2,957  64,678 

    4,051,767 

Financials (11.1%)     

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom)  26,840  231,189 

AerCap Holdings NV (Ireland)   600  25,710 

Aflac, Inc.  3,148  224,704 

Ageas (Belgium)  1,586  59,194 

AGNC Investment Corp. R   21,228  396,114 

Agree Realty Corp. R   1,085  48,706 

Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd. (China)  347,000  145,394 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. R   891  97,645 

Alleghany Corp.   79  44,868 

Allianz SE (Germany)  1,513  240,196 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   27 

 



COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Financials cont.     

Allstate Corp. (The)  1,164  $81,387 

Ally Financial, Inc.  6,411  124,502 

American Financial Group, Inc.  756  62,166 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. R   19,455  198,830 

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.  1,708  87,023 

Associated Banc-Corp.  1,489  34,024 

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.  1,622  58,003 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. R   1,564  257,262 

AXA SA (France)  6,445  151,847 

Banco Bradesco SA ADR (Brazil)  12,100  104,665 

Banco Santander SA (Spain)  33,172  151,382 

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT (Indonesia)  217,400  83,014 

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (China)  169,000  129,858 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)  5,623  266,643 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B   2,678  421,624 

BNP Paribas SA (France)  4,325  251,103 

Boston Properties, Inc. R   1,845  228,559 

Brandywine Realty Trust R   2,813  43,180 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.  2,216  143,464 

Capital One Financial Corp.  3,747  314,898 

Chimera Investment Corp. R   8,654  146,772 

China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. (China)  285,000  102,881 

China Construction Bank Corp. (China)  184,000  137,113 

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  12,000  12,801 

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (China)  108,000  67,391 

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (China)  36,000  10,675 

CNP Assurances (France)  4,186  73,513 

Concordia Financial Group, Ltd. (Japan)   13,000  59,713 

CoreLogic, Inc.   1,932  72,894 

Corporate Office Properties Trust R   1,596  45,678 

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan)  3,000  18,025 

DGB Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea)  5,534  45,302 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. R   2,085  192,508 

Discover Financial Services  5,252  355,928 

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. R   2,637  107,220 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc. R   1,435  27,839 

EastGroup Properties, Inc. R   1,159  79,171 

EPR Properties R   701  48,748 

Equity Commonwealth R   2,322  67,524 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. R   1,893  131,431 

Equity One, Inc. R   1,632  48,732 

Equity Residential Trust R   7,640  458,476 

Essex Property Trust, Inc. R   912  196,919 

Everest Re Group, Ltd.  719  151,385 

Extra Space Storage, Inc. R   1,507  105,731 

Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. Class A R   2,412  44,598 

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. R   2,770  53,129 

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)  11,000  47,594 

General Growth Properties R   7,485  189,670 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Financials cont.     

Getty Realty Corp. R   950  $22,819 

Goodman Group (Australia) R   19,756  97,453 

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. (China)  89,200  113,390 

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)  445  38,533 

HCP, Inc. R   6,029  178,036 

Hersha Hospitality Trust R   1,964  39,614 

Highwealth Construction Corp. (Taiwan)  37,000  55,489 

Highwoods Properties, Inc. R   3,879  186,425 

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)  13,976  111,076 

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  1,320  41,100 

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan)  2,100  40,713 

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd. (China)  359,000  219,848 

Industrial Bank of Korea (South Korea)  6,163  68,797 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.  4,600  254,840 

Investor AB Class B (Sweden)  5,492  185,397 

KB Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea)  252  9,075 

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  20,000  57,242 

Kimco Realty Corp. R   6,253  159,702 

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom)  4,389  12,900 

Liberty Holdings, Ltd. (South Africa)  10,192  80,207 

Liberty Property Trust R   5,252  206,929 

Macerich Co. (The) R   3,382  229,604 

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia)  419  25,960 

Macquarie Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (Mexico) R   28,400  28,461 

Mapfre SA (Spain)  13,997  41,982 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.  4,919  340,936 

Mebuki Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)  8,800  31,999 

MFA Financial, Inc. R   11,164  87,302 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. R   1,519  139,186 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)  36,800  215,451 

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd. (Japan)  23,900  110,094 

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)  133,800  236,947 

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. R   1,642  23,054 

MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (Brazil)  32,100  109,719 

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft     
AG in Muenchen (Germany)  160  29,121 

New World Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)  84,000  93,568 

NN Group NV (Netherlands)  1,989  63,818 

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  2,000  32,376 

Old Mutual PLC (South Africa)  33,127  78,438 

ORIX Corp. (Japan)  9,000  140,147 

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland)  133  64,484 

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China, Ltd. (China)  305,000  128,582 

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom)  1,106  23,440 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)  6,583  727,685 

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico)  2,781  113,048 

Post Properties, Inc. R   686  44,604 

Prologis, Inc. R   5,769  293,642 

PS Business Parks, Inc. R   649  72,513 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   29 

 



COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Financials cont.     

Public Storage R   1,723  $360,624 

Quality Care Properties, Inc. R   1,205  18,075 

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Austria)   1,342  24,443 

Realty Income Corp. R   477  26,445 

Regency Centers Corp. R   1,397  93,375 

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.  902  110,089 

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  26,800  128,864 

Retail Properties of America, Inc. Class A R   2,331  35,571 

Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR (Russia)  17,755  177,376 

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (Japan)  3,500  52,987 

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  1,163  43,872 

Simon Property Group, Inc. R   2,783  499,966 

Societe Generale SA (France)  3,913  167,804 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)  5,900  216,908 

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  300  10,882 

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. R   3,926  55,828 

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  2,000  26,172 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.  4,941  256,685 

Swiss Life Holding AG (Switzerland)  405  111,378 

Swiss Re AG (Switzerland)  2,466  226,473 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. R   3,123  107,650 

TCF Financial Corp.  4,565  79,203 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)  2,655  300,944 

Two Harbors Investment Corp. R   11,389  98,743 

U.S. Bancorp  6,264  310,820 

UBS Group AG (Switzerland)  1,558  24,779 

Vornado Realty Trust R   2,209  215,930 

Voya Financial, Inc.  7,327  284,800 

Weingarten Realty Investors R   4,199  149,106 

Wells Fargo & Co.  15,218  805,337 

Welltower, Inc. R   3,931  246,788 

Western Alliance Bancorp   1,614  75,406 

Wharf Holdings, Ltd. (The) (Hong Kong)  5,000  37,066 

Wheelock and Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)  18,000  106,981 

Woori Bank (South Korea)  2,209  22,675 

WP Carey, Inc. R   2,123  123,389 

Zurich Insurance Group AG (Switzerland)  155  40,514 

    19,186,209 

Health care (4.5%)     

Actelion, Ltd. (Switzerland)  483  92,812 

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan)  800  12,748 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.  2,382  185,772 

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan)  7,300  100,785 

AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)  1,558  80,569 

Bayer AG (Germany)  1,128  105,862 

C.R. Bard, Inc.  815  171,598 

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.   670  47,637 

Cochlear, Ltd. (Australia)  269  23,579 

DaVita Inc.   4,351  275,636 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Health care cont.     

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (Germany)  109  $7,823 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom)  14,822  276,640 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.   590  379,807 

Johnson & Johnson  10,850  1,207,605 

McKesson Corp.  3,499  503,191 

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan)  3,700  52,943 

Merck & Co., Inc.  6,465  395,593 

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. (Japan)  1,400  26,322 

Novartis AG (Switzerland)  2,177  149,816 

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (Denmark)  210  7,090 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. R   4,008  118,076 

Pfizer, Inc.  30,065  966,289 

Richter Gedeon Nyrt (Hungary)  6,334  126,667 

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland)  1,030  229,039 

Sanofi (France)  3,219  259,099 

Shire PLC (United Kingdom)  866  50,423 

St Shine Optical Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  1,000  19,138 

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (Israel)   181  18,491 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR (Israel)  1,567  59,076 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.  4,906  687,380 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  5,609  888,017 

Ventas, Inc. R   2,758  166,638 

VWR Corp.   1,211  32,939 

Waters Corp.   300  40,371 

    7,765,471 

Technology (5.2%)     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.  3,293  144,826 

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR (China) S   1,065  100,131 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A   1,453  1,127,354 

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain)  2,170  98,196 

Amdocs, Ltd.  3,011  177,559 

Apple, Inc.  4,704  519,886 

Applied Materials, Inc.  19,266  620,365 

AtoS SE (France)  1,037  107,025 

AU Optronics Corp. (Taiwan)  30,000  10,777 

Cisco Systems, Inc.  31,452  937,899 

CommerceHub, Inc. Ser. C   2,835  41,816 

eBay, Inc.   22,854  635,570 

Fiserv, Inc.   3,988  417,225 

Fitbit, Inc. Class A S   12,157  101,633 

Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  50,000  131,145 

Genpact, Ltd.   2,900  69,397 

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (Japan) S   15,500  34,413 

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)  81,000  208,390 

Innolux Corp. (Taiwan)  105,000  36,238 

Intuit, Inc.  2,205  250,664 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.  794  125,269 

LG Display Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  547  13,101 

Microsoft Corp.  4,197  252,911 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund    31 

 



COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Technology cont.     
Mixi, Inc. (Japan)  700  $24,383 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.  1,853  148,703 

MSCI, Inc.  703  55,396 

NetEase, Inc. ADR (China)  724  162,248 

Paychex, Inc.  10,410  613,670 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea)  450  672,084 

SoftBank Corp. (Japan)  400  23,468 

Synopsys, Inc.   2,969  179,565 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)  6,900  204,861 

Tencent Holdings, Ltd. (China)  7,100  177,305 

Texas Instruments, Inc.  7,189  531,483 

Tokyo Electron, Ltd. (Japan)  900  82,405 

Tripod Technology Corp. (Taiwan)  15,000  34,355 

    9,071,716 

Transportation (1.2%)     
A. P. Moeller-Maersck A/S (Denmark)  49  64,619 

AirAsia Bhd (Malaysia)  69,500  42,951 

ANA Holdings, Inc. (Japan)  25,000  69,337 

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan)  1,200  195,935 

Controladora Vuela Cia de Aviacion SAB de CV Class A (Mexico)   8,600  12,652 

Deutsche Post AG (Germany)  6,768  211,371 

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom)  809  10,021 

Eva Airways Corp. (Taiwan)  59,000  28,970 

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan)  700  20,712 

MISC Bhd (Malaysia)  39,400  64,755 

Qantas Airways, Ltd. (Australia)  19,006  46,315 

Royal Mail PLC (United Kingdom)  22,483  131,821 

Southwest Airlines Co.  3,959  184,529 

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B  7,315  847,955 

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings, Ltd. (China)  182,100  104,177 

    2,036,120 

Utilities and power (1.6%)     
American Electric Power Co., Inc.  4,391  259,289 

American Water Works Co., Inc.  1,844  133,635 

Centrica PLC (United Kingdom)  23,552  61,972 

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japan)  4,700  65,957 

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong)  11,500  112,457 

E.ON SE (Germany)  13,146  86,295 

Endesa SA (Spain)  4,411  91,046 

Enel SpA (Italy)  45,408  182,906 

Equatorial Energia SA (Brazil)  8,300  128,817 

Eversource Energy  1,909  98,543 

Gas Natural SDG SA (Spain)  679  11,593 

Great Plains Energy, Inc.  3,183  83,999 

Iberdrola SA (Spain)  4,620  27,752 

Korea Electric Power Corp. (South Korea)  3,365  133,846 

NiSource, Inc.  4,801  105,334 

PG&E Corp.  6,894  405,367 

RWE AG (Germany)   3,133  39,388 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (41.7%)* cont.  Shares  Value 

Utilities and power cont.     

Southern Co. (The)  7,158  $335,138 

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (Malaysia)  45,000  141,469 

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (Japan)  9,000  71,273 

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japan)  4,300  50,102 

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (Japan)   3,900  14,488 

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Japan)  7,000  30,514 

Westar Energy, Inc.  1,727  98,370 

    2,769,550 

Total common stocks (cost $67,372,712)    $72,199,649 
 
  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)*  amount  Value 

Basic materials (2.2%)     

A Schulman, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.875%, 6/1/23  $55,000  $56,100 

Agrium, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 1/15/45 (Canada)  10,000  10,226 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
9.375%, 6/1/19  55,000  57,888 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.95%, 1/15/21  10,000  9,200 

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 10.85%, 6/1/19 (France)  60,000  70,500 

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 6/1/25 (France)  25,000  27,188 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. sr. unsec. notes 5.45%, 3/15/18  114,000  119,702 

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 6.375%, 10/1/23  80,000  85,000 

Blue Cube Spinco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
9.75%, 10/15/23  65,000  76,375 

BMC East, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24  65,000  64,838 

Boise Cascade Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 9/1/24  65,000  63,538 

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
10.75%, 8/15/23  110,000  125,950 

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes     
5.625%, 9/1/24  45,000  45,225 

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.875%, 6/15/21 (Germany)  85,000  94,715 

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.625%, 11/15/22 (Germany)  69,000  72,623 

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.00%, 5/15/25  40,000  39,400 

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.625%, 5/15/23  45,000  44,438 

Compass Minerals International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. notes 4.875%, 7/15/24  40,000  37,800 

CPG Merger Sub, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.00%, 10/1/21  30,000  30,900 

Dow Chemical Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.50%, 10/1/24  70,000  70,898 

Eastman Chemical Co. sr. unsec. notes 3.80%, 3/15/25  20,000  20,160 

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 7.00%, 2/15/21 (Canada)  15,000  14,738 

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 6.75%, 2/15/20 (Canada)  45,000  44,494 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   33 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Basic materials cont.     

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas, LLC/FCX Oil & Gas, Inc. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 2/1/22  $35,000  $36,400 

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas, LLC/FCX Oil & Gas, Inc. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 2/15/23  55,000  58,850 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
3.55%, 3/1/22 (Indonesia)  5,000  4,733 

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 9.50%, 2/1/23  115,000  130,238 

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.625%, 4/29/24  116,000  116,350 

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.00%, 4/16/25  79,000  76,038 

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 2.875%, 4/16/20  20,000  19,790 

HD Supply, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.75%, 4/15/24  30,000  30,675 

HudBay Minerals, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.50%,     
10/1/20 (Canada)  80,000  84,200 

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.125%, 11/15/22  15,000  15,225 

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.875%, 11/15/20  112,000  115,080 

INVISTA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes     
4.25%, 10/15/19  37,000  36,997 

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc. 144A sr. notes 11.00%, 5/15/22  50,000  54,500 

Kraton Polymers LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 4/15/23  65,000  71,988 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.875%, 9/15/24  45,000  43,706 

LyondellBasell Industries NV sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.625%, 2/26/55  25,000  22,548 

Mercer International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.75%, 12/1/22 (Canada)  55,000  57,613 

Methanex Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.65%, 12/1/44 (Canada)  30,000  25,405 

Monsanto Company sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 8/15/25  60,000  66,887 

New Gold, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.25%, 11/15/22 (Canada)  20,000  20,075 

Norbord, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%,     
4/15/23 (Canada)  95,000  98,781 

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
5.875%, 9/30/26  70,000  69,913 

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.25%, 8/15/24  40,000  41,600 

Pactiv, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.375%, 4/15/27  5,000  5,488 

PQ Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/22  15,000  15,844 

Sealed Air Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.875%, 7/15/33  40,000  41,200 

Sealed Air Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.50%, 12/1/20  45,000  50,906 

Sealed Air Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.25%, 4/1/23  50,000  51,563 

 

34    Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Basic materials cont.     

Sealed Air Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.125%, 12/1/24  $20,000  $20,300 

Sealed Air Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
4.875%, 12/1/22  20,000  20,450 

Sealed Air Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 9/15/25  15,000  15,488 

Smurfit Kappa Treasury Funding, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland)  55,000  63,525 

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.375%, 8/15/22  120,000  126,300 

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.50%, 10/1/24  30,000  31,725 

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.25%, 4/15/23  33,000  34,238 

Steel Dynamics, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 12/15/26  20,000  20,100 

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.75%, 1/15/22 (Canada)  20,000  20,250 

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
3.75%, 2/1/23 (Canada)  20,000  19,000 

Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.50%, 6/1/24 (Canada)  10,000  11,625 

Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.00%, 6/1/21 (Canada)  10,000  10,925 

TMS International Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 7.625%, 10/15/21  90,000  73,463 

Tronox Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.50%, 3/15/22  40,000  36,500 

U.S. Concrete, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.375%, 6/1/24  60,000  62,550 

Univar USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.75%, 7/15/23  50,000  50,875 

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.875%, 11/1/21  10,000  10,441 

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 3/1/25  50,000  51,318 

Weekley Homes, LLC/Weekley Finance Corp. sr. unsec. notes     
6.00%, 2/1/23  40,000  36,400 

Westlake Chemical Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 3.60%, 8/15/26  150,000  144,200 

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
8.20%, 1/15/30  60,000  77,501 

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.95%, 2/15/31  32,000  41,876 

WR Grace & Co.- Conn. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 10/1/24  90,000  95,400 

Zekelman Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes     
9.875%, 6/15/23  45,000  48,263 

    3,867,202 

Capital goods (1.1%)     

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 11/15/24  90,000  89,100 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 7.75%, 11/15/19  10,000  11,075 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   35 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Capital goods cont.     

Amstead Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.375%, 9/15/24  $40,000  $39,300 

Amstead Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.00%, 3/15/22  60,000  59,400 

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%,     
6/15/23 (Canada)  35,000  36,243 

Belden, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.50%, 9/1/22  25,000  25,500 

Belden, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.25%, 7/15/24  30,000  29,850 

Berry Plastics Corp. company guaranty notes 6.00%, 10/15/22  25,000  26,281 

Berry Plastics Corp. company guaranty notes 5.50%, 5/15/22  20,000  20,800 

Berry Plastics Corp. company guaranty unsub. notes     
5.125%, 7/15/23  50,000  50,438 

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 12/1/21 (Canada)  60,000  59,400 

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%,     
4/15/19 (Canada)  10,000  9,963 

Briggs & Stratton Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.875%, 12/15/20  80,000  87,800 

Covidien International Finance SA company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 6.00%, 10/15/17 (Luxembourg)  145,000  150,866 

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
7.375%, 12/15/26  35,000  39,638 

Gates Global, LLC/Gates Global Co. 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. notes 6.00%, 7/15/22  135,000  128,925 

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.375%, 3/1/41  80,000  96,946 

KLX, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 12/1/22  100,000  102,250 

Legrand France SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.50%, 2/15/25 (France)  15,000  19,545 

Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 9.50%, 2/15/24  115,000  131,100 

MasTec, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.875%, 3/15/23  70,000  68,425 

Medtronic, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
4.375%, 3/15/35  15,000  15,562 

Medtronic, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
3.50%, 3/15/25  15,000  15,394 

Moog, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 12/1/22  65,000  66,138 

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.375%, 3/1/25  65,000  66,950 

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.375%, 3/1/22  135,000  140,738 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC/Reynolds     
Group Issuer Lu 144A company guaranty sr. FRN 4.38%, 7/15/21  55,000  56,169 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC/Reynolds     
Group Issuer Lu 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.00%, 7/15/24  55,000  58,059 

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.375%, 12/15/24  50,000  51,500 

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.00%, 7/15/26  25,000  24,571 

Terex Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 5/15/21  23,000  23,288 

 

36   Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Capital goods cont.     

TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes     
8.75%, 7/15/23  $100,000  $103,000 

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.50%, 7/15/24  25,000  25,906 

TransDigm, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. bonds     
6.375%, 6/15/26  35,000  35,613 

    1,965,733 

Communication services (2.8%)     

Altice SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%,     
5/15/22 (Luxembourg)  200,000  209,500 

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.125%, 1/15/27 R   40,000  36,965 

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 6/1/25 R   85,000  85,813 

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/46  67,000  62,579 

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 5/15/25  68,000  65,327 

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.70%, 6/1/17  145,000  145,290 

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. company guaranty     
sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 9/30/22  195,000  202,313 

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 5/1/26  35,000  35,350 

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 4/1/24  85,000  89,994 

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec.     
notes 5.75%, 2/15/26  15,000  15,413 

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 5.125%, 5/1/23  25,000  25,609 

CenturyLink, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 12/1/23  80,000  80,000 

CenturyLink, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 4/1/20  15,000  15,619 

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.     
144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21  60,000  59,100 

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.     
144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21  10,000  9,863 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter     
Communications Operating Capital 144A sr. sub. bonds     
6.484%, 10/23/45  87,000  97,747 

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter     
Communications Operating Capital 144A sr. sub. notes     
4.908%, 7/23/25  43,000  44,886 

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
6.50%, 1/15/17  145,000  145,980 

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
2.35%, 1/15/27  5,000  4,619 

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.95%, 8/15/37  30,000  40,571 

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.50%, 11/15/35  85,000  109,303 

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
3.375%, 2/15/25  45,000  45,522 

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/22 R   25,000  26,875 

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
3.70%, 6/15/26 R   45,000  43,742 

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/24  135,000  126,549 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   37 

 



    Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.    amount  Value 

Communication services cont.       

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21    $160,000  $168,200 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV company guaranty sr.       
unsec. unsub. bonds 8.75%, 6/15/30 (Netherlands)    16,000  23,339 

DISH DBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
5.875%, 11/15/24    40,000  40,550 

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 11.00%, 9/15/25    25,000  25,063 

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 9/15/22    75,000  77,438 

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.875%, 9/15/20    20,000  20,875 

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
7.625%, 4/15/24    15,000  12,938 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes       
7.50%, 4/1/21 (Bermuda)    265,000  191,958 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A company guaranty sr. notes       
8.00%, 2/15/24 (Bermuda)    2,000  2,015 

Intelsat Luxembourg SA company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds       
7.75%, 6/1/21 (Luxembourg)    10,000  3,463 

Intelsat Luxembourg SA company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. bonds       
8.125%, 6/1/23 (Luxembourg)    15,000  5,138 

Level 3 Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
5.75%, 12/1/22    15,000  15,338 

Level 3 Financing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
5.375%, 1/15/24    15,000  15,075 

Level 3 Financing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
5.375%, 8/15/22    15,000  15,263 

Quebecor Media, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%,       
1/15/23 (Canada)    35,000  35,868 

Quebecor Media, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.375%,       
1/15/21 (Canada)  CAD  295,000  226,883 

SFR Group SA 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%,       
5/15/22 (France)    $200,000  202,000 

Sprint Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 8/15/20    330,000  341,550 

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes       
7.875%, 9/15/23    120,000  123,900 

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes       
7.25%, 9/15/21    195,000  199,875 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes       
6.625%, 4/1/23    50,000  52,813 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes       
6.375%, 3/1/25    30,000  32,063 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes       
6.25%, 4/1/21    75,000  78,094 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes       
6.00%, 3/1/23    20,000  20,950 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
6.836%, 4/28/23    5,000  5,300 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
6.633%, 4/28/21    25,000  26,094 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
6.125%, 1/15/22    25,000  26,125 

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 2/21/20    95,000  95,718 

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes       
6.40%, 9/15/33    64,000  76,470 

 

38    Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Communication services cont.     
Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.522%, 9/15/48  $328,000  $312,764 

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.50%, 9/15/20  30,000  32,109 

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.40%, 11/1/34  30,000  29,220 

Vodafone Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.25%, 9/26/17     
(United Kingdom)  251,000  250,276 

West Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.375%, 7/15/22  45,000  43,200 

WideOpenWest Finance, LLC/WideOpenWest Capital Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 10.25%, 7/15/19  65,000  68,413 

Windstream Services, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.375%, 8/1/23  60,000  52,200 

    4,773,067 

Conglomerates (0.1%)     

General Electric Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes Ser. MTN, 5.40%, 2/15/17  143,000  144,288 

General Electric Co. sr. unsec. bonds 4.50%, 3/11/44  15,000  15,802 

    160,090 

Consumer cyclicals (4.0%)     

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 7.75%, 12/1/45  124,000  173,221 

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.20%, 11/29/17  143,000  143,032 

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. sub. bonds     
5.875%, 11/15/26  20,000  20,150 

AMC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.875%, 2/15/22  25,000  26,079 

AMC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.75%, 6/15/25  35,000  35,263 

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec.     
notes 5.75%, 12/15/23  60,000  61,650 

American Tire Distributors, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. sub. notes     
10.25%, 3/1/22  75,000  69,938 

Autonation, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.50%, 2/1/20  55,000  59,099 

Bon-Ton Department Stores, Inc. (The) company guaranty notes     
8.00%, 6/15/21  50,000  24,750 

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
6.875%, 5/15/23  40,000  42,500 

Boyd Gaming Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
bonds 6.375%, 4/1/26  20,000  20,850 

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. notes 6.50%, 12/15/20 (Canada)  160,000  162,400 

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential     
US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%,     
7/1/22 (Canada)  35,000  35,081 

Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC/Caesars Growth     
Properties Finance, Inc. company guaranty notes 9.375%, 5/1/22  20,000  21,400 

CalAtlantic Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
6.25%, 12/15/21  80,000  85,600 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund    39 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

CalAtlantic Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.875%, 11/15/24  $25,000  $25,688 

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. debs. 7.875%, 7/30/30  74,000  98,298 

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
2.90%, 1/15/27  88,000  81,709 

CBS Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.25%, 11/1/24  15,000  15,759 

Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management     
Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/21  45,000  46,530 

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.125%, 12/15/22  15,000  15,413 

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
4.875%, 6/1/23  25,000  25,250 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr.     
unsec. sub. notes 7.625%, 3/15/20  50,000  49,125 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/22  95,000  95,950 

Dakota Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.75%, 9/1/23  85,000  85,000 

Dakota Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.75%, 9/1/24  35,000  32,813 

Dollar General Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/23  25,000  24,783 

Dollar Tree, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.75%, 3/1/23  20,000  21,350 

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.70%, 11/1/26  95,000  90,480 

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.00%, 8/1/23  65,000  68,738 

Expedia, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.00%, 2/15/26  140,000  143,871 

Ford Motor Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 9.98%, 2/15/47  115,000  169,362 

Ford Motor Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.45%, 7/16/31  192,000  238,062 

General Motors Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 10/2/43  95,000  102,272 

General Motors Co. sr. unsec. notes 5.20%, 4/1/45  20,000  18,988 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.00%, 10/6/26  105,000  100,072 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 4.30%, 7/13/25  20,000  19,664 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/25  10,000  9,721 

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 3.45%, 4/10/22  156,000  153,873 

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
sub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/20  60,000  63,000 

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26  25,000  25,563 

Gray Television, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.875%, 7/15/26  55,000  52,508 

Hanesbrands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.625%, 5/15/24  35,000  34,913 

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. sub. notes     
4.25%, 9/1/24  10,000  9,800 

Home Depot, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 6/1/22  90,000  90,283 

Host Hotels & Resorts LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 3/15/22 R   77,000  83,244 

 

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  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

Howard Hughes Corp. (The) 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 10/1/21  $65,000  $68,536 

Hyatt Hotels Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.85%, 3/15/26  60,000  63,030 

iHeartCommunications, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes     
9.00%, 12/15/19  265,000  208,688 

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.875%, 3/15/21  50,000  52,031 

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company     
guaranty notes 10.25%, 11/15/22  95,000  94,050 

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company     
guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21  90,000  90,225 

JC Penney Corp, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
8.125%, 10/1/19  25,000  27,031 

JC Penney Corp, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.65%, 6/1/20  10,000  9,950 

JC Penney Corp, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes     
5.875%, 7/1/23  15,000  15,375 

Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%,     
10/15/19 ‡‡  40,000  38,000 

Johnson Controls, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.95%, 7/2/64  35,000  32,666 

L Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 4/1/21  40,000  44,300 

Lamar Media Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.875%, 2/1/22  50,000  51,500 

Lamar Media Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.375%, 1/15/24  20,000  20,600 

Lear Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 1/15/25  10,000  10,513 

Lear Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.375%, 3/15/24  45,000  47,025 

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.75%, 11/15/22  75,000  76,313 

LG FinanceCo Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 11/1/24  55,000  54,450 

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.875%, 11/1/24  25,000  24,875 

Masonite International Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 5.625%, 3/15/23  35,000  35,613 

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%,     
11/15/20 (Canada)  65,000  64,675 

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.75%, 10/1/20  40,000  43,800 

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.25%, 3/31/20  10,000  10,494 

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 8.625%, 2/1/19  120,000  133,200 

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 6.625%, 12/15/21  5,000  5,463 

Navistar International Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.25%, 11/1/21  35,000  34,781 

Neiman Marcus Group, LLC (The) company guaranty sr. notes     
7.125%, 6/1/28  65,000  59,150 

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 8.75%, 10/15/21 ‡‡  40,000  30,200 

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 8.00%, 10/15/21  30,000  23,550 

 

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  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

Nexstar Escrow Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 8/1/24  $55,000  $54,450 

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg Sarl (The) 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 10/1/21 (Luxembourg)  30,000  31,088 

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Nielsen Finance Co. 144A company guaranty     
sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 4/15/22  40,000  40,800 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
3.55%, 3/15/26  35,000  34,839 

Omnicom Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
3.60%, 4/15/26  90,000  89,848 

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 3/15/25  30,000  30,825 

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 2/15/24  45,000  46,406 

Penn National Gaming, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/1/21  75,000  77,813 

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.75%, 10/1/22  30,000  30,675 

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.50%, 5/15/26  35,000  33,734 

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.375%, 12/1/24  45,000  44,213 

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. notes 3.65%, 3/15/25  61,000  61,011 

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.875%, 6/15/32  70,000  77,175 

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.50%, 3/1/26  70,000  69,388 

QVC, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.45%, 2/15/25  55,000  52,390 

Regal Entertainment Group sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/15/23  80,000  81,300 

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp.     
144A sr. notes 6.125%, 8/15/21  70,000  71,050 

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.40%, 2/15/26  35,000  37,156 

S&P Global, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
2.95%, 1/22/27  75,000  70,255 

Sabre GLBL, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.375%, 4/15/23  50,000  50,625 

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 10.00%, 12/1/22  185,000  173,438 

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
sub. notes 6.25%, 9/1/20  15,000  12,225 

Scientific Games International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
notes 7.00%, 1/1/22  50,000  52,750 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
sub. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24  115,000  113,563 

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
6.00%, 7/15/24  40,000  41,650 

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 5.25%, 1/15/21  90,000  92,768 

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.75%, 7/15/25  35,000  36,313 

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.125%, 12/15/24  30,000  31,800 

 

42    Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer cyclicals cont.     

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/24  $90,000  $91,575 

Standard Industries, Inc./NJ 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 2/15/21  10,000  10,400 

SugarHouse HSP Gaming Prop. Mezz LP/SugarHouse HSP Gaming     
Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 6.375%, 6/1/21  50,000  49,750 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc.     
144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 4/15/21  30,000  30,675 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc.     
144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 3/1/24  20,000  20,100 

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 5.50%, 6/15/26  30,000  29,850 

Tiffany & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.90%, 10/1/44  30,000  27,697 

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
3.80%, 2/15/27  90,000  89,568 

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
2.95%, 7/15/26  36,000  33,581 

Townsquare Media, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.50%, 4/1/23  15,000  14,175 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. GMTN,     
1.55%, 7/13/18  145,000  145,095 

Tribune Media Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.875%, 7/15/22  45,000  43,884 

TRW Automotive, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
4.50%, 3/1/21  15,000  15,338 

Univision Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub.     
notes 5.125%, 2/15/25  60,000  56,850 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 8/15/37  34,000  46,059 

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes     
5.00%, 8/1/23  45,000  45,000 

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
bonds 5.00%, 9/1/26  35,000  33,600 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 3/1/21  30,000  32,776 

    6,998,700 

Consumer staples (1.8%)     

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty     
notes 6.00%, 4/1/22 (Canada)  115,000  119,888 

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
notes 4.625%, 1/15/22 (Canada)  25,000  25,438 

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
2.85%, 8/9/22  96,000  95,871 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 4.90%, 2/1/46  160,000  171,186 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 3.65%, 2/1/26  115,000  115,899 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/21  145,000  145,503 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 1.25%, 1/17/18  53,000  52,797 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. notes 8.20%, 1/15/39  106,000  158,792 

BlueLine Rental Finance Corp. 144A notes 7.00%, 2/1/19  45,000  43,200 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   43 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer staples cont.     

CEC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
8.00%, 2/15/22  $65,000  $65,163 

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 11.00%, 3/15/21  35,000  35,875 

Coca-Cola Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 11/1/23  30,000  30,829 

Constellation Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
bonds 3.70%, 12/6/26  20,000  19,825 

Constellation Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 6.00%, 5/1/22  65,000  73,938 

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 12/1/22  80,000  87,028 

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 12/5/18  145,000  146,080 

Dean Foods Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.50%, 3/15/23  45,000  46,800 

Diageo Capital PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
1.50%, 5/11/17 (United Kingdom)  32,000  32,060 

Diageo Investment Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.00%, 9/15/22  9,000  11,319 

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
4.50%, 2/15/45  50,000  47,270 

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.00%, 10/15/37  200,000  252,413 

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 3/15/42  56,000  61,246 

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
3.85%, 11/15/24  21,000  21,424 

Kellogg Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 4/1/26  70,000  68,139 

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC     
144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26  45,000  45,450 

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC     
144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 6/1/24  45,000  45,450 

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
Ser. 144A, 6.875%, 1/26/39  95,000  120,154 

Kroger Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.90%, 4/15/38  45,000  56,846 

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/26  75,000  74,625 

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/1/24  25,000  24,891 

Landry’s, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/15/24  30,000  30,000 

Newell Brands, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 4/1/26  130,000  135,543 

PepsiCo, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 10/6/46  45,000  40,148 

PepsiCo, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.25%, 8/13/17  144,000  144,169 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.75%, 3/15/25  30,000  29,925 

Prestige Brands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.375%, 12/15/21  50,000  51,500 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 6.25%, 8/1/24  25,000  24,688 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
sub. notes 5.75%, 2/15/21  75,000  74,531 

Rite Aid Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.125%, 4/1/23  80,000  85,512 

 

44   Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Consumer staples cont.     

Tyson Foods, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
4.875%, 8/15/34  $23,000  $23,621 

Tyson Foods, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
5.15%, 8/15/44  32,000  33,107 

Vander Intermediate Holding II Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes     
9.75%, 2/1/19 ‡‡  10,787  7,012 

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
3.30%, 11/18/21  35,000  35,746 

WhiteWave Foods Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.375%, 10/1/22  65,000  71,663 

    3,082,564 

Energy (3.3%)     
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.45%, 9/15/36  130,000  146,367 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.55%, 3/15/26  30,000  32,923 

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 6/1/23  25,000  25,469 

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.125%, 12/1/22  30,000  30,450 

Antero Resources Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.375%, 11/1/21  45,000  46,181 

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.625%, 6/1/24 (Canada)  50,000  41,875 

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.125%, 6/1/21 (Canada)  5,000  4,181 

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
2.315%, 2/13/20 (United Kingdom)  110,000  109,909 

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
1.846%, 5/5/17 (United Kingdom)  145,000  145,361 

California Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes     
8.00%, 12/15/22  106,000  84,800 

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.70%,     
5/15/17 (Canada)  145,000  147,597 

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.50%, 9/15/20  15,000  15,525 

Cenovus Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 6.75%, 11/15/39 (Canada)  85,000  89,931 

Cenovus Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.45%, 9/15/42 (Canada)  25,000  20,629 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty notes     
8.00%, 12/15/22  92,000  95,220 

Chevron Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.104%, 12/5/17  143,000  142,734 

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.50%, 4/1/23  60,000  61,800 

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.50%, 10/1/22  55,000  56,513 

ConocoPhillips Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
1.05%, 12/15/17  145,000  144,139 

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
3.80%, 6/1/24  10,000  9,250 

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.00%, 9/15/22  75,000  74,813 

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 4.50%, 4/15/23  45,000  43,763 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   45 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Energy cont.     

DCP Midstream Operating LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
2.70%, 4/1/19  $40,000  $39,750 

Denbury Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
6.375%, 8/15/21  45,000  37,800 

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes     
9.00%, 5/15/21  66,000  68,475 

Devon Energy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 5/15/22  18,000  17,463 

Devon Financing Company, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 7.875%, 9/30/31  65,000  79,258 

Diamondback Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.75%, 11/1/24  20,000  20,025 

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.375%, 5/1/20  135,000  113,063 

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 11/29/24  30,000  30,900 

EQT Midstream Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 4.00%, 8/1/24  5,000  4,850 

Halcon Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes     
8.625%, 2/1/20  55,000  56,100 

Hess Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.30%, 8/15/31  35,000  38,503 

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/24  65,000  67,600 

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.375%, 5/1/22  90,000  93,600 

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.625%, 1/15/22  15,000  14,963 

Marathon Oil Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 6/1/25  25,000  23,256 

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%,     
3/31/24 (Canada)  25,000  21,813 

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%,     
3/15/21 (Canada)  30,000  27,000 

Motiva Enterprises, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 1/15/20  50,000  54,338 

Murphy Oil Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 8/15/24  60,000  63,150 

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/30/22  60,000  62,250 

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/1/26  35,000  35,525 

Noble Holding International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 6.05%, 3/1/41  19,000  10,640 

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.875%, 3/15/22  115,000  118,450 

Pertamina Persero PT 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%,     
5/20/23 (Indonesia)  200,000  200,780 

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 6.25%, 3/17/24 (Brazil)  437,000  420,613 

Petroleos de Venezuela SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 6.00%, 11/15/26 (Venezuela)  110,000  40,447 

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
5.625%, 1/23/46 (Mexico)  95,000  73,844 

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.50%, 1/23/26 (Mexico)  310,000  274,877 

Phillips 66 company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.95%, 5/1/17  145,000  146,037 

Precision Drilling Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.75%, 12/15/23 (Canada)  20,000  20,300 

 

46   Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Energy cont.     

Range Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 5.75%, 6/1/21  $80,000  $80,800 

Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 11/15/23  30,000  28,500 

Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 7/15/22  20,000  19,200 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.625%, 4/15/23  145,000  151,525 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC 144A sr. bonds 5.00%, 3/15/27  145,000  143,188 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC 144A sr. notes 5.875%, 6/30/26  45,000  47,531 

Samson Investment Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.75%,     
2/15/20 (In default)   110,000  6,256 

SandRidge Energy, Inc. company guaranty notes 8.75%, 6/1/20 F   60,000  120 

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 6.75%,     
5/1/23 (Canada)  35,000  36,794 

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.25%,     
5/15/20 (Canada)  60,000  63,600 

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 7/15/22     
(In default) F   50,000  5 

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 5.20%, 3/22/17 (Netherlands)  156,000  157,888 

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 11/15/21  45,000  45,563 

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/24  30,000  28,275 

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 9/15/26  30,000  30,825 

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 1/1/23  20,000  20,250 

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 11/15/22  80,000  80,200 

Spectra Energy Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 10/15/26  55,000  52,210 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance     
Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.375%, 2/1/27  30,000  29,625 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance     
Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 2/1/25  15,000  14,803 

Tervita Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.875%, 2/15/18 (Canada)     
(In default)   15,000  225 

Tesoro Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 1/15/25  20,000  20,250 

Total Capital International SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 1.55%, 6/28/17 (France)  143,000  143,177 

Triangle USA Petroleum Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 6.75%, 7/15/22 (In default)   25,000  6,125 

Unit Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.625%, 5/15/21  15,000  13,650 

Whiting Petroleum Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 5.75%, 3/15/21  16,000  15,760 

Whiting Petroleum Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 5.00%, 3/15/19  50,000  49,375 

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.75%, 3/15/32  43,000  50,310 

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/20  55,000  58,509 

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.60%, 3/15/22  40,000  39,537 

Williams Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes     
4.875%, 3/15/24  65,000  65,520 

Williams Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.875%, 5/15/23  100,000  101,000 

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23  15,000  16,538 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   47 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Energy cont.     

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 8/1/20  $60,000  $63,300 

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22  110,000  112,716 

    5,638,250 

Financials (6.2%)     

Aflac, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.90%, 12/17/39  17,000  22,174 

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 2/1/22  20,000  20,618 

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.375%, 6/1/21  110,000  111,825 

Alliance Data Systems Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 5.375%, 8/1/22  55,000  52,388 

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
8.00%, 11/1/31  90,000  102,150 

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.50%, 9/15/20  30,000  33,188 

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.25%, 12/1/17  230,000  238,338 

Ally Financial, Inc. sub. unsec. notes 5.75%, 11/20/25  110,000  108,900 

American Express Co. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 3/19/18  94,000  100,216 

American Express Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.15%, 8/28/17  107,000  110,628 

American International Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB     
8.175%, 5/15/58  290,000  371,925 

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. AA, 6.10%,     
perpetual maturity  75,000  75,000 

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. Z, 6.50%,     
perpetual maturity  25,000  26,018 

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN,     
3.248%, 10/21/27  40,000  38,119 

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 1/11/18  149,000  149,321 

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN,     
2.151%, 11/9/20  20,000  19,753 

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN,     
1.70%, 8/25/17  95,000  95,153 

Bank of America Corp. unsec. sub. notes 6.11%, 1/29/37  170,000  198,093 

Bank of Montreal sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.50%,     
1/11/17 (Canada)  143,000  143,226 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.35%,     
10/21/20 (Canada)  80,000  79,689 

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.375%,     
12/18/17 (Canada)  145,000  144,827 

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (The) 144A sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 1.20%, 3/10/17 (Japan)  250,000  250,011 

Barclays Bank PLC 144A unsec. sub. notes 10.179%, 6/12/21     
(United Kingdom)  270,000  333,124 

BGC Partners, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 5/27/21  10,000  10,177 

BNP Paribas SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
Ser. MTN, 1.375%, 3/17/17 (France)  162,000  162,006 

BPCE SA 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.15%, 7/21/24 (France)  200,000  201,663 

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. bonds 7.875%, 10/15/19  25,000  27,527 

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/17/22  90,000  95,361 

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.25%, 3/15/25  47,000  48,557 

 

48   Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Financials cont.     

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.00%, 3/15/23  $40,000  $41,313 

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.875%, 3/1/26  53,000  53,311 

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.875%, 2/19/19  20,000  20,350 

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23  35,000  36,138 

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 8/15/22  115,000  119,744 

CIT Group, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 2/15/19  155,000  163,622 

Citigroup, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. B, 5.90%, perpetual maturity  3,000  2,985 

Citigroup, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. P, 5.95%, perpetual maturity  48,000  47,160 

Citigroup, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.875%, perpetual maturity  6,000  5,970 

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 9/13/25  65,000  71,057 

Citigroup, Inc. T sub. unsec. Notes 6.25%, perpetual maturity  63,000  64,733 

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 5/30/25  95,000  94,881 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York, NY sr. unsec. bonds     
Ser. GMTN, 1.625%, 3/12/18  330,000  329,890 

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/     
Netherlands (Rabobank Nederland) company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 3.375%, 1/19/17 (Netherlands)  130,000  130,393 

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.375%, 3/15/23  25,000  25,563 

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.125%, 2/15/21  80,000  80,600 

Credit Suisse Group AG 144A jr. unsec. sub. FRN 6.25%, perpetual     
maturity (Switzerland)  200,000  188,000 

DDR Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 9/1/20 R   5,000  5,836 

DFC Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes     
10.50%, 6/15/20  45,000  27,450 

Dresdner Funding Trust I 144A jr. unsec. sub. notes 8.151%, 6/30/31  180,000  209,142 

Duke Realty LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.375%, 6/15/22 R   21,000  22,414 

E*Trade Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 11/15/22  45,000  47,689 

E*Trade Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 9/15/23  55,000  55,413 

EPR Properties company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.25%, 7/15/23 R   60,000  62,488 

ESH Hospitality, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.25%, 5/1/25 R   55,000  53,213 

Fairfax US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
4.875%, 8/13/24  60,000  58,950 

Fifth Third Bancorp jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.10%, perpetual maturity  38,000  35,625 

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.418%, 11/15/35 (Ireland)  202,000  210,276 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 2/15/19  44,000  48,987 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
Ser. GLOB, 2.375%, 1/22/18  2,000  2,013 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
3.875%, 5/1/25 R   25,000  24,676 

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
4.50%, 3/15/25 R   20,000  19,436 

HSBC Finance Corp. unsec. sub. notes 6.676%, 1/15/21  122,000  137,068 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 49 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Financials cont.     

Hub Holdings, LLC/Hub Holdings Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. sub.     
notes 8.125%, 7/15/19 ‡‡  $10,000  $9,900 

HUB International, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 10/1/21  80,000  81,700 

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/20  145,000  144,352 

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 2/1/22  60,000  57,750 

ING Bank NV 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.80%, 9/25/23 (Netherlands)  220,000  240,409 

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 7/1/19 R   20,000  19,650 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. Z, 5.30%,     
perpetual maturity  79,000  79,790 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.295%, 8/15/21  75,000  73,645 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 8/15/17  144,000  144,650 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. unsec. sub. notes 4.125%, 12/15/26  60,000  61,560 

KeyCorp sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.30%, 12/13/18  4,000  4,033 

KKR Group Finance Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 5.125%, 6/1/44  25,000  23,479 

KKR Group Finance Co., LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 6.375%, 9/29/20  55,000  62,161 

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty jr. unsec. sub.     
bonds 7.80%, 3/15/37  240,000  268,800 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC jr. unsec. sub. FRB 7.50%, perpetual     
maturity (United Kingdom)  200,000  204,000 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC 144A jr. unsec. sub. FRN 6.657%,     
perpetual maturity (United Kingdom)  30,000  32,100 

Macquarie Bank, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.85%,     
7/29/20 (Australia)  65,000  65,458 

MetLife, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 2/8/21  100,000  109,108 

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP     
Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.625%, 5/1/24  25,000  26,188 

Mid-America Apartments LP sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 10/15/23 R   60,000  62,804 

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 3/22/17  149,000  150,586 

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 3/1/24 R   25,000  25,625 

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 10/1/20  40,000  40,900 

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company     
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/1/21  80,000  80,200 

Neuberger Berman Group, LLC/Neuberger Berman Finance Corp.     
144A sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 3/15/22  30,000  31,125 

Neuberger Berman Group, LLC/Neuberger Berman Finance Corp.     
144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/45  40,000  31,300 

OneMain Financial Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. sub. notes 6.75%, 12/15/19  25,000  25,438 

OneMain Financial Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. notes 7.25%, 12/15/21  30,000  30,000 

Peachtree Corners Funding Trust 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. bonds 3.976%, 2/15/25  100,000  97,859 

PNC Bank NA sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. BKNT, 1.125%, 1/27/17  250,000  250,029 

Progressive Corp. (The) jr. unsec. sub. FRN 6.70%, 6/15/37  116,000  113,390 

 

50   Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Financials cont.     

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 6/15/21  $85,000  $85,638 

Royal Bank of Canada sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.20%,     
7/27/18 (Canada)  145,000  146,154 

Royal Bank of Canada unsec. sub. notes Ser. GMTN, 4.65%,     
1/27/26 (Canada)  40,000  41,909 

Santander UK PLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 1.375%, 3/13/17     
(United Kingdom)  156,000  156,026 

Select Income REIT sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 2/1/20 R   10,000  10,013 

Select Income REIT sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.85%, 2/1/18 R   35,000  35,155 

Simon Property Group LP 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
1.50%, 2/1/18 R   131,000  130,920 

Societe Generale SA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.75%,     
10/12/17 (France)  250,000  252,485 

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 8.25%, 12/15/20  20,000  20,825 

Springleaf Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/15/19  20,000  19,675 

State Street Capital Trust IV company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB     
1.85%, 6/15/37  184,000  159,936 

Svenska Handelsbanken AB company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
2.875%, 4/4/17 (Sweden)  250,000  251,428 

Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.25%, 12/6/42  80,000  76,597 

TIERS Trust/United States 144A sr. bonds stepped-coupon zero %     
(8.125%, 9/15/17), 3/15/46 ††  100,000  105,750 

TMX Finance, LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty     
sr. notes 8.50%, 9/15/18  20,000  16,400 

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) unsec. sub. FRB 3.625%,     
9/15/31 (Canada)  9,000  8,662 

Travelers Property Casualty Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. bonds 7.75%, 4/15/26  9,000  11,897 

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. company guaranty     
sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 6/15/24  55,000  55,756 

UBS Group Funding Jersey, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 3.00%, 4/15/21 (Jersey)  200,000  200,114 

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.60%, 2/6/24 R   60,000  61,290 

Wayne Merger Sub, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23  40,000  40,500 

Wells Fargo & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. U, 5.875%,     
perpetual maturity  70,000  71,925 

Wells Fargo & Co. sr. unsec. notes 2.10%, 5/8/17  143,000  143,549 

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%,     
8/19/21 (Australia)  60,000  58,441 

    10,675,395 

Health care (1.9%)     

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.60%, 5/14/25  12,000  11,856 

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.90%, 11/6/22  18,000  17,763 

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.75%, 11/6/17  130,000  130,305 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
6.125%, 3/15/21  60,000  61,950 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   51 

 



  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Health care cont.     

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
5.125%, 7/1/22  $35,000  $33,863 

Actavis Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%,     
3/15/45 (Luxembourg)  43,000  42,542 

Actavis Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.45%,     
3/15/22 (Luxembourg)  21,000  21,303 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 7.875%, 9/1/23  65,000  61,750 

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.125%, 5/15/17  145,000  145,638 

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.45%, 9/15/37     
(United Kingdom)  16,000  20,568 

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.90%, 9/15/17     
(United Kingdom)  145,000  150,188 

Biogen, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.625%, 9/15/22  75,000  77,301 

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 2/15/24  60,000  60,966 

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 2/15/21  20,000  20,600 

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 1/15/25  15,000  14,363 

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/22  55,000  54,175 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr.     
unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/22  100,000  66,688 

Concordia International Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 7.00%, 4/15/23 (Canada)  60,000  22,800 

Concordia International Corp. 144A sr. notes 9.00%,     
4/1/22 (Canada)  10,000  9,200 

Crimson Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 5/15/22  65,000  54,275 

DPx Holdings BV 144A sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.50%,     
2/1/22 (Netherlands)  65,000  68,250 

Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/15/23  40,000  34,900 

Halyard Health, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
6.25%, 10/15/22  45,000  46,013 

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. bonds 5.25%, 6/15/26  60,000  60,065 

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.50%, 2/15/20  170,000  184,875 

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/24  40,000  40,100 

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 3.75%, 3/15/19  50,000  51,000 

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.375%, 2/1/25  15,000  14,681 

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC     
144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 8/1/23  55,000  56,654 

Johnson & Johnson sr. unsec. notes 5.15%, 7/15/18  91,000  96,638 

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr.     
notes 7.875%, 2/15/21  30,000  31,650 

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB,     
LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%,     
4/15/25 (Luxembourg)  40,000  34,400 

MEDNAX, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.25%, 12/1/23  25,000  25,375 

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.30%, 5/18/18  125,000  124,924 

Molina Healthcare, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.375%, 11/15/22  40,000  40,050 

 

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  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Health care cont.     

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 4.50%, 4/1/27 R   $60,000  $57,675 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 4.95%, 4/1/24 R   149,000  151,048 

Service Corp. International/US sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 1/15/22  50,000  51,750 

Service Corp. International/US sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.375%, 5/15/24  275,000  286,028 

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr.     
unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 9/23/26 (Ireland)  15,000  14,082 

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes     
6.50%, 5/15/23  40,000  40,200 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. bonds     
4.375%, 10/1/21  35,000  33,338 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. FRN 4.35%, 6/15/20  60,000  60,000 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. notes     
6.25%, 11/1/18  100,000  104,250 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. notes 4.75%, 6/1/20  10,000  9,888 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes     
6.00%, 10/1/20  55,000  56,031 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. 144A company guaranty notes     
7.50%, 1/1/22  20,000  20,563 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV company     
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.15%, 10/1/26 (Netherlands)  34,000  31,362 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 2/15/18  65,000  68,333 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 2/15/21  58,000  63,046 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 4/15/25  55,000  40,700 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/23  65,000  48,425 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 12/1/21  5,000  3,850 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 3/1/23  25,000  18,375 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 144A company     
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/15/20  70,000  58,800 

    3,205,413 

Technology (1.3%)     
Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/13/45  38,000  38,855 

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 5/4/43  100,000  94,423 

Avaya, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 10.50%, 3/1/21  35,000  15,838 

Avaya, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.00%, 4/1/19  300,000  261,375 

Cisco Systems, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.10%, 3/3/17  66,000  66,043 

CommScope Technologies Finance, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes     
6.00%, 6/15/25  40,000  41,700 

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24  204,000  222,864 

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. bonds     
8.35%, 7/15/46  22,000  25,797 

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes     
5.45%, 6/15/23  173,000  180,449 

 

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  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Technology cont.     

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec.     
notes 5.875%, 6/15/21  $10,000  $10,532 

eBay, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.35%, 7/15/17  145,000  145,012 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.00%, 10/15/25  25,000  27,075 

First Data Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.00%, 12/1/23  75,000  78,516 

First Data Corp. 144A notes 5.75%, 1/15/24  65,000  65,813 

First Data Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.375%, 8/15/23  55,000  56,925 

Inception Merger Sub, Inc./Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 144A sr. unsec.     
notes 8.625%, 11/15/24  35,000  35,000 

Infor Software Parent LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 5/1/21 ‡‡  105,000  105,263 

Infor US, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/22  75,000  77,063 

Infor US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.75%, 8/15/20  10,000  10,475 

Intel Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.35%, 12/15/17  145,000  145,290 

Iron Mountain, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.00%, 8/15/23 R   60,000  63,600 

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
6.00%, 10/1/20 R   25,000  26,313 

Jabil Circuit, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.25%, 3/15/18  14,000  15,048 

L-3 Communications Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
3.85%, 12/15/26  20,000  19,987 

Micron Technology, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.875%, 2/15/22  55,000  56,925 

Micron Technology, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.50%, 9/15/23  30,000  33,150 

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.40%, 8/8/26  90,000  85,460 

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 7/15/26  120,000  113,890 

Plantronics, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
5.50%, 5/31/23  60,000  60,150 

Zebra Technologies Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.25%, 10/15/22  50,000  54,067 

    2,232,898 

Transportation (0.1%)     

Air Medical Merger Sub Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/23  70,000  66,500 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
5.75%, 5/1/40  15,000  18,011 

Penske Truck Leasing Co. Lp/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec.     
bonds 3.40%, 11/15/26  16,000  15,412 

United Airlines 2014-2 Class A Pass Through Trust sr. notes Ser. A,     
3.75%, 9/3/26  23,558  23,646 

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr.     
unsec. notes 6.375%, 4/1/23  135,000  138,375 

    261,944 

Utilities and power (1.3%)     

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 6/1/20  240,000  279,600 

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25  140,000  136,850 

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 5/15/23  25,000  24,375 

American Transmission Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
5.00%, 9/1/44  65,000  66,780 

 

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  Principal   
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (26.1%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Utilities and power cont.     

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
6.125%, 4/1/36  $10,000  $12,435 

Boardwalk Pipelines LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
bonds 5.95%, 6/1/26  30,000  31,838 

Calpine Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/25  110,000  105,050 

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22  50,000  52,125 

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes     
5.875%, 1/15/24  15,000  15,656 

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. notes     
7.125%, 12/1/18  96,000  106,267 

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.375%, 11/1/22  5,000  4,750 

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 11/1/19  80,000  80,800 

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes     
7.625%, 11/1/24  5,000  4,600 

El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub.     
notes 8.375%, 6/15/32  20,000  24,278 

Electricite de France (EDF) 144A jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.625%,     
perpetual maturity (France)  360,000  342,450 

Emera US Finance LP 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
3.55%, 6/15/26  35,000  34,344 

Enbridge, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 12/1/26 (Canada)  60,000  60,521 

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24  105,000  107,625 

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. bonds     
6.125%, 12/15/45  20,000  20,176 

GenOn Americas Generation, LLC sr. unsec. notes 9.125%, 5/1/31  100,000  81,000 

Hiland Partners Holdings, LLC/Hiland Partners Finance Corp. 144A     
company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 5/15/22  10,000  10,350 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec.     
notes 5.40%, 9/1/44  44,000  42,052 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec.     
unsub. notes 3.45%, 2/15/23  60,000  58,531 

MidAmerican Funding, LLC sr. bonds 6.927%, 3/1/29  20,000  26,521 

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
7.875%, 5/15/21  27,000  28,013 

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds     
6.625%, 1/15/27  65,000  60,125 

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes     
7.25%, 5/15/26  45,000  43,988 

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 3.75%, 4/1/45  85,000  81,013 

Puget Sound Energy, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. A, 6.974%, 6/1/67  90,000  76,838 

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 3/1/22  80,000  88,449 

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 4/15/23  30,000  31,015 

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.     
company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23  35,000  35,377 

Southern Star Central Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 7/15/22  65,000  65,325 

Texas Gas Transmission, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 2/1/21  46,000  47,344 

    2,286,461 

Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $45,574,664)    $45,147,717 

 

Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund   55 

 



U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY  Principal   
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (13.7%)*  amount  Value 

U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (2.4%)     

Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates     
3.50%, TBA, 12/1/46  $4,000,000  $4,164,375 

    4,164,375 

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (11.3%)     

Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates     

6.00%, TBA, 12/1/46  1,000,000  1,138,281 

4.00%, TBA, 1/1/47  3,000,000  3,155,391 

4.00%, TBA, 12/1/46  4,000,000  4,213,438 

3.00%, TBA, 1/1/47  3,000,000  2,982,773 

3.00%, TBA, 12/1/46  3,000,000  2,988,984 

3.00%, TBA, 1/1/32  2,000,000  2,053,828 

3.00%, TBA, 12/1/31  2,000,000  2,057,031 

2.50%, TBA, 12/1/46  1,000,000  955,156 

    19,544,882 

Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $24,027,969)  $23,709,257 
 
  Principal   
COMMODITY LINKED NOTES (5.9%)*†††   amount  Value 

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. sr. notes Ser. N, 1-month USD     
LIBOR less 0.10%, 2017 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI™ 3 Month Forward Total     
Return Index multiplied by 3)  $3,340,000  $3,274,837 

UBS AG/London 144A sr. notes 1-month LIBOR less 0.10%, 2017 (Indexed     
to the S&P GSCI Total Return Index multiplied by 3) (United Kingdom)  2,551,000  3,178,715 

UBS AG/London 144A sr. notes 1-month LIBOR less 0.10%, 2017 (Indexed     
to the S&P GSCI Commodity Index multiplied by 3) (United Kingdom)  2,292,000  3,714,035 

Total Commodity linked notes (cost $8,183,000)    $10,167,587 
 
  Principal   
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (3.0%)*  amount  Value 

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations (0.2%)     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Structured Agency     
Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 16-DNA3, Class M1, 1.692%, 12/25/28  $241,149  $241,824 

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue     
Securities FRB Ser. 14-C03, Class 2M1, 1.792%, 7/25/24  17,409  17,443 

Government National Mortgage Association Ser. 15-H26, Class DI,     
IO, 2.539%, 10/20/65  360,172  41,528 

    300,795 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (2.0%)     

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc. FRB     
Ser. 05-1, Class AJ, 5.527%, 11/10/42  58,077  57,752 

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust FRB     
Ser. 06-PW11, Class AJ, 5.569%, 3/11/39  68,000  67,320 

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D,     
5.933%, 12/15/47  100,000  109,259 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust     

FRB Ser. 13-GC17, Class C, 5.259%, 11/10/46  62,000  65,468 

Ser. 14-GC21, Class AS, 4.026%, 5/10/47  74,000  76,325 

FRB Ser. 14-GC19, Class XA, IO, 1.419%, 3/10/47  1,490,820  92,595 

 

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  Principal   
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (3.0%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.     

COMM Mortgage Trust     

FRB Ser. 14-UBS6, Class C, 4.614%, 12/10/47  $135,000  $128,884 

FRB Ser. 14-LC15, Class XA, IO, 1.53%, 4/10/47  1,617,739  97,226 

FRB Ser. 14-CR16, Class XA, IO, 1.386%, 4/10/47  620,938  34,276 

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class XA, IO, 1.325%, 5/10/47  1,019,188  56,259 

FRB Ser. 14-UBS6, Class XA, IO, 1.202%, 12/10/47  1,470,395  80,578 

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp. Trust FRB Ser. 06-C1,     
Class AJ, 5.486%, 3/10/44  63,303  62,211 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust     

FRB Ser. 13-GC12, Class C, 4.179%, 6/10/46  172,000  166,358 

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class XA, IO, 1.205%, 6/10/47  2,077,930  112,383 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D,     
6.21%, 8/10/43  158,403  160,985 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust     

FRB Ser. 06-LDP7, Class B, 6.115%, 4/17/45  118,000  21,559 

FRB Ser. 05-LDP5, Class F, 5.717%, 12/15/44  83,000  83,000 

Ser. 04-LN2, Class A2, 5.115%, 7/15/41  3,735  3,740 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 144A     

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.34%, 6/15/43  142,000  125,136 

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class E, 5.801%, 2/15/46  240,000  243,288 

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust     

Ser. 07-C6, Class A4, 5.858%, 7/15/40  38,234  38,547 

Ser. 06-C6, Class D, 5.502%, 9/15/39  125,000  27,294 

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 15-3, Class B,     
3.383%, 4/20/48  123,000  107,342 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust     

Ser. 12-C5, Class AS, 3.792%, 8/15/45  41,000  42,829 

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class XA, IO, 1.413%, 8/15/47  741,497  42,614 

FRB Ser. 13-C12, Class XA, IO, 1.09%, 10/15/46  834,717  29,040 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust     

Ser. 06-HQ9, Class C, 5.842%, 7/12/44  117,000  116,793 

FRB Ser. 07-T27, Class AJ, 5.823%, 6/11/42  47,000  47,353 

FRB Ser. 06-HQ8, Class AJ, 5.589%, 3/12/44  21,998  21,998 

FRB Ser. 06-HQ8, Class D, 5.589%, 3/12/44  125,000  49,904 

Ser. 07-HQ11, Class AJ, 5.508%, 2/12/44  50,000  49,155 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D,     
5.327%, 7/15/49  90,000  92,502 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A     

FRB Ser. 12-C3, Class C, 5.123%, 8/10/49  50,000  52,130 

FRB Ser. 12-C2, Class D, 5.043%, 5/10/63  48,000  46,982 

FRB Ser. 13-C6, Class D, 4.491%, 4/10/46  65,000  58,526 

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 05-C21,     
Class D, 5.465%, 10/15/44  56,000  55,471 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class C,     
4.432%, 7/15/46  45,000  45,495 

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust     

Ser. 14-C19, Class C, 4.646%, 3/15/47  23,000  23,193 

Ser. 13-C18, Class AS, 4.387%, 12/15/46  63,000  67,670 

Ser. 13-UBS1, Class AS, 4.306%, 3/15/46  48,000  51,324 

 

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  Principal   
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (3.0%)* cont.  amount  Value 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.     

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust     

FRB Ser. 13-C17, Class XA, IO, 1.694%, 12/15/46  $1,414,575  $81,621 

FRB Ser. 14-C19, Class XA, IO, 1.404%, 3/15/47  1,134,677  66,129 

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class XA, IO, 1.085%, 9/15/57  1,193,901  57,880 

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A     

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.813%, 3/15/44  47,000  47,884 

FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.788%, 2/15/44  45,000  46,251 

FRB Ser. 13-C16, Class D, 5.148%, 9/15/46  50,000  46,375 

FRB Ser. 12-C9, Class XA, IO, 2.264%, 11/15/45  872,975  69,943 

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class XA, IO, 2.077%, 12/15/45  1,494,248  108,766 

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class XA, IO, 1.934%, 11/15/44  721,281  51,961 

FRB Ser. 13-C12, Class XA, IO, 1.523%, 3/15/48  152,012  8,481 

    3,496,055 

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) (0.8%)     

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust     

FRB Ser. 06-OA7, Class 1A2, 1.482%, 6/25/46 F   314,154  267,031 

FRB Ser. 07-OH1, Class A1D, 0.802%, 4/25/47  40,297  30,406 

Federal National Mortgage Association     

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C03, Class 2M2,     
6.492%, 10/25/28  320,000  345,651 

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 1M2,     
6.292%, 4/25/28  120,000  130,167 

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 2M2,     
6.142%, 4/25/28  10,000  10,818 

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C03, Class 1M2,     
5.892%, 10/25/28  50,000  53,445 

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C03, Class 1M2,     
5.592%, 7/25/25  78,500  83,318 

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C05, Class 2M2,     
5.042%, 1/25/29  90,000  91,349 

GSAA Trust FRB Ser. 07-6, Class 1A1, 0.712%, 5/25/47  47,169  35,677 

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust 144A Ser. 15-R4, Class CB1,     
0.598%, 8/26/47  80,000  60,400 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust FRB Ser. 04-AR12,     
Class A2B, 1.044%, 10/25/44  305,112  283,571 

    1,391,833 

Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $5,517,329)    $5,188,683 
 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY  Principal   
BONDS AND NOTES (0.9%)*  amount/units  Value 

Argentina (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. bonds 7.125%,     
7/6/36 (Argentina)  $150,000  $138,661 

Argentina (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%,     
4/22/26 (Argentina)  150,000  151,710 

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.125%,     
3/16/24 (Argentina)  150,000  158,043 

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 10.875%,     
1/26/21 (Argentina)  350,000  389,375 

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.625%,     
4/4/42 (Russia)  600,000  634,500 

Total foreign government and agency bonds and notes (cost $1,406,143)    $1,472,289 

 

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INVESTMENT COMPANIES (0.5%)*  Shares  Value 

iShares MSCI India ETF (India)  35,350  $951,976 

Total investment companies (cost $1,016,373)    $951,976 

 

  Expiration     
PURCHASED OPTIONS  date/strike  Contract   
OUTSTANDING (0.4%)*  price  amount  Value 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Nov-17/$186.00  $31,053  $169,182 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Oct-17/183.00  32,240  146,557 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Sep-17/180.00  32,150  117,944 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Aug-17/183.00  32,045  107,951 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Jul-17/180.00  31,847  83,719 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Put)  Jun-17/175.00  33,878  59,868 

USD/JPY (Call)  May-17/JPY 111.00  1,027,200  47,929 

Total purchased options outstanding (cost $1,217,172)      $733,150 

 

  Principal   
SENIOR LOANS (0.3%)* c  amount  Value 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc. bank term loan FRN     
Ser. B6, 11.25%, 3/1/17 (In default)   $140,187  $154,206 

Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN     
6.25%, 5/8/21  134,656  134,656 

CPG International, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 4.75%, 9/30/20  9,974  9,999 

Getty Images, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 4.75%, 10/18/19  59,079  50,971 

MEG Energy Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 3.75%, 3/31/20  29,843  27,829 

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd., Inc. bank term loan FRN     
4.25%, 10/25/20  72,938  66,090 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B,     
4.25%, 9/7/23  65,000  65,054 

Total senior loans (cost $499,573)    $508,805 

 

  Expiration  Strike     
WARRANTS (0.2%)* †   date  price  Warrants  Value 

China State Construction Engineering Corp., Ltd.         
144A (China)  12/10/17  $0.00  83,000  $132,810 

Halcon Resources Corp.  9/9/20  14.04  844  2,102 

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.  8/1/21  23.82  431  3,017 

Shanghai Automotive Co. (China)  3/2/17  0.00  35,900  131,569 

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. 144A (China)  7/24/17  0.00  8,100  24,781 

Total warrants (cost $244,563)        $294,279 

 

  Principal   
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.2%)*  amount  Value 

Station Place Securitization Trust FRB Ser. 16-1, Class A, 1.592%,     
2/25/17 (acquired 2/4/16, cost $292,000) ΔΔ $292,000  $292,000 

Total asset-backed securities (cost $292,000)    $292,000 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)*  Shares  Value 

EPR Properties Ser. C, $1.438 cv. pfd. R   1,550  $43,594 

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $34,286)    $43,594 

 

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  Principal   
CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (—%)*  amount  Value 

Navistar International Corp. cv. sr. unsec. sub. bonds     
4.50%, 10/15/18  $24,000  $23,340 

SandRidge Energy, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes     
zero %, 10/4/20  13,554  16,494 

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $33,908)    $39,834 

 

  Principal amount/   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (22.8%)*    shares  Value 

Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC 0.73% d   Shares   164,930  $164,930 

Putnam Short Term Investment Fund 0.51% L   Shares   28,960,497  28,960,497 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market       
Fund, Premier Class 0.28% P   Shares   671,000  671,000 

U.S. Treasury Bills 0.447%, 2/16/17 Δ§     $5,766,000  5,760,488 

U.S. Treasury Bills 0.442%, 2/9/17 Δ    58,000  57,951 

U.S. Treasury Bills 0.326%, 1/19/17 # §     3,600,000  3,598,351 

U.S. Treasury Bills 0.321%, 1/12/17 #     320,000  319,883 

Total short-term investments (cost $39,533,251)      $39,533,100 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS       

Total investments (cost $194,952,943)      $200,281,920 

 

Key to holding’s currency abbreviations 
 
CAD  Canadian Dollar 
 
Key to holding’s abbreviations 
 
ADR  American Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank 
BKNT  Bank Note 
bp  Basis Points 
DAC  Designated Activity Company 
ETF  Exchange Traded Fund 
FRB  Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period 
FRN  Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period 
GMTN  Global Medium Term Notes 
IO  Interest Only 
MTN  Medium Term Notes 
PJSC  Public Joint Stock Company 
SPDR  S&P Depository Receipts 
TBA  To Be Announced Commitments 

 

Notes to the fund’s portfolio

Unless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the fund’s reporting period, which ran from June 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures and references to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $173,164,047.

††† The value of the commodity linked notes, which are marked to market daily, may be based on a multiple of the performance of the index. The multiple (or leverage) will increase the volatility of the note’s value relative to the change in the underlying index.

This security is non-income-producing.

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†† The interest rate and date shown parenthetically represent the new interest rate to be paid and the date the fund will begin accruing interest at this rate.

ΔΔ This security is restricted with regard to public resale. The total fair value of this security and any other restricted securities (excluding 144A securities), if any, held at the close of the reporting period was $292,000, or 0.2% of net assets.

‡‡ Income may be received in cash or additional securities at the discretion of the issuer.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period.

Δ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period.

§ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on the initial margin on certain centrally cleared derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period.

c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 1 and 6).

d Affiliated company. See Notes 1 and 5 to the financial statements regarding securities lending. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period.

F This security is valued by Putnam Management at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 for ASC 820 based on the securities’ valuation inputs. At the close of the reporting period, fair value pricing was also used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio (Note 1).

L Affiliated company (Note 5). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period.

P This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the fund for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period (Note 1).

R Real Estate Investment Trust.

S Security on loan, in part or in entirety, at the close of the reporting period (Note 1).

At the close of the reporting period, the fund maintained liquid assets totaling $111,751,518 to cover certain derivative contracts and delayed delivery securities.

Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

See Note 1 to the financial statements regarding TBA commitments.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

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DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY 

Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period, excluding collateral received, if any (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):

United States  78.7%  Switzerland  0.7% 


United Kingdom  5.7  Brazil  0.6 


Japan  2.0  Australia  0.5 


France  1.8  Netherlands  0.5 


China  1.3  India  0.5 


Canada  1.2  Other  4.7 


Germany  0.9  Total  100.0% 

 

South Korea  0.9     

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 11/30/16 (aggregate face value $47,437,302) (Unaudited) 

            Unrealized 
    Contract  Delivery    Aggregate  appreciation/ 
Counterparty  Currency  type  date  Value  face value  (depreciation) 

Bank of America N. A.           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  $130,849  $135,626  $(4,777) 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  260,147  259,357  790 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  260,147  270,473  10,326 

  Chinese Yuan  Sell  2/16/17  510,592  513,218  2,626 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  75,430  95,316  (19,886) 

  Hong Kong Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  692,581  692,945  364 

  Japanese Yen  Sell  2/16/17  240,213  251,702  11,489 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  257,530  254,952  (2,578) 

  Norwegian Krone  Sell  12/21/16  144,194  150,301  6,107 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  761,668  777,982  (16,314) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  761,668  788,458  26,790 

Barclays Bank PLC             
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  126,645  131,279  (4,634) 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  221,713  235,139  13,426 

  Canadian Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  129,753  127,690  (2,063) 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  3,405,308  3,587,213  (181,905) 

  Euro  Sell  12/21/16  3,405,308  3,500,840  95,532 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  511,231  522,139  (10,908) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  511,231  527,653  16,422 

Citibank, N.A.             
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  362,380  369,951  (7,571) 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  51,954  48,794  (3,160) 

  Canadian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  232,768  233,783  (1,015) 

  Chinese Yuan  Sell  2/16/17  254,456  257,259  2,803 

  Danish Krone  Sell  12/21/16  189,500  199,823  10,323 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  251,117  264,142  (13,025) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  46,669  38,228  (8,441) 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  247,485  255,405  (7,920) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  247,485  266,557  19,072 

Credit Suisse International           
  Canadian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  513,206  517,288  (4,082) 

  Canadian Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  516,484  516,383  (101) 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  238,068  248,370  (10,302) 

 

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 11/30/16 (aggregate face value $47,437,302) (Unaudited) cont. 

            Unrealized 
    Contract  Delivery    Aggregate  appreciation/ 
Counterparty  Currency  type  date  Value  face value  (depreciation) 

  Hong Kong Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  $259,395  $259,494  $99 

  New Zealand Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  1,273  1,303  (30) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  1,273  1,279  6 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  332,125  355,790  (23,665) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  332,125  357,707  25,582 

Goldman Sachs International           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  403,391  418,196  (14,805) 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  260,147  259,256  891 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  260,147  273,642  13,495 

  Canadian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  3,129  5,102  (1,973) 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  251,647  284,383  (32,736) 

  New Taiwan Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  257,506  257,114  (392) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  484,796  493,621  8,825 

  Norwegian Krone  Sell  12/21/16  258,479  255,755  (2,724) 

  Russian Ruble  Buy  12/21/16  269,094  259,502  9,592 

  Russian Ruble  Sell  12/21/16  269,094  272,592  3,498 

  South Korean Won  Sell  2/16/17  253,047  252,879  (168) 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  709,388  741,975  (32,587) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  709,388  764,200  54,812 

HSBC Bank USA, National Association           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  10,474  10,859  (385) 

  Australian Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  10,474  10,832  358 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  488,745  518,178  (29,433) 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  488,745  476,987  (11,758) 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  458,525  483,515  (24,990) 

  Euro  Sell  12/21/16  458,525  470,382  11,857 

  Hong Kong Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  260,440  260,542  102 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  253,781  265,457  (11,676) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  253,781  261,857  8,076 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  485,927  500,008  (14,081) 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  751,772  738,585  13,187 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  (721,601)  (765,615)  44,014 

  Canadian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  822,023  840,196  (18,173) 

  Chinese Yuan  Sell  2/16/17  256,122  255,969  (153) 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  7,424,990  7,748,114  (323,124) 

  Hong Kong Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  265,910  266,014  104 

  Japanese Yen  Buy  2/16/17  4,464,700  4,868,850  (404,150) 

  New Taiwan Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  257,506  255,565  (1,941) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  762,337  748,785  (13,552) 

  Norwegian Krone  Sell  12/21/16  865,432  902,022  36,590 

  Russian Ruble  Buy  12/21/16  276,756  266,902  9,854 

  Russian Ruble  Sell  12/21/16  276,756  277,622  866 

  Singapore Dollar  Sell  2/16/17  70,747  73,051  2,304 

  South Korean Won  Sell  2/16/17  253,047  253,986  939 

 

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 11/30/16 (aggregate face value $47,437,302) (Unaudited) cont. 

            Unrealized 
    Contract  Delivery    Aggregate  appreciation/ 
Counterparty  Currency  type  date  Value  face value  (depreciation) 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. cont.           
  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  $89,211  $124,929  $35,718 

  Swiss Franc  Sell  12/21/16  401,356  416,003  14,647 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  737,890  765,384  (27,494) 

  British Pound  Buy  12/21/16  49,075  48,992  83 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  49,075  52,068  2,993 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  247,828  264,897  (17,069) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  7,495  3,982  (3,513) 

  Norwegian Krone  Buy  12/21/16  30,800  31,348  (548) 

  Norwegian Krone  Sell  12/21/16  30,800  31,809  1,009 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  756,110  785,945  (29,835) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  756,110  779,879  23,769 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  117,278  121,589  (4,311) 

  British Pound  Sell  12/21/16  110,544  117,320  6,776 

  Euro  Sell  12/21/16  672,405  669,105  (3,300) 

  Israeli Shekel  Buy  1/18/17  6,847  6,978  (131) 

  Japanese Yen  Buy  2/16/17  238,466  250,673  (12,207) 

  New Zealand Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  258,096  259,278  1,182 

  Swedish Krona  Buy  12/21/16  89,211  92,059  (2,848) 

  Swedish Krona  Sell  12/21/16  89,211  96,236  7,025 

WestPac Banking Corp.           
  Australian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  145,085  154,599  (9,514) 

  Canadian Dollar  Buy  1/18/17  101,896  102,533  (637) 

  Canadian Dollar  Sell  1/18/17  101,896  104,247  2,351 

  Euro  Buy  12/21/16  296,418  312,656  (16,238) 

  Euro  Sell  12/21/16  296,418  304,074  7,656 

Total            $(824,493) 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited)     
        Unrealized 
  Number of    Expiration  appreciation/ 
  contracts  Value  date  (depreciation) 

Euro-Bobl 5 yr (Long)  33  $4,596,770  Dec-16  $(15,401) 

Euro-Bund 10 yr (Long)  36  6,145,178  Dec-16  (155,840) 

Euro-Buxl 30 yr (Long)  17  3,159,539  Dec-16  (280,502) 

Euro-Schatz 2 yr (Long)  24  2,856,380  Dec-16  5,600 

Japanese Government Bond         
10 yr (Long)  15  19,740,396  Dec-16  (144,808) 

Russell 2000 Index Mini (Long)  47  6,214,810  Dec-16  364,062 

Russell 2000 Index Mini (Short)  28  3,702,440  Dec-16  (313,964) 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Long)  123  13,522,620  Dec-16  116,058 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short)  30  3,298,200  Dec-16  (124,247) 

U.K. Gilt 10 yr (Long)  29  4,475,729  Mar-17  (8,241) 

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Long)  9  1,361,531  Mar-17  (1,635) 

 

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FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited) cont.     

        Unrealized 
  Number of    Expiration  appreciation/ 
  contracts  Value  date  (depreciation) 

U.S. Treasury Bond Ultra 30 yr (Long)  11  $1,775,469  Mar-17  $(1,991) 

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Long)  25  5,420,313  Mar-17  1,122 

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Long)  47  5,538,656  Mar-17  641 

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long)  43  5,354,172  Mar-17  (1,429) 

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Short)  158  19,673,469  Mar-17  4,623 

Total        $(555,952) 

 

WRITTEN OPTIONS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (premiums $36,823) (Unaudited)   

  Expiration  Contract   
  date/strike price  amount  Value 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Call)  Dec-16/$223.50  $29,096  $10,918 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (Call)  Dec-16/218.00  29,236  74,489 

USD/JPY (Call)  May-17/JPY 118.00  1,027,200  19,517 

Total      $104,924 

 

TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (proceeds receivable $9,296,563) (Unaudited) 

  Principal  Settlement   
Agency  amount  date  Value 

Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 12/1/46  $4,000,000  12/13/16  $4,213,438 

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 12/1/46  3,000,000  12/13/16  2,988,984 

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 12/1/31  2,000,000  12/19/16  2,057,031 

Total      $9,259,453 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited) 

  Upfront    Payments  Payments  Unrealized 
  premium  Termination  made by  received by  appreciation/ 
Notional amount  received (paid)  date  fund per annum  fund per annum  (depreciation) 

$1,317,000 E  $(2,247)  12/21/21  1.25%  3 month USD-  $34,074 
        LIBOR-BBA   

9,292,900 E  17,963  12/21/21  3 month USD-  1.25%  (238,317) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

8,235,800 E  (11,153)  12/21/18  1.015%  3 month USD-  42,545 
        LIBOR-BBA   

3,818,400 E  6,977  12/21/18  3 month USD-  1.015%  (17,919) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

13,300,600 E  37,849  12/21/26  1.60%  3 month USD-  779,837 
        LIBOR-BBA   

46,779,100 E  (123,668)  12/21/26  3 month USD-  1.60%  (2,733,290) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

862,000 E  901  12/21/46  1.90%  3 month USD-  111,215 
        LIBOR-BBA   

1,141,600 E  (1,159)  12/21/46  3 month USD-  1.90%  (147,256) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

491,000  (7)  9/23/26  1.542%  3 month USD-  28,014 
        LIBOR-BBA   

79,600  (1)  10/6/26  1.52%  3 month USD-  4,749 
        LIBOR-BBA   

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited) cont. 

  Upfront    Payments  Payments  Unrealized 
  premium  Termination  made by  received by  appreciation/ 
Notional amount  received (paid)  date  fund per annum  fund per annum  (depreciation) 

$79,600  $(1)  10/6/26  1.52236%  3 month USD-  $4,731 
        LIBOR-BBA   

114,000  (2)  11/10/26  1.68861%  3 month USD-  5,208 
        LIBOR-BBA   

63,600  (1)  11/14/26  1.98883%  3 month USD-  1,163 
        LIBOR-BBA   

63,600  (1)  11/14/26  1.98491%  3 month USD-  1,186 
        LIBOR-BBA   

63,600  (1)  11/14/26  1.998%  3 month USD-  1,109 
        LIBOR-BBA   

63,600  (1)  11/14/26  1.98574%  3 month USD-  1,181 
        LIBOR-BBA   

63,600  (1)  11/14/26  1.98833%  3 month USD-  1,166 
        LIBOR-BBA   

29,000    11/18/26  2.14239%  3 month USD-  125 
        LIBOR-BBA   

33,000    11/21/26  2.136%  3 month USD-  167 
        LIBOR-BBA   

12,000    11/22/26  2.1905%  3 month USD-  1 
        LIBOR-BBA   

168,000  (2)  11/23/26  2.175%  3 month USD-  265 
        LIBOR-BBA   

200,000  (1)  11/23/18  1.283%  3 month USD-  114 
        LIBOR-BBA   

1,700,000  (14)  11/23/21  1.775%  3 month USD-  1,841 
        LIBOR-BBA   

1,400,000  (19)  11/23/26  3 month USD-  2.161%  (4,046) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

800,000  (27)  11/23/46  3 month USD-  2.439%  (4,991) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

100,000  (3)  11/23/46  2.437%  3 month USD-  662 
        LIBOR-BBA   

152,500  (2)  12/1/26  2.17%  3 month USD-  371 
        LIBOR-BBA   

80,500  (3)  12/1/46  3 month USD-  2.42534%  (778) 
      LIBOR-BBA     

Total  $(74,624)        $(2,126,873) 

 

E Extended effective date.

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited)   

    Upfront    Payments  Total return  Unrealized 
Swap counterparty/  premium  Termination  received (paid) by  received by  appreciation/ 
Notional amount  received (paid)  date  fund per annum  or paid by fund  (depreciation) 

Bank of America N.A.           

  $3,800,000  $—  9/21/21  (2.305%)  USA Non Revised  $(264,081) 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  4,000,000    6/10/24  (2.50%)  USA Non Revised  (284,324) 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  2,100,000    5/6/26  (1.88%)  USA Non Revised  80,199 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  2,000,000    7/8/26  (1.76)  USA Non Revised  99,700 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

baskets  159,874    11/17/17  (3 month USD-  A basket (MLFCF10) of  330,801 
        LIBOR-BBA plus  common stocks   
        0.10%)     

units  3,884    8/2/17  3 month USD-  Russell 1000 Total  (1,314,442) 
        LIBOR-BBA minus  Return Index   
        0.07%     

Barclays Bank PLC           

  $2,036,157    1/12/41  4.00% (1 month  Synthetic TRS Index  26,766 
        USD-LIBOR)  4.00% 30 year Fannie   
          Mae pools   

  3,700,000    5/8/23  (2.59%)  USA Non Revised  (348,189) 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  3,600,000    7/19/23  (2.569%)  USA Non Revised  (299,066) 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  67,542    1/12/43  3.50% (1 month  Synthetic TRS Index  839 
        USD-LIBOR)  3.50% 30 year Fannie   
          Mae pools   

Citibank, N.A.           

  1,300,000    8/7/22  2.515%  USA Non Revised  115,388 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

  1,500,000    4/7/26  (1.858%)  USA Non Revised  56,115 
          Consumer Price   
          Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

baskets  54    12/16/16  (3 month USD-  A basket (CGPUTQL2)  249,092 
        LIBOR-BBA plus  of common stocks   
        0.37%)     

units  1,171    11/27/17  3 month USD-  Russell 1000 Total  19,290 
        LIBOR-BBA plus  Return Index   
        0.09%     

 

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited) cont.   

  Upfront    Payments  Total return  Unrealized 
Swap counterparty/  premium  Termination  received (paid) by  received by  appreciation/ 
Notional amount  received (paid)  date  fund per annum  or paid by fund  (depreciation) 

Credit Suisse International         

$2,600,000  $—  1/9/23  (2.76%)  USA Non Revised  $(296,790) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

3,400,000    8/7/22  (2.515%)  USA Non Revised  (297,772) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

1,600,000    8/8/22  (2.5325%)  USA Non Revised  (143,098) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

700,000    9/10/22  (2.5925%)  USA Non Revised  (64,701) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

3,300,000    2/8/23  (2.81%)  USA Non Revised  (382,790) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

6,900,000    7/19/23  (2.57%)  USA Non Revised  (571,983) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

183,550    1/12/45  3.50% (1 month  Synthetic TRS Index  2,997 
      USD-LIBOR)  3.50% 30 year Fannie   
        Mae pools   

Goldman Sachs International         

9,000,000    11/3/26  (2.0413%)  USA Non Revised  216,630 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.         

10,900,000    8/7/22  (2.515%)  USA Non Revised  (968,247) 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

1,400,000    8/7/25  (1.92%)  USA Non Revised  22,148 
        Consumer Price   
        Index-Urban (CPI-U)   

Total  $—        $(4,015,518) 

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited)     

    Upfront      Payments   
    premium    Termi-  received  Unrealized 
Swap counterparty/    received  Notional  nation  (paid) by fund    appreciation/ 
Referenced debt *  Rating***  (paid)**  amount  date  per annum  (depreciation) 

Barclays Bank PLC             

EM Series 26 Index  BBB–/P  $12,640  $200,000  12/20/21  100 bp  $(1,949) 

EM Series 26 Index  BBB–/P  781,837  11,600,000  12/20/21  100 bp  (59,484) 

Credit Suisse International             

CMBX NA A Index  A/P  1,040  25,000  1/17/47  200 bp  118 

CMBX NA A Index  A/P  2,554  65,000  1/17/47  200 bp  157 

CMBX NA A Index  A/P  3,681  100,000  1/17/47  200 bp  (6) 

CMBX NA BB Index    (3,530)  200,000  5/11/63  (500 bp)  24,703 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  5,287  108,000  5/11/63  300 bp  (2,727) 

 

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited) cont.   

    Upfront      Payments   
    premium    Termi-  received  Unrealized 
Swap counterparty/    received  Notional nation  (paid) by fund   appreciation/ 
Referenced debt *  Rating***  (paid)**  amount   date  per annum  (depreciation) 

Credit Suisse International cont.           

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  $11,136  $227,000  5/11/63  300 bp  $(5,707) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  3,218  49,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (604) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  44,645  604,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (2,467) 

Goldman Sachs International           

CMBX NA BB Index    (5,933)  58,000  5/11/63  (500 bp)  2,254 

CMBX NA BB Index    (303)  2,000  1/17/47  (500 bp)  (10) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  469  9,000  5/11/63  300 bp  (198) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  8,253  88,000  5/11/63  300 bp  1,724 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  222  3,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (12) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  684  8,000  1/17/47  300 bp  60 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  1,255  18,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (149) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  4,259  50,000  1/17/47  300 bp  359 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  5,907  75,000  1/17/47  300 bp  57 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  7,472  86,000  1/17/47  300 bp  764 

JPMorgan Securities LLC             

CMBX NA BB Index    (719)  5,000  5/11/63  (500 bp)  (11) 

CMBX NA BB Index    (1,828)  13,000  5/11/63  (500 bp)  (1,643) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  2,600  47,000  5/11/63  300 bp  (888) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  4,862  62,000  5/11/63  300 bp  262 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  29,536  350,000  5/11/63  300 bp  3,566 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  443  8,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (181) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  340  13,000  1/17/47  300 bp  (674) 

CMBX NA BBB– Index  BBB–/P  5,289  40,000  1/17/47  300 bp  2,169 

Total    $925,316        $(40,517) 

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event.

** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

*** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the fund has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at November 30, 2016. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 11/30/16 (Unaudited)   

    Upfront      Payments   
    premium    Termi-  received  Unrealized 
    received  Notional  nation  (paid) by fund  appreciation/ 
Referenced debt *  Rating***  (paid)**  amount  date  per annum  (depreciation) 

NA HY Series 27 Index   B+/P  $(130,147)  $3,757,000  12/20/21  500 bp  $81,895 

NA HY Series 27 Index  B+/P  70,125  1,988,000  12/20/21  500 bp  (42,076) 

NA IG Series 27 Index   BBB+/P  (48,980)  4,650,000  12/20/21  100 bp  20,201 

Total    $(109,002)        $60,020 

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event.

** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

*** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the fund has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at November 30, 2016. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

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ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

    Valuation inputs   

Investments in securities:  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 

Common stocks:       

Basic materials  $2,096,362  $1,109,692  $—­ 

Capital goods  4,357,648  376,500  —­ 

Communication services  2,915,976  446,580  —­ 

Conglomerates  —­  217,457  —­ 

Consumer cyclicals  7,185,597  1,742,761  506 

Consumer staples  5,563,949  1,305,788  —­ 

Energy  3,056,193  995,574  —­ 

Financials  16,564,155  2,622,054  —­ 

Health care  6,379,631  1,385,840  —­ 

Technology  8,866,495  205,221  —­ 

Transportation  1,618,288  417,832  —­ 

Utilities and power  2,268,598  500,952  —­ 

Total common stocks  60,872,892  11,326,251  506 
 
Asset-backed securities  —­  292,000  —­ 

Commodity linked notes  —­  10,167,587  —­ 

Convertible bonds and notes  —­  39,834  —­ 

Convertible preferred stocks  —­  43,594  —­ 

Corporate bonds and notes  —­  45,041,842  105,875 

Foreign government and agency bonds and notes  —­  1,472,289  —­ 

Investment companies  951,976  —­  —­ 

Mortgage-backed securities  —­  5,188,683  —­ 

Purchased options outstanding  —­  733,150  —­ 

Senior loans  —­  508,805  —­ 

U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations  —­  23,709,257  —­ 

Warrants  2,102  292,177  —­ 

Short-term investments  29,631,497  9,901,603  —­ 

Totals by level  $91,458,467  $108,717,072  $106,381 

 

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    Valuation inputs   

Other financial instruments:  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3 

Forward currency contracts  $—­  $(824,493)  $—­ 

Futures contracts  (555,952)  —­  —­ 

Written options outstanding  —­  (104,924)  —­ 

TBA sale commitments  —­  (9,259,453)  —­ 

Interest rate swap contracts  —­  (2,052,249)  —­ 

Total return swap contracts  —­  (4,015,518)  —­ 

Credit default contracts  —­  (796,811)  —­ 

Totals by level  $(555,952)  $(17,053,448)  $—­ 

During the reporting period, transfers within the fair value hierarchy, if any (other than certain transfers involving non-U.S. equity securities as described in Note 1), did not represent, in the aggregate, more than 1% of the fund’s net assets measured as of the end of the period. Transfers are accounted for using the end of period pricing valuation method.

At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the fund’s net assets and were not considered a significant portion of the fund’s portfolio.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of assets and liabilities 11/30/16 (Unaudited)

ASSETS   

Investment in securities, at value, including $160,118 of securities on loan (Note 1):   
Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $165,827,516)  $171,156,493 
Affiliated issuers (identified cost $29,125,427) (Notes 1 and 5)  29,125,427 

Foreign currency (cost $22,964) (Note 1)  22,681 

Dividends, interest and other receivables  1,018,877 

Receivable for shares of the fund sold  976,402 

Receivable for investments sold  3,005,055 

Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 1)  6,211,122 

Receivable for variation margin (Note 1)  1,489,873 

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 1)  564,330 

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 1)  1,256,158 

Premium paid on OTC swap contracts (Note 1)  12,313 

Prepaid assets  59,452 

Total assets  214,898,183 

 
LIABILITIES   

Payable to custodian  13,706 

Payable for investments purchased  857,724 

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities (Note 1)  20,966,723 

Payable for shares of the fund repurchased  30,907 

Payable for compensation of Manager (Note 2)  35,546 

Payable for custodian fees (Note 2)  72,862 

Payable for investor servicing fees (Note 2)  31,297 

Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)  17,848 

Payable for administrative services (Note 2)  659 

Payable for distribution fees (Note 2)  17,621 

Payable for variation margin (Note 1)  1,791,391 

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 1)  5,312,193 

Premium received on OTC swap contracts (Note 1)  937,629 

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 1)  1,388,823 

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums $36,823) (Notes 1 and 3)  104,924 

TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $9,296,563) (Note 1)  9,259,453 

Collateral on securities loaned, at value (Note 1)  164,930 

Collateral on certain derivative contracts, at value (Note 1)  671,000 

Other accrued expenses  58,900 

Total liabilities  41,734,136 

Net assets  $173,164,047 

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Statement of assets and liabilities cont.

REPRESENTED BY   

Paid-in capital (Unlimited shares authorized) (Notes 1 and 4)  $177,362,987 

Undistributed net investment income (Note 1)  5,075,569 

Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions (Note 1)  (7,061,867) 

Net unrealized depreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies  (2,212,642) 

Total — Representing net assets applicable to capital shares outstanding  $173,164,047 

 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE   

Net asset value and redemption price per class A share ($19,455,865 divided by 1,855,683 shares)  $10.48 

Offering price per class A share (100/94.25 of $10.48)*  $11.12 

Net asset value and offering price per class B share ($2,687,587 divided by 262,267 shares)**  $10.25 

Net asset value and offering price per class C share ($8,242,627 divided by 803,709 shares)**  $10.26 

Net asset value and redemption price per class M share ($269,588 divided by 25,801 shares)  $10.45 

Offering price per class M share (100/96.50 of $10.45)*  $10.83 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class R share   
($71,026 divided by 6,828 shares)  $10.40 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class R6 share   
($96,068,590 divided by 9,161,028 shares)  $10.49 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class Y share   
($46,368,764 divided by 4,406,444 shares)  $10.52 

* On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more the offering price is reduced.

** Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of operations Six months ended 11/30/16 (Unaudited)

INVESTMENT INCOME   

Interest (including interest income of $80,328 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 5)  $1,427,700 

Dividends (net of foreign taxes paid and refunded of $15,830)  923,949 

Securities lending (net of expenses) (Notes 1 and 5)  3,780 

Total investment income  2,355,429 

 
EXPENSES   

Compensation of Manager (Note 2)  643,299 

Investor servicing fees (Note 2)  97,135 

Custodian fees (Note 2)  74,869 

Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)  5,046 

Distribution fees (Note 2)  87,494 

Administrative services (Note 2)  1,991 

Other  113,136 

Fees waived and reimbursed by Manager (Note 2)  (216,876) 

Total expenses  806,094 

Expense reduction (Note 2)  (291) 

Net expenses  805,803 

 
Net investment income  1,549,626 

 
Net realized gain on investments (Notes 1 and 3)  3,600,341 

Net increase from payments by affiliates (Note 2)  1,227 

Net realized gain on swap contracts (Note 1)  1,607,488 

Net realized gain on futures contracts (Note 1)  1,174,688 

Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions (Note 1)  407,067 

Net realized loss on written options (Notes 1 and 3)  (81,203) 

Net unrealized depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies during the period  (616,467) 

Net unrealized depreciation of investments, futures contracts, swap contracts, written options,   
and TBA sale commitments during the period  (3,888,539) 

Net gain on investments  2,204,602 

 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $3,754,228 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of changes in net assets

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS  Six months ended 11/30/16*  Year ended 5/31/16 

Operations     

Net investment income  $1,549,626  $3,206,666 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments     
and foreign currency transactions  6,709,608  (12,490,899) 

Net unrealized depreciation of investments and assets     
and liabilities in foreign currencies  (4,505,006)  (2,173,716) 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting     
from operations  3,754,228  (11,457,949) 

Distributions to shareholders (Note 1):     
From ordinary income     
Net investment income     

Class A    (74,916) 

Class R5    (74) 

Class R6    (795,984) 

Class Y    (179,166) 

From net realized long-term gain on investments     
Class A    (465,387) 

Class B    (66,529) 

Class C    (240,843) 

Class M    (4,874) 

Class R    (2,787) 

Class R5    (215) 

Class R6    (1,919,727) 

Class Y    (1,049,399) 

Decrease from capital share transactions (Note 4)  (7,514,500)  (19,667,807) 

Total decrease in net assets  (3,760,272)  (35,925,657) 
 
NET ASSETS     

Beginning of period  176,924,319  212,849,976 

End of period (including undistributed net investment     
income of $5,075,569 and $3,525,943, respectively)  $173,164,047  $176,924,319 

* Unaudited.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights (For a common share outstanding throughout the period)

  INVESTMENT OPERATIONS     LESS DISTRIBUTIONS     RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA  
 
                      Ratio  Ratio of net   
  Net asset    Net realized                of expenses  investment   
  value,    and unrealized  Total from    From net    Net asset  Total return  Net assets,  to average  income (loss)  Portfolio 
  beginning  Net investment  gain (loss)  investment  From net  realized gain  Total  value, end  at net asset  end of period  net assets  to average  turnover 
Period ended­  of period­  income (loss) a  on investments­  operations­  investment income­  on investments­  distributions  of period­  value (%) b  (in thousands)  (%) c,d  net assets (%) d  (%) 

Class A­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.28­  .08­  .12­  .20­  —­  —­  —­  $10.48­  1.95*  $19,456­  .57*  .76*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  11.10­  .15­  (.73)  (.58)  (.03)  (.21)  (.24)  10.28­  (5.14)  20,236­  1.25­  1.49­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.58­  .10­  (.05)  .05­  (.27)  (.26)  (.53)  11.10­  .53­  28,223­  1.41­  .91­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.63­  .04­  .98­  1.02­  (.07)  —­  (.07)  11.58­  9.59­  33,884­  1.40­  .33­  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.24­  .01­  .81­  .82­  (.20)  (.23)  (.43)  10.63­  7.97­  68,440­  1.40­  .06­  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  (.02)  .39­  .37­  (.09)  (.04)  (.13)  10.24­  3.77*  38,666­  .98 *  (.22) *   41* 

Class B­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.08­  .04­  .13­  .17­  —­  —­  —­  $10.25­  1.69*  $2,688­  .94*  .39*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  10.94­  .08­  (.73)  (.65)  —­  (.21)  (.21)  10.08­  (5.91)  3,207­  2.00­  .75­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.44­  .02­  (.06)  (.04)  (.20)  (.26)  (.46)  10.94­  (.26)  3,829­  2.16­  .17­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.53­  (.03)  .95­  .92­  (.01)  —­  (.01)  11.44­  8.78­  3,705­  2.15­  (.32)  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.20­  (.07)  .81­  .74­  (.18)  (.23)  (.41)  10.53­  7.22­  2,852­  2.15­  (.61)  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  (.07)  .38­  .31­  (.07)  (.04)  (.11)  10.20­  3.19 *  727­  1.50 *  (.68) *   41* 

Class C­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.09­  .04­  .13­  .17­  —­  —­  —­  $10.26­  1.68*  $8,243­  .94*  .39*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  10.95­  .08­  (.73)  (.65)  —­  (.21)  (.21)  10.09­  (5.90)  9,659­  2.00­  .74­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.44­  .02­  (.06)  (.04)  (.19)  (.26)  (.45)  10.95­  (.27)  15,125­  2.16­  .16­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.51­  (.04)  .97­  .93­  —­  —­  —­  11.44­  8.85­  16,325­  2.15­  (.38)  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.19­  (.06)  .80­  .74­  (.19)  (.23)  (.42)  10.51­  7.18­  21,015­  2.15­  (.57)  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  (.07)  .38­  .31­  (.08)  (.04)  (.12)  10.19­  3.21*  3,151­  1.50 *  (.66) *   41* 

Class M­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.27­  .05­  .13­  .18­  —­  —­  —­  $10.45­  1.75*  $270­  .82 *  .51*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  11.11­  .11­  (.74)  (.63)  —­  (.21)  (.21)  10.27­  (5.63)  250­  1.75­  1.02­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.60­  .05­  (.06)  (.01)  (.22)  (.26)  (.48)  11.11­  .01­  336­  1.91­  .42­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.66­  (.01)  .97­  .96­  (.02)  —­  (.02)  11.60­  9.03­  339­  1.90­  (.09)  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.21­  (.05)  .82­  .77­  (.09)  (.23)  (.32)  10.66­  7.52­  358­  1.90­  (.47)  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  (.06)  .39­  .33­  (.08)  (.04)  (.12)  10.21­  3.39 *  363­  1.33*  (.60) *   41* 

Class R­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.21­  .07­  .12­  .19­  —­  —­  —­  $10.40­  1.86*  $71­  .69*  .65*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  11.02­  .12­  (.72)  (.60)  —­  (.21)  (.21)  10.21­  (5.40)  135­  1.50­  1.17­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.52­  .07­  (.05)  .02­  (.26)  (.26)  (.52)  11.02­  .25­  261­  1.66­  .66­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.59­  .02­  .97­  .99­  (.06)  —­  (.06)  11.52­  9.34­  484­  1.65­  .17­  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.23­  (.01)  .80­  .79­  (.20)  (.23)  (.43)  10.59­  7.70­  458­  1.65­  (.11)  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  (.05)  .40­  .35­  (.08)  (.04)  (.12)  10.23­  3.59*  102­  1.15*  (.45) *   41* 

See notes to financial highlights at the end of this section.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights cont.

  INVESTMENT OPERATIONS     LESS DISTRIBUTIONS     RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA  
 
                      Ratio  Ratio of net   
  Net asset    Net realized                of expenses  investment   
  value,    and unrealized  Total from    From net    Net asset  Total return  Net assets,  to average  income (loss)  Portfolio 
  beginning  Net investment  gain (loss)  investment  From net  realized gain  Total  value, end  at net asset  end of period  net assets  to average  turnover 
Period ended­  of period­  income (loss) a  on investments­  operations­  investment income­  on investments­  distributions  of period­  value (%) b  (in thousands)  (%) c,d  net assets (%) d  (%) 

Class R6­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.26­  .10­  .13­  .23­  —­  —­  —­  $10.49­  2.24*  $96,069­  .38*  .96*  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  11.10­  .22­  (.76)  (.54)  (.09)  (.21)  (.30)  10.26­  (4.83)  96,118­  .81­  2.17­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.61­  .14­  (.07)  .07­  (.32)  (.26)  (.58)  11.10­  .79­  30,007­  1.11­  1.23­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.68­  .07­  .98­  1.05­  (.12)  —­  (.12)  11.61­  9.93­  2,055­  1.11­  .68­  117­f 

May 31, 2013††  10.56­  .08­  .49­  .57­  (.22)  (.23)  (.45)  10.68­  5.31*  2,713­  1.05*  .63*  130­f,g 

Class Y­                           

November 30, 2016**  $10.30­  .09­  .13­  .22­  —­  —­  —­  $10.52­  2.14*  $46,369­  .44*  .89 *  153* e 

May 31, 2016­  11.10­  .17­  (.72)  (.55)  (.04)  (.21)  (.25)  10.30­  (4.94)  47,321­  1.00­  1.62­  300­e 

May 31, 2015­  11.59­  .13­  (.06)  .07­  (.30)  (.26)  (.56)  11.10­  .79­  135,058­  1.16­  1.17­  245­e 

May 31, 2014­  10.65­  .07­  .98­  1.05­  (.11)  —­  (.11)  11.59­  9.87­  133,332­  1.15­  .64­  117­f 

May 31, 2013­  10.26­  .03­  .82­  .85­  (.23)  (.23)  (.46)  10.65­  8.21­  153,051­  1.15­  .32­  130­f,g 

May 31, 2012  10.00­  .01­  .38­  .39­  (.09)  (.04)  (.13)  10.26­  4.02*  84,578­  .80 *  .11*  41* 

* Not annualized

** Unaudited.

For the period September 19, 2011 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2012.

† † For the period July 3, 2012 (commencement of operations) to May 31, 2013.

a Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

b Total return assumes dividend reinvestment and does not reflect the effect of sales charges.

c Includes amounts paid through expense offset arrangements, if any (Note 2). Also excludes acquired fund fees and expenses, if any.

d Reflects an involuntary contractual expense limitation in effect during the period. As a result of such limitation, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts as a percentage of average net assets (Note 2):

        Percentage of average net assets 
  11/30/16  5/31/16  5/31/15  5/31/14  5/31/13  5/31/12 

Class A  0.12%  0.17%  0.10%  0.10%  0.16%  0.61% 

Class B  0.12  0.17  0.10  0.10  0.16  0.61 

Class C  0.12  0.17  0.10  0.10  0.16  0.61 

Class M  0.12  0.17  0.10  0.10  0.16  0.61 

Class R  0.12  0.17  0.10  0.10  0.16  0.61 

Class R6  0.12  0.20  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 

Class Y  0.12  0.17  0.10  0.10  0.16  0.61 

e Portfolio turnover includes TBA purchase and sale commitments.

f Portfolio turnover excludes TBA purchase and sale commitments. Including TBA purchase and sale commitments to conform with current year presentation, the portfolio turnover would have been following:

  Portfolio turnover % 

May 31, 2014  212% 

May 31, 2013  230 

g Reflects revision of portfolio turnover rate presented in the fund’s May 31, 2013 audited financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements 11/30/16 (Unaudited)

Within the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street” represent State Street Bank and Trust Company, references to “the SEC” represent the Securities and Exchange Commission, references to “Putnam Management” represent Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the fund’s manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and references to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from June 1, 2016 through November 30, 2016.

Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund (the fund) is a diversified series of Putnam Funds Trust (the Trust), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The goal of the fund is to seek total return. Total return is composed of capital appreciation and income. The fund invests in a diversified set of asset classes. By investing in a broader set of asset classes than a traditional balanced fund, and by using leverage to increase the fund’s exposures to asset classes, Putnam Management believes the fund may achieve a higher total return than a traditional balanced fund with approximately the same amount of risk as a traditional balanced fund. Risk is measured by the volatility of the fund’s investment portfolio. The fund may invest without limit in U.S., international, and emerging markets equity securities (growth or value stocks or both) of companies of any size and fixed-income securities (including in below-investment-grade securities, which are sometimes referred to as “junk bonds”); mortgage- and asset-backed securities; inflation-protected securities; commodities; and real estate investment trusts (REITs). These asset classes offer different return potential and exposure to different investment risks. Putnam Management typically uses derivatives, such as futures, options, certain foreign currency transactions, warrants and swap contracts, to a significant extent for hedging purposes, to obtain leverage, and to adjust the return and volatility characteristics of the fund’s investments. The fund may also engage in short sales of securities.

The fund offers class A, class B, class C, class M, class R, class R6 and class Y shares. Class A and class M shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75% and 3.50%, respectively. Class A shares generally are not subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, and class M, class R, class R6 and class Y shares are not subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Class B shares, which convert to class A shares after approximately eight years, are not subject to a front-end sales charge and are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge if those shares are redeemed within six years of purchase. Class C shares are subject to a one-year 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge and do not convert to class A shares. Class R shares, which are not available to all investors, are sold at net asset value. The expenses for class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares may differ based on the distribution fee of each class, which is identified in Note 2. Class R6 and class Y shares, which are sold at net asset value, are generally subject to the same expenses as class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, but do not bear a distribution fee and in the case of class R6 shares, bear a lower investor servicing fee, which is identified in Note 2. Class R6 and class Y shares are not available to all investors. Effective February 1, 2016, the fund has terminated its class R5 shares.

In the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circumstances. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the fund. However, the fund’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

The fund has entered into contractual arrangements with an investment adviser, administrator, distributor, shareholder servicing agent and custodian, who each provide services to the fund. Unless expressly stated otherwise, shareholders are not parties to, or intended beneficiaries of these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements are not intended to create any shareholder right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the fund.

Under the fund’s Declaration of Trust, any claims asserted against or on behalf of the Putnam Funds, including claims against Trustees and Officers, must be brought in state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Note 1: Significant accounting policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements.

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Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses of the fund are borne pro-rata based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the fund, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the distribution fees applicable to such classes). Each class votes as a class only with respect to its own distribution plan or other matters on which a class vote is required by law or determined by the Trustees. If the fund were liquidated, shares of each class would receive their pro-rata share of the net assets of the fund. In addition, the Trustees declare separate dividends on each class of shares.

Security valuation Portfolio securities and other investments are valued using policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees have formed a Pricing Committee to oversee the implementation of these procedures and have delegated responsibility for valuing the fund’s assets in accordance with these procedures to Putnam Management. Putnam Management has established an internal Valuation Committee that is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the pricing policies of the fund and reporting to the Pricing Committee.

Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securities, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining maturities of 60 days or less) and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees or dealers selected by Putnam Management. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the fund will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent. At the close of the reporting period, fair value pricing was used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that Putnam Management does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by Putnam Management in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustees. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity exposures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of fair valuations, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of such valuations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available. Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

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Joint trading account Pursuant to an exemptive order from the SEC, the fund may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account along with the cash of other registered investment companies and certain other accounts managed by Putnam Management. These balances may be invested in issues of short-term investments having maturities of up to 90 days.

Repurchase agreements The fund, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the fair value of which at the time of purchase is required to be in an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund and the counterparty. Putnam Management is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Security transactions and related investment income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain. All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

The fund earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are amortized into income in the Statement of operations.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled at a future date beyond customary settlement time; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the fair value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Stripped securities The fund may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the fund may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Foreign currency translation The accounting records of the fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the fund after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The fund does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net realized exchange gains or losses on closed forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of open forward currency contracts and assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Options contracts The fund uses options contracts to hedge duration and convexity, to isolate prepayment risk, to gain exposure to interest rates, to hedge against changes in values of securities it owns, owned or expects to own, to hedge prepayment risk, to generate additional income for the portfolio, to enhance returns on securities owned, to enhance the return on a security owned, to gain exposure to securities and to manage downside risks.

The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are

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included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. OTC traded options are valued using prices supplied by dealers.

Options on swaps are similar to options on securities except that the premium paid or received is to buy or grant the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default contract. Forward premium swap option contracts include premiums that have extended settlement dates. The delayed settlement of the premiums is factored into the daily valuation of the option contracts. In the case of interest rate cap and floor contracts, in return for a premium, ongoing payments between two parties are based on interest rates exceeding a specified rate, in the case of a cap contract, or falling below a specified rate in the case of a floor contract. Written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Futures contracts The fund uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment risk, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure to interest rates, and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The fund and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Forward currency contracts The fund buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The fund could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Interest rate swap contracts The fund entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure on interest rates, and to hedge prepayment risk.

An OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. For OTC interest rate swap contracts, an upfront payment received by the fund is recorded as a liability on the fund’s books. An upfront payment made by the fund is recorded as an asset on the fund’s books. OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC interest rate swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared interest rate swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments, including upfront premiums, received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or the closing of the contract. Certain OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract.

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The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults, in the case of OTC interest rate contracts, or the central clearing agency or a clearing member defaults, in the case of centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, on its respective obligation to perform under the contract. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC interest rate swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty and for centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Total return swap contracts The fund entered into OTC total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market-linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure, to manage exposure to specific sectors or industries, to manage exposure to specific securities, to gain exposure to a basket of securities, to gain exposure to specific markets or countries, to gain exposure to specific sectors or industries, to generate additional income for the portfolio.

To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. OTC total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain OTC total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC total return swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Credit default contracts The fund entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared credit default contracts to hedge credit risk, to hedge market risk, and to gain exposure on individual names and/or baskets of securities.

In OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts, the protection buyer typically makes a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring and obligation acceleration. For OTC credit default contracts, an upfront payment received by the fund is recorded as a liability on the fund’s books. An upfront payment made by the fund is recorded as an asset on the fund’s books. Centrally cleared credit default contracts provide the same rights to the protection buyer and seller except the payments between parties, including upfront premiums, are settled through a central clearing agent through variation margin payments. Upfront and periodic payments received or paid by the fund for OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or close of the contract. The OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change in value of OTC credit default contracts is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and fair value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the fund could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the fund may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the fund may enter into offsetting OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC credit default contracts

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by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty and for centrally cleared credit default contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. Counterparty risk is further mitigated with respect to centrally cleared credit default swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Where the fund is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the fund may be required to make is equal to the notional amount.

OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

TBA commitments The fund may enter into TBA (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price and par amount have been established, the actual securities have not been specified. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The fund holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the fund may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date.

The fund may also enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions, to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements or to take a short position in mortgage-backed securities. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, either equivalent deliverable securities or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date are held as “cover” for the transaction, or other liquid assets in an amount equal to the notional value of the TBA sale commitment are segregated. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the fund realizes a gain or loss. If the fund delivers securities under the commitment, the fund realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

TBA commitments, which are accounted for as purchase and sale transactions, may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss due to changes in the value of the security prior to the settlement date as well as the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not perform its obligations. Counterparty risk is mitigated by having a master agreement between the fund and the counterparty.

Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at their fair value according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded by the fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Based on market circumstances, Putnam Management will determine whether to take delivery of the underlying securities or to dispose of the TBA commitments prior to settlement.

TBA purchase commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed within the fund’s portfolio and TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master agreements The fund is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements that govern transactions involving mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities that may result in delayed delivery (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the fund is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral posted to the fund which cannot be sold or repledged totaled $131,107 at the close of the reporting period.

Collateral pledged by the fund is segregated by the fund’s custodian and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the fund and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the fund’s net position with each counterparty.

With respect to ISDA Master Agreements, termination events applicable to the fund may occur upon a decline in the fund’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term or short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the fund’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the fund’s future derivative activity.

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At the close of the reporting period, the fund had a net liability position of $6,103,635 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the fund at period end for these agreements totaled $6,303,296 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

Securities lending The fund may lend securities, through its agent, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned. The fair value of securities loaned is determined daily and any additional required collateral is allocated to the fund on the next business day. The remaining maturities of the securities lending transactions are considered overnight and continuous. The risk of borrower default will be borne by the fund’s agent; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral. Income from securities lending, net of expenses, is included in investment income on the Statement of operations. Cash collateral is invested in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC, a limited liability company managed by an affiliate of Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. There are no management fees charged to Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC. At the close of the reporting period, the fund received cash collateral of $164,930 and the value of securities loaned amounted to $160,118.

Interfund lending The fund, along with other Putnam funds, may participate in an interfund lending program pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC. This program allows the fund to borrow from or lend to other Putnam funds that permit such transactions. Interfund lending transactions are subject to each fund’s investment policies and borrowing and lending limits. Interest earned or paid on the interfund lending transaction will be based on the average of certain current market rates. During the reporting period, the fund did not utilize the program.

Lines of credit The fund participates, along with other Putnam funds, in a $317.5 million unsecured committed line of credit and a $235.5 million unsecured uncommitted line of credit, both provided by State Street. Borrowings may be made for temporary or emergency purposes, including the funding of shareholder redemption requests and trade settlements. Interest is charged to the fund based on the fund’s borrowing at a rate equal to the higher of (1) the Federal Funds rate and (2) the overnight LIBOR plus 1.25% for the committed line of credit and the Federal Funds rate plus 1.30% for the uncommitted line of credit. A closing fee equal to 0.04% of the committed line of credit plus a $25,000 flat fee and 0.04% of the uncommitted line of credit has been paid by the participating funds. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.21% per annum on any unutilized portion of the committed line of credit is allocated to the participating funds based on their relative net assets and paid quarterly. During the reporting period, the fund had no borrowings against these arrangements.

Federal taxes It is the policy of the fund to distribute all of its taxable income within the prescribed time period and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), applicable to regulated investment companies. It is also the intention of the fund to distribute an amount sufficient to avoid imposition of any excise tax under Section 4982 of the Code.

The fund is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The fund did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains. Each of the fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The fund may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The fund accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the fund may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the fund’s books. In many cases, however, the fund may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred for an unlimited period and the carry forwards will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. At May 31, 2016, the fund had the following capital loss carryovers available, to the extent allowed by the Code, to offset future net capital gain, if any:

  Loss carryover   

Short-term  Long-term  Total 

$3,281,890  $—  $3,281,890 

 

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Pursuant to federal income tax regulations applicable to regulated investment companies, the Fund has elected to defer certain capital losses of $10,339,201 recognized during the period between November 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016 to its fiscal year ending May 31, 2017.

The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is $195,060,925, resulting in gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $10,990,144 and $5,769,149, respectively, or net unrealized appreciation of $5,220,995.

Distributions to shareholders Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are recorded by the fund on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. Actual results may vary. Any non-taxable return of capital cannot be determined until final tax calculations are completed after the end of the fund’s fiscal year. Reclassifications are made to the fund’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryovers) under income tax regulations.

Expenses of the Trust Expenses directly charged or attributable to any fund will be paid from the assets of that fund. Generally, expenses of the Trust will be allocated among and charged to the assets of each fund on a basis that the Trustees deem fair and equitable, which may be based on the relative assets of each fund or the nature of the services performed and relative applicability to each fund.

Note 2: Management fee, administrative services and other transactions

The fund pays Putnam Management a management fee (based on the fund’s average net assets and computed and paid monthly) at annual rates that may vary based on the average of the aggregate net assets of all open-end mutual funds sponsored by Putnam Management (excluding net assets of funds that are invested in, or that are invested in by, other Putnam funds to the extent necessary to avoid “double counting” of those assets). Such annual rates may vary as follows:

0.880%  of the first $5 billion,  0.680%  of the next $50 billion, 

 
0.830%  of the next $5 billion,  0.660%  of the next $50 billion, 

 
0.780%  of the next $10 billion,  0.650%  of the next $100 billion and 

 
0.730%  of the next $10 billion,  0.645%  of any excess thereafter. 

 

For the reporting period, the management fee represented an effective rate (excluding the impact from any expense waivers in effect) of 0.364% of the fund’s average net assets.

Putnam Management has contractually agreed to waive fees (and, to the extent necessary, bear other expenses) of the fund through September 30, 2017, to the extent that total expenses of the fund (excluding brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, payments under distribution plans, extraordinary expenses, payments under the fund’s investor servicing contract and acquired fund fees and expenses, but including payments under the fund’s investment management contract) would exceed an annual rate of 0.70% of the fund’s average net assets. During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $200,422 as a result of this limit.

Putnam Management has also contractually agreed, through September 30, 2017, to waive fees or reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent necessary to limit the cumulative expenses of the fund, exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, extraordinary expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and payments under the fund’s investor servicing contract, investment management contract and distribution plans, on a fiscal year-to-date basis to an annual rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets over such fiscal year-to-date period. During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $16,454 as a result of this limit.

Putnam Investments Limited (PIL), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to manage a separate portion of the assets of the fund as determined by Putnam Management from time to time. PIL did not manage any portion of the assets of the fund during the reporting period. If Putnam Management were to engage the services of PIL, Putnam Management would pay a quarterly sub-management fee to PIL for its services at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund managed by PIL.

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Putnam Management voluntarily reimbursed the fund $1,227 for a trading error which occurred during the reporting period. The effect of the loss incurred and the reimbursement by Putnam Management of such amounts had no material impact on total return.

The fund reimburses Putnam Management an allocated amount for the compensation and related expenses of certain officers of the fund and their staff who provide administrative services to the fund. The aggregate amount of all such reimbursements is determined annually by the Trustees.

Custodial functions for the fund’s assets are provided by State Street. Custody fees are based on the fund’s asset level, the number of its security holdings and transaction volumes.

Putnam Investor Services, Inc., an affiliate of Putnam Management, provides investor servicing agent functions to the fund. Putnam Investor Services, Inc. received fees for investor servicing for class A, class B, class C, class M, class R, and class Y shares that included (1) a per account fee for each direct and underlying non-defined contribution account (“retail account”) of the fund; (2) a specified rate of the fund’s assets attributable to defined contribution plan accounts; and (3) a specified rate based on the average net assets in retail accounts. Putnam Investor Services has agreed that the aggregate investor servicing fees for each fund’s retail and defined contribution accounts for these share classes will not exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the fund’s average assets attributable to such accounts.

Class R6 shares paid a monthly fee based on the average net assets of class R6 shares at an annual rate of 0.05%.

Prior to September 1, 2016, Putnam Investor Services, Inc. received fees for investor servicing for class A, class B, class C, class M, class R, and class Y shares that included (1) a per account fee for each retail account of the fund and each of the other funds in its specified category, which was totaled and then allocated to each fund in the category based on its average daily net assets; (2) a specified rate of the fund’s assets attributable to defined contribution plan accounts; and (3) a specified rate based on the average net assets in retail accounts. Prior to September 1, 2016, Putnam Investor Services had agreed that the aggregate investor servicing fees for each fund’s retail and defined contribution accounts for these share classes would not exceed an annual rate of 0.320% of the fund’s average assets attributable to such accounts.

During the reporting period, the expenses for each class of shares related to investor servicing fees were as follows:

Class A  $18,328  Class R  99 

 
Class B  2,721  Class R6  24,214 

 
Class C  8,463  Class Y  43,067 

 
Class M  243  Total  $97,135 

 

The fund has entered into expense offset arrangements with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. and State Street whereby Putnam Investor Services, Inc.’s and State Street’s fees are reduced by credits allowed on cash balances. The fund also reduced expenses through brokerage/service arrangements. For the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $74 under the expense offset arrangements and by $217 under the brokerage/ service arrangements.

Each Independent Trustee of the fund receives an annual Trustee fee, of which $137, as a quarterly retainer, has been allocated to the fund, and an additional fee for each Trustees meeting attended. Trustees also are reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees.

The fund has adopted a Trustee Fee Deferral Plan (the Deferral Plan) which allows the Trustees to defer the receipt of all or a portion of Trustees fees payable on or after July 1, 1995. The deferred fees remain invested in certain Putnam funds until distribution in accordance with the Deferral Plan.

The fund has adopted an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the Pension Plan) covering all Trustees of the fund who have served as a Trustee for at least five years and were first elected prior to 2004. Benefits under the Pension Plan are equal to 50% of the Trustee’s average annual attendance and retainer fees for the three years ended December 31, 2005. The retirement benefit is payable during a Trustee’s lifetime, beginning the year following retirement, for the number of years of service through December 31, 2006. Pension expense for the fund is included in Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of operations. Accrued pension liability is included in Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Trustees have terminated the Pension Plan with respect to any Trustee first elected after 2003.

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The fund has adopted distribution plans (the Plans) with respect to its class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares pursuant to Rule 12b–1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of the Plans is to compensate Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, for services provided and expenses incurred in distributing shares of the fund. The Plans provide for payments by the fund to Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership at an annual rate of up to 0.35%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 1.00% and 1.00% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively. The Trustees have approved payment by the fund at an annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 0.75% and 0.50% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively. During the reporting period, the class specific expenses related to distribution fees were as follows:

Class A  $25,067  Class M  998 

 
Class B  14,870  Class R  269 

 
Class C  46,290  Total  $87,494 

For the reporting period, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received net commissions of $2,980 and $54 from the sale of class A and class M shares, respectively, and received $917 and $82 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of class B and class C shares, respectively.

A deferred sales charge of up to 1.00% is assessed on certain redemptions of class A shares. For the reporting period, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received no monies on class A redemptions.

Note 3: Purchases and sales of securities

During the reporting period, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales, excluding short-term investments, were as follows:

  Cost of purchases  Proceeds from sales 

Investments in securities, including TBA commitments     
(Long-term)  $230,296,225  $231,768,812 
U.S. government securities (Long-term)     

Total  $230,296,225  $231,768,812 

The fund may purchase or sell investments from or to other Putnam funds in the ordinary course of business, which can reduce the fund’s transaction costs, at prices determined in accordance with SEC requirements and policies approved by the Trustees. During the reporting period, purchases or sales of long-term securities from or to other Putnam funds, if any, did not represent more than 5% of the fund’s total cost of purchases and/or total proceeds from sales.

Written option transactions during the reporting period are summarized as follows:

  Written option contract amounts  Written option premiums 

Written options outstanding at the     
beginning of the reporting period  $123,879  $33,865 

Options opened  1,702,348  212,308 

Options exercised     

Options expired  (558,499)  (146,724) 

Options closed  (182,196)  (62,626) 

Written options outstanding at the     
end of the reporting period  $1,085,532  $36,823 

 

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Note 4: Capital shares

At the close of the reporting period, there were an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class A  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  146,009  $1,540,045  180,818  $1,879,181 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      52,060  510,706 

  146,009  1,540,045  232,878  2,389,887 

Shares repurchased  (258,885)  (2,717,969)  (806,504)  (8,199,938) 

Net decrease  (112,876)  $(1,177,924)  (573,626)  $(5,810,051) 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class B  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  5,782  $59,217  23,542  $236,972 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      5,678  54,850 

  5,782  59,217  29,220  291,822 

Shares repurchased  (61,491)  (641,394)  (61,259)  (610,669) 

Net decrease  (55,709)  $(582,177)  (32,039)  $(318,847) 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class C  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  31,845  $331,413  74,427  $769,260 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      22,934  221,770 

  31,845  331,413  97,361  991,030 

Shares repurchased  (185,134)  (1,915,426)  (52,578)  (5,243,599) 

Net increase (decrease)  (153,289)  $(1,584,013)  44,783  $(4,252,569) 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class M  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  2,700  $28,653  1,239  $12,540 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      496  4,874 

  2,700  28,653  1,735  17,414 

Shares repurchased  (1,226)  (12,703)  (7,637)  (82,260) 

Net increase (decrease)  1,474  $15,950  (5,902)  $(64,846) 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class R  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  379  $3,966  1,608  $16,154 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      262  2,561 

  379  3,966  1,870  18,715 

Shares repurchased  (6,762)  (71,006)  (12,328)  (126,837) 

Net decrease  (6,383)  $(67,040)  (10,458)  $(108,122) 

 

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      PERIOD ENDED 5/31/16* 
Class R5      Shares  Amount 

Shares sold        $— 

Shares issued in connection with reinvestment of distributions    29  289 

      29  289 

Shares repurchased      (1,077)  (10,335) 

Net decrease      (1,048)  $(10,046) 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class R6  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  333,872  $3,504,359  7,119,700  $71,592,034 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      277,680  2,715,711 

  333,872  3,504,359  7,397,380  74,307,745 

Shares repurchased  (539,522)  (5,661,566)  (733,872)  (7,150,026) 

Net increase (decrease)  (205,650)  $(2,157,207)  6,663,508  $67,157,719 
   
 
  SIX MONTHS ENDED 11/30/16  YEAR ENDED 5/31/16 
Class Y  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Shares sold  254,002  $2,669,960  1,429,206  $14,870,635 

Shares issued in connection with         
reinvestment of distributions      118,797  1,167,773 

  254,002  2,669,960  1,548,003  16,038,408 

Shares repurchased  (440,088)  (4,632,049)  (9,121,084)  (92,299,453) 

Net decrease  (186,086)  $(1,962,089)  (7,573,081)  $(76,261,045) 

* Effective February 1, 2016, the fund has terminated its Class R5 shares.

At the close of the reporting period, Putnam Investments, LLC owned the following shares of the fund:

  Shares owned  Percentage of ownership  Value 

Class R  5,315  77.8%  $55,276 

Class R6  1,082  <0.1  11,350 

At the close of the reporting period, two shareholders of record owned 15.5% and 38.9% respectively, of the outstanding shares of the fund.

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Note 5: Affiliated transactions

Transactions during the reporting period with any company which is under common ownership or control were as follows:

  Fair value at the        Fair value at 
  beginning of the      Investment  the end of the 
Name of affiliate  reporting period  Purchase cost  Sale proceeds  income  reporting period 

Putnam Cash Collateral           
Pool, LLC*  $538,794  $4,496,178  $4,870,042  $1,658  $164,930 

Putnam Money Market           
Liquidity Fund**    4,699,077  4,699,077  276   

Putnam Short Term           
Investment Fund***  35,007,773  28,002,418  34,049,694  80,052  28,960,497 

Totals  $35,546,567  $37,197,673  $43,618,813  $81,986  $29,125,427 

* No management fees are charged to Putnam Cash Collateral Pool, LLC (See Note 1).

** Management fees charged to Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

*** Management fees charged to Putnam Short Term Investment Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

Note 6: Senior loan commitments

Senior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. When the fund invests in a loan or participation, the fund is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the fund and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the fund, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

Note 7: Market, credit and other risks

In the normal course of business, the fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The fund may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the fund has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations. The fund may invest in higher-yielding, lower-rated bonds that may have a higher rate of default. The fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

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Note 8: Summary of derivative activity

The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Purchased equity option contracts (contract amount)  $340,000 

Purchased currency options (contract amount)  $770,000 

Written equity option contracts (contract amount) (Note 3)  $120,000 

Written currency options (contract amount) (Note 3)  $770,000 

Futures contracts (number of contracts)  1,000 

Forward currency contracts (contract amount)  $138,900,000 

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts (notional)  $161,400,000 

OTC total return swap contracts (notional)  $249,900,000 

OTC credit default contracts (notional)  $26,100,000 

Centrally cleared credit default contracts (notional)  $23,900,000 

Warrants (number of warrants)  97,000 

 

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period   
  ASSET DERIVATIVES LIABILITY DERIVATIVES 

Derivatives not         
accounted for as  Statement of    Statement of   
hedging instruments  assets and    assets and   
under ASC 815  liabilities location  Fair value  liabilities location  Fair value 

  Receivables, Net    Payables, Net   
  assets — Unrealized    assets — Unrealized   
Credit contracts  appreciation  $318,829* depreciation  $1,115,640*

Foreign exchange  Investments,       
contracts  Receivables  612,259  Payables  1,408,340 

  Investments,       
  Receivables, Net    Payables, Net   
  assets — Unrealized    assets — Unrealized   
Equity contracts  appreciation  2,058,803* depreciation  1,838,060*

  Receivables, Net    Payables, Net   
  assets — Unrealized    assets — Unrealized   
Interest rate contracts  appreciation  1,627,180* depreciation  7,577,549*

Total    $4,617,071    $11,939,589 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and/or centrally cleared swaps as reported in the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments in the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 1):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments   

Derivatives not             
accounted for as        Forward     
hedging instruments        currency     
under ASC 815  Warrants  Options  Futures  contracts  Swaps  Total 

Credit contracts  $—  $—  $—  $—  $200,574  $200,574 

Foreign exchange             
contracts    (20,001)    443,569    $423,568 

Equity contracts  32,935  (1,081,799)  453,489    1,520,337  $924,962 

Interest rate contracts      721,199    (113,423)  $607,776 

Total  $32,935  $(1,101,800)  $1,174,688  $443,569  $1,607,488  $2,156,880 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) 
on investments             

Derivatives not             
accounted for as        Forward     
hedging instruments        currency     
under ASC 815  Warrants  Options  Futures  contracts  Swaps  Total 

Credit contracts  $—  $—  $—  $—  $(62,686)  $(62,686) 

Foreign exchange             
contracts    5,647    (609,426)    $(603,779) 

Equity contracts  49,716  151,277  138,392    (289,695)  $49,690 

Interest             
rate contracts      (843,063)    639,358  $(203,705) 

Total  $49,716  $156,924  $(704,671)  $(609,426)  $286,977  $(820,480) 

 

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Note 9: Offsetting of financial and derivative assets and liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 1. For financial reporting purposes, the fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

  Bank of America N.A. Barclays Bank PLC  Barclays Capital Inc. (clearing broker) Citibank, N.A. Credit Suisse International Goldman Sachs
International
HSBC Bank USA, National Association JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. JPMorgan
Securities LLC
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The) State Street Bank and Trust Co. WestPac Banking
Corp.
Total

Assets                             
Centrally cleared interest rate                             
swap contracts§  $—  $—  $1,363,016  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $1,363,016 

OTC Total return 
swap contracts*#  510,700  27,605    439,885  2,997  216,630    22,148            1,219,965 

OTC Credit default contracts*#          28,233  8,480      893          37,606 

Centrally cleared credit                             
default contracts§      6,502                      6,502 

Futures contracts§                    120,355        120,355 

Forward currency contracts #  58,492  125,380    32,198  25,687  91,113  20,393  158,223      27,854  14,983  10,007  564,330 

Purchased options**#  107,951      290,144        335,055            733,150 

Total Assets  $677,143  $152,985  $1,369,518  $762,227  $56,917  $316,223  $20,393  $515,426  $893  $120,355  $27,854  $14,983  $10,007  $4,044,924 

Liabilities                             
Centrally cleared interest rate                             
swap contracts§      1,587,752                      1,587,752 

OTC Total return                         
swap contracts*#  1,862,847  647,255      1,757,134      968,247            5,235,483 

OTC Credit default contracts*#    855,910      82,797  25,916      38,816          1,003,439 

Centrally cleared credit                             
default contracts§                             

Futures contracts§                    203,639        203,639 

Forward currency contracts #  43,555  199,510    41,132  38,180  85,385  78,242  775,174      78,459  22,797  26,389  1,388,823 

Written options #                104,924            104,924 

Total Liabilities  $1,906,402  $1,702,675  $1,587,752  $41,132  $1,878,111  $111,301  $78,242  $1,848,345  $38,816  $203,639  $78,459  $22,797  $26,389  $9,524,060 

Total Financial and Derivative                           
Net Assets  $(1,229,259)  $(1,549,690)  $(218,234)  $721,095  $(1,821,194)  $204,922  $(57,849)  $(1,332,919)  $(37,923)  $(83,284)  $(50,605)  $(7,814)  $(16,382)  $(5,479,136) 

Total collateral                             
received (pledged)†##  $(1,229,259)  $(1,549,690)  $—  $671,000  $(1,821,194)  $131,107  $—  $(1,332,919)  $—  $—  $—  $—  $—   

Net amount  $—  $—  $(218,234)  $50,095  $—  $73,815  $(57,849)  $—  $(37,923)  $(83,284)  $(50,605)  $(7,814)  $(16,382)   

* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.

# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 1).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) for futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio.

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Note 10: New pronouncements

In October 2016, the SEC adopted amendments to rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The final rules amend Regulation S-X and require funds to provide standardized, enhanced derivative disclosure in fund financial statements in a format designed for individual investors. The amendments to Regulation S-X also update the disclosures for other investments and investments in and advances to affiliates and amend the rules regarding the general form and content of fund financial statements. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Putnam Management is currently evaluating the amendments and their impact, if any, on the fund’s financial statements.

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Fund information

Founded over 75 years ago, Putnam Investments was built around the concept that a balance between risk and reward is the hallmark of a well-rounded financial program. We manage over 100 funds across income, value, blend, growth, asset allocation, absolute return, and global sector categories.

Investment Manager  Trustees  James F. Clark 
Putnam Investment  Jameson A. Baxter, Chair  Vice President and 
Management, LLC  Kenneth R. Leibler, Vice Chair  Chief Compliance Officer 
One Post Office Square  Liaquat Ahamed   
Boston, MA 02109  Ravi Akhoury  Michael J. Higgins 
  Barbara M. Baumann  Vice President, Treasurer, 
Investment Sub-Advisor  Robert J. Darretta  and Clerk 
Putnam Investments Limited  Katinka Domotorffy 
57–59 St James’s Street  John A. Hill  Janet C. Smith 
London, England SW1A 1LD  Paul L. Joskow  Vice President, 
  Robert E. Patterson  Principal Financial Officer, 
Marketing Services  George Putnam, III  Principal Accounting Officer, 
Putnam Retail Management  Robert L. Reynolds  and Assistant Treasurer 
One Post Office Square  W. Thomas Stephens   
Boston, MA 02109  Susan G. Malloy 
  Officers   Vice President and 
Custodian  Robert L. Reynolds  Assistant Treasurer 
State Street Bank  President   
and Trust Company  Mark C. Trenchard 
  Jonathan S. Horwitz   Vice President and 
Legal Counsel  Executive Vice President,  BSA Compliance Officer 
Ropes & Gray LLP   Principal Executive Officer, and   
Compliance Liaison  Nancy E. Florek 
  Vice President, Director of 
  Robert T. Burns   Proxy Voting and Corporate 
  Vice President and  Governance, Assistant Clerk, 
  Chief Legal Officer  and Associate Treasurer 
   

This report is for the information of shareholders of Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund. It may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus, the most recent copy of Putnam’s Quarterly Performance Summary, and Putnam’s Quarterly Ranking Summary. For more recent performance, please visit putnam.com. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of a fund, which are described in its prospectus. For this and other information or to request a prospectus or summary prospectus, call 1-800-225-1581 toll free. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the fund’s Trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-225-1581.




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(a)(2) Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

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

Putnam Funds Trust
By (Signature and Title):
/s/Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Accounting Officer

Date: January 26, 2017
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):
/s/Jonathan S. Horwitz
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer

Date: January 26, 2017
By (Signature and Title):
/s/Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Financial Officer

Date: January 26, 2017