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)

 

 

Peter J. Germain, 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: 12/31/18

 

 

Date of Reporting Period: Six months ended 06/30/18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.Reports to Stockholders

 

 

 

Semi-Annual Shareholder Report
June 30, 2018

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, 2018, the Fund's portfolio composition1 was as follows:
Type of Investment Percentage of
Total Net Assets
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 84.8%
Asset-Backed Securities 4.7%
U.S. Treasuries 2.5%
Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 2.3%
U.S. Government Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.9%
Cash Equivalents2 4.8%
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net3 (1.0)%
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 Cash Equivalents include any investments in money market mutual funds and/or overnight repurchase agreements.
3 Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Portfolio of InvestmentsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—4.7%  
    Auto Receivables—4.3%  
$12,960,000   AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.000%, 6/8/2021 $12,957,965
15,500,000   AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-3, Class D, 3.340%, 8/8/2021 15,554,169
13,322,000   Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.160%, 11/20/2020 13,355,333
7,400,000   Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 2015-3, Class D, 3.340%, 3/22/2021 7,414,049
19,940,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-1, Class D, 3.240%, 4/15/2021 19,996,349
18,140,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-2, Class D, 3.020%, 4/15/2021 18,175,739
14,580,000   Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-3, Class D, 3.490%, 5/17/2021 14,683,978
    TOTAL 102,137,582
    Other—0.3%  
4,080,154   Sofi Consumer Loan Program Trust 2016-1, Class A, 3.260%, 8/25/2025 4,074,531
3,863,532   Sofi Consumer Loan Program Trust 2016-3, Class A, 3.050%, 12/26/2025 3,853,923
    TOTAL 7,928,454
    Student Loans—0.1%  
1,609,527   Social Professional Loan Program LLC 2014-A, Class A2, 3.020%, 10/25/2027 1,603,004
    TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $111,513,840)
111,669,040
    COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—1.9%  
    Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—1.9%  
21,448,137   FHLMC REMIC K060 A1, 2.958%, 7/25/2026 21,243,104
24,000,000   FNMA REMIC 2015-M4 AV2, 2.509%, 7/25/2022 23,603,107
    TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $46,115,400)
44,846,211
    COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—2.3%  
    Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities—2.3%  
978,146   Countrywide Home Loans 2005-21, Class A2, 5.500%, 10/25/2035 934,636
558,602   Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2007-4, Class 4A2, 5.500%, 6/25/2037 416,716
3,515,540   Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust 2014-WIN2, Class A2, 3.500%, 10/25/2044 3,469,124
459,711   Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I 2005-SA3, Class 3A, 4.071%, 8/25/2035 448,150
1,333,022   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-1, Class 2A1, 3.474%, 1/25/2042 1,317,045
8,706,241   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-6, Class A2, 1.808%, 12/25/2042 8,040,184
8,568,883   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-1, Class 2A1, 1.855%, 2/25/2043 7,907,571
16,738,669   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2013-2, Class A, 1.874%, 2/25/2043 15,448,401
3,419,624   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2014-1, Class 2A5, 4.000%, 4/25/2044 3,466,577
12,680,948   Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2014-4, Class A5, 3.500%, 11/25/2044 12,514,157
    TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(IDENTIFIED COST $57,084,140)
53,962,561
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—84.8%  
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—30.2%  
16,673,348   2.500%, 11/1/2032 16,210,118
9,641,073   2.500%, 11/1/2032 9,373,218
3,689,271   3.000%, 4/1/2031 3,676,005
6,438,914   3.000%, 3/1/2032 6,407,713
5,603,268   3.000%, 3/1/2032 5,577,867
5,141,682   3.000%, 6/1/2032 5,115,160
7,423,216   3.000%, 6/1/2032 7,387,246
20,300,727   3.000%, 11/1/2032 20,170,636
10,116,654   3.000%, 12/1/2032 10,051,825
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—continued  
$3,410,936   3.000%, 12/1/2032 $3,392,276
18,737,914   3.000%, 2/1/2033 18,641,260
1,732,543   3.000%, 6/1/2045 1,684,581
1,333,390   3.000%, 5/1/2046 1,295,436
22,751,951   3.000%, 8/1/2046 22,051,009
11,759,085   3.000%, 10/1/2046 11,415,184
2,226,523   3.000%, 11/1/2046 2,156,537
4,329,047   3.000%, 11/1/2046 4,192,972
40,296,469   3.000%, 12/1/2046 39,029,830
52,660,991   3.000%, 1/1/2047 51,005,698
24,281,455   3.000%, 2/1/2047 23,518,216
19,323,430   3.000%, 5/1/2047 18,758,306
944,000   3.500%, 6/1/2026 958,258
446,462   3.500%, 6/1/2026 453,205
281,021   3.500%, 7/1/2026 285,266
6,647,392   3.500%, 4/1/2042 6,670,284
5,185,210   3.500%, 7/1/2042 5,203,067
10,548,822   3.500%, 8/1/2042 10,585,150
7,121,101   3.500%, 4/1/2045 7,110,019
15,304,085   3.500%, 6/1/2046 15,275,486
58,540,697   3.500%, 10/1/2046 58,413,008
19,273,941   3.500%, 11/1/2047 19,237,924
84,524,938   3.500%, 11/1/2047 84,155,673
20,333,764   3.500%, 12/1/2047 20,295,766
8,774,812   3.500%, 1/1/2048 8,755,672
21,748,816   3.500%, 1/1/2048 21,728,564
13,530,713   3.500%, 2/1/2048 13,501,200
8,459,988   3.500%, 2/1/2048 8,452,110
56,191   4.000%, 2/1/2020 57,647
372,939   4.000%, 5/1/2024 382,604
2,262,900   4.000%, 8/1/2025 2,321,607
3,493,926   4.000%, 5/1/2026 3,589,935
248,957   4.000%, 5/1/2026 255,798
2,403,030   4.000%, 12/1/2040 2,472,650
16,023,068   4.000%, 12/1/2041 16,477,265
2,050,089   4.000%, 1/1/2042 2,108,202
27,768,684   4.000%, 6/1/2047 28,516,778
16,204,792   4.000%, 12/1/2047 16,609,703
32,524,295   4.000%, 4/1/2048 33,173,093
90,323   4.500%, 6/1/2019 90,824
42,724   4.500%, 3/1/2021 43,357
542,521   4.500%, 9/1/2021 551,347
281,032   4.500%, 7/1/2024 289,527
307,886   4.500%, 8/1/2024 317,291
673,367   4.500%, 9/1/2024 694,336
853,594   4.500%, 9/1/2024 880,437
397,796   4.500%, 6/1/2025 409,573
1,481,957   4.500%, 11/1/2039 1,557,931
4,224,922   4.500%, 5/1/2040 4,441,515
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—continued  
$412,065   4.500%, 6/1/2040 $433,190
818,015   4.500%, 7/1/2040 859,951
1,308,394   4.500%, 8/1/2040 1,375,061
2,654,916   4.500%, 8/1/2040 2,790,192
7,742,153   4.500%, 9/1/2040 8,136,640
445,255   4.500%, 7/1/2041 471,699
1,869,023   4.500%, 7/1/2041 1,962,503
783,144   4.500%, 7/1/2041 822,313
15,726   5.000%, 7/1/2019 15,855
199,275   5.000%, 7/1/2020 202,045
33,099   5.000%, 10/1/2021 33,980
109,164   5.000%, 11/1/2021 112,197
118,972   5.000%, 12/1/2021 122,344
197,593   5.000%, 6/1/2023 204,686
313,101   5.000%, 7/1/2023 324,913
142,329   5.000%, 7/1/2023 147,561
152,492   5.000%, 7/1/2025 157,830
2,184,235   5.000%, 1/1/2034 2,326,886
686,624   5.000%, 5/1/2034 731,668
2,802   5.000%, 11/1/2035 2,958
946,301   5.000%, 4/1/2036 1,009,683
186,753   5.000%, 4/1/2036 199,346
11,217   5.000%, 4/1/2036 11,962
839   5.000%, 4/1/2036 896
87,579   5.000%, 5/1/2036 93,561
272,973   5.000%, 6/1/2036 290,896
149,841   5.000%, 6/1/2036 159,884
886,414   5.000%, 12/1/2037 946,939
138,944   5.000%, 2/1/2038 148,569
144,112   5.000%, 5/1/2038 154,095
71,007   5.000%, 6/1/2038 75,926
149,442   5.000%, 9/1/2038 159,794
439,885   5.000%, 9/1/2038 470,357
132,051   5.000%, 2/1/2039 141,198
53,784   5.000%, 3/1/2039 57,509
148,210   5.000%, 6/1/2039 158,477
4,501,446   5.000%, 10/1/2039 4,812,564
360,329   5.000%, 2/1/2040 385,233
1,879,924   5.000%, 4/1/2040 2,009,562
834,800   5.000%, 8/1/2040 892,106
38,688   5.500%, 3/1/2021 39,729
271,807   5.500%, 4/1/2021 278,901
16,832   5.500%, 1/1/2022 17,394
186,289   5.500%, 1/1/2022 192,713
64,514   5.500%, 1/1/2022 66,671
243,786   5.500%, 2/1/2022 251,926
1,706,098   5.500%, 5/1/2034 1,852,161
44,119   5.500%, 3/1/2036 48,048
150,436   5.500%, 3/1/2036 163,676
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—continued  
$117,263   5.500%, 3/1/2036 $127,689
126,312   5.500%, 3/1/2036 137,244
327,064   5.500%, 6/1/2036 355,830
166,568   5.500%, 6/1/2036 181,319
120,959   5.500%, 6/1/2036 131,448
415,424   5.500%, 9/1/2037 452,292
110,448   5.500%, 9/1/2037 120,301
167,170   5.500%, 12/1/2037 182,082
30,996   5.500%, 3/1/2038 33,761
532,821   5.500%, 5/1/2038 580,352
700,606   5.500%, 9/1/2038 763,104
218,784   5.500%, 9/1/2039 238,163
404,221   5.500%, 5/1/2040 440,279
13,273   6.000%, 7/1/2029 14,680
49,881   6.000%, 2/1/2032 55,263
73,738   6.000%, 5/1/2036 81,912
97,456   6.000%, 8/1/2037 108,462
371,313   6.000%, 9/1/2037 412,763
21,954   6.500%, 3/1/2022 23,968
11,816   6.500%, 6/1/2029 13,121
18,025   6.500%, 6/1/2029 20,019
5,870   6.500%, 7/1/2029 6,453
331,628   6.500%, 11/1/2036 374,433
789,721   6.500%, 10/1/2037 893,967
4,395   6.500%, 4/1/2038 4,972
3,077   6.500%, 4/1/2038 3,483
525   7.000%, 10/1/2020 543
9,707   7.000%, 4/1/2032 10,655
265,635   7.000%, 4/1/2032 303,461
58,060   7.000%, 9/1/2037 66,406
25,272   7.500%, 8/1/2029 28,823
31,837   7.500%, 10/1/2029 36,175
16,165   7.500%, 11/1/2029 18,411
19,384   7.500%, 4/1/2031 21,556
16,685   7.500%, 5/1/2031 19,067
4,509   8.000%, 3/1/2030 5,211
38,941   8.000%, 1/1/2031 45,403
62,726   8.000%, 2/1/2031 72,390
60,600   8.000%, 3/1/2031 70,630
805   8.500%, 9/1/2025 895
2,845   8.500%, 9/1/2025 3,182
    TOTAL 720,217,581
    Federal National Mortgage Association—50.1%  
11,739,408   2.500%, 9/1/2031 11,445,357
17,096,742   2.500%, 1/1/2032 16,644,456
28,446,463   2.500%, 2/1/2032 27,693,926
14,502,457   2.500%, 7/1/2032 14,118,802
4,077,252   3.000%, 2/1/2032 4,064,980
10,241,819   3.000%, 9/1/2032 10,194,991
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal National Mortgage Association—continued  
$24,224,719   3.000%, 11/1/2032 $24,098,816
11,532,508   3.000%, 12/1/2032 11,476,174
17,783,644   3.000%, 12/1/2032 17,691,217
17,347,012   3.000%, 1/1/2033 17,273,118
7,081,821   3.000%, 8/1/2043 6,906,799
5,329,389   3.000%, 9/1/2043 5,197,678
16,702,809   3.000%, 8/1/2046 16,227,377
6,092,554   3.000%, 9/1/2046 5,921,038
10,071,688   3.000%, 10/1/2046 9,767,695
5,399,307   3.000%, 11/1/2046 5,233,809
6,625,645   3.000%, 11/1/2046 6,428,769
7,551,614   3.000%, 12/1/2046 7,320,144
13,265,301   3.000%, 12/1/2046 12,858,696
3,320,732   3.000%, 1/1/2047 3,218,946
79,591,016   3.000%, 1/1/2047 77,151,416
1,721,628   3.000%, 2/1/2047 1,673,699
20,606,143   3.000%, 3/1/2047 20,019,606
12,274,932   3.000%, 4/1/2047 11,898,684
19,324,645   3.000%, 12/1/2047 18,780,624
14,197,303   3.000%, 12/1/2047 13,793,188
418,049   3.500%, 11/1/2025 424,691
686,762   3.500%, 11/1/2025 697,669
656,713   3.500%, 12/1/2025 667,337
785,259   3.500%, 1/1/2026 797,882
246,335   3.500%, 1/1/2026 250,294
20,706,839   3.500%, 4/1/2032 21,011,515
7,969,785   3.500%, 12/1/2032 8,087,051
16,364,483   3.500%, 1/1/2033 16,615,495
3,307,957   3.500%, 12/1/2040 3,327,490
10,578,581   3.500%, 5/1/2042 10,649,308
16,775,440   3.500%, 8/1/2042 16,843,040
8,855,497   3.500%, 9/1/2042 8,888,414
7,328,032   3.500%, 9/1/2042 7,360,997
6,081,967   3.500%, 12/1/2042 6,106,476
47,273,940   3.500%, 4/1/2043 47,530,916
6,336,058   3.500%, 5/1/2043 6,355,650
3,349,202   3.500%, 6/1/2043 3,360,605
5,002,217   3.500%, 7/1/2044 5,018,467
8,481,625   3.500%, 7/1/2044 8,509,177
30,435,312   3.500%, 11/1/2045 30,420,045
12,914,926   3.500%, 6/1/2046 12,878,180
13,578,666   3.500%, 7/1/2046 13,576,098
15,399,408   3.500%, 9/1/2046 15,396,495
9,278,047   3.500%, 11/1/2046 9,251,648
15,924,461   3.500%, 11/1/2047 15,899,057
19,931,302   3.500%, 12/1/2047 19,899,506
29,323,201   3.500%, 12/1/2047 29,276,422
17,002,470   3.500%, 1/1/2048 16,932,840
5,138,165   3.500%, 1/1/2048 5,117,123
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal National Mortgage Association—continued  
$19,895,036   3.500%, 4/1/2048 $19,807,343
618,827   4.000%, 12/1/2025 635,454
637,445   4.000%, 7/1/2026 654,962
3,518,676   4.000%, 2/1/2041 3,621,442
9,479,260   4.000%, 12/1/2041 9,756,110
9,725,751   4.000%, 2/1/2042 10,052,351
3,761,341   4.000%, 3/1/2042 3,868,843
7,259,686   4.000%, 4/1/2042 7,468,309
10,413,946   4.000%, 7/1/2042 10,711,586
12,842,102   4.000%, 5/1/2043 13,195,095
10,406,466   4.000%, 1/1/2044 10,686,006
15,638,395   4.000%, 5/1/2044 16,073,137
11,882,499   4.000%, 5/1/2044 12,212,829
4,273,235   4.000%, 9/1/2045 4,368,661
12,236,433   4.000%, 10/1/2045 12,580,426
2,951,129   4.000%, 3/1/2046 3,017,953
8,650,948   4.000%, 5/1/2046 8,840,076
4,676,984   4.000%, 7/1/2046 4,802,618
8,008,741   4.000%, 11/1/2046 8,221,371
15,556,249   4.000%, 8/1/2047 15,870,820
18,528,772   4.000%, 9/1/2047 18,961,065
15,833,549   4.000%, 10/1/2047 16,153,727
19,745,857   4.000%, 11/1/2047 20,257,763
19,640,769   4.000%, 12/1/2047 20,149,950
26,335,232   4.000%, 2/1/2048 27,042,654
15,959,868   4.000%, 2/1/2048 16,282,601
76,995   4.500%, 12/1/2019 77,411
256,581   4.500%, 2/1/2039 269,935
1,469,082   4.500%, 5/1/2040 1,545,084
4,973,859   4.500%, 10/1/2040 5,229,624
475,548   4.500%, 11/1/2040 500,001
7,150,159   4.500%, 3/1/2041 7,515,599
5,393,967   4.500%, 4/1/2041 5,669,650
2,814,744   4.500%, 6/1/2041 2,956,845
5,980,161   4.500%, 9/1/2041 6,282,066
1,450,292   4.500%, 12/1/2041 1,523,282
2,922,077   4.500%, 12/1/2041 3,069,139
3,747,959   4.500%, 1/1/2042 3,934,830
8,516,320   4.500%, 6/1/2044 8,927,632
19,014,548   4.500%, 9/1/2047 19,825,935
28,335,360   4.500%, 11/1/2047 29,555,552
28,528,751   4.500%, 2/1/2048 29,734,984
25,000,000   4.500%, 7/1/2048 26,045,312
907,775   5.000%, 5/1/2023 940,762
161,231   5.000%, 8/1/2023 167,017
627,811   5.000%, 11/1/2023 652,396
2,900,547   5.000%, 2/1/2036 3,100,325
1,759,591   5.000%, 1/1/2040 1,880,131
1,738,911   5.000%, 7/1/2040 1,862,900
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal National Mortgage Association—continued  
$563,535   5.000%, 7/1/2041 $603,364
1,701,212   5.000%, 10/1/2041 1,821,449
71,598   5.500%, 1/1/2032 77,608
37,240   5.500%, 1/1/2032 40,385
618,488   5.500%, 9/1/2034 673,951
1,821,937   5.500%, 12/1/2034 1,986,348
65,785   5.500%, 4/1/2035 71,430
417,446   5.500%, 8/1/2035 454,614
704,405   5.500%, 11/1/2035 766,754
465,503   5.500%, 1/1/2036 506,929
157,929   5.500%, 3/1/2036 171,947
993,568   5.500%, 4/1/2036 1,081,912
664,952   5.500%, 4/1/2036 723,672
461,996   5.500%, 5/1/2036 502,284
213,482   5.500%, 9/1/2036 232,498
664,796   5.500%, 8/1/2037 722,937
249,397   5.500%, 7/1/2038 271,946
896,734   5.500%, 4/1/2041 976,972
18,324   6.000%, 1/1/2029 19,944
2,885   6.000%, 1/1/2029 3,011
23,383   6.000%, 2/1/2029 25,463
9,027   6.000%, 2/1/2029 9,837
5,333   6.000%, 4/1/2029 5,850
21,820   6.000%, 5/1/2029 23,888
14,099   6.000%, 5/1/2029 15,375
868,177   6.000%, 7/1/2034 960,576
486,422   6.000%, 11/1/2034 537,703
79,440   6.000%, 7/1/2036 88,027
225,360   6.000%, 7/1/2036 249,932
286,756   6.000%, 10/1/2037 317,130
269,614   6.000%, 6/1/2038 297,915
1,276,930   6.000%, 7/1/2038 1,408,457
84,175   6.000%, 9/1/2038 93,140
74,911   6.000%, 10/1/2038 82,618
534,158   6.000%, 2/1/2039 589,977
1,509   6.500%, 4/1/2019 1,524
39,351   6.500%, 9/1/2028 43,037
5,630   6.500%, 8/1/2029 6,208
6,535   6.500%, 6/1/2031 7,240
24,926   6.500%, 6/1/2031 27,723
5,647   6.500%, 6/1/2031 6,247
6,221   6.500%, 6/1/2031 6,891
36,310   6.500%, 12/1/2031 40,592
7,597   6.500%, 1/1/2032 8,496
62,578   6.500%, 3/1/2032 69,965
246,724   6.500%, 4/1/2032 274,660
93,105   6.500%, 5/1/2032 104,102
58,409   6.500%, 11/1/2035 64,917
385,576   6.500%, 7/1/2036 434,539
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Federal National Mortgage Association—continued  
$12,126   6.500%, 8/1/2036 $13,685
14,907   6.500%, 9/1/2036 16,856
139,131   6.500%, 12/1/2036 156,562
121,634   6.500%, 9/1/2037 137,695
6,656   6.500%, 12/1/2037 7,537
141,139   6.500%, 10/1/2038 159,066
1,547   7.000%, 7/1/2023 1,655
33,180   7.000%, 2/1/2024 35,395
1,386   7.000%, 5/1/2024 1,499
2,723   7.000%, 7/1/2024 2,964
1,483   7.000%, 7/1/2025 1,628
20,920   7.000%, 9/1/2031 23,764
6,579   7.000%, 9/1/2031 7,535
139,840   7.000%, 11/1/2031 159,593
12,589   7.000%, 12/1/2031 14,222
187,374   7.000%, 1/1/2032 212,672
31,194   7.000%, 2/1/2032 35,550
55,072   7.000%, 3/1/2032 62,706
294,477   7.000%, 3/1/2032 331,692
39,002   7.000%, 4/1/2032 44,299
131,009   7.000%, 4/1/2032 149,768
6,115   7.000%, 4/1/2032 6,988
31,227   7.000%, 6/1/2032 35,676
394,191   7.000%, 6/1/2037 448,197
1,085   7.500%, 1/1/2030 1,238
15,392   7.500%, 9/1/2030 17,552
19,065   7.500%, 5/1/2031 21,880
5,584   7.500%, 6/1/2031 6,380
60,940   7.500%, 8/1/2031 69,881
50,252   7.500%, 1/1/2032 56,701
5,350   7.500%, 6/1/2033 6,067
432   8.000%, 7/1/2023 462
5,715   8.000%, 10/1/2026 6,484
3,264   8.000%, 11/1/2029 3,777
750   9.000%, 6/1/2025 846
    TOTAL 1,194,579,913
    Government National Mortgage Association—4.5%  
6,358,558   3.500%, 12/15/2040 6,390,207
2,177,639   3.500%, 8/15/2043 2,196,985
1,815,102   3.500%, 8/15/2043 1,831,227
25,436,153   3.500%, 5/20/2046 25,610,449
2,290,543   4.000%, 9/15/2040 2,369,609
5,222,658   4.000%, 10/15/2040 5,402,936
2,428,649   4.000%, 1/15/2041 2,510,964
3,410,021   4.000%, 10/15/2041 3,524,440
6,731,923   4.000%, 12/20/2046 6,902,055
10,507,739   4.000%, 5/20/2047 10,789,713
14,169,114   4.000%, 8/20/2047 14,536,057
552,721   4.500%, 1/15/2039 582,882
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Government National Mortgage Association—continued  
$478,836   4.500%, 6/15/2039 $504,656
1,839,521   4.500%, 10/15/2039 1,938,711
581,067   4.500%, 1/15/2040 612,399
356,122   4.500%, 6/15/2040 375,325
589,351   4.500%, 9/15/2040 622,235
625,841   4.500%, 2/15/2041 659,392
1,666,562   4.500%, 3/15/2041 1,756,426
174,484   4.500%, 5/15/2041 184,033
5,818,429   4.500%, 6/20/2041 6,125,054
868,489   4.500%, 9/15/2041 916,022
1,314,061   4.500%, 9/20/2041 1,383,310
875,492   4.500%, 10/15/2043 920,125
461,196   4.500%, 11/15/2043 484,708
748,227   5.000%, 1/15/2039 802,780
720,623   5.000%, 5/15/2039 772,713
1,072,951   5.000%, 8/20/2039 1,145,767
2,295,899   5.000%, 6/15/2040 2,451,711
1,529,299   5.000%, 7/15/2040 1,633,085
300,826   5.500%, 12/15/2038 328,931
225,253   5.500%, 12/20/2038 244,635
402,614   5.500%, 1/15/2039 439,993
477,810   5.500%, 2/15/2039 522,171
10,263   6.000%, 10/15/2028 11,160
13,346   6.000%, 3/15/2029 14,506
12,248   6.000%, 6/15/2029 13,396
178,630   6.000%, 2/15/2036 198,558
208,232   6.000%, 4/15/2036 231,720
244,325   6.000%, 6/15/2037 271,151
21,593   6.500%, 10/15/2028 24,035
8,599   6.500%, 10/15/2028 9,358
11,190   6.500%, 11/15/2028 12,355
21,229   6.500%, 12/15/2028 23,412
7,966   6.500%, 2/15/2029 8,849
16,215   6.500%, 3/15/2029 18,012
31,114   6.500%, 9/15/2031 35,197
67,465   6.500%, 2/15/2032 76,143
21,387   7.000%, 11/15/2027 23,897
16,712   7.000%, 12/15/2027 18,772
15,037   7.000%, 6/15/2028 16,530
24,561   7.000%, 11/15/2028 27,405
9,823   7.000%, 1/15/2029 11,089
8,978   7.000%, 5/15/2029 10,193
4,134   7.000%, 10/15/2029 4,688
26,039   7.000%, 5/15/2030 29,578
17,342   7.000%, 11/15/2030 19,813
20,813   7.000%, 12/15/2030 23,479
33,389   7.000%, 6/15/2031 37,545
16,969   7.000%, 8/15/2031 19,300
69,905   7.000%, 10/15/2031 79,970
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—continued  
    Government National Mortgage Association—continued  
$12,345   7.000%, 12/15/2031 $14,168
547   7.500%, 7/15/2029 555
21,002   7.500%, 8/15/2029 23,949
49,638   7.500%, 10/15/2029 56,913
59,495   7.500%, 6/15/2030 68,408
6,423   7.500%, 10/15/2030 7,344
7,960   7.500%, 1/15/2031 9,191
10,256   8.000%, 1/15/2022 10,914
4,171   8.000%, 6/15/2022 4,476
154   8.000%, 7/15/2025 160
4,515   8.000%, 8/15/2029 5,272
2,943   8.000%, 10/15/2029 3,450
10,556   8.000%, 11/15/2029 12,384
11,144   8.000%, 1/15/2030 12,940
4,017   8.000%, 10/15/2030 4,719
85,358   8.000%, 11/15/2030 100,764
4,594   8.500%, 5/15/2029 5,382
568   9.500%, 10/15/2020 600
    TOTAL 109,083,406
    TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,037,894,402)
2,023,880,900
    U.S. TREASURIES—2.5%  
23,000,000   United States Treasury Notes, 2.250%, 11/15/2027 21,841,320
40,000,000   United States Treasury Notes, 2.250%, 8/15/2027 38,033,812
    TOTAL U.S. TREASURIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $59,962,757)
59,875,132
    INVESTMENT COMPANY—4.8%  
113,964,372   Federated Government Obligations Fund, Premier Shares, 1.79%1
(IDENTIFIED COST $113,964,372)
113,964,372
    TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES—101.0%
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,426,534,911)2
2,408,198,216
    OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—(1.0)%3 (23,006,765)
    TOTAL NET ASSETS—100% $2,385,191,451
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Affiliated fund holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions with affiliated fund holdings during the period ended June 30, 2018, were as follows:
  Federated Government
Obligations Fund,
Premier Shares
Balance of Shares Held 12/31/2017 80,524,558
Purchases/Additions 961,356,578
Sales/Reductions (927,916,764)
Balance of Shares Held 06/30/2018 113,964,372
Value $113,964,372
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation NA
Net Realized Gain/(Loss) NA
Dividend Income $1,270,092
1 7-day net yield.
2 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $2,425,005,503.
3 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, 2018.
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, 2018, 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:        
Asset-Backed Securities $$111,669,040 $— $111,669,040
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 44,846,211 44,846,211
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 53,962,561 53,962,561
Mortgage-Backed Securities 2,023,880,900 2,023,880,900
U.S. Treasuries 59,875,132 59,875,132
Investment Company 113,964,372 113,964,372
TOTAL SECURITIES $113,964,372 $2,294,233,844 $— $2,408,198,216
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
FHLMC —Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA —Federal National Mortgage Association
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)
6/30/2018
Year Ended December 31,
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $9.80 $9.81 $9.85 $9.97 $9.71 $10.20
Income From Investment Operations:            
Net investment income 0.141 0.271 0.231 0.231 0.271 0.241
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.23) 0.002 (0.00)2 (0.07) 0.29 (0.45)
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS (0.09) 0.27 0.23 0.16 0.56 (0.21)
Less Distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.14) (0.28) (0.27) (0.28) (0.30) (0.28)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.57 $9.80 $9.81 $9.85 $9.97 $9.71
Total Return3 (0.90)% 2.75% 2.30% 1.66% 5.89% (2.04)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:            
Net expenses 0.03%4 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.00%5
Net investment income 3.01%4 2.71% 2.34% 2.31% 2.74% 2.41%
Expense waiver/reimbursement6 0.00%4 0.00%7 0.00%7 0.00% 0.01% 0.03%
Supplemental Data:            
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,385,191 $1,787,418 $2,147,397 $1,900,395 $1,864,143 $1,399,693
Portfolio turnover 47% 88% 258% 307% 179% 200%
Portfolio turnover (excluding purchases and sales from dollar-roll transactions) 47% 46% 42% 46% 40% 67%
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 had voluntarily agreed to reimburse 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.
7 Represents less than 0.01%.
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, 2018 (unaudited)
Assets:    
Investment in securities, at value including $113,964,372 of investment in an affiliated holding (identified cost $2,426,534,911)   $2,408,198,216
Income receivable   6,889,214
Receivable for shares sold   1,914,000
TOTAL ASSETS   2,417,001,430
Liabilities:    
Payable for investments purchased $26,080,273  
Income distribution payable 5,582,085  
Payable for Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 231  
Accrued expenses (Note 5) 147,390  
TOTAL LIABILITIES   31,809,979
Net assets for 249,214,674 shares outstanding   $2,385,191,451
Net Assets Consist of:    
Paid-in capital   $2,450,821,472
Net unrealized depreciation   (18,336,695)
Accumulated net realized loss   (47,819,110)
Undistributed net investment income   525,784
TOTAL NET ASSETS   $2,385,191,451
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:    
$2,385,191,451 ÷ 249,214,674 shares outstanding, no par value, unlimited shares authorized   $9.57
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, 2018 (unaudited)
Investment Income:    
Interest   $30,717,299
Dividends received from an affiliated holding (see footnotes to Portfolio of Investments)   1,270,092
TOTAL INCOME   31,987,391
Expenses:    
Custodian fees $44,176  
Transfer agent fee 64,874  
Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 8,173  
Auditing fees 15,809  
Legal fees 3,836  
Portfolio accounting fees 110,243  
Printing and postage 7,892  
Miscellaneous (Note 5) 12,422  
TOTAL EXPENSES 267,425  
Net investment income   31,719,966
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:    
Net realized loss on investments   (17,287,948)
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments   (25,975,413)
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments   (43,263,361)
Change in net assets resulting from operations   $(11,543,395)
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)
6/30/2018
Year Ended
12/31/2017
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations:    
Net investment income $31,719,966 $52,571,607
Net realized loss (17,287,948) (819,475)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation (25,975,413) 1,537,084
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS (11,543,395) 53,289,216
Distributions to Shareholders:    
Distributions from net investment income (31,452,654) (54,723,938)
Share Transactions:    
Proceeds from sale of shares 756,415,500 170,575,250
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 3,225,962 4,857,161
Cost of shares redeemed (118,872,300) (533,976,592)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS 640,769,162 (358,544,181)
Change in net assets 597,773,113 (359,978,903)
Net Assets:    
Beginning of period 1,787,418,338 2,147,397,241
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $525,784 and $258,472, respectively) $2,385,191,451 $1,787,418,338
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial StatementsFederated Mortgage Core Portfolio
June 30, 2018 (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 four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio (the “Fund”), a diversified portfolio. 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 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 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 are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
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, 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, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”), is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, 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 comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Investment Management Company (the “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.
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
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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. 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. Amortization/accretion of premium and discount is included in investment income. 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, 2018, 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, 2018, tax years 2014 through 2017 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.
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 1933 Act; 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.
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.
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3. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table summarizes share activity:
  Six Months Ended
6/30/2018
Year Ended
12/31/2017
Shares sold 78,724,261 17,381,790
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 336,257 494,089
Shares redeemed (12,303,163) (54,347,672)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS 66,757,355 (36,471,793)
4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
At June 30, 2018, the cost of investments for federal tax purposes was $2,425,005,503. The net unrealized depreciation of investments for federal tax purposes was $16,807,287. This consists of net unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost of $8,401,278 and net unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value of $25,208,565.
At December 31, 2017, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $33,213,744 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 after December 22, 2010, retains its character as either short-term or long-term and does not expire. All of the Fund's capital loss carryforwards were incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010.
The following schedule summarizes the Fund's capital loss carryforwards:
Short-Term Long-Term Total
$28,178,450 $5,035,294 $33,213,744
5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser Fee
The Adviser, subject to the 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. 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 daily net assets. The Adviser can modify or terminate this voluntary reimbursement at any time at its sole discretion.
Administrative Fee
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.
Directors'/Trustees' and Miscellaneous Fees
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. These expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses may be included in Accrued and Miscellaneous Expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations, respectively.
Affiliated Shares of Beneficial Interest
As of June 30, 2018, a majority of the shares of beneficial interest outstanding are owned by other affiliated investment companies.
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, 2018, were as follows:
Purchases $
Sales $44,022,565
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7. LINE OF CREDIT
The Fund participates with certain other Federated Funds, on a several basis, in an up to $500,000,000 unsecured, 364-day, committed, revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement. The LOC was made available to finance temporarily the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund, failed trades, payment of dividends, settlement of trades and for other short-term, temporary or emergency general business purposes. The Fund cannot borrow under the LOC if an inter-fund loan is outstanding. The Fund's ability to borrow under the LOC also is subject to the limitations of the Act and various conditions precedent that must be satisfied before the Fund can borrow. Loans under the LOC are charged interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest, on any day, of (a) (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the one month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and (iii) 0.0%, plus (b) a margin. The LOC also requires the Fund to pay, quarterly in arrears and at maturity, its pro rata share of a commitment fee based on the amount of the lenders' commitment that has not been utilized. As of June 30, 2018, the Fund had no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 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, 2018, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 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, 2018 to June 30, 2018.
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
1/1/2018
Ending
Account Value
6/30/2018
Expenses Paid
During Period1
Actual $1,000 $991.00 $0.15
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses) $1,000 $1,024.70 $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 2018
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio (the “Fund”)
At its meetings in May 2018, the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and unanimously approved the continuation of 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 after considering all of the information received 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.
Federated Investment Management Company (the “Adviser”) does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services, however, it or its affiliates may receive compensation for managing assets invested in the Fund.
The Board had previously appointed a Senior Officer, whose duties included specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a fund advised by the Adviser or its affiliates (collectively, “Federated”) (each, a “Federated fund”). The Senior Officer's responsibilities included preparing and furnishing to the Board an annual independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below. In December 2017, the Senior Officer position was eliminated. Notwithstanding the elimination of the Senior Officer position, at the request of the Independent Trustees, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer (the CCO) furnished to the Board in advance of its May 2018 meetings an independent written evaluation covering substantially the same topics that had been covered in the Senior Officer's written evaluation in prior years. The Board considered the CCO's independent written evaluation (the “CCO Fee Evaluation Report”), along with other information, in evaluating the reasonableness of the Fund's management fee and in deciding to approve the continuation of the investment advisory contract. Consistent with the former Senior Officer position, the CCO, in preparing the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, has the authority to retain consultants, experts or staff as reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and can be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the Independent Trustees.
As previously noted, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee to this Fund 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 Federated and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades. The Board also considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees in making its decision. Using these judicial decisions as a guide, the Board observed that the following factors may be relevant to an adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: (1) the nature and quality of the services provided by an adviser to a fund and its shareholders (including the performance of the fund, its benchmark, and comparable funds); (2) an adviser's cost of providing the services (including the profitability to an adviser of providing advisory services to a fund); (3) the extent to which an 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; (4) any “fall-out” financial benefits that accrue to an 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 an adviser for services rendered to a fund); (5) comparative fee and expense structures (including a comparison of fees paid to an adviser with those paid by similar funds both internally and externally as well as management fees charged to institutional and other advisory clients of the Adviser or its affiliates for what might be viewed as like services); and (6) the extent of care, conscientiousness and independence with which the fund's 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 an adviser's services and fees). The Board noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure requirements regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory contract generally align with the factors listed above. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's investment advisory contract to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these factors in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated funds. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their deliberations by independent legal counsel.
In addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, the Board received detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization throughout the year, and in connection with its May meetings at which the Board's formal approval of the advisory and subadvisory contracts occurred. In this regard, Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional information specifically in connection with the May meetings. In the months preceding the May meetings, the Board requested and reviewed written materials prepared by Federated in response to requests on behalf of the Independent Trustees encompassing a wide variety of topics. At the May meetings, in addition to meeting in separate sessions of the Independent Trustees without
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management present, senior management of the Adviser also met with the Independent Trustees and their counsel to discuss the materials presented and such additional matters as the Independent Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the advisory and subadvisory contracts. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board also received information on particular matters as the need arose.
The Board's consideration of the investment advisory contract included review of the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, accompanying data and additional information covering the following matters, among others: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short-term and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in terms relative 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 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 and other risks assumed by the Adviser in sponsoring the Fund; the continuing state of competition in 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 funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are generally 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 Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the resources of the Adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Board evaluated, among other things, the Adviser's personnel, experience, track record, overall reputation and willingness to invest in personnel and infrastructure that benefit the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and the Adviser's ability and experience in attracting and retaining qualified personnel to service the Fund. The Board noted the compliance program of the Adviser and the compliance-related resources provided to the Fund by the Adviser, including the Adviser's commitment to respond to rulemaking initiatives of the SEC. 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. The Adviser's ability to execute this program was one of the Board's considerations in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser's investment management services warrant the continuation of the investment advisory contract.
The Board was informed by the Adviser that, for the periods covered by the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, the Fund outperformed its benchmark index for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods.
Following such evaluation, and full deliberations, the Board concluded that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Fund's investment advisory contract.
Because the Adviser does not charge the Fund an investment advisory fee, the Board does not consider fee comparisons to other mutual funds or other institutional or separate accounts to be relevant to its deliberations.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including information regarding the compensation and ancillary (or “fall-out”) benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated funds. As 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 and distributor). In this regard, the Board considered that certain Federated subsidiaries provide distribution and shareholder services to the Federated funds, for which they may be compensated through distribution and servicing fees paid pursuant to Rule 12b-1 plans or otherwise. 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 Federated fund to be competitive in the marketplace, the Adviser and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have disclosed to Federated fund investors and/or indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future. Moreover, the Board receives regular reporting as to the institution, adjustment or elimination of these voluntary waivers. The Board considered Federated's previous reductions in contractual management fees to certain Federated funds in response to the CCO's recommendations.
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The Board and the CCO also reviewed information compiled by Federated comparing its profitability information to other publicly held fund management companies, including information regarding profitability trends over time. In this regard, the CCO concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive. The CCO also noted that Federated appeared financially sound, with the resources necessary to fulfill its obligations under its contracts with the Fund.
The CCO stated that his observations and the information accompanying the CCO Fee Evaluation Report supported a finding by the Board that the management fee for the Fund was reasonable. Under these circumstances, no changes were recommended to, and no objection was raised to, the continuation of the Fund's investment advisory contract. The CCO also recognized that the Board's evaluation of the Federated funds' advisory and subadvisory arrangements is a continuing and on-going process that is informed by the information that the Board requests and receives from management throughout the course of the year and, in this regard, the CCO noted certain items for future reporting to the Board or further consideration by management as the Board continues its on-going oversight of the Federated funds.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an investment advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that many shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and with the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the investment advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund. The Board concluded that, in light of the factors summarized above, including the nature, quality and scope of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates, continuation of the investment advisory contract was appropriate.
The Board based its decision to approve the investment 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 a sufficient size to be particularly relevant. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the continuation of the contract reflects its view 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. A report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available via the Proxy Voting Record (Form N-PX) link associated with the Fund at www.FederatedInvestors.com under the “Private Funds” section of the “Products” tab, where you will be directed to a statement of agreement that you are an “accredited investor” before proceeding. Click “I agree” to agree to the terms then you will be taken to the “Private Funds” home page where you can select the appropriate asset class or category under “Find Private Funds.” Select a Fund under “All Private Funds” to access the “Literature” tab. Form N-PX filings 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.) You may also access this information at www.FederatedInvestors.com under the “Private Funds” section of the “Products” tab, where you will be directed to a statement of agreement that you are an “accredited investor” before proceeding. Click “I agree” to agree to the terms then you will be taken to the “Private Funds” home page where you can select the appropriate asset class or category under “Find Private Funds.” Select a Fund under “All Private Funds” to access the “Portfolio Characteristics” tab.
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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
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
Contact us at FederatedInvestors.com
or call 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Placement Agent
CUSIP 31409N200






31866 (8/18)
Federated is a registered trademark of Federated Investors, Inc.
2018 ©Federated Investors, Inc.
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June 30, 2018

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, 2018, the Fund's index classification1 was as follows:
Index Classification Percentage of
Total Net Assets
Health Care 11.2%
Cable Satellite 8.9%
Technology 8.7%
Independent Energy 6.0%
Midstream 5.8%
Packaging 5.7%
Media Entertainment 5.7%
Pharmaceuticals 4.3%
Gaming 4.3%
Wireless Communications 4.1%
Food & Beverage 2.7%
Insurance—P&C 2.5%
Finance Companies 2.5%
Other2 24.2%
Investment Company 2.5%
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net3 0.9%
TOTAL 100.0%
1 Index classifications are based upon, and individual portfolio securities are assigned to, the classifications and sub-classifications of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index (BBHY2%ICI). Individual portfolio securities that are not included in the BBHY2%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 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, 2018 (unaudited)
Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—96.6%  
    Aerospace/Defense—1.3%  
$3,350,000   Engility Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.875%, 9/1/2024 $3,513,312
1,375,000   TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, Sr. Sub., Series 144A, 6.875%, 5/15/2026 1,397,344
2,950,000   TransDigm, Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/2020 2,953,687
8,850,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.00%, 7/15/2022 8,919,030
3,025,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.50%, 7/15/2024 3,085,500
1,625,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.50%, 5/15/2025 1,647,344
950,000   TransDigm, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 6.375%, 6/15/2026 945,250
    TOTAL 22,461,467
    Automotive—2.0%  
4,825,000   Adient Global Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 8/15/2026 4,366,625
6,125,000   American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI, 6.50%, 4/1/2027 6,056,094
4,350,000   BCD Acquisition, Inc., Series 144A, 9.625%, 9/15/2023 4,654,500
5,000,000   Dana Financing Lux Sarl, Series 144A, 6.50%, 6/1/2026 5,087,500
1,250,000   Dana Financing Lux Sarl, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 4/15/2025 1,234,375
1,875,000   Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 5/31/2026 1,750,781
1,000,000   Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 11/15/2023 993,500
2,100,000   J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 4/15/2026 2,163,000
825,000   Schaeffler Verwaltung Zw, Series 144A, 4.50%, 9/15/2023 793,031
6,350,000   Schaeffler Verwaltung Zw, Series 144A, 4.75%, 9/15/2026 5,992,813
2,416,000   TI Group Auto Systems LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 7/15/2023 2,526,411
    TOTAL 35,618,630
    Banking—0.5%  
7,250,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Sub. Note, 5.75%, 11/20/2025 7,413,125
1,850,000   Ally Financial, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 9/30/2024 1,887,000
    TOTAL 9,300,125
    Building Materials—1.7%  
900,000   American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 12/15/2023 924,750
4,825,000   American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2026 4,770,719
2,125,000   Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 6.375%, 10/1/2023 2,204,687
3,150,000   Building Materials Corp. of America, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 10/15/2025 3,173,625
2,275,000   CD&R Waterworks Merger Sub LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 8/15/2025 2,166,938
1,800,000   HD Supply, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 4/15/2024 1,887,750
1,800,000   Masonite International Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 3/15/2023 1,848,960
4,850,000   Pisces Midco, Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 8.00%, 4/15/2026 4,688,980
7,750,000   Standard Industries, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 2/15/2027 7,246,250
1,625,000   USG Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2025 1,683,906
    TOTAL 30,596,565
    Cable Satellite—8.9%  
2,175,000   Altice US Finance I Corp., Series 144A, 5.50%, 5/15/2026 2,104,313
5,900,000   Altice US Finance I Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 7/15/2025 6,195,000
3,175,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., 5.25%, 9/30/2022 3,196,828
5,475,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., 5.75%, 9/1/2023 5,529,750
4,450,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Series 144A, 5.375%, 5/1/2025 4,316,500
2,450,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Series 144A, 5.75%, 2/15/2026 2,413,250
1,100,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Sub. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 5/1/2026 1,069,420
5,850,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 2/1/2028 5,382,000
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Cable Satellite—continued  
$1,600,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 5/1/2027 $1,498,000
400,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 4/1/2024 403,000
4,950,000   CCO Holdings LLC/Cap Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/1/2027 4,844,812
1,925,000   CSC Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 6/1/2024 1,823,938
4,150,000   CSC Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2027 3,973,625
5,150,000   Cablevision Systems Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 9/15/2022 5,124,250
2,525,000   Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/2021 2,522,121
4,675,000   Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/2021 4,669,156
2,825,000   Cequel Communications Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.50%, 4/1/2028 2,873,590
1,300,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, 5.125%, 2/15/2023 1,289,847
2,300,000   Charter Communications Holdings II, 5.75%, 1/15/2024 2,311,500
2,425,000   DISH DBS Corp., 5.00%, 3/15/2023 2,112,781
4,325,000   DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/2022 4,081,719
5,800,000   DISH DBS Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 11/15/2024 4,930,000
3,000,000   DISH DBS Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 7/1/2026 2,640,000
2,025,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Series 144A, 8.00%, 2/15/2024 2,131,313
6,625,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 8/1/2023 5,960,512
5,750,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 4/1/2021 5,735,625
1,975,000   Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 9.75%, 7/15/2025 2,088,563
4,550,000   Neptune Finco Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 10/15/2025 4,669,437
4,000,000   Neptune Finco Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 10.125%, 1/15/2023 4,420,000
4,000,000   Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 4.625%, 5/15/2023 3,925,000
6,950,000   Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2024 7,097,687
3,250,000   Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 4/15/2025 3,213,437
1,850,000   Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 7/15/2026 1,785,250
8,800,000   Telenet Finance Luxembourg, Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2028 8,052,000
8,075,000   Unitymedia KabelBW Gmbh, Series 144A, 6.125%, 1/15/2025 8,357,625
7,725,000   Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Series 144A, 5.25%, 1/15/2026 7,174,594
4,275,000   Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Series 144A, 6.375%, 4/15/2023 4,296,375
1,250,000   Virgin Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 1/15/2025 1,176,563
2,575,000   Virgin Media, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 10/15/2024 2,459,254
6,525,000   Ziggo Finance BV, Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 5.50%, 1/15/2027 6,111,315
2,475,000   Ziggo Finance BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 1/15/2025 2,324,990
2,625,000   Ziggo Finance BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 1/15/2027 2,474,063
    TOTAL 158,759,003
    Chemicals—2.1%  
2,125,000   Alpha 2 BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 6/1/2023 2,122,344
5,375,000   Alpha 3 BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 2/1/2025 5,307,812
5,225,000   Compass Minerals International, Inc., Series 144A, 4.875%, 7/15/2024 4,926,130
7,000,000   Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 6.625%, 4/15/2020 6,572,300
2,075,000   Koppers, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 2/15/2025 2,080,187
875,000   PQ Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 12/15/2025 868,438
525,000   Platform Specialty Products Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 12/1/2025 513,844
14,150,000   Platform Specialty Products Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 2/1/2022 14,433,000
1,250,000   Versum Materials, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 9/30/2024 1,270,500
    TOTAL 38,094,555
    Construction Machinery—0.6%  
5,575,000   United Rentals North America, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 1/15/2028 5,191,718
2,875,000   United Rentals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 7/15/2025 2,907,344
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Construction Machinery—continued  
$1,600,000   United Rentals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 5/15/2027 $1,556,000
575,000   United Rentals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 9/15/2026 581,469
    TOTAL 10,236,531
    Consumer Cyclical Services—0.8%  
5,275,000   GW Honos Security Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 5/15/2025 5,406,875
2,200,000   Matthews International Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 12/1/2025 2,112,000
1,775,000   ServiceMaster Co. LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.45%, 8/15/2027 1,894,813
4,250,000   ServiceMaster Co. LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 11/15/2024 4,133,125
    TOTAL 13,546,813
    Consumer Products—1.7%  
700,000   Energizer Gamma Acquisition, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 7/15/2026 713,125
8,725,000   First Quality Finance Co., Inc., Series 144A, 4.625%, 5/15/2021 8,550,500
350,000   First Quality Finance Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 7/1/2025 321,125
8,100,000   Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 12/15/2021 8,130,375
6,000,000   Prestige Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 3/1/2024 5,970,000
4,400,000   Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/2025 4,367,000
1,675,000   Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%, 12/15/2024 1,700,125
    TOTAL 29,752,250
    Diversified Manufacturing—1.4%  
4,475,000   Entegris, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.625%, 2/10/2026 4,284,812
5,065,000   Gates Global LLC, Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2022 5,140,975
2,375,000   JPW Industries Holding Corp., Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 9.00%, 10/1/2024 2,475,937
3,875,000   Titan Acquisition Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 4/15/2026 3,623,125
8,400,000   WESCO Distribution, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 12/15/2021 8,589,000
550,000   WESCO Distribution, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 6/15/2024 542,438
    TOTAL 24,656,287
    Environmental—0.5%  
5,025,000   Tervita Escrow Corp., Series 144A, 7.625%, 12/1/2021 5,150,625
775,000   Tervita Escrow Corp., 2nd Lien, Series 144A, 7.625%, 12/1/2021 794,375
2,350,000   Wrangler Buyer Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 10/1/2025 2,232,500
    TOTAL 8,177,500
    Finance Companies—2.5%  
575,000   Avolon Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 1/15/2023 575,000
750,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 1/25/2023 739,688
8,025,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 10/25/2024 7,794,281
700,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 6/15/2022 717,500
850,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 6/25/2025 843,625
775,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 6/15/2026 759,268
3,775,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.25%, 9/25/2023 3,973,187
1,275,000   Navient Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/2024 1,265,438
1,350,000   Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.50%, 3/15/2023 1,285,605
1,200,000   Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 8/15/2022 1,192,512
12,600,000   Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 2/15/2024 12,471,354
10,825,000   Quicken Loans, Inc., Series 144A, 5.75%, 5/1/2025 10,649,418
1,550,000   Quicken Loans, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 1/15/2028 1,435,377
    TOTAL 43,702,253
    Food & Beverage—2.7%  
7,075,000   Anna Merger Sub, Inc., Series 144A, 7.75%, 10/1/2022 3,572,875
50,000   Aramark Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 6/1/2026 48,438
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Food & Beverage—continued  
$4,925,000   Aramark Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 1/15/2024 $4,937,312
3,125,000   Aramark Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/1/2025 3,117,187
2,775,000   Aramark Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 2/1/2028 2,657,063
5,600,000   B&G Foods, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 4/1/2025 5,292,000
2,675,000   Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsub., Series 144A, 4.875%, 11/1/2026 2,608,125
5,650,000   Post Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 8/15/2026 5,282,750
1,525,000   Post Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2025 1,492,594
2,325,000   Post Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 1/15/2028 2,188,406
9,250,000   Post Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 3/1/2027 8,949,375
6,875,000   U.S. Foodservice, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 6/15/2024 7,029,687
    TOTAL 47,175,812
    Gaming—4.3%  
1,025,000   Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 4/1/2026 1,040,375
5,800,000   Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 5/15/2023 6,097,250
375,000   Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 8/15/2026 371,719
10,375,000   CRC Escrow Issuer LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 10/15/2025 9,843,281
3,150,000   Eldorado Resorts, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 4/1/2025 3,169,687
675,000   MGM Growth Properties LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 5/1/2024 686,813
2,075,000   MGM Mirage, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/2022 2,266,938
3,200,000   MGM Mirage, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 10/1/2020 3,360,000
2,300,000   MGM Resorts International, 6.00%, 3/15/2023 2,374,750
1,975,000   MGM Resorts International, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 9/1/2026 1,836,750
3,100,000   MGM Resorts International, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 6/15/2025 3,111,625
4,950,000   Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.875%, 10/15/2024 4,683,937
2,375,000   Penn National Gaming, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 1/15/2027 2,244,375
5,800,000   Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 5/1/2024 6,050,270
4,975,000   Rivers Pittsburgh LP, Series 144A, 6.125%, 8/15/2021 4,937,687
11,150,000   Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc./Seminole Hard Rock International LLC, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2021 11,261,500
2,385,000   Seminole Tribe of Florida, Inc., Bond, Series 144A, 7.804%, 10/1/2020 2,396,925
1,675,000   Star Group Holdings BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 7/15/2026 1,695,938
4,650,000   Station Casinos, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 10/1/2025 4,382,625
3,300,000   Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2025 3,110,250
1,500,000   Wynn Las Vegas LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 5/15/2027 1,404,375
    TOTAL 76,327,070
    Health Care—11.2%  
2,750,000   Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 2/15/2023 2,784,375
6,100,000   Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 3/1/2024 6,283,000
8,475,000   Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 5/15/2023 7,924,125
3,125,000   Amsurg Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 7/15/2022 3,193,359
2,100,000   Avantor, Inc., Series 144A, 6.00%, 10/1/2024 2,082,570
5,575,000   Avantor, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 9.00%, 10/1/2025 5,631,865
1,925,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.125%, 8/1/2021 1,790,250
4,250,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.25%, 3/31/2023 3,910,000
850,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 8.625%, 1/15/2024 854,335
6,350,000   CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.875%, 2/1/2022 3,270,250
1,350,000   Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/1/2026 1,356,345
1,950,000   DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2024 1,895,156
5,675,000   Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 5.125%, 7/1/2022 5,753,031
1,925,000   HCA, Inc., 4.50%, 2/15/2027 1,816,719
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Health Care—continued  
$3,850,000   HCA, Inc., 4.75%, 5/1/2023 $3,850,000
6,025,000   HCA, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/2024 6,040,063
775,000   HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2026 771,668
2,300,000   HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 5/1/2023 2,392,000
1,925,000   HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2026 1,946,656
5,625,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Secd. Note, 5.25%, 4/15/2025 5,639,063
10,150,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 2/1/2025 10,020,080
2,350,000   HCA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 2/15/2022 2,561,500
925,000   Hologic, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.375%, 10/15/2025 885,688
3,450,000   IMS Health, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 10/15/2026 3,372,375
1,325,000   LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.875%, 12/1/2023 1,323,344
1,225,000   LifePoint Health, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 5/1/2024 1,183,656
1,200,000   LifePoint Health, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 12/1/2021 1,203,000
700,000   MEDNAX, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 12/1/2023 687,750
11,775,000   MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Series 144A, 7.125%, 6/1/2024 12,098,812
4,150,000   New Amethyst Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 12/1/2024 4,440,500
18,250,000   Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Series 144A, 6.625%, 5/15/2022 17,930,625
5,550,000   Polaris Intermediate Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.50%, 12/1/2022 5,744,250
10,650,000   SteriGenics—Nordion Holdings LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 5/15/2023 10,889,625
5,625,000   SteriGenics Nordion Topc, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.125%, 11/1/2021 5,653,125
6,275,000   Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.75%, 7/1/2025 5,984,781
12,725,000   Team Health Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 2/1/2025 11,007,125
1,100,000   Teleflex, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 11/15/2027 1,043,625
775,000   Teleflex, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 6/1/2026 763,375
3,225,000   Teleflex, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 6/15/2024 3,337,875
1,475,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/1/2022 1,545,063
1,125,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Note, 4.375%, 10/1/2021 1,112,344
4,625,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Series 144A, 5.125%, 5/1/2025 4,413,984
1,200,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Series 144A, 7.50%, 1/1/2022 1,252,500
1,450,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Sr. Secd. Note, 4.50%, 4/1/2021 1,442,750
1,875,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 4.625%, 7/15/2024 1,783,031
4,175,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 6/15/2023 4,169,781
2,675,000   Tenet Healthcare Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 8/1/2025 2,664,969
6,825,000   Vizient, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 10.375%, 3/1/2024 7,558,687
4,000,000   West Street Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 9/1/2025 3,840,000
    TOTAL 199,099,050
    Health Insurance—0.2%  
2,750,000   Centene Escrow Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 6/1/2026 2,792,983
    Independent Energy—6.0%  
2,400,000   Antero Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 3/1/2025 2,400,000
625,000   Antero Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 6/1/2023 635,938
2,025,000   Antero Resources Finance Corp., 5.375%, 11/1/2021 2,057,906
5,025,000   Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 10.00%, 4/1/2022 5,552,625
2,425,000   Berry Petroleum Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 2/15/2026 2,485,625
3,962,000   Callon Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 10/1/2024 4,031,335
1,100,000   Callon Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 7/1/2026 1,106,875
450,000   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/2023 457,875
791,000   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 9/15/2020 796,933
2,950,000   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.25%, 7/15/2025 3,141,750
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Independent Energy—continued  
$2,450,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/2023 $2,327,500
1,908,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Series 144A, 8.00%, 12/15/2022 2,009,983
1,375,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI, 8.00%, 1/15/2025 1,403,806
3,725,000   Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI, 8.00%, 6/15/2027 3,799,500
6,800,000   Crownrock LP/Crownrock F, Series 144A, 5.625%, 10/15/2025 6,579,000
925,000   Diamondback Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 5/31/2025 928,469
3,100,000   EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 8.00%, 11/29/2024 3,146,500
925,000   Endeavor Energy Resources LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 1/30/2026 899,563
1,850,000   Endeavor Energy Resources LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 1/30/2028 1,810,687
2,475,000   Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 10/15/2024 2,394,562
2,200,000   Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 5/15/2025 2,147,750
875,000   Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 5/1/2023 885,938
1,050,000   Gulfport Energy Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI, 6.375%, 1/15/2026 1,010,625
1,375,000   Jagged Peak Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/1/2026 1,350,937
1,650,000   Laredo Petroleum, 5.625%, 1/15/2022 1,635,562
1,400,000   Laredo Petroleum, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 3/15/2023 1,408,750
923,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2022 941,192
950,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/2023 967,813
2,875,000   Oasis Petroleum, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 5/1/2026 2,907,344
975,000   PDC Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 9/15/2024 999,375
2,500,000   PDC Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 5/15/2026 2,503,125
400,000   Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Series 144A, 6.25%, 6/1/2024 416,000
1,050,000   Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 8/15/2025 1,036,875
1,275,000   Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 1/15/2025 1,271,813
2,875,000   Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 10/15/2027 2,860,625
2,250,000   QEP Resources, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 5/1/2023 2,210,625
1,400,000   QEP Resources, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 3/1/2026 1,342,250
800,000   RSP Permian, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 1/15/2025 859,200
1,675,000   RSP Permian, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 10/1/2022 1,764,110
2,900,000   Range Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 5/15/2025 2,733,250
525,000   Range Resources Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 3/15/2023 512,663
2,800,000   SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 6/1/2025 2,716,000
1,025,000   SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 1/1/2023 1,040,375
1,700,000   SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 9/15/2026 1,712,750
4,475,000   SRC Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 12/1/2025 4,491,781
725,000   Southwestern Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.50%, 4/1/2026 754,000
4,475,000   Southwestern Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 10/1/2027 4,654,000
875,000   Ultra Resources, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.875%, 4/15/2022 667,188
3,025,000   Ultra Resources, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 4/15/2025 2,140,187
2,200,000   WPX Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 9/15/2024 2,175,250
875,000   WPX Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 6/1/2026 878,281
271,000   WPX Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 1/15/2022 283,195
1,050,000   WPX Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.25%, 8/1/2023 1,194,375
3,625,000   Whiting Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 4/1/2023 3,724,687
1,425,000   Whiting Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 1/15/2026 1,471,312
    TOTAL 107,635,635
    Industrial - Other—0.6%  
6,725,000   Hillman Group, Inc., Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 7/15/2022 6,472,812
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Industrial - Other—continued  
$3,775,000   KAR Auction Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 6/1/2025 $3,614,563
    TOTAL 10,087,375
    Insurance - P&C—2.5%  
5,725,000   Acrisure LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 11/15/2025 5,224,063
4,250,000   AmWINS Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.75%, 7/1/2026 4,324,375
6,400,000   AssuredPartners, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 8/15/2025 6,176,000
10,900,000   Hub International Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 5/1/2026 10,791,000
5,625,000   Kirs Midco 3 PLC, Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 8.625%, 7/15/2023 5,737,500
6,675,000   NFP Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.875%, 7/15/2025 6,574,875
6,575,000   USIS Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.875%, 5/1/2025 6,558,562
    TOTAL 45,386,375
    Leisure—0.8%  
1,075,000   Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 3/15/2026 1,069,625
2,275,000   Six Flags Entertainment Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 7/31/2024 2,216,305
8,625,000   Six Flags Entertainment Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2027 8,396,093
2,375,000   Voc Escrow Ltd., 1st Lien, Series 144A, 5.00%, 2/15/2028 2,255,561
    TOTAL 13,937,584
    Lodging—0.3%  
4,225,000   Hilton Domestic Operations, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 5/1/2026 4,172,188
1,900,000   Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 4/15/2026 1,895,250
    TOTAL 6,067,438
    Media Entertainment—5.7%  
3,950,000   AMC Networks, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 8/1/2025 3,806,852
3,250,000   AMC Networks, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 4/1/2024 3,209,375
4,025,000   CBS Radio, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 11/1/2024 3,853,938
6,350,000 1,2 Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Company Guarantee, 9.00%, 3/1/2021 4,857,750
950,000   Clear Channel International BV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.75%, 12/15/2020 986,813
2,350,000   Clear Channel Worldwide, Series A, 6.50%, 11/15/2022 2,397,000
3,775,000   Clear Channel Worldwide, Series B, 6.50%, 11/15/2022 3,869,375
3,275,000   EMI Music Publishing Group North America Holdings, Inc., Series 144A, 7.625%, 6/15/2024 3,552,229
5,150,000   Gannett Co., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2023 5,310,937
2,250,000   Gray Television, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 10/15/2024 2,154,375
4,675,000   Gray Television, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 7/15/2026 4,458,781
5,225,000   Lin Television Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 11/15/2022 5,355,625
875,000   Match Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 6/1/2024 924,219
3,850,000   Match Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 12/15/2027 3,590,125
4,425,000   Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 2/15/2022 4,546,688
2,675,000   Nexstar Escrow Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 8/1/2024 2,584,719
10,725,000   Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/15/2022 10,565,197
1,900,000   Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 2/1/2025 1,814,500
50,000   Outfront Americas Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 2/15/2024 50,786
2,725,000   Outfront Americas Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 3/15/2025 2,757,428
3,750,000   Sinclair Television Group, Series 144A, 5.625%, 8/1/2024 3,731,250
975,000   Sinclair Television Group, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 2/15/2027 901,875
6,250,000   Sinclair Television Group, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 3/15/2026 6,101,562
7,850,000   Tribune Media Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 7/15/2022 7,961,862
4,775,000   Urban One, Inc., Series 144A, 7.375%, 4/15/2022 4,643,687
4,675,000   Urban One, Inc., Series 144A, 9.25%, 2/15/2020 4,558,125
625,000   WMG Acquisition Corp., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 4.875%, 11/1/2024 612,500
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Media Entertainment—continued  
$275,000   WMG Acquisition Corp., Series 144A, 5.00%, 8/1/2023 $274,656
1,450,000   WMG Acquisition Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2026 1,440,938
    TOTAL 100,873,167
    Metals & Mining—1.9%  
4,375,000   Coeur Mining, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 6/1/2024 4,238,281
6,350,000   Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.875%, 3/15/2023 6,016,625
7,175,000   Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.40%, 11/14/2034 6,547,187
1,175,000   HudBay Minerals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 1/15/2023 1,216,125
2,700,000   HudBay Minerals, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.625%, 1/15/2025 2,841,750
1,600,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 10/1/2021 1,618,000
850,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 4/15/2023 860,625
4,025,000   Steel Dynamics, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 10/1/2024 4,110,531
2,450,000   Teck Resources Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 8/15/2040 2,388,750
3,475,000   Teck Resources Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 10/1/2035 3,509,750
450,000   Teck Resources Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.50%, 6/1/2024 494,438
    TOTAL 33,842,062
    Midstream—5.8%  
525,000   AmeriGas Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 5/20/2025 511,219
1,425,000   AmeriGas Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 5/20/2024 1,408,969
1,350,000   AmeriGas Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 5/20/2027 1,289,250
7,600,000   AmeriGas Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 8/20/2026 7,448,000
4,100,000   Antero Midstream Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 9/15/2024 4,151,250
575,000   Atlas Pipeline Partners LP, 5.875%, 8/1/2023 566,375
4,125,000   CNX Midstream Partners LP/CNX Midstream Finance Corp, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 3/15/2026 4,021,875
1,525,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.125%, 6/30/2027 1,517,375
3,800,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Sr. Secd. Note, 5.875%, 3/31/2025 3,966,250
2,875,000   Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Sr. Secd. Note, 7.00%, 6/30/2024 3,144,531
7,350,000   Cheniere Energy Partners, LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 10/1/2025 7,187,932
6,400,000   Energy Transfer Equity LP, 5.875%, 1/15/2024 6,576,000
2,725,000   Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 6/15/2023 2,391,188
3,200,000   Ferrellgas, L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 5/1/2021 2,952,000
4,450,000   Ferrellgas, L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.75%, 1/15/2022 4,049,500
6,900,000   Holly Energy Partners LP, Series 144A, 6.00%, 8/1/2024 7,003,500
5,425,000   NuStar Logistics, L.P., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.625%, 4/28/2027 5,269,031
6,200,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, 5.50%, 6/1/2024 6,045,000
1,275,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 3/1/2025 1,229,578
4,075,000   Suburban Propane Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 3/1/2027 3,830,500
8,250,000   Summit Midstream Holdings LLC, 5.50%, 8/15/2022 8,146,875
3,075,000   Summit Midstream Holdings LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 4/15/2025 2,936,625
350,000   Sunoco LP/Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 1/15/2023 336,875
1,400,000   Sunoco LP/Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 2/15/2026 1,330,000
1,775,000   Sunoco LP/Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 3/15/2028 1,677,961
1,275,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.25%, 5/1/2023 1,278,188
2,775,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 1/15/2028 2,587,687
875,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 2/1/2025 866,250
4,450,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 2/1/2027 4,327,625
1,600,000   Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.875%, 4/15/2026 1,614,000
325,000   Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 10/15/2019 333,531
186,000   Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.25%, 10/15/2022 192,904
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Midstream—continued  
$1,650,000   Tesoro Logistics LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 5/1/2024 $1,765,500
625,000   TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 2/15/2026 634,375
    TOTAL 102,587,719
    Oil Field Services—1.5%  
650,000   Apergy Corp., Series 144A, 6.375%, 5/1/2026 661,375
256,445   Precision Drilling Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 12/15/2021 263,177
2,675,000   Precision Drilling Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.75%, 12/15/2023 2,828,812
2,025,000   Precision Drilling Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 1/15/2026 2,084,738
2,225,000   Sesi LLC, 7.125%, 12/15/2021 2,266,719
5,150,000   Sesi LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI, 7.75%, 9/15/2024 5,310,937
3,600,000   Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.25%, 2/15/2025 3,640,500
3,625,000   USA Compression Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.875%, 4/1/2026 3,765,469
2,575,000   Weatherford International Ltd., 7.00%, 3/15/2038 2,066,438
3,350,000   Weatherford International Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.25%, 6/15/2023 3,331,876
1,425,000   Weatherford International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.80%, 6/15/2037 1,147,125
    TOTAL 27,367,166
    Packaging—5.7%  
5,825,000   ARD Finance SA, Sec. Fac. Bond, 7.125%, 9/15/2023 5,854,125
1,525,000   Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/30/2021 1,544,063
3,150,000   Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 2/15/2025 3,075,187
10,375,000   Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 5/15/2024 10,828,906
9,325,000   Berry Plastics Corp., 5.50%, 5/15/2022 9,419,649
4,900,000   Bway Holding Co., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2024 4,789,750
11,950,000   Bway Holding Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 4/15/2025 11,681,125
2,775,000   Crown Americas LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.75%, 2/1/2026 2,643,188
11,750,000   Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.875%, 1/15/2025 11,368,125
2,800,000   Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.875%, 7/15/2026 2,796,080
7,800,000   Multi-Color Corp., Series 144A, 6.125%, 12/1/2022 8,014,500
1,000,000   Multi-Color Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.875%, 11/1/2025 933,750
3,400,000   Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 1/15/2025 3,327,750
2,250,000   Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Series 144A, 6.375%, 8/15/2025 2,317,500
9,036,930   Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./LLC/LU, 5.75%, 10/15/2020 9,082,114
3,275,000   Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./LLC/LU, Series 144A, 7.00%, 7/15/2024 3,350,734
1,675,000   Reynolds Group, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.95%, 12/15/2025 1,842,500
2,800,000   Sealed Air Corp., Series 144A, 5.25%, 4/1/2023 2,870,000
1,000,000   Sealed Air Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 9/15/2025 1,030,000
4,550,000   Trident Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 11/1/2025 4,447,625
    TOTAL 101,216,671
    Paper—0.4%  
1,400,000   Clearwater Paper Corp., Sr. Note, 4.50%, 2/1/2023 1,316,000
6,375,000   Clearwater Paper Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.375%, 2/1/2025 5,809,219
    TOTAL 7,125,219
    Pharmaceuticals—4.3%  
2,375,000   Eagle Holding Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.625%, 5/15/2022 2,405,162
4,975,000   Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 7/15/2023 4,116,812
7,350,000   Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.00%, 2/1/2025 5,769,750
16,050,000   Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 8/1/2023 16,013,085
3,125,000   Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 4/15/2023 2,632,812
5,775,000   Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 4/15/2025 4,648,875
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Pharmaceuticals—continued  
$7,550,000   Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 10/15/2023 $6,330,675
1,750,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 5.50%, 11/1/2025 1,731,188
625,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Series 144A, 5.625%, 12/1/2021 617,188
2,100,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Series 144A, 7.50%, 7/15/2021 2,136,750
875,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 6.50%, 3/15/2022 908,906
2,225,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Secd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 3/15/2024 2,335,560
2,975,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 3/1/2023 2,781,625
12,050,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 4/15/2025 11,146,250
1,500,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.25%, 7/15/2022 1,536,240
1,825,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.50%, 1/31/2027 1,856,938
2,775,000   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 9.00%, 12/15/2025 2,889,469
7,750,000   Vrx Escrow Corp, Series 144A, 5.875%, 5/15/2023 7,309,219
    TOTAL 77,166,504
    Refining—0.4%  
7,775,000   CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/1/2022 7,969,375
    Restaurants—1.0%  
11,475,000   1011778 BC Unltd. Liability Co./New Red Finance, Inc., Series 144A, 5.00%, 10/15/2025 10,915,020
525,000   KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.75%, 6/1/2027 497,437
925,000   Performance Food Group, Inc., Series 144A, 5.50%, 6/1/2024 915,750
2,400,000   Yum! Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 6/1/2024 2,375,280
3,900,000   Yum! Brands, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.25%, 6/1/2026 3,851,250
    TOTAL 18,554,737
    Retailers—1.5%  
6,125,000   Argos Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 3/15/2023 4,142,338
4,950,000   Michaels Stores, Inc., Series 144A, 5.875%, 12/15/2020 4,993,807
6,350,000   Party City Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 8/15/2023 6,413,500
575,000   PetSmart, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.875%, 6/1/2025 380,938
4,825,000   Rite Aid Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.125%, 4/1/2023 4,898,581
5,750,000   Sally Hldgs. LLC/Sally Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 12/1/2025 5,333,125
    TOTAL 26,162,289
    Supermarkets—0.5%  
5,900,000   Albertsons Cos. LLC/SAFEW, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.75%, 3/15/2025 5,251,000
4,250,000   Albertsons Cos. LLC/SAFEW, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 6/15/2024 4,026,875
275,000 3 Albertsons Cos., Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, Series 144A, 6.085%, (3-month USLIBOR +3.750%), 1/15/2024 276,375
    TOTAL 9,554,250
    Technology—8.7%  
9,050,000   BMC Software, Inc., Series 144A, 8.125%, 7/15/2021 9,264,937
950,000   CDK Global, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 6/15/2026 972,563
550,000   CDW LLC/CDW Finance, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 9/1/2025 543,125
4,675,000   CDW LLC/CDW Finance, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.50%, 12/1/2024 4,791,875
5,125,000   CommScope Technologies Finance LLC, Series 144A, 6.00%, 6/15/2025 5,259,531
7,725,000   Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 6/15/2024 8,191,119
5,125,000   Ensemble S Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 9.00%, 9/30/2023 5,406,234
950,000   First Data Corp., Series 144A, 5.375%, 8/15/2023 961,163
17,075,000   First Data Corp., Series 144A, 5.75%, 1/15/2024 17,127,932
1,850,000   First Data Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.00%, 12/1/2023 1,931,548
2,325,000   Gartner, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.125%, 4/1/2025 2,319,188
8,625,000   Inception Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.625%, 11/15/2024 8,689,687
9,525,000   Infor Software Parent, Inc., Series 144A, 7.125%, 5/1/2021 9,584,531
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Technology—continued  
$11,300,000   Infor US, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/2022 $11,398,875
6,275,000   Italics Merger Sub, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.125%, 7/15/2023 6,370,506
7,400,000   JDA Escrow LLC/JDA Bond Finance, Inc., Series 144A, 7.375%, 10/15/2024 7,638,280
3,850,000   MSCI, Inc., Series 144A, 5.75%, 8/15/2025 3,984,750
2,075,000   NCR Corp., 6.375%, 12/15/2023 2,155,406
1,500,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.625%, 2/15/2021 1,492,500
2,800,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.00%, 7/15/2022 2,786,000
1,800,000   NCR Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.875%, 12/15/2021 1,833,750
3,567,000   Nuance Communications, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 8/15/2020 3,575,918
5,350,000   Nuance Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 12/15/2026 5,256,429
6,650,000   Riverbed Technology, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 8.875%, 3/1/2023 6,329,138
1,625,000   Sabre GLBL, Inc., Series 144A, 5.375%, 4/15/2023 1,649,375
1,025,000   Sensata Technologies B.V., Series 144A, 5.625%, 11/1/2024 1,067,281
1,300,000   Sensata Technologies UK Financing Co. PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.25%, 2/15/2026 1,358,500
5,825,000   Solera LLC/Solera Finance, Inc., Series 144A, 10.50%, 3/1/2024 6,498,545
1,300,000   Symantec Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 4/15/2025 1,262,299
3,950,000   TTM Technologies, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.625%, 10/1/2025 3,861,125
10,275,000   Tempo Acquisition LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.75%, 6/1/2025 9,889,687
825,000   Vantiv LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.375%, 11/15/2025 790,325
450,000   Verisign, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.75%, 7/15/2027 431,303
    TOTAL 154,673,425
    Transportation Services—0.3%  
3,675,000   Avis Budget Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.375%, 4/1/2024 3,619,875
675,000   HDTFS, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/2022 604,125
825,000   Hertz Corp., Series 144A, 7.625%, 6/1/2022 794,063
1,100,000   Hertz Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.50%, 10/15/2024 870,375
    TOTAL 5,888,438
    Utility - Electric—2.2%  
8,250,000   Calpine Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2025 7,564,219
500,000   Calpine Corp., Bond, Series 144A, 6.00%, 1/15/2022 511,875
900,000   Calpine Corp., Series 144A, 5.25%, 6/1/2026 851,625
2,025,000   Calpine Corp., Series 144A, 5.875%, 1/15/2024 2,009,813
6,675,000   Enviva Partners LP/Enviva Partners Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 8.50%, 11/1/2021 6,967,031
3,850,000   NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/2024 3,965,500
6,075,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.625%, 1/15/2027 6,272,437
2,225,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.25%, 5/15/2026 2,380,750
950,000   NRG Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.75%, 1/15/2028 935,750
425,000   TerraForm Power Operating LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 4.25%, 1/31/2023 411,188
4,650,000   TerraForm Power Operating LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 5.00%, 1/31/2028 4,423,312
2,675,000   TerraForm Power Operating LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 6.625%, 6/15/2025 2,858,906
    TOTAL 39,152,406
    Wireless Communications—4.1%  
1,900,000   Altice Luxembourg SA, Series 144A, 7.75%, 5/15/2022 1,845,375
7,875,000   Altice Luxembourg SA, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 144A, 7.625%, 2/15/2025 7,274,531
1,125,000   Numericable Group SA, Series 144A, 6.00%, 5/15/2022 1,133,438
2,075,000   Numericable Group SA, Series 144A, 6.25%, 5/15/2024 2,023,125
12,725,000   Numericable-SFR SAS, Series 144A, 7.375%, 5/1/2026 12,488,951
4,650,000   Sprint Capital Corp., Company Guarantee, 6.875%, 11/15/2028 4,475,625
8,875,000   Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024 8,982,299
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Principal
Amount
or Shares
    Value
    CORPORATE BONDS—continued  
    Wireless Communications—continued  
$7,375,000   Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023 $7,665,391
6,950,000   Sprint Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.625%, 2/15/2025 7,141,125
1,600,000   Sprint Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 7.625%, 3/1/2026 1,634,000
1,850,000   Sprint Nextel Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 11/15/2022 1,838,437
850,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.50%, 2/1/2026 794,750
3,875,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.125%, 4/15/2025 3,904,062
1,150,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.375%, 4/15/2027 1,121,250
1,625,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.00%, 3/1/2023 1,682,688
3,475,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.375%, 3/1/2025 3,614,000
3,975,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 1/15/2024 4,146,163
1,900,000   T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.50%, 1/15/2026 1,961,180
    TOTAL 73,726,390
    TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,747,421,728)
1,719,271,119
    INVESTMENT COMPANY—2.5%  
44,077,259   Federated Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares, 2.08%4
(IDENTIFIED COST $44,083,352)
44,081,667
    TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES—99.1%
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,791,505,080)5
1,763,352,786
    OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—0.9%6 16,214,123
    TOTAL NET ASSETS—100% $1,779,566,909
Affiliated fund holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions with affiliated fund holdings during the period ended June 30, 2018, were as follows:
  Federated Institutional
Prime Value
Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares
Balance of Shares Held 12/31/2017 64,459,132
Purchases/Additions 244,566,291
Sales/Reductions (264,948,164)
Balance of Shares Held 6/30/2018 44,077,259
Value $44,081,667
Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation $16,324
Net Realized Gain/(Loss) $(4,548)
Dividend Income $442,605
1 Issuer in default.
2 Non-income-producing security.
3 Floating/variable note with current rate and current maturity or next reset date shown.
4 7-day net yield.
5 The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $1,792,008,780.
6 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, 2018.
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.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2018, 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 $$1,719,271,119 $— $1,719,271,119
Investment Company 44,081,667 44,081,667
TOTAL SECURITIES $44,081,667 $1,719,271,119 $— $1,763,352,786
The following acronyms are used throughout this portfolio:
LIBOR —London Interbank Offered Rate
MTN —Medium Term Note
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)
6/30/2018
Year Ended December 31,
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $6.40 $6.32 $5.82 $6.34 $6.62 $6.68
Income From Investment Operations:            
Net investment income (loss) 0.19 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.431 0.471
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.20) 0.08 0.50 (0.51) (0.19) 0.04
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS (0.01) 0.47 0.90 (0.10) 0.24 0.51
Less Distributions:            
Distributions from net investment income (0.19) (0.39) (0.40) (0.41) (0.45) (0.50)
Distributions from net realized gain (0.01) (0.07) (0.07)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (0.19) (0.39) (0.40) (0.42) (0.52) (0.57)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $6.20 $6.40 $6.32 $5.82 $6.34 $6.62
Total Return2 (0.09)% 7.55% 15.90% (1.81)% 3.53% 7.80%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:            
Net expenses 0.03%3 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.00%4
Net investment income 6.11%3 6.05% 6.47% 6.37% 6.50% 7.08%
Expense waiver/reimbursement5 —% 0.00%6 0.00%6 —% 0.01% 0.02%
Supplemental Data:            
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $1,779,567 $2,036,543 $2,121,645 $2,379,520 $2,691,244 $2,425,364
Portfolio turnover 7% 28% 25% 33% 29% 30%
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 reimbursed 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.
6 Represents less than 0.01%.
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, 2018 (unaudited)
Assets:    
Investment in securities, at value including $44,081,667 of investment in an affiliated holding (identified cost $1,791,505,080)   $1,763,352,786
Income receivable   29,136,414
Income receivable from an affiliated holding   89,526
Receivable for investments sold   3,232,531
Receivable for shares sold   558,000
TOTAL ASSETS   1,796,369,257
Liabilities:    
Payable for investments purchased $7,470,385  
Bank overdraft 777,483  
Income distribution payable 8,459,792  
Payable for Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 248  
Accrued expenses (Note 5) 94,440  
TOTAL LIABILITIES   16,802,348
Net assets for 287,029,911 shares outstanding   $1,779,566,909
Net Assets Consist of:    
Paid-in capital   $1,869,614,856
Net unrealized depreciation   (28,152,294)
Accumulated net realized loss   (62,240,260)
Undistributed net investment income   344,607
TOTAL NET ASSETS   $1,779,566,909
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:    
$1,779,566,909 ÷ 287,029,911 shares outstanding, no par value, unlimited shares authorized   $6.20
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, 2018 (unaudited)
Investment Income:    
Interest   $56,740,418
Dividends received from an affiliated holding (see footnotes to Portfolio of Investments)   442,605
TOTAL INCOME   57,183,023
Expenses:    
Custodian fees $33,415  
Transfer agent fee 72,499  
Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) 8,992  
Auditing fees 17,862  
Legal fees 3,836  
Portfolio accounting fees 94,817  
Share registration costs 62  
Printing and postage 8,074  
Insurance fees 3,405  
Miscellaneous (Note 5) 11,660  
TOTAL EXPENSES 254,622  
Net investment income   56,928,401
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:    
Net realized gain on investments (including net realized loss of $(4,548) on sales of investments in an affiliated holding)   4,913,968
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments (including net change in unrealized depreciation of $16,324 on investments in an affiliated holding)   (63,042,341)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (58,128,373)
Change in net assets resulting from operations   $(1,199,972)
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)
6/30/2018
Year Ended
12/31/2017
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    
Operations:    
Net investment income $56,928,401 $125,046,758
Net realized gain 4,913,968 11,007,861
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation (63,042,341) 16,258,666
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS (1,199,972) 152,313,285
Distributions to Shareholders:    
Distributions from net investment income (57,876,454) (125,022,877)
Share Transactions:    
Proceeds from sale of shares 45,588,250 115,889,630
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 4,908,973 11,548,537
Cost of shares redeemed (248,397,000) (239,830,304)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS (197,899,777) (112,392,137)
Change in net assets (256,976,203) (85,101,729)
Net Assets:    
Beginning of period 2,036,543,112 2,121,644,841
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $344,607 and $1,292,660, respectively) $1,779,566,909 $2,036,543,112
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial StatementsHigh Yield Bond Portfolio
June 30, 2018 (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 four portfolios. The financial statements included herein are only those of High Yield Bond Portfolio (the “Fund”), a diversified portfolio. 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 are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
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, 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, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”), is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, 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 comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Investment Management Company (the “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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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, if any, are declared daily and paid monthly. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value. Amortization/accretion of premium and discount is included in 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, 2018, 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, 2018, tax years 2014 through 2017 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.
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 1933 Act; 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.
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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
6/30/2018
Year Ended
12/31/2017
Shares sold 7,258,694 18,074,556
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared 782,925 1,793,772
Shares redeemed (39,325,457) (37,408,198)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (31,283,838) (17,539,870)
4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
At June 30, 2018, the cost of investments for federal tax purposes was $1,792,008,780. The net unrealized depreciation of investments for federal tax purposes was $28,655,994. This consists of net unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost of $25,525,974 and net unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value of $54,181,968.
At December 31, 2017, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $67,019,552 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 after December 22, 2010, retains its character as either short-term or long-term and does not expire. All of the Fund's capital loss carryforwards were incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010.
The following schedule summarizes the Fund's capital loss carryforwards:
Short-Term Long-Term Total
$— $67,019,552 $67,019,552
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 commingled 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 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 daily 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.
Interfund Transactions
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Fund engaged in purchase and sale transactions with funds that have a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Directors/Trustees and/or common Officers. These purchase and sale transactions complied with Rule 17a-7 under the Act and amounted to $1,864,641 and $596,922, respectively.
Directors'/Trustees' and Miscellaneous Fees
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. These expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses may be included in Accrued and Miscellaneous Expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations, respectively.
Affiliated Shares of Beneficial Interest
As of June 30, 2018, a majority of the shares of beneficial interest outstanding are owned by other affiliated investment companies.
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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, 2018, were as follows:
Purchases $135,044,974
Sales $307,858,869
7. LINE OF CREDIT
The Fund participates with certain other Federated Funds, on a several basis, in an up to $500,000,000 unsecured, 364-day, committed, revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement. The LOC was made available to finance temporarily the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund, failed trades, payment of dividends, settlement of trades and for other short-term, temporary or emergency general business purposes. The Fund cannot borrow under the LOC if an inter-fund loan is outstanding. The Fund's ability to borrow under the LOC also is subject to the limitations of the Act and various conditions precedent that must be satisfied before the Fund can borrow. Loans under the LOC are charged interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest, on any day, of (a) (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the one month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and (iii) 0.0%, plus (b) a margin. The LOC also requires the Fund to pay, quarterly in arrears and at maturity, its pro rata share of a commitment fee based on the amount of the lenders' commitment that has not been utilized. As of June 30, 2018, the Fund had no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 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, 2018, there were no outstanding loans. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, 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, 2018 to June 30, 2018.
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
1/1/2018
Ending
Account Value
6/30/2018
Expenses Paid
During Period1
Actual $1,000.00 $999.10 $0.15
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return before expenses) $1,000.00 $1,024.70 $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 2018
High Yield Bond Portfolio (the “Fund”)
At its meetings in May 2018, the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and unanimously approved the continuation of 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 after considering all of the information received 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.
Federated Investment Management Company (the “Adviser”) does not charge an investment advisory fee for its services, however, it or its affiliates may receive compensation for managing assets invested in the Fund.
The Board had previously appointed a Senior Officer, whose duties included specified responsibilities relating to the process by which advisory fees are to be charged to a fund advised by the Adviser or its affiliates (collectively, “Federated”) (each, a “Federated fund”). The Senior Officer's responsibilities included preparing and furnishing to the Board an annual independent written evaluation that covered topics discussed below. In December 2017, the Senior Officer position was eliminated. Notwithstanding the elimination of the Senior Officer position, at the request of the Independent Trustees, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer (the CCO) furnished to the Board in advance of its May 2018 meetings an independent written evaluation covering substantially the same topics that had been covered in the Senior Officer's written evaluation in prior years. The Board considered the CCO's independent written evaluation (the “CCO Fee Evaluation Report”), along with other information, in evaluating the reasonableness of the Fund's management fee and in deciding to approve the continuation of the investment advisory contract. Consistent with the former Senior Officer position, the CCO, in preparing the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, has the authority to retain consultants, experts or staff as reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and can be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the Independent Trustees.
As previously noted, the Adviser does not charge an investment advisory fee to this Fund 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 Federated and research services received by the Adviser from brokers that execute Federated fund trades. The Board also considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees in making its decision. Using these judicial decisions as a guide, the Board observed that the following factors may be relevant to an adviser's fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: (1) the nature and quality of the services provided by an adviser to a fund and its shareholders (including the performance of the fund, its benchmark, and comparable funds); (2) an adviser's cost of providing the services (including the profitability to an adviser of providing advisory services to a fund); (3) the extent to which an 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; (4) any “fall-out” financial benefits that accrue to an 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 an adviser for services rendered to a fund); (5) comparative fee and expense structures (including a comparison of fees paid to an adviser with those paid by similar funds both internally and externally as well as management fees charged to institutional and other advisory clients of the Adviser or its affiliates for what might be viewed as like services); and (6) the extent of care, conscientiousness and independence with which the fund's 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 an adviser's services and fees). The Board noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure requirements regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Fund's investment advisory contract generally align with the factors listed above. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Fund's investment advisory contract to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these factors in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated on matters relating to the Federated funds. The Independent Trustees were assisted in their deliberations by independent legal counsel.
In addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, the Board received detailed information about the Fund and the Federated organization throughout the year, and in connection with its May meetings at which the Board's formal approval of the advisory and subadvisory contracts occurred. In this regard, Federated provided much of this information at each regular meeting of the Board, and furnished additional information specifically in connection with the May meetings. In the months preceding the May meetings, the Board requested and reviewed written materials prepared by Federated in response to requests on behalf of the Independent Trustees encompassing a wide variety of topics. At the May meetings, in addition to meeting in separate sessions of the Independent Trustees without
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management present, senior management of the Adviser also met with the Independent Trustees and their counsel to discuss the materials presented and such additional matters as the Independent Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the advisory and subadvisory contracts. Between regularly scheduled meetings, the Board also received information on particular matters as the need arose.
The Board's consideration of the investment advisory contract included review of the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, accompanying data and additional information covering the following matters, among others: the Adviser's investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund's short-term and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, as well as in terms relative 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 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 and other risks assumed by the Adviser in sponsoring the Fund; the continuing state of competition in 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 funds which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are generally 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 Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the resources of the Adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Board evaluated, among other things, the Adviser's personnel, experience, track record, overall reputation and willingness to invest in personnel and infrastructure that benefit the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and the Adviser's ability and experience in attracting and retaining qualified personnel to service the Fund. The Board noted the compliance program of the Adviser and the compliance-related resources provided to the Fund by the Adviser, including the Adviser's commitment to respond to rulemaking initiatives of the SEC. 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. The Adviser's ability to execute this program was one of the Board's considerations in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser's investment management services warrant the continuation of the investment advisory contract.
The Board was informed by the Adviser that, for the periods covered by the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, the Fund outperformed its benchmark index for the one-year, three-year, and five-year periods.
Following such evaluation, and full deliberations, the Board concluded that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Fund's investment advisory contract.
Because the Adviser does not charge the Fund an investment advisory fee, the Board does not consider fee comparisons to other mutual funds or other institutional or separate accounts to be relevant to its deliberations.
The Board also received financial information about Federated, including information regarding the compensation and ancillary (or “fall-out”) benefits Federated derived from its relationships with the Federated funds. As 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 and distributor). In this regard, the Board considered that certain Federated subsidiaries provide distribution and shareholder services to the Federated funds, for which they may be compensated through distribution and servicing fees paid pursuant to Rule 12b-1 plans or otherwise. 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 Federated fund to be competitive in the marketplace, the Adviser and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have disclosed to Federated fund investors and/or indicated to the Board their intention to do so in the future. Moreover, the Board receives regular reporting as to the institution, adjustment or elimination of these voluntary waivers. The Board considered Federated's previous reductions in contractual management fees to certain Federated funds in response to the CCO's recommendations.
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The Board and the CCO also reviewed information compiled by Federated comparing its profitability information to other publicly held fund management companies, including information regarding profitability trends over time. In this regard, the CCO concluded that Federated's profit margins did not appear to be excessive. The CCO also noted that Federated appeared financially sound, with the resources necessary to fulfill its obligations under its contracts with the Fund.
The CCO stated that his observations and the information accompanying the CCO Fee Evaluation Report supported a finding by the Board that the management fee for the Fund was reasonable. Under these circumstances, no changes were recommended to, and no objection was raised to, the continuation of the Fund's investment advisory contract. The CCO also recognized that the Board's evaluation of the Federated funds' advisory and subadvisory arrangements is a continuing and on-going process that is informed by the information that the Board requests and receives from management throughout the course of the year and, in this regard, the CCO noted certain items for future reporting to the Board or further consideration by management as the Board continues its on-going oversight of the Federated funds.
In its decision to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund's operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an investment advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that many shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser's industry standing and reputation and with the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board's approval of the investment advisory contract reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund. The Board concluded that, in light of the factors summarized above, including the nature, quality and scope of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates, continuation of the investment advisory contract was appropriate.
The Board based its decision to approve the investment 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 a sufficient size to be particularly relevant. With respect to the factors that were relevant, the Board's decision to approve the continuation of the contract reflects its view 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. A report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available via the Proxy Voting Record (Form N-PX) link associated with the Fund at www.FederatedInvestors.com under the “Private Funds” section of the “Products” tab, where you will be directed to a statement of agreement that you are an “accredited investor” before proceeding. Click “I agree” to agree to the terms then you will be taken to the “Private Funds” home page where you can select the appropriate asset class or category under “Find Private Funds.” Select a Fund under “All Private Funds” to access the “Literature” tab. Form N-PX filings 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.) You may also access this information at www.FederatedInvestors.com under the “Private Funds” section of the “Products” tab, where you will be directed to a statement of agreement that you are an “accredited investor” before proceeding. Click “I agree” to agree to the terms then you will be taken to the “Private Funds” home page where you can select the appropriate asset class or category under “Find Private Funds.” Select a Fund under “All Private Funds” to access the “Portfolio Characteristics” tab.
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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 (8/18)
Federated is a registered trademark of Federated Investors, Inc.
2018 ©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.Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 13.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 23, 2018

 

 

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 23, 2018

 

 

By /S/ Lori A. Hensler

 

Lori A. Hensler, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date August 23, 2018