N-CSRS 1 form.htm

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form N-CSR

Certified Shareholder Report of Registered Management Investment Companies

 

 

 

 

811-8519

 

(Investment Company Act File Number)

 

 

Federated Core Trust

______________________________________________________________

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Federated Investors Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant's Telephone Number)

 

 

John W. McGonigle, Esquire

Federated Investors Tower

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Fiscal Year End: 12/31/15

 

 

Date of Reporting Period: Six months ended 06/30/15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 

Semi-Annual Shareholder Report
June 30, 2015
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio

A Portfolio of Federated Core Trust


Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


Portfolio of Investments Summary Table (unaudited)Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
At June 30, 2015, the Fund's portfolio composition1 was as follows:
Type of Investment Percentage of
Total Net Assets
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 77.5%
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 10.5%
Asset-Backed Securities 4.5%
U.S. Government Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2.9%
Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.8%
Derivative Contracts2,3 0.0%
Cash Equivalent4 2.7%
Repurchase Agreements—Collateral5 18.2%
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net6 (18.1)%
TOTAL 100.0%
1 See the Fund's Private Offering Memorandum for a description of the principal types of securities in which the Fund invests.
2 Based upon net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) or value of the derivative contracts as applicable. Derivative contracts may consist of futures, forwards, options and swaps. The impact of a derivative contract on the Fund's performance may be larger than its unrealized appreciation (depreciation) or value may indicate. In many cases, the notional value or amount of a derivative contract may provide a better indication of the contract's significance to the portfolio. More complete information regarding the Fund's direct investments in derivative contracts, including unrealized appreciation (depreciation), value, and notional values or amounts of such contracts, can be found in the table at the end of the Portfolio of Investments included in this Report.
3 Represent less than 0.1%.
4 Cash Equivalents include any investments in money market mutual funds and/or overnight repurchase agreements other than those representing dollar-roll collateral.
5 Includes repurchase agreements purchased with cash collateral received in dollar-roll transactions, as well as cash covering when-issued and delayed-delivery transactions.
6 Assets, other than investments in securities and derivative contracts, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Portfolio of InvestmentsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Principal
Amount
    Value
    ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE—0.9%  
    Federal National Mortgage Association ARM—0.9%  
$16,905,689   3.038%, 1/1/2044
(IDENTIFIED COST $17,389,086)
$17,485,464
    ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—4.5%  
    Auto Receivables—3.9%  
12,960,000   AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.000%, 6/8/2021 12,936,365
13,322,000   Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.160%, 11/20/2020 13,345,361
19,940,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1, Class D, 3.240%, 4/15/2021 20,132,798
18,140,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.020%, 4/15/2021 18,090,150
14,580,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-3, Class D, 3.490%, 5/17/2021 14,604,784
    TOTAL 79,109,458
    Single Family Rental Securities—0.6%  
11,300,000 1,2 Invitation Homes Trust 2014-SFR1, Class C, 2.285%, 6/17/2031 11,295,680
    TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $90,261,943)
90,405,138
    COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—4.7%  
    Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—2.9%  
12,475,000 1,2 FREMF Mortgage Trust 2013-K712, 3.484%, 5/25/2045 12,670,068
7,000,000 1,2 FREMF Mortgage Trust 2014-K714, 3.987%, 1/25/2047 7,229,936
14,180,000 1,2 FREMF Mortgage Trust 2014-K717, 3.754%, 11/25/2047 14,324,096
24,000,000   FNMA REMIC 2015-M4 AV2, 2.509%, 7/25/2022 24,113,856
    TOTAL 58,337,956
    Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—1.8%  
22,300,000 1,2 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C6, Class A3FL, 0.975%, 4/10/2046 22,259,499
12,500,000 1,2 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-LC12, Class A3FL, 1.235%, 7/15/2046 12,546,181
    TOTAL 34,805,680
    TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $92,733,455)
93,143,636
    COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—11.5%  
    Government National Mortgage Association—1.0%  
19,493,105   REMIC 2013-H20 FA, 0.782%, 8/20/2063 19,617,081
    Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities—10.5%  
1,020,531   Chase Mortgage Finance Corp. 2004-S3, Class 1A1, 5.000%, 3/25/2034 1,005,631
2,053,039   Countrywide Home Loans 2005-21, Class A2, 5.500%, 10/25/2035 1,993,405
3,473,971   Countrywide Home Loans 2007-14, Class A18, 6.000%, 9/25/2037 3,172,819
954,920   Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2007-4, Class 4A2, 5.500%, 6/25/2037 789,256
6,549,119 1,2 Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2012-CIM2, Class A1, 3.000%, 6/25/2042 6,552,128
23,770,461 1,2 Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2013-IVR3, Class A2, 3.000%, 5/25/2043 23,150,623
20,189,617 1,2 Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2013-TH1, Class A1, 2.130%, 2/25/2043 18,604,930
7,890,065 1,2 Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2014-WIN2, Class A2, 3.500%, 10/25/2044 7,985,525
15,468,168 1,2 Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2015-WIN1, Class A6, 3.500%, 12/25/2044 15,609,343
2,680,709   Lehman Mortgage Trust 2007-9, Class 1A1, 6.000%, 10/25/2037 2,501,145
1,556,112   Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I 2005-SA3, Class 3A, 2.780%, 8/25/2035 1,418,405
781,478   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2011-1, Class A1, 4.125%, 2/25/2041 780,376
6,478,175   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-1, Class 2A1, 3.474%, 1/25/2042 6,510,611
17,062,713   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-6, Class A2, 1.808%, 12/25/2042 15,475,986
16,119,576   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-1, Class 2A1, 1.855%, 2/25/2043 14,542,975
27,717,096   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-2, Class A, 1.874%, 2/25/2043 25,322,442
18,312,497   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-6, Class A2, 3.000%, 5/25/2043 18,002,637
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Principal
Amount
    Value
    COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—continued  
    Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities—continued  
$7,492,054 1,2 Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2014-1, Class 2A5, 4.000%, 4/25/2044 $7,722,570
21,740,141 1,2 Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2014-4, Class A5, 3.500%, 11/25/2044 21,932,671
12,150,000 1 Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2012-3A, Class M1, 2.660%, 12/25/2059 12,351,047
5,116,489   Structured Asset Securities Corp. 2005-17, Class 5A1, 5.500%, 10/25/2035 4,458,890
    TOTAL 209,883,415
    TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(IDENTIFIED COST $239,025,555)
229,500,496
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—75.6%  
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—18.9%  
35,000,000 3 2.500%, 7/1/2030 35,358,204
42,522,319   3.000%, 3/1/2045 42,223,336
85,452,691 3 3.500%, 6/1/2026 - 7/1/2045 88,046,099
71,830,314 3 4.000%, 2/1/2020 - 7/1/2045 76,275,233
61,668,664   4.500%, 6/1/2019 - 7/1/2041 66,574,464
40,849,588   5.000%, 7/1/2019 - 5/1/2041 44,954,282
15,067,155   5.500%, 3/1/2021 - 5/1/2040 16,780,518
1,553,287   6.000%, 7/1/2029 - 9/1/2037 1,770,276
2,507,937   6.500%, 9/1/2016 - 4/1/2038 2,885,419
631,667   7.000%, 10/1/2020 - 9/1/2037 737,859
222,662   7.500%, 8/1/2029 - 5/1/2031 265,067
264,817   8.000%, 3/1/2030 - 3/1/2031 320,842
6,574   8.500%, 9/1/2025 7,857
171   9.500%, 4/1/2021 184
    TOTAL 376,199,640
    Federal National Mortgage Association—42.5%  
59,621,495 3 2.500%, 1/1/2030 - 7/1/2030 60,304,911
87,088,676 3 3.000%, 10/1/2027 - 9/1/2043 89,139,987
268,136,993 3 3.500%, 11/1/2025 - 7/1/2045 276,976,877
214,205,386 3 4.000%, 12/1/2025 - 7/1/2045 227,998,357
111,697,652   4.500%, 12/1/2019 - 6/1/2044 121,213,420
29,676,585   5.000%, 5/1/2023 - 10/1/2041 32,853,959
18,478,638   5.500%, 4/1/2016 - 4/1/2041 20,805,613
10,936,117   6.000%, 5/1/2016 - 2/1/2039 12,511,386
3,131,542   6.500%, 11/1/2016 - 10/1/2038 3,614,617
2,417,821   7.000%, 1/1/2016 - 6/1/2037 2,823,871
305,176   7.500%, 12/1/2015 - 6/1/2033 359,315
53,120   8.000%, 7/1/2023 - 3/1/2031 63,508
2,045   9.000%, 11/1/2021 - 6/1/2025 2,344
    TOTAL 848,668,165
    Government National Mortgage Association—14.2%  
129,005,217 3 3.500%, 12/15/2040 - 7/20/2045 133,684,237
70,451,497   4.000%, 9/15/2040 - 12/20/2044 74,793,845
37,559,866   4.500%, 1/15/2039 - 11/15/2043 40,818,886
24,841,771   5.000%, 1/15/2039 - 7/15/2040 27,614,574
3,706,328   5.500%, 12/15/2038 - 2/15/2039 4,188,293
1,239,984   6.000%, 10/15/2028 - 6/15/2037 1,416,857
285,248   6.500%, 10/15/2028 - 2/15/2032 331,810
552,077   7.000%, 11/15/2027 - 12/15/2031 649,355
181,436   7.500%, 7/15/2029 - 1/15/2031 217,813
276,384   8.000%, 1/15/2022 - 11/15/2030 333,194
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Principal
Amount
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Government National Mortgage Association—continued  
$13,360   8.500%, 3/15/2022 - 9/15/2029 $15,351
1,203   9.500%, 10/15/2020 1,387
    TOTAL 284,065,602
    TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,480,554,508)
1,508,933,407
    REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS—20.9%  
55,321,000   Interest in $775,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 0.11%, dated 6/30/2015 under which Bank of America, N.A. will repurchase securities provided as collateral for $775,002,368 on 7/1/2015. The securities provided as collateral at the end of the period held with BNY Mellon as tri-party agent, were U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 8/1/2042 and the market value of those underlying securities was $790,502,416. 55,321,000
149,208,000 4,5 Interest in $300,000,000 joint repurchase agreement 0.10%, dated 6/11/2015 under which RBC Capital Markets, LLC will repurchase securities provided as collateral for $300,027,500 on 7/14/2015. The securities provided as collateral at the end of the period held with BNY Mellon as tri-party agent, were U.S. Government Agency securities with various maturities to 10/16/2055 and the market value of those underlying securities was $308,955,743. 149,208,000
112,182,000 4,5 Interest in $122,273,000 joint repurchase agreement 0.10%, dated 6/18/2015 under which Royal Bank of Scotland will repurchase securities provided as collateral for $122,283,869 on 7/20/2015. These securities provided as collateral at the end of the period held with JPMorgan Chase as tri-party agent, were U.S. Treasury securities maturing on 4/15/2019 and the market value of those underlying securities was $124,725,660. 112,182,000
101,609,000 4,5 Repurchase agreement 0.11%, dated 6/16/2015 under which Royal Bank of Scotland will repurchase securities provided as collateral for $101,618,314 on 7/16/2015. The securities provided as collateral at the end of the period held with JPMorgan Chase as tri-party agent, were U.S. Treasury securities maturing on 4/15/2019 and the market value of those underlying securities was $103,646,707. 101,609,000
    TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(AT COST)
418,320,000
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS—118.1%
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,338,284,547)6
2,357,788,141
    OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—(18.1)%7 (361,329,554)
    TOTAL NET ASSETS—100% $1,996,458,587
At June 30, 2015, the Fund had the following outstanding futures contracts:
Description Number of
Contracts
Notional
Value
Expiration
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
8U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures Short 120 $15,140,625 September 2015 $58,782
Unrealized Appreciation on Futures Contracts is included in “Other Assets and Liabilities—Net.”
1 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At June 30, 2015, these restricted securities amounted to $194,234,297, which represented 9.7% of total net assets.
2 Denotes a restricted security that may be resold without restriction to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and that the Fund has determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). At June 30, 2015, these liquid restricted securities amounted to $181,883,250, which represented 9.1% of total net assets.
3 All or a portion of these To Be Announced Securities (TBAs) are subject to dollar-roll transactions.
4 All or a portion of these securities are segregated pending settlement of dollar-roll transactions.
5 Although the repurchase date is more than seven days after the date of purchase, the Fund has the right to terminate the repurchase agreement at any time with seven-days' notice.
6 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $2,338,963,440.
7 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. A significant portion of this balance is the result of dollar-roll transactions as of June 30, 2015.
8 Non-income-producing security.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at June 30, 2015.
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Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2015, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs        
  Level 1—
Quoted
Prices
Level 2—
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Debt Securities:        
Adjustable Rate Mortgage $$17,485,464 $— $17,485,464
Asset-Backed Securities 90,405,138 90,405,138
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 93,143,636 93,143,636
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations   229,500,496   229,500,496
Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,508,933,407 1,508,933,407
Repurchase Agreements 418,320,000 418,320,000
TOTAL SECURITIES $$2,357,788,141 $— $2,357,788,141
OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS* $58,782 $$— $58,782
* Other financial instruments include futures contracts.
The following acronym is used throughout this portfolio:
REMIC —Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
  Six Months
Ended
(unaudited)
6/30/2015
Year Ended December 31,
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $9.97 $9.71 $10.20 $10.20 $10.06 $10.05
Income From Investment Operations:            
Net investment income 0.121 0.271 0.241 0.261 0.331 0.441
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures contracts (0.07) 0.29 (0.45) 0.06 0.21 0.06
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS 0.05 0.56 (0.21) 0.32 0.54 0.50
Less Distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.14) (0.30) (0.28) (0.32) (0.40) (0.49)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.88 $9.97 $9.71 $10.20 $10.20 $10.06
Total Return2 0.52% 5.89% (2.04)% 3.14% 5.45% 5.04%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:            
Net expenses 0.03%3 0.02% 0.00%4 0.00%4 0.00%4 0.00%4
Net investment income 2.34%3 2.74% 2.41% 2.59% 3.25% 4.37%
Expense waiver/reimbursement5 0.00%3 0.01% 0.03% 0.08% 0.10% 0.10%
Supplemental Data:            
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $1,996,459 $1,864,143 $1,399,693 $2,480,305 $3,165,802 $1,959,812
Portfolio turnover 161% 179% 200% 257% 226% 176%
Portfolio turnover (excluding purchases and sales from dollar-roll transactions) 30% 40% 67% 71% 52% 60%
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
3 Computed on an annualized basis.
4 The Adviser had voluntarily agreed to reimburse all operating expenses incurred by the Fund.
5 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Assets:    
Investment in repurchase agreements $418,320,000  
Investment in securities 1,939,468,141  
Total investment in securities, at value (Note 5) (identified cost $2,338,284,547)   $2,357,788,141
Cash   743,270
Restricted cash (Note 2)   295,000
Income receivable   5,053,044
Receivable for daily variation margin   3,755
TOTAL ASSETS   2,363,883,210
Liabilities:    
Payable for investments purchased 362,906,486  
Payable for shares redeemed 160,000  
Income distribution payable 4,271,621  
Payable for Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 480  
Accrued expenses (Note 5) 86,036  
TOTAL LIABILITIES   367,424,623
Net assets for 201,995,241 shares outstanding   $1,996,458,587
Net Assets Consist of:    
Paid-in capital   $2,012,739,702
Net unrealized appreciation of investments and futures contracts   19,562,376
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and futures contracts   (30,602,497)
Distributions in excess of net investment income   (5,240,994)
TOTAL NET ASSETS   $1,996,458,587
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:    
$1,996,458,587 ÷ 201,995,241 shares outstanding, no par value, unlimited shares authorized   $9.88
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of OperationsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Investment Income:    
Interest   $24,480,335
Expenses:    
Custodian fees $45,523  
Transfer agent fee 80,103  
Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 4,556  
Auditing fees 14,132  
Legal fees 4,631  
Portfolio accounting fees 112,668  
Printing and postage 4,088  
Miscellaneous (Note 5) 5,594  
TOTAL EXPENSES 271,295  
Net investment income   24,209,040
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Futures Contracts:    
Net realized gain on investments   3,862,529
Net realized loss on futures contracts   (1,783,124)
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments   (15,367,542)
Net change in unrealized depreciation of futures contracts   295,642
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments and futures contracts   (12,992,495)
Change in net assets resulting from operations   $11,216,545
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Changes in Net AssetsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
  Six Months
Ended
(unaudited)
6/30/2015
Year Ended
12/31/2014
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations:    
Net investment income $24,209,040 $43,661,707
Net realized gain on investments and futures contracts 2,079,405 4,479,732
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and futures contracts (15,071,900) 40,297,257
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS 11,216,545 88,438,696
Distributions to Shareholders:    
Distributions from net investment income (29,788,028) (48,935,477)
Share Transactions:    
Proceeds from sale of shares 440,841,670 647,181,016
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 2,750,977 5,058,354
Cost of shares redeemed (292,706,009) (227,291,841)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS 150,886,638 424,947,529
Change in net assets 132,315,155 464,450,748
Net Assets:    
Beginning of period 1,864,143,432 1,399,692,684
End of period (including undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income of $(5,240,994) and $337,994, respectively) $1,996,458,587 $1,864,143,432
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial StatementsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Federated Core Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust consists of three diversified portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. Each portfolio pays its own expenses. The Fund's investment objective is to provide total return. The Fund is an investment vehicle used by other Federated funds that invest some of their assets in mortgage-backed securities. Currently, shares of the Fund are being offered for investment only to investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds or similar organizations or entities that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Investment Valuation
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), the Fund generally values investments as follows:
Fixed-income securities acquired with remaining maturities greater than 60 days are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
Fixed-income securities and repurchase agreements acquired with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at their cost (adjusted for the accretion of any discount or amortization of any premium), unless the issuer's creditworthiness is impaired or other factors indicate that amortized cost is not an accurate estimate of the investment's fair value, in which case it would be valued in the same manner as a longer-term security.
Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs.
Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer's financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, or if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Fund's valuation policies and procedures, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share.
Fair Valuation Procedures
The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have appointed a valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Investment Management Company (“Adviser”) and certain of the Adviser's affiliated companies to assist in determining fair value and in overseeing the calculation of the NAV. The Trustees have also authorized the use of pricing services recommended by the Valuation Committee to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services' policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services, and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees periodically review and approve the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.
Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
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Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements for short-term liquidity purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund's custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a “securities entitlement” and exercises “control” as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
The insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund's Adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Repurchase agreements are subject to Master Netting Agreements which are agreements between the Fund and its counterparties that provide for the net settlement of all transactions and collateral with the Fund, through a single payment, in the event of default or termination. Amounts presented on the Portfolio of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities are not net settlement amounts but gross. As indicated above, the cash or securities to be repurchased, as shown on the Portfolio of Investments, exceeds the repurchase price to be paid under the agreement reducing the net settlement amount to zero.
Investment Income, Gains and Losses, Expenses and Distributions
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified-cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly.
Premium and Discount Amortization/ Paydown Gains and Losses
All premiums and discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized/accreted using the effective-interest-rate method. Gains and losses realized on principal payment of mortgage-backed securities (paydown gains and losses) are classified as part of investment income.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary. As of and during the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund did not have a liability for any uncertain tax positions. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2015, tax years 2011 through 2014 remain subject to examination by the Fund's major tax jurisdictions, which include the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed-delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
The Fund may transact in To Be Announced Securities (TBAs). As with other delayed-delivery transactions, a seller agrees to issue TBAs at a future date. However, the seller does not specify the particular securities to be delivered. Instead, the Fund agrees to accept any security that meets specified terms such as issuer, interest rate and terms of underlying mortgages. The Fund records TBAs on the trade date utilizing information associated with the specified terms of the transaction as opposed to the specific mortgages. TBAs are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur due to the fact that the actual underlying mortgages received may be less favorable than those anticipated by the Fund.
Dollar-Roll Transactions
The Fund engages in dollar-roll transactions in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities with a commitment to buy similar (same type, coupon and maturity), but not identical mortgage-backed securities on a future date. Both securities involved are TBA mortgage-backed securities. The Fund treats dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales. Dollar-rolls are subject to interest rate risks and credit risks.
Futures Contracts
The Fund purchases and sells financial futures contracts to manage duration and yield curve risk. Upon entering into a futures contract with a broker, the Fund is required to deposit in a segregated account a specified amount of cash or U.S. government securities which is shown as Restricted Cash in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Futures contracts are valued daily and unrealized gains or losses are recorded in a “variation margin” account. Daily, the Fund receives from or pays to the broker a specified amount of cash based upon changes in the variation margin account. When a contract is closed, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. Futures contracts have market risks, including the risk that the change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying securities. There is minimal counterparty 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.
Futures contracts outstanding at period end are listed after the Fund's Portfolio of Investments.
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The average notional value of short futures contracts held by the Fund throughout the period was $121,263,985. This is based on amounts held as of each month-end throughout the six-month fiscal period.
Restricted Securities
The Fund may purchase securities which are considered restricted. Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer's expense, either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Fund's restricted securities, like other securities, are priced in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.
Additional information on restricted securities, excluding securities purchased under Rule 144A that have been deemed liquid by the Trustees, if applicable, held at June 30, 2015, is as follows:
Security Acquisition Date Cost Market Value
Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2012-3A, Class M1, 2.660%, 12/25/2059 10/18/2012 $12,144,992 $ 12,351,047
Additional Disclosure Related to Derivative Instruments
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
  Asset
  Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location
Fair
Value
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments
under ASC Topic 815
   
Interest rate contracts Receivable for daily variation margin $58,782*
* Includes cumulative appreciation of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes to the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
  Futures
Interest rate contracts $(1,783,124)
    
Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
  Futures
Interest rate contracts $295,642
Other
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated. The Fund applies Investment Company accounting and reporting guidance.
3. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table summarizes share activity:
  Six Months
Ended
6/30/2015
Year Ended
12/31/2014
Shares sold 44,026,518 65,400,945
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 275,333 511,653
Shares redeemed (29,239,319) (23,066,141)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS 15,062,532 42,846,457
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4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
At June 30, 2015, the cost of investments for federal tax purposes was $2,338,963,440. The net unrealized appreciation of investments for federal tax purposes excluding any unrealized appreciation resulting from futures contracts was $18,824,701. This consists of net unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost of $36,172,057 and net unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value of $17,347,356.
At December 31, 2014, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $38,804,459 which will reduce the Fund's taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code, thereby reducing the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income tax. Pursuant to the Code, a net capital loss incurred in taxable years beginning on or before December 22, 2010, is characterized as short-term and may be carried forward for a maximum of eight tax years (“Carryforward Limit”), whereas a net capital loss incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010, retains its character as either short-term or long-term, does not expire and is required to be utilized prior to the losses which have a Carryforward Limit.
The following schedule summarizes the Fund's capital loss carryforwards and expiration years:
Expiration Year Short-Term Long-Term Total
No Expiration $24,253,044 $3,273,807 $27,526,851
2017 $11,277,608 NA $11,277,608
5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
The Adviser, subject to direction of the Trustees, provides investment adviser services at no fee because all investors in the fund are other Federated funds, insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds or similar organizations or entities that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D of the 1933 Act. Effective June 1, 2014, the Fund pays operating expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of the Fund (excluding fees and expenses that may be charged by the Adviser and its affiliates). Although not contractually obligated to do so, the Adviser intends to voluntarily reimburse operating expenses (excluding extraordinary expenses and proxy related expenses paid by the Fund, if any) such that the Fund will only bear such expenses in an amount of up to 0.15% of the Fund's average net assets. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary reimbursement at any time at its sole discretion.
Administrator
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. FAS does not charge the Fund a fee but is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses.
General
Certain Officers and Trustees of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of certain of the above companies. To efficiently facilitate payment, Directors'/Trustees' fees and certain expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses are paid by an affiliate of the Adviser which in due course are reimbursed by the Fund. Such expenses may be included in Accrued and Miscellaneous Expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations, respectively.
6. Investment TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding long-term U.S. government securities, short-term obligations and dollar-roll transactions, for the six months ended June 30, 2015, were as follows:
Purchases $135,217,419
Sales $80,620,616
7. LINE OF CREDIT
The Fund participates in a $100,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate offered to the Fund by PNC Bank at the time of the borrowing. As of June 30, 2015, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund did not utilize the LOC.
8. INTERFUND LENDING
Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund, along with other funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Investors, Inc., may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from other participating affiliated funds. As of June 30, 2015, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the program was not utilized.
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Shareholder Expense Example (unaudited)Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including to the extent applicable, management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or other service fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
  Beginning
Account Value
1/1/2015
Ending
Account Value
6/30/2015
Expenses Paid
During Period1
Actual $1,000.00 $1,005.20 $0.15
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses) $1,000.00 $1,024.65 $0.15
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized net expense ratio of 0.03%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half-year period).
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Evaluation and Approval of Advisory ContractMay 2015
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio (the “Fund”)
Following a review and recommendation of approval by the Fund's independent trustees, the Fund's Board reviewed and approved at its May 2015 meetings the Fund's investment advisory contract for an additional one-year term. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements. The Fund is distinctive in that it is designed for the efficient management of a particular asset class and is made available for investment only to other Federated funds and a limited number of other accredited investors.
In addition, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services although it or its affiliates may receive compensation for managing assets invested in the Fund.
In this connection, the Federated Funds' Board had previously appointed a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated fund. The Senior Officer has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent, written evaluation that covered topics discussed below (the “Evaluation”). The Board considered that Evaluation, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
As previously noted, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services; however, the Board did consider compensation and benefits received by the Adviser, including fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades. The Board is also familiar with and considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to a fund and its shareholders, including the performance and expenses of the fund and of comparable funds; the Adviser's cost of providing the services, including the profitability to the Adviser of providing advisory services to a fund; the extent to which the Adviser may realize “economies of scale” as a fund grows larger and, if such economies of scale exist, whether they have been shared with a fund and its shareholders or the family of funds; any “fall-out financial benefits” that accrue to the Adviser because of its relationship with a fund (including research services received from brokers that execute fund trades and any fees paid to affiliates of the Adviser for services rendered to a fund); comparative fee structures, including a comparison of fees paid to the Adviser with those paid by similar funds; and the extent of care, conscientiousness and independence with which the Board members perform their duties and their expertise, including whether they are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant to its consideration of the Adviser's services and fees. The Board noted that SEC disclosure requirements regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's advisory contract generally track the factors listed above. Consistent with these judicial decisions and SEC disclosure requirements, the Board also considered management fees charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for what might be viewed as like services. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by independent legal counsel. Throughout the year and in connection with its May meetings, the Board requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the Senior Officer's Evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional substantial information in connection with the May meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. At this May meeting, senior management of the Adviser also met with the independent trustees and their counsel to discuss the materials presented and any other matters thought relevant by the Adviser or the trustees. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board also received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's Evaluation, accompanying data and additional information covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or “peer group” funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); and the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board also considered the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders; the entrepreneurial risk assumed by the Adviser in sponsoring the funds; the continuing state of competition in
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the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its benchmark index was also deemed to be relevant by the Board as a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn was one of the Board's considerations in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract.
The Board was informed by the Adviser that, for the periods covered by the Evaluation, the Fund underperformed its benchmark index for the one-year period, underperformed its benchmark index for the three-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the five-year period. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Adviser and recognized the efforts being undertaken by the Adviser. The Board will continue to monitor these efforts and the performance of the Fund in the context of the other factors considered relevant by the Board.
Because the Adviser does not charge the Fund an investment advisory fee, the Fund's Board does not consider fee comparisons to other mutual funds or other institutional or separate accounts to be relevant.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including information regarding the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated funds. Because the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services, this information generally covered fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The information also detailed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades. In addition, the Board considered the fact that, in order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed other expenses and have disclosed to fund investors and/or indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate. Moreover, the Board receives regular reporting as to the institution, adjustment or elimination of these voluntary waivers.
In addition, over the past two years, following discussions regarding the Senior Officer's recommendations, Federated made meaningful reductions to the contractual advisory fees for several Funds. At the Board meeting in May 2015, following previous recommendations of the Senior Officer, Federated proposed, and the Board approved, reductions in the contractual advisory fees of certain other Funds.
The Board and the Senior Officer also reviewed information compiled by Federated comparing profitability information for Federated to other publicly held fund management companies. In this regard, the Senior Officer concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive. The Senior Officer also noted that Federated appeared financially sound, with the resources to fulfill its obligations under its contracts with the Funds.
The Senior Officer noted that, subject to the comments and recommendations made within his Evaluation, his observations and the information accompanying the Evaluation supported a finding by the Board that the management fees for each of the funds were reasonable.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were necessarily relevant to the Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. In particular, due to the unusual nature of the Fund as primarily an internal product with no advisory fee, the Board does not consider the assessment of whether economies of scale would be realized if the Fund were to grow to some sufficient size to be relevant. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangement.
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Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio, as well as a report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, are available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. These materials are also available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on “Form N-Q.” These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.)
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Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal.
This Report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's Private Offering Memorandum, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY    
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called “householding”), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's “householding” program covers its/their Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the “householding” program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent (“implied consent”) if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to “household” at least sixty (60) days before it begins “householding” and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to “opt out” of “householding.” Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of “householding” at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
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Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio

Federated Investors Funds
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Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
Contact us at FederatedInvestors.com
or call 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Placement Agent
CUSIP 31409N200






31866 (8/15)
Federated is a registered trademark of Federated Investors, Inc.
2015 ©Federated Investors, Inc.
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June 30, 2015
High Yield Bond Portfolio

A Portfolio of Federated Core Trust


Not FDIC Insured • May Lose Value • No Bank Guarantee


Portfolio of Investments Summary Table (unaudited)High Yield Bond Portfolio
At June 30, 2015, the Fund's index classification1 was as follows:
Index Classification Percentage of
Total Net Assets
Technology 12.2%
Health Care 9.0%
Media Entertainment 7.6%
Independent Energy 5.7%
Midstream 5.7%
Packaging 5.1%
Automotive 5.0%
Cable Satellite 4.7%
Financial Institutions 4.1%
Wireless Communications 4.0%
Food & Beverage 3.8%
Retailers 3.7%
Gaming 3.4%
Pharmaceuticals 3.1%
Chemicals 2.5%
Other2 17.8%
Cash Equivalents3 2.0%
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net4 0.6%
TOTAL 100.0%
1 Index classifications are based upon, and individual portfolio securities are assigned to, the classifications and sub-classifications of the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index (BHY2%ICI). Individual portfolio securities that are not included in the BHY2%ICI are assigned to an index classification by the Fund's Adviser.
2 For purposes of this table, index classifications which constitute less than 2.5% of the Fund's total net assets have been aggregated under the designation “Other.”
3 Cash Equivalents include any investments in money market mutual funds and/or overnight repurchase agreements.
4 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Portfolio of InvestmentsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—97.4%  
    Aerospace/Defense—0.9%  
$5,600,000 1,2 KLX, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 12/1/2022 $5,683,384
3,175,000   TransDigm, Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/2020 3,171,031
1,000,000   TransDigm, Inc., 7.50%, 7/15/2021 1,080,000
7,450,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.00%, 7/15/2022 7,394,125
4,475,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.50%, 7/15/2024 4,441,438
1,925,000 1,2 TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 5/15/2025 1,912,969
    TOTAL 23,682,947
    Automotive—5.0%  
8,900,000   Affinia Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 5/1/2021 9,345,000
4,125,000   American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., Sr. Note, 6.625%, 10/15/2022 4,351,875
5,000,000   American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., Sr. Note, 7.75%, 11/15/2019 5,675,000
2,000,000   American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 3/15/2021 2,110,000
10,300,000 1,2 Gates Global LLC, Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2022 9,373,000
5,800,000   General Motors Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.00%, 4/1/2025 5,725,859
1,100,000   General Motors Financial Company, Inc., 3.50%, 7/10/2019 1,124,347
825,000   General Motors Financial Company, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/2023 835,123
3,975,000   General Motors Financial Company, Inc., 4.375%, 9/25/2021 4,130,220
2,475,000   General Motors Financial Company, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.45%, 4/10/2022 2,423,592
7,450,000 1,2 International Automotive Components, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 9.125%, 6/1/2018 7,636,250
5,675,000 1,2 J.B. Poindexter, Inc., Series 144A, 9.00%, 4/1/2022 6,100,625
3,875,000   Lear Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/2023 3,836,250
5,900,000   Lear Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2025 5,826,250
2,725,000   Lear Corp., 5.375%, 3/15/2024 2,779,500
9,750,000   MPG Holdco I, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.375%, 10/15/2022 10,432,500
3,600,000 1,2 Omega US Sub LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 7/15/2023 3,609,000
3,450,000 1,2 Schaeffler AG, Series 144A, 4.25%, 5/15/2021 3,381,000
750,000 1,2 Schaeffler AG, Series 144A, 6.25%, 11/15/2019 793,125
8,825,000 1,2 Schaeffler AG, Series 144A, 6.75%, 11/15/2022 9,564,094
4,125,000 1,2 Schaeffler AG, Series 144A, 6.875%, 8/15/2018 4,279,687
2,775,000 1,2 Schaeffler Finance BV, Series 144A, 4.75%, 5/15/2023 2,719,500
7,175,000 1,2 Stackpole International, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 10/15/2021 7,103,250
4,075,000   Tenneco, Inc., Company Guarantee, 6.875%, 12/15/2020 4,278,750
3,025,000   Tenneco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 12/15/2024 3,123,312
10,425,000   UCI International, Inc., Company Guarantee, 8.625%, 2/15/2019 9,330,375
800,000 1,2 ZF North America Capital, Inc., Series 144A, 4.50%, 4/29/2022 789,000
3,475,000 1,2 ZF North America Capital, Inc., Series 144A, 4.75%, 4/29/2025 3,383,781
    TOTAL 134,060,265
    Building Materials—2.4%  
4,290,000   Allegion US Holdings Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 10/1/2021 4,450,875
7,425,000 1,2 American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., Series 144A, 5.625%, 4/15/2021 7,592,062
5,725,000   Anixter International, Inc., 5.125%, 10/1/2021 5,846,656
3,100,000   Anixter International, Inc., 5.625%, 5/1/2019 3,305,375
6,425,000 1,2 CPG International, Inc., Series 144A, 8.00%, 10/1/2021 6,672,363
1,000,000 1,2 HD Supply, Inc., Series 144A, 5.25%, 12/15/2021 1,017,500
800,000   HD Supply, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 7/15/2020 850,000
1,675,000 1,2 Masonite International Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 3/15/2023 1,710,594
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Building Materials—continued  
$4,975,000 1,2 NCI Building System, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.25%, 1/15/2023 $5,323,250
9,425,000   Nortek, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.50%, 4/15/2021 10,108,312
6,400,000 1,2 RSI Home Products, Inc., Series 144A, 6.50%, 3/15/2023 6,480,000
5,925,000 1,2 Rexel, Inc., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 6/15/2020 6,191,625
2,125,000 1,2 Roofing Supply Group, Series 144A, 10.00%, 6/1/2020 2,183,438
1,925,000 1,2 USG Corp., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 11/1/2021 2,021,250
975,000 1,2 USG Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2025 975,000
    TOTAL 64,728,300
    Cable Satellite—4.7%  
2,300,000 1,2 Altice Financing SA, Series 144A, 6.625%, 2/15/2023 2,289,190
2,200,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., 5.25%, 3/15/2021 2,200,000
5,475,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., 5.75%, 9/1/2023 5,498,953
4,450,000 1,2 CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Series 144A, 5.375%, 5/1/2025 4,344,313
4,050,000 1,2 CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/1/2027 3,963,938
4,675,000 1,2 Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/2021 4,263,016
2,525,000 1,2 Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/2021 2,302,484
6,175,000 1,2 Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 9/15/2020 6,156,475
3,300,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, 5.125%, 2/15/2023 3,225,750
2,300,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, 5.75%, 1/15/2024 2,323,000
2,150,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, 6.625%, 1/31/2022 2,246,750
1,071,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, Sr. Note, 7.00%, 1/15/2019 1,113,840
1,625,000   DISH DBS Corp., 5.00%, 3/15/2023 1,511,250
14,150,000   DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/2022 13,902,375
1,675,000   DISH DBS Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 11/15/2024 1,613,234
5,050,000   Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A., 7.75%, 6/1/2021 4,235,688
6,250,000   Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.125%, 6/1/2023 5,156,250
7,700,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 6.625%, 12/15/2022 7,093,625
7,650,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 8/1/2023 6,798,937
2,350,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 4/1/2021 2,332,375
7,250,000 1,2 Numericable Group SA, Series 144A, 6.00%, 5/15/2022 7,163,906
4,375,000 1,2 Numericable Group SA, Series 144A, 6.25%, 5/15/2024 4,314,844
1,950,000 1,2 Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH, Series 144A, 5.00%, 1/15/2025 1,940,250
5,000,000 1,2 Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH, Series 144A, 5.50%, 1/15/2023 5,115,625
8,075,000 1,2 Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, Series 144A, 6.125%, 1/15/2025 8,458,562
7,725,000 1,2 Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Series 144A, 5.25%, 1/15/2026 7,483,594
5,350,000 1,2 Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Series 144A, 6.375%, 4/15/2023 5,550,625
800,000 1,2 Virgin Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 1/15/2025 802,000
2,100,000 1,2 Virgin Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 10/15/2024 2,139,375
2,475,000 1,2 Ziggo Finance BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 1/15/2025 2,434,781
    TOTAL 127,975,005
    Chemicals—2.5%  
1,500,000   Ashland, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2018 1,546,875
3,450,000   Ashland, Inc., 4.75%, 8/15/2022 3,398,250
4,025,000   Celanese US Holdings LLC, 4.625%, 11/15/2022 4,004,875
5,225,000 1,2 Compass Minerals International, Inc., Series 144A, 4.875%, 7/15/2024 5,172,750
10,525,000 1,2 Dupont Performance Coatings, Series 144A, 7.375%, 5/1/2021 11,301,219
4,575,000   Eagle Spinco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 2/15/2021 4,454,906
5,250,000 1,2 Eco Services Operations LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.50%, 11/1/2022 5,302,500
850,000   Georgia Gulf Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/2023 823,438
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Chemicals—continued  
$3,200,000   Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 6.625%, 4/15/2020 $2,952,000
8,200,000   Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., Sr. Secd. Note, 8.875%, 2/1/2018 7,441,500
1,425,000   Huntsman International LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 11/15/2020 1,428,562
5,525,000 1,2 Huntsman International LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 11/15/2022 5,455,937
9,100,000 1,2 Platform Specialty Products Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 2/1/2022 9,441,250
1,775,000 1,2 WR Grace & Co.- Conn., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 10/1/2021 1,792,750
1,800,000 1,2 WR Grace & Co.- Conn., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 10/1/2024 1,829,250
    TOTAL 66,346,062
    Construction Machinery—0.8%  
8,825,000 1,2 Jurassic Holdings III, Series 144A, 6.875%, 2/15/2021 6,894,531
462,000   RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., Company Guarantee, 8.25%, 2/1/2021 494,918
2,600,000   United Rentals, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2023 2,559,310
1,375,000   United Rentals, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/2024 1,361,250
925,000   United Rentals, Inc., 7.375%, 5/15/2020 991,591
1,175,000   United Rentals, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/2022 1,277,813
7,975,000   United Rentals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 7/15/2025 7,735,750
1,450,000   United Rentals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 6/15/2023 1,488,062
    TOTAL 22,803,225
    Consumer Cyclical Services—1.6%  
6,425,000 1,2 Garda World Security Corp., Series 144A, 7.25%, 11/15/2021 6,200,125
4,725,000 1,2 Garda World Security Corp., Series 144A, 7.25%, 11/15/2021 4,559,625
11,775,000 1,2 Hearthside Group Holdings LLC, Series 144A, 6.50%, 5/1/2022 11,304,000
3,375,000 1,2 IHS, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 11/1/2022 3,366,562
4,350,000 1,2 Sabre GLBL, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 4/15/2023 4,306,500
7,765,000   ServiceMaster Co., 7.00%, 8/15/2020 8,240,606
2,400,000   ServiceMaster Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.10%, 3/1/2018 2,532,000
1,775,000   ServiceMaster Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.45%, 8/15/2027 1,801,625
    TOTAL 42,311,043
    Consumer Products—2.4%  
14,775,000 1,2 AOT Bedding Super Holdings LLC, Series 144A, 8.125%, 10/1/2020 15,661,500
7,550,000   FGI Operating Co. LLC/FGI Finance, Inc., 7.875%, 5/1/2020 5,813,500
7,850,000 1,2 First Quality Finance Co., Inc., Series 144A, 4.625%, 5/15/2021 7,379,000
5,525,000   Party City Holdings, Inc., Sr. Note, 8.875%, 8/1/2020 5,925,562
3,975,000   Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., 8.125%, 2/1/2020 4,263,188
6,225,000 1,2 Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 12/15/2021 6,256,125
300,000   Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 11/15/2020 318,750
800,000   Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.625%, 11/15/2022 856,000
2,550,000 1,2 Spectrum Brands, Inc., Series 144A, 6.125%, 12/15/2024 2,658,375
6,550,000   Spectrum Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 3/15/2020 6,913,525
4,400,000 1,2 Spectrum Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 7/15/2025 4,488,000
5,675,000   Springs Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 6/1/2021 5,575,688
    TOTAL 66,109,213
    Diversified Manufacturing—1.0%  
8,875,000 1,2 Gardner Denver, Inc., Series 144A, 6.875%, 8/15/2021 8,131,719
7,200,000 1,2 Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Series 144A, 7.75%, 12/15/2020 6,696,000
2,750,000 1,2 Milacron LLC, Series 144A, 7.75%, 2/15/2021 2,846,250
10,275,000   WESCO Distribution, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 12/15/2021 10,429,125
    TOTAL 28,103,094
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Financial Institutions—4.1%  
$5,500,000 1,2 AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Series 144A, 4.50%, 5/15/2021 $5,541,250
1,450,000   AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 7/1/2022 1,453,625
4,050,000 1,2 AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 10/1/2021 4,171,500
5,550,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Company Guarantee, 6.25%, 12/1/2017 5,938,500
1,375,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.25%, 9/29/2017 1,378,438
5,400,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.75%, 11/18/2019 5,373,000
6,800,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.125%, 2/13/2022 6,545,000
2,550,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 3/30/2025 2,442,900
1,800,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 5/19/2022 1,779,750
4,700,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 9/30/2024 4,729,375
2,775,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 2/15/2017 2,899,875
5,125,000 1,2 CIT Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. 2nd Priority Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 4/1/2018 5,496,563
8,925,000   CIT Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 3/15/2018 9,248,531
725,000   CIT Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 5/15/2020 757,625
4,150,000   CIT Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 8/1/2023 4,098,125
11,175,000 1,2 Hockey Merger Sub 2, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.875%, 10/1/2021 11,426,437
6,050,000 1,2 Hub Holdlings LLC/Hub Hol, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.125%, 7/15/2019 6,050,000
8,625,000   International Lease Finance Corp., 4.625%, 4/15/2021 8,732,812
7,275,000   International Lease Finance Corp., 5.875%, 8/15/2022 7,884,281
2,475,000 1,2 Neuberger Berman, Inc., Series 144A, 5.875%, 3/15/2022 2,654,438
3,800,000 1,2 Onex York Acquisition Corp., Series 144A, 8.50%, 10/1/2022 3,363,000
9,500,000 1,2 Quicken Loans, Inc., Series 144A, 5.75%, 5/1/2025 9,120,000
    TOTAL 111,085,025
    Food & Beverage—3.8%  
15,775,000 1,2 Anna Merger Sub, Inc., Series 144A, 7.75%, 10/1/2022 15,932,750
15,450,000   Aramark Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 3/15/2020 16,158,768
3,200,000   B&G Foods, Inc., Sr. Note, 4.625%, 6/1/2021 3,164,000
1,775,000   Constellation Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 11/15/2024 1,783,875
6,550,000 1,2 Dean Foods Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 3/15/2023 6,697,375
13,300,000   HJ Heinz Co., 4.25%, 10/15/2020 13,582,625
3,975,000 1,2 HJ Heinz Co., Series 144A, 4.875%, 2/15/2025 4,337,719
11,000,000   Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC/Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 4.875%, 5/1/2021 10,862,500
8,900,000   Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2022 9,534,125
2,225,000 1,2 Smithfield Foods, Inc., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 8/1/2021 2,302,875
700,000   TreeHouse Foods, Inc., 4.875%, 3/15/2022 707,000
15,925,000   U.S. Foodservice, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.50%, 6/30/2019 16,641,625
    TOTAL 101,705,237
    Gaming—3.4%  
3,100,000   Affinity Gaming LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 9.00%, 5/15/2018 3,100,000
2,925,000   Ameristar Casinos, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 4/15/2021 3,111,469
4,625,000   Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 5/15/2023 4,763,750
3,525,000 1,2 Chester Downs & Marina, Series 144A, 9.25%, 2/1/2020 2,784,750
3,425,000   Churchill Downs, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/2021 3,527,750
4,875,000   GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 4.875%, 11/1/2020 4,984,687
3,325,000   GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/1/2023 3,433,063
9,025,000   MGM Mirage, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/2022 9,972,625
6,400,000   MGM Mirage, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 10/1/2020 6,798,720
2,850,000   MGM Resorts International, 6.00%, 3/15/2023 2,892,750
7,250,000   Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, 9.75%, 9/1/2021 7,630,625
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Gaming—continued  
$10,250,000   Penn National Gaming, Inc., 5.875%, 11/1/2021 $10,378,125
7,275,000   Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 6.375%, 8/1/2021 7,756,969
2,075,000   Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 7.75%, 4/1/2022 2,287,688
4,480,000 1,2 Rivers Pittsburgh LP, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 9.50%, 6/15/2019 4,732,000
4,325,000 1,2 Seminole Tribe of Florida, Bond, Series 144A, 7.804%, 10/1/2020 4,638,562
8,275,000   Station Casinos, Inc., Sr. Note, 7.50%, 3/1/2021 8,895,625
    TOTAL 91,689,158
    Health Care—9.0%  
6,825,000 1,2 Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 5/15/2023 6,449,625
8,050,000   Amsurg Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 7/15/2022 8,150,625
11,500,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 2/1/2022 12,175,625
5,425,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan—1st Lien, 5.125%, 8/1/2021 5,540,281
2,200,000   DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.00%, 5/1/2025 2,123,000
3,725,000   DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2024 3,669,125
5,550,000   DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/2022 5,903,813
10,000,000 1,2 Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 5.125%, 7/1/2022 10,100,000
7,250,000   HCA, Inc., 4.75%, 5/1/2023 7,358,750
6,025,000   HCA, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/2024 6,145,500
2,300,000   HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 5/1/2023 2,449,500
4,000,000   HCA, Inc., Bond, 5.875%, 3/15/2022 4,360,000
7,175,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Secd. Note, 6.50%, 2/15/2020 8,036,000
9,800,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 2/1/2025 9,922,500
10,850,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 2/15/2022 12,477,500
8,200,000   HCA, Inc., Term Loan—1st Lien, 5.25%, 4/15/2025 8,522,875
5,100,000   Hologic, Inc., 6.25%, 8/1/2020 5,278,628
3,500,000 1,2 Hologic, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 7/15/2022 3,583,125
8,775,000   Iasis Healthcare, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.375%, 5/15/2019 9,104,062
7,575,000   LifePoint Health, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 12/1/2021 7,840,125
14,000,000 1,2 MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Series 144A, 6.625%, 4/1/2022 14,332,500
2,050,000   Omnicare, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 12/1/2022 2,183,250
1,425,000   Omnicare, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 12/1/2024 1,539,000
17,850,000 1,2 Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Series 144A, 6.625%, 5/15/2022 15,797,250
7,425,000 1,2 Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 5/15/2023 7,480,687
6,100,000 1,2 Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 4/1/2023 6,130,500
4,200,000 1,2 THC Escrow Corp. II, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2023 4,291,875
3,225,000   Teleflex, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 6/15/2024 3,282,083
11,825,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/1/2022 12,977,937
6,850,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Note, Series B, 4.375%, 10/1/2021 6,730,125
5,100,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Sr. Secd. Note, 4.50%, 4/1/2021 5,068,125
6,525,000   United Surgical Partners International, Inc., 9.00%, 4/1/2020 6,965,437
11,125,000   VWR Funding, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.25%, 9/15/2017 11,528,281
6,125,000   Wolverine Healthcare, Sr. Note, 10.625%, 6/1/2020 6,446,563
    TOTAL 243,944,272
    Independent Energy—5.7%  
5,900,000   Antero Resources Corp., 6.00%, 12/1/2020 5,988,500
3,125,000   Antero Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 12/1/2022 2,968,750
1,475,000 1,2 Antero Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 6/1/2023 1,432,594
2,775,000   Antero Resources Finance Corp., 5.375%, 11/1/2021 2,705,625
6,475,000   Approach Resources, Inc., 7.00%, 6/15/2021 5,859,875
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Independent Energy—continued  
$2,525,000   BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P., 7.875%, 4/15/2022 $2,121,000
1,600,000   California Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 9/15/2021 1,394,000
8,425,000   California Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 11/15/2024 7,277,094
450,000   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/2023 453,375
9,125,000   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 9/15/2020 9,649,687
2,250,000   Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/2022 1,631,250
1,075,000   Chaparral Energy, Inc., Company Guarantee, 9.875%, 10/1/2020 881,500
3,725,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/2023 3,389,750
3,575,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 6/15/2021 3,253,250
3,275,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 8/15/2020 3,209,500
2,325,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 11/15/2020 2,278,500
2,025,000 1,2 Crownrock LP/Crownrock F, Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 2/15/2023 2,166,750
1,350,000   EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 9/1/2022 1,424,250
2,350,000 1,2 EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 6/15/2023 2,364,688
4,350,000   EP Energy/EP Finance, Inc., 9.375%, 5/1/2020 4,681,687
2,975,000   Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 7.50%, 12/15/2021 981,750
1,550,000   Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 3/15/2024 511,500
6,225,000   Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 11/1/2020 6,551,812
750,000 1,2 Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 5/1/2023 763,125
2,600,000 1,2 Halcon Resources Corp., Series 144A, 8.625%, 2/1/2020 2,577,250
2,525,000   Laredo Petroleum, 5.625%, 1/15/2022 2,512,375
1,400,000   Laredo Petroleum, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 3/15/2023 1,431,500
1,975,000   Laredo Petroleum, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.375%, 5/1/2022 2,088,563
8,775,000   Legacy Reserves, Series 144A, 6.625%, 12/1/2021 7,151,625
550,000   Linn Energy LLC, 6.50%, 5/15/2019 446,875
2,025,000   Linn Energy LLC, 6.50%, 9/15/2021 1,518,750
2,300,000   Linn Energy LLC, Company Guarantee, 7.75%, 2/1/2021 1,799,750
1,925,000   Linn Energy LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 11/1/2019 1,515,938
3,525,000   Linn Energy LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.625%, 4/15/2020 2,908,865
4,675,000   Newfield Exploration Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 7/1/2024 4,745,125
8,175,000   Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., Sr. Note, 8.00%, 6/1/2020 7,398,375
925,000 1,2 Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.00%, 6/1/2020 837,125
2,550,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/2023 2,550,000
1,300,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2022 1,326,000
4,525,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., Company Guarantee, 6.50%, 11/1/2021 4,525,000
3,300,000 1,2 RSP Permian, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 10/1/2022 3,390,750
1,200,000   Range Resources Corp., 5.00%, 8/15/2022 1,182,000
1,625,000   Range Resources Corp., Sr. Sub. Note, 5.00%, 3/15/2023 1,600,625
4,978,000 1,2 Range Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 5/15/2025 4,854,297
5,900,000   Rice Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 5/1/2022 5,885,250
775,000 1,2 Rice Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 5/1/2023 798,250
2,275,000   SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 1/15/2024 2,166,938
2,475,000   SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 6/1/2025 2,455,942
1,550,000   Sandridge Energy, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/2023 662,935
7,575,000   Sandridge Energy, Inc., 8.125%, 10/15/2022 3,276,187
6,200,000   W&T Offshore, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.50%, 6/15/2019 4,392,080
5,200,000 1,2 Whiting Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 4/1/2023 5,187,000
    TOTAL 155,125,182
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Industrial - Other—2.1%  
$3,725,000 1,2 ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 6/15/2023 $3,813,469
5,550,000 1,2 Belden, Inc., Sr. Sub., Series 144A, 5.25%, 7/15/2024 5,411,250
6,725,000 1,2 Belden, Inc., Sr. Sub., Series 144A, 5.50%, 9/1/2022 6,708,187
5,775,000 1,2 Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., Series 144A, 8.75%, 12/15/2019 5,717,250
2,875,000 1,2 EnerSys, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/30/2023 2,857,922
2,175,000   General Cable Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 10/1/2022 2,049,938
7,825,000 1,2 Hillman Group, Inc., Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 7/15/2022 7,433,750
5,934,000   Interline Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 10.00%, 11/15/2018 6,215,865
9,400,000 1,2 Mirror Bidco/Dematic, Series 144A, 7.75%, 12/15/2020 9,799,500
1,125,000 1,2 Unifrax Investment Corp., Series 144A, 7.50%, 2/15/2019 1,136,250
5,950,000 1,2 Unifrax Investment Corp., Series 144A, 7.50%, 2/15/2019 6,009,500
    TOTAL 57,152,881
    Leisure—0.8%  
1,575,000 1,2 Activision Blizzard, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 9/15/2021 1,653,750
1,075,000   Cedar Fair LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 3/15/2021 1,109,938
3,600,000   Cedar Fair LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 6/1/2024 3,658,320
975,000   Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/15/2022 970,125
800,000   Cinemark USA, Inc., Company Guarantee, 7.375%, 6/15/2021 849,000
2,475,000 1,3,4,5,6 Hard Rock Park Operations LLC, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 7.40%, 4/1/2012 0
3,750,000   Regal Cinemas, Inc., 5.75%, 2/1/2025 3,675,000
1,800,000   Regal Entertainment Group, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 3/15/2022 1,826,910
7,100,000 1,2 Six Flags Entertainment Corp., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 1/15/2021 7,277,500
    TOTAL 21,020,543
    Lodging—0.4%  
2,600,000   Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.75%, 7/1/2022 2,830,750
2,725,000 1,2 Esh Hospitality, Inc., Series 144A, 5.25%, 5/1/2025 2,663,688
5,175,000   Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 10/15/2021 5,401,147
1,175,000 1,2 RHP Hotel Property/RHP Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/15/2023 1,157,375
    TOTAL 12,052,960
    Media Entertainment—7.6%  
3,575,000   AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/2021 3,878,875
3,125,000   AMC Networks, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 12/15/2022 3,136,719
775,000   CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 2/15/2022 786,625
3,225,000   CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 2/15/2024 3,309,656
4,225,000   CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 3/15/2025 4,388,719
8,525,000   Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Company Guarantee, 9.00%, 3/1/2021 7,800,375
2,350,000   Clear Channel Worldwide, 6.50%, 11/15/2022 2,414,625
12,325,000   Clear Channel Worldwide, Series B, 6.50%, 11/15/2022 12,879,625
9,250,000   Crown Media Holdings, Inc., Company Guarantee, 10.50%, 7/15/2019 9,781,875
4,225,000   Cumulus Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 5/1/2019 3,892,281
8,775,000 1,2 Emerald Expo Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 9.00%, 6/15/2021 9,126,000
6,200,000   Entercom Radio LLC, Sr. Sub. Note, 10.50%, 12/1/2019 6,680,500
1,800,000   Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 10/15/2019 1,858,500
6,650,000   Gannett Co., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2023 6,949,250
725,000 1,2 Gannett Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 9/15/2021 721,375
725,000 1,2 Gannett Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 9/15/2024 719,563
9,700,000   Gray Television, Inc., 7.50%, 10/1/2020 10,318,375
3,750,000   Lamar Media Corp., 5.00%, 5/1/2023 3,731,250
1,350,000   Lamar Media Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/2022 1,404,000
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Media Entertainment—continued  
$2,175,000   Lamar Media Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 1/15/2024 $2,215,781
125,000   Lin Television Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 1/15/2021 128,281
3,000,000 1,2 Media General Finance Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 11/15/2022 3,045,000
7,625,000 1,2 Multi-Color Corp., Series 144A, 6.125%, 12/1/2022 7,834,687
6,025,000 1,2 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 2/15/2022 6,130,437
6,125,000   Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 4.50%, 10/1/2020 6,117,344
8,500,000 1,2 Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/15/2022 8,383,125
3,900,000 1,2 Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Series 144A, 5.50%, 10/1/2021 3,953,625
5,800,000 1,2 Radio One, Inc., Series 144A, 7.375%, 4/15/2022 5,705,750
5,825,000 1,2 Radio One, Inc., Series 144A, 9.25%, 2/15/2020 5,329,875
10,875,000 1,2 Sinclair Television Group, Series 144A, 5.625%, 8/1/2024 10,671,094
1,275,000 1,2 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 4.25%, 5/15/2020 1,271,813
7,325,000 1,2 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 4.625%, 5/15/2023 6,903,812
3,525,000 1,2 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 5.875%, 10/1/2020 3,621,938
7,800,000 1,2 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2024 7,897,500
3,250,000 1,2 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 4/15/2025 3,152,500
10,575,000 1,2 Southern Graphics Systems, Inc., Series 144A, 8.375%, 10/15/2020 10,892,250
5,300,000 1,2 Time, Inc., Series 144A, 5.75%, 4/15/2022 5,141,000
6,125,000 1,2 Townsquare Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 4/1/2023 6,086,719
7,100,000 1,2 Tribune Media Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 7/15/2022 7,171,000
    TOTAL 205,431,719
    Metals & Mining—0.6%  
3,525,000   ArcelorMittal SA, 6.125%, 6/1/2025 3,522,797
1,800,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 10/1/2021 1,812,600
850,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 4/15/2023 847,875
3,125,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 10/1/2024 3,132,812
2,000,000 1,2 Wise Metals Group LLC, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 12/15/2018 2,122,500
3,525,000 1,2 Wise Metals Intermediate Holdings LLC/Wise Holdings Finance Corp., Series 144A, 9.75%, 6/15/2019 3,767,344
    TOTAL 15,205,928
    Midstream—5.7%  
5,750,000   Access Midstream Partners LP, Sr. Note, 4.875%, 5/15/2023 5,681,011
900,000   Access Midstream Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 3/15/2024 885,798
575,000   Atlas Pipeline Partners LP, 5.875%, 8/1/2023 586,500
4,075,000 1,2 Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 11/15/2022 4,217,625
2,575,000   Chesapeake Midstream Partners L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 7/15/2022 2,724,051
1,650,000   Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 3/1/2022 1,693,725
3,025,000 1,2 Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 4/1/2023 3,153,563
16,650,000   Energy Transfer Equity LP, 5.875%, 1/15/2024 17,349,300
4,175,000 1,2 Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2023 4,216,750
3,275,000   Ferrellgas, L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 5/1/2021 3,283,188
6,250,000   Ferrellgas, L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 1/15/2022 6,296,875
5,125,000 1,2 Hiland Partners LP, Series 144A, 5.50%, 5/15/2022 5,339,609
3,000,000   Holly Energy Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 3/1/2020 3,007,500
3,025,000   Inergy Midstream LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 12/15/2020 3,146,000
5,950,000 1,2 Kinder Morgan, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 11/15/2023 6,331,764
3,950,000   MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 4.875%, 12/1/2024 3,880,875
1,900,000   MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 4.875%, 6/1/2025 1,862,000
4,400,000   MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 5.50%, 2/15/2023 4,554,000
3,025,000   MarkWest Energy Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.50%, 7/15/2023 2,979,625
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Midstream—continued  
$1,675,000   Regency Energy Partners LP, 4.50%, 11/1/2023 $1,624,750
850,000   Regency Energy Partners LP, 5.00%, 10/1/2022 863,736
1,600,000   Regency Energy Partners LP, 5.50%, 4/15/2023 1,636,480
6,950,000   Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 7/15/2022 6,828,375
3,650,000 1,2 Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 11/15/2023 3,549,625
12,200,000   Sabine Pass LNG LP, 5.625%, 2/1/2021 12,505,000
1,675,000   Sabine Pass LNG LP, 5.625%, 4/15/2023 1,677,613
2,150,000   Sabine Pass LNG LP, 6.25%, 3/15/2022 2,236,000
6,125,000 1,2 Sabine Pass LNG LP, Series 144A, 5.625%, 3/1/2025 6,086,719
6,200,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, 5.50%, 6/1/2024 6,262,000
4,201,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, 7.375%, 8/1/2021 4,505,572
1,275,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 3/1/2025 1,278,188
5,350,000   Summit Midstream Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 8/15/2022 5,136,000
650,000   Summit Midstream Holdings LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 7/1/2021 684,125
3,525,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 5/1/2023 3,507,375
2,550,000 1,2 Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 1/15/2018 2,620,125
2,936,000   Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 10/1/2020 3,031,420
3,275,000   Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 10/15/2021 3,430,562
400,000 1,2 Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 10/15/2019 417,000
1,050,000 1,2 Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 10/15/2022 1,092,000
3,525,000 1,2 Western Refining Logistics LP/WNRL Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.50%, 2/15/2023 3,648,375
    TOTAL 153,810,799
    Oil Field Services—0.3%  
3,800,000   CGG SA, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 1/15/2022 3,173,000
1,025,000   Compagnie Generale de Geophysique Veritas, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 6/1/2021 855,875
4,575,000 1,2 FTS International, Inc., Series 144A, 6.25%, 5/1/2022 3,385,500
    TOTAL 7,414,375
    Packaging—5.1%  
10,625,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Company Guarantee, Series 144A, 9.125%, 10/15/2020 11,262,500
200,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Series 144A, 3.286%, 12/15/2019 195,250
300,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Series 144A, 6.25%, 1/31/2019 306,750
2,450,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Series 144A, 6.75%, 1/31/2021 2,517,375
436,765 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Series 144A, 7.00%, 11/15/2020 447,684
2,925,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/30/2021 2,946,937
2,125,000 1,2 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 9.125%, 10/15/2020 2,241,875
7,400,000   Ball Corp., 4.00%, 11/15/2023 6,900,500
450,000   Ball Corp., 5.00%, 3/15/2022 453,375
4,900,000   Ball Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 7/1/2025 4,869,375
4,925,000   Berry Plastics Corp., 5.125%, 7/15/2023 4,814,187
14,975,000   Berry Plastics Corp., 5.50%, 5/15/2022 15,068,594
1,100,000 1,2 Beverage Packaging Holdings II, Sr. Sub. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/15/2017 1,104,125
10,775,000 1,2 Bway Holding Co., Series 144A, 9.125%, 8/15/2021 11,152,125
5,500,000   Crown Americas LLC, 4.50%, 1/15/2023 5,221,590
1,000,000   Crown Americas LLC, Company Guarantee, 6.25%, 2/1/2021 1,047,500
3,575,000   Greif, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 8/1/2019 3,995,062
7,275,000 1,2 Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc., Series 144A, 8.50%, 8/15/2021 7,420,500
1,200,000 1,2 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Series 144A, 5.00%, 1/15/2022 1,189,500
3,550,000 1,2 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 1/15/2025 3,483,438
11,550,000   Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./LLC/LU, 5.75%, 10/15/2020 11,867,625
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Packaging—continued  
$8,775,000   Reynolds Group, 8.25%, 2/15/2021 $9,147,937
3,026,000   Reynolds Group, 9.875%, 8/15/2019 3,182,974
1,675,000   Reynolds Group, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.95%, 12/15/2025 1,666,625
2,975,000 1,2 Sealed Air Corp., Series 144A, 4.875%, 12/1/2022 2,941,531
1,250,000 1,2 Sealed Air Corp., Series 144A, 5.25%, 4/1/2023 1,264,063
3,775,000 1,2 Sealed Air Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 12/1/2024 3,737,250
4,400,000 1,2 Sealed Air Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 9/15/2025 4,444,000
12,500,000 1,2 Signode Industrial Group, Series 144A, 6.375%, 5/1/2022 12,187,500
    TOTAL 137,077,747
    Paper—0.5%  
2,150,000   Clearwater Paper Corp., Sr. Note, 4.50%, 2/1/2023 2,047,875
7,700,000 1,2 Clearwater Paper Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 2/1/2025 7,565,250
1,700,000   Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 4.75%, 4/15/2021 1,725,500
2,875,000   Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 11/15/2022 2,896,563
    TOTAL 14,235,188
    Pharmaceuticals—3.1%  
550,000 1,2 ENDO Finance LLC/ENDO Finco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 1/15/2023 544,500
6,950,000 1,2 ENDO Finance LLC/ENDO Finco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 2/1/2025 7,097,687
3,475,000 1,2 ENDO Finance LLC/ENDO Finco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2023 3,561,875
8,600,000   Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 4/1/2022 8,643,000
9,300,000 1,2 Jaguar Holding Co., Series 144A, 9.375%, 10/15/2017 9,520,875
7,775,000 1,2 Jaguar Holding Co., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 9.50%, 12/1/2019 8,299,812
1,250,000 1,2 Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Series 144A, 4.875%, 4/15/2020 1,276,625
2,850,000   Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 4/15/2023 2,671,875
2,425,000 1,2 Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2025 2,361,344
2,825,000 1,2 Quintiles Transnational Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 5/15/2023 2,846,188
3,700,000 1,2 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Series 144A, 5.625%, 12/1/2021 3,811,370
11,225,000 1,2 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Series 144A, 7.50%, 7/15/2021 12,165,094
2,200,000 1,2 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2023 2,227,500
450,000 1,2 Vrx Escrow Corp., Series 144A, 5.375%, 3/15/2020 465,750
9,200,000 1,2 Vrx Escrow Corp., Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2023 9,441,500
9,275,000 1,2 Vrx Escrow Corp., Series 144A, 6.125%, 4/15/2025 9,576,437
    TOTAL 84,511,432
    Refining—0.4%  
4,025,000   CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/1/2022 4,045,125
6,300,000   Tesoro Petroleum Corp., 5.125%, 4/1/2024 6,363,000
    TOTAL 10,408,125
    Restaurants—1.5%  
4,850,000 1,2 1011778 BC Unltd. Liability Co./New Red Finance, Inc., Series 144A, 4.625%, 1/15/2022 4,789,375
14,475,000 1,2 1011778 BC Unltd. Liability Co./New Red Finance, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 4/1/2022 14,909,250
6,900,000   NPC INTL/OPER CO A&B, Inc., 10.50%, 1/15/2020 7,262,250
12,075,000 1,2 Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc./Seminole Hard Rock International LLC, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2021 12,256,125
    TOTAL 39,217,000
    Retailers—3.7%  
10,250,000 1,2 Academy Finance Corp., Series 144A, 8.00%, 6/15/2018 10,352,500
7,000,000 1,2 Academy Finance Corp., Series 144A, 9.25%, 8/1/2019 7,389,900
12,000,000 1,2 Argos Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 3/15/2023 12,600,000
3,800,000 1,2 Family Tree Escrow LLC, Series 144A, 5.75%, 3/1/2023 3,990,000
775,000 1,2 Family Tree Escrow LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 3/1/2020 814,719
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Retailers—continued  
$4,250,000 1,2 Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Series 144A, 9.75%, 10/15/2019 $3,825,000
3,075,000 1,2 Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.125%, 3/15/2019 2,909,719
1,350,000   Limited Brands, Inc., 5.625%, 10/15/2023 1,424,250
1,100,000   Limited Brands, Inc., Company Guarantee, 7.00%, 5/1/2020 1,251,250
775,000   Limited Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 2/15/2022 819,562
11,800,000 1,2 Michaels Stores, Inc., Series 144A, 5.875%, 12/15/2020 12,390,000
2,375,000 1,2 Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc., Series 144A, 8.00%, 10/15/2021 2,517,500
6,200,000 1,2 Neiman-Marcus Group, Inc., Series 144A, 8.75%, 10/15/2021 6,688,250
7,175,000 1,2 PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., Series 144A, 8.50%, 10/15/2017 7,390,250
7,875,000 1,2 PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 9.25%, 12/1/2018 8,249,062
1,450,000   Phillips Van Heusen Corp., Sr. Note, 4.50%, 12/15/2022 1,442,750
5,625,000 1,2 Rite Aid Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 4/1/2023 5,814,844
725,000   Sally Hldgs. LLC/Sally Cap, Inc., 5.75%, 6/1/2022 763,063
5,875,000   Sally Hldgs. LLC/Sally Cap, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/2019 6,168,750
2,050,000   Wolverine World Wide, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 10/15/2020 2,183,250
    TOTAL 98,984,619
    Technology—12.2%  
6,150,000   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.00%, 7/1/2024 5,227,500
2,700,000   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 8/15/2022 2,396,250
7,425,000 1,2 BMC Software, Inc., Series 144A, 8.125%, 7/15/2021 6,042,094
4,900,000 1,2 Blackboard, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 11/15/2019 4,630,500
6,675,000 1,2 Blue Coat Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.375%, 6/1/2023 6,808,500
7,875,000 1,2 Boxer Parent Co., Inc., Series 144A, 9.00%, 10/15/2019 5,620,781
3,525,000   CDW LLC/CDW Finance, 6.00%, 8/15/2022 3,652,781
5,025,000   CDW LLC/CDW Finance, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 9/1/2023 4,949,625
5,500,000   CDW LLC/CDW Finance, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 12/1/2024 5,458,750
4,075,000 1,2 CommScope Technologies Finance LLC, Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/15/2025 4,069,906
5,950,000 1,2 CommScope, Inc., Series 144A, 5.50%, 6/15/2024 5,808,687
7,900,000 1,2 CommScope, Inc., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 6/1/2020 8,225,875
6,725,000 1 Compucom System, Inc., Series 144A, 7.00%, 5/1/2021 5,144,625
7,800,000   CoreLogic, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.25%, 6/1/2021 8,287,500
2,400,000 1,2 DataTel Inc., Series 144A, 9.625%, 12/1/2018 2,439,000
4,925,000   Emdeon, Inc., 11.00%, 12/31/2019 5,362,094
8,475,000 1,2 Entegris, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 4/1/2022 8,739,844
1,750,000 1,2 First Data Corp., Series 144A, 7.375%, 6/15/2019 1,823,500
8,900,000 1,2 First Data Corp., Sr. Secd. 2nd Priority Note, Series 144A, 8.25%, 1/15/2021 9,411,750
21,575,000 1,2 First Data Corp., Sr. Secd. 2nd Priority Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 1/15/2022 22,990,859
1,294,000   Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Company Guarantee, 10.75%, 8/1/2020 1,371,640
3,700,000 1,2 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 1/15/2022 3,931,250
8,150,000   IAC Interactive Corp., 4.75%, 12/15/2022 8,017,562
1,225,000   IAC Interactive Corp., 4.875%, 11/30/2018 1,267,875
9,000,000 1,2 Igloo Holdings Corp., Sr. Note, Series 144A, 8.25%, 12/15/2017 9,123,750
14,650,000 1,2 Infor Software Parent, Inc., Series 144A, 7.125%, 5/1/2021 14,759,875
15,150,000 1,2 Infor US, Inc., Series 144A, 6.50%, 5/15/2022 15,490,875
11,000,000 1,2 Interactive Data Corp., Series 144A, 5.875%, 4/15/2019 11,110,000
800,000   Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/2024 803,500
4,350,000   Iron Mountain, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 7.75%, 10/1/2019 4,556,625
6,925,000 1,2 Italics Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 7/15/2023 6,855,750
2,410,000   Lender Processing Services, 5.75%, 4/15/2023 2,548,575
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Technology—continued  
$1,900,000 1,2 MSCI, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 11/15/2024 $1,928,500
2,325,000   MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 7/15/2021 1,845,469
2,050,000 1,2 Micron Technology, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 1/15/2024 1,941,094
4,850,000 1,2 Micron Technology, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 8/1/2023 4,662,062
4,100,000   NCR Corp., 6.375%, 12/15/2023 4,361,375
4,025,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 2/15/2021 4,050,156
3,375,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 7/15/2022 3,434,063
1,800,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 12/15/2021 1,860,750
1,300,000 1,2 NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Series 144A, 3.75%, 6/1/2018 1,313,000
3,100,000 1,2 NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Series 144A, 5.75%, 2/15/2021 3,235,625
1,350,000 1,2 NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Series 144A, 5.75%, 3/15/2023 1,407,375
10,375,000 1,2 Nuance Communications, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 8/15/2020 10,478,750
5,675,000 1,2 Open Text Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 1/15/2023 5,632,437
2,875,000 1,2 SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 7/15/2023 2,910,938
1,300,000   Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.75%, 6/1/2023 1,325,227
3,200,000 1,2 Seagate Technology HDD Holdings, Series 144A, 4.75%, 1/1/2025 3,185,398
2,625,000 1,2 Sensata Technologies B.V., Series 144A, 5.625%, 11/1/2024 2,713,594
3,725,000 1,2 Sensata Technologies B.V., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 10/1/2025 3,636,531
7,300,000 1,2 Solera Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/15/2021 7,528,125
5,875,000 1,2 Solera Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 6.125%, 11/1/2023 6,058,594
10,525,000   SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 6.625%, 11/1/2019 10,906,531
2,550,000   SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.625%, 11/15/2020 2,674,313
9,075,000 1 Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Company Guarantee, 9.125%, 1/15/2019 8,031,375
4,650,000   TransUnion Holding Co., Inc., 8.125%, 6/15/2018 4,758,112
10,675,000   TransUnion Holding Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 9.625%, 6/15/2018 10,718,234
4,125,000   Verisign, Inc., 4.625%, 5/1/2023 3,970,313
1,700,000 1,2 Verisign, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 4/1/2025 1,700,000
7,250,000 1,2 Zebra Technologies Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 10/15/2022 7,866,250
    TOTAL 331,061,889
    Transportation Services—0.5%  
5,775,000   HDTFS, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/2022 5,890,500
4,025,000   Hertz Corp., 5.875%, 10/15/2020 4,095,438
2,100,000   Hertz Corp., Company Guarantee, 6.75%, 4/15/2019 2,172,240
    TOTAL 12,158,178
    Utility - Electric—1.0%  
9,400,000   Calpine Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2025 9,176,750
1,325,000 1,2 Calpine Corp., Bond, Series 144A, 6.00%, 1/15/2022 1,407,812
2,025,000 1,2 Calpine Corp., Series 144A, 5.875%, 1/15/2024 2,151,562
85,284 1 FPL Energy National Wind, Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 3/25/2019 85,924
625,000   NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/2024 623,438
5,700,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Company Guarantee, 7.625%, 1/15/2018 6,262,875
1,675,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Company Guarantee, 8.25%, 9/1/2020 1,758,750
2,225,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 3/15/2023 2,302,875
4,350,000 1,2 TerraForm Power Operating LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 2/1/2023 4,437,000
    TOTAL 28,206,986
    Wireless Communications—4.0%  
6,875,000 1,2 Altice SA, Series 144A, 7.75%, 5/15/2022 6,668,750
6,575,000 1,2 Altice SA, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.625%, 2/15/2025 6,196,937
4,400,000 1,2 Altice US Finance I Corp., Series 144A, 5.375%, 7/15/2023 4,290,000
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Wireless Communications—continued  
$3,350,000 1,2 Altice US Finance I Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 7/15/2025 $3,266,250
5,875,000 1,2 Digicel Ltd., Series 144A, 6.00%, 4/15/2021 5,678,893
10,100,000 1,2 Digicel Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.25%, 9/30/2020 10,150,500
2,200,000   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/2022 2,277,000
5,375,000   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.731%, 4/28/2022 5,616,875
6,450,000   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Sr. Note, 6.625%, 11/15/2020 6,724,125
325,000   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Sr. Note, 6.633%, 4/28/2021 338,000
300,000   MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Sr. Note, 6.836%, 4/28/2023 316,125
10,725,000   Sprint Capital Corp., Company Guarantee, 6.875%, 11/15/2028 9,223,500
10,300,000   Sprint Capital Corp., Company Guarantee, 6.90%, 5/1/2019 10,531,750
1,525,000 1,2 Sprint Capital Corp., GTD Note, Series 144A, 9.00%, 11/15/2018 1,725,934
2,650,000   Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024 2,464,765
8,575,000   Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023 8,382,062
3,425,000 1,2 Sprint Nextel Corp., Series 144A, 7.00%, 3/1/2020 3,733,935
3,900,000   Sprint Nextel Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 11/15/2022 3,573,375
3,675,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.25%, 4/1/2021 3,776,063
4,075,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.625%, 4/1/2023 4,243,094
1,625,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 3/1/2023 1,667,656
2,275,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 3/1/2025 2,340,406
4,225,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 1/15/2024 4,372,875
    TOTAL 107,558,870
    Wireline Communications—0.6%  
3,350,000   Level 3 Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 12/1/2022 3,333,250
2,275,000   Level 3 Financing, Inc., 7.00%, 6/1/2020 2,420,031
4,350,000   Level 3 Financing, Inc., 8.625%, 7/15/2020 4,659,720
5,850,000 1,2 Level 3 Financing, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 5/1/2025 5,645,250
1,225,000   Level 3 Financing, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 1/15/2021 1,287,721
    TOTAL 17,345,972
    TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,648,770,585)
2,632,523,239
    COMMON STOCKS—0.0%  
    Independent Energy—0.0%  
53,011 1,3,5 Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd. 0
53,011 3,5 Lone Pine Resources, Inc. 96,480
425,000 1,3,5 Lone Pine Resources, Inc., Escrow Shares 0
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(IDENTIFIED COST $420,960)
96,480
    INVESTMENT COMPANY—2.0%  
54,017,653 7 Federated Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.12%8
(AT NET ASSET VALUE)
54,017,653
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS—99.4%
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,703,209,198)9
2,686,637,372
    OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—0.6%10 16,393,602
    TOTAL NET ASSETS—100% $2,703,030,974
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1 Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At June 30, 2015, these restricted securities amounted to $1,262,582,776, which represented 46.7% of total net assets.
2 Denotes a restricted security that may be resold without restriction to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and that the Fund has determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). At June 30, 2015, these liquid restricted securities amounted to $1,249,320,852, which represented 46.2% of total net assets.
3 Non-income-producing security.
4 Issuer in default.
5 Market quotations and price evaluations are not available. Fair value determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.
6 Principal amount and interest were not paid upon final maturity.
7 Affiliated holding.
8 7-day net yield.
9 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $2,707,973,758.
10 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at June 30, 2015.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2015, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
  Level 1—
Quoted
Prices
Level 2—
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Debt Securities:        
Corporate Bonds $$2,632,523,239 $0 $2,632,523,239
Equity Securities:        
Common Stock        
 International 96,480 96,480
Investment Company 54,017,653 54,017,653
TOTAL SECURITIES $54,017,653 $2,632,523,239 $96,480 $2,686,637,372
The following acronym is used throughout this portfolio:
GTD —Guaranteed
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
  Six Months
Ended
(unaudited)
6/30/2015
Year Ended December 31,
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $6.34 $6.62 $6.68 $6.35 $6.55 $6.27
Income From Investment Operations:            
Net investment income 0.20 0.431 0.471 0.531 0.57 0.61
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (0.00)2 (0.19) 0.04 0.41 (0.19) 0.29
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS 0.20 0.24 0.51 0.94 0.38 0.90
Less Distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.21) (0.45) (0.50) (0.58) (0.58) (0.62)
Distributions from net realized gain on investments (0.01) (0.07) (0.07) (0.03)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (0.22) (0.52) (0.57) (0.61) (0.58) (0.62)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $6.32 $6.34 $6.62 $6.68 $6.35 $6.55
Total Return3 3.13% 3.53% 7.80% 15.44% 6.04% 15.06%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:            
Net expenses 0.02%4 0.01% 0.00%5 0.00%5 0.00%5 0.00%5
Net investment income 6.37%4 6.50% 7.08% 8.04% 8.75% 9.41%
Expense waiver/reimbursement6 0.01% 0.02% 0.07% 0.10% 0.10%
Supplemental Data:            
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,703,031 $2,691,244 $2,425,364 $2,340,516 $1,886,499 $1,995,842
Portfolio turnover 18% 29% 30% 38% 34% 37%
1 Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2 Represents less than $0.01.
3 Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
4 Computed on an annualized basis.
5 The Adviser reimbursed all operating expenses incurred by the Fund.
6 This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios shown above.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Assets:    
Total investment in securities, at value including $54,017,653 of investment in an affiliated holding (Note 5) (identified cost $2,703,209,198)   $2,686,637,372
Income receivable   42,887,520
Receivable for investments sold   1,408,040
TOTAL ASSETS   2,730,932,932
Liabilities:    
Payable for investments purchased $14,188,125  
Payable for shares redeemed 155,000  
Income distribution payable 13,494,643  
Accrued expenses (Note 5) 64,190  
TOTAL LIABILITIES   27,901,958
Net assets for 427,672,331 shares outstanding   $2,703,030,974
Net Assets Consist of:    
Paid-in capital   $2,733,450,875
Net unrealized depreciation of investments   (16,571,826)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments   (11,375,357)
Distributions in excess of net investment income   (2,472,718)
TOTAL NET ASSETS   $2,703,030,974
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:    
$2,703,030,974 ÷ 427,672,331 shares outstanding, no par value, unlimited shares authorized   $6.32
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of OperationsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
Investment Income:    
Interest   $86,694,666
Dividends received from an affiliated holding (Note 5)   17,649
TOTAL INCOME   86,712,315
Expenses:    
Custodian fees $45,810  
Transfer agent fee 106,642  
Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 8,847  
Auditing fees 15,992  
Legal fees 4,596  
Portfolio accounting fees 109,503  
Printing and postage 5,153  
Miscellaneous (Note 5) 8,854  
TOTAL EXPENSES   305,397
Net investment income   86,406,918
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:    
Net realized loss on investments   (5,607,463)
Net change in unrealized depreciation of investments   2,193,455
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments   (3,414,008)
Change in net assets resulting from operations   $82,992,910
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Changes in Net AssetsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
  Six Months
Ended
(unaudited)
6/30/2015
Year Ended
12/31/2014
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations:    
Net investment income $86,406,918 $160,684,103
Net realized gain (loss) on investments (5,607,463) 37,781,174
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments 2,193,455 (116,809,718)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS 82,992,910 81,655,559
Distributions to Shareholders:    
Distributions from net investment income (88,893,897) (167,210,812)
Distributions from net realized gain on investments (4,376,535) (27,795,938)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (93,270,432) (195,006,750)
Share Transactions:    
Proceeds from sale of shares 78,962,890 735,168,301
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 10,633,665 34,737,087
Cost of shares redeemed (67,531,968) (390,674,544)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS 22,064,587 379,230,844
Change in net assets 11,787,065 265,879,653
Net Assets:    
Beginning of period 2,691,243,909 2,425,364,256
End of period (including undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income of $(2,472,718) and $14,261, respectively) $2,703,030,974 $2,691,243,909
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial StatementsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
June 30, 2015 (unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Federated Core Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Trust consists of three diversified portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of High Yield Bond Portfolio (the “Fund”). The financial statements of the other portfolios are presented separately. The assets of each portfolio are segregated and a shareholder's interest is limited to the portfolio in which shares are held. Each portfolio pays its own expenses. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek high current income.
The Fund's portfolio consists primarily of lower-rated corporate debt obligations. These lower-rated debt obligations may be more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic conditions than investment grade bonds. These lower-rated debt obligations are regarded as predominately speculative with respect to each issuer's continuing ability to make interest and principal payments (i.e., the obligations are subject to the risk of default). Currently, shares of the Fund are being offered for investment only to investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds or similar organizations or parties that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Investment Valuation
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), the Fund generally values investments as follows:
Fixed-income securities acquired with remaining maturities greater than 60 days are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
Fixed-income securities and repurchase agreements acquired with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at their cost (adjusted for the accretion of any discount or amortization of any premium), unless the issuer's creditworthiness is impaired or other factors indicate that amortized cost is not an accurate estimate of the investment's fair value, in which case it would be valued in the same manner as a longer-term security.
Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs.
Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market.
Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer's financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, or if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Fund's valuation policies and procedures, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share.
Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have appointed a valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Investment Management Company (“Adviser”) and certain of the Adviser's affiliated companies to assist in determining fair value and in overseeing the calculation of the NAV. The Trustees have also authorized the use of pricing services recommended by the Valuation Committee to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services' policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services, and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees periodically review and approve the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.
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Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment's value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:
With respect to securities traded principally in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures contracts;
Political or other developments affecting the economy or markets in which an issuer conducts its operations or its securities are traded;
Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer's operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer's industry.
The Trustees have adopted procedures whereby the Valuation Committee uses a pricing service to determine the fair value of equity securities traded principally in foreign markets when the Adviser determines that there has been a significant trend in the U.S. equity markets or in index futures trading. For other significant events, the Fund may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Fund will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Trustees. The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements for short-term liquidity purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund's custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a “securities entitlement” and exercises “control” as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
The insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund's Adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Investment Income, Gains and Losses, Expenses and Distributions
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified-cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Distributions of net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value.
Premium and Discount Amortization
All premiums and discounts on fixed-income securities are amortized/accreted using the effective-interest-rate method.
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund's policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary. As of and during the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund did not have a liability for any uncertain tax positions. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2015, tax years 2011 through 2014 remain subject to examination by the Fund's major tax jurisdictions, which include the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed-delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
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Restricted Securities
The Fund may purchase securities which are considered restricted. Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer's expense, either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Fund's restricted securities, like other securities, are priced in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.
Additional information on restricted securities, excluding securities purchased under Rule 144A that have been deemed liquid by the Trustees, if applicable, held at June 30, 2015, is as follows:
Security Acquisition Date Cost Market Value
Compucom System, Inc., Series 144A, 7.00%, 5/1/2021 5/2/20132/9/2015 $6,437,000 $5,144,625
FPL Energy National Wind, Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 3/25/2019 2/16/20055/27/2009 $77,867 $85,924
Hard Rock Park Operations LLC, Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 7.40%, 4/1/2012 3/23/20061/2/2008 $2,334,293 $0
Lone Pine Resources Canada Ltd. 1/30/2014 $0 $0
Lone Pine Resources, Inc., Escrow Shares 1/30/2014 $0 $0
Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Company Guarantee, 9.125%, 1/15/2019 12/16/20107/30/2014 $9,711,750 $8,031,375
Other
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimated. The Fund applies Investment Company accounting and reporting guidance.
3. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table summarizes share activity:
  Six Months Ended
6/30/2015
Year Ended
12/31/2014
Shares sold 12,344,477 111,273,463
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 1,659,587 5,377,318
Shares redeemed (10,534,238) (58,605,829)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS 3,469,826 58,044,952
4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
At June 30, 2015, the cost of investments for federal tax purposes was $2,707,973,758. The net unrealized depreciation of investments for federal tax purposes was $21,336,386. This consists of net unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost of $47,573,046 and net unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value of $68,909,432.
5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
The Adviser provides investment adviser services at no fee because all investors in the Fund are other Federated Funds, insurance company separate accounts, common or comingled trust funds or similar organizations or entities that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D of the 1933 Act. The Fund pays operating expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of the Fund (excluding fees and expenses that may be charged by the Adviser and its affiliates). Although not contractually obligated to do so, the Adviser intends to initially voluntarily reimburse operating expenses (excluding extraordinary expenses and proxy-related expenses paid by the Fund, if any) such that the Fund will only bear such expenses in an amount of up to 0.15% of the Fund's average net assets. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntarily reimbursement at any time at its sole discretion.
Administrator
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. FAS does not charge the Fund a fee but is entitled to certain out-of-pocket expenses.
Interfund Transactions
During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund engaged in purchase transactions with funds that have a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Directors/Trustees, and/or common Officers. These purchase transactions complied with Rule 17a-7 under the Act and amounted to $312,331.
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General
Certain Officers and Trustees of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of certain of the above companies. To efficiently facilitate payment, Directors'/Trustees' fees and certain expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses are paid by an affiliate of the Adviser which in due course are reimbursed by the Fund. Such expenses may be included in Accrued and Miscellaneous Expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations, respectively.
Transactions Involving Affiliated Holdings
Affiliated holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions involving the affiliated holding during the six months ended June 30, 2015, were as follows:
  Federated
Prime Value
Obligations Fund,
Institutional
Shares
Balance of Shares Held 12/31/2014 38,813,882
Purchases/Additions 336,820,293
Sales/Reductions (321,616,522)
Balance of Shares Held 6/30/2015 54,017,653
Value $54,017,653
Dividend Income $17,649
6. Investment TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding long-term U.S. government securities and short-term obligations, for the six months ended June 30, 2015, were as follows:
Purchases $490,102,455
Sales $473,172,208
7. LINE OF CREDIT
The Fund participates in a $100,000,000 unsecured, uncommitted revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement with PNC Bank. The LOC was made available for extraordinary or emergency purposes, primarily for financing redemption payments. Borrowings are charged interest at a rate offered to the Fund by PNC Bank at the time of the borrowing. As of June 30, 2015, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Fund did not utilize the LOC.
8. INTERFUND LENDING
Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund, along with other funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Investors, Inc., may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from other participating affiliated funds. As of June 30, 2015, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the program was not utilized.
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Shareholder Expense Example (unaudited)High Yield Bond Portfolio
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including to the extent applicable, management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or other service fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
  Beginning
Account Value
1/1/2015
Ending
Account Value
6/30/2015
Expenses Paid
During Period1
Actual $1,000.00 $1,031.30 $0.10
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses) $1,000.00 $1,024.70 $0.10
1 Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized net expense ratio of 0.02%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half-year period).
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Evaluation and Approval of Advisory ContractMay 2015
High Yield Bond Portfolio (the “Fund”)
Following a review and recommendation of approval by the Fund's independent trustees, the Fund's Board reviewed and approved at its May 2015 meetings the Fund's investment advisory contract for an additional one-year term. The Board's decision regarding the contract reflects the exercise of its business judgment on whether to continue the existing arrangements. The Fund is distinctive in that it is designed for the efficient management of a particular asset class and is made available for investment only to other Federated funds and a limited number of other accredited investors.
In addition, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services although it or its affiliates may receive compensation for managing assets invested in the Fund.
In this connection, the Federated Funds' Board had previously appointed a Senior Officer, whose duties include specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a Federated fund. The Senior Officer has the authority to retain consultants, experts, or staff as may be reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and may be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the independent members of the Board. The Senior Officer prepared and furnished to the Board an independent, written evaluation that covered topics discussed below (the “Evaluation”). The Board considered that Evaluation, along with other information, in deciding to approve the advisory contract.
As previously noted, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services; however, the Board did consider compensation and benefits received by the Adviser, including fees received for services provided to the Fund by other entities in the Federated organization and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades. The Board is also familiar with and considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees which have indicated that the following factors may be relevant to an Adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to a fund and its shareholders, including the performance and expenses of the fund and of comparable funds; the Adviser's cost of providing the services, including the profitability to the Adviser of providing advisory services to a fund; the extent to which the Adviser may realize “economies of scale” as a fund grows larger and, if such economies of scale exist, whether they have been shared with a fund and its shareholders or the family of funds; any “fall-out financial benefits” that accrue to the Adviser because of its relationship with a fund (including research services received from brokers that execute fund trades and any fees paid to affiliates of the Adviser for services rendered to a fund); comparative fee structures, including a comparison of fees paid to the Adviser with those paid by similar funds; and the extent of care, conscientiousness and independence with which the Board members perform their duties and their expertise, including whether they are fully informed about all facts the Board deems relevant to its consideration of the Adviser's services and fees. The Board noted that SEC disclosure requirements regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's advisory contract generally track the factors listed above. Consistent with these judicial decisions and SEC disclosure requirements, the Board also considered management fees charged to institutional and other clients of the Adviser for what might be viewed as like services. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's advisory contract to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these circumstances in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated funds, and was assisted in its deliberations by independent legal counsel. Throughout the year and in connection with its May meetings, the Board requested and received substantial and detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization that was in addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the Senior Officer's Evaluation. Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional substantial information in connection with the May meeting at which the Board's formal review of the advisory contract occurred. At this May meeting, senior management of the Adviser also met with the independent trustees and their counsel to discuss the materials presented and any other matters thought relevant by the Adviser or the trustees. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board also received information on particular matters as the need arose. Thus, the Board's consideration of the advisory contract included review of the Senior Officer's Evaluation, accompanying data and additional information covering such matters as: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short- and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in relationship to its particular investment program and certain competitor or “peer group” funds and/or other benchmarks, as appropriate), and comments on the reasons for performance; the Fund's investment objectives; the Fund's expenses (including the advisory fee itself and the overall expense structure of the Fund, both in absolute terms and relative to similar and/or competing funds, with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund's portfolio securities (if any); and the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board also considered the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders; the entrepreneurial risk assumed by the Adviser in sponsoring the funds; the continuing state of competition in
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the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund's relationship to the Federated family of funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated funds and the Federated companies that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated's responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated funds and/or Federated are responding to them. The Board's evaluation process is evolutionary. The criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
The Fund's ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its benchmark index was also deemed to be relevant by the Board as a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund's investment program, which in turn was one of the Board's considerations in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent, and quality of the Adviser's investment management services were such as to warrant continuation of the advisory contract.
The Board was informed by the Adviser that, for the periods covered by the Evaluation, the Fund outperformed its benchmark index for the one-year period, outperformed its benchmark index for the three-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the five-year period.
Because the Adviser does not charge the Fund an investment advisory fee, the Fund's Board does not consider fee comparisons to other mutual funds or other institutional or separate accounts to be relevant.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including information regarding the compensation and benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated funds. Because the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services, this information generally covered fees received by Federated's subsidiaries for providing other services to the Federated funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated funds' administrator). The information also detailed any indirect benefit Federated may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute Federated fund trades. In addition, the Board considered the fact that, in order for a fund to be competitive in the marketplace, Federated and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed other expenses and have disclosed to fund investors and/or indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future, where appropriate. Moreover, the Board receives regular reporting as to the institution, adjustment or elimination of these voluntary waivers.
In addition, over the past two years, following discussions regarding the Senior Officer's recommendations, Federated made meaningful reductions to the contractual advisory fees for several Funds. At the Board meeting in May 2015, following previous recommendations of the Senior Officer, Federated proposed, and the Board approved, reductions in the contractual advisory fees of certain other Funds.
The Board and the Senior Officer also reviewed information compiled by Federated comparing profitability information for Federated to other publicly held fund management companies. In this regard, the Senior Officer concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive. The Senior Officer also noted that Federated appeared financially sound, with the resources to fulfill its obligations under its contracts with the Funds.
The Senior Officer noted that, subject to the comments and recommendations made within his Evaluation, his observations and the information accompanying the Evaluation supported a finding by the Board that the management fees for each of the funds were reasonable.
The Board based its decision to approve the advisory contract on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were necessarily relevant to the Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. In particular, due to the unusual nature of the Fund as primarily an internal product with no advisory fee, the Board does not consider the assessment of whether economies of scale would be realized if the Fund were to grow to some sufficient size to be relevant. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the contract reflects its determination that Federated's performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the decision to continue the existing arrangement.
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Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund's portfolio, as well as a report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, are available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. These materials are also available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
The Fund files with the SEC a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings, as of the close of the first and third quarters of its fiscal year, on “Form N-Q.” These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. (Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.)
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Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal.
This Report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund's Private Offering Memorandum, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses and other information.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT FUND DOCUMENT DELIVERY    
In an effort to reduce costs and avoid duplicate mailings, the Fund(s) intend to deliver a single copy of certain documents to each household in which more than one shareholder of the Fund(s) resides (so-called “householding”), as permitted by applicable rules. The Fund's “householding” program covers its/their Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, and supplements to each, as well as Semi-Annual and Annual Shareholder Reports and any Proxies or information statements. Shareholders must give their written consent to participate in the “householding” program. The Fund is also permitted to treat a shareholder as having given consent (“implied consent”) if (i) shareholders with the same last name, or believed to be members of the same family, reside at the same street address or receive mail at the same post office box, (ii) the Fund gives notice of its intent to “household” at least sixty (60) days before it begins “householding” and (iii) none of the shareholders in the household have notified the Fund(s) or their agent of the desire to “opt out” of “householding.” Shareholders who have granted written consent, or have been deemed to have granted implied consent, can revoke that consent and opt out of “householding” at any time: shareholders who purchased shares through an intermediary should contact their representative; other shareholders may call the Fund at 1-800-341-7400.
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High Yield Bond Portfolio

Federated Investors Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
Contact us at FederatedInvestors.com
or call 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Placement Agent
CUSIP 31409N101






31867 (8/15)
Federated is a registered trademark of Federated Investors, Inc.
2015 ©Federated Investors, Inc.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics

 

Not Applicable

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

Not Applicable

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

 

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not Applicable; Fund had no divestments during the reporting period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

No Changes to Report

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) The registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the

registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) are effective in design and operation and are sufficient to form the basis of the certifications required by Rule 30a-(2) under the Act, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics- Not Applicable to this Report.

 

(a)(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

 

(a)(3) Not Applicable.

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Registrant Federated Core Trust

 

By /S/ Lori A. Hensler

 

Lori A. Hensler

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date August 24, 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By /S/ John B. Fisher

 

John B. Fisher

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date August 24, 2015

 

 

By /S/ Lori A. Hensler

 

Lori A. Hensler

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date August 24, 2015